LeXXy

Wanted to quickly shed some light on something amazing and selfless called the Membership Foundation. This is a fantastic idea and more people out there should know about it!

How it works
“Each month The Membership Foundation finds creative people, who are already free members, from different web sites, (like flickr and DeviantART), then upgrade each persons membership to a Pro Membership.
For example: One person from DeviantArt, will be given a free Pro Membership, one person from Flickr will be given a Pro Membership, and so on.”

This is awesome! Click HERE to get the list of creative websites that are on the list. Good luck to everyone! I really think this foundation will bring happiness to a lot of starving artists out there! I always root for the underdogs … Good to know I’m not alone!

Old Club, new management…HUGE difference. Big shouts to Jesse B. who recently took over what used to be called Element Nightclub. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. This club has the HOTTEST dj’s in the city spinning, the BEST staff (no joke!!) and amazing promotors! (BIG UPS HENREE T.)

They literally roll out the red carpet…the DJ spins the HOTTEST mixes (Hip Hop, House, R&B, MashUps, Electro and Old School) and the staff really takes care of you!

Make sure to text me for guestlist… I will get you in and make sure you have the time of your life!!!

Upcoming events:

Friday and Saturday May 29, 30th
GRAND OPENING WEEKEND

Friday June 6th
SHAWTY IS A TEN - MY 23RD BDAY CELEBRATION!!!

THIS CLUB IS FIRE!!! MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT OUT!

Warning: Once you make it out once, you’ll be hooked.

This weekend I checked out The Drink (www.thedrink.ca), 130 George Street. I was pretty impressed. I have been there before but not since they renovated…I see the difference and I like it. I wanna give a big shout out to Ebony and Ivory – Ottawas hottest soundcrew – who has one night a month over there. Other than that - DJ Naughty Nice plays there each and every Friday. (And check out DJ Edison each and every Saturday.) Naughty Nice spins the hottest hip hop, R&B, house and top 40… He definitely knows how to hype up the crowd.

A bit about the club:

It features a modern decor, huge crowds every weekend, 4 bars, 7 private VIP booths, a large dance floor, patio, hosted VIP bottle service, and a great vibe that compensates for the humble size of this club.

Check out their gallery here.

Make sure to arrive by 11:30 at the latest to insure you get in…and DRESS TO IMPRESS!!!

Here are the top 3 parties in May you have to check out! These are going to be the hottest jams to start your summer right - hosted by one Canada’s Choice DJ’s - Mace of Ebony and Ivory Ent. 

Click on the pictures to view the full size posters…And holla atcha girl for tickets or more information!

1.) Sunday May 18th – Swagger

Ebony & Ivory Present

SWAGGER!

Music by Mace, Kane & Biko

Victoria Long Weekend!

Heaven Nightclub – 400 Dalhousie St.

2.) Friday May 23rd – Pop Rocks

The New Hot 89.9 Presents POP ROCKS!

Taste the Musical Explosion

Featuring Canada’s Choice Mace & Richniques

10PM/19+

Fashion Forward Dress Code

Industry Room – 130 York St.

3.) Friday May 30th – The Mary Jay Experience

Ebony & Ivory Proudly Presents

The Mary Jay Experience

An upscale evening dedicated to Ebony & Ivory’s two favorite artists Mary Jay Blige and Jay Z.

Parliament Ultra Club – 151 George St.

Doors open at 10 pm

21 + id required

Walk down the red carpet…

Dress to impress!

When I was on the highway on my way over there, I kept thinking – ’I know what Moxies is about – I’ve been to the East end location – its great but its not spectacular.’

Well – I take it back. This place was IMPRESSIVE. WOW. It was soooo sexy.

There are two sides. A cool blue theme on the right side – quiet and sleek, and the red theme room on the left side – the louder more firey side with a HUGE bar. Seriously the bar is like 10 stories high. It’s VERY sexy. All the characteristics of the other large moxies – but escalated.

Here’s what we ordered – it was absolutely delicious, I recommend it:

Ahi tuna crisps: sushi-grade ahi tuna seared rare in a sesame-dijon crust, presented on a ginger shiitake salad with crispy wontons and lemon aioli.

