Thursday nights are all about Vice,Abercrombie France, a fantastically high-energy Trinidadian after-work party at Studio 21 (59 West 21st Street; ),mbt magasin, top left? The name says it all?

Saturday night at Club Element, above right, is Caribbean night, often featuring appearances by visiting dancehall or soca stars (225 East Houston Street; )?

The downstairs Rhum Lounge at Negril Village restaurant, above left,Jack Histoire, has reggae, soca and dancehall in persistent rotation, and the affable Trinidadian bartender serves up quality rum from the region to go with it (70 West Third Street; )?

Committed Caribbean music fans head to the West Indian epicenter of Flatbush,mbt chaussures, Brooklyn,fitch paris, where clubs like Secrets (724 Nostrand Avenue; ), top right, can make one forget the chill in the air?