23 March 2007

Boris Box B-Day Bash: New York


You know when our W4 correspondents are laying low something shady is going down. We all were quite honored when our Editor in Chief Boris decided to create a modern day pow-wow for our New York agents for his birthday. First, he locked us in at Le Bilboquet for some Cajun chicken, Puligny, and organizational meetings on counteracting the vanilla urban experience with mindless debauchery. Boris rented out the whole place so as not to be interrupted by the Eurotrash regulars. Post-dinner, our insider W4 correspondent Mr. Mass was dispatched to do a little reconnaissance work at The Box (our final destination) to ensure that the place was warmed up prior to our arrival. We were certainly not disappointed when we arrived at the former vaudeville theater on Chrystie. Once inside we delighted in the crowd, which ran the gamot from street culture and subculture to international chic and was truly refreshing. The girl to guy ratio was 3:1 making even the B-rate models suitable for a fun game of grabass. Our W4 dream team enjoyed amazing performances by a group of Double Dutch jumpropers, flapper girl strippers, a steel drum band playing Mozart, and a body-building gent who stripped down to reveal he had a vagina (we shit you not). We took the front balcony table because it allows a great view down to the Plebeians' chambers while keeping us hidden for intimate interaction (the balcony curtains can be drawn around you making it your own private fantasy cocoon). Downing magnums of Perrier Jouet and a couple bottellas of Macallan, Boris was regaled with a chorus of "Happy Birthday" from the entire population of the venue and a wonderful lapdance/head mounting from one of the randy flapper girls. The Box was outrageous and definitely could be one of the best things to happen to New York nightlife since the days of bingo at Bungalow, karaoke nights at Moomba, Russian Sundays at Au Bar (a Boris favorite). and early morning baccarat at The Galaxy (another Boris favorite but we digress). the place is already booked up a month out, so get in while it's hot!

Three decades of depraved hedonism and we fear the mad Russian is just getting warmed up...

Update: W4's Highball provides video of some box performing at The Box. The New York Times follows up with this article on the LES Pleasuredome.

+Le Bilboquet, 25 East 63rd Street, New York +1 212 751 3036
+The Galaxy (R.I.P.), 336 West 37th Street, New York
+The Box, 189 Chrystie Street, New York +1 212 982 9301

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