San Francisco

1250 Jones St, at Clay; Nob Hill; 415.922.2582

Lodged in a Nob Hill apartment building, this players-club lounge features faux-croc grandfather chairs, convertible poker tables, a billiards room, and a candelabra'd dining room serving up the likes of fondue, ham-fortified escargot, and Maine lobster pot pie. Get there in style with their champagne-colored Town Car, plated "2LECLUB" -- then return home in a taxi plated "2THEPITISHAREWITHGUYIFOUNDONCRAIGSLIST".

Sat Mar 8; doors at 9p, show at 10p
806 South Van Ness, at 19th; The Mission; 415.824.1800

Brazen sexuality meets naked admiration as burlesque goddesses like Miss Coconuts, Bunny Pistol, and Ariyana le Fay shimmy their stuff to the dulcet tones of Destroyer, a KISS tribute band so accomplished, they once opened for the actual KISS. Or was it KISS that opened for them?

Available at M.A.C., Nomads, Bloomingdale's, and Self Edge

Artsy casu-wear kings Distilled have just released a formal-ish line that includes hooded outerwear, polos with slim, button-down collars, charcoal or sky seersucker suits, a plaid dress shirt with a tuxedo ruffle, and a short-sleever with a pleated bib -- so get out there, and start nursing.

Like a Pandora for wine, Scorecard points you towards new favorites by harnessing the palate of the masses. Plug in your prefs (varietals, flavors, pairings, and price), give a 1-5 rating on some popular offerings (Mondavi, Ravenswood, etc), and the site'll spit back recs based on the choices of similarly minded drinkers. Unfortunately, like Pandora, this will also reveal that you like Pink.

1870 Fillmore St, at Bush; Fillmore; 415.931.2924

Duck in for a quick sip at this elegant-modern wine/small-plates lounge, decked out with low leather chairs and glass cocktail tables. The focus is on Cali wines, but small-production internationals are also available by the bottle, 1/2 bottle, glass, and "1/2 glass" (i.e., your waiter has an unstoppable drinking problem).

Attention Chicagoans/the guy who flies there to work the Johnson account: Thrillist Chicago is coming very very soon, in all its big-swinging wondrousness.