Take The Stress Out of NYE Plans By Following These Five Suggestions I laughed when I saw a news report on an LA TV station talking about New Year's Eve on the Sunset Strip. The reporter talked to a few restaurants and bars and, while giving a good overview of what's available and the pricing, wrapped up the story with this all-too-familiar warning: "Everything will … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
New Orleans Top Party, Drinking & Hangover Prevention Tips
When partying in New Orleans – PubClub.com's Top Party Place for New Year's Eve as well as being a nightlife mecca nearly every day of the year – it's important to be able to survive. And in New Orleans, that's not always easy! So take it from this veteran of not only the Big Easy but NYE in the Big Easy. You CAN go big by following these five party … [Read more...]
Las Vegas New Year’s Eve Top 5 Party Tips
Advice on Partying on The Strip and Fremont Street And Be Prepared For The Weather If you're going to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve – and why wouldn't you, it's #4 on PubClub.com's list of Top NYE Party Places – then you'll want to go prepared. Here are tips, important things to know before you go so you can cut looose. In this case, don't roll the dice on being … [Read more...]
New Orleans is World’s Top Party City in January 2012
The Big Easy Goes Big With New Year's Eve, the Sugar Bowl, the Alabama-LSU BCS National Championship Game and Pardi Gras If you want to start out the New Year of 2012 partying, then there's no place better in the world to do it than New Orleans. You had just better be prepared to keep partying! That's because New Orleans – and not New York or any other place on the … [Read more...]
Taking a Party Break in Tennessee
Not Every Day is Party Day at PubClub.com But Fear Not, For New Year's Eve Is Next When I'm out whooping it up at a bar, festival, pub crawl, Jimmy Buffett concert or any other of the countless party events I'm at during the year, I sometimes think of that line from Top Gun: "Son, you're writing checks your body can't cash." Somehow, my body always manages to survive. It … [Read more...]
Shaun White Leaps Into Breckenridge for Nike Open
Party With the Snowboarding Pros of Superpipe, Slopestyle and Freeskier at the the Winter Dew Tour Just Dew It? That's what will be happening the weekend of Dec. 15-18 when USA Olympic Gold Medalist – and hip commercial pitchman Shaun White – leads top snowboard and freeski superpipe and slopestyle competitors in Breckenridge, CO, for the Nike Open as part of the … [Read more...]
12 Bars of Christmas Hermosa Beach Party Photos
The Annual Beach Cities Holiday Tradition The 12 Bars of Christmas is as much a part of the landscape of the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities as the holiday strolls, boat parades and the spectacular Manhattan Beach fireworks. It consists of 50+ people visiting the local watering holes in Hermosa Beach, all attired in Christmas costumes and/or Santa hats, to celebrate … [Read more...]
Penthouse Opening Upscale Gentlemen’s Club in San Francisco
Steaks and Strippers at the New Penthouse Club and Steakhouse One nightlife element really hurting in the current economic climate is strip clubs. People are really cutting back on cutting loose, even those who frequent such places. But that's not stopping Penthouse, which is opening the first Penthouse Club and Steakhouse on the West Coast this February in San … [Read more...]
Hey Starbucks, Stick to Coffee Instead of Serving Beer & Wine
Coffee Chain Announces Plans to Sell Alcohol at Night in Chicago as Potential Prelude to National Rollout By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Normally, I would hold up a glass and give a big "cheers" to any business that decides to sell beer and wine in addition to its standard offerings. More places to drink and socialize? I'm all for it, of … [Read more...]
Motley Crue Finds Home Sweet Home in Las Vegas
Sinful Rock Band To Perform 12 Shows in February at the Joint in Sin City, Including Super Bowl Sunday Motley Crue is going where there are "Girls, Girls, Girls." And it's not the Dollhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, but the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The rock group has announced what amount to a tour without touring, as it has found a "Home Sweet Home" at The Joint, the … [Read more...]
Anaheim Ducks Game & Talking Telluride Ski Resort
The View From A VIP Box at an NHL Contest, Skiing And The Hapless Habs 2011-12 Montreal Canadians I went to a hockey game and wound up talking about skiing. Ice and snow; once you think about it, they do go together. Not quite like pucks and power plays, but there is a certain similarity between the two. I was in a VIP box at the Honda Center for the Ducks and the … [Read more...]
Interviewing Playboy Playmate Jessa Hinton
Miss July 2011 And Top Rank Boxing Beauty Shows Off A Gorgeous Different Side: Her Personality I have a new best friend. Perhaps I'll even meet her one day. Sounds a bit strange, I know. But after conducting a phone interview with Playboy's Miss July 2011, Jessa Hinton, I indeed feel as if I have a Playmate as a pal. I was offered the chance to talk with … [Read more...]
Are The Rolling Stones Preparing to Tour in 2012?
Legendary Rock Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Remake of 'Some Girls' Album and, Possibly, A Tour Miss you. That's what many fans are saying about the Rolling Stones and the legendary rock group might be together again in 2012. Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts rehearsed together in November in London. This is on the heels of a re-vamped … [Read more...]
