‘IT'S A SIN TO GO TO BED ON THE SAME DAY YOU GOT UP' JIMMY WALKER. 19205 MAYOR OF NEW YORK
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Who needs sunshine when you’ve got mirrorballs?
James Smart introduces a tour of our Cities by moonlight that should inspire as well as intoxicate.
ith the Scottish Parliamcnt banning smoking in public placcs. 'l‘cssa Jowcll's gambling i‘cl'ortns putting thc Labour party in a spin. (ilasgow cracking down on happy hours and lidinburgh Iikcly to follow suit in thc ncw ycar. going out has rarcly bccn quitc such a political busincss. Bingc drinking is condcmncd from on high. clubbing is linishcd (if you tisc thc Brit Awards. which
just banishcd Bcst Dancc Act from its rostcr. as
a yardstick) and our citics arc supposcd to bc gctting morc ‘24 hour‘ by thc minutc.
\Vc arcn‘t just passiyc consumers of all this controycrsy. l’coplc makc citics and pcoplc makc sccncs. thrc you go dclincs who you arc; it you do it cnough it can hpr shapc thc cnyironmcnt around you. Thcrc‘s no nccd to gct too po—i'accd about this (somctimcs. al'tcr all. thc niccst nights arc spcnt indoors with thc radiator on). but it's cqually important to strcss that our going out is ol'tcn not so tnuch apolitical as just plain lazy. It‘s so ycry casy to slip into a rut on a
night otit. to go to thc bars you always \ isit and hcad to thc samc clubs you‘yc bccn patronising for ycars. tracing thc samc lincs through thc samc city.
But cycnings should bc about morc than that. Thcrc's nothing worsc than stalc lcisurc timc and nothing bcttcr than discoycring somcthing ncw in a city you thought you kncw cycrything about. (ictting a dil'l'crcnt pcrspcctiyc docsn‘t CVCI] takc that much cl'l‘ort. ()ycr thc ncst l4 pagcs you'll lind l2 dil'l'crcnt nights you could hayc out in lidinburgh and (ilasgow. Wc takc in swish rcstaurants. hookah dcns. high conccpt stylc bars. dynamic club sccncs. historic pub tours. casinos. bingo. dog racing. tcn pin bowling. tablc football. l‘olk pubs and smooth cocktails.
Bccausc cycryonc‘s cxpcricnccs arc dill‘crcnt. wc‘yc arrangcd our nights by thcmc: whcrc thc trcndy kids jiyc. thc Bohcmians chill. and thc lads josh: whcrc to go for a romantic mcal. a major cclcbration or to show a l'ricnd around town. It's all hcrc: what you do thc ncxt morning is cntircly tip to you.
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