Whipped Cream and Heavy Metal: Waffles and Tits Takes Over the House of Yes
Yesterday, New York enjoyed a welcome Indian summer: blue skies, sunshine, and a warm breeze that made the prospect of staying inside to do work seem almost blasphemous. Most of the residents of Williamsburg instinctively gravitated outwards (to McCarren Park) and upwards (to infinite impromptu rooftop barbecues) but arguably the best time to be had was in a dark, windowless East Williamsburg warehouse – at the shamelessly booze and syrup-soaked ogle-fest known as Waffles and Tits.
The third incarnation of this daylong drinking extravaganza saw a change of venue – from the smaller, more intimate King’s County to the rough-hewn performance venue The House of Yes. Revelers paid $10 for unlimited waffles, absurdly cheap drinks ($2 for beer, $3 for bloodies), several heavy metal cover bands, a few questionably funny skits, one genuinely impressive acrobatic act, and yes, more than a little T&A.
The party started slowly. A few dozen would-be hedonists trickled in to sit, with varying degrees of awkwardness, on crushed red velvet seats to eye the scantily-clad females hawking Waffles and Tits wares.
The scene looked very different a few hours later. A motley crew of performers including Kendra Morris, Brian Gallagher, God Forbid from that Handsome Devil and Southside Slim brought down the warehouse with some serious 80s metal covers. The sweet aroma of waffle batter hung heavy in the air, which buzzed with the metallic drone of a tattoo gun (drawing – what else? – a waffle).
At some point, the bar ran out of liquor, and Bud heavies were the only thing on tap – luckily, at around the same point, the crowd became inebriated enough not to care. The waffles and music kept pumping at the House of Yes well past the show’s official 7:00 end time; by the end of the night, strippers, hipsters, overgrown frat guys, clown-costumed comedians and chicks in waffle costumes united in an oddly intimate dance party.
A few shots of the acrobatic act after the jump:
