Anniversary @ The Masquerade

Last night Candace and I celebrated our one year anniversary (to the day) and therefore did a few slightly atypical things for entertainment. Due to the fact that I took pictures of the first thing we did and would rather save that post for later (when I've got the pics up on Facebook, which might be awhile, as I've got at least two other albums that have to go up first...), I'm going to talk about the latter half of the evening now.

After our first activity, we headed downtown to The Masquerade, a three-leveled venue that typically hosts bands, DJ's, and the occasional party, usually simultaneously, offering a wide variety of things to see on any given weekend night. Last night, we went specifically to see one of my high school friends, Philip Chedid, spin in the layer called Hell. Prior to this however, we checked out the Spark drag show in Purgatory (the top level is called Heaven and is where the bands play), which was easily the highlight of our time at The Masquerade for me. Let me tell you, most of those drag queens were so convincing that I kept debating their gender with Candace the whole night (even Candace thought the first girl to come out was actually a girl).

Anyway, we then headed over to Philip's hour-long set (from 12:00-1:00), and although the event wasn't that well-attended, it was really great getting to see what one of my friends is spinning (mostly a mix of progressive house/trance). Although his set wasn't straight up my alley, there were some solid tunes in there I really dug, and regardless, it was great to get out and support him.

So, the second half of our evening was really cool, and certainly memorable. I'll try to get to the first half when I can, but I wouldn't hold my breath...