Coconut Bras and Grass Skirts

Imbedded deep within the roots of Hawaiian history are indigenous Hawaiian people with their own festive flavor and style. Following up on expressing our unique definition of LUAU to the world we begin to bring our concepts and ideas to life. Here is where we prove this to you before you come to the event, so you are sure what you see is what you get -- plus a little extra.

So today the Triple E  Fam went shopping! Not just randomly but on a specific mission for coconut bras and grass skirts.

Tishanna, Georgia and Teneil hunting for HULA

After traversing the streets of port of spain, from store to store [as depicted above], we eventually found clothes that made the cut.

Grass Skirts!

Maybe twine and tall savanna grass may have done the trick for the Hawaiians, but this is Trinidad. Here we have much more to deal with, these skirts must be able to stand up to the friction and gyration of a dutty flex, a slow wine or a quick tremble. Sad to say Samaroo's skirts were a little to long, and much too dry rot for our liking. Jimmy Aboud however had some more tasteful choices. See some options below:

Georgia Arthur and Teneil Nurse decide which skirt makes sense

LEFT: Assorted Colors of Grass Skirts
RIGHT: the end result

do YOU need a grass skirt?
Get them from Samaroos, Tel. #: 624-8431 11 Abercromby St Port Of Spain (near national libarary), Trinidad and Tobago or Jimmy Aboud - Henry Street (Obliquely Opposite the 3 story francis fashion and shoe locker on Henry Street). Prices range from $30.00 - $150.00


Coconut Bras
The right thing to accentuate any hawaiian outfit to turn it from suitable to sexy is a perfectly fitted coconut bra. How did we find a cup size to fit all? I was there and I still don't understand, but we got them adjustable and more importantly -- "fittable".

Teneil Nurse tries on a Coconut Bra!

do YOU need a Coconut Bra?

Get them from Samaroos, Tel. #: 624-8431, 11 Abercromby St Port Of Spain (near national libarary) Prices range from $30.00 - $100.00

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what is a LUAU?

Quick, Google!

A luau (in Hawaiian, lū‘au) is a Hawaiian feast. It may feature food, such as poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi salmon, opihi, haupia, and beer; and entertainment, such as Hawaiian music and hula. Among people from Hawaii, the concepts of "luau" and "party" are often blended, resulting in graduation luaus, wedding luaus, and birthday luaus.


On November 14th, the EEEmpire brings the 'Luau' to Trinidad. Many may argue that this is just another Hawaiian party, and while luau and party may be used interchangeably the concept of wreaths and flowers is merely 1% of a Luau experience. We have tailored the concept to suit our trini flavor and taste so a Hawaiian in Trinidad would find the event starkly familiar but remarkably different. 


ehow explains their version of a LUAU and how to put on one!



So back to the question, what is a LUAU?

To us a LUAU is an evening fiesta of fun, excitement concentrated to appeal to all five senses. This year, we introduce our Trinidadian culture into the hawaii themed event producing our own concept. Although still under development and subject to availability and feasibility of execution the list of confirmed activities sounds like a hawaiian handful already. On this blog we will showcase as much as possible the process in negotiating, organizing and setting up this. Look out for: 
• Coconut Vendors
Picture: The oldest original toyota pick up van, with its back down stacked with coconuts. The vendor catches your eye before you catch his and eagerly croaks -- Jelly or No Jelly. With your approval he goes into his secret stash of refrigerated coconuts togive you the best of both worlds. The freshness, and the refreshingness! Without warning he begins to slice the green off the nut eventually creating a drinking hole just big enough to poke a straw through. 


• Ice Cold Snowcone Cocktails

So we have a Snowcone. Arguably the caribbean's most refreshing drink. Mainly because it is essentially crushed ice. This local drink has been developed by vendors who add syrup and milk and sell snowcones for $5-$10. At our event, we intend to push the envelope and create specialty luau cocktails. Drink quickly but savour the taste because alcohol melts ice fast.


• Hula Hoop Ladies

So we have a female. A curvilisious, confident female. Swerving her hips to the beat of the music. Maybe she uses the hula hoop, maybe she doesn't. What matters is her waistline gyration is constant, consistent and coming nearer to you!


