Kona and Red Hook Among Craft Brews At This Two-Night Event on Tybee Island I've had lots of beers in Savannah, Ga. But never have I been to an official beer festival there, and now apparently there are a couple, led by the Savannah Craft Brew Fest on Labor Day Weekend. Heck, there's even a wine festival in my old stomping grounds. And now, there's the Tybee Beach Brew … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Halloween Parties Allow Girls To Live Ultimate Sexual Fantasies
Hiding Behind Their Costumes, Sexy Gals Let Out Their Inner Desires Just the other day, I was a fly on the wall, a sponge soaking up vital information, a privileged part of a private conversation. I was in the inner sanctum, sitting with four girls –friends, but closer to acquaintances – when they were having the kinds of conversations guys rarely get to … [Read more...]
Zingers Has One of Las Vegas Strongest Bloody Marys
Outdoor Restaurant/Bar in Hawaiian Marketplace Packs A Breakfast Punch I have found what may not necessarily be the best Bloody Mary in Las Vegas, but certainly the strongest. It's at a rather obscure little restaurant/bar in the Hawaiian Marketplace, that courtyard on the Strip that you probably never stop at between the MGM and Planet Hollywood. The place is called … [Read more...]
Single in San Francisco: A Visitor’s Best Pick-Up Lines Tips
What You Need To Know When Talking To Girls In the City By The Bay It was a late sunny Sunday morning, and my friend was telling me about the political difficulties of being single in San Francisco. No matter where he goes, he said, he keeps running into ex-girlfriends and when interest peaks in a potentially new romantic interest, it turns out she is friends with, or is … [Read more...]
Rocktoberfest Rocks LA Live With Gene Simmons And Rock & Brews
Week-Long Festival in Downtown Los Angeles Features Beers And Rock 'n Roll Bands People do get out of "The Bubble." Including the band at Pancho's. Before Wolfgang Puck walked on the red carpet, before Gene Simmons walked on the red carpet – and took the stage – there was a group of musicians who went through completely unnoticed by the press photographers. Except this … [Read more...]
Chez Jay Santa Monica Bar Deserves Local Landmark Status
Casual Celebrity Hangout And Dive With Peanuts On The Floor To Be Preserved If ever a bar, watering hole, locals' dive hangout or whatever you want to call it, deserves to be named a local landmark and preserved, it's Chez Jay in Santa Monica. It's a dive without really being a dive. There's a barrel of peanuts, and peanut shells on the floor. There's an old, large wooden … [Read more...]
Beer Garden Again Highlight of Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair
Photos And a Review Of This Top South Bay Beach Cities Annual Event Here's to the beers and cheers. I would like to host my 16-ounce cup of Longboard Lager to the beer garden, the signature event of the annual Old Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach, CA. It's what makes Hometown Fair one of the most fun times of the entire year in a town that's pretty fun most of the … [Read more...]
Another Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K Finished With Shellback
Reviewing the 2012 Run Under The Sun I'm not sure how many years I've done the Old Hometown Fair 10K in Manhattan Beach, CA, but another one was completed in 2012. The weather was great; a bit warm for running, perhaps, but no one was complaining about the near cloudless sunny skies. There have been 35 of them and I've done at least a dozen. They are great events, a fun … [Read more...]
Donna Summer to Deep Purple on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2013 Nominees
Classic Rockers, Disco and Hip Hop Artists Part Of 15 Nominees for Class Of 2013 Rock and Roll is all about the variety of the artists and music, and that's certainly what the list of the nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame provides for the class of 2013. From the disco of Donna Summer to the early 70's hard rock of Deep Purple, the hip-hop of Public Enemy and … [Read more...]
Fall in San Francisco Has Sports, Sailing And A Bluegrass Festival
America's Cup Races, Fleet Week, Music and Italian Heritage Day Kick Off A Rocking October Story by Cathy Seeligson. Photos by Dean Borton. It's not October in San Francisco, but more like Rocktober. That's because the City by the Bay is rocking with a number of events to start the month. So let's get rocking! It starts with sports. The 49ers are playing at home (and … [Read more...]
James Bond Martini Served To Guests of London’s Draycott Hotel
'Shaken, Not Stirred' Drink Celebrates Release Of New Bond Movie 'Skyfall' Do you have to be wearing a tuxedo and have a Bond girl – Barbara Bach in "The Spy Who Loved Me" or most certainly Ursula Andress in "Dr. No" would do quite nicely – to enjoy the new James Bond martini offered at London's Draycott Hotel? Well, no but it would certainly be a nice bonus. To … [Read more...]
GlowRun Race Lights Up Downtown Las Vegas on Oct. 7
Fremont Street Hosts Block Party Run Run And Pub Crawl Glow with the flow. That's the idea of the inaugural GlowRun, a 7K race in downtown Las Vegas taking place Sunday, Oct. 7. In a preview of Halloween that hits Vegas the end of the month, GloRun involves people in costumes, but instead of being on the Strip and running through the casinos and clubs, they are running … [Read more...]