How the NBA Lockout Has Affected a Small LA Bar Owner
OB's Pub and Grill in Manhattan Beach Among Several Sports Bars in NBA Cities That Stand to Lose Thousands Steve Delk runs a small bar in the Los Angeles area that's a popular locals hangout for Taco Tuesdays and also LA Laker games. And while the Taco Tuesdays will continue to bring in crowds, the Laker games will not, at least for the time being, and perhaps for … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Double-Fisted Party Weekend
Annual Wine & Food Festival Again Thrills and Fulfills This Blogger I'm two for two at the annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. Let's see anyone on the Padres do that in their first two at-bats. I've been to the event twice and both times have had a great time. It helps that I really like wine & food festivals because they are usually outdoors … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Pairing Event Review
Belgian Beer Tasting A Great Warm-up To Main Events Am I supposed to have a buzz even before the first party?! If it's the San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival - and it is - then heck yeah! I emerged feeling this way after the Belgian Beer Tasting and Pairing on Friday afternoon, before even the big evening event and Saturday's Grand Tasting. Yes, it's a Belgian … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay’s Event SoCal’s #1 Wine & Food Festival
Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Is Top-Rated For its Multi-Day Format With Multiple Fun Parties & Tastings I just love going to wine, beer and food festivals. They are festive, classy without being conceited and you've got something in common with just about everyone there, because you are all there to consume wine and beer (plus, in some cases, … [Read more...]
I’m Not Ashamed To Say I Drink Two Buck Chuck
It's the Ultimate Budget Wine, As Long As You Stick with the Reds of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz I buy it. I drink it. I even have it at house parties. Heck, I even take a bottle to my parents when I visit them in Tennessee. I'm a Two Buck Chuck Fan, and I admit it. For those not in the know, I'm referring to Charles Shaw wine, available only at Trader Joe's, a … [Read more...]
BlogWorld LA For Serious Bloggers: Event Review
Conference For Those Who Want To Make a Living By Blogging Features Speakers, An Expo And One-on-One Conversations With Panelists By the time I arrived at the 2011 BlogWorld LA – held Nov. 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center – on the first day, everyone was buzzing about the opening keynote speaker. It was on Google+ For Business, and unfortunately I had missed … [Read more...]
Palmilla Restaurant Hermosa Beach Tequila Bar Review
Restaurant-Bar on the Pier Features Fine Dining and Drinks On the Pier And Fresh-Squeezed Margaritas The margarita menu reads like a high-end restaurant menu. "La Flacita (Skinny) Margarita." "Pineapple Serrano Cilantro Margarita." "Margarita De La Casa." Watch out for the "Fresh Spicy Mango Margarita," for the word "spicy" is not hype. It contains … [Read more...]
Blogging from BlogWorld & New Media Expo LA Review
Nirvana for Bloggers Features Seminars, Expo and Post-Event Social Mixer and Parties Blog. Blog. Blog. It's the theme of BlogWorld L.A, a three-day event taking place Nov. 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. I was there the first day, which was comprised of keynote speakers and a lineup of seminars that, for this Bar Blogger who writes about bars, picking the ones to … [Read more...]
Where To Watch Alabama-LSU in Los Angeles Bars
Crimson Tide Fans to Party at the Varsity in Santa Monica and Sharkeez in Hermosa Beach It's the Game of the Century. Until the next Game of the Century, of course. Even with all the uber-hype, the countdown on ESPN that started the previous week and all of college football analysts' eyes pointing to the date for weeks, the Alabama-LSU game has BIG written all over … [Read more...]
The Top Place to Party for the Alabama-LSU Game
College Party Towns: In Tuscaloosa, AL the Innisfree Is the National Championship of College Bars Like any good 'ol college own, there are several good bars in Tuscaloosa, AL. There's the famous Houndstooth sports bar, Buffalo Phil's Pub and Cafe (known for wings but a PubClub.com Bar Blogger's favorite near campus), Brewer's Corner and Chuck's downtown (the latter … [Read more...]
Halloween Photos Portofino Party Redondo Beach
The South Bay Rocks it Again at the Wild, Crazy And Fun and Here are Images of the 2011 Bash Packed. Crazy. Fun. The annual Halloween Portofino Party once again delivered big-time to party people in the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. The event was put on my Max Entertainment and Berry Bly. Are you here in the PubClub.com photos!? For … [Read more...]
Okay, Bring It On, I’m Ready For Halloween 2011 Parties
West Hollywood's Wild Carnival Just One of Many Party Events To Get Excited About As Adults Dress Up Like Kids and Act Like College Students Sometimes, we just go through the motions. We know something good is coming up, but we kind of get ready for it like a football team doing a morning walk-through at the stadium before a big game. As Halloween 2011 began to … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Nightlife: These Favorite Bars Are The Fun & Casual Party Spots
It's a party place to be sure, but when this Bar Blogger goes to Las Vegas, it's not the club scene that I pursue, but these fun, casual bars that rock my Sin City world. I usually start at Margaritaville Cafe, Jimmy Buffett's bar. I just love this place. It's always lively – were it touristy, I would not go near the place and once I wound up partying with the drummer from … [Read more...]
