Sangria Brings About A Happy Hour Attitude From The Friendly Riviera Village Bar Manager Here's a way to win over customers. And to build customer loyalty. And that is to treat customers like guests in your house and to make them leave wanting to return. That's exactly what happened at Zazou in Redondo Beach. I had assembled a group of friends there to meet before the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Barney’s Beanery Coming To Redondo Beach King Harbor Bars
Legendary Sunset Strip Hangout Taking Over Former Locations of Kilkenny's and Breakwall Not even Jon Taffner could rescue Kilkenny's. But perhaps Barney's Beanery can do it. Taffner featured the struggling "Irish" bar (it wasn't really an Irish bar, just had the name of one) on his Spike TV show "Bar Rescue." He trained the staff, made them friendly, upped the quality … [Read more...]
I Drink And Am Partying More Because Of Daylight’s Savings Time
Winter's Early Darkness Leads To Earlier Drinks, Which Leads to More Drinks Getting dark before 5 o'clock – as is the case with Daylight's Savings Time – is too early. At least for me. I would rather be out doing things in the daylight rather than tucking myself in for a winter's night. Okay, I'm not exactly tucking it in a five in the evenings, but it getting dark so … [Read more...]
Girls In Los Angeles Don’t Go Out To Bars When It’s Cold Or Raining
Only In L.A. Does The Weather Give The Nightlife A Buzzkill It's chilly and misty tonight – a Friday night – and I won't be going out tonight. This is not because I do not want to go out, but I know it's pointless. That's because I live in Los Angeles, and in L.A., people don't go out to the bars when the weather is not nice. They stay home when the weather dips … [Read more...]
Imagine If We Had Indisputable Video Evidence In Our Party & Sex Lives
Singles Lifestyle Would Be Dramatically Different With Instant Replay You know how in sports – particularly in the NFL and college football – there's thing known as "indisputable video evidence." It's a product of instant replay and requires that the replay officials have clear evidence to overturn the call on the field. And while it's fine for football (although the time … [Read more...]
USC-Notre Dame Game Will Still Be A Good Tailgate Party
Despite Trojans Disappointing Record Southern California Irish Fans Will Help Rock The Coliseum If you think for one moment that the USC-Notre Dame game at the LA Coliseum on Thanksgiving Day weekend won't be a party because the Trojans are 7-4 and are coming off a loss to cross-town rival UCLA, then think again. It WILL be a party! It will be a party because USC games … [Read more...]
Surviving The San Diego Wine & Food Festival’s Many Fun Events
Five Parties In Three Days Makes For A Happy Blogger The 9th annual San Diego Wine & Food Festival is now over the shoulder, and I not only survived it, I thrived at it. And I added two new events this year to my usual trio, making it a five course meal, so to speak. That meant five parties in three days and nights. For me, Party of Five was not a TV show, but a … [Read more...]
Looks Like The Las Vegas Strip Again For New Year’s Eve Party
Fireworks And Fun Once Again In Sin City For NYE 2012 While I was considering going to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve 2012, I didn't exactly expect it to be decided until a few days before Jan. 31. I would what I've done many times in the past – including last year – decide a few days beforehand with a few friends and drive out from Los Angeles on NYE. Then my plans changed … [Read more...]
Having A Blast At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Celebrity Chefs Love The Party Scene, Too One night and one event, and I'm already having a blast. I'm in San Diego's Gaslamp for the annual Wine & Food Festival and this is an event I highly recommend. And I've not even gone to any of the wine tasting events yet! And that's the thing about the San Diego Wine & Food Festival (first of all, note the name of the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Game Changers Scores With Weekend Champagne Brunch
Sports Bar's Great Breakfast And Hour Of Free Mimosas Is A Winner It's the move of a champion, and is to be celebrated. Game Changers joins Sharkeez and Cafe Boogaloo as Hermosa Beach sports bars (well, Boogaloo is a music bar but shows sports before it turns to the tunes) that have weekend champagne brunches. This is a great deal for anyone who wants to start their weekend … [Read more...]
