The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Means Busy Bars In This Southern California City More important than who wins the Manhattan Beach Open is can we get into the bars! That's the attitude of many people who goes to this annual event at the pier of this lively Southern California beach city a few miles south of Los Angeles International … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Trump National Wine & Beer Festival Photos Event Review 2011
Third Annual Event Brings In Capacity Crowd of 2,000 From South Bay Beach Cities and Beyond to Palos Verdes Awesome. Fantastic. Glad I went and when's the next one!? In just three years, the Trump National Beer & Wine Festival has become one of the hottest social events in the social-heavy South Bay, a must-do happening that in 2011 even drew people off … [Read more...]
Party Weekend In Manhattan Beach and The South Bay
Manhattan Open, the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball, and Trump Wine & Beer Festival Are Big Events Here's a look at what's happening on this VERY happening weekend in Manhattan Beach, CA. Actually, it spills over onto beautiful Palos Verdes with a relatively new event to the South Bay, one that is quickly becoming a "must do" affair for the entire … [Read more...]
A Hidden LA Area Nightlife Hot Spot In Southern California
There's A Good Party Scene At These Fun Lancaster Bars By The Bartender, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger It's not Hollywood and it is most certainly not the beach. But it doesn't have to be either in order to be a good place to party. And that's what I found when I ventured into the nightlife of Lancaster, CA. Now before you start snickering, … [Read more...]
Antelope Valley Fair Party Guide Review With Beers, Bands & Photos
There's Beer – And Plenty of It – At This Los Angeles-Area County Fair While the land of Palmdale/Lancaster is best known to many in the Los Angeles area as a place of families, it also has its share of party people. And in late August (Aug. 21-30 in 2020), they take a break from the bars and head to the Antelope Valley Fair, where they are greeted with tiki bars … [Read more...]
Origins of Lager Beer Discovered in Patagonia (Via University Of Wisconsin)
Five-Year Search Turns Up Missing Yeast and, Not Surprisingly, Beer-Loving University of Wisconsin Is Involved Leave it to someone at the University of Wisconsin to discover something about beer. Chris Todd Hittinger, who has the title of Evolutionary Geneticist at the Madison campus, has co-written a report in a scientific journal (the Proceedings of the National … [Read more...]
Previewing and Reviewing the Taste of Brews Long Beach
There Were 100 Microbrews From 50 Breweries, But Also A Few Organizational Hicccups Who can not like a beer festival? You get to try a bunch of different beers without having to go all over the place – it's always nice when beer comes to you – the atmosphere is fun because it's full of fun like-minded people – and they are generally held outdoors at cool venues. The … [Read more...]
New Las Vegas Outdoor Development To Include Bars & Concerts
Open-Air Linq Project Provides The Promise of A Cool Addition to the City's Nightlife: Lively Bars Outside On the Strip Bars? Did somebody mention more bars!? That's part of the plan for a new development underway in Las Vegas. It's an outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment venue that will have the world's tallest observation wheel and will include, yes, bars. It's … [Read more...]
Google Adds Homepage Link to Support Bob Marley’s Save The Children
Companies and Rock Stars Together To Help End Starvation in Africa with 'I'm Gonna Be Your Friend' Campaign Check out the Google home page on Aug. 18; just below the search bar there is a link for that says "I'm gonna be your friend." It goes to a YouTube video showing the desperate situation of children in East Africa with background music by Bob Marley. And with that, … [Read more...]
Taylor Swift’s Concert Special Coming to Home DVD
'Journey to Fearless' To Be Released in October by Shout Factory! and Hasbro It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas gifts. Or in won't be in October when Shout! Factor, and Hasbro, Inc. releases the Hasbro Studios original production of Taylor Swift's Journey to Fearless to the home entertainment market. The DVD, to be released Oct. 11 in the U.S., is a two-hour … [Read more...]
Waikiki Nightlife: Happy Hour All Night On Tuesdays At Apartment 3
An Upscale Lounge in Honolulu, Offers Drink Specials Open to Close Each Week Not all the bar action in Waikiki happens on the beach. As locals know, there's nightlife all over town and on Tuesdays, Apartment 3 is practically giving away drinks for free. Well, not quite, but it does have these specials running all night: • $4 draft beer • $5 house wines • $5 … [Read more...]
Free Sunday Concerts A Summer Highlight in Hermosa Beach California
Live Bands on the Pier Are the Draw But the Main Attraction is the Picnic and the People One of the coolest things about living in LA's South Bay Beach Cities are the Summer Concert Series in Hermosa Beach. It's a weekend highlight, an outdoor social gathering, a modern-day Beach Blanket Bingo. We have a group of at least a dozen that meets up, sits on blankets … [Read more...]
The Shack In Playa del Rey CA Needs To Get Its Act Together
LA Restaurant Review: Famous For it's 'Shack Attack' Burgers, This Playa del Rey Dive Joint is Consistently Inconsistent By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Restaurants Blogger Want a medium-warm burger on a cold bun? Then The Shack in Playa del Rey, CA, is your place. Want a delicious burger, dripping with juices that just begs you to bite into … [Read more...]
Rumfire is Waikiki’s Best Happy Hour & Sunset Bar Location
Duke's is Great – Particularly on Sunday – But The Sheraton's Aloha Atmosphere Make It The Best At the Beach We all hear about Duke's as the prime place to party in Waikiki Beach, but the best spot for sunsets – and that also means Happy Hour – is actually down the sand. It's at a place called Rumfire, a beautiful bar at the Sheraton. It's an open-air place with … [Read more...]
Daisy Dukes A Hot Summer Fashion Beach Trend For Girls
Cut-off Jeans Shorts Made Famous by Catherine Bach's Character Are Taking Over Southern California Beaches, To the Approval Of the Bar Blogger Of all the casual fashion trends that have become popular the past few years – trucker hats, baggy clothes, shorts practically to the ankles (which really don't actually qualify them as shorts) and body-covering tattoos – … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like in Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops The Legal Pot Bars
It's a Weed Wonderland But The Drug Hangouts in the Red Light District Are Not Nearly As Lively as the Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The idea is great. Legally smoking pot in public. In a bar! No looking over the shoulder, no hiding to light up or discreetly taking hits. They are the coffee shops of Amsterdam, and they are nothing … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Sangria Players Post Party Photos
The Annual Event, Hosted by Bud Light and Team Magnum P.I., Proves Volleyball Players Can Bring The Heat to The Partying Scene Volleyball players really know how to party. And the time they do it best is after tournaments. One of the great highlights of living in the LA South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are the Sunday … [Read more...]