When A Wild Girl Says She 'Wants To Go To the Pier,' Do Not Follow Her To The Pier A funny thing happened to a visiting friend recently. And it's a lesson to be learned about being single in the South Bay Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. He's been in the area plenty of times previously – and will eagerly come again and again – but got caught … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Bar Coaster Drink Ordering App Can’t Replace The Bartender
Using Smart Phones And I-Pads At Bars Not Practical, Though It Does Possess Dating Potential A friend went out in San Francisco recently and came back to Los Angeles telling of a new phone application he used in a bar. He was at the launch party of a friend's friend's – don't worry, that's as complicated as this gets – new product. It's Coaster, in which you order and pay … [Read more...]
A Tribute To A Fallen South Bay Beach Cities Party Friend
Here's Cheers To A Bar Buddy Who Kept An Entire Area Entertained I don't remember the first time I ever met Joe Anderson – that's a pretty common thing among the single people in the Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach – but I most definitely remember the first time I partied with him. It was during the Manhattan Open, a local event that is … [Read more...]
Los Angeles A Fun Place to Party For Oktoberfest Beer Halls
Old World, Alpine Village and Big Bear Bring German Beer Halls To Southern California Hoisting big beers, doing big cheers arm and arm and flapping arms like wings doing the chicken dance, all to the live music of an oompha band. It's Oktoberfest and you don't have to go to Munich to experience it.' While there are great Oktoberfest celebrations throughout the world – and … [Read more...]
Rum For Reef Relief And A Key West Pub Crawl
Plenty of Boat Drinks For This Conch Republic Party Rum for reef relief. A pub crawl for ocean preservation. I'll drink to that, of course! And on Saturday, Sept. 23, you can, too. If you are in the Conch Republic, join the second annual Conched in Key West Bar Crawl benefiting Reef Relief for the preservation of the world's coral reefs. It starts at 2 and goes to … [Read more...]
After Drinking the Lane Kiffin Kool-Aid USC Fans Need Tequila Shots
Win Or Lose We Booze Really To Test Trojans' Top Party School Ranking With Cal Tailgate Party They set themselves up like an open bar at a wedding. Cast aside any doubt like a sailor on shore leave. And now they are as deflated as a beach ball after Labor Day. Well, that's what happens when you believe the hype, ignore your coach's past– let alone his character flaws – … [Read more...]
On The Rocks Redondo Beach Has Big South Bay Sports Bar Potential
Here's A Few Tips For Making The Former Chiller's A Beach Cities Hotspot Again As much fun as it is to go to the bars on the Hermosa Beach Pier to watch sports, sometimes it's good to go someplace different. Break up the routine. Keep things fresh. So on a sunny Saturday afternoon, wanting to maximize my time on the Strand and being in the great outdoors, I rode my beach … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival Pours $30 Million Into Portland Economy
Waterfront Event Brings In Beer Drinkers Of All Ages And Attracts Several Out-Of-Town Visitors Let's have a big "cheers" for people drinking lots of beers! The Oregon Brewfest, an annual event that takes place the end of July at a waterfront park in downtown Portland, reports the 2012 event poured $30 million into the local economy. Here are specifics, as detailed by … [Read more...]
West 3rd Street L.A. Bar The Churchill Introduces New Cocktail Menu
Signature Cocktails Feature Names Like The Grand Alliance and Thirsty in LA Normally, when a place has the name of Britian's most famous prime minister, you expect it to be heavy on beer, and also brandy and scotch. After all the latter two were favorites of Winston Churchill. And, indeed The Churchill in Los Angeles' West 3rd Street midsection, features 20 regional and … [Read more...]
Hollywood Party Promoter Hosts Fundraiser at Supper Club
Battling a Stroke, Steve Dimon Presents A Hot Music Night To Help His Recovery A Los Angeles bar and event promoter needs your help. And this time it's not just to go to one of its events. It's to help him survive. Steve Dimon who puts on a massive St. Patrick's Day bash in Hollywood plus Halloween and New Year's Eve parties in the South Bay Beach Cities (among several … [Read more...]
UCLA Nebraska Party Bus Hermosa Beach to Rose Bowl
College Tailgate Party Rolls With Transportation From the South Bay College football season is here and that means tailgate parties! One of the season's first big games is in the historic Rose Bowl as Nebraska visits UCLA. But as anyone not from Pasadena will tell you, it's a long way to the Rose Bowl from other parts of L.A. And that's why the South Bay Beach Cities … [Read more...]
A Bikini Contest Labor Day Weekend On Alabama Gulf Coast
Bama Bells and Florida Foxes Compete At The Famous Flora-Bama Bar You think you had a great Labor Day Weekend? You guys should have been at the Flora-Bama, a bar on the Flordia-Alabama Gulf Coast state line. It's a famous bar among people in the area and was the inspiration of the Jimmy Buffett song "Bama Breeze." And on Labor Day Weekend, it hosted a bikini contest! … [Read more...]
Labor Day Weekend Top Party Places At The Beach, Lakes And At The Pool
I'm at the beach this Labor Day Weekend. But I could just as easily be on a boat. Or at a pool party. The key to be somewhere in board shorts, around bikinis and in, on or by the water. These are the prime party places on this end-of-summer three-day weekend. The 2023 dates are Sept. 2-4. • Lake Travis, Austin, Texas. This is a boat tie-up party with … [Read more...]