Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Splash Bash Weekend in Phoenix
This past Memorial Day Weekend was the official kick off to summer in Phoenix with Splash Bash. The Clarendon Hotel was overrun by the Phoenix boys for a weekend of poolside fun. It's our own mini-circuit party complete with poolside DJ's and performers.
Justin and I, along with Todd and Cody decided to get a suite at the hotel for the entire weekend and have a bit of an in-town get away. We all arrived on Friday night, grabbed some dinner at C4 and then jumped a cab to Amsterdam for some drinks. With the entire weekend ahead of us we called at an early evening and headed back to the hotel around 1 AM.
Unfortunately Mother Nature wasn't informed about the party, so it was actually a little cool and cloudy for the Saturday pool party, which is very unusual for a May weekend in Phoenix. Just last week it was over 108 degrees, but it seemed as if it wasn't going to get much above 75 degrees this weekend.
Saturday was kicked off with the official Splash Bash Pool Party complete with the Perry Twins as our DJ's for the day. With the exception of Jerry & Anthony, who had other commitments for the day, it seemed as if everyone we knew in Phoenix was present. Because we were staying in the hotel I actually felt like I traveled somewhere and almost forgot I was still in Phoenix. I kept seeing people pour in and would think to myself "oh I know those guys from Phoenix" and then had to remind myself that I was actually still in Phoenix. Tripy.
The pool party was a lot of fun and everyone just hung out, drank, danced, listened to the music and played in the pool. It was a very relaxing afternoon.
Later that evening was the Splash Down party at Area. Jerry and Anthony, as well as our other friends including Jason and his crew, finally got over to the hotel to join the rest of us for the evening. We headed over to Area around 11 PM for a night of dancing. Unfortunately Area was only moderately busy and never really did fill up, so around 2 AM we all packed in and headed over to a private after hours party for the rest of the morning.
Sunday was spent at the hotel laying out by the pool again and then heading up to Mark & Larry's for a pool party for a few hours before returning back to the hotel to wind down and relax and hang out in the hot tub.
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun I had over the weekend. We originally didn't plan on attending, so it was unexpected to have this type of party weekend in Phoenix. I didn't have my camera with me in the evenings, so I only have photos from the hotel parties. I wish I had photos of Jerry, Anthony, Jason & crew because they all were a big part of our fun over the weekend, but I just can't handle carrying my camera to a party because I hate dancing with my pockets full.
Aside from all the fun we had this weekend I took away one other thing. I asked someone who I was talking too at the Splash Down party at Area if he had a good time at the pool party. He looked at me and said "I had a great time, but you know what, I have a great time wherever I go" I thought to myself, that's a great attitude to have and that really sums up the attitude of all my friends. No matter if there are 10 people or 1000 people at the party, we always make our own fun and have a great time in everything we all do together. Life is way too short to not enjoy every minute. Cheers!
I had such a great time... thank you , Justin, Jerry Timms and everyone else for everything.
Jeremiah
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:35:00 PM
It's great that you had such a good time and didn't even have to leave home to do it. Although 75 is plenty hot for this chick, I'm sorry your weather wasn't a bit hotter for you!
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Jude @ Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:30:00 AM
I'm glad you guys had a great time... as the owner/GM of The Clarendon, we were very happy to see that the skies turned blue and the sun came out just as the Splash Bash weekend was starting.
We're doing it again for Labor Day weekend... book your rooms soon, because we're pretty confident that Labor Day is going to be a lot busier than Memorial Day was. We'll have an opening happy hour on Friday, and all-day pool parties on Saturday, Sunday AND Monday!
While we're at it - the pool at The Clarendon is always open to the public, just come on down. We'll even provide the towels and sunscreen, and you can have drinks and food delivered to you while you're enjoying your time with friends.
Take care! Ben Bethel
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by benbethel @ Friday, June 06, 2008 12:57:00 AM
