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Comments (0) By Benjamin Leatherman Thursday, Nov 5 2009

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Drift Lounge
4341 N. 75th St.
480-949-8454
driftlounge.com

AZ88
7353 Scottsdale Mall
480-994-5576
az88.com

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Scottsdale Civic Center Park
3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
480-874-4607
scottsdaleaz.gov/parks

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 E. 2nd St.
480-874-4666
smoca.org

Walking is for plebes. (Why waste your precious drinking energy by hoofing it?) Here are some top-shelf options for getting around Scottsdale:

Limos
Any simpleton with a C-note can hire a limousine to schlep to and fro. But a 40-foot-long SUV that's rolling on 60-inch tires? That takes chutzpah (not to mention serious chedda).

Mirage Limo
813 N. Scottsdale Rd.
480-970-7700
miragelimo.com
Almost two-dozen options are available for rent, including Hummers, Escalades, and a vintage 1939 Rolls-Royce.

Platinum Rides
6425 E. Thomas Rd.
602-230-7433
rideprlimo.com
This agency's fleet includes Ford Navigators, a Chrysler 300M, and ginormous party buses.

Golf Carts

A recent trend is clubhopping on golf carts. Two companies offer free rides on weekends.

Bunny Rides
602-405-2106
4 p.m.-3 a.m. Thursday-Sunday

Swift Rides
602-909-2288
9 p.m.-3 a.m., Thursday-Saturday

Pedicabs

A favorite of the inebriated, bicycle-powered rickshaws are common in Old Town.

Big Papa
602-618-6702

EcoCab
602-435-5284

URBAN SPRAWL

Worth venturing out of Scottsdale for: the monthly First Friday art walk extravaganzas, where thousands of artists, musicians, and other imaginative types mass along Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue in celebration of their creative efforts. Esteemed galleries such as Five15 and eye lounge exhibit some of the more stunning works than their neighbors, while Perihelion Arts offers stylishly lowbrow and genre-defying pieces.
Five15: 515 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix
602-256-0159
515arts.com

eye lounge: 419 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix
602-262-5584
eyelounge.com

Perihelion Arts: 610 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix
602-334-6299
perihelionarts.com

Head away from the hipster hullabaloo and you'll encounter nightlife aplenty, including Steve Rogers' mini-empire of gorgeously elegant danceterias steeped in sophistication. The recently opened Sanctum is a cathedral-like club featuring a darkly Baroque interior design mixed with Pagan influences that's similar in spirit to his pulchritudinous Goth parlor Palazzo.
Sanctum: 4343 N. 7th Ave., Phoenix,
602-264-1700

Palazzo: 710 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
602-229-1150

A trio of urbane urban nightspots reign over downtown's weekend scene: Bar Smith serves house and electro nights on both its floors, while PHX Nightclub and Stoudemire's Downtown attract pro athletes and blockbuster recording artists with off-the-hook hip-hop and R&B parties. Watch your back, Old Town.
Bar Smith: 130 E. Washington St., Phoenix
602-229-1265
barsmith.com

PHX: 122 E. Washington St, Phoenix
602-258-1830
phxnightclub.com

Stoudemire's: 3 S. 2nd St., Phoenix
602-307-5825
stoudemiresdowntown.com