This weekend, electronic dance music event production company Made Events presents Electric Zoo 2010, a two-day dance music festival on Randall’s Island. Last year, good weather and a stellar line-up of 67 artists from 13 nations resulted in an attendance of over 26,000 people throughout the weekend. Many participants commented positively on the smart festival lay-out, impressive organization and awesome drink and food options. In a way, Electric Zoo put New York City on the map of the world’s best dance music festivals.

I just got back from a marathon of photoshoots on the West Coast and am very excited about the work we did out there. L.A. and the surrounding areas are chock-full of great locations to shoot in. I'm not sure if it's the air out there or the variety of picturesque environments, but I was feeling very inspired. So much so, that I wanted to share this sneak peak of a menswear shoot we did out in Palm Springs. Yes, we were in the middle of the desert in 120 degree weather, but even heat stroke couldn't stop us from capturing some really strong images.

The culinary scene in Atlanta has never been so hot, thanks to a new movement of outside-the-box creations like Top Chef: Chicago contestant Richard Blais' Flip Burger Boutique and local favorites like Sotto Sotto giving a downtown, no-frills spin to fine dining.

Sad because no one’s invited you to The Hamptons this weekend? Bummed you won't be lounging by a pool in a last-ditch try for tanned skin, eating gray hamburgers overcooked by your host’s salmonella-fearing father? Well here’s some good news: there’s lots of fun shows in the city this weekend. And they’re all from bands you liked in middle school, or high school, or else are too young to know. Apparently the 90s are the new 80s, so it’s no surprise some of the stars of that era’s Alt-music scene are still in action, and drawing big crowds again. Three shows this weekend caught my eye.

● Chizakaya (Lakeview) - East meets Midwest and expands on the izakaya trend in Lakeview.

Most people don't remember their first Fashion's Night Out—and with good reason. More than 800 retailers stayed open late to support and celebrate the fashion industry over a soundtrack of corks popping, Belve flowing, and text messages calling in sick flying to bosses. If this year's Fall Fashion Week, expected to be the largest public fashion show to date, with more than 150 top models stalking the runways and seats for more than 1,500 spectators, is any indication, Fashion's Night Out is equally going to be one for the books.

Getaway day is upon us and the city will drain into the quaint countryside. Some will jet set to exotic locations, desperate to catch the last rays of summer. For the club world, there is no real Labor Day, or, for that matter, Christmas or New Years Eve, as all must work. Many will say that club people really don’t work. Just drink or par-tay with the fast crowd, but it just isn’t so. People were always shocked when I told them I worked day and night. They just assumed I showed up at 11PM, kissed models on the cheeks, and shook celebrities' hands. The successful nightlife operator is up early and stays up very late. I used to get up at 8AM and crash sometime around 5AM. I’d catch a nap once in awhile and sometimes on a Sunday grab 6 hours of sleep, but it was always a battle to find a free minute. I did that for over 20 years. I have a list of disgruntled wives and girlfriends to confirm, if you don’t believe me. People used to ask me “how do you do it?” and I would tell them about eating smart, drinking gallons of water, and enjoying the gifts I was given. I’d say “I figure I’ll get all the sleep I need in 20 or 30 years.” Nightlife depends on the thousand adjustments and phone calls and meetings that club moguls take daily. They often age like presidents, but for those who are strapped in and love it like I did, it can be the fountain of youth. Most club moguls don’t have off this weekend, as they have their country crowd to service, or that Sunday before Monday mega event to make work.

Now in its third day, The 67th Venice International Film Festival has so far dealt with no greater controversy than the Lido still being under construction and a handful of mixed reviews for opener Black Swan. Perhaps hard-pressed for stories, some members of the Italian Press decided to turn on Jury President Quentin Tarantino, questioning if his relationships with the directors who are presenting films this year don’t represent a “conflict of interest.”

In a surprising career 360, Snoop Dogg—or Snoop Doggy Dogg, or Calvin Broadus— the former Crip who was tried as an accomplice to murder, has decided to turn his pot-dulled energies against a different sort of foe: Internet hackers. It's all very crimes-against-Capitalism circa Angelina Jolie with asymmetrical hair in Hackers, and would be laughable and dated if it weren't also a pretty depressing. The Hack is Wack project invites wannabe-MC’s to create anti-hacking hip-hop videos. The winner gets free tickets to a Snoop concert and some other cool stuff. My guess is he’s simply being paid a lot of money to do essentially nothing.

If thigh-highs are fall’s legwear of choice, then shearling is the season's choice pelt. Made from sheep or lambskin, shearling is cropping up everywhere, from the inner layers of designer boots to the linings of leather aviator jackets. PAPER magazine recently rounded up its nine favorite shearling-embellished looks for fall. Items ranged from a Topshop clog and Acne jacket to a leather vest courtesy of Eryn Brinié. Officially, it's the new fur—though not as aspirational or expensive as fur, shearling is just as textural and cozy. Rachel Zoe approves.