Hey Christians, Ash Wednesday is upon us. The debauchery of Mardi Gras  is over, and now it is time to make your second chance resolutions for  Lent. Every year I see people swearing off things like “sugar” or “being  judgmental” and really, that is a fool’s game. Sugar is awesome, and  watching reality TV without judging the people onscreen is impossible.  For the next 40 days, modify the part of your life where you normally  exercise the worst judgement. Here are seven simple behaviors to give up  for lent. MORE»

Hey Christians, Ash Wednesday is upon us. The debauchery of Mardi Gras is over, and now it is time to make your second chance resolutions for Lent. Every year I see people swearing off things like “sugar” or “being judgmental” and really, that is a fool’s game. Sugar is awesome, and watching reality TV without judging the people onscreen is impossible. For the next 40 days, modify the part of your life where you normally exercise the worst judgement. Here are seven simple behaviors to give up for lent. MORE»

posted 20 hours ago on February 22nd, 2012 at 13:54 /
tags: drinking lent humor linsday lohan mardi gras nightlife mcdonalds taco bell david hasselhoff
Happy Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras in NYC!
New Orleans may be the Mardi Gras capital of the world, but New York  knows how to celebrate too. The whole point of Mardi Gras is to indulge,  and we know the best places to fill up on food, booze, and NOLA-style  fun. Here’s where to go tonight to find the Big Easy in the Big Apple. More»

Happy Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras in NYC!

New Orleans may be the Mardi Gras capital of the world, but New York knows how to celebrate too. The whole point of Mardi Gras is to indulge, and we know the best places to fill up on food, booze, and NOLA-style fun. Here’s where to go tonight to find the Big Easy in the Big Apple. More»

posted 1 day ago on February 21st, 2012 at 15:46 /
tags: Mardi Gras Nightlife NYC Fat Tuesday


Le Baron’s André Saraiva On Art, Love Letters, And Nightlife
Le Baron wasn’t the only New York opening by nightlife entrepreneur André Saraiva this month. Lil’ Andre is also an artist, and his first NYC exhibition, “Love Letters,” opened at Half Gallery last Saturday, luring a crowd of the city’s beautiful and damned at the  unusually early hour of 6:00 p.m. The tiny gallery space was packed  with fashionable bodies, many speaking foreign languages, commenting on  the art, and scanning the well-lit room for faces familiar under darker  circumstances. More»


 

Le Baron’s André Saraiva On Art, Love Letters, And Nightlife

Le Baron wasn’t the only New York opening by nightlife entrepreneur André Saraiva this month. Lil’ Andre is also an artist, and his first NYC exhibition, “Love Letters,” opened at Half Gallery last Saturday, luring a crowd of the city’s beautiful and damned at the unusually early hour of 6:00 p.m. The tiny gallery space was packed with fashionable bodies, many speaking foreign languages, commenting on the art, and scanning the well-lit room for faces familiar under darker circumstances. More»

 

posted 1 week ago on February 14th, 2012 at 10:47 /
tags: André Saraiva Half Gallery Le Baron Art NYC Nightlife

The Battle Of The Toughest Door: Le Baron And Electric Room Go Tete-To-Tete, Or Fete-To-Fete

After a soft opening last weekend, and the official opening this past Friday, Le Baron is officially most buzzed about nightlife spot in NYC at the moment. But now that there’s a new club in town (finally!), will Le Baron knock the Electric Room out of it’s number one standing as the toughest door in NYC? We put the two clubs head-to-head, tete-to-tete, or fete-to-fete. Who will come out on top?

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posted 3 weeks ago on January 30th, 2012 at 11:13 /
tags: NYC Le Barn Nightlife LCD Soundsystem

World’s Most Exclusive Private Members’ Clubs

From Annabel’s in London to Dracula in Saint Moritz, we list the creme de la creme of members’ clubs internationally. While the US tends to take a more democratic and egalitarian approach, (you may have to pass face check, but you don’t necessarily have to submit which boarding school you attended), back on the European continent, members’ clubs remain one of the last bastions of old world elitism. Here we round up the most exclusive members’ nightclubs in the world. And like anything else in the nightlife world, longevity is the name of the game… MORE»

Exploring Brooklyn’s MoFo (Middle-Of-Fourth-Avenue), Leave Your Fancy Pants At Home