Can’t Wait For Carnival 2019? The ‘Fifth Season’ In Dusseldorf and Cologne Is Nov. 11
Mardi Gras Celebrations Start in November In These German Cities Carnival, or Mardi Gras if you prefer, is one of the World's Great Party Events. The 2019 date for Fat Tuesday is March 5, but if you just can't wait for Carnival than go to... wait for it ... Germany! Yes, Deutschland. Now before you protest and say "but Oktoberfest ended back in October," just … [Read more...]
Drunk And Lost in Mont Tremblant Canadian Ski Resort
Mount Tremblant Was Not Kind to First-Time Visitor Luau Larry, Who Became Lost Larry His First Night in the Village Funny story here. At least for me. A large group of us had descended onto the Canadian Ski Resort of Mount Tremblant for few days of debauchery. There was no particular reason for it, no bachelor party, graduation or anything like that; we were simply … [Read more...]
Red Sox Beer-Drinking Pitchers Know How to Party at Baseball Games
Jon Lester Says Starters Drank 9th-Inning 'Rally Beers' in Clubhouse During the Season I want to party with these guys! In the wake of the epic Boston Red Sox collapse that took the team from having the best record in baseball for much of the season to missing the playoffs, Jon Lester has revealed that the team's pitchers were downing brews in the clubhouse. During the … [Read more...]
California Winery Paires Wines Not With Food But Bands
House Band Wines Creates Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon To Appeal to Wine Drinkers at Live Shows & Concerts Two things that peak the interest are wine and music, though not necessarily together. Or so I thought. In fact, never gave it much thought. Bands and beer, that's my mentality. But a Santa Rosa-based California winery – which is in the state's famous … [Read more...]
Duke’s On Sunday Waikiki Beach Is One Of World’s Best Bars
This Hawaiian Legend On the Bars Blogger's Bucket List of Top Party Places Perhaps you've heard of it, perhaps you've heard Jimmy Buffett sing about it. But unless you've actually been, it's hard to imagine. Duke's on Sunday is one of the best bars in the world, certainly one of the best bar days anywhere. It's everything you could imagine it to be – right … [Read more...]
Somebody Clone Me So I Can Be At All These Party Places
Cool College Football Games, Sailing the Virgin Islands, Old World Oktoberfest and The World's Largest Margarita All Fall On One Huge Rocktober Weekend There's Alabama at Ole Miss and the awesome Grove college football party scene. Michigan-Michigan State in East Lansing. The Interline Regatta with roving beach parties every night in the British Virgin … [Read more...]
San Francisco Nightlife: Infusion Lounge Club Penguin Party
A Review of the Downtown Nightclub's Penguin & Panther Black Bash The Infusion Lounge is one of San Francisco's coolest clubs. And on a frosty Saturday night it October, it was even cool enough for penguins. The downtown nightclub hosted its annual big bash, a red carpet event, and this one was called Penguins and Panthers. And sure enough, there were both at it, and … [Read more...]
Anaheim Reaches Out To Bloggers With OC Blogger Bash
The Land of Disneyland Seeks To Prove There's More Here Than Mickey (Like A Tiki Bar, For Example) Driving through Anaheim is always an interesting experience. It's like entering a fantasy land, something that doesn't really exist. Am I dreaming, or is this all real? This is, of course, because Anaheim is where Disneyland is located and no matter one's age, it's easy to … [Read more...]
Long Beach Marathon Photos Images Beer Garden Party
If there is one thing the PubClub.com believes in, it's exercise and socialize. So when I heard that Michelob Ultra was providing 10,000 beers to runners of a marathon, it's something I had to see for myself. As well as toast those who can actually run 26.2 miles (or 13.1 in the half marathon). Michelob Ultra provided a beer garden for them to toast themselves, and it was a … [Read more...]
Like Google, Perhaps Every Company Should Create Its Own Beer
Why Stop at UK Kontinent Brew, How About A PubClub.com Pilsner? So I got to thinking, if Google can have its own beer, why not every company? The Internet giant used input from its employees all over the world to create a Belgian-style ale called UK Kontinent, brewed by Dogfish Head Crafted Brewed Ales (initially available in the microbrewery's home of Delaware, but … [Read more...]
New York Bar Brings Apple Drinks to the Big Apple
Barclay Bar and Grill at InterContinental Creates Menu From French Brandy Calvados There are now more apples in the Big Apple. At least in drinks. The Barclay Bar and Grill in the InterContinental hotel has created a menu of cocktails from Calvados, the apple brandy from France's Normandy region. In addition to 30 types of the brandy, Mixologist Jose Torrella has devised … [Read more...]