Avocado spring rolls: diced fresh avocado, sundried tomatoes and lime juice rolled in a crispy pastry, served with sweet chili sauce.

Skillet of garlic mushrooms (vegetarian): delicately sauteed with fresh garlic, lemon, pepper and butter.

Tandoori wild salmon salad: warm tandoori marinated wild salmon filet perched on a bed of mixed greens, tossed with mango, onions, sunflower seeds, water chestnuts and a mango and sweet chili dressing, served with melted brie on naan bread.

Shanghai noodles: your choice of chicken or prawns sautéed in a ginger-garlic sauce with shiitake mushrooms, shanghai noodles, baby bok choy and julienne vegetables; intensify the spice, tell us how spicy you want it: mild, medium or hot.

Kanata Moxies – Check it out!

601 Earl Grey Drive

Wednesday is HUMP DAY!!!! Get over the mid-week stresses with Bar 56/Collection (www.collectionbar56.com/) located at 56 Byward Market Square. My boy Kid SL plays there on many Wednesdays and his style is off the HOOK!!!! His style is hip hop of course…but there is so much more to his sets. He remixes like a mad man. Everything he spins sounds either real gangterrr or just real mellow and cool. I love it – he shines every time. Check out his MySpace www.myspace.com/djkidsl.

And make DAM SURE you get out to 56 and check out this little spot. You will not be disappointed.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE KINDNESS… I was walking downtown with a couple of friends and we noticed these white parking meters that stood in the middle of the street in the Byward Market. One was right on Byward and the other was at Byward and York.

This is a great idea – I’m impressed with this city. These parking meter look-alikes are for donations to the street people of Ottawa. What an amazing program. Next time your out and about in the market, make sure you drop some change into there!!!

This week, Calgary and the rest of Canada were stirred up by the Juno awards (http://www.junoawards.ca/ ). Although most Canadian artists are usually nominated (there aren’t that many of them!) the cream of the crop won last night.

Big shouts to my boy Belly (http://cprecords.com/) for winning “Rap Recording of the Year” – his album is truly Revolutionary to Canadian music – in my opinion. He opened the door for a different type of sound here…CONGRATS!!!

Other winners which are worth mentioning included Jully Black for R&B Soul Recording of the Year, Feist for POP Album of the year, Serena Ryder for new artist of the year, Michael Buble for Juno Fan Choice, Billy Newton-Davis, Measha Brueggergosman, Derek Miller and many more.

Support Canadian Artists!!!

I’m out!

Sunday’s hot spot is the Industry Bar (York Street club district). It’s connected to Parliament Ultra Club (formally Capital Music Hall) as well as Liquor Store (formally On Tap). Nothing too special I must say…Sunday night, it’s the spot to check out.

The music is top 40 and hip hop on the Liquor Store side and House/Techno on the Industry side. $5 cover and no dress code.

Big shouts to my boy Danny Fernades – Capital Prophets’ (http://cprecords.com/ ) newest artist. I ran into him here on Sunday. Make sure you support this young Canadian talent by requesting “Curious” ft. Juel Santana (http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=518 )on your local radio station!

I’m out!!!

http://www.10best.com/Ottawa/Nightlife/Best_Nightlife/index.html

Club addiction, HULL QC (www.clubaddiction.ca)

117, Promenade du Portage,

Gatineau (sector Hull)

Telephone : 1.819.771.6677

So I reviewed this club a while back on a Monday night…But I had no clue this place was bumping every Thursday for ’Student night’. This place was PACKED!!!

The music was good and the drinks were cheap (as well as bottle service, which is nice). They played a mix of Hip hop, techno, reggaeton, dancehall and r&b.

Although it was good, I really wouldn’t suggest people over the age of about 24 to go there on this particular night. Hull is already known for its teeny-boppers (seeing as how you can get into clubs over there when you turn 18) …. And this night is heavily concentrated with these kids… hey – I’m not hating – I’m just saying!

But If you are really in the mood, and you don’t gotta get up for work or school – do your thang thang across the bridge.

Shouts go to Alex and Jade!!!