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Go HERE for more photos by STEVEN EKEROVICH and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! If anyone’s concerned about the death of big spending brunches like our favorite, Merkato 55,M don’t be.* This weekend was as crazy as ever.* With Francesco Civetta spinning for the first time before DJ Serebe took over his regular post, the crowd was up and dancing ahead of schedule, over their eggs benedict and french toast.* Congrats to the brunch, who, besides recently being featured in NYMag’s “Best of NYC” issue, more recently got a write up in the NYTimes! More photos below…

[All photos by Nicky Digital] Popular street wear brand Mishka has been busy selling their designs through their website and sharing new music on their blog. Now they are finally extending themselves beyond the world of the interweb with the opening of their first store, Mishka NYC in Brooklyn. They celebrated Friday with a grand opening complete with music by Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker, walls adorned with Halloween masks, an octopus chandelier, loads of Mishka gear, and of course a packed house of Brooklynites and Mishka fans. More photos from this event below…

Go HERE for more photos by JT WHITE and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS in the gallery! I have admittedly never been to Mr. West, let alone on a Friday night, but I can pretty much imagine what it looks like.* Leave it to J.T. White, our photog who has a handle on every club in NYC to check out the scene and get some pretty hilarious shots of the mayhem.* Take the photo above.* There’s one satisfied customer if I’ve ever seen it.* The expression of the girl behind him is priceless. More photos below…

GO HERE for more photos by MARK BYRON, and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! The Wednesday night party at Above Allen (at Thompson Hotel) is one of our current favorites. Hosted by Janelle Lee and Sean Tao, this week’s special host Celeste Greenberg drew a crowd not to be competed with (including Flaunt Magazine’s Elliot David, and Johnny Famous among others).* Resident DJ Neil Aline was joined by Katia Tallarico (Happy Birthday, btw). [A Look Inside The Wednesday Night Party At Above Allen]

["Put yo hands up, put put put yo hands up!" Photos via Pink Elephant] Hey Hey it’s Friday! The weekend’s almost here, so get your party face on.* And, for those of you out there doing a countdown to 27th street, get your hair gel handy.* There’s a whole batch of new photos up at Pink Elephant for some inspiration… More photos below…

[briana Swanson makes a wish at the Eldridge. Ariel Moses and John Munson look on] Go HERE for more photos by JT WHITE and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Briana Swanson’s birthday party at the Eldridge last night brought out all of the usual suspects including owner Matt Levine and Francesco Civetta (who was DJ).* Others included Liam McMullan, Nick Hunt, Vanessa Bokaemper, John Munson, Ariel Moses, Sebastian Bland, Sam Talbot, Katie Gall, Mechelle Easterlain, Scott Buccheit, Naeem Delbridge, Jenn Long, Gage Cass, Tara Church, Tom Metzker and Stephanie Wei and David Karp among others.* More photos below…. More photos below… John Munson, Briana Swanson, Sebastian Bland Briana Swanson, Liam McMullan, Naeem Delbridge David Karp, Stephanie Wei, Briana Swanson David Karp, Stephanie Wei, Ariel Moses Francesco Civetta Francesco Civetta, Naeem Delbridge

[Photo via redacted] This photo has become quite the source of discourse amongst a certain group of NYC Socials.* The sign, recently installed in the bathrooms of the Soho house, has provided some funny reactionary quotes on the Facebook thread it’s responsible for starting.* Drug use has always been a common concern for bathroom attendants at our city’s hot spots such as Soho House, Bungalow 8, Rose Bar etc., but apparently, sex is the new cocaine. It makes sense too…sex is a lot cheaper, and even the young, rich, and famous need to save up their pennies.* However, which post-high is harder to deal with?