The Middle-Of-Fourth-Avenue … or more affectionately, MoFo… is a rapidly gentrifying strip just west of Park Slope and east of Gowanus. It is truly a strange and marvelous neighborhood with bars snotty and leering enough to anger the baby-stroller set yet just bourgeois enough to anger any true alcoholics from saddling up every night… MORE >

posted 1 month ago on January 9th, 2012 at 11:08 /
tags: New York Brooklyn MoFo Park Slope Nightlife NYNIGHTLIFE Middle-of-Fourth-Avenue

The Everyday Girl’s Guide To Nightlife: When Three Isn’t A Crowd

Sometimes the best nights out have nothing to do with where you go and everything to do with your company. We all know the importance of having the right guy to girl ratio when it comes to nightlife, but let’s leave that to promoters. Although going out with your best girlfriend, or a group of friends, can still be a great time, I’ve found that hitting the town as a group of three girls is the perfect recipe for the best of nights. MORE»

posted 2 months ago on December 14th, 2011 at 11:09 /
tags: NYnightlife Nightlife Girls Girlfriend
Lady nightlife guru Jayma Cardoso has a lot on her plate, and is proud of it. Owner of both Montauk’s the Surf Lodge and Soho’s GoldBar, and also partner in Lavo, she’s so cool that the New York Times decided to walk us through a week in her life. She gives the details  about how she keeps it all together with her busy bee lifestyle, all the  while looking fabulous. (Hint: there’s not much time left for eating in  her round-the-clock business.) Check out our 10 Questions with Jayma  below…MORE»

Lady nightlife guru Jayma Cardoso has a lot on her plate, and is proud of it. Owner of both Montauk’s the Surf Lodge and Soho’s GoldBar, and also partner in Lavo, she’s so cool that the New York Times decided to walk us through a week in her life. She gives the details about how she keeps it all together with her busy bee lifestyle, all the while looking fabulous. (Hint: there’s not much time left for eating in her round-the-clock business.) Check out our 10 Questions with Jayma below…MORE»

posted 5 months ago on August 31st, 2011 at 13:44 /
tags: Hamptons Jewelry Jayma Cardoso nightlife The Surf Lodge GoldBar Layo
Sir Ivan, the self-proclaimed “King of Parties” isn’t letting a little hurricane stop his bash to welcome India’s Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil to the Hamptons. The event, which is a benefit to help raise awareness  about the fight against HIV/AIDS in India, is also being filmed by Oprah  Winfrey’s OWN network and the is world premiere of his latest music  video for his single “Hare Krishna,” is “100%” on for Saturday night. Oh  yeah, and it’s Carson Griffith’s  birthday party! Looks like Ivan has a lot of people to keep happy this  Saturday night, I suppose it comes with the territory of being “The Peaceman.” So, what is crazy guy with a castle in the Hamptons up to anyway? MORE»

Sir Ivan, the self-proclaimed “King of Parties” isn’t letting a little hurricane stop his bash to welcome India’s Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil to the Hamptons. The event, which is a benefit to help raise awareness about the fight against HIV/AIDS in India, is also being filmed by Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network and the is world premiere of his latest music video for his single “Hare Krishna,” is “100%” on for Saturday night. Oh yeah, and it’s Carson Griffith’s birthday party! Looks like Ivan has a lot of people to keep happy this Saturday night, I suppose it comes with the territory of being “The Peaceman.” So, what is crazy guy with a castle in the Hamptons up to anyway? MORE»

posted 6 months ago on August 26th, 2011 at 16:22 /
tags: hamptons summer 2011 sir ivan hurricane hurricane irene party nightlife party drink castle
Were you at every event over the weekend? Did you sip Blackwell rum at  Navy Beach with Cynthia Rowley? Or dance at Axe Lounge for the 3rd  Annual Evening of Smiles Event? Or how about see Alec Baldwin at the  screening of L’AMOUR FOU and check out Bansky’s art at the Keszler  Gallery?  If not, check out what happened in the Hamptons over the  weekend…MORE»

Were you at every event over the weekend? Did you sip Blackwell rum at Navy Beach with Cynthia Rowley? Or dance at Axe Lounge for the 3rd Annual Evening of Smiles Event? Or how about see Alec Baldwin at the screening of L’AMOUR FOU and check out Bansky’s art at the Keszler Gallery?  If not, check out what happened in the Hamptons over the weekend…MORE»