I haven’t been to DC Carnival since 2011 which happens to be
the last time they had a road march (parade).
The road march discontinued apparently because of funding issues and
debts owed to the city for police services.
Word on the sKReet is that the parade will return to DC in 2017. I know
there has been speculation about the road march returning in previous years,
but people seemed to be sure that it would definitely be returning in
2017. We shall see. So here is my run-down on the fetes of the non-carnival,
carnival weekend.
There were so many events going on all weekend, not bad for
a carnival weekend with no carnival. I landed
early Friday afternoon and headed to Hookie Pool Party (www.hookielife.com). Hookie would be the DC version of Scorch
_uckWork. Caribbeans love any excuse to skip work and fete. Like I said I haven’t been to
DC carnival since 2011, back then Hookie was held a hotel and utilized its
pool. To accommodate more people this
year they moved it to RFK stadium and
had a huge above ground pool.
Maybe I’m
just paranoid, but for various reasons I just didn’t trust the pool so I opted
to fete by the stage. I had a great time
in the dry zone, but I can see how some who are used to the hotel pool vybz
could by vexed by the location change. I suppose sometimes as a promoter instead
of trying to accommodate more people, you just gotta UP the costs each year to
keep the vybz in tack. In this case as an attendee you either gotta suck it up or keep yuh
rass at home.
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| Our carnival bodyguards were in the building. Regardless of what country we're fete'n in they got our backs |
There were some fetes going on Friday nite, but we took our
old asses home and rested up for Lions Pride Jouvert (www.hookielife.com) in the morning.
Jouvert is LIFE, especially one which has a
truck and route vs a fixed location. I wasn’t
properly briefed on the alcohol situation, I thought they would be selling
alcohol out there so I only came with a small amount. The veterans who knew there would be no
alcohol sales were very generous with their libations and I was able to quench
my thirst the entire time. If I had my
own liquor I probably woulda got tore up from the floor up, so it’s probably a
good thing that I was relying on the generosity of strangers (more like friends
of friends).
Because we were so rested from the night before & didn’t
get WASTED at jouvert, we headed to the Guinness Lime & Day Party (http://dccarnival.com) Saturday
afternoon. I want to note that it was
hot as *BEEP* out there. We were lucky
enough to score a covered spot that had two industrial size fans blowing, our
own likkle VIP.
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| Mr. Third Bass decided to fete with us |
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| Uber ride there & back : B4 & after #FanLife |
Saturday night we headed to XEN Live Concert (http://dccarnival.com) where King Bubba and
Third Bass were performing. Before
leaving the house we decided to play this stupid drinking game called, “Let’s
take shots until the Uber Driver arrives.” So we walked in the fete already
feeling NIIIIIIIIICE! I even committed a cardinal sin of knocking over and
wasting my drink in the spot. Le Sigh! It was a nice venue and we had a blast. Third Bass came over to fete with us again
and we partied till the lights came on at 3am.
A friend of ours went to an All White Party Saturday night worth mentioning called “Richards” (www.richardscarnival.com) judging from the photos, it looked like nice upscale vybz. Might have to check in out next time I’m in town for carnival.
Oh and shout out to this young man who was seated next to me on the return flight. He said he reads my carnival blogs. *MIND BLOWN* I told him I pretty sure that I'm usually talking to myself (not that I mind talking to myself). I officially have 1 reader *whoop whoop*
A friend of ours went to an All White Party Saturday night worth mentioning called “Richards” (www.richardscarnival.com) judging from the photos, it looked like nice upscale vybz. Might have to check in out next time I’m in town for carnival.
Sunday afternoon it was off to the A.M.Nesia Boat Cruise (http://dccarnival.com). This fete came with a steep $90 price tag because was all inclusive. The food was delicious, the bars were plentiful, the DJs were amazing, but it we could have used an extra hour or two. 1pm-4pm just wasn’t enough time to get $90 worth of wotless.
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| DJ Crown Prince |
Straight from the boat ride we headed to the Cool Down Party (http://dccarnival.com). *WAIT* I lied, we stopped by the house to have some drinks after leaving the All Inclusive fete and before heading to the bar. It’s important to drink after and before you drink...
Anyway, I must note that the
Cool Down Party was held on the 4th floor of a venue with NO
elevator and you best believe I CUSSED the entire time up. Luckily my homie Winston was waiting on the
top with drinks for us.
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| He drinks and knows things! |
Chill vybz at Cool Down Party although I hear it got much crazier later in the evening, but I had to take my rass home and go back to doing what I do best, “Drink and be Merry!”
All in all, I had a blast! Shout out to my homie Charmaine for hosting us. Very cost friendly carnival / non carnival weekend. DC has 3 airports all with public transit, so it's usually a fairly affordable city to fly into. PS: The page below is worth mentioning if you find yourself heading to DC and are looking for fete info.
Oh and shout out to this young man who was seated next to me on the return flight. He said he reads my carnival blogs. *MIND BLOWN* I told him I pretty sure that I'm usually talking to myself (not that I mind talking to myself). I officially have 1 reader *whoop whoop*
