CityBeat "SummerBeat" Party

Friday afternoon kicked off with CityBeat's SummerBeat Party at the Lafayette Hotel. The hotel is on El Cajon Blvd; you might know it as the hotel behind the Red Fox Room. It was such a cool venue for a party. The hotel lobby has a fabric sun shade covering it instead of a traditional roof, so there's this airy feel about the place. Unfortunately the city wouldn't grant a performance permit, so the bands were canceled, but the fashion show took place as planned.

But we all know I was not there for a fashion show. I was there for my two favorite words in the English language: "free" and "booze". Wristbands were given to "VIPs", though it seemed about 80% of the attendees had them and resulted in the bar being quite chaotic most of the time.



I was happy to see so many friends out so early on a Friday...






Troy Johnson trying to get a last minute drink from the chick in the banana suit

The bar turned to a cash bar at 8, so Andrea and I hung out in the patio and caught about 15 minutes of the fashion show and said our goodbyes before taking off and heading to destination #2 for the evening, the Swedish Models at the Beauty Bar.


promoters Gabe Vega and Saul (Feel The Noise, Vega Presents, etc.)


The guys behind CityBeat: publisher Kevin Hellman and editor Dave Rolland.

On our way to the Beauty Bar we were slightly delayed by a stop for dinner, a stop home to feed my dog, and a pass through the liquor store where my car was blocked by hundreds of cyclists doing a Critical Mass ride through Kensington, but soon enough, we were at the Beauty Bar.