A day after I arrived home in LA I headed to New York on a red Eye to help my Brother with Sales at the Trade Show for his business Bangkok Imports. I designed about 25% of the product line so I am very familiar with the products and I love Selling and I love NY. Any excuse to make a trip out to NY is ok with me. The only thing I hated about the trip was the weather because it was cold as shit.
The first day I arrived I ran around with my buddy Devin and took in the city sights on a double decker tour bus which was a first for me in NY. We went to China Town, Little Italy, and saw tons of other cool stuff.
The nest couple days I sold my ass off at the Show and hung out at night with friends from the show and I had a close friend come visit me from Boston too which was great. One of my brothers friends had a sick penthouse in Tribecca and we pre-partied a little bit at his pad one night and he had the cutest lil Dog I've ever seen named "Bear". I am not usually a big fan of small dogs but this little dude was awesome, not sure exactly what he was but he was full of life and spunky but not annoying. He would come over like a cat and just chillout with you and let you pet him. It really made me want one but it wouldn't be fair to it because I travel too much and wouldn't feel right leaving a dog with people while I run around the world traveling.
-Super Bowl Party-
Me, my Bro and a few others went to a cool Bar in Grenich Village for a Super Bowl party. It was all you can drink and eat for $50. We got trashed and watched the Giants beat the undefeated Pats in NY of all places. The streets were crazy afterwards and everyone was celebrating in the city. Good Times
-NY Knicks vs LA Clippers-
My buddy Devin bought us tickets to see the Knicks play my home town LA Clipps at the world famous "Madison Sq Garden". It was my first time at the Garden and was a blast. My brother had a ticket but couldn't go as it was the last day of the Trade Show and he had to start Breaking down. The seats weren't great but the game was because the Clipps won. It was a little weird and acqward cheering for the clipps by myself and I had a lot of angry NY fans mad dog me too. Both teams are kinda crappy this year but LA pulled it off.
All in all this NY trip was a lot of fun
Keeping it Real,
-William John Raitt
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thailand Trip Jan 08
I recently took a trip over to Thailand to visit some family and friends. I arrived on like the 9thish and I must say January is the best time to visit Thailand because the weather is amazing. My Fathers birthday was in Late December and mine is January 12th so we celebrated ours together and xmas and New Years as well. I bought my Dad a ridiculously cool Espresso machine as he is a huge coffee fan.
My Roomie back home was in India visiting his family so he popped over and went with me to the Islands along with another friend. We headed over to Koh Samui and then straight to Koh Phangan for the Full Moon party which was on Jan 22nd. We stayed at "Tommy Resort" on "Hat Rin" beach which I frequent often when I visit the Island. The Full Moon Party was nuts as usual but there were a lot more people than I have ever seen there before, probably like 20,000 drunk fools ragging like crazy. Everybody at the Full Moon Party drinks small buckets full of whatever drink you like. Vendors line the beach and sell these buckets to the Party goers. But a little advice to the Full Moon Party rookie is to look at the bottles of booze you buy carefully and make sure they are sealed because they refill the premium Vodkas etc with crappier stuff. I bought my buckets from little convenience stores as they usually sell sealed bottles.
We had a great room very close to the beach and paid 2500 baht a night which is about $70. That's a lot to pay but we had 3 beds and arrived only 2 days before the party so we were pretty lucky they had a room at all. We met a lot of really cool people and had an absolute blast.
We all headed back to Bangkok and my trip soon ended:(
Keeping it Real,
-William John Raitt
My Roomie back home was in India visiting his family so he popped over and went with me to the Islands along with another friend. We headed over to Koh Samui and then straight to Koh Phangan for the Full Moon party which was on Jan 22nd. We stayed at "Tommy Resort" on "Hat Rin" beach which I frequent often when I visit the Island. The Full Moon Party was nuts as usual but there were a lot more people than I have ever seen there before, probably like 20,000 drunk fools ragging like crazy. Everybody at the Full Moon Party drinks small buckets full of whatever drink you like. Vendors line the beach and sell these buckets to the Party goers. But a little advice to the Full Moon Party rookie is to look at the bottles of booze you buy carefully and make sure they are sealed because they refill the premium Vodkas etc with crappier stuff. I bought my buckets from little convenience stores as they usually sell sealed bottles.
