Christmas In August...Lollapalooza time!!!!

My people, my people....

If you know me, there are very few things in life that get me excited: free drinks (should I be sad about this?), delish food and LOLLAPALOOZA time in Chicago!!!

Seriously, it's like Christmas in August. Awesome music, funky hipsters (and yes, I mean this literally), and darn fantastic parties. My friends and I literally countdown for this weekend every year. I think we were five seconds from exploding prior to getting our invites to parties (damn, bloggers and their privilege ways).

Well, I was lucky enough to be invited to several exclusive parties over the weekend, so lots to report on  (ahh, to be a broke socialite, cause you already know how I feel about paying to get into parties....totally unnecessary).

First place we sashayed to was the Rolling Stone magazine party at Studio Paris. Oh man, was this a good one. Rolling Stone literally rolled out the red carpet at this one. Belvedere was flowing (a little too much for me :)), the food was plentiful (um, crab legs, anyone) and the company was pretty good. I wasn't neccessarily in love with the band selection, but the DJ duo of Cosmic Kids was sick! Any DJ that plays Stardusts' "Music Sound Better With You" has a special place in my heart. Needless to say, had too much of great time at this party, had to call it an early night.

CK One Powder/Bronzer duo

After some well needed sleep (and a big bottle of Gatorade), on Saturday, we made our way back down to the Rolling Stone party for Day 2 of Lolla World Tour (yes,  I know, lame, but going with it). We def had superb time, but knew it was time to make our way to the party we've been talking about for the past 365 days, the It's So Miami Oasis party at the Hard Rock hotel. This party really is like a vacation away from the Lolla madness outside (standing next to some smelly 19-year old is not my idea of fun, sorry). So, I went with GH (you know who you are) and few other friends and indulged in the fab opps at the party. CK One was one of the sponsors and a wonderfully, beautiful  good one at that. Manicures galore (they flew in manicurists from NY, that's how serious it was) and a layout of make-up that would make the baddest drag queen mad (yes, I did cop the powder/bronzer duo, along with the mascara (which I adore btw)). After our mani session, we headed to some of the gifting suites, where I was able to snag this neon pink watch from Nico Lives (yes, you should get one, only $15 and you'll be ahead of the trend, trust). Like all good things, however, parties must come to an end, as this one wrapped at 6 PM. Minor note: I will say the other highlight of my day was hanging out with my new friend, chef extraordinaire, Mr. Table 52 (google it and the mac and cheese). Man, I thought I could hang, but he totally outdid me.

Childish Gambino at CK One presents Rock The Vote Nights

(photo courtesy of LFB Media Group)

While I did say all good things must come to an
end, guess what....they
start back up again! We headed back to the Hard Rock at 10 PM but this time for CK One presents Rock The Vote Nights (you know it's an election year, kiddies, have to engage the youngins' and excite them about voting). They had some pretty solid performances both Saturday and Sunday night, but my personal favorite were DJ sets from Talib Kweli and Childish Gambino. While neither performed at the venue, both put on a decent set (well, CG may need to keep practicing, no shade cause I was super excited to meet him. Actually, he walked right past me, thought about shouting his name, but that's hood.....right?). Again, the drinks were flowing, but as I learned my lesson on Friday, I stuck to Coors beer the entire night (hey, I had to drink something, right).

You all know I'm trying to limit my ranting, so all in all, I had a pretty solid weekend. Seriously, how could I complain: manicure (with a color that I adore), jukin' to Talib Kweli and crab legs (yes, I know, I'll stop drooling over this), I would say I had a winning weekend.  Until next year....365, 364, 363.....

Talib Kweli at CK One presents Rock The Vote Night
(photo courtesy of LFB Media Group)

Fab CK One manicure (color: Romper Room)