• Word on the street is enso Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar is opening in the EpiCentre in April, and is suppose to give Nikko a run for its money ... which is going to be hard considering it’s hard to top a boa-wearing, tambourine-shaking, karaoke-singing owner. SUSHI LOVE!
• The Wachovia Championship Block Party in Phillip’s Place has been canceled ... well, relocated rather to Piedmont in South Park.
• HOM was foreclosed on, but it’s now under renovations and is set to reopen in two months as an upscale urban club – kinda like Grand Central did.
• On Friday, March 27, Mythos is having a reunion party... at Forum, where it once existed. DJ Kastanas will be playing the old school beats to the old school crowd. I'm sure for the old Mythos regulars, getting word about the reunion made them feel as old as I did when I got the invite (over facebook nonetheless) to my 10 year high school reunion in October.
• The Dirty Martini is opening in Lake Norman, Cornelius if you will: 17036 Kenton Drive Suite 104, Cornelius, N.C. 28031 to be exact.
... and I-rish I hadn’t drunk so much while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this past weekend. Although comparatively, I was practically sober.
It may have rained on our parade – literally, the parade was postponed until this weekend – but Rich and Bennett’s 8th Annual St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl marched on. Said pub crawl is the largest in the U.S. – like, officially. More than 4,000 people come in from all over the country, as far as San Francisco, to crawl through the streets of Charlotte. The crawl is so massive in fact, the Travel Channel filmed it for their new show "Extreme." This pub crawl has made Charlotte a tourist destination. All hail Rich&Bennett.
But I’m pretty sure the producers thought they were filming “Charlotteans Gone Wild” in some of the interviews. I overheard one interview where the guy was talking in a foreign language known as drunk babble, and some girl in dire need of attention wanted to be on camera so bad she pulled up her shirt and shouted, “They always be after me Lucky Charms!” Not very lady like of the lush.
Pictured was the view from DJ Mayor’s booth of Buckhead Saloon at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon... it was so crowded it was one in, one out — and the line for the ladies room was so long the attendants offered a pass to the front of the line for $3. Considering how long all the broken seals in there were holding their pee, it was a bargain.
What is up with a noon game on a weekday? I’m sure all the VT and UNC fans throughout Charlotte are going to be real productive at work tomorrow. Two words for you: long lunch. Or fuck it, it’s Friday and game day, just take half a day. It’s like an unsaid Tarheel holiday, after all.
I know so much about college basketball that when I met Sean May the year after he helped UNC win the National Championship, I asked him which school he went to. But I do know that VT and UNC both have to win three games in order to win the ACC tournament.
I had tickets to VT vs. Miami game in Atlanta on Thursday, but instead I went up to the lake to watch the game during the live broadcast of WFNZ’s Frank & Buck at the LKN Sports Grille.
Places to go to “lunch” to watch the game...
Chima (pronounced Chi-ma, not Chime-a as I stood, or spoke rather, corrected).
I’ve been to Chima twice – and it wasn’t to eat the delicacy that is Brazilian meat shaved right off the bone... It was to party. As it turns out, Chima isn’t just a place to fine dine, it’s a fine place to wine. Last night I went for the ELEVATE Magazine’s Best Of party.
They had a signature shot called the “Shaved Beaver” – considering it’s a Brazilian restaurant shouldn’t it be referred to as the “Brazilian Waxed Beaver?”
Breaking news in the world of nightlife — there's a new club opening up.
The ugly coyotes were run out of town by the LUNA ... tics. (Don’t think too much into that, it’s merely a play on words)
The opening date has not yet been confirmed, but LUNA Lounge is opening sometime in the near future in the old Coyote Ugly building in Uptown.
Word on the street is it will have a glassed in patio and a cabana style rooftop patio. The color scheme and decor is similar to that of the Sunset Club before they remodeled, with the russet oranges, dark reds and rich browns. Which pretty much makes it a Virginia Tech bar by school color default, no?
They’ll have sectional VIP seating similar to that in KISS Lounge and will be serving a Tapas style menu. Thursday nights will be college night (mash ups, top 40, mainstream), Fridays will be designated for Tec House (Electronica and house music) and Saturdays will be Loca Luna International Nights.
Stay tuned for the opening date and chances to win tickets to the grand opening party!
I permanently reside in la la land... But I did just get back from L.A.