• Limbo Dances

Not to be confused with Limbo Dancers, we challenge those adventurous drunken party goers. How low can you go? Meditate on that, practice a little and come November 14th to show off your skills or lack off!


• Flame Throwers

This is our LIVE decoration. Party to the backdrop of a periodic burst of fire or fireworks!


• Slushie Girls serving Slushies

Well once upon a time we meet Jasanya Jones and her Slushie girls. Vibrant female partyholics. On November 14th the Slushie girls will be present to serve ... well... err... Slushies!

We dere you to come see if we would really do it!

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Friday 22nd October.

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Party in the Park or the Pool?

Armani & Ken

As we all know, the months September and October boast the most amount of birthdays in Trinidad and Tobago. The unspoken theory is that all Trinidadians are consciously or unconsciously more promiscuous and more fertile around the January-February Carnival Season. As our good friend  Nesta Boxill says: "And nine months later baby sure born". Whether or not this theory is true, within our Triple E Fam their are several birthdays in and around this time frame.
Most notably during September 2010 were the birthdays and respective birthday celebrations of Ken and Armani. Relatives by choice, it may be too corny to call these two brothers from another mother as both Ken and Armani are as different as they are similar. Those interested in the life story of these kids, or just a little to idle for comfort can check out more on these two sidekicks on their official fan page: Ken and Armani.

Party in the Park - September 12th 

Left to Right: Tishana, A Klass 101 Model and Tonia pose for the camera

The first leg of our Triple E Fam, special presentation was Ken's Party in the Park. This event was squarely based on the concept that people in general will party anywhere once given a chance. Also the motivation behind it, according to Ken was because he 'just wanted to sit and talk, picnic style with his friends'. The idea was that the freedom of the event would allow all interested to come share a drink and have a lime on a Sunday evening, no strings attached. Turn out was scattered in the first few hours due to rain for four hours before the event. The few who did make it on time did picnic in the park as planned however and the vibes never stopped it nightfall. By 7pm the Party moved to the road, when the influx of friends and supporters turned up. Apparently four hours of sunny skies after the rain was enough to convince most. Whatever it was, Total Control spun the event out of control as Britney, Daniella, Kristal and Akeem arrived with the food. 

Left to Right: Akeem Prout and Celestina, Red Bull Powered Music, Bevv and Ken share a moment

The free flow of Gerra, Pelau, Red Bull and the cases of Guinness the YBC boys contributed was enough to turn the Park vibes into Pure Vibes in the road. Macoya Gardens residents and the police officers did not complain and the event closed off at 9.30. Stragglers made their way to Ken's home nearby and unceremoniously dealt with his birthday cake. Although the concept of "Partying in the Park" is still yet to be executed the idea of jumping up and down rave style in the middle of a random park is still on the agenda for the EEEmpire. Maybe Ken will have a part 2, without the complications of it being his birthday and torrential rainfall for the entire day. Maybe...

Party in the Pool - September 26th

Armani Fernandes helps Kayla Martin out the pool

The second leg of this Virgo extravaganza took place in the southern neighborhood Gulf View at the home of Armani Fernandes. At his home the palancemaster came alive! True to tradition he extended himself selflessly to provide a shuttle service from the east to safely transport his friends willing to come support his pool lime. Selector Red, the hidden female Dj of Redymix DMT kept the tunes in running smoothly and controlled the special requests for random music from semi drunk attendees.
The set up was perfect as Armani's open bar and his floating mini bar kept his friends happier than usual. The highlight of the evening was the valiant attempts by several girls to avoid the pool at all costs. Unfortunately for them, each person was thrown into the pool sooner, later or repeatedly!

Happy People Party Pool Side @ Armani's house

Kayla Martin was a classic example of this, being one of the first girls to be thrown into the pool. Up to publishing time, she could not be reached for questioning. This event progressed smoothly from the day into the night with Jasanya Jones and the Regal Elite sisters instrumental in keeping everyone's spirits up with wanton abandonment and indiscriminate interaction with invited guests. Turn out was great although almost everyone came at different times but Aidan represented for his Blaquee Pheonix, Seon Guitain was there since Omari Luke was too far to come even if he wanted too, even the newest members of Triple E like Shady were most present to support the Palancemaster.

