Kegs And Not Eggs In These South Bay Bars By The Beach The 2013 El Segundo Keg Hunt rolled through this Los Angeles town by the beach and once again, it proved to be one heck of a great time on the Saturday before Easter. Who comes up with such things? I'm jealous! Well, not really, because I was there and what a great time. In fact, it's a blast! If you can't … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Why Do Sports Bars And Casual Bars Want To Become Nightclubs After 10 PM?
Hey Bar Owners, Save The House Music For Dance Clubs There is a disturbing trend – disturbing to me, anyway – happening at some of the best bars in America. They are forcing out their most loyal customers, the ones who are there on off days and off hours, in favor of younger faces. And right at the time when things get interesting in bars. What's happening? Sports bars, … [Read more...]
American Junkie Hermosa Beach Extends Friday Happy Hour To 9 PM
South Bay Bar Deserves A Cheers For This Brilliant Move Here's some good news for South Bay bar junkies. American Junkie has extended its outstanding Happy Hour on Fridays until 9 p.m.! That makes it the latest Happy Hour in the Beach Cities. Patrick Molloy's goes until 8, from Monday thru Friday. Sharkeez goes until 7. Then again, Sharkeez owner Greg Newman is not one … [Read more...]
Where To Find Goose Island Chicago’s Craft Beer In South Bay Bars
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach Bars Are Pouring These Good Brews Looking for a new craft beer to try in the South Bay? Then let me suggest Goose Island, the Chicago specialty brewery that is making a big splash nationally. Currently the bars serving it in the South Bay are: BrewCo and Shellback Tavern in Manhattan Beach and American Junkie in Hermosa Beach. At the … [Read more...]
Cubs 2013: At Least Getting Tickets To Wrigley Field Will Be Easy
Lovable Cubbies Predicted To Lose 90-100 Games So Let The Party Begin in Wrigleyville It's going to be a banner year in Chicago with the baseball team on the North Side. For the party scene in Wrigley Field, anyway. No, the Cubs are not predicted to win the World Series, make it to the Fall Classic, or even win any pennant. In fact, Sports Illustrated has picked then last … [Read more...]
Easter Sunday Is A Good Party Weekend For Single People
March Madness, A Keg (Not Egg) Hunt And Champagne Brunch Offer Fun Partying Opportunities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Party Blogger It is a time, I know, of reflection, to look at our own mortality and to understand and appreciate the sacrifices of others for us. But that also means it's a time of celebration. And for singles, Easter Sunday makes for an … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix 2013 Prelims At Legends Bar Belmont Shore
Pageant Continues To Find Finalist Girls For Thursday Thunder On Pine The search to find the 2013 Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues on Thursday, March 28, with a preliminary contest taking place at Legend's sports bar in Long Beach's Belmont Shore. The contestants will gather at 7 p.m., with the contest scheduled to start at approximately 7:30. There will be … [Read more...]
MarchFest 2013 Is A Craft Beer And Music Festival In New Zealand
Hop-Growing Area Of Nelson A Celebration Of Hops, Craft Beers And Bands You don't normally associate New Zealand with craft beer, but an event called MarchFest just might get you raising a pint and toasting the Kiwis. It features 15 local and regional craft brewers in a festival that also includes bands and grilled food. Held in Nelson, N.Z., the 2013 event is April 6 … [Read more...]
Kegs A Good Beer Bar Alternative To Najas On The Redondo Beach Pier
Live Music And 25 Taps Provide Another South Ba Bike Ride Destination Finally! It's about time. For the past couple of years, I've been searching for a good beer bar alternative to Naja's on or even around the Redondo Beach Pier. I tried to like On the Rocks, but it's not been anywhere close to a happening place since it was Chiller's a few years ago. Kincaid's is great … [Read more...]
FishBar Manhattan Beach Has Late-Night Happy Hour Drink Specials
Popular South Bay Restaurant And Bar Serves Up Discounted Weeknight And Saturday Cocktails When FishBar moved into the original Sharkeez location in Manhattan Beach, it's owner wanted to welcome in the neighborhood. So he brought in a great chef, Jessica, put together a delicious menu consisting primary of seafood, and priced it ridiculously cheap considering the quality … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Picks Are Making Me Mad
Picking The Wrong Upsets Has Busted My Bracket Pittsburgh bites the dust. Wisconsin, after going on a late-season run in the hotly-contested Big 10, goes down to an average team from an average conference. Harvard does what I picked Belmont and South Dakota State to do, and that is to pull off a major upset, My West bracket has so many lines through the team names it … [Read more...]
World’s Most Dangerous Canadian Starts The LA Beach Party
Watch Out South Bay Beach Cities He's Back In Town Bring it on. I'm ready. I've been bracing for this for a couple of weeks now, ever since my friend said he was coming to visit me in California. He's The World's Most Dangerous Canadian, and I say that with the utmost respect. And fear. He is a former bartender and is currently a manager of a high-end restaurant. And … [Read more...]
Spring Break College Students Making Party Blogger Jealous
Then Again, I Saw The Footch Win A Belly Flop Contest In Daytona Beach I never went to Spring Break in college. Instead, I went home. Drove six hours from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Knoxville, Tennessee, and worked whatever job I could find for the week or so in order to earn a few precious dollars for my social activities on and around campus. I never had enough … [Read more...]
Spirits Industry Nightclub & Bar Show Is America’s Best Trade Show
Wishing I Were There And Not Here Some of the best party times of my life have been at the Nightclub & Bar Show, the annual gathering of everyone who is everyone in the bar, nightclub, beer and spirits industry. It's the middle of March every year and takes place in the ideal place for such a thing: Las Vegas! It's two days of the best trade show in America. And … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Strategy: Get Drunk And Make Picks
Forget Over-Analyzing Teams, This Year Is A Toss-Up Tournament I'm going to win our March Madness pool this year. That's because I have the perfect strategy for picking the teams. I'm going to get drunk first! This is no half-court shot buzzer beater attempt. It's as skillful as Syracuse's zone defense, as solid as Florida's three-point shooters. After all, there really … [Read more...]
It’s A Full St. Patrick’s Day Party Weekend So Erin Go Bragh!
Saturday's Parades Followed With Partying Die-Hards Out On Sunday Green beer, parades, Irish bars and Erin Go Bragh. It's St. Patrick's Day and the Irish luck is smiling on all of us this year because we get not one, but two days to celebrate. St. Patrick's Day in on a Sunday, and that's actually a bonus day. The parades in major places – Boston, Chicago, New York and my … [Read more...]
Experience New York City St. Patrick’s Day Bars From Hop On Hop Off Bus
Enjoy Pints At McSorley’s Old Ale House Irish Bar Using CitySights NY Tour Here's a unique way to experience St. Patrick's Day in New York City: Do it from a hop on-hop off sightseeing bus. The Downtown Tour of CitySights NY goes right by key St. Paddy's locations, including the parade and several Irish bars. Or, landmarks, if consider Irish bars in NYC landmarks, and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bars Should Not Charge Cover On St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
After The Parade It's A Parade To Bars On The Pier, But Not If They Charge Customers Here's a way to turn your face green before you have your first green beer for St. Patrick's Day: Be hit with a cover charge to enter a bar. Yet that's what has happened the past couple of years in Hermosa Beach, as a few of the bars put out cash registers and had customers pay to enter. … [Read more...]
The Many Benefits Of Allowing California Bars To Stay Open Until 4 a.m.
Longer Drinking Hours Mean Less Problems And More Revenue A proposal has been put before the California legislature that would allow cities and counties to petition for extended alcohol serving hours. Currently, bars must close at 2 a.m. This would allow them to stay open until 4 a.m., if the cities and counties so choose. And it should pass quicker than you can down a … [Read more...]
Tennessee Votes Down Wine In Grocery Stores By One Vote
A Rocky Failure For Rocky Top's Arcane State Liquor Laws My first reaction when I learned that Tennessee – my home state – had failed by one vote a provision that could have allowed wine to be sold in grocery stores was "why are they still living in the 1800s!?" Then I saw that the one vote that was expected to have put it over the top came from a representative from … [Read more...]
Johnny Manziel Headed To Cabo San Lucas For Spring Break
Cheers To Johnny Football For Tweeting His Trip If you didn't like him before, here's a great reason to like him now. Johnny Manziel, the slippery and elusive Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M, is going to Cabo San Lucas for Spring Break. While there's nothing unusual for a football player to be doing something fun, it is highly unusual in this day and age for a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Approves Smackfest Beach Volleyball Event
Costume Tournament Passes By A 4-1 Vote Smackfest will be allowed to turn 20. The creative, whacky and harmless fun beach volleyball tournament that has been the summer highlight of the area's weekend amateur players, has been approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council. It was a 4-1 vote and while some restrictions apply – there were fears of it becoming "another 6-man" – … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix Event At American Junkie Hermosa Beach
Girls To Be Judged In After-5 Dresses And Swimwear In Preliminary Round Miss Grand Prix contestants will be in bikins for the Hermosa Beach prelim. Nice-looking girls are nothing new to American Junkie in Hermosa Beach, CA. But how many of them get the chance to go on to be the next Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach? But on Thursday, March 14, four of them will get … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Needs To Approve Smackfest
Council Members To Vote On Future Of Popular Beach Volleyball Event Smackfest, the whacky and fun dress-up beach volleyball tournament held each July, is in danger of becoming extinct. The Hermosa Beach City Council is discussing its future in its weekly meeting on Tuesday, March 12. This takes place at the Council's chambers at City Hall on Valley Drive, just south of … [Read more...]
California Party Weekend In Carmel, Santa Cruz And Wine Tasting
Four Fun Days In Three Great And Gorgeous Coastal Cities As great as the beach life is in Southern California, I also enjoying heading up the coast on occasion to the upper central coast of the state. And so on this particular weekend I was invited on a press trip for two nights in Carmel. Well, it's a 6-hour driver from Los Angeles on the 101 Highway (a scenic six … [Read more...]
Monday Night Jazz At Ferraro’s Livens Up Slowest Night In Las Vegas
Italian Restaurant Pairs Live Music With Food And Drink Specials On a night when the Strip is calm and the city's famous clubs are dark, there's still entertainment in Las Vegas. Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar on Paradise Road sees to it with live jazz on Monday nights. From 10 p.m.-1 a.m., it features the quartet of Jazz Workshop, which is comprised of an … [Read more...]
Bret Michaels Playing The Long Beach Grand Prix Saturday Concert
Rock-N-Roar Concert Is Saturday Night, April 20 In Long Beach, CA He's got rock, and he's certainly got roar. Bret Michaels, who is making headlines for a supposed "meltdown" after being eliminated from this season's "Celebrity Apprentice" show, will be looking to melt some metal as he's playing the Saturday night 'Rock-N-Roar' concert Saturday night during the 39th … [Read more...]
Santa Anita And Horse Racing Tracks A Throwback Fan Experience
Laid-Back Atmosphere And Plenty Of Beer Stations Make For A Fun Day Every time I go to a horse racing track, I feel as if I'm stepping back in time. The Roarin' 20s, of flappers, jazz, the Charleston, and men in wide-brimmed hats. An age of prosperity and overall sports mania. This is especially the case at Santa Anita Racetrack in Los Angeles (specifically Arcadia, just … [Read more...]