look how little he used to be

congratulations!

from my sister:

C won his first trophy in his Tae Kwon Do class. His instructor called it a special listening/participation trophy b/c out of his class of 5/6 year olds, C is the youngest and smallest but the only one who didn't cry or whine, and the only one who actively and enthusiastically participates during the whole class!!! :) he laughs even when he loses all his matches w/ the older & bigger kids:) he was super excited so we went home and did a photo shoot w/ his trophy, haha.

welcome home, lola!

it's mine, it's mine. it's all mine! i close on September 8, 2008.

i think what really gets me teary-eyed is that i did this on my own. well, A and Stephanie were integral, but its just me, my money, no help from the outside. i am so proud of myself. i did good.

the game continues

so last night, on a suggestion by A, i went to look at the house again. and i fell in love with it all over again. Stephanie, the actual realtor/agent, met us there and told us someone (CONVENIENTLY) put in an offer for MY house. since you don't know until it closes what the offer was, and i was standing in the kitchen falling deeper in love with the house by the second, i said...okay, here it is. $232k, no washer dryer, no blinds, no new master sink (GUH! i hate that ugly swedish thing!) but i need the fence. i have 8 neighbors coming into close proximity and i wouldn't have even known that had A not done some digging around for the lot plan. i need the fence and enough driveway to turn around. i can also close and move anytime in september. i mean i have to pay rent now anyway for september, its already the 27. but i can say to Dianne, my landlord, i'm out at the end of the month. she's okay with that. so shit, tell them i'll close on 10/5. whatever. my offer is $232, a fence, keep the driveway, closing date of yesterday (basically). take it or leave it, BITCHES!

so the offer is out now and the seller's agent is getting an estimate for the fence.
i may cry if i don't get this house for real.
you should see it. you would LOVE it.
lola does not choose janky houses!

$232 no sink

i feel like i'm playing deal or no deal. and i love it!

so these bitches came back with a rejection of my $225 for the house and countered with $232 (fence, paved drive, washer and dryer, blinds) but no sink.

so i said, no deal.

my max is $230.

you know. this shit is exciting, but if its not meant to be, its not meant to be.

afterall, i'm sitting here saving money. meanwhile, they are likely losing their ass on it as its empty now and its been listed for nearly two months, right? soooooooo...who's got the better situation.

ME.

counter

GUH

okay, so $225 was low given i was asking for the moon along with the house, so now they are countering.

but i was just telling A that they should want to give me that house. from what the neighbors tell me, its been sitting for quite some time. someone has to be paying a mortgage on it. so just give it to me all wrapped up in a red bow! mmmkay!? YES

4th and Swift * * * *

yesterday started out shitty, but ended up great.
i made an offer on a house: 2884 Macaw Street in Whittier Mill Village! now i'm just waiting for the owner to accept or call me crazy...
i also had dinner with K at one of the best restaurants in the city - 4th and Swift in the Old 4th Ward. the food was delicious. i can't speak for K, but my NY strip steak (all 20 lbs of it...okay not that much, but it was a lot of meat) was perfectly grilled and my potatoes and spinach were done really nicely, in fact i hate spinach. but i ate every last bite of what i ordered. it was a monday night, so it was probably quieter than it normally is and the interior is about what you'd expect for a loft space. i recommend!

sometimes its not worth it.

you were never worth the fight, tony. remember who walked away first.
sometimes you have to fight to save a friendship, but only when they mean something.
i'm not sure how you arrived at me thinking we were best friends, but i'll let you run with it. we were very close to it. but you are so selfish that not even a friendship was going to work. i care about you (probably more than i should), but i can't keep throwing effort into a friendship that was one-sided to begin with. i lied when i said i would always be here for you. i gave that up too quickly. i hope you find happiness. i wish you the best.

he's cheating on you

e, your boyfriend is cheating on you.
sharon, your husband wants to cheat on you and probably has.

what the hell is wrong with you guys? doesn't anyone believe in monogamy?
FUCK.

pride

the olympics has really revived my sense of patriotism.
i've always loved our national anthem. every time i hear it, i cry. no kidding.
because of a new nike basketball commercial, i've discovered marvin gaye's rendition of the national anthem. i cried like a baby.



here's another one of my favorite renditions:

this is so funny (and this guy is hot)

thank you

IOC blasts Bolt: 'Not the way we perceive being a champion'
Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:38 AM ET

