made with love
The only thing better than the #UABBQ is the #UABBQPoolParty!
Not pictured: Reggie
June 28th, 2014 at PacPlex, Brooklyn NY
The #UABBQPoolParty is the fourth event brought to you by #TheCommittee. The first three #UABBQs were massive, taking over Riverside Park in Harlem with hundreds of people eating and drinking along the Hudson River. Welcoming college alum from the greater New York area, it quickly rose to one of the most highly anticipated summer events that grew to include anyone looking for a good time. Watching the growth of the #UABBQ with a critical lens, its success is truly remarkable. #TheCommittee, made up of men who graduated from the University at Albany has been incredibly smart with their marketing strategies, creative embellishments, publicity and venue aesthetics. But when you meet any of the 20 gentlemen, it should come as no surprise. They are charming, intelligent, amicable, funny, and most importantly – generous. Their mission has never been about money, fame or bragging rights – they have done months of planning in spite of having full time jobs for one reason – FOR THE LOVE. That noble reason that has been the heart of their events has brought the money, the fame and the bragging rights naturally. Over the last four years, their attention to detail and calculated responses to their supporters has made the #UABBQ truly INCOMPARABLE and the first three years they did it for FREE.
What's left to do after becoming the most successful, organic BBQ in New York City? You don't leave while you're hot, that's how Mase screwed up. You go back to the drawing board and redefine what success is. Just when people thought #TheCommittee was going to take a step back, they stepped it all the way up and brought the #UABBQPoolParty to Brooklyn. In just a week, 1200 tickets were purchased from all over the country. And when I arrived on Saturday right before the doors opened, 1300 people were expected to walk in right behind me. The guys were up bright and early setting up the space, filling the four pools with beach balls and flotation devices. They were cleaning tables for bottle service and switching into their upgraded slut tanks designed by @EMNYNTCITY. (Side boobs for days) If you've been following them on Twitter, you know they were getting these GAINZ in the gym for months. While Quedwin sprayed sunscreen all over his body, Reuben was ready to show what he was working on all winter and Ken was walking out the water like a Baywatch rerun.
Regular Ken
Wrangling 20 guys isn’t easy but Sioban and I managed to catch a few pics of them in motion and even snapped the group picture against the custom backdrop, conveniently located at the entrance. Once patrons were checked in by Jad and O’Shane, they were able to pick up a #UABBQPoolParty bracelet and get their pictures taken by a professional photographer before the sun, the alcohol and water washed away their attempts at looking cute.
Baywatch Ken
Somebody caption this....
Ladies started to file in with their cover-ups giving us a preview of their thong bikinis, low cut tops and tattoos that typically never see the light of day. With comfortable seating lining the perimeter of the venue, people started to kick back, order some jerk wings and hamburgers and take pictures for Instagram. DJ Sunkiss headed over to the DJ Booth and as soon as the music came on, the clothes came off. He was just warming up as the bar was getting busier and bottles were being brought out to people eager for an excuse to turn up. #TheCommittee members were changing shifts at the door while everyone else was catching up, walking around and taking frequent trips to refill their cups. By 5 o’clock, the liquor had set in and DJ L Squared and DJ Alter Ego started playing hip hop and reggae sets, respectively. This soundtrack was the signal for everyone to get up and get it poppin. Girls were getting thrown left and right into the water. The bar was crowded and every pool had people in it. People were half naked and set it off on the makeshift dancefloor between the bar and the main pool.
Bumped into one of my first students from TEMPLE! Thanks UA for having us!
By 6 o’clock Ant and Ken were standing on tables looking down at the crowd of 1275 people. Girls were grinding on one another, tonguing each other down, grabbing bulges and pouring liquor into each other’s mouths. Water guns filled with Honey Jack and Hennessy were spraying as girls leaned their heads back and opened wide. Guys were on the prowl rekindling with their old joints while trying to secure a new joint. It was lusty and filthy and they enjoyed every minute of it.
TWERK CONTEST!!
[[ Prize: $100 and the HUGE Ciroc Bottle ]]
There's only one thing for you to do when you hear,
"Girl you workin with some ass yeah, you bad yeah..."
Yes, that's money stuffed in her bathing suit. Judgement free zone, ya'll. Judgement free zone.
Seth told me to tell y'all he hosts baby showers too.
The competition heated up while the sun went down & Seth kept the liquor and jokes flowing.
You ain't hear this from me but...
What's an event without a little bit of drama? So, apparently mixing new joints and old joints is never a good idea. There were some insecure boyfriends walking around but who could blame them?! Old joints were everywhere with no shirt sweating nothing but Henessey and chlorine. Obviously, a recipe for disaster but people were having so much fun, luckily nothing escalated. Even during the twerk contest, there was a little exchange of words between some of the ladies but let's just be thankful they kept their eyes on the prize. Let's face it, Ciroc makes everybody friends.
If you were by the bar or by the DJ booth, you were LUH-STEE (lusty to the tenth power). Maybe the bass was so loud, people couldn't hear themselves think because all morals were lost in that corner.
We're not even going to talk about mamita who threw up all over her section or the one who went to sleep at 6pm; but God bless her homegirls because they covered her up and tucked her in (some of ya'll should take notes).
Oh, I almost forgot a girl tried to kiss another girl and got slapped in. the. face. I LIE TO YOU NOT.
And while I was making my own graceful exit, somebody stopped me and turned me back to the crowd and said, "So many relationships have been ruined here." He ain't lying either.
But like I said, you ain't hear that from me...
All in all, the #UABBQPoolParty was another homerun for #TheCommittee. DJ Alter Ego, DJ LSquared, DJ Nnato (not pictured), DJRahim the Dream, and #TheCommitte's very own DJ SunKiss kept the party going for nine hours. Our friends over at Aquahydrate kept the water bottles handy to dilute some of the damage made at the bar and special thanks to UBER for getting everbody to and from the venue safe and sound. Look out for more pictures and videos from Manny & Octavious. From everybody who helped plan, design, setup, sponsor, contribute or simply invited someone else to come -
THANK YOU FOR FOUR YEARS OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR??
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