http://christopherlondonblog.com/2009/07/18/update-the-battle-of-the-social-gays-in-the-hamptons-over-ciarait-gets-better/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:41:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://christopherlondonblog.com/2009/07/18/update-the-battle-of-the-social-gays-in-the-hamptons-over-ciarait-gets-better/comment-page-1/#comment-19479 The Boom Boom Room: Overhyped & In Bad Taste | London in New York Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:17:43 +0000 http://christopherlondonblog.com/2009/07/18/update-the-battle-of-the-social-gays-in-the-hamptons-over-ciarait-gets-better/#comment-19479 [...] Please excuse me, although I happen to mostly like Andre Balazs work in New York City, if I find it if nothing a bit ironic, perhaps even in poor taste to open up a high end hotel lounge in New York of all places, not that far from Wall Street, named after, inspired by the memory of or perhaps to memorialize the memory of that special place at certain New York Investment Banks where female employees were hazzed and sexually harassed. Obviously, I am not suggesting the name “Boom Boom Room” is proprietary or that the ownership will endorse sexual harassment of female investment bankers. In all likelihood, you will have to be one of New York’s leading social gays, a fashionista, a hipster or uber celebrity to get in, at least until the hook wears off after $20 drinks but this looks like the purveyors of bad Manhattan nightlife are simply moving the show from Club Row to the Meatpacking District selling you on nights with Madonna, Lindsay et al etc, or they are at least trying to. So now instead of Bungalow 8, the crowd that stays out too late for no apparent reason doing coke will have another place to call home. As I am not a slim fashionista, a hipster or on any special VIP Lists, you can be sure that the only way you might find me at the Boom Boom Room is if someone invites me for a bachelor party, a bridal shower or some uber exclusive Sweet 16 of one of my friends’ children. [...] [...] Please excuse me, although I happen to mostly like Andre Balazs work in New York City, if I find it if nothing a bit ironic, perhaps even in poor taste to open up a high end hotel lounge in New York of all places, not that far from Wall Street, named after, inspired by the memory of or perhaps to memorialize the memory of that special place at certain New York Investment Banks where female employees were hazzed and sexually harassed. Obviously, I am not suggesting the name “Boom Boom Room” is proprietary or that the ownership will endorse sexual harassment of female investment bankers. In all likelihood, you will have to be one of New York’s leading social gays, a fashionista, a hipster or uber celebrity to get in, at least until the hook wears off after $20 drinks but this looks like the purveyors of bad Manhattan nightlife are simply moving the show from Club Row to the Meatpacking District selling you on nights with Madonna, Lindsay et al etc, or they are at least trying to. So now instead of Bungalow 8, the crowd that stays out too late for no apparent reason doing coke will have another place to call home. As I am not a slim fashionista, a hipster or on any special VIP Lists, you can be sure that the only way you might find me at the Boom Boom Room is if someone invites me for a bachelor party, a bridal shower or some uber exclusive Sweet 16 of one of my friends’ children. [...]

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