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It all started simply enough for Sebastian Puga. The Miami-born promoter was asked to host a weekly party at the Shore Club when he was still in college, a plum gig that enabled him to "drink for free with friends." This led to an indie rock party called Revolver in downtown Miami, which garnered more than its share of A-listers. "One night P. Diddy showed up, so I must have been doing something right," he says.

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On Wednesday, anybody who is anybody will be dressing up and having fun at Dream Downtown. The Meatpacking District continues to evolve, and with three colossal hotels—Dream plus Standard plus Gansevoort—it's flush with hospitality complexes. The lines defining day and night for the jet set/party set are obscuring rapidly. In fact, the lines between clubs, restaurants, and hotels are nearly completely blurred, and no amount of prescription bifocals will clear it up.

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As a manager and partner at 4AM DJs, I’m constantly arranging performances, events, and photo shoots around the world. Every day, I get reports back from my DJs filled with the kind of wild adventures I rarely get to be a part of as a desk - rather than a disk - jockey. The people who flock to these stellar international events get to experience the end result of months of prep, but do they really know what a day in the life of a DJ is like? In this column, you'll hear first-hand accounts of DJ war stories, with photos and videos from the world’s best to show for it. In this third 4AM DJ Tour Diary, you'll read about DJ Sinatra's insane week leading up to New Year's Eve in Miami. Yours truly, Adam Alpert.

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Art Flies are usually wannabes, socialites manqué who circle museum shows and gallery parties, networking in garish garb with the hope of getting noticed by Patrick McMullan. At Basel, however, the term means something entirely different, referring instead to art connoisseurs who make their presence known without seeming at all desperate or deplorable. Herewith, a list of the 10 most-seen personalities on the Miami scene, from an Oscar winner to the members of a fictional family.

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As a manager and partner at 4AM DJs, I’m constantly arranging performances, events, and photo shoots around the world. Every day, I get reports back from my DJs filled with the kind of wild adventures I rarely get to be a part of as a desk - rather than a disk - jockey. The people who flock to these stellar international events get to experience the end result of months of prep, but do they really know what a day in the life of a DJ is like? In this monthly column, you'll hear first-hand accounts of DJ war stories, with photos and videos from the world’s best to show for it. In this second 4AM DJ Tour Diary, you'll read about DJ Price's insane Halloween weekend in Miami. Yours truly, Adam Alpert.

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Katrina Campins and Ariel Stein make a night of it

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Michael Satsky, the former proprietor of Lily Pond in East Hampton and now-defunct Stereo nightclub, has been busy launching his venture, Provocateur at Hotel Gansevoort, a lounge sprinkled with feminine touches that will "cater to a woman’s every desire." Now in the soft opening phase for private events and parties, the man behind the Meatpacking District's hottest new haunt gives BlackBook a sneak peak after the jump.

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Bars are expensive. And people are broke. So it's no wonder in-room service is on the rise these days, with nearly 77% of travelers taking advantage of in-room selections once during their stay. With that in mind, some forward-thinking hotels in cities around the US have amped up an oft-dismissed amenity to keep their guests from straying and spending shiny nickels elsewhere. To keep you and yours in-situ and in-ebriated, these sharp crash pads are offering beefed-up luxury versions of their mini bar. We'll call it the not-so-mini bar. You'll call it your little in-room drinking buddy. Check out a few examples of the haute mini bar done right.

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imageGansevoort South, the sexy southern version of Hotel Gansevoort in New York's Meatpacking District, is breaking out some great package deals to entice you to come on down and hang by the (gorgeous) pool. There's the "Naughty But Nice" package, which includes such niceties as a bottle of champagne with chocolate covered strawberries, two monogrammed bathrobes and a "mile high intimacy kit" -- a feather tickler, a "personal massager," and three condoms. Though I'm not sure what the "mile high" is in reference to, the "personal massager" sounds like a good deal.

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imageSure, you could pay to stay and play, but why limit yourself to just one aquatic experience?

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