Altar’d State | A Pop-Up Nightclub in a Church
So Halloween is coming. And dark changes are afoot.
Instead of churches, you’ve lately been uncovering tequila shrines. And temples of collagen terrine. And now, water shall turn into vodka.
Introducing an otherworldly new pop-up nightclub in a stunning downtown church—Pandora by Night Vision takes over St. Vibiana’s cathedral this week.
For just a few nights, opening Pandora’s box (by which we mean the front door) means you’ll be entering a late-1800s holy land…that’s been transformed into an empire of fog, candelabras, DJs and VIP sections where the altar and confessionals used to be. Depending on the night you choose to douse yourself in holy water and attend, you might find an interactive vampire wedding (Friday), a jazz band (also Friday) or an open bar (Friday and Saturday).
The inspiration for all this after-dark debauchery—aside from the dark beyond, obviously—is Vegas. (We’ll leave it to you to discern the difference.) And after this introductory series of blowouts, you can expect to see this pop-up club pop up elsewhere throughout the country.
Spread the word.
Note: Pandora, open October 27-31, 323-512-8400, tickets here.
When possible, it’s always best to have someone stop by your place to give you what you want, from a house-call-making doctor, to the reason he had to do so, who said her name was “Nikki”. Bringing high end yet affordable custom suit-making right into your abode, Enzo Sartori. 
Started by a guy who felt he could undercut wicked-pricey custom suits by eliminating retail overhead and using his insider access to fabric mills, Enzo will send local (Miami), highly trained reps to your house/office to measure the hell out of you, then ship off the specs to be crafted into a suit by the famously meticulous tailors of Hong Kong, who make your duds when they have time away from mending Jackie Chan’s crotch rips. Put in a call, and Enzo’s guy’ll show up with a fabric swatch book of top-of-the-line Italian, British, and French wools from mills like Zegna and Loro Piana (also used to make suits for Calvin Klein, Valentino, etc), help you choose the right hue, take up to 16 crucial measurements, then run through a battery of options with you, like number of buttons, lapel size, how far up the lapels start on the jacket, and single-/double breasted-ness, at which point it’s time to come clean about that third nipple. Pick-able trouser options include pocket shape, pleats/no pleats, and how you want the legs tapered/shaped; you can also opt for silk-like Bemberg lining and fabric patterns sewn to match at the seams, because having polka dots not line up correctly is downright unseemly. 