BEIJING (AP) - IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on Thursday for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 meters.
Usain Bolt sets another world record in the 200m final. Americans Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix get silver and bronze, respectively.
"That's not the way we perceive being a champion," Rogge said.
The International Olympic Committee chief hailed Bolt's stunning achievements in the two sprints, comparing him to American great Jesse Owens, but said Bolt should have cut out the look-at-me flaunting and acknowledged the other athletes.
"I have no problem with him doing a show," Rogge said in an interview with three international news agency reporters. "I think he should show more respect for his competitors and shake hands, give a tap on the shoulder to the other ones immediately after the finish and not make gestures like the one he made in the 100 meters."
Having built a huge lead in Saturday's 100 final, Bolt slowed, glanced around with arms outstretched and pounded his chest before crossing the finish line in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.
"I understand the joy," Rogge said. "He might have interpreted that in another way, but the way it was perceived was 'catch me if you can.' You don't do that. But he'll learn. He's still a young man."
Bolt, who turned 22 on Thursday, stormed to another one-sided victory Wednesday night in the 200, breaking Michael Johnson's 12-year-old record of 19.32 seconds and lowering the mark to 19.30.
Bolt made little effort to congratulate the other runners as he wrapped himself in a Jamaican flag and set off on a solo victory lap. Swaying to the reggae music on the stadium loudspeakers, he walked barefoot around the track, putting his face inches from a TV camera, raising an index finger and yelling, "I am No. 1! I am No. 1!"
"He still has to mature," Rogge said. "I would love him to show more respect for his competitors. That's not the way we perceive being a champion. But he will learn in time. He should shake hands with his competitors and not ignore them. He'll learn that sooner or later. But (he's) a great athlete, of course."
Bolt became the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win the 100 and 200 golds at a single Olympics, and the only man ever to do it by breaking world records in both. Owens completed the 100-200 sweep at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, adding golds in the long jump and relay.
"Bolt is in another dimension in sprints," Rogge said. "Bolt must be considered now the same way like Jesse Owens should have been in the 1930s. Bolt has a bigger edge than Owens on his rivals. Of course, Owens had the long jump too, so you can't compare people. If he maintains that in the future, Bolt will be someone that probably leaves a mark like Jesse Owens."
Bolt gets a chance to make a deeper mark in these Games on Friday in the 4x100 relay, which NBC will feature in Friday night's prime time coverage.
For Bolt, it's a chance at a third gold medal in these games and possibly another world record.
But as the party wound down on Bolt's 200-meter win, his emotional high downshifted into a lower gear. The dancing and preening slowed, and Bolt allowed his mind to settle on more relaxing thoughts.
"I just want to chill out. I just want to sleep," he said. "I wish I was in sandals right now, just taking a weekend."
No, Bolt didn't want to head toward a white sandy Jamaican beach. But he could start getting his mind ready for the relay race.
"Right now I'm just trying to relax and just really prepare for the 4 by 1," he said. "I have one more to go and I know the guys are really looking forward to it. I'm really trying to refocus again and get one more gold medal."

someone trip this bitch...

i get it, dude. you're the world's fastest human being. it doesn't mean you have to be an asshole pre-sprint, during sprint and post sprint. this is why i've always hated sprinters. not low class, no class.

the sartorialist

i am in love again....with the sartorialist, scott schuman.
his blog is FANTASTIC!

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There are people who can walk away from you.

From an unlikely source (even after deleting the biblical and spiritual references, it remained true):

When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

People leave you because they are not joined to you.And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.

Let them go.

And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life,

then you need to......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ......

LET IT GO!!!

If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and
see your worth.....

LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you .

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......

LET IT GO!!!


If you have a bad attitude.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves......

LET IT GO!!!

If you're feeling depressed and stressed .........

LET IT GO!!!

time

way back in 1996, i fell in love with a boy named Andy. he was my first love.

