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Last Weekend To Partake In "Clothing Optional Dumpster Pools" At The Palms
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 1, 2011
Modified Sep 1, 2011
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It seems like just yesterday that we were telling you about this pop-up paradise in Long Island City, replete with booze, music, food, dancing, and pools made out of dumpsters. But The Palms, 3rd Ward's version of Boca Raton, comes to an end this Saturday, and they have some rules for closing night.
1. Pop the champagne, skip cups and share your bottle with a beautiful stranger.
2. After midnight the pools are clothing optional. Take full advantage.
We presume that means they're curating a tasteful appreciation of the human form, not sexually electrifying chicken fights that will make you feel alive again, if just for a fleeting moment.
Saturday's all-day party will give way to musical acts Lemonade, Small Black, and Reggie Watts come nightfall, with the requisite all-night DJ'ing afterwards. Red Hook Lobster Truck and Jamaican Duchy will be on hand to feed you in case you get tired swimming in the temperance pools. Admission is $10 before 7 p.m. and $20 after, but you probably have some 30 Rock to catch up on, right?
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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