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# 3: "Exactly how many people can you fit in a booth at TAO?"
POSTED
6/25/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
Anyone
who follows the JackColton.com columns on a regular
basis is probably well aware that I have a table in the main room
of Tao Nightclub each
and every Thursday that is meant to serve as a welcoming spot
for all of our local nightlife industry friends. It's in the same
spot every week, and it isn't at all uncommon for twenty to thirty
people to be packed in the table area at any given time. So when
Tracy Lee and I were actually hosting the night
at TAO in celebration
of our website re-launches, it came as absolutely no surprise
that our expanded table area was the new definition of packed.
As in girls sitting on other girls just to let others pass by…packed.
So packed that we went through our first two bottles of Grey Goose
(make that two of many) in less than 15 minutes.
While
I was a bit concerned that the crowd, which included an ever-growing
group of drunken UFC fighters, might accidentally
knock over the 52” plasma television that graced our booth,
the night went by relatively without incident and allowed us plenty
of opportunity to say hello to the scores of locals who came to
TAO
to help us celebrate and gave Tracy the chance to take even more
great photos:
TAO
Nightclub’s main room is open weekly on Thursday (local’s
night), Friday, and Saturday. For table reservation and general
questions, please e-mail Tao Nightclub host Larson Legris
directly
or call him at 702-343-1422.
A
special thanks to Jason Strauss, Mike
Snedegar, and Jordan Miner for their
planning and promotions of this special event.
Night
/ Day # 5: "Will you take a picture of our butts at Ditch
Friday?!"
POSTED
6/25/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
I’m
supposedly ½ British and ½ Choctaw Indian, but when
it comes to me being out in what so many pleasantly refer to as
“the sun,” clearly my pale European roots come out
loud and clear as I, without fail, turn lobster red after only
an hour out in the daytime heat! So as Tracy Lee
and I co-hosted the Palms Casino’s popular “Ditch
Fridays” event this past week, I was lathered up
in the highest SPF sunscreen money can by, and only out in the
sun on an “as needed” basis. This gave me plenty of
time to sit back in our cabana and watch the mini-drama continue
to unfold as people threw their inhibitions to the wind and endured
a photoshoot while often wearing nothing but a skimpy bathing
suit. Point in case, a fairly attractive girl is doing her best
to strike a ‘sexy pose’ when Tracy tells her “alright,
let’s take one more shot.” While most people would
realize that the pose might have not been right, someone might
have walked into the background, or maybe the photographer just
wanted to have a couple of options – this girl screams in
a violent voice “WHY?!! Why another one? Do I look FAT
or something?” The entire cabana erupts in laughter.
Or
when the matching Ditch Friday girls are invited
to take a picture, pose once, pose twice, and just before leaving
back to the pool turn around and, in the most serious tone possible,
ask Tracy “Oh! Would you like to take a picture of our
butts?” The entire cabana again erupts in laughter,
and then of course Tracy takes a picture.
Ditch Fridays are open every Friday
from 12PM to 6PM at the Palms Hotel and Casino pool. Ladies are
always free, and guys are eligible for their “Ménage
et Trois” program that entitles them to free entry if they
show up with two or more girls.
Night # 5.5: "Nothing says "VIP" like a
nice walk home...."
POSTED
6/25/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
As
far as the city-wide relaunch celebrations go, we don’t
have anything scheduled for tonight. But of course that doesn’t
mean I’ll be able to enjoy a “night off” to
recuperate! At 11PM, I return to the Palms to take the elevator
up to Moon Nightclub where I will be hosting a weekly nightclub
review show for RawVegas.tv. As we get inside, the club was absolutely
PACKED with people from celebrating the after parties of Cine-Vegas
and the Fire Fighter’s auction.
After
our interviews with club patrons, Bronson (the Director of Customer
Development for Moon), and the ever-lovely cocktail waitress Kim
Martin – my producer and camera operator decide for the
first time in the history of us filming these shows to actually
stay at the club and drink after the shoot. So much for the night
off. After a few Long Islands and shots of Patron, the crew are
completely missing and not answering their phones. Best part about
it? They drove me there! Slightly buzzed and far too cheap to
take a cab the short distance to the production office, I decide
to walk back to my truck in the middle of the night. So much for
VIP. While the walk certainly helped to sober me up from my “night
off,” I found that you never realize exactly how far something
is away until you actually hit the pavement and find out for yourself!
