So, Del...I don't know how to ever repay you...the best inadvertent birthday present I've ever gotten. I woke up in the middle of the night with a giant grin on my face thinking about how awesome the night was, and I went back to bed...dreaming of it!

So here's the story. I woke up at 6:30am on Tuesday, got ready, and picked up the rental car just after 8am. I drove to Hamilton, picked up Laura and we started off on our long drive to New York. After an adventureus and exciting drive (beautiful during the day - as we usually drive through the night), we finally arrive in NYC at Fran's apartment.

We chilled out for a little while, had some dinner, got ready...and headed over to Cielo. Not 5 minutes after we get in there, fotoaddict (a NYC TA) tells me that Ferry is over by the booth just hanging out. I run over there and wait my turn to talk to him, and then strike up a convo with him. He remembered who I was (coming to see him and having VIP in March). We talked for a good 15 minutes about Holland, trance, his music, Canada, playing back to back with Armin...all kinds of stuff. And to think, I was so nervous I wanted to bring a sheet of paper with what I wanted to say to him.

After taking my turn to chat I chilled out for a bit until he came on the decks. Saw a few NYTAs that I met in March and was introduced to a few new ones. Ferry got on the decks around 11:30 and as he told me, he was going to be spinning some new, different material that I wouldn't be used to. As it is Ferry...I loved it none the less! He played quite a mixture of stuff. Lots of electro, some trance and even had a lot of a housey sound. I was right up by the DJ booth for a lot of the night, snapping shots, but these 3 people right at the front got super annoying b/c they just stood there with their hands up the entire time jumping around, so no one could get any front shots without their hands in the way.

I didn't mind though, I went from the front to the side to the back - I'm not singing right now no - all over the place you had a good view. There were maybe 200 people in their max. Including SASHA! Talked to him for a bit and also took a pic or two.

After Ferry got off the decks at 2ish, he was hanging out with everyone. I chit chatted with him a few more times, got a bunch more pics. At one point everyone was taking pictures of him and I and he said, and I quote, "Look, you're so hot...everyone wants to take pictures of you!" I almost died.

We all went on the patio for a little while, and just before they were about to close I asked him for one more picture - as I drove 11 hours for this. So I took it, and I gave him a kiss on the cheek. Laura was like "Give him a kiss on the lips!" So I went back over and asked him for a "Peck on the lips" and he was like "What's a peck on the lips mean?" Haha, we joked around for a bit, but then took a video of me giving him a kiss on the cheek - we didn't want any too incriminating photos And sure enough, right after...HIS WIFE CALLED! Haha How ironic. He said she can smell it from across the world!

Anyway, sorry for the long review - I have more to say, but I'll stop here. Lots of pics to come from lots of people. I have to edit them first!!

Great fucking night. Seriously Del, I dunno how to repay you! Thank you so much for this oppurtunity. It made for the best birthday ever (and I still have a week of celebrations to go).

Thanks to Laura for driving with me and Fran for letting us crash here. I love you guys.

P.S. Review of Cielo itself - beautiful club. I like how intimate it is. The lights in the walls were pretty sweet that went along with the music. Not as tacky as it sounds. And IMO best sound system I've ever heard. So crisp and clean. It didn't hurt my ears at all, and I didn't even have my ear plugs in. I hope I got some good pics of the club.

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Shut up and DANCE!!
House moves my body, Trance owns my soul, Progressive drives me wild

Last edited by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jun-21-2006 at 15:43