This weeks shindigs!

Friday (Sept. 30):

.. It's time for another Amber Cupcake party -- and this time it's her birthday. That means lots of three things: skimpy attire, shots and taxicabs. This time it's a nod to the old BBC programme Absolutely Fabulous, itself a comprehensive exercise in debauchery and excess. Witnes, Stiletto, Fredster and 7000 ft. Tall will man the turntables, and some of Houston's finest(?) drag queens have promised a serenade at some point in the night -- probably when you least expect it...

Lance Walker (BarTab)

Details: 10 p.m. $5. 1415 Bar & Grille, 1415 California. 713-522-0766.