No, I'm not giving away kitchen furniture ... I'm inviting a group of friends to join me at my VIP table (equipped with a bottle) for Denny Hamlin's party tonight at Butter.
In NASCAR, if you're not first, you're last — but I honor 32 e-mails, one for every car in the standard field of a Cup race. I'll put the first 32 people to e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com on the list. But the first place winner gets to go to Victory Lane with a group of friends — as in the VIP table where drinks are on me. Shake and Bake!
Green Flag!
And earlier in the evening, join me at Rock Bottom for a Sex and the City Happy Hour where I'll be giving out tickets to see Sex and the City 2.
Denny Hamlin went straight from spraying champagne in Victory Lane in Martinsville, to toasting champagne with Michael Jordan at BUTTER. I wonder if Jordan gave the broom the Orlando Magic used to sweep the Bobcats to Denny before he went on to sweep Darlington.
Tucker Max goes to a NASCAR race. And of course he found the hot girls there.
No, Brotha Fred and I are not dating ... we just hosted the Charlotte Style event together at Ballantyne Resort.
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words ... so I'll just let this one speak for itself:
Yes, that is Coolio and Rob Schneider, hanging out together at the Galway Hooker. While Deuce Bigalow was on stage at the Lake Norman Comedy Zone, the king of the gangsta's paradise was on stage at Uptown Ampitheater before coming to see Rob's final show last night. Now that is what I call: "Hip-Hop Anonymous" — and random.
YOU CAN DOOOOO IT! Rob proved that he really can do it — as in be as funny live as he is in his movies. Of course he performed his famous lines for us. His jokes were almost comforting in a sense — he was deriving humor out of things going on in the world that we otherwise stress over.
Rob is not just a great character actor, but he's also an overall great character — and perhaps one of the nicest, most down-to-earth celebrities I've ever met. (Despite the fact that he picked on my friend for getting up in the middle of the show to use the restroom. Why do comedians always hackle people for getting up to pee? ... when you make us laugh that hard you put us at risk for peeing in our pants — especially someone with a full bladder.)
There was another comedy show at the Hooker last night ... starring my uterus.
One of the members of Coolio's entourage announced after the show that I was his future baby's mama.
"Did he just call dibs on my uterus?" How does one respond to that? I don't know about normal people, but I gave him a lecture about how my uterus is not a vacant real estate lot he could fertilize. "Do you already have a baby's mama?" my friend asked him. No response.
A Comedy Zone is opening soon in Charlotte. I'll give you details as soon as they give them to me, but I did coerce them into giving me hints, which led me to the conclusion it may be heading to Elizabeth. Also, Michael Waltrip, who was in attendance, is starting his own comedy garage tour.
“The fact is, sometimes it’s hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun." ~Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
I hate to disagree with Carrie, but sometimes walking in shoes is not all that fun. In fact, it can be downright torture. And not just the squeezed skin and achy arch feeling you get from a night out dancing that usually results in walking home barefoot carrying your heels. It can also cause serious damage to our back, tendons, and calf muscles. With Sex and the City 2 coming out next week, every night has been ladies' night as of late — and thus I've been out just about every night. But it is my feet, not my liver, that have have suffered. I was so sore last week I could barely get out of bed. And being stuck in bed sucks ... when it's against your will, that is.
The culprit: Shoes like the designer heels ones we give away at Strike and the City on Thursdays.
The cure: High Heel Therapy, a specialized form of therapy that targets the areas of your body that heels hurt — de-stressing the feet and preparing them ready for open-toed shoes too. But it's more about health than vanity: The High Heel Therapy massage releases the muscle tension and allows proper blood flow for firmer, stronger legs and increased energy. It will also stimulate lymphatic flow, which will release toxins that make the legs feel tired and heavy.
Now, we can have our shoes and wear them, too! Go see Jen at Drift Spa and Wellness.
And while you're at it, try a pedicure at Polished Nail Bar — which just opened a new location in SouthPark — and a detox foot bath at Haas Wellness Center.
Last night, I went to ladies' night at Club Blumenthal. As in Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women.
And my womanly secret is that I laughed so hard I almost peed a little.
I call it Club Blumenthal because when attending one of the many live productions at one of the many theaters (so many I always get confused as to which one to go to), it's like going to a party. It's nightlife with culture. For the Girls Only reception before the show they had catering that I am pretty sure I devoured 25 percent of, a bar with a special Duchess drink and Ring pops. I always said that I would rather a guy propose to me with a ring pop than a diamond ring... seriously.
I can see why they say the play is for girls only - the two guys there looked like their girlfriends that brought them there also applied blush to their faces as well. But there were a lot of hot girls there - so it'd be a good place for guys to go pick up chicks and, in turn, garner some insight into women.
You got excited there for a second, didn't you ;) Well you can stay excited because let's be real - the Sex and the City 2 movie is going to be even better than sex.
