Boy oh boy, where do I begin, I guess there's no better place than the beginning.....
Fall 2009, the owners of StrongBox Lounge approached Reggie and I, they wanted to give StrongBox some flavor but within good reason *we all know what that means (haha)*. We mulled it over and thought "Hey, let's give this a shot!" We wanted to give Philly nightlife a shot in the arm. We were fresh off an amazing vacation from Vegas and we knew if we could bring some of the energy back to Philly we'd be onto something. That didn't, really work but hey, it was worth a try!!! The first few parties at StrongBox were straight duds, scud missiles, bombs over baghdad, whatever you want to call them, they were terrible....We didn't know how to "throw" a party, we just knew "how" to party.
Fast forward to......
A party for Drew "The Mayor" Carballo and Terressa "Shortie No Mas" Thompson. You talk about a sh*t show!! The party was awesome, simple and plain...From there the good times rolled, the buzz started and Reggie and Jackiem became the "Cool Kids".
For the Record, we did not come up with the name, we simply said, "if you're cool you will come out on a weekday, Tuesday night is Friday or Saturday night". As with most things, people ran with it. Instead of saying they were going to party with Jack and Reg, people started saying they were going to party with The Cool Kids. We didn't complain, we just wanted people come to party. Tuesday nights were definitely a success and we put StrongBox on the map. We've had some very notable people come in and out those doors; Lebron James, Ryan Howard, Tyreke Evans, Desean Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, Andre Iguodala, Marsha Ambrosius, Mario, Uncle Wes, just to name a few...
The Cool Kids is a brand, the nightlife arm of The 400 PTM. if you hear the name, you know the party is going to be crazy, and in a good way. The most notable of our events thus far have been Jeremy Maclin's birthday Party at Sumo Lounge. The secret Lebron James party at StrongBox,
My birthday party
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...and our infamous annual Christmas party, this year it was held at Recess Lounge.
Anything we put our time and effort into we believe will inevitably be a success, this was no exception. A little party on a Tuesday night in Rittenhouse opened some doors for us....We are EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE to any and everyone that has attended a Cool Kids party and we are thankful to any and everyone that we have met and built relationships along the way......
I'm Gone!
-Jacky
