Any holiday weekend should start at a pool surrounded by a few friends, a few more multi-hued drinks and an overwhelming collection of the scantily clad. Those things, and big-time DJs like Victor Calderone and Boris. You can’t forget the mono-named DJs.
The Friday kickoff to Encore Beach Club and neighboring Surrender’s first anniversary blowout is bound to be just like every other birthday party you’ve attended—if you happen to regularly enjoy the company of Beach Bunny bikini competition finalists, Steve Aoki and Calvin Harris. Right, identical.
If you’re going to set aside an entire day for Love Fest, Saturday is your day. You could be day-drinking mojitos to Chromeo’s beats from a bungalow at Palms Pool in the afternoon and then close down the evening with Paul Oakenfold’s trance-ness at Rain. Too much of a good thing can be a great thing.
No matter how many military-grade alertness aids you consume, at some point you’re going to have to take a break from the weekend’s bacchanalia to refuel. The ideal spot: Nikki Beach Club, where the Amazing Sunday Brunch is revered far and wide. Or at least in South Beach.
Memorial Day wouldn’t be complete without grilled meats, frosty beers, bikini bodies and... a noticeable lack of bikini tops. At Bare’s backyard BBQ, that means eating burgers, poolside, with people who may or may not be tan-line haters. You have fair warning.
