Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Living It Up at Lily Pond

We sent our most trusted correspondent Nicolette from Nicolette and the City out east for the weekend to have a little looksee at some Hamptons night spots. On Saturday night, she checked out Lily Pond and lived to tell the details.


Summer 2008 started off with a wild Saturday night at Lilly Pond. We arrived at 11 and the valet was already full, with a crowd of at least 60 people trying to argue their way into the club. After finally finding parking on some side street, I walked along the side of the road in four inch heels back to the club. When we arrived, there were now about 100 people trying to fight their way in. Great. It was chaotic but about twenty minutes later we finally made it in with a little help from Kristian Laliberte, one of my hosts for the evening.

Once we got in we headed over to the Unruly Heir table, where UH creator Joey Goodwin and Kristian were holding court. They were there celebrating an event they held earlier in the day at Blue and Cream in East Hampton. Hanging next to their table was Whitney from The Hills and there was also a special performance by Estelle (unfortunately sans Kanye West), followed by DJ Berrie, who played mostly house with some random mixes of rock. The place was pretty small and insanely crowded; there were white and navy striped couches that served as bottle service areas in the middle of the “dance floor.” There were also banquettes along the side of the wall that served as posts for bottle service. There was an elevated stage at the back end of the club which had a few tables (ours and Whitney Port’s), which doubled as the stage and DJ booth.

The crowd was all twenty something’s that consisted of trendy Manhattan goers, a few socialites and models – think Tenjune on a Tuesday night except with all house music. There was one bar at the entrance of the club, which was impossible to get to and it took about twenty minutes to get a drink. Bottle service was a little slow here – they could use a little bit more staff, but I forgave them since it was Memorial Day Weekend. By 2:00 a.m. everyone was more than intoxicated and the place started to clear out. Overall, Lilly Pond went beyond my expectations. I didn’t expect this place to be anything great and I didn’t think anyone would show up – let alone Whitney Port (although she isn’t quite A-list) or a performance by Estelle. The party had everything you wanted - great music, booze, hot people, a few “celebrity” sightings and it wasn’t that far from their competition down in Southampton (on the way back we were by Pink Elephant 12 minutes after leaving Lilly Pond). I will definitely be going back.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nello is a fun place but $60 for two Vodka OJ? Give me a break!

Anonymous said...

wow is it really $30 a drink at nello's? it was $22 last summer i think.

never been there heard its a bit euro.

Anonymous said...

"I didn’t think anyone would show up – let alone Whitney Port (although she isn’t quite A-list)"...... this is hysterical.... This shows exactly the type of losers that are 'bloggers' about nightlife in Manhattan. A girl from a reality show is "not quite A-List"?!! There is a website for 'celebrities' like them; it's called D-listed... Please retreat back to whatever small town you all came from...

Anonymous said...

ugh. Sounds like the second circle of new money hell.

Anonymous said...

nicolette, please don't be so dumb as to think whitney port showed up there on her own accord. publicists bring them to these places, she was WORKING! how long before unik & satsky have problems?

Anonymous said...

lily was dope.....stop the hate!

Anonymous said...

East Hampton will come down on them like hell

Anonymous said...

I was there on sunday and it was ok. Kinda slow. Good music, pretty youngish NJ / LI crowd (think Room Service -- lots of untuncked striped shrits and bowler / driving hats).

Anonymous said...

who cares its the same phony bitches all teasers with there phony friends and there boy toys who act so gangster don't pay there credit cards . they suck
These are the losers u see in the city.