El Bulli del Punto, Randwick With warmth, hospitality and character in spades, Randwick?s Spanish restaurant gem, El Bulli del Punto, has locals flocking for all the right reasons ? tasty cuisine, intimate atmosphere and delicious jugs of sangria!
Swedish House Mafia ? Miami WMC South Beach Nightlife got a good jolt of energy when the Swedish House Mafia boys took over Mansion for the Miami Winter Music Conference. Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso brought the crowd on a wild ride of house music bliss over the course of the night.
Swedish House Mafia @ Miami WMC
South Beach Nightlife got a good jolt of energy when the Swedish House Mafia boys took over Mansion for the Miami Winter Music Conference. Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso brought the crowd on a wild ride of house music bliss over the course of the night.
The capacity crowd was filled with beautiful people from all over the world, making for yet another sexy night of WMC mayhem!
Cosplay @ Sushi Samba Once a month, on a Tuesday night, the Cosplay Wasabi Fashion Party takes over Sushi Samba on Lincoln Road in South Beach. There is a different color theme each time, this month it happened to be a pink invasion.
Cosplay @ Sushi Samba
Once a month, on a Tuesday night, the Cosplay Wasabi Fashion Party takes over Sushi Samba on Lincoln Road in South Beach. There is a different color theme each time, this month it happened to be a pink invasion.
The Wasabi Fashion aliens came down from planet pink to convert sushi lovers into dance maniacs and propagate their interplanetory mating rituals on the humans of earth.
Once the invasion is complete, Queen of Cosplay, Pamela Wasabi, gathers up her army and plans next month’s attack on the unsuspecting South Beach scene.
Tank Girl I’ve been wanting to re-create one of my favorite bad movies, Tank Girl, in a series of photos. Here’s one of them. Sexy Lia Lanett was the perfect subject. Post apocalyptic badass!
Model: Lia Lanett
I’ve been wanting to re-create one of my favorite bad movies, Tank Girl, in a series of photos. Here’s one of them. Sexy Lia Lanett was the perfect subject. Post apocalyptic badass!
This image was taken out in the Florida Everglades, using just a speedlight on a stand with an umbrella.
Test Your Palate Master sommelier Fernando Beteta of Tenzing – A Wine & Spirits Company leads a blind tasting of four sparkling wines.
Springtime Secrets of Sour Beers If you’re seriously into beer, chances are your journey through brewed beverages is somewhat similar to mine. Get burned out on macrobrews, wander the world of your major imports, check out the Belgian beers and then dip your toes into the deep pond of American craft beers. Following that, you go crazy on huge stouts, porters and ales, become a hophead with all the biggest IPAs, and then – only then – do you end up in the world of sours and barleywines.
That’s been my process, and I’ve arrived at a place where the more sour the beer, the happier I am. If the bartender has to warn me about the brew when I order it, so much the better. Sour brews can be tough to find when you’re in the mood for one, but when you do stumble across a mouth-puckering brew in a sea of barley and malt, it’s truly a thing of beauty. Since the beer scene in Chicago is changing as quickly as it ever has (at least in the past few years), always check first before making one of these places a destination for a sour. Who knows – I might have already beaten you to them.
Sour Selection:New Belgium‘s La Folie Found At: Jerry’s Sandwiches (Division)
If your experience with New Belgium is limited to the flurry of Fat Tire mania that erupted when the Colorado brewery first began distribution in Chicago, consider digging deeper into its ever-expanding roster of locally available beers. The “Lips of Faith” is hyper-sour and can be found from time to time around the city (and is what prompted the aforementioned “are you sure you want that?” from a bartender), but the La Folie is a kinder, gentler wood-aged sour.
You can find 22-ounce bombers of La Folie at Jerry’s on Division for $20, and then pair it with one of the restaurant’s many sandwiches (over a hundred to choose from). Want to choose your menu item first and then find the proper brew for it? In addition to the La Folie, the eatery has dozens of beers in bottle and on draft, making Jerry’s a very underrated beer destination in a city that grows richer with beer bars every day.
Sour Selection:Monk’s Cafe Flemish Ale Found At: Hackney’s (Printers Row)
Even though it was originally brewed for Philadelphia’s Monk’s Cafe, this Flemish Sour can be found in many places outside the city of Brotherly Love, including Chicago. A nice mix of sweet and sour, this 11.2-ounce bottle might remind you of wine in many ways, which is an okay thing for beers of this type. Without being overwhelming on the palate, Monk’s Flemish is light-to-average bodied and is a good median sour for when you don’t want to blow out your taste buds.
