The Second Greatest Cities in the World

WEDNESDAY
The Forge
432 41st St.
Dress: Beach formal
Crowd: Sugar daddies, developers, heiresses
Peak Hours: 10pm-5am

Only here can you bare your midriff while eating filet mignon in a restaurant resembling a Parisian mansion (after a few drinks, anyway). Add in the chance of a Michael Jackson sighting and you can't go wrong. After midnight, head next door to the club Glass.

THURSDAY
Vix
1144 Ocean Dr.
Dress: Anything goes, jeans to cocktail dresses
Crowd: Über -trendoids
Peak Hours: 11:30pm-3am

Miami's busiest promoter, Michael Capponi, offers one of the best reasons to spend the evening on Ocean Drive. Have a curry at Vix, the Hotel Victor's Spice Route-inspired restaurant, then decamp to the ocean-view lounge to watch the socialites parade past.

SATURDAY
Mansion
1235 Washington Ave.
Dress: As little as possible
Crowd: Party-photo aspirants
Peak Hours: 12:45am-3:15am

Mansion is the kind of ear-splitting, strobe-light-blasting, oversize dance theater you envisioned when you planned your trip. Wear enough makeup, show enough skin, and your photo will wind up on MichaelCapponi.com. Come prepared to make out with strangers.
-S.B.

Sasturday night at Mansion   (Photo: Courtesy of Seth Browarnik/Red Eye Prods.)