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Entries Tagged as 'Culture'

St. Germain

November 14th, 2008 1 Comment

   I met up with a few friends in the west end to have a few cocktails. Its sort of our low key spot, my favorite bartender introduced me to the joys of elderflower liqueur; namely St-Germain. I’m not that into designer liqueur, nor am I really that well versed in them, but I was […]

Tags: food

Blackberry Luxe Club with DJ Skeet Skeet & Shwayze

October 20th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2TBz9W99Gs Not a bad way to spend a Saturday night.

Tags: event

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners – Stick it to McCain

October 15th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwNvSW1Ge4M Goodby, Silverstein & Partners resides virtually in my back yard and I’ve been meaning to write about them for a bit now. As one of the top independent ad shops in the country, they are responsible for excellent work they produce for clients such as Adobe, Comcast, and Hyundai. The two principles, Jeff Goodby and […]

Tags: Advertising · Culture

Heron Preston Invites You…

August 20th, 2008 No Comments

Heron Preston is the kind of guy when you think that he’s sleeping on his game he’s really out there perfecting his hustle. He’d been keeping pretty secret on why he wasn’t updating his blog but now he’s letting us in on the secret as he invites us all to meet the Young and the […]

Tags: Culture

Faces in the Crowd – Vegas BLVD

July 31st, 2008 1 Comment

Thursday night found Jason,  me and a gaggle of friends at Vegas BLVD in Hartford. My love of booty shaking beats can only be quenched there mainly because resident DJ Jefferey Perez spins (electro, disco, house, b-more) and from time to time I’ve dropped in. This Thursday people were exposed to the beginnings of Panther […]

Tags: Culture · event

Faces in the Crowd – Real Art Ways Creative Cocktail

July 1st, 2008 1 Comment

Yet another saving grace of living in downtown Hartford has to be Real  Art Ways. It has fought tooth and nail to bring art and culture to the hum drum of Hartford. Located pretty much in my back yard, it plays monthly to the “Creative Cocktail” party. New works are introduced at this festive gathering of […]

Tags: Art · Culture · event