LA....PTM...The REAL All-Star Weekend Experience...

As I am thousands of feet in the air on my way to Gainesville, Florida, I have some time to reflect on All-Star weekend in LA…. Overall, the experience was great for Reggie and I. We were able to further build our brand and also meet/connect with some great people along the way…. I could honestly write pages and pages in regards to the weekend, but I will spare you, and also spare myself…. The theme for us was ’exclusive’. The way it worked out, we were in a lot of places/situations that others did not have access to. I don’t mean that in a braggart way, it’s just the way it shook down. The highlight of our stay in LA was being apart of the LRMR camp, aka “The Four Horseman” (LeBron, Rich, Maverick, and Randy). Oh the irony, The 400 PTM, The Four Horseman…fate? Ah you never know…To keep it short and sweet, Reggie B has known Maverick and LeBron for many years now and they always show love, these are some great guys.  Anyways, Lebron has created a cartoon titled “The Lebrons” and he held a private screening event was held at Siren Studios on Sunset, guest list included, Pat Riley, Drake, Mark Cuban and a host of other individuals.  As if that wasn’t enough, Saturday night, after going to the Dunk contest (that was rigged by the way!) we had the pleasure of attending 2 Kings event at CAA bka “The Death Star”. If you don’t know what or whom CAA is, you probably shouldn’t even be reading this and you can get a YOUGETCHO…This uber-private event had roughly 250 guests, hosted by Jay-Z and Lebron. This was an A-list event, those in attendance DWade, CBosh, Beyonce, Kanye, Floyd Mayweather, Ciara, Reggie Bush, Diddy, Steve Stoute, Mark Cuban, Amber Rose, Brandy, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cam Newton, David Arquette, Uncle Wes, J Cole, Drake, Rihanna, just to name a few. That was the true definition of VIP party, everyone together in one room, no fish bowling, just everyone having a good time, open bar, Ciroc ALL NIGHT…. Funniest part was the next day when all I heard was “how was that party, how did you get in there?”  I can’t even front, its quite awesome that we were there amongst so much power, but hey we aspire to one day be one of those people that matter wink, wink…..

The final night was a great ending, The Conga Room with the big homey Tyrese. This guy is really an inspiration to us, as a mentor and big brother, he always looks out for us as much as he can.  He is going to make A LOT of noise in 2011, with his Book “How to get of your own way”. Two blockbuster movies coming you may have heard of, Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon and Fast and Furious 5, as well as an album “Open Invitation”. This will be his summer; BELIEVE THAT…Here is a little snippet from The Conga Room…

We didn’t take any pictures, didn’t really make any videos other than from the Congra Room, mental memories is all we have and they are priceless; this was definitely a trip to remember. There’s a lot of other things that occurred, some that I should mention but most that I don’t need to mention, the standard bopping, etc, but that doesn’t need to be addressed..Yougetcho…This is about things that matter…. Shout out to everyone we crossed paths with, if you were out there and we didn’t see you, oh well, I hope you all enjoyed your time in LaLa land, I know we sure did………

I’m Gone!!!

-Jacky

THEY ARE HERE!!!

While most people went bananas over the re-release of the Cool Grey Jordan XI, I quietly counted down the days until my personal favorite shoe of all time, which too is a Jordan re-release. I must digress and say I too got a pair of the Cool Grey Jordans, thanks in part to a last minute call from a trusted family member (Lacy from THEM) and a person  I would like to codename as *Bird*. Anyway on to what I would like to describe simply as "The best J's ever HANDS DOWN". The Cement Jordan III's  were re-released today and I got a pair, sadly only one pair. I still would like to get my hands on some more of them but only time will tell if that is more reality or inception. Im nowhere near as big a sneaker head as many of my friends are , but I can tell you this much, these shoes go hard!!!! I would like to thank *Bird* for playing a part in securing these puppies too. Next purchase for me will likely be Marvel Vs Capcom 3 for the PS3, yes Reggie B the nerd you are all too unfamiliar with is in full effect! Ciao

-Reggie B-

BEST J's EVER HANDS DOWN

The Cool Kids......

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

Check out the video

...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......

Phillyin.com/cool-kids

      

  

I'm Gone!

-Jacky

400 Influence...

A little over a week ago, we had the pleasure of orchestrating a photo shoot/interview for Philadelphia Sixers G/F Andre Iguodala for The Source Magazine. The segment "Jocks Meets Jocks" aligned an athlete with a radio personality, Dre had the pleasure of working with Kendra G. from 100.3 The Beat.

The shoot was awesome, although it lasted around three hours, we all had a good time. It's always a pleasure to be around great positive people....Shout Out to Andre Iguodala, Kendra G, Larry Howard (The Source Magazine), Kendall Hurns (CEO of Robotic Minds Clothing), AZ (Creative Director of Robotic Minds), Whitney Thomas (Photographer), Curran Swint (Stylist).....

Check out the behind the scenes video........ 

Yougetcho!!!

                        -Jacky Wright