Our first night there, my friend's car got towed from my hotel in Hollywood and we had to venture into Compton in order to retrieve it. As the GPS on my rental car said in her British accent, “turn left on South Central Avenue,” I wondered why it wasn’t asking, “Are you sure you want to turn left on South Central?”
Between that, and driving between Santa Monica, Hermosa Beach, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, West Wood and Laguna Beach, I got the full LA experience... as in, I spent most of my time there in the car. After I yelled at my GPS to “shut the front door” because it kept repeating for me to take a left when I couldn’t, I decided to just drive on the coast so I could at least enjoy the view.
I mostly enjoyed my afternoons on the beach, but everything gets hotter when the sun goes down. We went to the club Foxtail for some dude from Twilight’s birthday party (I honestly can’t tell you who’s, because I honestly just don’t care).
But I assumed the actress in the movie that got busted smoking weed was there considering people were openly smoking in the club considering it’s practically legal in Cali. It’s so prevalent in fact, In San Francisco the homeless people don’t beg for money, they offer to sell you pot.
As the bi-polar weather warms up and spring break arrives, the out-of-control moments seem more unbearable than usual. By out of control, I’m referring to my computer crashing before mid-terms, as opposed to being on some beach with a tropical drink in hand. I’ll be spending my break at work, which brings me even quicker into the real world. For these symptoms of spring fever, I decided to play doctor for those college students like me who have to forgo the break and for those already in the real world that don’t even get a break. And I’m prescribing cures that are anything but Tylenol and rest — although you might need them after the fact.
Rx 1: Get your ass outside!
Go play a round of golf at one of the many courses throughout Charlotte... or, for those that suck at golf like me, there’s the alternative — putt-putt. The Lost Duffer, located in the University area, is a mini-golf course designed like an old mining shaft. For $4.50, you can play nine holes outside and nine holes underground.
Rx 2: Take a shot or two and call me in the morning.
For those of us not flying the coop, there is Stool Pigeons. There are three locations in Charlotte — University, Uptown and Matthews. Each location offers big screen televisions playing all your favorite sports, and Stool Pigeon’s daily drink specials make obeying the doctor’s orders easier than ever and although the coast feels miles away, Boardwalk Billy’s at University brings seafood and the beach vibe to Charlotte... minus the girls in bikinis (like the neighboring breast-e-raunt Bikinis).
Brittney Cason is a Charlotte based writer that authors QC After Dark for Creative Loafing and Sex and the Queen City for Elevate. Brittney is also a contributing writer for AOL.com, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and pretty much any publication that pays her. To support her writing habit Brittney hosts a racing show called “3 Wide Life” and does regular segments on ESPNU and is a dance teacher/choreographer and former Panthers TopCat Cheerleader. Brittney graduated from the top 10 percent of her class in Virginia Tech with degrees in Education and Communication, and earned a Masters in Education though the NYC Teaching Fellowship, and a Masters in funny from Second City Chicago.
email: brittneycason@creativeloafing.com
While the Queen City’s Carrie Bradshaw, otherwise known as Brittney Cason, is soaking up the sun in Cali, I’ve filled in to be her Saint Louise — in this case, a Saint Sarah. Ready to enjoy labels and love, I headed off to drink cosmos and admire wedding fashion!
Nothing compares to finding that great love. We all have our different ideas of what that means — but when we find it, it’s like a dream come true. So, when that white horse comes around, you need a white gown. That’s why the “Dress in the Queen City” event used Carrie’s Vivienne Westwood gown as its headliner. With Carrie Bradshaw as the emblem of a modern day Cinderella, the big wedding and her gown, become the starting place for a modern fairytale.
The boutique that held the event was Hayden Olivia, a bridal store that brings New York style to the Queen City. And if giving us the chance to eye Carrie’s gown wasn’t charity enough, the event gave 100 percent of the proceeds to Dress for Success Charlotte — an organization that assists less fortunate women in the path to success.
For Fat Tuesday last week, I felt like being a fat ass... So, I went to Fat Boys in Moorseville and really put the fat in Fat Tuesday.
Some of my boys up at the lake told me about this buffet, with a bar... A Buffet-Bar?!?? Really? I thought that combination sounded more like drinking beer before liquor (never sicker) than going together like peas and carrots. Out of curiosity, and some slight disbelief, I requested they take me — and there is in fact a buffet inside a bar up in Moorseville. Dinner and drinks, anyone?
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