Airbnb Now Lets Neighbors Complain About Lit Partiers
Airbnb has added a so-called “Animal House button” for neighbors to complain about overly lit guests.
I Tried to Celebrate Like Lauren Conrad and All I Got Were a Bunch of Extra Eggs
Prior to this week, Lauren Conrad was a published author perhaps best known in that sphere for her likely ghostwritten chick lit beach reads, or the boringly titled Lauren Conrad Beauty and Lauren Conrad Style. But her new book Celebrate seems to mark her real coming-out as the face of a legitimate lifestyle brand—one…
Lovely Airbnb in the South of France Comes With Bonus Decomposing Corpse
Today in extreme bummers: a group of friends vacationing just south of Paris found a rotting corpse on the property they rented through Airbnb.
A Real New Yorker's Guide to Spending New Year's Eve in the Big Apple
Figuring out where to be when the ball drops is a daunting task, even for the most seasoned New Yorkers. You want to be someplace where you’ll be part of the action, but not harangued by masses of clueless tourists who only want to be able to spot themselves behind Ryan Seacrest on the jumbotron. You want a venue that…
Looks Like the Governor of New Mexico Was Pretty Lit at Her Holiday Party
Late last week, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez found herself in hot water after an audio recording of her trying to end a noise complaint became public. Police were called to the hotel where Martinez was hosting her staff holiday party after the front desk complained about noise and someone throwing bottles from…
A Critic's Journey Through an AMAs Pre-Party & the Relaunch of The Viper Room
Someone Actually Invited Me is a new column in which Kara Brown accepts the invitation to just about any open bar event she is invited to. She mostly wants to see if people will keep inviting her to fancy parties.
A Critic's Journey Through All the Free Shit at Film Receptions in Los Angeles
Like any city, Los Angeles has its upsides and drawbacks. One major benefit of living in Los Angeles, I’m learning, are the pretty fancy and very free cocktails parties that accompany film screenings.
Ugh, No, Stop: 'Cool' Moms Are Going to Hardcore Bachelorette Parties
Some daughters are very close with their mothers. They talk on the phone at least once a day, share secrets, and when it’s time to get married, these daughters want their mothers to be involved, very involved, right down to attending their raunchy bachelorette weekend. Wait, what? Whaaaaat?
Enjoy These New Summer Drinks
This has nothing to do with style and beauty... or does it?
What Does It Take To Become A Professional Faerie Princess?
After seven years working in the tech industry, Jenny Richman decided that she needed more magic in her life. So she traded her keyboard for a pair of shimmery wings, taking a job as a professional faerie at children’s parties. There, she found the job fulfillment she had been hoping for.
Cool Dad Throws Daughter 'Playboy' Party, Everything Goes Really Well!
Jeff Lake is young, he's hip and he's with it. He's the kind of dad who'll bring the kids shots of Diet Coke (oh you!) while they're studying and throw his daughter a sexy lingerie party for her 18th birthday. He doesn't want you to think of him as a regular dad. He's a cool dad and those handcuffs on his wrist?…
How to Drink All Night at the Holiday Party and Not Be That Guy
Listen, drinking all night is not healthy. But it's holiday party season, that perfect storm of open bar and all of your colleagues waiting to see who will be this year's obnoxious, puking, passed out and/or dead person at the party. Don't be that guy.
First off, let's review the science of drunk. In order to survive…We Are Creating a Generation of Monsters
New York's hottest kid birthday party service gives children the experience of walking the red carpet like a real celebrity who worked really hard and earned it, minus the hard work and the earning. It's called Red Carpet Kids, and it's the perfect way for parents to drop five figures teaching their child to aspire to…
'I'm Shmacked' Kicks Its Rape Threat-Making Cofounder to the Curb
Some of you may recall the tragic tale of the tantrum of Arya Toufanian, the college party mogul who mere months ago acted foolish to a degree that should embarrass other people his age. Well, apparently his douchebaggery was too much for a site that glorifies the sort of college partying that would be grimly called a…
SPYONVegas Wants You To Get Your Mad Freak On In Las Vegas For MLK Day
Do you have a dream that one day you will be able to party at the open champagne bar at Ghostbar in Las Vegas? Then great news—SPYONVegas has you covered!
Hipster Bar to Throw Old-Timey Asian Racism-Themed Party
This weekend, a hipstery bar in hipstery Brooklyn will throw a hipstery party called Madam Wu's Good Luck Banquet of the Senses. Based on the invitation, it will be like going to a party thrown by actual racists in 1950, but apparently someone thought it was okay because it's happening ironically in the year 2013.…
Gwyneth Paltrow Made a Trailer for a Party She Threw
It's not really weird that Gwyneth Paltrow threw an "English garden party" in the Hamptons where a bunch of her super rich friends hung out and played with children and watched Blythe Danner do the "Gangnam Style" dance while a four-piece bluegrass band plays on. But it's kind of weird that Cameron Diaz got an invite.
Foam Party Ends in Some Seriously Fucked Up Eye Issues
Wait. Foam parties are a thing? Outside of Ibiza in 1998? Well, they've apparently spread to Florida where the funky chemical bubble mixture has caused pink eye, abrasions of the cornea, and even worse. Yet again, my crippling nerd status has prevented me from attending something that would give me a disease. Dork…
NYC Parents Bring Gender Exclusion to Comic Book Parties
A woman wrote into the New York Times Social Q's column with an interesting question. Her daughter had been invited to a little boy's fifth birthday. But then she was uninvited. No, it's not because she peed on his sand castle during recess — it's because she's a girl.