Hometown Fair Beer Garden Photos Manhattan Beach CA
Images of the Annual Fun Festival in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach City Gorgeous weather brings out gorgeous people and, it seems, the beer flows just a bit faster. Though with more than 300 kegs consumed in two days, the beer always flows pretty darned fast at the annual Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair Beer Garden. In 2011, the temperature was in the upper 70s … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 10K 2011 Photos Hometown Fair
Images From A Beautiful Day at the Annual Downtown Run With Bands and Celebration The annual Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K was run under perfect conditions on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The sun was shining, the pier was glistening and it was a postcard day for the city and the runners. There were bands along the route – the steel drums on Valley-Ardmore, up one of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Big Boobs Bar Business is Really Booming
Hooters, the Tilted Kilt, The Wild Beaver Saloon and Now Twin Peaks – Which Has Sparked A Lawsuit – Are Popping Out All Over the USA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger First, there was Hooter's. What a name, what a concept! Two guys from Florida came up with it years ago, found hot girls (all they had to do in the Tampa/St. Pete area was step … [Read more...]
Music Festival 12 Step Music Fest Florida Keys Camping Event
Lower Keys Event Features Band Members From Billy Joel, Aerosmith and Joan Jett, But Leave the Beer Cooler at Home Grab the sleeping bag, dig out the tent – and don't forget the cooler of beer, with beer huggies from Jack's at Florida City, of course – and head to the Florida Keys the first weekend of November. Well, that's what I first thought when I got a press release … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It’s National Drink A Beer Day!? I’ll Drink to That!
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Do we really need a holiday to drink a beer? Well, why argue. If someone is going to give us one, I'll raise my pint glass and say "cheers" to the occasion. National Drink a Beer Day is Sept. 28. I certainly plan to indulge. In fact, I just won't have a single beer, I'll have several. Maybe I'll … [Read more...]
From Oktoberfest to Halloween October is a Top Party Month
Oktoberfest, Pirates in California, Beer Festivals in Baltimore and LA Plus Fantasy Fest, The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and Halloween October is more like Rocktober with all the party events happening in the month. It starts out with four big events and finishes with three more. What could be better, and what other month is this jam-packed with … [Read more...]
Nirvana’s Nevermind Orchestrated By Orchestra For 20th Anniversary
Jungle Punks Hipster Orchestra Releases The Nirvana Sessions on iTunes A band called the Jungle Punks Hipster Orchestra has taken a bit of the grunge out of the grungy. In September, it released The Nirvana Sessions, an album available on iTunes featuring not a grinding guitar and the gritty voice of Kurt Cobain, but violins and an an orchestra. With no words. It is a … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock Music Festival Plays to LA’s Neighborhood Music Fans
It's no Coachella and There's No Alcohol or Beer Garden, But It Brings in 60 LA-Area Independent Bands and 100,000 Music Fans Who needs big concerts venues, going way out to the desert and paying high prices and having to put up with the likes of Ticketmaster when there are events like the Eagle Rock Music Festival? Sure, it's a neighborhood event and it's only one afternoon … [Read more...]
Pub Crawls and Daisy Dukes – A Perfect Party Storm
Walking Into A Hermosa Beach Bar Makes For a Super Saturday During the Hermosa Open If there's one thing that makes me happy, it's a party. And walking into a party that I did not even know existed is sometimes an even better experience. Especially when that party is a pub crawl that has packed a bar with fun people that had the place absolutely jamming. Even with several … [Read more...]
Abbot Kinney Festival Blog Photos Beer Gardens
Annual Street Festival Features Fun, Music, Food and More Beer Gardens Than the Bar Blogger Can See in a Day I need to go back to the Abbott Kinney Festival next year. That's because I only made it to two of the three beer gardens. And so let me raise my plastic Bud Light cup to the organizers for having three beer gardens. And for not gouging us on the price – $6 for a … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival 2011 Review & Photos
Food, Music and Atmosphere Shine Again in Annual Event Despite having been outside on a Friday night, beer going down as if were water after a 10K, fantastic live music on a stage right in front of me and a belly completely satisfied from a delicious steak and lobster dinner, I got mad. Mad not at the Redondo Beach Lobster Festival, which is great. Mad not at … [Read more...]
Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Open 2011 Review & Photos
Pro Beach Volleyball's Return to Hermosa Beach is a Return to Local Culture At least we have pro beach volleyball! It's not the AVP and its in September instead of June, July or August, and the top players are elsewhere, but we'll take it. Southern California culture is revived and survived with the Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Beach Open at the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Five Top Reasons Austin, Texas Is Such a Great Party Destination
It Has The Top Party School, Tons of Bars on 6th Street, Grand Music Festivals And Fun People One of my favorite party towns in America is Austin, Texas. When people ask me about Austin, I tell them this: If you can't have fun here you might as well lock your door and never leave the house because you can't have fun anywhere! Why? Let PubClub.com list the … [Read more...]
