Ladies Night Recap — We was maaad presidential, son!

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How much fun was last night?

Thanks to all the ladies (and smart guys ;) who came out to the Washington Nationals Ladies Night last nite. The afternoon monsoon had me worried, but it cleared up and wound up being a gorgeous evening! There was so much going on… tons of specialty vendors, great food, free alcohol, manicures, massages, music, dancing — two Nats players even signed autographs AND “Supermanned a few ho’s” — shout to Lastings Milledge ;) It was great fun! I only did like 15 minutes, but the crowd was awesome and getting the chance to chat with and meet so many of them after my performance was great. Oh and the ladies at the Nats, Bree and Katherine, were just amazing! They made me feel like an actual VIP and really, isn’t that what it’s all about? ;)

There was one really funny thing that happened… I was being interviewed and had my back to the stadium and they set off some fireworks and I literally screamed, “Oh s–t!” and ducked. When I got up I said something like, “I don’t care how nice this stadium is. We are still in Southeast. I know what to do when i hear ‘bucks’ in the air.” The reporter lost it. I totally expect to see that in her story. Too funny ;) Oh, and it’s ok for me to make that joke because I live in Southeast.

No, not Capitol Hill…

Southeast.

A few of my girls came out to the event which was awesome. I ended up having some extra tickets and was able to give them an unexpected seat upgrade. Instead of sitting in the Scoreboard Pavilion, we had seats in the Presidents Club, which was just as swanky as it sounds. There was a nice restaurant in there where the food was included, a free tequila tasting by Patron (damn that stuff is smooth) and our seats were in the second row directly behind home plate. You may have seen me on TV if you looked really close. I was the one directly behind the ump wearing the Nats gear and cheering for the Mets (sorry it’s instinctive). “Yeeeah Beltran! I mean……..” ;) Doesn’t get much better than that. The phrase of the nite was “Obama, bitches!” Cause we were in the Presidents Club… Get it? Guess you had to be there… and be tipsy off tequila shots ;) Tee hee ;)

Here are a few photos from the evening. Wish you all could have been there! Continue reading →

Is this my life…? Really?!?!?

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I can’t even believe I’m typing this sentence because I can’t believe it’s happening… but I am going to be a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres show next month! HOORAY!!! I’m not sure anyone really understands what that means to me. But it’s just the validation I needed. And right on time.

In addition to just plain being my favorite, she is THE icon for female comics of my generation as far as I’m concerned. So genuine and smart, so original… and she knows who *I* am. That blows my mind. I was contacted by her show after Ellen saw me on Last Comic Standing. “Ellen is such a fan. She was so upset you didn’t advance to the next round.” That was an exact quote! I’m going out to tape in about a month. More info to come later for sure. I’m so gassed. Gotta go write some jokes!

–Me

Tonite on WRC-TV (NBC4 in DC for you local folks…)

I’m gonna be profiled — not sure how extensively — in a piece on tonite’s 11 o’clock NBC newscast. I won’t be able to catch it because I’ll be performing at 6th & I (and hopefully you’ll be there too!) … So I hope none of us sees it actually ;) But if you happen to be home and awake check it out! The segment is called Capitol Comedy I think. Should be neat! If I can get my hands on it and I don’t embarrass myself, I’ll post it here soon ;)

Here is a link to the NBC4 blog item about it.

Source: http://nbc4connected.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/lol-in-dc/

Washington Post Weekend Section & EJ! / DCCF

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Hey guys,

This is a quick one… Very cool feature in The Post Weekend Section on next week’s DC Comedy Festival which takes place August 7-9 here in Cap City! Come on out to the festival. I’m gonna be hosting the Shades of Black show on opening night at Synagogue @ 6th and I with some of my favorite comedy buds from NYC. Visit the DCCF site for tickets.

Come on… Comedy in a synagogue? You don’t wanna miss it!

E

OH YES, it’s ladies nite…

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Hey guys, how cool is this?… I was invited to be one of the ‘celebrity guests’ at the Washington Natioals’ next Ladies Night Event! It’s gonna be on August 14 on the roof of the New Nats stadium — which is like 2 miles from my house! I haven’t been there yet, but I hear its gorgeous. We’ll get great seats in the swanky Scoreboard Pavilion and they’re playing the Mets. What self-respecting Jersey girl wouldn’t be excited about that?

The first 1,000 ladies to buy tickets will be able to attend the pregame happy-hour where there will be food, drinks, a DJ, ME!!!!, all kinds of demos and giveaways — at previous events there have been manis and pedis, makeup demos, etc. So if you’re in D.C. and you’re a lady — or want to attend an event where there will hundreds of ladies ;) please come on out. Should be loads of fun. Hooray!!!

Maronzio Vance is my hero

OK, so I was cruising the net blog-jacking today. But it had to be done. I am not sorry ;)

Fellow comedian Maronzio Vance is in the midst of a vlog war with none other than P. Diddy. He posted this video last week about how Puffy has the ‘reverse Midas touch’ if you will on his artists… He is saying everything any true 90’s hip hop and R&B fan has been thinking for the last two decades. Please stop what you’re doing and watch this now:

Then Puffy, Diddy, Sean John, whatever the hell… posted this reply — which is chock full of bitchassness. Oh Diddy, how did you let a comic bait you?

I’m so mad I’m just seeing this… I need to amend my previous entry. This should be at the top of the list of things that made me smile today ;) Please check out Maronzio’s Myspace page and let him know how freaking hilarious he is. I heart him for this. Can’t wait to see his re-response! Stay tuned…