Another busy weekend exploring this city’s diverse offering.
> Owned by Tim Robbins, the Back Room is housed in an actual Speakeasy during the prohibition days.
The entrance is disguised by a toy store that says “Lower East Side Toy Company“.
> Alcohol is served in tea cups and paper bags.
> This is Ojay who hosted a party at Happy Ending – This place used to be an erotic massage parlour.
Hence the name.
> One of the steam rooms from Happy Ending’s former life.
> The milk man outside Happy Ending.
> Santos Party House is where you will find Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest as resident DJ on Friday nights.
Classic & dance floor hip hop mixed with soul and funk.
> Floor suddenly clears and breakdancers start to bust their moves.
> A fight breaks out during one of the battles.
> From the battle of the dance moves to battle of the creative minds. Cut&Paste is an international design tournament. 2D/3D/Motion designers are given a topic like ‘predicting the future’ and have 20mins to battle it out in front of an audience.
Q-tip on the regular. You are a lucky man!
You’re taking me to that place!!! x
Great story telling via pics Nat!
I’m not sure if it’s just the style of photos, your camera or the fact that you are hanging out in dark places but they all seem have a very dark and dirty feel about them. Knowing you, I’m going with the latter :)