[We be havin' such a good time!* For Realz] By now you’ve probably heard Young Jeezy’s new song “My President Is Black”, featuring the eloquent verse“My president is black, my Lambo’s blue and I’ll be goddamned if my rims ain’t too“. *Well, promoters across the city have been bee-bopping to this song for a while now, but they most likely wouldn’t mind a slight tweak to the verse. A few weeks ago we talked about how B-list promoters are the ones who are actually benefiting from the current economic downturn, while bankers are the ones on the bottom. Yes, an obvious thesis. *So we will compound it a little further. *For the last 8 months most of us have been dodging unemployment and impending economic doom. *When you email a friend’s work account and get the bounceback, “unknown user,” you can’t help but wonder if you too will soon meet this fate. *While most people are either worse off or hanging on by a thread, there is a small group of people who are immune or actually doing better, and ultimately might not necessarily welcome an upturn, or the economic stimulus being proposed to remedy the situation by the Democratic party and our President. Enter the promoter. No they don’t have Lambos, but they do have bottles. In the boom times these guys who wrangled enough models would have free tables specifically reserved for them despite people lining up behind them to pay mega bucks for that table or any other table. *So what’s changed? *Well, there ain’t no one lining up to buy tables anymore, so the only people remaining at those tables are the promoters cause they never paid anyway. *What does this mean? *Promoters don’t have anymore table competition from other people, instead of being a big fish in a big pond, they are the only fish in the pond. It’s now easier for the promoter to delude himself about his lifestyle, and easier to convince the models he corals to come out. *It’s even easier for him to cop an asexual feel because he looks like such a high-roller. *Promoters don’t really register that it is kind of tacky to be celebrating so lavishly when times are bad because heck, times have really always been bad for them. *Furthermore, none of their friends are doing worse, they are all actually doing better. *As for tightening the belt, well, it was always tight for these guys, they were bargain hunting before they got off the bus at Penn Station. No life change there. It’s not the Republicans who want Obama’s stimulus bill to fail, its actually the promoters, even though they don’t know it. *Right now they are on cloud nine trying to soak in every minute. *It’s not difficult to smoke these unwitting would-be-filibusters, they are usually wearing hoodies on their head indoors and acting a little too happy with life. *This is usually conveyed by pursed lips or shit-eating grin. *They purposely dress down as a foil to the opulence at their table, although they probably wouldn’t articulate it that way. *Clubber beware!

[Photos by NickyDigital] The weekly Girls & Boys party at Webster Hall was alive and kicking Friday night, this time with a special guest appearance by Grammy Award-winning legend Frankie Knuckles. This dance music pioneer kept the crowd of 19+ party crazed girls and boys on the dance floor all night and thanks to Nicky Digital, we have it all on film. [Those Wacky Girls & Boys At Webster Hall] [Checking In On "The Girls & Boys" Of Webster Hall]

Go HERE for more photos by BRIAN VAN NIEUWENHOVEN and HERE for photos by NICK MCGLYNN and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Friday night, Dodgeball fans everywhere joined forces at The Bowery Electric to mourn the loss of their beloved internet platform.* And, instead of writing up on the event, which you can pretty much get a good idea of by browsing through our photos, you can read Caroline McCarthy’s writeup here, and I will share with you what Cajun Boy had to say about the party…. “Next Friday, less than a week from today, a small group of New York City web nerds will gather in a fetid den of imbibery just north or south of Houston street to mourn the demise of an utterly retarded web 2.0 application used exclusively by them called “Dodgeball.†They will collectively refer to this gathering as the “Last Night In Dodge†in countless Tweets, Tumblr posts, text messages, and just about any other electronic medium that a human being living in the 21st century can convey electronic messages through…. More story and photos below… The participants take an absurd number of photographs themselves and others simulating various stages of inebriation and next day post-celebratory hangoverness, which they will then use to litter every nook and cranny of the internet, but primarily around the immediate proximity of its crusty asshole. This will annoy you to the point of inciting a palpable desire to stab yourself repeatedly in the genitals with a rusty railroad spike and you’ll find yourself wondering, “didn’t these same twats act out this exact same ritual at least a dozen times already?†The answer is yes, they did, you’re not slowly descending into madness and it’s not Groundhog Day, and they will continue to do the exact same thing on a bi-monthly basis at minimum from here until the end of time. And the world will spin madly on. Just in case you were wondering.”

[All photos by JOE SCHILDHORN for PMc] Last night, two of the biggest names in the fashion world, Valentino and Vogue, held a cocktail party honoring New Yorkers for Children, an organization that supports young people in foster care in NYC. DJ Paul Sevigny was spinning as guests, including Erin Featherston, Geraldo Rivera, Erica Rivera, Tinsley Mortimer, Simon van Kempen, Alex McCord, and Kristian Laliberte, had the opportunity to shop with a portion of the proceeds going to New Yorker’s for Children. In these troubling economic times, it’s nice to see the social elite giving back to the community of New York.

GO HERE for more photos by AZIKIWE MOHAMMED and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Once the home of underground rock, the legendary club CBGB has now been transformed into , a rock n’ roll boutique by men’s designer John Varvatos. Varvatos retained the nostalgic dive bar feel by barely touching the graffitti painted walls; the space stands mostly as it did when it was a night club. Varvatos made a few small changes however, adding his collection of vintage clothing, vinyl records, memorabilia, and his limited edition 315 Bowery line, which will be available exclusively in the store this fall. Even through the transformation the space still holds live performances! Last night Lower East Side rockers Reckless Sons took the stage while guests double fisted free cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. More photos below…

[Photos via TheCobraSnake] Ah I love the Aussies! The Cobra Snake is down in Sydney and spent some time at Forum last week.* I’ll admit right now I don’t know what that means (Jezza help?) but I want to GO! This guy was my favorite of the bunch-for obvious reasons-anyone that goes through that much pain all in the name of partying deserves a shout out. More photos below…

Go HERE for more photos of this event by J.T. WHITE and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Curious to see what this whole members-only terrace bar* “Above Allen” in the Thompson Hotel is all about? Well, we sent JT to check in on the scene last night.* Steve Lewis was DJ, with Neil Aline. The party was hosted by Janelle Lee, Sean Tao & Friends. The party was the perfect mix of mellow crowd, and classic rock & roll.* If you are looking for a chill place to lounge around at tables sans promoters with an amazing view of the LES Skyline, Above Allen on Wednesday nights is your party. More photos below….

