At first I wasn’t to sure if I was going to beable to make this event, but as my day kept going on the more it had me thinking “I just need a drink tonight”. With that said I got on blackberry messenger and hit up Peter (PUMA) who was also in need of a drink as well. We tossed a few ideas back and forth, and decided if we are going to drop coin on some drinks might as well be for a good cause. We headed over to the W hotel for the (RED)wire event. Right when you walk in you entered the Whiskey Blue which was lit up in what other color than red, at that point a conversation me and Peter had in the car made me realize having dinner before the event would of been the smart idea, mistake number one. Lets rewind really quick to the convo me and Peter had in the car.
P : “Yo I’m hungry maybe we should grab a bite to eat before we start drinking?”
N: “Eat? We will just fill our belly’s up with drinks, who needs food!”
P: “Your right Neran no wonder why they call you God”
So maybe he didn’t call me God, but you get the point. Ok back on track here – right when got to the W people where already there, and wearing red. We were wearing black, mistake number two of the night. We headed to the bar where the lovely bartenders where telling us about the INSPI(RED) cocktail, I didn’t hear a word the bartender said, but drinking and having some of the money go for a good cause, I’ll take two please! Another side note, listen to what the bartenders say, if you don’t you will be handed a very strong red drink in with a major buzz. At this point me and Peter are feeling good for two reasons, we are supporting a good cause and the drinks gave us a nice buzz. As I am ordering round two they start showing a film which showcases all the artist they are working with, to my surprise I start to hearing “Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard, Brooklyn we go hard – this is black hoodie rap”. You guessed it one of the artist (RED) worked with for this project was J HOVA, aka Mr Bro-ok-lyn. As we are watching the film, head bopping to the beat a great picture of Notroious BIG comes on, the first thought to pop in my head is Biggie’s lyrics “You can find me in DC at Howard Homecoming”, I rushed the bartender to get us round two because now the film has my full attention. I am not going to ruin the film for everyone, but I do encourage you to look into where you can find the film and how you can do you part to help the fight against Aids. I will even make this simple for everyone, just click this link : www.whotels.com/redwire or www.joinredwire.com
I will say the event was a success, don’t forget that (RED) is even doing a lot of work in the fashion industry too, shoes with Converse is just one example It would be great to see them incorporate (RED)wire and the products they are doing in the fashion industry together into one event, only time will tell.
Peter (PUMA) Signing up for (RED)wire
As the event started to wind down we were given a little tour of the W hotel. I am huge fans of hotels that are pushing the bar and making their properties stand out from the regular cookie cutter hotels. Pictured below are few of the interesting things we saw on our tour. Now that I think of it, I wish we could of seen some of the rooms and how the decoration was in there, but for now here is what we saw.
Out side of the Whiskey Blue
Typewriter in the lobby, just in case you needed to write a love letter to someone.
The walk way to the pool
[...] Here is the video for Brooklyn We Go hard – I also had a the chance to attended the LA (RED)wire where they premiered the video. Check out the article I did for Killahbeez here : http://www.killahbeez.com/2008/12/02/redwire-x-w-hotels-fighting-aids-one-beat-at-a-time-recap/ [...]