Melton, the son of lobbyist and former Miami Herald reporter Eston "Dusty" Melton, had been using his family's shipping business to help import at least 40 kilos of the synthetic drug from China. Law student and wannabe energy drink mogul Mario Melton couldn't have known it, but that angry, nude model was about to tip off police to one of South Florida's largest molly rings. It began, as all good things in Miami do, with a pissed-off, naked porn star jumping atop a white Porsche after a domestic spat. Stay long enough and you may just end up spotting your very own Sultan of Swoon. During the day, the pretty people arrive to sip tea, while at night they crowd in and wait for the clubs to open. Grab a stiff cocktail (because you can probably afford only one in this spot) and a seat in the open space and you'll feel like you've crashed an haute-trend commercial. Fair enough, these days you can't find eye candy on par with the leader of the Rat Pack or even '60s-era Sean Connery, but grab a seat at the Bleau Bar - the tricked out, glowing blue hot spot in that famed lobby - and you're still guaranteed to witness some entertaining and sexy Miami Beach gentry. He could often be found singing at the hotel's La Ronde nightclub or shooting films in the lobby - home to other iconic silver-screen moments such as James Bond's Goldfinger. And among Frank Sinatra's favored beach haunts was the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. And among celebrities who've made Miami Beach their playground over the past 100 years, there are few cooler than Ol' Blue Eyes. Sure, there's the thumping nightlife and gleaming beaches, but a big draw of Miami Beach will always be its history. But can you really put a price on being cool? You can't.
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Or you can pay $6.50 per hour and enjoy free draft beers all day and night Tuesday and Thursday. Monday through Friday, you can pay $8.50 for unlimited playing time from noon to 8 p.m. Luckily, the latter scene won't play out at Peg's Pocket, a beloved neighborhood joint where there are some seriously good deals for those looking to hit the felt.
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Pool is so cool that whenever a movie reaches a point where it needs to make its main character appear awesome, it either (1) shows that main character winning easily at a game of pool or (2) shows that main character snapping a pool cue over his or her knee and beating up an entire bar in a karate brawl. And sharks are cool because they have a whole lot of teeth and are able to kill anything they want, including Samuel L. How cool is pool? Pool is so cool that, if you're really good at it, people call you a shark.
Check the website for specials, and if you're a Florida resident, there's no cover.įew things have been as enduringly cool as the game we call pool - or, if you're fancy, billiards. Cocktails are complimentary from 11:30 p.m. It's like a private club for the cool kids that lets in a few tourists now and then so we can bang them!" Doors open at 10 p.m. Score the nightclub has been around forever, and this night always has a great crowd thanks to Athena Dion and a cast of hungry drag queens who will do anything for fame, a great DJ Rob Sky, hot male strippers who have not yet learned English so they only feel semi-exploited, and cheap drinks served by smoking-hot bartenders whom I refuse to let wear shirts.
"No matter what is going on or what other party is happening, you always end up at the Lab at Score. "I get to see all my friends and fellow drag queens," she says. So we'll let Novak tell you why the Lab at Score is the place to be. If anyone knows SoBe's gay scene, it's her. Every year, she hands out Shelleys, her version of the Oscars, for outstanding gay figures, venues, parties, and pals. "This is my favorite weekly gay party, and it's not just because I'm at the door," says Miami Beach gay-scene veteran Tommy Strangie, better known to the LGBTQ scene and its allies as the brash and ballsy drag broad Shelley Novak.