Shop Miami's coming to town. Here's a model from last year. Photo:Richard Patterson.
Velvet underground: June 19-25
By Lesley Abravanel
Summer TV is pretty abysmal -- in two words: Celebrity Circus. Thankfully, we don't have to sit home and click through 3,000 channels with nothing to watch. Instead, we'll go to Ouzo's new Mystery Mondays, which features a five-course "Mystery Menu'' with dishes hailing from across the Mediterranean for just $35 per person or, for $10 more, with wine pairings. In addition to the gastronomy, there's also some astrology with a genuine tarot card reader in Ouzo's lounge. A free shot of the restaurant's potent namesake will conclude the meal, but not your evening, as a resident DJ spins a very Mediterranean soundtrack while a belly dancer will answer the question of So, You Think You Can Dance? Check it out for yourselves beginning at 7 p.m. Mondays.
Meanwhile, there's nothing mysterious about the Gen Art and Citi Private Pass Shop Miami event on Thursday at The Moore Building in the Design District, where, from 7-11 p.m., retail therapy is the common theme as shopaholics peruse fashions from more than 40 local designers and boutiques -- much like a New York City-style sample sale, although a lot more civilized. The four-hour shopping spree for women and men features cocktails, beauty services by Lace Nail Lab and DJ Induce, whose name may not be so ironic in its mission to get you in the mood to exercise the plastic in these rough economic times. A runway show at 9 p.m. will show you how you should look in that adorable little number, and after a few free cocktails, you won't really care much. There are a limited amount of VIP tickets that include a one-hour private sale, access to the 10 Cane VIP Lounge and a VIP gift bag for $30 in advance and $40 at the door -- cash only. General admission includes open bar and beauty services for $10 in advance and $20 at the door, again, cash only. For tickets, call 305-695-8200.
For those who lament the loss of Ivy in Aventura, Diane Heller and Susan Scott, who hosted its popular Wednesday nights, have moved the scene to Justin's, 17813 Biscayne Blvd., where every Wednesday there's no cover, free parking and $100 bottles of Ketel One, which is virtually a bargain in these parts. Scott and Heller are busy, also hosting Ritual Thursdays at Nikki Marina in Hollywood, offering a $22 dinner special for all women and half-price bottles of anything until 11 p.m. (a real bargain!) and Entrée Saturdays at Kitchen 305, the restaurant formerly known as Michael's Kitchen at the Newport Beachside Hotel in Sunny Isles, featuring a $24 dinner menu, $75 bottles of Ketel One (practically free!), no cover and $6 valet.
Back on SoBe, specifically The Raleigh, Thursdays at 8 p.m. is Deborah Magdalena & The Brass King, whose show The Alma Lounge is "a delicious mixture of Nuyorican Poet's Cafe meets Club Tropicana with Harlem's Cotton Club Martini in the legendary Raleigh Hotel." The urban, vintage, Latin jazz show will feature vocalists, musicians and poets as well as a snack menu, valet parking and one free cocktail for $20, or, no cover if you don't drink or have a car to park. Call 305-951-1956. It's not Joey Fatone squeezing into a leotard and battling clowns on the high wire and for that, we're very, very thankful.
- Current 55.4 °F
- It's a beach day
- Head to South Pointe
Still thirsty?
-
Take a club tour, haunt a happy hour or check out the latest concert news in Nightlife.
