The weekend is ticking.
Huge things are happening in 2013. We’re getting you smart-looking stuff from Cole Haan—thanks to 25% off their entire online store. You’re also getting 60% off dapper dress shirts from the legendary Drake’s London, and 30% off footwear from the British gods of shoemaking, Grenson. See: huge things.
So there’s this Raleigh-based brewery called Lonerider. They make beer. Beer that’s never been available in this town until tonight. Because that’s when the Fred Bar (that speakeasy-y Taco Mac basement bar) will be pouring drafts of their hefeweizen-style Shotgun Betty and tapping a cask of an American brown. And generally making history.
You’re still bitter. No one got you that red, coaxial, spherical Elipson speaker that you’ve been dropping hints about. No worries, though. This local art studio/audio equipment store (that old story) is having a huge sale on everything. So go. Get those speakers. Then throw a party and don’t invite anyone.
The holidays. Now that they’re really and truly over, you can breathe/laugh/make fun of them. Because some local filmmakers and writer types will basically be roasting Christmas in the Highland Inn Ballroom. Grab a drink, generally make merry and then catch the naughty carolers’ performance. They’re like carolers, just... naughty.
This Saturday, you might want to head to Five Spot. It’s not mandatory or anything, but a local burlesque troupe (along with some be-pastied friends from New York and LA) will duel it out on stage to see who’s the sexiest of them all. There are no losers.
If the creators of Cirque du Soleil and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon got all brainstormy together, you’d basically have this—a massive stage show with a giant orchestra and 100 Chinese dancers flipping around everywhere. It’s the kind of thing a date might remember. Or at least not sleep through.