I really am getting carried away because I'm also hosting the Sex and the City party at Rock Bottom the day before the premiere: Tuesday, May 25. What can I say, I love Sex ... and the City.
I showed up to the N.C. Music Factory on Friday afternoon fresh off the lake — wet swimmsuit, no make-up, hair a mess... seat belt tan from driving around topless — as in the top off my Jeep. I was headed to the CL office to make some copies. I literally went from being on a boat with my flippy floppies, to straight flippin' copies. I attempted to make this a covert operation by going through the back entrance so no one would notice that I made the executive decision to work up at the lake rather than the office. But when I rolled up at 5:30 p.m. my cohorts had already deserted their desks and were sitting on a day bed in front of the office... cause it was Friday at the Factory.
I thought I would be out of place with all my cohorts in work clothes ... but I didn't stand out too much - I mean, the cocktail waitresses were wearing bikinis and the factory had the ambiance of a Miami pool party.
Temperpedic mattresses on day beds, bottle service from BUTTER, beer from HALO and overpriced sushi from Nikko. It was cooler than Fridays at MAXIM when they would roll out a bar and make the interns bartend. I'd be doing an excel sheet and an intern would come hand me a vodka-cranberry. And then I'd mess up the excel sheets and have to re-do them on Monday.
Except with Fridays at the Factory no one was doing work, so I didn't either. I still have to finish making those damn copies ...
The best thing about the Sex and the City 2 movie coming out is that it serves as a legitimate excuse to have a Ladies' Night out, every week.
Strike and the City is the new weekly Ladies' Night on Thursdays (at Strike City obviously). It is so elaborate for the ladies, it'll make men jealous we wear the tampons (in addition to the pants). The bowling alley transforms into a Utopia for women that includes massages, half priced martinis and a skinny app menu, Sex and the City airing on the televisions, and lots and lots of free shit. I even gave away some Gucci shoes...
The deal is, you get there around 8 p.m. - or just wander in from Alive After Five - and trade your shoes for bowling shoes. I will then select a shoe that will be matched to a number on the bowling shoe rental. If you have that number I will then trade you the bowling shoes, for a pair of red Gucci heels. It kinda made me feel like Prince Charming looking for my Cinderella ... but shouldn't it be the other way around?
Anyway... every time you get a strike you are registered for a raffle to win things like a Michael Kors clutch, an hour massage from Drift Spa, a personal training session and tickets to see the comedy show Girl's Only. And even if you don’t win, you still get a swag bag just for coming. Striiiiiiike!
Each week there will be a specialty martini - and when you order it, the proceeds go to the National MS Society. Might I suggest drinking that so you can justify ordering more than one. Drinking for a good cause ... I’ll cheers to that. The Walk MS is coming up May 15 by the way.
Speaking of Sex and the City 2... the official pre-screening event is at EpiCentre Theaters on May 26. And starting next Wednesday we'll be giving away VIP passes to the premiere. Don't you just love free shit!
Oh yes, it's ladies night, and the feeling's right - oh yes it's ladies night - oh what a, oh what a night! Sing it with me now ...
Breaking Nightlife News: Wet Willie's in the N.C. Music Factory is opening tonight for Cinco de Drinko. And you best believe this frozen daiquiri bar has frozen Margaritas! And they also have a patio overlooking the Amphitheater. So, go wet your willy and tap into your inner Mexican tonight.
Here's a sneak peak ...
It was Plan B… as in the second option, not the morning after pill. Then it was the Rock n’ Lobster. Now, as of a month ago, it’s The Deck - Dilworth East Coastal Kitchen.
The Deck may only be overlooking East Boulevard, versus a body of water, but it's still one heck of a deck patio. Though it coins itself as more of a restaurant for dining than a bar for nightlife, overall, The Deck has a tiki bar feel. Its specialty cocktail is the Mojito — offering six variations of Cuban mojitos. You can't get a more authentic mojito unless you’re in the keys. And on Wednesday said mojitos are only $5 - and they have live music on the patio to stir up the mojitos. Last Wednesday Jared Allan serenaded the "tiki bar" and made me feel like I was at a Jack Johnson concert.
And, they have Taco Tuesday - $2.50 fish tacos… they're good and all, but Cabo Fish Taco has nothing to worry about. The Deck would be a perfect seafood restaurant slash tiki bar, if we were on the Ocean. But their menu items range from either side of the coast so you can overlook the fact the patio is overlooking a city street.
The best thing about The Deck is they give you a piece of salt water taffy rather than a mint with your check.
Speaking of mojitos … be sure you try the Brittney Cason Sweet Tea Mojito at Red Rocks Cafe in Birkdale. It's a little Southern, a little Spanish ... just like me.
And speaking (or writing rather) about patios - my Saint Sarah told me about Old Pro in Ballantyne. Sarah is now writing for CL's At Large blog so you can keep up with her, and more nightlife, there.
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