Popular Los Angeles Cantina Will Be Doing Without The Talented Guitarist For A While But The Music Still Rocks Sometimes, you just have to enjoy truly great things while they exist. You know they are going to end sooner or later and it's important to take advantage of them while they there for your enjoyment, because it's not going to last forever. That's true for in … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Manhattan Beach 2011 6-Man Party Scene Report Images Alcohol Crackdown
The Annual Volleyball Tournament and Beach Bash Has Security, Crowds, Too Many Barricades, House Parties, and Hulk Hogan I saw Hulk Hogan. Well, he's not really Hulk Hogan. His name is Tall Paul," and he dresses up like Hulk Hogan (looking remarkably like the wresting star), each year for Manhattan Beach, CA's annual zany beach volleyball tournament. Some … [Read more...]
Lady Gaga Jimmy Kimmel Show’s Calm Crowd Shows Hollwood’s Good Behavior
The Pop Diva's Fans Prove That Big Public Events Can Be Fun and Peaceful, and Here's Cheers to Their Good Behavior A night after a disaster with a rave techno movie premier, something with even more potential for trouble in Hollywood went off without a hitch. Thanks, Lady Gaga. And Lady Gaga fans. One evening after Hollywood was overwhelmed – surprised, really – with … [Read more...]
Supperclub Issues Statement on Daisy Carnival & DJ Kaskade
Club Explains It's Position on Situation in Which Planned Movie Premier and Post-Event Party Turns Ugly as LAPD Brings in Riot Police Here is a statement from supperclub Los Angeles after thousands of people showed up expecting a free block party by DJ Kaskade and created an incident in Hollywood at the premier of the movie "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience" that took place … [Read more...]
Don’t Associate Party Events With Rowdy Daisy Carnival Movie Crowd
Fun Adult-Oriented Street & Beach Parties Should Not Suffer More Alcohol Crackdowns and DJ Kaskade's Post Shows Twitter Users Should Use Caution The popular Electric Daisy Carnival, which had a hugely successful event in Las Vegas earlier this year, sought to take advantage of its product by hosting a movie premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood at the end … [Read more...]
Two Las Vegas Restaurants Using iPad Wine List
Andre’s and Alizé at the Top of the Palms Introduce 'SmartCellar' Technology To Help Customers Select Wines, Beer and Cocktails Las Vegas is not a place to sit still and wait for things to happen. It's always coming up with creative ways to serve customers, often utilizing the latest technology in the process. And so, diners and drinkers, enter the iPad. Andre’s at Monte … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2011 Party Scene Images & Photos
Annual Hermosa Beach Costume Volleyball Tournament is, Once Again, A Smashing Success When one hears the words "beach party," this probably does not come immediately to mind. One likely imagines some type of college Spring Break scene or, for those fortunate enough to have experienced it, the wild scene of Paradise Beach in Mykonos. But this is California. Southern … [Read more...]
My Weekend Suddenly Got Wilder, Nightlife & Bars
The Party Girls Are In Town! Watch Out Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach My weekend suddenly became more wild. It happened with one phone call. That, as any seasoned PubClubber can tell you, is often the beginning of the end. That phone call came from a girl I have nicknamed "Mud." I call her that because she's as wildly unpredictable as she is wild. She's always calling to … [Read more...]
Smackfest: Another Reason To Love Living in the L.A. South Bay
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach Are Full Of Things Like This Party-First Volleyball Tournament If ever there were a fun place to live, it has to be the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, a pair of party places within Los Angeles. For it is here that the young and social go out to bars, fill places for cultural happenings like the weekly Taco Tuesday … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day Can Be Loads Of Fun But Its Too Crowded For Some Fans
Huge Crowds Overwhelm Where The Turf Meets The Surf, Yet the People Still Keeping Partying It's the Kentucky Derby of the West Coast, the mid-summer social scene of Southern California, the best Hump Day party in the country. Opening Day at Del Mar race track in Del Mar, CA, is an annual event for tens of thousands of people from Los Angeles to San Diego. People … [Read more...]