When you hear Hackney’s, you probably think “big burgers on black rye,” immediately followed by “onion loaf.” It’s time to add a third instant response: “a lot of good beer.” Besides the Monk’s sour, the Printers Row location recently had beers like the Surly Bender, North Coast’s Old Rasputin and Bell’s Oarsman on hand, all top-notch selections.
Sour Selection:Dogfish Head‘s Festina Peche Found At: Long Room
While the Festina Peche is not a traditional sour or Flemish ale, the overwhelming tartness of this brew will definitely quell your need for a face-puckering beverage. The Peche is a BerlinerWeiss brewed with peach sugars, which interact with the yeast to make a fruity yet incredibly tart and complex beer. It’s not terribly strong (4.5 ABV) but that doesn’t mean you can down these like water; the Peche can be almost overwhelming. If you’re expecting a fruit beer going into it (like a cherry or blackberry ale), you’re going to be quite surprised.
The Long Room doesn’t have a lot of competition in the area of the Irving & Ashland intersection (although Ten Cat Tavern – ironically almost kitty corner to the Long Room – certainly is a quality bar as well) but the bar continues to improve its selection nonetheless. It’s hosted an unveiling of Moaten, a sour beer brewed by both Two Brothers and Belgian brewer Urthel, and stocks plenty of other beer-dork thrillers like Bell’s Hopslam on draft.
Sour Selection:Goose Island Juliet Found At: Map Room
Up until this point, we’ve been focusing on beers that might not have a huge distribution and are found at places that might not get the recognition they deserve. But now we’re going to diverge from that path with a hometown brew at an old standby – Goose Island’s Juliet at the Map Room. Believe it or not, for as much hype as the Map Room gets for having a crazy selection of beers, sours are as underrepresented there as they are anywhere else. (Though some might say that you don’t need much more than Juliet and Lips of Faith).
The Juliet packs some tartness from the aging process; Goose Island lets it hang out in cabernet barrels for a while to let it soak in some sour, and also adds blackberries to the mix for good measure. The folks at GI claim it’s a good beer for fans of pinot noirs, and we think it’s a good way to ease into the world of sour ales, as it’s a milder version of the style. Once you’ve got your brain wrapped around it, grab a Lips of Faith and let ‘er rip.
Secret Spirits Society Learn about and taste different spirits and wines at this weekly series. Topics range from absinthe to vodka to sake to champagne.
Tsukuba: Muslims about their experiences of Ramadan in Japan Fatma HachaniStudent, 30(Tunisian)Ramadan is the hardest month for me to be away from my family and country. I spend weekdays working in the lab. From 2 p.m. I start to feel tired. Not eating is not a major problem for me, but not drinking in such an exceptionally hot summer is a challenge! I realize that water is a great blessing and should be consumed responsibly. I’m experiencing the suffering of people living in countries with insufficient drinking water. And this is one of the greatest messages of Ramadan: patience and humility. Ayman AtiaStudent, 32(Egyptian)Ramadan in Japan is unique. I feel that I’m different from everyone around me, and my friends always think I’m a fool because “not eating and drinking is so hard, man.” But I think spending Ramadan here makes me focus more on the meaning of it: training my soul to control my desires. I also enjoy the prayer gatherings every night and meeting many people from different cultures. In our countries we just pray and return home, but in Japan we have discussions and try to help each other out.
Peter Up on the 24th floor of the Peninsula Hotel you’ll find one of Tokyo’s hippest cocktail temples, Peter. The room is decorated with metallic trees which give an ethereal indoors-outdoors effect to the space that’s already pretty striking thanks to the digitized projections on the walls…
Charity Abseil at Guys Hospital Tower (14th Aug 10 to 15th Aug 10) Are you abseil-utely mad? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel like a superhero scaling the walls of London whilst doing something amazing for Cancer Research UK? If so then the Guys H…
Elysian Nights Rocking Burlesque Show (8th Aug 10) Welcome to a debauched menagerie of the best burlesque around! Elysian Nights is always committed to delivering a rougher, edgy variety show has made no exception this time round. Held at Proud Cam…
Flotation Tuesdays Lots of funky music, not much for brews and nothing at the door.
Gutterball Lounge & Discotheque A weekly Tuesday night party that “racks together the boogie nights of the past with the visual delights of the future.”
Lost and Found Get all souled-out with classic vinyl and sweet deals on shots ‘n suds.
