September 4, 2008
Leah and I have had many whimsical adventures this summer.
Everything from the MILK photography studios BBQ to watching MGMT play a lovely rain swept concert at McCarren pool in Brooklyn to discussing build-a-bear & over sized hot-tubs with Gossip Girls‘ Chace Crawford over corona beers in his living room until six in the morning. (Not mention the virtual beat down, and badass detective work Leah and I delivered when my Blackberry was stolen- then recovered. I want to give shouts out to the 7th percent police. Not only are you’ll sassy, but dang ya’ll come out in force!)
For us, it was a summer of daily afternoon iced latte breaks from marathon sessions of painting (Leah) and writing (me), late night dance parties fueled by shots of chilled tequila with great friends like Lauren, Andrew, Beth, Ray-Ray, Lacaus The Greek (yeah, I think I am going to adding ‘The Greek’ to his name), and Kegeen ‘the I’m tiding up‘ Australian. Mechanical Pony rides with endless quarters at Max Fish with Paul (if he wasn’t 21 I would…oh who am I kidding, I totally going ‘cougar’ on that one. Just kidding Paul, don’t be scared) while Shannon observed and shook his head with bemusement as Leah shouted “put another quarter in!!!” and once again I would ride the mechanical pony for all to see.
As summer comes to a close, Leah and I wanted to keep the party going into the Fall and Winter with our Monday nights at Mannahatta LOUNGE at 310 Bowery Street, every Monday Night starting September 15. The playlist will be a night of sexy Old & New Skool R&B, Old Skool Hip-Hop, and Soul. In addition to hosting the party Leah and I will be bartending, serving up our signature drinks such as ‘The Sin-Sin’ and ‘Redemption’. There will of course be drink specials, and mandatory midnight shots.
Good times.
The culmination of this party will occur Valentines Day February 14 with the release of The Him Book (written by yours truly). The art instillation that evening will feature the very talented Australian photographer Andrew Boyle http://andrewboylephotography.com
More info to follow…
For now, we will see you all on Mondays.
xo- Maya Contreras
Monday Nights with Maya & Leah starting September 15th at Mannahatta Lounge 310 Bowery and 1st For more information go to: http://confessionsnyc.wordpress.com/