Andy and i went to a high school so big, i had no idea he graduated with me. It wasn't until we got to VT (a school 25x bigger) that we met. i remember that day so well. i can tell you who i was with, where we were, what we said, where we went.

fast forward to 1999, i was coming back to VT to start my senior year and Andy was preparing to leave for Japan for his fourth year (he majored in engineering, so he had another year left). we'd been through 3 years of romantic turbulence, but i still loved him. in spite of everything that had gone down (and trust me, there was a lot), i was still in love with him. in fact, i was so in love, i'd said it to him on several occasions, but never heard it back. *note this scenario has happened several times since andy, so i guess i have andy to thank for teaching me how to be immune to not hearing "i love you" back*

the weekend before he left, andy came to visit me at school. it was that weekend that he finally told me he loved me. after 3+ years, he'd finally said it.

when andy left for japan, i believed he still loved me. however, after arriving in japan, andy slowly began to cease communication with me. i didn't understand it because he never said exactly what was going on. to this day, he's never explained what happened. i found out on my own he began seeing a girl over there. she would eventually become his wife.

today i found out he and his wife are expecting.
i'm not really sure what i'm supposed to think, do, say, feel....
is it upsetting? sure. but what does it matter or change? nothing.
it's done.

!

so last night i set up my mii for R + C's Wii (Fit). i knew this entailed being weighed.
i don't do scales. i just don't. only one person can make me get on a scale, and thats my physician. i know what i look like. what the fuck do i need a scale for?

so that mother fucking wii called me 43 and obese.
obese!
O-B-E-S-E
as if i wasn't feeling depressed enough, even technology is taking a jab at me.
fuck.

consequences

on saturday, around 9:30pm, Tony text messaged me - something like "what you been up to?" i hadn't seen, talked, or text the dude for weeks. he does this to me all the time. he claims he's super busy at work and can't communicate at all. at first, i'll go through an "i miss him so much" phase where i think about him non-stop. i'll want to communicate with him. i have an overwhelming urge to see him. but like everything, the feeling fades with time.

more time will pass and i'll get angry. i have put up with this behavior for 6 years. SIX FUCKING YEARS. i deserve better than his brand of selfish friend. even my best friends don't disappear like that on me. and if i don't physically see them, i know where i can reach them. i am loyal to my friends because they have all been loyal to me. they've also been supportive. they don't walk away from me for weeks without flinching or letting me know. this is why they are friends. if i thought i was being unreasonable with my feelings, i'd re-evaluate and try to see his side, but i think this makes perfect sense.

so when he called me twice on sunday and then text me, I sent him this:

"don't think we should communicate anymore. we've been halfway there for weeks. i can't be a fairweather friend. please don't respond. don't want to fight. it's been jam up. wish you all the best. see ya"

i did actually call him first to tell him this because telling someone you don't want to be friends anymore deserves an actual conversation, but of course, he didn't answer and i needed to get my feelings out immediately. i have been bottling them up for far too long. i hope this really is the end. i need this to be the end, but i keep expecting some nasty reply back.

if you ask me how i'm doing i will tell you i'm okay but its because i've already gotten used to him NOT being there. but if i really think about it, i'm sad. not because he was such a fantastic friend and i'll miss the friendship (he had his moments, but for the most part, he wasn't the greatest friend), but because he HAS been around for SIX years. i'm sure, this feeling, like everything else, will fade with time.

and since time is all i've got. i'll wait for it..........................................

pay attention

Breakup blues: Hi Carolyn. Not a unique question here, but more just hoping that you might have some words of encouragement. I am 3 months post-breakup with my BF of over a year. He cheated on me and left me for someone else. This after he said he knew how much it hurt to be cheated on (his ex-wife cheated on him) and wouldn't do it to someone else. When he found out his ex-wife was getting remarried, he flipped out on me and got together with some woman at work (before breaking up with me!). I would have thought that his heinous and selfish behavior would have helped me slam the door shut and be glad I was free of him - indeed, my friends are glad I am free of him. Instead, I am obsessed with images of him being happily coupled with the office hooch he left me for, while I am in the proverbial fetal position mourning his betrayal. Any thoughts that might help me regain perspective?

Carolyn Hax: I can see the temptation to blast yourself with "He's scum and he didn't deserve me!" propaganda, and I can see why your friends are trying to do it for you. I use the same tactic sometimes in the column, and sometimes it does actually apply.

But I'm not sure it does here, and that might be why it's not working. Is what he did, technically, a betrayal? Of course. It also exposed the emptiness of his promise, and made you feel like a fool for believing him, and all the other fun stuff that comes with getting dumped.

