The weekend is layering.
This week's Perk gives you a free week at Equinox Fitness Clubs, now outfitted with iPhone-assisted bookings and eucalyptus-scented towels. Fair warning: there may be some exercise involved.
From now on, Thursday nights at this neighborhood favorite include a rotating menu of burgers like a Mushroom-Oregano Burger With Crispy Shallots, pints like Acme Pale Ale—and, yes, despite the cheery mood those two things generally bring you, the blues.
And over at your favorite compact beachside wine bar, Thursday brings a new way to taste the Spanish goods—fifty bucks gets you a four-course tasting (it'll change every week) with four matching wines. Now you just have to find a seat.
Leave it to David Myers to inspire you to embrace some Parisian traditions—like afternoon drinking. Sneak out around 4pm for $2 oysters and the only aphrodisiac-themed drinks in town you'd actually order—like the Mango Mahal, with vodka, mango, lime and rosewater. Here's the menu.
The qualifications for this enormously important position include the ability to write long lists, to appear at charity events without your shirt on, and to be generally perceived as hunky. In other words, it's your role to lose.
Your other favorite beachside wine bar has a fairly brilliant new guided tour for you—each of the eight suggested pours, chosen by Playboy's nightlife columnist Dan "The Imbiber" Dunn, is inspired by an iconic Playmate. The sampling tour's available all month, but only the kickoff party will include a couple actual Playmates.