Go HERE for more photos by STEVEN EKEROVICH and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Last night, a very special “Wrestler” stopped by Merkato 55 to wish Sofia Vassalo, the half Portuguese/half Brazilian PR beauty a very special “Happy Birthday!”* He was not alone, Sofia had 200 of her closest friends come to party with her friends, the Koch Brothers, at Merkato for a private celebration.* Steve, who is as resourceful as he is charismatic, convinced the “Comeback Kid” who was dining downstairs with Sean Penn to join in wishing the Birthday Girl a special Happy Birthday.* Around midnight Mickey Rourke moved down to Bijoux and took over the room. The party was still raging around 4 am. More photos below…

Oh happy Thursday indeed! Pink Elephant has a whole new batch of photos from the end of February for you to salivate over. There’s all the usual table shots of bottle serviced guests, fake tans, pressed jackets, and H&M dresses.* With a dash of confetti, an appearance from Mr. Pink Elephant, and some sparklers throw in.* Enjoy! More photos below…

Go HERE for more photos of this event by JT WHITE and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Last night, DJ Reach was spinning at Greenhouse Nightclub and drew an impressive crowd (numbers wise) on a Tuesday night no less!* Let these photos serve as your reminder, people are going out and need to continue to go out to blow off their mid week steam. Either there’s a lot of hungover young professionals at work today, or there are a lot of, well, unemployed professionals out there. J.T. was there to capture it all… More photos below…

Go HERE for more photos of this event by NICKY DIGITAL Last week, at Webster Hall, the Girls & Boys partied with Steve Aoki, Felix Cartel, Gavin Royce, Alex English and more.* Aoki has been spending the last months touring with Beetroots in Europe, and New York was ready to welcome him home with open arms…literally.* Nicky Digital was there to capture all the fun. More photos below…

Last Monday Roxy Cottontail celebrated 5 successful years of her weekly party Electric Punnany at Sway. DJs*Scottie B,*DJ Class and birthday boy*Theophilus London assisted Ms. Cottontail with the tunes, while guests enjoyed dessert and drinks. Are you ready for 5 more years of Roxy? More photos below…

Joahan Pfeiffer, Matt Levine, and the folks over at The Eldridge are taking a trip to Paris.* The Maison Blanche is in for quite a surprise. Because the Eldridge has teamed up with Armand De Brignac and have gathered up DJ Josh Madden and DJ M.O.S. and they mean business! - -

Is Mr. Pink becoming a little too cocky over at Pink Elephant? Mr. Pink was crowned the winner in our battle of the mascots, beating out Cain’s Gazelle and*Cipriani’s Bull with his overwhelmingly positive comment feedback. But has all this attention caused Mr. Pink to forget who he is? This weekend he broke the cardinal rule of mascots: never take your mask off! The devilish elephant was grinding up on girls and being his usual bad self. This must be why Pink Elephant holds the number 3 spot in the*Top 100 Clubs in the US list from Nightclub and Bar Magazine. More photos below…

Go HERE for more photos by STEVEN EKEROVICH and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! According to the Koch Brothers, the rumor of troubles brewing at Merkato 55 are untrue. The restaurant itself may be experiencing some recession related differences (is there a place in Manhattan that isn’t?), but the brunch itself on Saturday continues to bring in lines out the door, and provide us with classic “Best $2k” photos.* This weekend was no different. [Merkato/Bijoux, Not Going Anywhere] More photos below…

