SATURDAY NIGHT CHILLS | ||
| Clubbing in Canada. No, not baby seals. | ||
| BY BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND ADAM STERNBERGH | ||
| NEW YORK | TORONTO | |
| Party Ghetto | The meatpacking district. | Richmond Street’s “entertainment district.” |
| Hipster Alternative | Word-of-mouth Bushwick loft parties | That one dive bar where Broken Social Scene hangs out. |
| Typical Celebrity Sightings | Kelis; Shaggy; Lindsay Lohan in a scrum of people pretending to ignore her.
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Ryan Gosling; whoever’s in town shooting; whoever’s in town promoting at the film festival (September only).
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| Implausible Claim | “I totally used to party with Warhol.” | “I totally used to party with Vince Carter.” |
| Post-club Ritual | Eggs at Florent, open 24 hours. | “Street meat” hot dogs from a vendor, open 24 hours. (With sauerkraut!) |
| Fashion Lunacy | Women: stilettos on cobblestone. Men: graph-paper-patterned shirts |
Women: bare legs in sub-zero winter. Men: graph-paper-patterned shirts. |
| Scene Pariahs | Bridge-and-tunnel crowd (Manhattan); Manhattanites (Brooklyn). | “905ers” from the suburban area code; people from Ottawa. |
| Jackass Alert | Arriving in a stretch Hummer.
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Arriving in
a Maple Leafs jersey.
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| Troubling Development | Murderous bouncers. | “New York–style bottle service.” |
| Ongoing Industry Irritation | Meddlesome neighborhood associations. | 2 a.m. last call. |
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Kelis; Shaggy; Lindsay Lohan in a scrum of people pretending to ignore her.
Ryan Gosling; whoever’s in town shooting; whoever’s in town promoting at the film festival (September only).
“Street meat” hot dogs from a vendor, open 24 hours.
Women: stilettos on cobblestone. Men: graph-paper-patterned shirts
Arriving in
a Maple Leafs jersey.
2 a.m. last call.
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