Sometimes you just need a drink in the middle of the workday, which is why, yesterday afternoon, I kidnapped Metromix’s professional leisurist Alie Ward from her desk and dragged her to the Downtown Standard for an hour—OK, it was more like three hours—of drunken photo booth fun. We ordered a pineapple-vanilla-infused vodka martini, which the bartender dyed blue (it’s the Metromix color) and garnished with five cherries because I hadn’t eaten lunch. Voila, the results:

  

The Rooftop Bar was pretty hot too, with sneaker-clad, shaggy-haired kids sitting on the mod furniture with their silver Mac laptops and bottles of beer at 3 p.m. on a Thursday. WTF?!

Alie and I were pretty woozy when we realized, “Oh f-ck, we should probably get back to the office because we’re launching this print thing in a matter of days.” We sobered up and then as a prank, we thought it would be hilarious to pay the valet guy while I was still holding a glass that was a quarter full. He didn't even bat an eyelash—and then he actually pulled up my car!

Will rooftop bar ABH, above BondSt in Beverly Hills, be as funtastic? We’ll see when it finally opens next month. 

—Alexandra Le Tellier

While we’re deep in the heart of Grammy weekend and it’s dazzling orbit of parties (Mark Ronson tonight at the Roosevelt—hello!), I’m dreaming of summer. More specifically, I’m looking forward to another season of concerts at our beloved Hollywood Bowl amphitheater.

The 2008 schedule is coming together quickly, and it’s already an impressive list of acts. Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige team up for an R&B/hip-hop throwdown on April 16, although ticket prices for the good seats might induce sticker shock at $350.75. Dang! The Cure goth it up May 31. Super Bowl survivors Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers stop by June 25. Cheap Trick reprises last year’s wildly successful tribute to the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s” album on June 28. L.A. freak-folk superstar Devendra Banhart plays with Brazilian folk hero Gilberto Gil on June 29. Gnarls Barkley will be a party on July 27.

But last night while I was out taking in the first round of Grammy parties, I ran into a “reliable source” regarding the Bowl’s summer schedule. The source let me in on a particular July booking that’s sure to have a lot of Los Angeles very excited, probably none more so that yours truly. Hint: This act was one of the biggest breakouts in 2007, and a Metromix favorite.

But the other booking I was filled in on? Wooo boy. Let’s just say that most of us will be scrambling like crazed teenage girls to be there. No, it's not Hannah Monatana. Hint: Are you feeling lucky, punk?

—Scott T. Sterling