Bid & Win a Date at Brennan’s Marina del Rey
The Turtles Not The Only Thing Racing Here For This Charity Auction Event Win a date, race a turtle and help a charity. Sounds like a good night in a bar! That's what's happening on Wednesday, July 20 at Brennan's Pub in Marina del Rey, CA. It's called Soulmate Wednesday and it takes place from 7-11 p.m. A $10 donation at the door to benefit One Love Generation, a … [Read more...]
Portland’s Distillery Row Tasting Hotel Travel Package
Jupiter Hotel Deal Includes Tastings at Local Distilleries Plus a Look Inside Water Avenue Coffee, $269 for Two Nights Finally, a hotel package for us PubClubbers! The Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Oregon, is including tasting fees at local distilleries with the hotel room price. Known primarily for its outstanding local beer, Portland is also fast becoming a maker of specialty … [Read more...]
California Sports Lifestyle Beach Event & Beer Garden
The Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition Showcases the Unique Combination of An LA Sport and A Post-Event Party There are unique things about life in Southern California that are different than anywhere else in the world. One such example is demonstrated the second Saturday of July in Redondo Beach. It's the Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition and it involves hard … [Read more...]
Molson Gives Out Free Beer in Toronto
Promotion Could Never Happen in America, But The New M Brand Got in the Hands of Lucky Canadians Molson, in an effort to promote its a new beer called M, was handing out king cans – extra large! – in front of the CBC headquarters in Toronto on July 14. Yes, free beer, handed out like water and energy drinks in the States. M is a pale lager in a black can with silver … [Read more...]
Free Weekend Concerts at Universal CityWalk Hollywood
'Plugged In' Series Is Held Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at the new 5 Towers Concert Plaza Music is one of Los Angeles' greatest assets. Not matter where you go in the city, the quality of the local musicians – whether they are playing original tunes or familiar covers – is outstanding. The Sunset Strip has certainly played a role in attracting and developing talent, but … [Read more...]
Eva Longoria’s Las Vegas Eve Nightclub Closes
Desperate Housewives Star's CityCenter Club Shuts Doors (Temporarily?) While Beso Steakhouse Remains Open Not everything that happens in Vegas really, well, happens. Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria opened a nightclub and restaurant in the "crystals" CityCenter complex and initially attracted an A-list of celebrities that included Victoria and David Beckham, Holly … [Read more...]
Miller-Coors Taps Out in Minnesota Over License Issue
A Controversy Is Brewing Over The State's Government Shutdown, And It Involves Beer (Editor's Note: Perhaps beer saved the day. The governor and legislature have reached a compromise. Still, here's what can happen when governments shut down operations). Here's a way to get a state legislature to quit playing politics and get down to budget business: Cut off voters' supply of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Let’s Make The Mooning Of The Amtrak Fun Again
Annual Silly Event Takes Place At Mug's Away In Laguna Niguel, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The heck with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and stuffy Laguna Niguel city officials. Let's make the Mooning of the Amtrack fun again! Starting with the 2020 mooning on Saturday, July 11. A few years ago, with a new sheriff in town (the … [Read more...]
Pro Beach Volleyball Returns For Manhattan Open & Hermosa
NBA's Kevin Love Joins Pros Back at the Beach in August and September, Though It's Not the AVP Beach volleyball, as much a part of the culture of the South Bay as surfing and Taco Tuesday, is back for 2011. It's not the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) but a new three-tour series that starts with the Manhattan Open the end of August and hits Hermosa Beach in … [Read more...]
Newport Beach, CA 4th of July House Parties Threatened
City Is Way Out Of Line With Plans to Shut Down the Fun and Fine Owners $4,000 I'm ticked off at Newport Beach. What gall the city has to tell people they can't have house parties on the 4th of July. It's ridiculous, childish behavior and has no place in a free society like America. Yet that is what the city has done, having instructed the police to break up any gathering … [Read more...]