[Girl hangs out of limo after a long night at Greenhouse] Not 21? Not a problem. As an intern that’s not quite legal (and doesn’t have the last name of Lohan or Olsen), finding the places that will let you pass through the velvet rope is essential. Here’s a short guide to get your “underage drank on” at the finest (and not so finest) bars and clubs for all tastes… Still, 3rd Ave.Number one easiest spot for the under aged to party until they puke*is Still on 3rd Ave. This sports bar/restaurant offers beer pong tournaments (perfect for the young college bros) and most of the time you can slip in with a college ID or 18 ID. Cheap beer will have you flat on your face by the nights end. Greenhouse, Vandam and Varick If you are into the club scene go green and get wasted at Greenhouse. Think jungle fever - hot messes grinding together in green vine covered lounge. Dress appropriately (i.e. tight t-shirts or button downs for males and skimpy dresses for women or as one promoter put it:”ladies - come fly, sexy, and ready to rock out”) and you are guaranteed in. Suzie Wong’s Saki Lounge, 27th street Home to notoriously easy access clubs, 27th street has one place that easiest in particular: Suzie Wong’s Saki Lounge. If you don’t have an ID you can pay your way in here, trust me. With a fiery red atmosphere, this place has young hard core partiers adorned in skimpiest of clothes sipping drinks. Home, 27th street Home is another popular club that you are sure to make it through the door as long as you look decent if your a girl, or have ten girls on your arm if your a guy. This place can get seriously wild, and here young party goers can get seriously wasted. Motor City, LES Got denied from Pianos?* Walk down the street to Motor City on the Lower East Side where you can find grungy guys and pierced girls (and maybe a bar fight or two). This dive bar is essential if you are into rockin’ out to the sounds of Iggy and the Stooges. Smooth sailing getting in here - even easier if you fit in with the crowd. Drinks are cheap too, so drink up! Gallery Bar, Orchard street Put on your fancy pants and head Gallery Bar for a bougie atmosphere. There was a time where you didn’t even need an ID to get into this place, but unfortunately it seems that has changed - you need at least a fake now. Drinks are usually expensive but strong, sure to give you a nice hangover the next morning. Happy Endings, LES Want to dance the night away with some chic and classy hipsters? Happy Endings is place for you young one. Picture white tiled closed off areas to lounge in with your friends (or just make out). The Djs here are usually fantastic, such as Chromeo, which will make you want to drink then dance, then drink some more, and dance until you pass out. Crocodile Lounge, 14th street If fratty boys and free pizza are your thing check out Crocodile Lounge. This place is usually packed on weekday game nights, and 6 bucks will get you a beer and pizza - the perfect combination for a waste face night. The bouncers here usually look scary, but are actually very friendly guys. Le Poisson Rouge, Bleecker street The latest hot spot to host under age parties - Le Poisson Rouge. NYULocal, NYU’s very own blog, had a party there last night which pretty much guarantees there were some young-ins in the crowd. Webster Hall, 11th street Get wild at Webster Hall, little one. This venue hosts a range of parties of all flavors, including Roxy Cottontail’s DANCE CLASS. No hassle getting your drank on here - only a good time. Apparently the smoking ban doesn’t apply to Greenhouse Keep guzzling dude… your almost single The good thing about Home is the men get older but the girls stay the same age Get messy with DJ Mess Kid and his panda hat at Le Royale Burberry and flannels collide at Le Royale Lounge

[Models and their wrangling promoters, but who is paying that tab?] While it’s quite obvious that former Wall-Streeters are no longer endowing nightlife with their hard-earned and highly-leveraged funny money, the more interesting question is: how many people inside the likes of 1Oak, Tenjune, Bijoux, Greenhouse, etc., are now actually paying? It seems the few people who can actually “afford” to be popping bottles as of late are the same ilk who never had to pay in the first place–the promoters, model wranglers and their captives girls. Unless they’re paying for the company they keep (ahem)… these guys might be the only ones who still get to live large for…not much. So if you’ve ever wondered about that table full of tall female bags-of-bones and grungy guys with skull necklaces who don’t look like they are rolling into John Pierpoint Morgan in the morning, these are the guys who are getting comped.* Bottles in the eyes of promoters are fungible goods, readily substituted for cash.* If club provides promoter with bottles, promoter provides club with girls, and in turn entices actual buyers. The problem for clubs is that actual buyers are actually drying up. But promoters are still able to get bottles, (albeit at the cost of their time), and have surpassed many of the other big ballers in terms of living large.* In fact, so much so that they seem to have literally inundated clubs as of late, making one wonder if even a small fraction of the people inside are paying serious coin.* These days numbers alone inside a club won’t necessarily indicate financial health.

Go HERE for more photos by AZIKIWE MOHAMMED and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Adrien Field “Hate passing out with my face on only to wake up at 5AM and have to wash up and go back to bed.” via Twitter Oh Adrien, we can’t quit you. Last night Hamptons Undercover & Quintessentially made the token “Hey baby, what’s your sign?” an acceptable pick up line again with their “what’s hot in 2009” party, complete with astrological forecasting and on-demand giveaways from Atlantic City & Mint Cars. Here at GofaG we judge you by your goody bags, and Hamptons Undercover passes with flying colors. Held at the the sensuous Cain Luxe guests did not go home disappointed. More photos below… Yey! Adrien and Alexa