
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.
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