Popular Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester performed at Klutch’s opening night party on Tuesday in the former Opium space.  Attendees included the “fierce” Christian Siriano (Project Runway winner) along with his boyfriend, Colin Egglesfield, (former Melrose Place cast member) and the delectable Kellan Lutz (better known as Emmett Cullen in the Twilight series). Lutz was also spotted throughout the weekend at the Florida Room and at the Shore Club pool along with on-and-off-again love interest, Annalynne McCord.

Meester was seen lounging by the pool at the Shore Club and at the Mondrian’s Sunset Lounge, last week as was Stacey Keibler (Dancing with the Stars).

Matisyahu performed at the Florida Room on Saturday night.

Ashley Hamilton, George Hamilton’s adorable offspring, was seen at the Delano enjoying cocktails at the bar.  Also at the Delano: gorgeous former Victoria’s Secret Angel, Stefanie Seymour, Jaime Foxx and Jared Leto (not together). Read the rest of this entry »

Whether at the racy Raleigh, sophisticated Mondrian, celeb-packed Shore Club or any of our fair city’s other amazing nightclubs, New Year’s revelers were afforded plenty of opportunities for “star gazing” (sans telescope) and rang in 2009 with much fanfare and flare, South Beach Style.

The Raleigh’s Burlesque New Year’s Eve, hosted by famed New York City “Queen of the Night” Susanne Bartsch, was an outrageously raunchy affair that would have had Dita Von Teese blushing: from the gargantuan, inflatable open pair of women’s legs floating in the hotel’s iconic pool, to theatrical performances, unforgettable peep shows, strip teases, flamboyant gender-benders and freak shows including well-endowed men wearing zebra and horse heads and female strippers sizing up their (ahem) man hoods, literally, ruler in hand. Bartsch rung in the new year accompanied by designer Read the rest of this entry »