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New York is getting bigger and the nightlife is aimed to please the tourists, but there are still plenty of nightlife for the locals and travelers. HUB of the Jazz world is what NYC is called since that is where a lot of greats made their names and if you are just starting out this is where to go. New York also has some of the hottest and most exclusive dance clubs in the world. There are a lot of lounges so there are plenty of places in New York for you to find a nice comfy place to sit, drink, and listen to music. NYC caters to all ages of partiers, hosts the broadest range of huge concerts by world renowned musicians, and is world famous for the comedy clubs that the most famous comedians globally call home.

We went on a friday night looking for a nightclub with a cool atmosphere and someone recommended Ace of Clubs Nightclub so we hopped in a cab and $40 later we arrived at Ace of Clubs. However when we got there it wasn't really our scene. The drinks were expensive and the music was to loud. We decided that we wanted to find something else so we went back to our hotel.

Asking for help at the front desk we were told to take a look at 'ploose', which turned out to be a NYC nightclubs directory. We entered our location and looked at a couple of nightclubs on the map. So we picked the closest one that said it had drink specials going on, since we had spent so much on cabs already, we went down and cabbed over to it. There were video tours on the 'ploose' site which we had watched before we made our mind up, and when we actually go to the club it was precisely as it had seemed on the tours. We grabbed a table and bought a couple of bottles of grey goose, these weren't our last drinks that night and we had a great time. It was called "The Pink Elephant" (name of the nightclub). After more hours and more drinks than is healthy we went back to the hotel and crashed out.

The next day we decided to do some sightseeing, so we checked out 5th avenue, walked around Manhattan, going into a couple of restaurants for lunch, and by the time night rolled around we were tired. We checked out ploose again for something a bit more relaxed and located a nice lounge bar that wasn't too far from our hotel. The name of the lounge was the 'Sapphire Lounge'. The decor impressed us, it was very relaxing and gave the impression that you were just chilling out in your own front room with friends. The red curtains were great! It wasn't too expensive and the DJ was spinning some great house music. We highly recommend it.

It was Sunday and we wanted to find us a sports bar and watch some football, so we ploosed again. We found Proof NYC and let me tell you, I was REALLY glad we went there. There is a HUGE TV that is 8 feet long--that TV was no joke. The bar had hardwood floors and scarlet walls. With numerous beer specials on that night and a great match to watch you can only imagine what we got up to. The food there was tasty as well, all in all it was a nice way to enjoy the match on our last day in NYC.



Being a huge fan of Jazz we didn't want to go home without going to at least one Jazz bar, so we stopped in at 'Blue Note' before we went back to the hotel. It was one of the best jazz bars I've been to in the world and to any jazz fans, I recommend it highly. It was at about half or more capacity but not too crowded, decorated beautifully and the featured musicians blew our minds!

As you can tell NYC has plenty of choice when it comes to nightlife and entertainment. Our trip was only short so we didn't have time to sneak in a trip to Broadway or the Opera, although there is always next time!

Work hard, party harder, and get home safe.

For more info check out our bars in soho guide.