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by Carey Zamarriego

1/14/10 8:00 AM

In my eyes, I've always seen the Miniguide as the perfect opportunity and a precious space where it is our duty and responsibility to give a voice to those who don't have one and share all the interesting and worthwhile happenings in Barcelona with a wider audience, I mean, why waste time and space complaining, right?---also, I dd vow to stop complaining full-stop as my New Year's resolution, but seem to be doing MORE of it, than less, or none at all...

However, I do want to be clear about one thing, if a bad experience has been had, if you shouldn't believe the hype about a certain party night, then, we'll let you know, after all, I also hope we function as your guides and assistants through a sometimes tricky and booby-trapped nightlife scene, which brings me to Oshum.

Oshum Concept Club, a swanked out joint that occupies the former Pacha next to the Polo club off of the Zona Universitaria metro stop -or East Jesus as my college friends and the Urban Dictionary would call it , due to it's distance from the city center- unveiled a new party night last night, Couture Wednesdays. Billed as a concept created to be a useful tool that brings together fashion brands and the public (us), as well as strengthen the different offerings from fashion brands and trends within a nightclub atmosphere, my first impression as I ran into the club -ate to meet friends, in a sweat and with my nails still wet from polish I applied two minutes before walking out the door- was boredom, everyone looked bored.

The event that is for fashion lovers, which I would say, yes, I am one -heck, I even got gussied up in my fancy-ish royal blue pleated bubble dress for the occasion- said that weekly it would have a runway show, showrooms, 'live' photo shoots, etc...and at 9.30pm pica pica, free food ---knowing this ahead of time, I had skipped dinner. The pica pica was of, literally, bite-sized sponge cake like squares topped with a variety of pates, hams and fish spread and filled with cream cheeses and butter. They were, awful and ridiculously, almost insultingly small. The pate one was the worst, it is what I imaging licking a duck/goose's webbed foot would be like ---heavy on the pond aftertaste, a big disappointment.

The event was also partially put on by Moet, since there were large bottles used as decorations, and although the decorative bottles were in abundance, the glasses of the quality fizzy stuff were not, servings of maybe one sip were being passed out, when they were gone, you had to all but literally stick your foot out to stop a server to get more.

by Carey Zamarriego

1/14/10 8:00 AM

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