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ADVERTORIAL 9th to 18th October 2015 #NCW2015 of fun for just 400 Kshs with participating brands, and Imagine a Nairobi Night Out with No House music…stay tuned. -The Wrap Party will be at Tribe. Westlands has somewhat taken over the hotel scene, but remember that many of us had some awesome times when Tribe was our only hot spot. I’m taking the fire back there and I can’t wait to put something fun together with their new GM. How do people get involved with NCW? Mainly on social media - the AQUEOUS Facebook page. From there you’ll be directed to the website where we’ll take your details so as to contact you on whatsapp/ sms. We’re bringing NCW 2015 to your handheld device. It’ll be a ‘flash this image and get 400 Kshs cocktails and NCW updates’ type arrangement. In the outlets you’ll see some pretty distinctive cocktail menus that will prompt you to order. Tell us a bit about Cruz Vodka at NCW. Cruz is a great fit as the vodka of NCW. It’s a slick sexy bottle that looks great on back bars, makes a decent cocktail and is very well priced. I think a number of outlets that don’t already use it will be pleasantly surprised by it. It will do very well this year. NCW sounds very chic, with Cruz Vodka cocktails and all that.. Remember one of the first figures in our generation to make drinking cocktails cool was James Bond – the man’s man. He is testament to the fact that guys can drink cocktails out of Martini glasses, wear tuxedos to parties, kick the bad guy’s ass and get the girl without breaking a sweat. I hope Nairobi guys will be getting involved with Cocktail Week as well and hey, if you can’t handle holding a Martini glass in public, ask for the same ingredients on the rocks in a whisky glass. It’ll save your manhood- dilute the drink a little, but your manhood will be intact. What else is important for everyone to know? Two things: Creative Collaboration is the key to success. All of us need for Nairobi events to work, for the city to be a great destination with interesting things going on. These things are made attractive by the small efforts that everyone puts in. This ‘we’re not getting involved unless we own the whole thing’ or ‘fair effort, but we can do our own one better two months later’ is counter productive. The city’s blossoming identity ends up shuffling sideways instead of moving forward, and no progress is made. If everyone gets stuck in with just a touch of their best, just like the waiter at Panafric, we’ll all succeed in making Nairobi the place to be and events like this globally recognized. More people come, more cabs will be used, more high end liquor will be drunk, mama mboga down the road gets to feed more people, the mixology industry booms and you, you my friend sell more Cruz Vodka. Take a cab during Nairobi Cocktail Week. Don’t be that guy! 47.