Secret Picnic Party NYC - Memorial's Weekend Edition

Tell your friends to get with my friends. And we can be friends. Shii, we ca do this every weekend. Is that alright with you? - Diddy

Memorial Weekend has come and gone, but the memories will always remain. As thousands of people chose to leave NYC for Vegas, Venice, Miami, DC, Maryland, Atlanta and Dubai -- many of us stayed in the city and had a bomb time at the outdoor events that were curated by our favorite DJs and new soirée organizers. One new soirée that I had the chance to check out was the password protected Secret Picnic Party NYC (#sppnyc) organized by an anonymous group of anti-hennypalooza  people who wanted to have a good time.

The super hush hush Secret Picnic Party NYC was known by word of email and I'm not sure if people were turned off by how far uptown the picnic was, but the crowd was definitely filled with more Manhattanites than Brooklynites. Overall, the word by email and passcode protected Eventbrite worked perfectly by telling potential guests to "bring your friends and your friend's friends who know how to act and bring you own EVERYTHING," and we did.

Fish and Chips? Check

Sangria and Mamajuana (deadman's drink concoction)? Check check

Blankets, games, speakers, playlist and camera? Check x5

Mixed Crew? Check

24 hours before the event, rsvp'd guests were sent location details and directions to Fort Tyron Park for a good time. Natural ladies swapped hair routines. Short haired vixens shared stylists and salons. Photographers talked cameras and lenses. We lounged on blankets, we dranked, threw frisbees, played unlimited rounds of Uno, Spades and ConnectFour, and danced to tunes of multiple boom boxes. Oh, and because the dating ratio was perfect, a couple of people paired off and got chummy.

In my opinion, the secret picnic party was a success and it was definitely a good time. Here are a couple of photos captured by @LifeRoundHere's shooting assassin Stephen (@_drstrangeluv_) and some of the hashtag users.

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Beau Monde Society Presents: Fashion Envie 2015

Am I venturing into the fashion industry?.. Do you see this COAT?!.. Come on man.

-Kanye West

So blogging has it's perks and one of them is meeting some really dope people who are following their dreams and doing the damn thing! So about a week ago, the ladies over at shopdoku.com connected my with one of their designers, Adrina Fanore, and I was given access to attend and try my hand playing photographer at Fashion Envie 2015, presented by Beau Monde Society, at a swanky venue called Lightbox.

Fashion Envie was started in 2013 and it is an annual eco-friendly show that exhibits work of ethical designers and artists. This year, Fashion Envie featured designers; Adrina Fanore of  the Adrina Fanore Collection, Alita Daniels of the Silly Simone Collection, Robin Dameshe Shumays of the Henna Flower Collection and Jennifer Nnamani, founder of Beau Monde Society and designer of Lady George.

Check out some of images that I managed to capture and as always feedback is greatly appreciated.

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#WeekendRecap : Playdates in Chelsea x Menkui Tei

The holiday season is the perfect time to enjoy tons of holiday shopping, winter sports and cozying up with the ones that you love. But the holiday season is also a perfect time to get out and about and hit up some galleries to see some art. So on Saturday debonair Stephen and I had a playdate hitting up a few galleries in Chelsea to catch a few expiring exhibits and checking in to our favorite Ramen spot, ( mentioned in NYC best ramen spots list post ) Menkui Tei, to make sure the broth was still good. lol If you're in the browsing mood and would like to experience some amazing free art in New York; check out some of the artist's works in the exhibits and galleries listed below.

Cheim & Read Gallery - "Suspension" - Louise Bourgeois

Derek Eller Gallery - Ivan Witenstein

Gagosian Gallery - "In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow" - Takashi Murakami

Lyons Wier Gallery - "Slip Stream" - Jeff Muhs  x "Donut Rush" - Jae Yong Kim

Jack Shainman Gallery - "All Manner of Needs" -  Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Mike Weiss Gallery - "GYMNASTY" - Cameron Gray

C24 - "A Bullfighter in New York / Un Torero en Nueva York" - Domingo Zapata

Photo images were captured by the talented Stephen Ewings of liferoundhere photography using his point and shoot, but check out his website for his amazing professional works in the link above.

Happy browsing,

A.gamine

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Solidarity?...

There is an outcry for justice and I am happy to report that it has no color. Over the past few months America has been waiting for the decisions of two major cases that involves the deaths of black males and the possible use of excessive force by the police. And in the last two weeks two decisions have been made to not indict the two police officers in both cases for various reasons and people are upset. In the beginning I was starting to think that maybe this was turning into a black versus white matter, but I am happy to report, at least in New York, that the black community is not the only community that is outraged. And for the first time I feel like there is a degree of solidarity and that there are citizens in this country that are holding up their promise of allegiance to the United States and the Republic and what it has promised to stand for when it was adopted by Congress in 1942. So here is a reminder of  what was promised to us for being a citizen of the United States of America.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,

and to the Republic for which it stands,

one Nation under God, indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.

Happy safe and peaceful protesting everyone.

xxo,

Agamine

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Montauk Selfie

"Just a reminder that you're whole without someone else. You are not a fraction. You're a complete master piece all by yourself and you do not need anyone else to validate your existence. " Socializing and meeting people are some of my favorite things to do, but moments of solitude are always very important to me. The older that I am becoming the more I find myself fighting for  a good #selfie moment aka me time. Moving to New York has been one of the most daring decisions that I've ever made in my life.  And everyday that I am alive, since moving here, I have to remind myself why that was one of the best decisions of my life. That decision is a constant reminder of how important it is to push myself, to be willing to compromise within reason, to share, to be open to new experiences, to build meaningful relationships with others and to be just as active in building one with myself.

With that reminder I can whole heartedly say I really enjoy family time, friend time, beau time, but most importantly I really enjoy a good selfie time. Why? Because life is fleeting, important life events are happening more rapidly, I love myself and I like doing me ish! And what better way am I to get in tune with who I am becoming everyday than to be vain every now and then, find a place or experience that looks good to me, and take a selfie to get a good look at the beautifully flawed masterpiece that I am evolving into.

So a few weeks ago I took a selfie to Montauk and treated myself to dinner, a movie, quiet time, a run and a couple of selfies on the beach.

Have you taken a selfie lately? I know I have and I highly recommend it.

Do it for yourself!

xxo,

Agamine

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Happy Humpday: 24 quotes to get you through rest of the work week.

Wednesday is here and I want to spread a little humpday cheer! A little Inspiration is always in order no matter how good or bad a work week is going. Keep it up the weekend is near! xxo,

A.Gamine

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