Reasons Steamy General Petraeus Love Affair Was Doomed to Fail
Guys Will Be Guys And Widening Sex Scandal Takes On Drama Of Old Melrose Place TV Show It was a nice try. Your military background served you well and your secret plan of operations was working to perfection. You were having a love affair but were intelligent and savvy enough not to leave a trail of e-mails or pull a Tiger Woods and have her number in your cell phone and … [Read more...]
Get Your Tickets For Electric Daisy Carnival in January
Presale Tickets Gone In 1 Hour But Public Sale Remains For Jan. 9 If you want to go to the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas next year, then set Jan. 9, 2013 in your smart phone calendar. With the alert. Repeat alerts. That's when the public sale for tickets become available, at noon Pacific Time. And considering early bird tickets for the 17th annual event sold out … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch Introducing Goose Island Beer Nationally in November
Chicago Craft Brewery Expands Honker's Ale, India Pale Ale, 360 and Matilda Chicago's popular craft beers arc coming to the rest of the USA. Thanks to a purchase by Anheuser-Busch nearly two years ago, Goose Island will now be available across the nation. Utilizing the vast distribution network and increased brewing capacity of A-B, it is being introduced to bars and … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch Wants Budweiser Pulled From Denzel Washington’s Flight
This Is Not The Movie Product Placement The Beer Company Covets Normally, product placement is a great thing for a company. Junior Mints on "Seinfield," Charlie Harper drinking Coronas on "Two And A Half Men." There's a huge business of product placement, in fact, in which companies pay big money to have their products featured in movies and TV shows. It does go … [Read more...]
Ready to Party At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
One Needs To Be In Shape For Whirlwind Of Fun Events Bring it on. I'm ready. Up to the challenge. I've been working out, doing deep breathing exercises, practicing curls with wine glasses. The reason for all this preparation is the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, a multi-day event of saturation and satisfaction. Of indulgence and inspiration. This is one of the … [Read more...]
At Certain Dive Bars, You Just Feel Like Having A Budweiser
Classic Dives A True Taste Of American Drinking Establishments I often look at drinking establishments as I do people. Certain ones have particular characteristics and distinctive personalities. Yes, bars can have personalities. In my world, there are position bars, closer bars, poser bars and hoser bars. And there are Budweiser bars. The latter is actually a … [Read more...]
New Orleans The Perfect Choice For SEC-Big 12 Sugar Bowl Game
On The Heels of NYE Fans Get French Quarter And Bourbon Street To me, this seemed as simple a call as a quarterback sneak on fourth an inches. Defensive backs standing in the end zone to stop a Hail Mary. New Orleans was chosen as the location of the new SEC-Big 12 sort-of championship game. It will be the Allstate Sugar Bowl and will line up the conference champions in … [Read more...]
NJ Revel Nightclub Donating Cover Charge To Jersey Shore Sandy Victims
Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fun To Benefit From Donations; Electronic Dance Music DJs It's great when local businesses step up to help the community. Especially bars and nightclubs, which always take more than their share of hits from some residents and city council members. And Revel nightclub in Atlantic City, N.J. – which just opened back in the spring – has … [Read more...]
Portland’s Holiday Ale Festival 2017 Pours Winter Beers Downtown
Pioneer Square Beer Festival Features Specialty Craft Beers Cheers for the holidays means something different in Portland, Oregon, home of the craft brews. It means beers, at least from Nov. 28-Dec. 3. That's when the Holiday Ale Festival takes place. The 2017 event is the 22nd annual one. Held in Pioneer Square in the heart of downtown, it's the perfect location … [Read more...]
Catalina Express’ New San Pedro Terminal Has Party Hosting Potential
Vegas-Like Outdoor Waterfront Lounge Ideal For Holding Wine Tastings And Beer Festivals Catalina Express, the company that runs the ferries from Southern California ports to Catalina Island, held an event to celebrate the opening of its sleek new terminal in San Pedro the first Thursday in November. It had food prepared by the new bistro's executive chef (Laurel Lyman), … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Wins Awards For Two Of Its Beers
Well-Named Alvarado Street Raspberry Wheat And Legend of Laguna IPA Take Beverage Tasting Institute Silver Medals You don't normally think craft beers – and certainly award winners –when thinking of Monterey, CA. It's primarily wine country. But Peter B's Brewpub is changing that perception. The craft brewery, tucked in behind the Portola Hotel & Spa between … [Read more...]