This Friday, Manhattan's hottest party bar re-opens after a brief closure for renovations. Porky's NYC is located at 55 W. 21st street between 5th and 6th Avenues.
They've got a long night of heavy drinking and celebrity appearances scheduled.
We hope to see you there!
While the rest of the world was blaring the music and getting amp'd for Friday night party about 1000 New Yorkers were quietening down for a silent rave in Union Square.
At 6:17pm, tons of high school and college students flooded the park with iPods in hand for the city's first public silent rave.
The event was organized by a British exchange student named Jonnie Wesson who says silent raves are especially popular in London and across Europe.
“The basic premise is that a hundred or a thousand or a few thousand people all turn up in a public place, turn on their own headphones and dance," he told the NY Times.
“It’s always fantastic and weird to see thousands of people dancing silently. It’s always in a public space, but it’s not meant to cause disruption, but only because it’s the last place you’d expect that sort of thing," he added.
No drugs, no loud music. It sounds like the perfect party for a retirement home, huh? But from the looks of this video, they were having a blast!
New York City's infamous Fubar was destroyed on Saturday when an elevated crane collapsed and landed on top of the brownstone that housed the Manhattan hot spot.
“Our bar is done,” owner John LaGreco said. “The crane crashed the whole building. If I wasn't watching a Yankees game, I would've come to work early and gotten killed.”
An employee of Fubar, Juan Perez, was pulled from the rubble hours after the collapse. LaGreco said Perez suffered a broken leg, but that all of his employees were accounted for.
The bar was closed at the time of the accident.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at least four people, believed to be construction workers, have died and at least 10 people were injured in one of the city's worst construction accidents in recent memory.
James Kennelly, the lead partner at East 51st Development Company, which owns the property where the crane was stationed, issued a written statement expressing the group's dismay over the accident.
"There are no words to describe the level of devastation we feel today as a result of this tragic event," he said, extending prayers to the families of the dead and injured.
Neighborhood residents said they had complained to the city several times about the construction at the site, saying crews worked illegal hours and the building was going up too fast.
The Socialite Report is in Hoboken, New Jersey today for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
I know what you're thinking, it isn't St. Patrick's day. You're right. Hoboken celebrates St. Patty's day on the first Saturday of March so that their residents can partake in other celebrations on the actual Irish holiday.
The day's festivities are already under way, and there are already a lot of drunk people roaming the streets. If you stepped into Hoboken today, the sea of green would even definitely give you a feel for the luck of the Irish.
We've already seen our first puker. We'll probably stop counting. It definitely seems like it is going to be "one of those days."
If you're nearby, the St. Patrick's Day festivities take place in Hoboken all day (and night) long.
It a strange sort of way, Hoboken, New Jersey celebrates St. Patrick's Day on the wrong day of the year. For 2008, it happens this Saturday, March 1st.
Jersey folks know how to party, especially in Hoboken. It is one of the only places on earth where you can start drinking at noon and be in good company.
For the St. Patrick's Day festivities there is a parade, tons of beer and a broad variety of street vendor food. The bars and pubs all open up early so you can basically stay drunk all day and all night long. By celebrating early, the Hobokeans still get to party hard with the New Yorkers when the rest of the world celebrates the drunken holiday.
If you're in the tri-state area, you must check it out the Hoboken early St. Patrick's Day parties on Saturday!
Here are some of the hottest events going on in New York City this weekend.
On Friday, Pacha opens the doors for "Made in Pacha: Gabriel & Dresden" at $20 a pop if you get your ticket in advance at ticketweb.com. The doors open at 10pm and you can bet this party will go all night long. Expect the pair’s typical blend of trance, progressive and electro, with a touch of pop- and rock-kissed material tossed in for good measure. For more info, go to madeevent.com.
For something different on a Saturday, we suggest Fun House Saturdays at Spy. Music by DJs JCNY & DPRizzy. Vodka open bar from 10-11:30PM. Complimentary BBQ from 10-11:30PM. Complimentary bottle of champagne for groups of 3 or more ladies until 11:30PM. Club Planet has all the detail of this event on their website.
Have a great weekend, and be safe!
New York City really seems to come alive on President's Day weekend since most people are off work on Monday.
That's why President's Day Eve can become one of the hottest nights of the year with the right parties.
The folks at Secret aren't doing a very good job of keeping it quiet that EVERYONE is FREE on Sunday at Secret.
This trendy New York City club is bring in DJ STRUCTURE for this one night only event. To get free admission, all you have to do is RSVP to SECRETRSVP@YAHOO.COM and show up before midnight.
This place is chill and flies under the radar, but you must dress to impress to get past the door. Secret also has a reputation of spitting out an open bar if you show up early enough, so it can't arrive to open just after they open the door.
Secret is located at 525 W. 29th street in New York City.
Grey Goose & Absolut bottles are on sale for $200 and talbe reservations are strong suggested.