We had a great room very close to the beach and paid 2500 baht a night which is about $70. That's a lot to pay but we had 3 beds and arrived only 2 days before the party so we were pretty lucky they had a room at all. We met a lot of really cool people and had an absolute blast.
We all headed back to Bangkok and my trip soon ended:(
Keeping it Real,
-William John Raitt
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
My Gay Night Out
Yes you read the title right! One of my roomies is gay and he had a big Bday bash at my house and had a few of his buddies in town for a couple days so they let me tag along clubbing with them. I must say it was a very interesting experience. I thought that a lot of guys would be buying me drinks and hitting on me but I guess I wasn't there type, lol.
-The Abbey in West Hollywood-
Our first stop was "The Abbey" on Santa Monica blvd in West Hollywood. Sunday night is Gay Night there and it was also like 95% Black so I was a double minority there. The club itself was amazing and I really want to go back when there is less cock floating around. I could tell that it was a spot for regulars because everyone seemed to know each other there. My roomies friends were cool as fuck and took me right in(no pun intended). The line was crazy as shit outside but it was an image thing as the inside wasn't packed when we finally got in but it soon got very packed. I was introduce to everyone as "The Straight Friend" all night so I think the word spread quick and that's why no dudes bought me drinks, next time I am going to say I'm Gay and see what kind of experience I have, lol. I noticed a lot of Old dudes running around which is kind of weird for a club scene, I later found out that they call the Old Gays "Daddy's" which I though was pretty funny. We bounced from there fairly early to head to Thai Town.
-The Study, Thai Town-
"The Study" was on Western and Hollywood basically and was jammed in between a Shady Motel and a Used Car lot I think. This club was pretty ghetto and was like 99% black, I felt a bit more out of place at this club because people there were grinding on each other pretty hard and there was actually a fight, I'm assuming over a dude. The fight was quickly squashed and we just danced and hung out(and NO I wasn't grinding on shit!). I got pretty wasted as there wasn't much else to do for me there but I had to try out a Gay Club one time . Gay Black dudes Love Beyonce apparently because when her songs came on it was like there anthem, kind of funny because they all knew the lyrics and sang pretty well(I guess that's one stereotype that is kinda true). We closed the club down and headed to Tommy Burgers for some Chili Intake.
I was very happy that I went out with them because they were a blast and funny as shit. I did expect to see more lesbians though but I did see a few Trannies, lol. Good Times bonding with my Roomie and I would def do it again.
Keeping it Real,
-William John Raitt
-The Abbey in West Hollywood-
Our first stop was "The Abbey" on Santa Monica blvd in West Hollywood. Sunday night is Gay Night there and it was also like 95% Black so I was a double minority there. The club itself was amazing and I really want to go back when there is less cock floating around. I could tell that it was a spot for regulars because everyone seemed to know each other there. My roomies friends were cool as fuck and took me right in(no pun intended). The line was crazy as shit outside but it was an image thing as the inside wasn't packed when we finally got in but it soon got very packed. I was introduce to everyone as "The Straight Friend" all night so I think the word spread quick and that's why no dudes bought me drinks, next time I am going to say I'm Gay and see what kind of experience I have, lol. I noticed a lot of Old dudes running around which is kind of weird for a club scene, I later found out that they call the Old Gays "Daddy's" which I though was pretty funny. We bounced from there fairly early to head to Thai Town.
-The Study, Thai Town-
"The Study" was on Western and Hollywood basically and was jammed in between a Shady Motel and a Used Car lot I think. This club was pretty ghetto and was like 99% black, I felt a bit more out of place at this club because people there were grinding on each other pretty hard and there was actually a fight, I'm assuming over a dude. The fight was quickly squashed and we just danced and hung out(and NO I wasn't grinding on shit!). I got pretty wasted as there wasn't much else to do for me there but I had to try out a Gay Club one time . Gay Black dudes Love Beyonce apparently because when her songs came on it was like there anthem, kind of funny because they all knew the lyrics and sang pretty well(I guess that's one stereotype that is kinda true). We closed the club down and headed to Tommy Burgers for some Chili Intake.
I was very happy that I went out with them because they were a blast and funny as shit. I did expect to see more lesbians though but I did see a few Trannies, lol. Good Times bonding with my Roomie and I would def do it again.
Keeping it Real,
-William John Raitt
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