My May Day debut. I know that I was the last person y’all were expecting to see rollin’ through the May Day Parade on Sunday.
I figured it was about time to show my lovely face (well some of it). I was gonna mention it last week, but I didn’t want to give the haters an open invitation to kick up dust in public. I’ll tell you what, I was just so, so surprised at all the love you showed to YOUR newspaper and me as we rolled through the parade.
I don’t necessarily get choked up, but the silent tears of joy caused my Fashion Fair foundation to seep through my mask. With the exception of the fragments of bronzer in my feathers, I was the baddest chick on Market Street…wouldn’t you agree? Of course you would.
I don’t get to see it on the regular because I constantly have to operate in “incognegro” mode, but I was more than happy to report the good news of y’alls’ love and support for the St. Louis American and me.
And if that wasn’t a highlight enough, the powers that be over at Annie Malone awarded my car third prize in the automobile department. __________ (insert dramatic, overwhelmed with raw emotion pause here).
I must give a big shout out to Auto Haus BMW for the whip. I figured my stretch Escalade limousine would have been too inconsiderate to the other parade participants.
Okay, now I must give my two cents on the fashion ups and unfortunately downs of Mayday 2K9. First off I was almost as ecstatic as when I got your feedback from the sidelines of the parade route to see that y’all took note and left the (solid) gold and sharkskin leggings at home. However…you virtually ignored my second and equally important style recommendation. There was more of the Skittles “taste the rainbow” hair game than the law should allow.
I saw (hot) strawberry, grape, lemon-lime (that’s yellow and green in one head) and a plethora of hot mess colors that were absolutely unacceptable. These fashion offenders better be lucky that I wasn’t in an airplane (like I started to), because I would have dropped a Clairol ebony rinse over the entire crowd to cover that mess up.
But other than that I had a fabulous time.
May Day with the ‘Tics. The one and Only St. Lunatics (yes Nelly too) took the stage for their 10th Anniversary and 100.3 the Beat’s 10th Anniversary and the 2nd Annual Big Beat May Day Fest at the Pageant right after the parade. It was the most interesting crowd combination that I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE with Hood Stars and Rock Stars kickin’ it each in their own special way in perfect (well maybe not perfect) harmony. The show kicked off with the “Unattractive Opening Acts of Hip-Hop Tour” starring Yo Gotti and Rich Boy.
After seeing those two on stage, I am more convinced than ever that YOU DON’T NEED AN OUNCE OF SEX APPEAL to be a rap star these days. With his second trimester beer gut swag, Yo’ Gotti looks like my uncle Ezelle – who will most certainly be escorted out of our family barbeque in a headlock on Monday after cuttin’ up on “Clown Royal” during the dominos game. And let’s just say that Rich Boy does not appear to be from this galaxy.
The show was cool. I wasn’t blown away, but I did enjoy myself and the stroll down memory lane. Was it me, or did the crowd show Murphy Lee more love than Nelly? A super duper shout out to KiKi the 1st Lady, D. Stone, Quinn and the whole 100.3 The Beat crew for giving us an historic opp to see Ali, Kyjuan, Murph Dirt, Nelly and City Spud together again for the first time in a decade – even if the concept was more remarkable than the execution.
Memorable kicking it. Speaking of Monday, there are so many holiday weekend kickin’ it opps starting tonight and will run straight through until you wake up from your “Itis” nap following the slab and a half of ribs you’ll put down. They are as follows.
Thursday. A Sky Designs will be presenting The Introduction at The Church Key (4129 Manchester) as an official inauguration into St. Louis’ fashion scene. It is free and open to the public. Guests will be able to shop in a boutique setting of the participating designers. There will be a special performance by up and coming artist Teresa Jenee.
Free Time’s Groove Theory: Memorial Day Weekend Edition at EXO (3146 Locust) will also be the perfect way to kick your holiday weekend off a day ahead of schedule. Y’all already know how they get down!
Friday. MPAC’s Mo Spoon & Topher are presenting ALL-WHITE AFFAIR on the Patio of the Skybox. City Spud of the St. Lunatics is hosting this event and this will be his first summer back home. We are also celebrating Triky’s birthday of Close to Famous. Ladies are FREE all night wearing all white and drinks are unlimited all night for only $5!
Koncepts LLC along with EXO lounge invite the young, black and fabulous to “The Little Black Dress” at EXO (3146 Locust). Ladies in black dresses are free until 10:30 p.m. Someone ask Kamieka of the Hot Foxy (Hot 104.1/Foxy 95.5) if I can borrow the dress she wore to the J-Hud/Robin Thicke show. It was elastic…wasn’t it?
Soul Stylz is presenting the Fly & Flashy Memorial Day Weekend Edition of Beautiful at Sleek Ultra Lounge (Inside of Lumiere Casino).
Club Situation (2950 Derhake @ New Halls Ferry and Parker Rd) is inviting classes from across the STL to an all high school alumni throwback party. FYI: This is for the grown folks.
Saturday. Free Time is continuing their weekend kickin’ it spree with the So Sexy Saturday party at Exo.
Liquid Assets, Precision LLC & SYGU will be presenting their Day and Night at the Black Label (758 4th St. across from the White Castle). It’s been going on every Saturday in May. And in case you haven’t been through yet, I’ll tell you that it’s poppin’ like dynamite.
Sunday. I hope it’s not too obvious how excited I am about this (well maybe I don’t). 2008’s party of the year will be back for round two. That’s right, SYGU is bringing Teese to F15teen (1900 Locust) and I’ve already dropped my “Dont’cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me” baby tee off at the Slaughter’s Cleaners for a “fresh and press.” Believe the hype. It will be that hotness…I’m sure of it. The party starts at 9 p.m.
13 Black Katz (i.e. absolutely grown and sexy) will be taking over the Lumiere Theatre with their Summer Soiree.
Monday. Magnificent Mondays returns at Escalade (formerly Hadley’s) with a Close To Famous b-day Celebration for Triky.
Fonzi’s Fail. Somebody please tell Fonzworth Bentley (a.k.a. Tyrone Perkins…or what ever his mama named him) that he is no longer, let me rephrase that… was never relevant. I went to the Bentley and Bottles event that my boy Ira put on Friday night at the Sheraton and was so put OFF by Fonzi’s “extraness” that I wanted to hold him down and braid some sense into that “doing the most” Gumby hair game of his. He was actin’ like he was actually famous or something.
Here’s a note to self for Diddy’s umbrella holder (get your minds out of the gutter): anytime somebody comes to the party that you are the “celebrity host” and asks “What’s your name again, and what song do you sing?” you don’t even have to beg, borrow, buy or steal a clue about your status, because they’ve made it as plain as an air sandwich.
Switchin’ it up with soul. Just a quick reminder that Café Soul will take place next Thursday at the Loft (3112 Olive). Same soul, just different day and venue.
