Central Willamette Valley Hosts Annual Event Featuring 90 Hand-Crafted Beers From 45 Breweries People flowed into the sixth annual Oregon Garden Brewfest the way the beer was flowing out of the kegs in 2012. More than 6,000 people attended, nearly doubling the previous mark of 3,200 set last year. People in the Pacific Northwest, particularly those in Oregon, do love their … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
May 5 2012 Is A Huge Party Day Led by Kentucky Derby
The Run for the Roses, New Orleans JazzFest and Cinco de Mayo Are All on a Single Crazy Day Sometimes, the party gods have a meeting (over several drinks, I would presume), rub their hands together, raise their glasses and say "let's really give it to 'em hard this time!" And this is what they do – they combine three major party events at the same time. That's the case … [Read more...]
Making My Way to Monterey With Its Fun Bars
It's Not Wild and Crazy, But The Mellow Monterey Nightlife Is Entertaining Not every place you visit has to have a whoop-it-up, never-ending party scene. Sometimes it's nice to be in a spot where simple is sweet. Where you don't have to worry about lines, cover charges, doormen and hanging with "hipsters." (Actually I can't stand that term; you see it from people who … [Read more...]
Kidnapped To Ride on the Hermosa Beach Party Barcycle
Locked Up Not Abroad But At Local South Bay Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was kidnapped. Locked up not abroad, but in the South Bay. And this is the South Bay. Hermosa Beach. So all started and ended well. I was planning on a busy day of writing several articles for this blog – among them a review of a new rum, actually – when I … [Read more...]
Liquor Product Review: SX Infused Rum More Than Mojitos
Taking a Taste Test of A New Rum From Mexico Sorry, Luau Larry. The rum is gone. And you didn't get any of it. Oh, I offered. How can I acquire a bottle of your favorite beverage without inviting you over to enjoy it with me? Without getting your expert input, without your fantastic mixology skills to create the perfect pour. So I was left to my own skills which, when it … [Read more...]
Drunk on Hand Sanitizer? Just Raid The Liquor Cabinet
Get Buzzed The Old Fashioned Way, Not From Ingesting Harmful Chemicals of Household Products A handful of teenagers in LA's San Fernando Valley have had to go to emergency rooms recently after drinking, get this, hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer!? Apparently, they are able to separate the actual sanitizer from the alcohol, making for the equivalent of a shot of hard … [Read more...]
Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May on American Idol
Band Members Roger Taylor and Brian May Performance Leads Into The Queen Extravaganza Cover Band On Back-to-Back Nights Band members Roger Taylor and Brian May will be performing Queen's classic songs on American Idol on Wednesday, April 25, to the show's top six contestants. And the next night, the official Queen tribute band The Queen Extravaganza will sing “Somebody to … [Read more...]
Jeremy Buck & Bang Back at the Lighthouse Hermosa Beach
South Bay Band Back At This Legendary Live Music Venue For Several Shows Yes, you can go home again. Jeremy Buck and the Bang is doing it, returning to its original live music venue, the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach, CA. The Bang is not the house band there anymore – it's doing tours across the country these days – but rather is back for a free show on … [Read more...]
Beginning to Bond With Sharkeez Manhattan Beach
It Took A While But This Local Warms to New Upper Manhattan Bar Location It was difficult at first. I knew it was time for a change, but I also didn't want to let go, stubbornly clinging to my comfort zone. It was almost like breaking up with your first girlfriend. Except this wasn't a girlfriend, it was a pal. A partner in crime. A wingman. Sharkeez Manhattan Beach … [Read more...]
Secret Service Scandal in Colombia Hardly Unexpected
Hookers in Cartagena Are Cheap So Arguing Over the Price Is The Advance Team's Biggest Shocker By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger My big question when I heard about Secret Service agents hiring prostitutes in Colombia was probably not the same as the rest of the USA. Instead of asking "how could they do such a thing!?," my response was, "why were … [Read more...]
Hanging Out With My New Aussie Mate Miss Indy Australia
Showing First-Time Visitor to America Kirsten Dee Around Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger First, I received a text. Then a knock on the door. And suddenly, she was here, Miss Indy Australia, new "mate" Kirsten Dee, taking me up on my offer to crash at Casa de PubClub in Manhattan Beach while she was … [Read more...]
Baseball’s Hottest Wives From An Unlikely Source
Adult Website Name Jennifer Utley, Wife Of Chase Utley, The Sexiest Spouses in Major League Baseball Baseball players have long been known to attract attractive women. So it's not surprising that someone would conduct a Hottest Wives contest. What's surprising is the source of this one: People who go to the adult website Pornhub. That's right, a free … [Read more...]
Motown and Catfish on the Las Vegas Strip Restaurant
Rock With Rolls: Catfish Alley Features Southern Menu Plus Live Music and Dancing It may seem a bit out of place, catfish and Southern "fixin's" on the Las Vegas Strip, but the owners of the Catfish Alley have struck a creative new tune: Putting live music and a dance floor in a restaurant. “The goal is to have an event every night and make it a fun, happening place to be, … [Read more...]
The James Hotels Offering In-Room Mixology Kits
Mixing Drinks In Hotel Rooms Is Nothing New But This is 5-Star Service Brings In a Bartender's Touch Whenever a friend of mine travels, he loads up his hotel room with bottles of booze and mix, and sets up a bar on the desk. It's a bit of a Spring Break approach, but his room is always the central gathering spot for the group. Such an approach is more Motel 6 than … [Read more...]
Creative Party People Come Up With the Craziest Events
An Easter Keg Hunt in El Segundo A Different Kind of Fun Pub Crawl This is what happens when a creative person – or persons – sits down to have a few beers. They come up with crazy ideas and turn them into even crazier events. I was at one recently. An Easter Keg Hunt. That's not a typo. Yes keg, not egg. The premise, of course, is to gather a bunch of people and go to … [Read more...]
Surfest/6-Man Manhattan Beach Signup Deadline Extended
Beach Volleyball Party Gets Deflated By Tuesday-Wednesday Schedule This is what happens when you take a popular weekend event and move it to the middle of the week. You lose people. And, as a result, you lose revenue. In this case, it's a whacky event called Surfest, but known locally as the 6-man. It's a combination of Halloween and beach volleyball, an ideal marriage of … [Read more...]
Will Molson Coors Buyout Of Star Be Eh-OK With Europeans?
Pass That Bottle Of Beer – From Canada To Amsterdam and Prague The moose is loose! And it's headed to Europe. The news that MolsonCoors has purchased StarBev, a European beer company, makes one wonder if this well be Eh? Ok, with European beer drinkers. After all, Amstel and Heineken are the dominant brews in StarBev's home country of Holland, and pilsner is king in its … [Read more...]