at the Setai (which was the go-to after-party destination for the Art Basel Miami Beach crowd last year) and at the Delano continue to be the hot hangouts. An up-and-comer is the late-night karaoke bar at the Shelborne (1801 Collins Avenue, 305-531-1271), where the music lasts until 5 a.m. Nightclubbers should head to Mynt or Snatch (437 Washington Avenue; 305-604-3644), in the old Liquid space, and best known in recent months for regular sightings of Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey. The two key circuit parties the White and Winter Parties, over Thanksgiving weekend, and in early March, bring back 80s and 90s South Beach - when it reigned as the the world capital of gay hedonism: its beaches, fashions, legendary nightlife, and the most cosmopolitan atmosphere in the tropics anywhere, given Miami's geographical position, its ranking as the World's largest & busiest Cruise port, and an international airport offering flights to anywhere in the world: particularly frequent non-stops to all major European & Caribbean & Latin American capitals, joining non stops from/to Africa, the Middle East (Jordan, Israel & Turkey).The draconian visa and security measures after 9/11 left Tel Aviv as the only nonstop destination from Asia to Miami. Latin America to Europe trafic, using Miami as the hub between the 2 continents, was almost shut down. US visas became required just to connect in the decades old international connections space at the airport. South Beach was hit by all this since young "foreign" males are still assumed to be terrorist suspects, whether Irish (fearful of the IRA), Spanish/French (potential ETA or Muslim terrorists), and strangely South Americans (their countries are terrorist free).Partiers from sophisticated Buenos Aires were revoked their visa-free entry to the US as tourists. Argentina was one of the very few countries in the US visa-waiver program, revoked in 2002. Other globe trotters from Sao Paulo or Rio, who previously held 10- year long tourist visas, had their access to the US cut.The international visitors helped made South Beach. New Yorkers and international celebrities with homes here (from the Iglesias family to Madonna, from Sylvester Stallone to Gianni Versace and Rosie O'Donnell) were the other players in South Beach's rise. However, from North America, New Yorkers comprised virtually all the American partiers. So one can't say "Americans flocked here." No, New Yorkers did. They enjoyed the mega clubs, and found them here, with a beach around the corner to bootThe gay South Beach scene is now largely down to two mainstay bars, Score and Twist, the latter with six separate bar areas, each playing a different kind of music, from tribal to pop, and with male go-go dancers holding court in the back. On Thursday nights, the young gay crowd congregates at "The Simple Life" at Buck15 Lounge (707 Lincoln Lane, 305-538-3815, right above Miss Yip Chinese Cafe). Up-to-date information on the ever-changing gay club scene can be found at http://www.sobesocialclub.com/.Day or night, Lincoln Road Mall once called the Fifth Avenue of the South:is a popular hangout for tourists and locals alike, with its jam-packed restaurants (many with outdoor