Off Beat

February 26, 2013

Bottle Openers for Night Clubs with Style

We at Big Time like to work with the best in the industry when it comes to night club design. That means designers, architects, sound engineers, electricians...

February 15, 2013

by Callin Fortis

Talk [Night clubs, Night life, Nightclub design]

Do you like all things nightlife? Interested in the most current, if not by the minute, updates on the newest night club opening, which dj is playing where or what night club won an award for night club design? There's a good chance you can find, explore or start your...

February 14, 2013

by Callin Fortis

Nightclub & Bar Convention

It's almost time for the years biggest nightclub,bar and hospitality industry expo Nightclub&Bar in the lovely, wonderful and sinful Las Vegas. Aside from all the partying the convention is attended by 31,000+ visitors. The convention is the industries most renowned trade show when it comes to our favorite beverage and...

February 13, 2013

by Callin Fortis

Pop Up Bars migrating from L.A.

The whole pop-up bar or restaurant idea has it's roots in L.A. where it spread like wild fire and has now made its way over to the east coast and specifically Miami. A friend of ours here at BTD is managing a new popup in South Beach and we thought...

January 29, 2013

by Callin Fortis

South Beach: Not Your Grandfathers Nightclub Anymore

When we arrived in Miami on a little beach called South in 1999 we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into or how our presence here would help raise the bar even in the slightest to the international fish bowl South Beach has become. I remember an Esquire...

March 2, 2011

by Callin Fortis

Nightclub Design Nightmares

If you believe in fate and or the notion that things don't stay bad forever, (thou they sometimes seem to) you should subscribe to Seth Godin's blog. Today's blog is a simple reminder of how not to let the bus pass you by whilst you stand so patiently at the...

January 19, 2011

by Callin Fortis

I AM PUG. A PRINCE WARRIOR.

I am Mister P. Some know me as the mayor of Pug Town. I am sick. I am not ready to die. I have been through two major surgeries in the past 5 days. My stomach has been cut open twice, my intestines have been...

September 18, 2009

by Callin Fortis

“My name is Inago Montoya, prepare to design”

My name is not Imago Montoya, thou if "you killed my father you should be prepared to die." The line from the film Princess Bride is one that will never ever leave pop culture and has left a lasting and quotable meaning for so many. Not unlike...

July 19, 2009

by Callin Fortis

The Memory Hole

At a time when I find it so odd and indifferent that Big Brother is no longer a concept, but a harsh reality, I find irony in the news in the New York Times eerily disturbing but not surprising. This excerpt from the Times speaks for itself. "In George Orwell’s...

July 2, 2009

by Callin Fortis

Stranger in a Strange Land

This book is a must read for anyone. Simply, the story line is this: Crew members of the Envoy, the first human attempt to travel to Mars. Their ship survives the trip to Mars, but then ceases transmission, and their fate is unknown for the next 20 years....