Here are some pics from Fight Night 2010! Thanks Dave for the invite!

Last night I had the honor of DJing the first annual Tomorrow's Youth Organization Gala at the Ritz Carlton. It was an amazing event for an amazing organiztion. Honored guests included Pres. Bill Clinton, Quincy Jones and Cherie Blair (wife of Former PM Tony Blair).

Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works in disadvantaged areas of the Middle East, enabling children, youth and parents to realize their potential as healthy, active and responsible family and community members.

Thank you to my friend Humaria for putting me in touch with her organization so I could be a part of this event. She is on the ground in Nablus, Palestine working to make a change and bring hope to young people who have none. Also thanks to Nell Derick Debevoise and Hani Masri for all their hardwork and for inviting me to participate in this wonderful event.

If you want to work for lasting peace in the middle east and subsequent prosperity and stability for the rest of the world, I highly recommend you get involved and/or support this organization.

Tomorrow's Youth Organization

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.

So I was walking to the bank on my lunch break and stumbled upon this truck offering Indian/Pakistani culinary delights. You had a choice is a tasting, medium, or large plate. For the medium plate you can choose two items, the large choose three. The items were Pumpkin, Three Beans, Butter Chicken and Chicken Curry. I went with the two chickens and pumpkin, all over Basmati rice. I've seen this concept starting to pop up around DC and Northern VA of a "food cart" selling really good and creative food. (If you still want overcooked hot dogs and Chili Fritos you can still go to the cart on the corner)

The food was fantastic! The Butter Chicken was so savory and the Curry Chicken had just enough spice to satisfy my ingrained Pakistani taste buds. The pumpkin was a surprise! It was amazing! The mix of curry spices with the sweetness the pumpkin was a perfect marriage. If you can catch this van, I highly recommend.

On to the next subject, and I will be brief, what's up with people putting stuffed animals on their rear dashboards?? I mean really! And I'm not talking about the high school girls driving to the pep rally hoping their boyfriends take their virginity on prom night, I'm talking about grown-ass individuals, men and women. I can see how if you have kids, you may have some toys back there etc etc, but I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about the single people who think that the "Child-like cuteness is attractive" method actually works! For Women, stop it! It's a gateway to living alone with 9 cats! For Men, you should just kill yourself now because your life is not getting better, so what's the point!

OK, I'm done!

Line up this week:

Thurs: 5 year anniversary party for DC Modern Luxury Magazine (Thanks Heather!)
Fri: Fly Private at Fly Lounge (Covering for my boy Dirty Hands)
Sat: Fly Lounge (been there for 4 years so if you didn't know, you should cover your rear dash with stuffed animals)

Deuces!

Sorry for being M.I.A.. Things have been busy in my side of the world. Got some updates on where I'll be.

10/2 - Fly Lounge
10/7 - DC Modern Luxury 5th Anniversary Party
10/9 - Fly Lounge
10/16 - Fly Lounge
10/22 - Josephines
10/23 - Metro (Roanoke, VA)
10/29 - Private Event For DWash and Yosi (TBD)
10/30 - Fly Lounge

I'm sure I'll pick up more gigs here and there.. I'll keep you posted! You stay classy!

I'd like to think we've come a long way from the shoe box sized grey cell phones Zack Morris used in Saved By the Bell, however, people still feel the need to yell into their phones in public places. The speakers and mics on phones/pda's nowadays are really good and are very sensitive....so why are you yelling? I went to brunch the other day and a woman was having a conversation that could wake the dead. And I'm not so upset about her talking on the phone in a restaurant, although in nice restaurants you should ALWAYS put your phone away. This was more of a diner, so it wasn't so bad. This woman was sitting a good 20 feet away from me, however I could hear every word of her conversation. What makes people speak like they are in a wind tunnel when on cell/mobile phones?

What ever happened to "using your inside voice"??? It's a lesson we learned in kindergarten and it still holds true today. Believe me, no one wants to hear who it is going to pick up the kids, or you giving someone else directions to your location, or which one of your kids slapped the other.

I can be (at times) a food/restuarant snob. I like to eat out and enjoy my meal and enjoy my restaurant experience. So if you're talking loud enough for the entire place to hear you and you're sitting halfway across the room, be prepared to catch a dirty look and maybe even a left hook. Unless your President Obama, keep your mobile phone in your purse or pocket, and if you absolutely have to take the call, excuse yourself and move to a more private area...it's just common fricken courtesy.

Bow ties are not for everyone! Few men can actually get away with it, yet more and more men are attempting it. Bow ties do not work on heavy set men, sorry guys they just don't. Instead of evoking a preppy-cool look, you end up looking like an uptight professor or worse, Re-Run from "What's Happening". People like Andre 3000 can pull off a bow tie, hell he can pretty much pull off anything (look up his Benjamin Bixby line).

Remember this, bow ties work with slender/lean frames. Keep patterns simple and keep shirts fitted. It's a fine line between looking chic and looking like your part of the waitstaff at The Palm. The goal is to look like your not trying too hard.

PS...Since we have brought back the bow tie, can we try to resurrect the white dinner jacket?? Think James Bond and Cary Grant.

PSS...Tom Ford at the Oscars is the look you want when dressing formal! Get your game up!

Later!

Yes it's true. My man Sadat X from Brand Nubian is now a wine taster and critic. Check out his videos on Youtube! They are Hilarious!



FYI- My download links haven't been working because the site I use to house my mixes is acting a fool! I'll repost them.

Lata..