Rebecca Smeyne, Winter 2006 Hot Shot and lead writer and photo director for myopenbar.com, was at a wild party in Manhattan called Happy Valley a few weeks ago where she took some photos. One of them was included in Anthem Magazine on April 19th.

Black Face Jesus by Rebecca Smeyne

Hedda Lettuce by Rebecca Smeyne

This excerpt from Anthem Magazine does its best to describe the scene:

"So this club Happy Valley has been getting mad NYC media love lately, and after last night's Joanna's Angels release shindig, I can certainly see why. It's like some weird amalgam of crass Eurotrash excess and a cocaine-fueled 1980s I never lived through; transvestites with big fake boobs; a DJ booth set in a gaudy disco ball; various people taking their clothes off; various people smoking inside and not getting yelled at; $11 plastic cups of Jack Daniels; a really flamboyant dude who was, I swear, wearing a jacket made out of an oven mitt; a 20-minute trailer of the Angels' porn, the plot of which was a bit hard to follow (presidential meetings and secret missions punctuated by bouts of tender, tender lovemaking); trying to sit next to various transvestites with fake boobs and/or wearing nurse's costumes in the hopes of procuring some of their Grey Goose bottle service overflow (which never happened); arriving home at 5 a.m. still wired and waking up feeling like somebody chewed on a vital corner of my brain. As a former college classmate of the lady in question, I can still remember when Ms. Angel was a saucy co-ed with a Web site and a dream. After last night, all I can say is--these kids sure grow up fast."

Paaarty.