[ via Rohit Khare ] It’s too easy to make fun of the scene, but remember that back in the days of the Bubble, there were exclusive, A-list events to introduce Capital to entrepreneurs. Both scenes had plenty of people in Porches, and the likelihood you would receive an invitation was proportional to how likely you could make a member of the elite even more money.
Before we begin exploring this geographical conundrum, it is necessary to learn a few facts that may be a bit hard for the working man or woman to fathom. The first is that Monday night is the new Friday night. The second is that Tuesday night is the new Saturday night.
In Hollywood, the word unemployed seems to have become synonymous with the word actor. And the unemployed are under the delusion that when they are in a club drinking, socializing and finding out at which rich guy’s house the after-party will be, they are in fact working, though no actual salary is drawn. They call it networking. Thus, night life in Los Angeles is predicated on the idea that day jobs are for the unambitious, and therefore staying out all night on Monday and Tuesday to party can be accomplished guilt free.
[ No velvet rope, but you need a NYT Id. ]
