New York Rox!

Hi all!

Me and Johnny are finally back in Boston after a fabulous weekend in NYC :)

I know he already posted about it yesterday, but we stayed at the W in Times Square... which was gorgeous! Had a blast, in general. Did some drinking, dancing, and club hopping, as any trip to New York necessitates. Oh, and we even fit in an off-Broadway show, too! (Not to mention a ton of food... I'm adding five minutes to my cardio routine every day for the rest of the week after this :) )

Thanks a MILLION to whoever left a comment to my last post, recommending that we check out The Roxy's last night. I SO wish we had been able to make it! Unfortunately, I (stupidly) left my laptop's power chord at home and (stupidly) didn't check the comments while we were in NYC so (stupidly) I had no idea until about five minutes ago when I just saw it... argh! We so would have been there... The Roxy is an insitution, an icon... it's the frickin' Roxy.






Which brings to mind the question I pose in this post: Are we nearing the end of the "super club" experience? It also occurred to me when Johnny and I, by complete happenstance, walked by the former location of Studio 54... you know, only the most famous night club in American history! (Is that place designated a National Historic Landmark? The hell with Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth home, or whatever... THAT place is historic!) Anyway, we were walking by and I thought, "Damn, it must have been fun to live in an era when clubs like THAT were all the rage. Huge club complexes that really took the party experience to the next level." Minus the drugs and all (I'm a clean girl like that ;))

And then, reading about the close of The Roxy... and I'm certainly familiar with the lack of major venues in Boston (home to the original Avalon, which looks sadder and sadder with each passing time I go). So really... are we moving into an era when that "kind" of club... the party palace... becomes obsolete?

I hate to sound the funeral dirge. It's just that I've heard that opinion from other people, too. I've heard it said that we're moving progressively further into the "lounge atmosphere" kinda club. You know, chill bar/lounge/dancefloor hybrids. The kind of place where you get a few hors d'oeuvres, sip a martini, and then dance for a couple seconds on a comparatively small dance floor. I've heard it suggested more than once lately that the era of the massive dance hall, with go-go dancers on boxes and poles, crazy light shows and stuff like ... is winding down.

I'd hate to see that happen! Guys, let's really make DIVA DIVO a success now... so that we can expand into the nightclub business and bring back the "good old days" that I never got to experience to begin with :) I will personally volunteer to work the velvet rope, and decide which hot (or not) guys get to come inside (or hit the road). I mean, it's a tough gig, but someone' s got to do it :)




What do you all think? What's the club scene like in your city? I mean, I'm not gonna lie... I don't claim to be a world traveler. Help me out here... what's the rest of the American club scene look like?

Regardless, I wish I'd been able to make The Roxy's last night... I bet it was a blast :) (And there probably wasn't a dry eye left in the house when the lights came on for the last time!) Was anyone there??

Okay guys, it's been a long drive and I'm BEAT. Talk to you tomorrow.

Love to all,
JADE