Music Legend Allen Toussaint Performing at Harrah’s New Orleans
Legendary Musician, a JazzFest Regular, Playing Intimate Venue in the Big Easy This October Allen Toussaint, whom Elton John once said was "the equivalent of the Dalai Lami because for me, he influenced the way I played the piano," is playing the intimate venue of Harrah's New Orleans on Friday, Oct. 21. Toussaint is a Grammy Trustees Award Winner, Rock and Roll Hall of … [Read more...]
White House Honey Ale Is Obama’s Home-Brewed Beer
President's Brew Could Appeal to a Huge Segment of 'Untapped' Voters: Beer Drinkers There's a lot of potential jokes here, President Obama brewing his own beer, officially called White House Honey Ale. But I'll pass on them all because I want to try it! Can a blogger about bars and beers get sent a 6-pack for review? Better yet, get invited to the White House to … [Read more...]
Scotch, Whiskey and Bourbon Event Coming to Los Angeles
Get A Designated Driver For Whiskey Live LA, Which Features High-End Spirits in a High-End Environment Bourbon is one of the hottest liquors going in the spirits industry, and along with its cousins scotch and whiskey it is being featured in the third Whiskey Live LA, a tasting and sampling event taking place in Los Angeles. Old favorites are combined with new and rare … [Read more...]
San Pedro Port of LA Lobster Festival 2011 Review & Photos
Lobsters, Beer, Bands, Pirates, Wenches and Lots of People In a Sunny Seaside Setting at Ports O'Call The Bar Blogger found a bar with beer at the Lobster Festival, and thus was happy. If there's one thing that excites the Bar Blogger, it's being outside in a sunny setting drinking a good, cold beer. Festivals are particularly engaging because they involve bands and lots of … [Read more...]
If You Like Lobster and Beer Then The San Pedro LobsterFest Is For You
Event Features Bands, Beer, Entertainment & Lobsters Give me lobster and beer, for dinner every day of the year... That's not exactly the line from the Jimmy Buffett song – it's oysters and beer – but when there's a lobster festival, it fits. And in Los Angeles on the third weekend of September there is a lot of lobster and lots of beer to wash it down at … [Read more...]
Taste of Newport Is An Annual Taste of Fun In Newport Beach
All Of Orange County Comes Out The Third Weekend of September for This Annual Event Editor' Update: Alas, this event no longer exits. But keep reading for what it was like and the memories! Every area needs it's "can't miss, must-do, gotta-be-there" annual event. In Newport Beach, CA, the upscale community of "the OC" by the sea, it's the Taste of Newport, a … [Read more...]
LA’s Sports Bars For Fans Watching NFL & College Teams Games
Fans of Bears, Patriots, Steelers, Eagles Dolphins, Chiefs and Raiders Gather at the Los Angeles Bars To Watch Their Games Hardly anywhere else in the vast city is the diversity of Los Angeles better display than on Saturdays and Sundays in the fall when alumni of college teams and transplanted fans of NFL teams gather to watch their games in specific bars throughout the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Celebrates a Week of Cocktails Sept. 18-25
Cheers to Cocktail Week, Which Involves a Bar Crawl, Seminars and a Gala Dinner, All in A Celebration of Drinks San Francisco Cocktail Week, which is Sept. 18-25, has so many events it's as dizzying as, well, a week's worth of cocktails. One almost needs a social secretary to handle the scheduling. It kicks off with a bar crawl and concludes with a bathtub gin … [Read more...]
Old Style Beer Better Not Go Out Of Style at Wrigley Field
Icon of Cubs Baseball May Be Removed And That's Leaving The Bar Blogger Feeling Flat Cubs fans have suffered enough over the years. The team has teased and it has failed miserably. It has produced loveable players – who could not want to high-five Ernie Banks and his "let's play two" mentality – and goofs. Did Carlos Zambrano really walk out on the team during a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach College Football Teams Sports Watching Bars
Where to Watch USC, UCLA, U-Dub, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Nebraska Games in the South Bay The spirit and passion of college football soars in the South Bay Beach Cities each fall like kickoffs in the air. Alumni from throughout the West Coast and especially the Midwest descend on the bars on and around the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Silvio’s is The Chicago Sports Bar Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles
When the Bears and Blackhawks Play, This Restaurant/Bar on the Hermosa Pier Goes Absolutely WACCO There are so many transplanted Midwesterners in Los Angeles – many of whom live in the South Bay Beach Cities – that one of them started a group so he and like-minded sports fans could cheer on their beloved teams together. That group is called WACCO, the West Coast … [Read more...]
Game Changers Sports Bar Caters to Steelers Fans in Hermosa Beach
Pittsburgh Game-Watching Bar Has Changed From Shark's Cove But Retains Pool Tables and Terrible Towels Steelers fans, worry not, for your Hermosa Beach game-watching bar is still your game-watching bar. Game Changers, the new sports bar on Hermosa Ave., is open for business and that means Steelers fans are in business. It will be showing Pittsburgh games this fall, and … [Read more...]
