Morbyd
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Quite a weekend out here in Moskva! I'd feel better about it if I weren't so tired in the aftermath.
Friday - Met a couple of mates for dinner. Then went to Soho Rooms for the seasonal re-opening of their rooftop terrace dancefloor. The party included a performance by De-Phazz (a stripped down version, not the full band, but still good). From there, over to Krysha Mira for afterhours. We went a bit early, around 4, but the place was already heaving and people were properly up for it. Watched the sunrise over the Moscow River from the rooftop dancefloor and headed home around 8ish.
Saturday - Spent much of the day asleep or in a catatonic state. Watched half of Man U v Arsenal. Saturday was Moscow's annual Night in the Museum so I stopped by a couple of art galleries and related parties.
One of the galleries was right next to Rai nighclub, so I wandered in there to watch Eurovision. Afterward, I went to the historic Manezh exhibition hall (just outside the Kremlin) which had been re-purposed as EvroDom (EuroHouse) for the official Eurovision afterparty
Watched as various entourages arrived from the concert venue and the DJ interspersed somewhat poor dance music with songs from the show. Cheesy fun 
Sunday - Got next to no sleep before having to meet up with friends for brunch. Then went home to take a nap and watch Chelsea v Blackburn.
That evening, the missus and I headed back out to attend a birthday party for one of the members of Moscow fashion design trio FreshArt. These guys were the stylists for Armenia's entry into Eurovision, and they must have spent all the proceeds on this party! Very nice evening. The place was full of Russian, Georgian and Armenian pop stars, most of whom I didn't recognize Apparently, these people always carry mini-discs with their back-up music with them to parties, because each and every one of them got on stage at some point to sing a song or two It was like a cabaret. Fun time.
Friday - Met a couple of mates for dinner. Then went to Soho Rooms for the seasonal re-opening of their rooftop terrace dancefloor. The party included a performance by De-Phazz (a stripped down version, not the full band, but still good). From there, over to Krysha Mira for afterhours. We went a bit early, around 4, but the place was already heaving and people were properly up for it. Watched the sunrise over the Moscow River from the rooftop dancefloor and headed home around 8ish.
Saturday - Spent much of the day asleep or in a catatonic state. Watched half of Man U v Arsenal. Saturday was Moscow's annual Night in the Museum so I stopped by a couple of art galleries and related parties.
One of the galleries was right next to Rai nighclub, so I wandered in there to watch Eurovision. Afterward, I went to the historic Manezh exhibition hall (just outside the Kremlin) which had been re-purposed as EvroDom (EuroHouse) for the official Eurovision afterparty
Watched as various entourages arrived from the concert venue and the DJ interspersed somewhat poor dance music with songs from the show. Cheesy fun Sunday - Got next to no sleep before having to meet up with friends for brunch. Then went home to take a nap and watch Chelsea v Blackburn.
That evening, the missus and I headed back out to attend a birthday party for one of the members of Moscow fashion design trio FreshArt. These guys were the stylists for Armenia's entry into Eurovision, and they must have spent all the proceeds on this party!
Very nice evening. The place was full of Russian, Georgian and Armenian pop stars, most of whom I didn't recognize Apparently, these people always carry mini-discs with their back-up music with them to parties, because each and every one of them got on stage at some point to sing a song or two It was like a cabaret. Fun time.