Left to Right: Armani Fernandes himself & a friend, Late night pool vibes, Skittles promoted minimal behavior 

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our college GRAFFITI experiences

We always say that within life, and entertainment to be more specific there exist two types of individuals; Trend-setters and followers. Ironically, it is difficult to tell one from the next by simply looking on and judging from one's wealth, repertoire or notoriety.

Bare Jubilation, or better yet "PURE VIBES" during the college GRAFFITI experience II

All patrons wear a WHITE jersey
as part of this Graffiti experience 

One of the main purposes of this blog is to highlight the intricate details which go into each of our productions, from the idea stage straight through to the execution stage. We attempt to showcase the trends we have set, the things we were first to do, not merely to claim bragging rights. We write so the layman boy with a facebook account can have a genuine resource which offers a completely different perspective on entertainment; Trinidadian entertainment to be specific. It is our firm resolve that human society progresses at this advanced rate because we all are 95% followers of another scientific formula, philosophy or law. This is our formula, our philosophy for the college GRAFFITI experience.

What is GRAFFITI?
Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti can be sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.


This is an example of Graffiti Art.
These three pieces were especially designed for Graffiti Glow 2010:
Can't see this video? Click: for a fully interactive view of this article.


What is this GRAFFITI experience?
This GRAFFITI concept was initially mass produced to the British mainstream just about 21 Years ago, for the Annual Barcardi Graffiti Party. The first to publicly bring this Graffiti concept to the shores of Trinidad was the Fuzzy Logic committee, who hosted a party called "Graffiti, the write stuff" in Space in November 2008.
We at EEEmpire added our unique elements to the general concept of the traditional Graffiti concept, creating what we call the college GRAFFITI experience. 

See more on the concept here: How we make things GLOW - The Concept

Every year when leaving secondary school to enter college, students on the last day of wearing their uniform mark to their hearts content every and anything on each other's uniforms. These marked uniforms fosilify the penultimate moments of secondary school. Our desire is to recreate this great feeling of jubilance and freedom of these events by allowing grown college students to write their own history. Tipping the skale with our unique blend of cocktails, shots and other intoxicating liquor each patron participating in the 'write up'.

Our Graffiti experience accentuates this concept putting together the following elements:
1. Body Art 
Body Art Caribbean, Fraud Inc and other airbrushing companies continue to work together with The EEEmpire to add this extra element to our event.

BACKGROUND: A Design by Body Art Caribbean. Free Temporary Tattoos all night long, is a permanent fixture in our college GRAFFITI experience.
INSET: Mello of Body Art Caribbean Perfects one of his designs

2. Original 'Live' Graffiti Backdrops
JAP INC is our Graffiti Artist. Each year, we sponsor amazing legal GRAFFITI displays. These displays are displayed throughout the area of the event, and patrons can admire, interact and pose in front of these.

LEFT: Graffiti Art in the college Graffiti experience I | 2009
RIGHT: Graffiti Art in the college Graffiti experience II | 2010

3. Markers
All added to a theme which changes every year. In 2010, Glow sticks were distributed to all patrons. This coupled with the exclusion of all artificial or natural light except 40 backlight bulbs and two 2 feet blackligt strobes created an amazing dancefloor glowing effect.

The Interactive GRAFFITI: Patrons write\draw\scribble on each other's white clothes with Markers

This is our college GRAFFITI "experience". Especially tuned to create euphoric times permanently embedded in the memories and clothes of all patrons.

Look out for two follow up articles:
on GRAFFITI ™ - the PARTY and GRAFFITI ™ - G L O W coming soon!

Our next installment will be held on May 29th 2011.
RSVP or just see what its about here: GRAFFITI ™ - Kaleidoscope  | the college GRAFFITI ™ experience III  

Triple E Birthday Club!

Each member of 3E has one thing in common, a birthday. August into September happens to be rich with limes, parties all held in commemoration of the birthday of some member. Over the past few months celebrations have been much more a joint activity than just blowing out some candles.

