Heather Tierney, apothecary-at-large for Chinatown destination Apothéke on comparisons to Amy Sacco, being the bad twin, and dealing with Chinese landlords.

Nightlife impresario Dirk Van Stockhom on his new venture at 98 Kenmare Street, being a 13-year-old English playboy, and why Sudan is the new global hotspot.

DJ Todd Mallis on being born with a DJ's name, why you'll never be Amy Sacco, and how people in the scene can go from green to dark if they aren't careful.

Bouncer-cum door legend King doesn't like rejecting people at the velvet ropes, but explains why some nights his own sister won't make the cut, while a dude in a blue whale suit breezes inside.

Cain Luxe's Jaime Mulholland on sailing to New York's promised land, surviving the W. 27th Street club disaster, partnering with the Brazilian female mafia, and almost going broke before hitting the big time with his expanding nightlife empire.

Foreign-born bottle-service diva Reka Nyari on why men with ties buy $5,000 bottles at clubs, inventing a nightlife resume to avoid the pole, and parlaying industry connects into a career in photography.

Francesco Belcaro (of events/promotions concern Made in Italy) comes to America, meets the right Austrian chick, wakes up a top-tier New York scenester, works the door at the Box, and shakes hands with his 13,000 closest mates. Point of Origin: I was not supposed to be in the nightlife scene. I have a real estate company and an event planning company. The event planning company is Made In Italy. We work with a lot of big Italian companies in the city, and they sponsor us. When we started, we wanted to market ourselves and create a buzz for both companies to get more clients. We decided to create this night called Made In Italy, and we created a mailing list. I personally know a lot of people in the fashion business because of my family’s company, and my partner [Francesco Mo] knows a lot of finance people and entrepreneurs. So we started to do this party, not for money, but to market ourselves. It turned out that the night was cool, and more sponsors wanted to be a part of it and have their products known to our mailing list, which is over 13,000 people right now -- people that we know personally and shake hands with. So my partner and I decided to get involved in nightlife.

Michael Ault, owner of the Pangaea clubs in Austin and elsewhere and the man behind legendary New York clubs like Spy and Chaos, checks in with the scene (New York) where he once reigned.

On re-opening the legendary Lotus and then some

Rose Bar partner and creative director Nur Khan rocks out with Metallica in his living room, trains with Shaolin monks, holds court at his drinkery, and caps off the night at the Beatrice Inn. Just don’t ask him to sing karaoke.