Halloween 2011: Universal Studios Horror Nights Tickets On Sale
Month-Long Event Features Six Themed Scary Mazes, Scare Zones and the Return of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure Tickets are now on sale for one of the most popular Halloween activities in Los Angeles is the month-long Horror Nights" at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Most nights sell out in advance and it involves turning the studio lot, theme park and … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Open Downtown Bar Scene During Beach Volleyball Tournament
The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Means Busy Bars In This Southern California City More important than who wins the Manhattan Beach Open is can we get into the bars! That's the attitude of many people who goes to this annual event at the pier of this lively Southern California beach city a few miles south of Los Angeles International … [Read more...]
Trump National Wine & Beer Festival Photos Event Review 2011
Third Annual Event Brings In Capacity Crowd of 2,000 From South Bay Beach Cities and Beyond to Palos Verdes Awesome. Fantastic. Glad I went and when's the next one!? In just three years, the Trump National Beer & Wine Festival has become one of the hottest social events in the social-heavy South Bay, a must-do happening that in 2011 even drew people off … [Read more...]
Party Weekend In Manhattan Beach and The South Bay
Manhattan Open, the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball, and Trump Wine & Beer Festival Are Big Events Here's a look at what's happening on this VERY happening weekend in Manhattan Beach, CA. Actually, it spills over onto beautiful Palos Verdes with a relatively new event to the South Bay, one that is quickly becoming a "must do" affair for the entire … [Read more...]
A Hidden LA Area Nightlife Hot Spot In Southern California
There's A Good Party Scene At These Fun Lancaster Bars By The Bartender, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger It's not Hollywood and it is most certainly not the beach. But it doesn't have to be either in order to be a good place to party. And that's what I found when I ventured into the nightlife of Lancaster, CA. Now before you start snickering, … [Read more...]
Antelope Valley Fair Party Guide Review With Beers, Bands & Photos
There's Beer – And Plenty of It – At This Los Angeles-Area County Fair While the land of Palmdale/Lancaster is best known to many in the Los Angeles area as a place of families, it also has its share of party people. And in late August (Aug. 21-30 in 2020), they take a break from the bars and head to the Antelope Valley Fair, where they are greeted with tiki bars … [Read more...]
Origins of Lager Beer Discovered in Patagonia (Via University Of Wisconsin)
Five-Year Search Turns Up Missing Yeast and, Not Surprisingly, Beer-Loving University of Wisconsin Is Involved Leave it to someone at the University of Wisconsin to discover something about beer. Chris Todd Hittinger, who has the title of Evolutionary Geneticist at the Madison campus, has co-written a report in a scientific journal (the Proceedings of the National … [Read more...]
Previewing and Reviewing the Taste of Brews Long Beach
There Were 100 Microbrews From 50 Breweries, But Also A Few Organizational Hicccups Who can not like a beer festival? You get to try a bunch of different beers without having to go all over the place – it's always nice when beer comes to you – the atmosphere is fun because it's full of fun like-minded people – and they are generally held outdoors at cool venues. The … [Read more...]
New Las Vegas Outdoor Development To Include Bars & Concerts
Open-Air Linq Project Provides The Promise of A Cool Addition to the City's Nightlife: Lively Bars Outside On the Strip Bars? Did somebody mention more bars!? That's part of the plan for a new development underway in Las Vegas. It's an outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment venue that will have the world's tallest observation wheel and will include, yes, bars. It's … [Read more...]
Google Adds Homepage Link to Support Bob Marley’s Save The Children
Companies and Rock Stars Together To Help End Starvation in Africa with 'I'm Gonna Be Your Friend' Campaign Check out the Google home page on Aug. 18; just below the search bar there is a link for that says "I'm gonna be your friend." It goes to a YouTube video showing the desperate situation of children in East Africa with background music by Bob Marley. And with that, … [Read more...]
Taylor Swift’s Concert Special Coming to Home DVD
'Journey to Fearless' To Be Released in October by Shout Factory! and Hasbro It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas gifts. Or in won't be in October when Shout! Factor, and Hasbro, Inc. releases the Hasbro Studios original production of Taylor Swift's Journey to Fearless to the home entertainment market. The DVD, to be released Oct. 11 in the U.S., is a two-hour … [Read more...]
Waikiki Nightlife: Happy Hour All Night On Tuesdays At Apartment 3
An Upscale Lounge in Honolulu, Offers Drink Specials Open to Close Each Week Not all the bar action in Waikiki happens on the beach. As locals know, there's nightlife all over town and on Tuesdays, Apartment 3 is practically giving away drinks for free. Well, not quite, but it does have these specials running all night: • $4 draft beer • $5 house wines • $5 … [Read more...]
Free Sunday Concerts A Summer Highlight in Hermosa Beach California
Live Bands on the Pier Are the Draw But the Main Attraction is the Picnic and the People One of the coolest things about living in LA's South Bay Beach Cities are the Summer Concert Series in Hermosa Beach. It's a weekend highlight, an outdoor social gathering, a modern-day Beach Blanket Bingo. We have a group of at least a dozen that meets up, sits on blankets … [Read more...]