But I think the real lie exposed here isn't the one he told you. I think it's the lie that any of us can be, or that the world can be, as black-and-white as such promises suggest. The words, "I'll never cheat on you," do not a guarantee make. As far as a shield against pain, it is absolutely, flat-out meaningless. I actually believe (from what little you wrote here) that -he- probably believed what he told you. But he also had not the slightest idea what he'd do if someone (say, his cheatin' ex) poured his emotional foundation in a box and shook it really hard--for a second time. (more)

_______________________

Carolyn Hax: So, what you're processing right now isn't just that someone you counted on can hurt you in the one way you thought he wouldn't. You're processing the full force of the saying, "Anything can happen." Because, honestly, anything -can- happen. A faith in other people can't be what gets you out of bed in the morning, or else you're in for a terrible letdown. A faith in yourself that you can handle whatever happens--that is something that really can sustain you. So use this smack in the face to develop some of this kind of resourcefulness. Stand up, brush yourself off, wish this guy--who clearly has emotional crap of his own--some genuine happiness, and start concentrating on the things that will help you carry on.

By the way, this isn't as cynical as it sounds. Most people do mean well, and do actually try to do right by other people. But even then, it doesn't always work out perfectly, which brings you back to the thing you have to be able to count on: You.

hot

http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/vickycristinabarcelona/medium.html

the baseball

this is the old logo, i like it better, but you know how people are nowadays... all politically correct and shit... whatever.

last night we had a 2 company outing. back in the old office, we shared space with a flash-design shop (about 6 of them in all). a couple of months ago, they moved out of the old space into something closer to all of them in candler park. we were without them for a month and then moved out to a new building of our own.

we chose a braves game for the reunion. it was nice to see all of them. they are a lively, funny bunch. sometimes they'd bust out fake german accents - that was actually my favorite part. they also liked to randomly play their music out loud - which i definitely appreciated (bonus: they had good speakers) we stayed until the seventh inning stretch...honestly, i don't see how anyone stays beyond that. i hate baseball. its so long and boring and slow. there's no action! and if there is, its like a full hour until you see something good. we'd been there 2 hours before we hit the seventh inning stretch. if i'd stayed the whole game, i'd have been there until MIDNIGHT! guh. i was telling B this morning that despite my hatred, it was a good time. i don't even know who won, but it was nice to get out and socialize.

hello, charles

so last night i watched brideshead revisited with C. J had warned me i'd probably wish i had saved my money and waited to rent it, but you know i don't listen. background: this movie is a book that became a 6 part miniseries in the 80s (I think, maybe before). i'd heard a lot of mixed reviews on the movie. vanity fair interviewed the actor that plays charles ryder, and my assessment was that they liked the movie, but most people i've talked to think the movie didn't do the miniseries justice. i don't think it did either.
it was a good movie, but there were a lot of "relationships" that needed 5 more parts to develop and likely capture the proper emotion (whether it be tension or passion or anger) behind the relationship. the julia-charles relationship could have been more developed to where you were cheering by the end of the movie that they finally got together (i did not just ruin it for you, you know from the beginning this is coming), the sebastien-charles relationship could have been that much more heartbreaking... i think all this movie needed was more time.

p.s. i've you've ever smoked, watching this movie is going to send you into a nic fit. just saying.

found lolly

my mom found the lolly. she said she almost cried when she found it and then she wanted to call the news so she could tell the world.

lolly found! the world is now safe! :)

lost lolly

last night, chase called me to say he saw my friend in wal-mart. J must think my family lives in wal-mart because she always runs into them there (then again, if she only sees them in wal-mart....does that mean she lives there too? :) anyway!). he was really excited to tell me, but bummed because he wanted her to play trains with him. that kid and his trains!

he also gave me some sad news. i could hear my sister tell him to tell me what happened today and he says "i lost my lolly!" and i said "WHAT?!"

i must have blogged about this before. chase has this stuffed lion he stole from my sister, V, years ago. its so beat up now i think it's neck had to be sewed back on and the mane is totally gone. even the tuft of hair that used to be at the end of the tail is gone. the "fur" is matted. but its his lion. he asks for it before he goes to bed. he doesn't sleep without this lion. i told him to put my sister back on the phone and i was like "dude, what are you going to DO?" she's like "i don't know. he doesn't think its a big deal now, but i'm nervous about when he lays down for bed tonight."

my parents bought a lemon. they bought a brand new '09 accord and the thing has more problems than my '03 corolla. so chase and my mom went to take it in and get a rental yesterday. they think he must have left his lion in the lemon or in the rental office. either way, they are on a manhunt for this lion.

