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Slaughterhouse Jive

Doesn't Dresden deserve better than an article calling it a party town? It's a cool city which we're happy to recommend--ideal for a lunch pit stop on the train between Prague and Berlin. It shouldn't be lumped in with Talinn and the rest.

If you were to turn this article into a drinking game--we're to lazy to lay out all the rules, but let's say you drink when you see something you find irritating--here's how things might develop:

Artists! DRINK: "Artists and young entrepreneurs have recently turned the neighborhood into a trendsetting, and occasionally rowdy, enclave."

Hipsters! DRINK: "The Scheune, a red barnlike structure on Alaunstrasse is a kind of one-stop-shop for hipsters."

Late-night drinking combined with brunches! DRINK: "On weekends, the cozy and chic Blumenau closes at 3 a.m. and reopens at 9 a.m., allowing scenesters to stop in for a cocktail and, after more partying, to return for the city's best cup of milchkaffee."

Weird looking youth! DRINK: "Romy Forke, 28, a saleswoman at a feng shui boutique, who wore heavy eyeliner and seemed to embody the youthful, hippie-punk ethos."

Phew. We're getting tipsy. Next week we'll read the whole Travel section this way.

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