Playboy Mansion Halloween Party 2009
Halloween Party 2009
Playboy Mansion
After scoring an invite to the mansion, yes we had to send pics of us in. I wish I had a camera strapped to me this night because the things I saw and the things I don’t remember haha it would’ve been handy! We met at Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City and met our host for the night who later become one of my best friends Danny Stewart.
We had mostly girls with us and Jason from VH1's I Love New York who was really lovely. We walked from the hotel to the check in area Watt Plaza for a 6:45pm check in. It was in a sort of underground parking garage area and we checked in at a table and got our wristband and jumped on the shuttle bus.
It was like a small mini bus, we drank, danced and got excited driving the 6 min drive up to the mansion gates. We sat with Katie who was from Canada and also freaking out just as much as us. Arriving to the mansion there were so many people there!
As we were walking in down the tunnel to the main area we bumped into Brande Roderick who was Danny’s business partner and took a quick pic. She was Hef’s gf and Playmate of the Year 2001.
The entire pool/grotto area and the main area of the party was covered by a huge marquee, projected on the marquee were pumpkin faces and they were playing “Freaks” a classic movie perfect for Halloween. There were fairy lights absolutely everywhere. One of the main centre pieces was this huge tree and they hung fake heads from it, so freaky! The main dance floor and stage area was circled by VIP cabanas including “Hef and GND”. Their cabana had mini chandeliers and two knights in corners with organza curtains and a big red velvet couch. There was a big bar at the back of the room with an open bar of course. Also at the back were sushi tables, not heaps of food for the amount of people there. So many poles to dance on and even poles hanging from the roof.
We then went to the see the animals!! A lot of the tropical birds were out with handlers so people could interact, but cockatoos I see all the time so went onwards to the monkeys. These were little spider monkeys who were very excited to see people and potentially get fed. They were noisy and a bit aggressive haha I did not want to feed them.
We walked around the trails in the backyard and there were scare actors jumping out to scare us!! Terrifying. The front yard? I think it was. It was dark and i’ve only ever seen the mansion on TV so I didn’t know where I was. The front yard had gravestones everywhere, I took a photo with Bridget’s headstone. Then further along the path we found Hugh Hefner’s Hollywood star!! Yes he has his own star in his yard!
Next on the tour was a few hidden rooms, it was like a maze with hidden corner rooms like this one that had a mattress type floor and a sunken lounge feel with mirrored walls and hidden bathrooms. Until we found the games room, with vintage pinball machines even a Playboy branded one and Girls Next Door arcade games.
To the dance floor!! Where we saw so many celebs! Adrienne Curry and Christopher Knight - Americas Next Top Model winner and the original Peter Brady. Hill stars Jayde Nicole, Brody Jenner, Spencer and Heidi, i’m wondering if Brody dressed as a skeleton to not get noticed but if you are hanging out with your gf at the time, you will be noticed. We met a girl only wearing pasties, we tried tootsie rolls for the first time a weird caramel soft candy. We then met Colin Wilkinson who was a sweetheart and let us take photos of him proposing to us haha. There was always something happening on stage I think there was a live auction at one point and live performances. We saw the Shannon twins and Hef with Crystal. There was always a celebrity around or a roving entertainer, like a lady with a snake. Other celebs around were Kelly Osbourne, Keith Hefner, Pauly Shore
I then asked to see the Grotto!! I did see a couple having sex in there haha it was pretty magical like a cave with lounges and pool toys all around. There were a few people in the pool by the end of the night. Heels in hand we got a shuttle bus back to Hollywood. The party was about 4 hours long and definitely not long enough but we did Halloween and our first time to USA right that’s for sure. It was so cool to be apart of history!