Good Luck, Chasey

battle royale

i don't even know what that means, but it sounded appropriate for the story i'm about to tell you.

i'm not even sure how my mom and i got on this topic...oh yes i do. i was laying in bed delirious and she came in to say she was off to annapolis (don't ask me why. i've made peace with my mother being random. it only gets worse with age).

my mom isn't the type of woman that tells you something and then just walks away, she stays and makes decent (often long) conversation with you, whether you want to have it or not. so i'm laying in V's old twin size bed, having gotten only 2 hours of sleep (CAN snores the loudest of anyone i've ever heard), trying to deter conversation, but my mother persists. so i start talking about how john edwards finally admitted to cheating on his cancer ridden wife. i figure she'll go off on that for several minutes, during which i'll drift off to sleep... no chance. she told me this story and i'm so glad she did:

you'll recall during the whole T saga, she yelled "all men cheat" at me. apparently, she has first hand experience. back when my mother and stepdad were dating, he apparently thought he could do better (stupid man, you can't do better than mango). so he announced one day that he was seeing someone else. this angered my mother, but it angered her more that she'd lent him money around this time because he was having some financial issues (i forget exactly why she'd lent him money) and his appreciation came in the form of cheating. so rather than yell and scream she says "okay. thats fine. but that tv over there? its mine". so she rips the tv out of the wall and proceeds to go to her car and drive off. i'm sure my stepdad, being the TV addict he is, probably tried to stop her. but you know mango. she can move washers and dryers by herself (i've seen her, i know). she wasn't going to be stopped. she said at one point he yelled at her about taking the tv and she said very simply "i paid for this tv! you don't need it anyway. you have a beautiful girlfriend to have fun with. you don't have time to watch this tv". and she drives away.

well weeks go by of my stepdad calling my mom to ask her to forgive him and to get the tv back and she doesn't respond. not once. mango is stronger than me! so finally my stepdad shows up at her house. he is greeted with "yes?" and he hands her money. she takes it and lets him come in to collect the tv. but he doesn't take the tv. instead he apologizes to her for being a dick (i'm sure thats not what he said, but you get the gist).

they watched tv that night....

is it amazing?

so friday, i flew home to visit my family and friends. well, the intention was to visit family AND friends, but i was only home for 2.25 days, i could only fill in so much.

my flight was supposed to leave at 6, but didn't leave until more like 7. i was pissed. the flight delay was eating into my friend time. i also sat next to the world's most annoying woman. not kidding. this lady was CRAZY! i was telling J that she was rude and just pushy and would talk to hear herself talk. one of the highlights was when she picked up the first class/coach divider curtain and barked at the man sitting in first class "you aren't supposed to be your cell phone after we've left the gate sir" and he was like "am i on a cell phone?" and she's like "i can hear you talking" and he's like "i'm talking to the person next to me. but THANKS." crazy lady: "oh sorry, i just thought...okay". C-R-A-Z-Y. she also kept reaching over to open and shut the window. so glad when i got on my flight sunday that she was NOT on it.

at one point, i was going to have dinner with 3 of my friends, but it ended up being just J. which was super for me. i hadn't spent one on one time with J in forever. i missed her (past tense). i miss her (present tense). i wish i could bring all of my friends to atlanta. :( J and i ended up eating at coastal flats (awful service by an awful waiter BTW) and then hanging out in the square at fairfax corner. around 1130 it was time to go home, so we parted ways. when i got to my car, i had some messages from CAN asking me to meet him and his friend G out. so i thought, well, i'm already out. okay fine.

i drove out to reston town center (uno's) to meet them. they were both really quiet when i got there. i'd never really hung out with G before and he was kinda standoffish at first, but once he got several shots in him, we were good. i ended up being the DD since i was driving my parent's new car and i don't really enjoy drinking anymore. i ended up driving them to carpool in herndon and then some random redneck bar in downtown herndon. at one point, both of them were so trashed that i wanted to leave them in the redneck bar, but i decided not to, so i dropped them off at home around 3:30. G said something really interesting to me when we gave up looking for CAN at the last bar. he said something like "i'm too old for this" (he's 31) and i said "you know, i am too" G: "i'm always the oldest one here" me: "welcome to my world" G: "lets go". me: "ok".
it wasn't verbose or extremely insightful, but it was nice to hear this type of thinking coming out of someone else's mouth.

i ended up spending the night at their house because i was in danger of falling asleep at the wheel. i can't remember the last time i was up at 4am. did not feel good the next day. i'll tell you that much.

p.s. nothing happened with CAN. its not that way anymore...... this doesn't mean he didn't try. but in the end, he respected my decision and i'm really glad we can just hang out.

