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Published May 03, 2012 The Weekender
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  PERK ALERTA Tiny Speaker with Ridiculous Power
Perks is getting you first dibs on the WOWee ONE Pro, a tiny wireless speaker that turns any surface into a pounding subwoofer.
(Travel case included, naturally.) We’re also sending you a silly amount of Pat
LaFrieda short ribs from his Meat Men show, and handmade hardwood cases to hug your
iPhone.
  RIDE ONTaxis. With Mariachis in Them.
It’s been too long since you were driven in an SUV while being serenaded by a mariachi band. So Friday,
tap the sombrero on the Uber app and await your chariot. You’ll be entertained en route, then dropped off
with some margarita mix and a piñata. You can take it from there.
  SEEING STARSEndless Juleps at the Starlight Room
The Derby itself: about two minutes. The time you’ll spend enjoying bottomless mint juleps at this
Southern brunch: let’s just say more than two minutes. Expect mac and cheese, brisket, biscuits and pecan
pie—and a silly amount of silly hats. Yep, two sillys’ worth.
 HIGH FIVEMezcal for Cinco at Cantina
To facilitate your Cinco festivities, Cantina’s opening an hour early, serving tacos and stocking up on
insane amounts of mezcal. Yep, you’ll be getting very well-acquainted with tequila’s sexy cousin
straight, on the rocks and shaken in margaritas. Here’s to keeping it in the family.
  BESPOKEN FORIt’s Time You Got That Custom Suit...
The tailors at Hiras are operating under the premise that if you don’t go to them, they’ll come to you.
So they’ve been dispatched from London and Hong Kong to fit you for your next suit, jacket or shirt.
It’s time to work on your seersucker for Derby 2013.
 SPACE INVADERSOakland Invades Dear Mom
Sunday, some time-tested hangover cures from Oaktown are coming to a bar near you. Think: Beauty’s bagels,
tacos from El TacoBike, Blue Bottle coffee and beer from Dying Vines and Linden Street—all at Dear Mom.
Consider yourself cured.
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