It was a big weekend for ultra-lounges. Not only did Lotus (right) make a promising first impression,
but Bice debuted another iteration of its revamped lounge, now christened Bar Milan at Bice. Yes, the name's too precious by half, as is the marketing slogan: "the energy of Milan combined with the excitement of Dallas." (Uh-huh.) But Friday night there was ... pleasant. Thin praise, unless you've spent too many hours in the throbbing meat-grinder of some other ultra-lounges.
Even the Meyerson Symphony Center got into the lounge act as the Dallas Symphony collaborated with Modern Luxurymagazine for a post-Casual Fridays concert party. The lobby was tricked out in Cantoni furnishings with a cool-groove-spinning DJ and a young lady loudly hectoring the fleeing audience to stick around for "Casual-tinis."