The Shack In Playa del Rey CA Needs To Get Its Act Together
LA Restaurant Review: Famous For it's 'Shack Attack' Burgers, This Playa del Rey Dive Joint is Consistently Inconsistent By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Restaurants Blogger Want a medium-warm burger on a cold bun? Then The Shack in Playa del Rey, CA, is your place. Want a delicious burger, dripping with juices that just begs you to bite into … [Read more...]
Rumfire is Waikiki’s Best Happy Hour & Sunset Bar Location
Duke's is Great – Particularly on Sunday – But The Sheraton's Aloha Atmosphere Make It The Best At the Beach We all hear about Duke's as the prime place to party in Waikiki Beach, but the best spot for sunsets – and that also means Happy Hour – is actually down the sand. It's at a place called Rumfire, a beautiful bar at the Sheraton. It's an open-air place with … [Read more...]
Daisy Dukes A Hot Summer Fashion Beach Trend For Girls
Cut-off Jeans Shorts Made Famous by Catherine Bach's Character Are Taking Over Southern California Beaches, To the Approval Of the Bar Blogger Of all the casual fashion trends that have become popular the past few years – trucker hats, baggy clothes, shorts practically to the ankles (which really don't actually qualify them as shorts) and body-covering tattoos – … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like in Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops The Legal Pot Bars
It's a Weed Wonderland But The Drug Hangouts in the Red Light District Are Not Nearly As Lively as the Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The idea is great. Legally smoking pot in public. In a bar! No looking over the shoulder, no hiding to light up or discreetly taking hits. They are the coffee shops of Amsterdam, and they are nothing … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Sangria Players Post Party Photos
The Annual Event, Hosted by Bud Light and Team Magnum P.I., Proves Volleyball Players Can Bring The Heat to The Partying Scene Volleyball players really know how to party. And the time they do it best is after tournaments. One of the great highlights of living in the LA South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are the Sunday … [Read more...]
Little Jimmy Done at Pancho’s Manhattan Beach (Again)
Popular Los Angeles Cantina Will Be Doing Without The Talented Guitarist For A While But The Music Still Rocks Sometimes, you just have to enjoy truly great things while they exist. You know they are going to end sooner or later and it's important to take advantage of them while they there for your enjoyment, because it's not going to last forever. That's true for in … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 2011 6-Man Party Scene Report Images Alcohol Crackdown
The Annual Volleyball Tournament and Beach Bash Has Security, Crowds, Too Many Barricades, House Parties, and Hulk Hogan I saw Hulk Hogan. Well, he's not really Hulk Hogan. His name is Tall Paul," and he dresses up like Hulk Hogan (looking remarkably like the wresting star), each year for Manhattan Beach, CA's annual zany beach volleyball tournament. Some … [Read more...]
Lady Gaga Jimmy Kimmel Show’s Calm Crowd Shows Hollwood’s Good Behavior
The Pop Diva's Fans Prove That Big Public Events Can Be Fun and Peaceful, and Here's Cheers to Their Good Behavior A night after a disaster with a rave techno movie premier, something with even more potential for trouble in Hollywood went off without a hitch. Thanks, Lady Gaga. And Lady Gaga fans. One evening after Hollywood was overwhelmed – surprised, really – with … [Read more...]
Supperclub Issues Statement on Daisy Carnival & DJ Kaskade
Club Explains It's Position on Situation in Which Planned Movie Premier and Post-Event Party Turns Ugly as LAPD Brings in Riot Police Here is a statement from supperclub Los Angeles after thousands of people showed up expecting a free block party by DJ Kaskade and created an incident in Hollywood at the premier of the movie "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience" that took place … [Read more...]
Don’t Associate Party Events With Rowdy Daisy Carnival Movie Crowd
Fun Adult-Oriented Street & Beach Parties Should Not Suffer More Alcohol Crackdowns and DJ Kaskade's Post Shows Twitter Users Should Use Caution The popular Electric Daisy Carnival, which had a hugely successful event in Las Vegas earlier this year, sought to take advantage of its product by hosting a movie premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood at the end … [Read more...]
Two Las Vegas Restaurants Using iPad Wine List
Andre’s and Alizé at the Top of the Palms Introduce 'SmartCellar' Technology To Help Customers Select Wines, Beer and Cocktails Las Vegas is not a place to sit still and wait for things to happen. It's always coming up with creative ways to serve customers, often utilizing the latest technology in the process. And so, diners and drinkers, enter the iPad. Andre’s at Monte … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2011 Party Scene Images & Photos
Annual Hermosa Beach Costume Volleyball Tournament is, Once Again, A Smashing Success When one hears the words "beach party," this probably does not come immediately to mind. One likely imagines some type of college Spring Break scene or, for those fortunate enough to have experienced it, the wild scene of Paradise Beach in Mykonos. But this is California. Southern … [Read more...]
