Some of you might have noticed that we’ve been a little quiet recently. Now Team SeoulGrid comes out of hiding and proudly presents:
SeoulGrid Guide to Seoul Nightlife Ep. 01 — Macaroni Market, Itaewon!
A picture paints a thousand words. And a video animates a thousand pictures. Especially at a high frame rate in HD! So check it out, and let us know what you think in the comments.
Where is everyone hanging out tonight? Tonight there’s Soul Heaven Hennessy Artistry, with Andy Ward (Soul Central, UK). It is hosted at Club Function inside Macaroni Market, Itaewon. This is where SeoulGrid crew will be hanging out tonight!
Event details after the jump.
SeoulGrid’s definition of a lounge: a venue that serves alcoholic beverages that has music in the background. DJ booth is a plus. The difference between a bar and a lounge is that bars tend to be more crowded or loud with people talking. Lounge is where there is plenty of space for everyone and where you can go for a nice drink or two. You wouldn’t typically go to a lounge to get wasted, unless you have cash to burn.
Bars, you’d take your college buddies out for drinks of Irish car bombs or Jaggermeister shots for a casual night of fun. Lounge, you’d take your date; extra dry gin martini for yourself and mojito for your date. Sure, a glass of Cosmopolitan may cost twice or even thrice how much it would cost in casual bars, but once in a while, it’s an worthwhile investment.
Now what makes a lounge great? The differentiating factor between an awesome lounge and a lounge is that the former typically is larger in scale, serves better cocktails and of course, plays better music. Of course once in a while you run into a lounge that feature interior decor and ambiance so unique, modern and stylish that your jaws drop. There also are ones that are nice private lounges that isn’t open to everyone.
Below is top-pick list of the best lounges in Seoul. Of course, I am sure there are several others that I do not know of or haven’t had the chance to visit, but if I do, you can count on me to write about it in detail in future!
Smaller and more private clubs seem to be the trend these days. While mainstream clubbers prefer to party in megaclubs such as Eden or Heaven, a growing number of partygoers are heading off to smaller clubs… Be it intimacy, privacy, or whatnot, smaller clubs or lounges have advantages megaclubs cannot offer. Smaller venues considered relevant for this discussion include: Ark Lounge, Boutique Club Function, Chicago, Social Club, Tutti Matti, C4 and etc. Larger clubs include: Heaven, Le Nuit Blanche, Eden, Volume and etc. If you are familiar with the nightlife scene in Seoul, disparities in sheer magnitudes of these venues should be apparent to you.
August First Thursdays Afterwork pictures are finally up! There were almost 300 people who participated on that Thursday Evening.
Participants of the evening came from various backgrounds and industry fields. Next time you want to meet some new people, or hang out with your colleagues after work on Thursdays, make sure to check this party out!
Next Afterwork is on September 3rd, 2009.
Pictures after the jump.
July First Thursdays Afterwork party pictures are out! Despite the event being hosted on a Thursday, the turnout for it was great. It was a lounge party with orange lighting to go with Veuve Clicquot’s label color. Invitees gradually and continuously showed up until midnight.
While sipping on Veuve Clicquot champagne, invited guests initiated conversation with others and got conversations flowing. After reaching a point where it was no longer clear whether it was conversation or champagne that flowed more in the venue, people started to dance to lounge music of DJ Yoo.
Read more and see tons of pictures after the break!
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Belvedere IX Launching Party pictures are up. It was one hell of a party with people dressed in pink, black or white.
As I mentioned in my previous posts, I liked the taste of Belvedere IX a lot. I loved the herbal finish. I would almost describe it as a cross between Belvedere Pure and Bombay Sapphire.
More pictures after the jump.
Moet Hennessy is introducing a new line of Belvedere, premium-grade vodka well-known amongst clubbers and bar-goers of the world this July. Belvedere 1X is Belvedere Pure’s fashionable twin, targeting high-end consumers in the trendiest clubs around the world. Belvedere 1X is a blended vodka made from 9 different flavors including guarana, eucalytus, black cherry, ginseng and etc. Moet Hennessy aims to set a new standard in vodka market, calling their newest line of Belvedere “prestige-grade” vodka.
The electric pink graffiti design imposed on black background definitely screams everything club-and-lounge. Andre, the designer behind Louis Vuitton Monogram conceptualized the bottle as well as Belvedere 1X’s character, Mr. 1X (see after the jump.)
I actually got a chance to taste it. The one I had was 100 proof (50% by alcohol volume), but commercial version of 1X will be 80 proof. When I drank it chilled it was a fuse of herbal blast of energy and pink lasers.
Read more, see more pictures, view invitation and map to the venue after the jump.
I haven’t posted pictures from “Loveholic” Valentines party. We had a great turnout and I sure as hell had a lot of fun!
More pictures after the jump.
