Celebrity Auction!

Cathleen and Carly are wonderful little Hoochies that work at Chelsea Piers.



They organized a fancy dinner/charity auction a couple of weeks or so ago and their friend who was the auctioneer needed a photographer to capture the event and some of its celebrity attendees, so in I went.



It was a big event.




The food was epic.




There was a musical performance by Bernadette Peters.



Lots of random fun things being auctioned, from Jonas Brothers memorabilia...



To a guitar signed by U2 complete with a pair of front row VIP meet-and-greet tickets...



(I think it sold for like $150,000 or something crazy.)

To other things like trips to Italy, Emmy award tickets, American Idol Finale tickets, etc etc.

They raised a lot of money.

Lots of random celebs were there, like Law & Order's BDWong.



And EdieFalco from Nurse Jackie and The Sopranos...



And U2's The Edge...



Does anyone know what you're supposed to call The Edge?

When I met him I was just like, "SO great to meet you Mister...um....The Edge..."

Super awkies. But I bet it happens to most people.

It was a really fun event!



Nice job organizing guys, and thanks for thinking of me!



I always love being able to partake in the fancy-ness, eat great food, meet celebrities, AND get paid!

NINJA! | Connie's birthday dinner

Felix always says if he was given a couple million to open a restaurant, that restaurant would be just like NINJA in TriBeCa.

Ninja is exactly what you would imagine if you were to create a ninja-themed restaurant. It is super fancy japanese-y fusion food with ninjas. All the waiters are dressed as ninjas and they jump around and pounce on you from the ceilings and threaten you with swords and shirukens and ninja fire arts and you'll be happily eating your meal one minute and the next you'll turn your head and there will be a scary man in black holding a dagger across your throat.



You enter the restaurant and you are forced to walk through "Ninja Pass" which is basically like a mini-haunted house but with ninjas that pop out and try to kill you.




Once seated at our table (all the tables are private tables in little caves or dojos) we had some delicious ninja cocktails.





And delicious ninja apps.



Lots of the courses involved fire and smokey dry ice.




And you'd be in the middle of the conversation and then all of sudden Connie's mom's life would be in danger.




The presentation of everything was SO cool.




This is the baked alaskan king krab / super wagyu steak dish. We ordered three of them because we are crazy.




NINJA ATTACK!!!!



Lots of explosions and flying ninja stars and random shrieking stuff.

I also bumped into Alicia Keys on my way to the bathroom.

Never a dull moment.




Finally Connie was presented with a magical ninja star.



It exploded in her face and almost died.



Happily, she did not.



This was the delicious chocolate bonzai pudding dessert thing. So good.



Connie wasn't the only one who got presents.



I got a pretty new Ralph Lauren sweater and shirt combo too thanks to her wonderful parents.



Happy Birthday Con-Con, you are loved by all!

Eric's Birthday Party - Rice Queens and Mancakes

from Urban Dictionary:

rice queen - n. - A non-Asian gay male who is predominantly physically attracted to other gay males of Asian descent, usually significantly younger. Similar to the phenomenon plaguing Asian women in the western world, the "rice queen" objectifies, sexualizes, and demoralizes his Asian counterpart. Vice versa, the Asian male in this partnership internalizes this colonial, imperialistic, and racist worldview, and will come to believe that by dating a non-Asian, this will increase his social status within the local gay community.

Ex. - Jeff may be a bit of a rice queen, but he loves and respects his gaysian boyfriend.

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It's Eric's birthday! Party at Boiler Room!



Asians love Eric.

Don't believe me? Count em'.



Yup. That was just one corner of the room.

And me and Ethan aren't even in the picture.



For his birthday, Eric brought ManCakes from Butch Bakery.



They're beautiful.



Liquor-filled.



And they're GOOD.



At $56 a dozen they BETTER be good...





Happy Birthday Queen!