My Weekend Suddenly Got Wilder, Nightlife & Bars
The Party Girls Are In Town! Watch Out Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach My weekend suddenly became more wild. It happened with one phone call. That, as any seasoned PubClubber can tell you, is often the beginning of the end. That phone call came from a girl I have nicknamed "Mud." I call her that because she's as wildly unpredictable as she is wild. She's always calling to … [Read more...]
Smackfest: Another Reason To Love Living in the L.A. South Bay
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach Are Full Of Things Like This Party-First Volleyball Tournament If ever there were a fun place to live, it has to be the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, a pair of party places within Los Angeles. For it is here that the young and social go out to bars, fill places for cultural happenings like the weekly Taco Tuesday … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day Can Be Loads Of Fun But Its Too Crowded For Some Fans
Huge Crowds Overwhelm Where The Turf Meets The Surf, Yet the People Still Keeping Partying It's the Kentucky Derby of the West Coast, the mid-summer social scene of Southern California, the best Hump Day party in the country. Opening Day at Del Mar race track in Del Mar, CA, is an annual event for tens of thousands of people from Los Angeles to San Diego. People … [Read more...]
Bid & Win a Date at Brennan’s Marina del Rey
The Turtles Not The Only Thing Racing Here For This Charity Auction Event Win a date, race a turtle and help a charity. Sounds like a good night in a bar! That's what's happening on Wednesday, July 20 at Brennan's Pub in Marina del Rey, CA. It's called Soulmate Wednesday and it takes place from 7-11 p.m. A $10 donation at the door to benefit One Love Generation, a … [Read more...]
Portland’s Distillery Row Tasting Hotel Travel Package
Jupiter Hotel Deal Includes Tastings at Local Distilleries Plus a Look Inside Water Avenue Coffee, $269 for Two Nights Finally, a hotel package for us PubClubbers! The Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Oregon, is including tasting fees at local distilleries with the hotel room price. Known primarily for its outstanding local beer, Portland is also fast becoming a maker of specialty … [Read more...]
California Sports Lifestyle Beach Event & Beer Garden
The Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition Showcases the Unique Combination of An LA Sport and A Post-Event Party There are unique things about life in Southern California that are different than anywhere else in the world. One such example is demonstrated the second Saturday of July in Redondo Beach. It's the Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition and it involves hard … [Read more...]
Molson Gives Out Free Beer in Toronto
Promotion Could Never Happen in America, But The New M Brand Got in the Hands of Lucky Canadians Molson, in an effort to promote its a new beer called M, was handing out king cans – extra large! – in front of the CBC headquarters in Toronto on July 14. Yes, free beer, handed out like water and energy drinks in the States. M is a pale lager in a black can with silver … [Read more...]
Free Weekend Concerts at Universal CityWalk Hollywood
'Plugged In' Series Is Held Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at the new 5 Towers Concert Plaza Music is one of Los Angeles' greatest assets. Not matter where you go in the city, the quality of the local musicians – whether they are playing original tunes or familiar covers – is outstanding. The Sunset Strip has certainly played a role in attracting and developing talent, but … [Read more...]
Eva Longoria’s Las Vegas Eve Nightclub Closes
Desperate Housewives Star's CityCenter Club Shuts Doors (Temporarily?) While Beso Steakhouse Remains Open Not everything that happens in Vegas really, well, happens. Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria opened a nightclub and restaurant in the "crystals" CityCenter complex and initially attracted an A-list of celebrities that included Victoria and David Beckham, Holly … [Read more...]
Miller-Coors Taps Out in Minnesota Over License Issue
A Controversy Is Brewing Over The State's Government Shutdown, And It Involves Beer (Editor's Note: Perhaps beer saved the day. The governor and legislature have reached a compromise. Still, here's what can happen when governments shut down operations). Here's a way to get a state legislature to quit playing politics and get down to budget business: Cut off voters' supply of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Let’s Make The Mooning Of The Amtrak Fun Again
Annual Silly Event Takes Place At Mug's Away In Laguna Niguel, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The heck with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and stuffy Laguna Niguel city officials. Let's make the Mooning of the Amtrack fun again! Starting with the 2020 mooning on Saturday, July 11. A few years ago, with a new sheriff in town (the … [Read more...]
Pro Beach Volleyball Returns For Manhattan Open & Hermosa
NBA's Kevin Love Joins Pros Back at the Beach in August and September, Though It's Not the AVP Beach volleyball, as much a part of the culture of the South Bay as surfing and Taco Tuesday, is back for 2011. It's not the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) but a new three-tour series that starts with the Manhattan Open the end of August and hits Hermosa Beach in … [Read more...]
Newport Beach, CA 4th of July House Parties Threatened
City Is Way Out Of Line With Plans to Shut Down the Fun and Fine Owners $4,000 I'm ticked off at Newport Beach. What gall the city has to tell people they can't have house parties on the 4th of July. It's ridiculous, childish behavior and has no place in a free society like America. Yet that is what the city has done, having instructed the police to break up any gathering … [Read more...]