Getting Fingered

Since moving to Charlie O's, Ryan Heffington's dance party downtown seems like it has become something pretty big. The first time I got Fingered was last summer at Little Pedro's. It was a small, intimate crowd, and the dancers performed with WORK.

The performances are always pretty fantastic. Costuming, makeup, choreography, insanely good music.... there's pretty much nothing they leave to chance. Lastnight's performance ended with Kate Bush, and the dancers pulling people onto the floor to dance the last third of the song. Being a friend of a friend of the dancers, and having a choice spot on the edge of the dancefloor were the biggest perks of the evening, and made having to deal with the generic hipster melee, worth it.

I was at Charlie O's with Buff Monster, part two of an evening that began with helping Charlie Becker turn 40 at a surprise party downtown at the warehouse of Grn Apple Tree Clothing. Charlie's a nice guy, and a talented sculptor who has worked with some our generation's biggest art stars. He's a recent transplant to LA, but he seems to have settled in quite nicely. A ton of people came out to help him celebrate his birthday - a fun crowd stocked with creative and talented folks. Friends, Silvio and Kyle had artwork on display with samples of Charlie's work, and helped pull off the big surprise.

Some people inspire surprise parties and some people don't... what does that say about some people?