Night # 6: "I suddenly feel like Paris freaking Hilton."
POSTED
6/22/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
It’s
the fourth year anniversary party for Vegas Magazine,
and by now these events have earned a solid reputation for outdoing
themselves year-after-year. Money is no object, celebrity attendance
is merely assumed, and they are rumored to cost in the HIGH hundred’s
of thousands of dollars to produce. Even getting an invitation
to one of these events is a sign that you’re now officially
‘cool’ by Las Vegas standards, and this year I'm not
only invited to the party - but I also have a full page spread
in the Fourth Anniversary issue of the magazine they are celebrating!
Things couldn't be better, right? But here's the thing: I'm co-hosting
Tangerine tonight. And while I'm certainly looking forward to
continuing our re-launch celebration at Tangerine....this is my
one chance to check out a Vegas Magazine event.
I
was strongly considering the idea of constantly excusing myself
to the bathroom at both events "Oh, I'll be right back,"
but eventually decided it would be easier (and less risky) to
just stop by the Vegas Magazine party first and then head to Tangerine
directly after.
As I’m walking up to multitude of camera crews and towards
the hundreds of blinding photo flashes going off on the red carpet,
my hopes and dreams are nearly squashed when my phone rings and
my neighbor tells me that my pet chihuahua ‘Killer’
apparently felt it necessary to crawl her way out of the backyard
and go on a tour of the neighborhood. And surprise, surprise,
I'd have to come pick her up in the next twenty minutes! With
the idea of driving an hour across town just to pick up a dog,
and then barely even making it to Tangerine not sounding that
great....I convinced the neighbor to baby sit for the night.
I
finally made it into the party just long enough to dump live scorpions
onto a lady sitting in a fish tank (don't ask), paint graffiti
on the wall (it was legal), have a couple of cocktails (they were
free), and, of course, say hello to my good friend Robin Leach.
I can see how these parties get their reputation!
Night
# 6.5: "We found a hidden gem on Saturday night...."
POSTED
6/22/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
Let
me start off by saying that we quickly found out that if you're
looking for a spot on the weekend to get in without a whole lot
of headache in - Tangerine
might be exactly what you are looking for. Frequently
without much of a long line and with many of the same amenities
as it's sister venue PURE
Nightclub, Tangerine is one of those rare clubs that has a
steady crowd throughout the night and often times doesn't fill
up until a bit later in the evening.
And
after the crews from NapkinNights and JackColton
had been out for over a week straight (or in my case eleven days
straight), this was a welcome sight for sore eyes. Tracy and I
actually arrived before the rest of our parties and set up camp
in the roped off five (5) table area just to the right of the
entrance. At first we looked a little silly with security, cocktail
waitresses, management, and an entire bussing staff all on stand
by while the two of us sat in the elaborately prepared area -
but it didn't take long for the masses to start piling in to join
us in celebration. Text message after text message kept pouring
in saying "Hey, I'm at the Vegas Magazine party. We are
about to leave, mind if we stop by?" and "Just
got out of the IFL Fight, we are on the way!"
By
night's end our section was just as crazy as each of them have
been all week, and we were more than happy to invite locals and
tourists alike to partake in one of the last photoshoot sessions
of the week (which came out quite well I might add). A big thanks
to everyone at Tangerine for their great hospitality and promotional
efforts.
Tangerine
is open Wednesday - Saturday from 9PM to 4AM. For reservations
at Tangerine, please contact Shawn Olyaie of
Pure Management directly: Shawn@purelv.com
or by phone at 702-289-1105.
Night
#'s 7 & 8: Rehab, Body English, and Dorm Days
POSTED
6/25/2007 by columnist Jack Colton.
NapkinNights
celebrated their 5th year anniversary at REHAB, Body English,
and Dorm Days today. And since I actually wasn't directly involved
in Sunday's events at the Hard Rock Hotel (although I was there),
I'm going to leave this one for Tracy Lee to fill in.
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