What I did this weekend Soul Bowl, Blakely's, All White

OMG I am thoroughly exhausted.  So I am finally really "socialiting" is that a word?  Ha!
Anyway, so Friday night I finally went to Blakely's for "fashion fridays."  Thanks to a friend of a friend we had VIP (what up King)!  My girl and I were looking quite cute if I do say so myself!  My opinion of Blakely's is that its a great place to go true clubbing.  The dance floor is huge, the men dance, and there are several bars. Apparently popular belief is that it is kind of a "hood" spot by I didn't really get that, the crowd was mixed with students, and all types of folks so I say he se la vie if you want to party there's no shame in Blakely's.

Last night me and Maria (shout out lady) went the Urban League's soul bowl (got to support the community right)?  We had a great time!  The food was good although there wasn't much of it.  They had a live band, Sanura, which was off the hook, the one guy sounded just like John Legend and the drummer on the right was kind of a cutie too (yea I peeped you).  Oh and the Urban League's rep Mike Lynk was extra cool too.  We shared a lane with two other ladies. LOL we all sucked at bowling but it was all good.

After that I checked out an all white party in Portsmouth at the old Flames spot I think.  Anyway it was cool too everybody came dressed to impress in their whites.

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-Urban Socialite

Friday at the Velvet Lounge

Last night I checked out the Velvet Lounge as some of my wonderful twitter socialites know.  Hmmm what can I say......well first of all it was my first time on Granby street (go me)!  Unfortunately, Granby st. was kind of dead, but I was informed by a very handsome young gentleman, that most people were out of town this weekend so it's all good!  Anyway, the Velvet lounge is what my friend called the TRUE definition of a lounge. It's small, intimate, and actually a nice place just to relax.  However, last night it was a club!  While the music was ok (better than Baxter's where we later went) there wasn't much of a crowd and the ladies outnumbered the fellas by 2-1!  The crowd was more hip hop than business casual so if your looking for an afterwork spot on Fridays I am not sure this is it, although I have heard that they do have a poetry night which I would like to check out.  The drinks were average price and the cost was $5.00 to get it in.  I popped in and out of there all night long as I checked out many of the spots on Granby st.  All in all it was cool but not exactly up to socialite status.............

Vegas Night Club

Vegas Night Club


So the Urban Socialite checked out Vegas Night Club last night.  Vegas night club is a brand new spot.


Location:  Vegas night club is located in Newport News all the way down Warwick Blvd.  damn near in Williamsburg!
Pros: Last night was Thursday ladies night and ladies get in free.  Well drinks are 1 buck before 9!

Cons: Unfortunately it was a very slow night (I am not sure if it is always like this on Thursdays or not)  so there weren't very many people in there.

The Dj was Dj Dre.  The music was your typical top 40 mixed in with a little old school which made sense because the crowd was def for the 30+ grown and sexy.

All in all I would say it was aight.  The bartenders were very welcoming.  I am just not sure if Thursday nights are the best nights to go on.  This club is cool if you want to get cheap drinks and don't want to be bothered wit people touching your butt all night long.