World's Best Bars

LOVE that MJQ made it on here and definitely agree with Red Square pick (best bar ever!), but i wouldn't take this as "the authority"...i've never even heard of this site. anyway....

1. Riva, Berlin

2. T-O 12, Stuttgart

3. King Cole Bar, New York

4. Vertigo, Bangkok

5. The Loft, London

6. Raoul's, Oxford

7. Velvet, Manchester

8. The Exclusive Newz Bar, Liverpool

9. Bittles Bar, Belfast

10. Sky Bar, Beirut

11. Sandinista, Leeds

12. Boudoir, Dubai

13. Village East, London

14. Der Raum, Melbourne

15. George V Hotel Bar, Paris

16. Socio Rehab, Manchester

17. Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago

18. Delano, Miami

19. Arthur's Rive Gauche, Geneva

20. Milk and Honey, London

21. Purdy Lounge, Miami

22. Les Caves Du Roy, St Tropez

23. Bar Bacca, Belfast

24. Showroom Bar, Sheffield

25. Detroit, London

26. Match EC1, London

27. Danzatoria Tibidabo, Barcelona

28. Motel Bar, Wellington

29. The Cluny, Newcastle

30. Obsidian, Manchester

31. Eight Lounge, Dallas

32. Camel Club, Liverpool

33. Jimmy Liks, Sydney

34. Seduction, Tallinn

35. Montgomery Place, London

36. Bound Bar, Paris

37. Voile Rouge, St Tropez

38. Tou Ming Si Kao (TMSK), Shanghai

39. Lonsdale, London

40. Lost Society, London

41. Anam, London

42. The Collection, Melbourne

43. Melbourne Supper Club, Melbourne

44. New York Bar, Tokyo

45. One Rochester, Singapore

46. El Xampanyet, Barcelona

47. Red Bar, Moscow

48. Mojo, Leeds

49. Radost FX, Prague

50. Campbell Apartment, New York

51. Box Deli, Perth

52. Townhouse, London

53. A GoGo Lounge, Montreal

54. The Hemingway Bar, Paris

55. Martuni's, San Francisco

56. Red Square, Las Vegas

57. Adlib, London

58. BabyCream, Liverpool

59. Arc, Amsterdam

60. Nikki Beach, Miami

61. Nomads, Amsterdam

62. Rain In The Desert, Las Vegas

63. Rogano, Glasgow

64. Pan American Club, Liverpool

65. Margarita Blue, Barcelona

66. Crow Bar, Auckland

67. Hotellet, Stockholm

68. Baraza, Cape Town

69. Subeez Café, Vancouver

70. Babylon, Istanbul

71. W Bar, Mexico City

72. Narcissus, Bangkok

73. Water Bar, Sydney

74. Kaffibarinn, Reykjavik

75. Le Loft, Cannes

76. Sketch, London

77. Reservoir Lounge, Toronto

78. FACE, Shanghai

79. Slowly, Florence

80. Supper Club, Amsterdam

81. B-018, Beirut

82. Bar Hannah, Liverpool

83. Therapy Ultra Lounge, Toronto

84. Matterhorn, Wellington

85. MJQ Concourse, Atlanta

86. Magnet, Liverpool

87. Tokyo Bar, Montreal

88. Vu's Bar, Dubai

89. Rick's, Edinburgh

90. Bar Red, London

91. Pearl, Miami

92. Dragonfly, Edinburgh

93. Reina, Istanbul

94. Vogue Café, Moscow

95. Le Fumoir, Paris

96. Gecko Lounge and Wine Bar, Hong Kong

97. Mie N Yu, Washington DC

98. Club Safari, Palm Beach

99. Zebra Square, Monaco

100. Revolution, Newcastle