Since 2009, Jasanya Jones pioneered this Birthday tradition with her birthday beach lime on Sun June 16th of that year. On facebook, the albums "My Birthday Beach Lime...I love my friends"  and "Skittles B'day with her 3E Family [Beach]" showcase the joy of simply enjoying an evening of relaxation as a "family". It is interesting to note that after this Jasanya suggested we have more beach limes similar to her birthday beach lime and this eventually evolved into our popular "Not another EEEmpire® Beach Lime" series of beach limes.

Here is an eight minute clip of the random action at Jasanya's Beach lime:

Jonathan Morgan spent his first week of summer vacation in Trinidad,working arduously to ensure the perfect college Graffiti Glow experience for all. Right after this, he celebrated his birthday in collaboration with the Triple E Fam, hosting a retreat and meeting for committee members only and then a lime after for family and friends. 

This great event was encouraged by a very small 'Birthday Club' lime at Jonathan's St Joseph home the week before; on the day of his Birthday. 

This pre lime is best explained by this video:

"What in my opinion opened the Birthday Club was the cake and lime at Jonathan's house for his Birthday, it was a close knit, quiet lime. Sometimes we should appreciate the finer things in life, aside from all the hustle and bustle and 3E Birthday club ensures that we have events which allow for this." said Ken Sambury, organizer of both the smaller house lime and the larger retreat and birthday celebration.

To date the Birthday Club has been instrumental in making the members of the Triple E Family feel appreciated not just for their business expertise or marketing savvy, but for their own individual personality blend which makes 3E a business, a committee, a conglomerate but still a family.

This club has brought Stefan Guevera to tears, made Ken Sambury smile for pictures (which he never does), and allow Jonathan Morgan to say that he is proud, not just that our profits are more than our expenditure but proud of the unity derived from our Family activities. Remarkable occasions to say the least! All those readers who may be peeved that they can't 'join' this Birthday Club are admonished not to worry, these Birthday Club activities are never exclusive to 3E members. Friends and family are usually invited and if its Ken, he may just have a Party in the PARK for the entire neighborhood. 

Here is a picture and a video we find most interesting, check them all out in the album: Triple E Family Life. ® and at eeempire on youtube etc

Triple E Games redefines “Sports Day”

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What’s better than a sports day by the beach!

MeOgul Ent in The Ice Cube Melt Relay

Triple E Games was a Sports and Family Day held on Maracas Beach last Sunday. The event was planned to distract youths from negative influences and bring them together via healthy competition.

Hosted by The EEEmpire, it featured ten fun events including five-a-side football knockout competition, a balloon squat relay, a three-legged obstacle relay, tug of war, even a beer drinking race. All events included at least one female participant.

Tishanna Sankar who participated in the five- a- side football said, “Even in the football, they made it compulsory to have at least one girl in each team. Equal opportunity is what I always say, so this was very noteworthy as I got an opportunity to participate and have fun with everyone else.”

Many youngsters had much fun on the day, but the significance of the activities transcended fun on the beach.

One of the organisers of the Triple E Family, Armani Fernandes said: “The aim of this event was to bring together entertainment groups in the industry to show that we can have harmony amongst ourselves and do something other than party.”

He explained that too many times, event planners forget to have fun and this event provided the opportunity to do so.

A proud Fernandes added:  “We had the best ambience I have ever seen in a sports day. We all participated in these fun games to the back drop of coconut trees and the picturesque Maracas Bay in the background competing for our attention.”

The execution was not without hiccups, starting two hours late because of torrential rain showers and two teams never showed up. Still, judging from the responses of both patrons and organizers the event was a memorable experience.

An enthusiastic Stefan Guevara was quick to explain that the success of their event was not without assistance.

He thanked the sponsors Red Bull energy drink, SpEx Sports Equipment and the Ministry of Social Development. “I would always be grateful to them, Mr. Scoon for equipment, Minister Douglas for the prizes and Red Bull for the wings to tote all the equipment and prizes all over the beach!”

-Written by Ken Sambury & Khadine Harvey