Friends John Mayer & James Blake at the Men's Vogue party

Again we see James Blake at another party. This time it's the Men's Vogue party together with lifelong friend, John Mayer.

Instead of talking about Jennifer Aniston, Mayer explained that Blake and him grown up together in Fairfield, Connecticut.

“I’ve known him forever,” Blake confirmed. “We were in my basement, and I was hitting tennis balls against the wall and he was playing the guitar, and now we’re both doing it for a living. It’s a little crazy,” he added.

Older (and equally freakishly good-looking) brother Tom Blake explained that his parents and Mayer’s were friends.

“John’s got an older brother that’s my age and a younger brother that’s James’s age. We used to all take the school bus together, and they used to come to our house after school because his parents both worked, and our grandmother used to take care of us all. So they would just come back there; their parents didn’t want them in an empty house.”

So who was the bigger nerd, his younger brother James or Mayer? “It depends how you define nerdy,” Tom told us. “John kept to himself a lot more than James did, but I mean, James went to Harvard, so that’s got to count toward some nerdy points.”

Did Mayer's brooding cause him to predict his future as a rock star? He laughed. “Absolutely not. I never would have thought that.”

(Text and image via nymag.com)

Tennis players at the US Open Wilson Party

Here are more pictures from parties before the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Wilson Party were taken place at Mansion, New York. Some of the players seen at the party are Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic and Jonas Bjorkman.


(Via Yahoo! Sports)

2008 US Open USTA/Heineken Premium Light Official Players Party

It's party all night long before the the U.S. Open! Some of the players who attended this event at the Empire Hotel Rooftop New York, are Feliciano Lopez (yummy!), Fernando Verdasco (double yummy!), Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, James Blake (photos in sequence).

2008 Arthur Ashe Kids' Day

The U.S. Open isn’t just for grown-ups.

At this annual pretournament celebration at the United States Tennis Association Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, children can get into the swing of things with a festival of tennis clinics and athletic activities.

The highlights include Little Tennis, at which preschoolers can hit small balls, and Beat the Pro, a chance for older children to compete against players from the Open.

The day continues with a stadium show of tennis and entertainment, including live music by Demi Lovato, Colby O’Donis and Menudo.

Menudo and host, Susie Castillo, pose before the big performance at Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.

Many stars including Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato are at the event.

Tennis superstars such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams and more were at the 13th annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day presented by Hess.

Lindsay Davenport, Rodger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal make an appearance at the event.

Nadal and Federer have a laugh as spectators with participants of Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.

James Blake looking good at the Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.

Ana Ivanovic with United States Olympic swimming gold medalist Cullen Jones before the start of Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.

(Images via U.S. Open website, Black Tennis Pro's)