Retro Catelli’s serves up family classics “Are you still working hard on that?” our waiter asked, as I directed a forkful of spaghetti to my mouth. On a later visit, I overheard him at a neighboring table. “The race is finished,” he announced to a party, surveying the remnants of their dessert. “Wow,…
Iiza Newtown?s first authentic Japanese izakaya is here and buzzing. Drawing the crowds to its funky, earthy interiors on King Street, this fab new restaurant is serving up all sorts of Japanese delicacies alongside a tempting selection of Japanese tipples.
Get a Nightclub Photographer to Notice You If you happen to be out at a club and notice a Nightlife Photographer wandering around snapping photos, here are some tips on getting the photographer to notice you:
Kiss for the Camera!
If you happen to be out at a club and notice a Nightlife Photographer wandering around snapping photos, here are some tips on getting the photographer to notice you:
#1: Make sure you have a skimpy or wild outfit on. The more skin that shows, the better.
#2: Don’t be afraid to track down the photographer and ask for a photo.
#3: Make eye contact with the nightclub photographer from across the room and smile.
#4: If you’re a chick, make out with the girl next to you.
#5: If you’re a chick, make out with the Nightclub Photographer.
#6: If you’re a dude, make sure you have at least 3 sexy girls with you.
#7: Don’t be afraid to have a wardrobe malfunction. It’s natural.
#8: Buy the photographer a drink!
A nightclub photographer doesn’t have time and isn’t paid enough to take photos of everyone at the club, so you have to go out of your way to catch his or her eye if you want to end up on the club’s website the next day.
The absolute best way to guarantee your photo will show up in the nightclub photo gallery is to dress hot, do something crazy, and kiss the photographer while handing him a drink!
Nightclub Photography Tips (Part 1) Low ISO settings are beneficial in nightclub photography because they reduce the amount of sensor noise that will show up in the photos. But with a low ISO setting, the sensor doesn’t pick up as much light as it can with higher ISO settings. Because most nightclub photography is done in low light situations, which settings are best for nightlife photographers to use?
Nightclub Photography Tips
ISO Settings
Low ISO settings are beneficial in nightclub photography because they reduce the amount of sensor noise that will show up in the photos. But with a low ISO setting, the sensor doesn’t pick up as much light as it can with higher ISO settings. Because most nightclub photography is done in low light situations, which settings are best for nightlife photographers to use?
It depends on the light environment at the nightclub. Some nightclubs are brighter than others, and you can use a lower ISO setting without much issue. Others are very dark, and you’ll need to increase the ISO to get the light you need, while also keeping the shutter speed high to minimize motion blur.
I like to start with my ISO set at 800 in most nightclubs. I’ve found this setting gives the best bang for your buck in nightlife photography. There isn’t too much noise for most camera bodies, and it burns just the right amount of light onto the sensor. I use this setting when taking close-up portraits of party people in the club. I often use different ISO settings for performers and large crowd shots.
You can’t just “set it and forget it” in nightclub photography because the people, light, and action are constantly changing, and you need to change with them to get the best photos.
Cosplay @ Sushi Samba Once a month, on a Tuesday night, the Cosplay Wasabi Fashion Party takes over Sushi Samba on Lincoln Road in South Beach. There is a different color theme each time, this month it happened to be a pink invasion.
Cosplay @ Sushi Samba
Once a month, on a Tuesday night, the Cosplay Wasabi Fashion Party takes over Sushi Samba on Lincoln Road in South Beach. There is a different color theme each time, this month it happened to be a pink invasion.
The Wasabi Fashion aliens came down from planet pink to convert sushi lovers into dance maniacs and propagate their interplanetory mating rituals on the humans of earth.
Once the invasion is complete, Queen of Cosplay, Pamela Wasabi, gathers up her army and plans next month’s attack on the unsuspecting South Beach scene.
Swedish House Mafia ? Miami WMC South Beach Nightlife got a good jolt of energy when the Swedish House Mafia boys took over Mansion for the Miami Winter Music Conference. Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso brought the crowd on a wild ride of house music bliss over the course of the night.
Swedish House Mafia @ Miami WMC
South Beach Nightlife got a good jolt of energy when the Swedish House Mafia boys took over Mansion for the Miami Winter Music Conference. Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso brought the crowd on a wild ride of house music bliss over the course of the night.
The capacity crowd was filled with beautiful people from all over the world, making for yet another sexy night of WMC mayhem!
Up on the 24th floor of the Peninsula Hotel you’ll find one of Tokyo’s hippest cocktail temples, Peter. The room is decorated with metallic trees which give an ethereal indoors-outdoors effect to the space that’s already pretty striking thanks to the digitized projections on the walls… 
A random survey of romantically unattached local bargoers. 
