Not To Light And Not To Heavy It's Ideal For The Beach, Boats and BBQs. And Jimmy Buffett Concerts Summer has arrived, and that means going to the beach, the river, the lake, house parties, backyard BBQs, large and small gatherings of friends and strangers and on summertime adventures. Naturally, these activities go better with beer, whether it's putting a couple in the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Get Your Tickets Now for the Trump National Wine & Beer Festival
Fun 4th Annual Event is Aug. 26 And Will Sell Out in Advance The setting is spectacular – high on a cliff in Palos Verdes, CA at an exclusive golf club – and the event itself surpasses even its surroundings. So it's little wonder that in just four years, the Trump National Wine & Beer Festival has become one of the top social events of the South Bay Beach Cities. It … [Read more...]
Bar Rescue’s Season Two Patches Up A Pirate Bar
Maryland's Piratz Tavern First of 10 Bars Being Rescued by Jon Taffer's Spike TV Show They might have thought of him as a scallywag at times but without him, the Piratz Tavern in Silver Spring, MD might have gone down without a fight. The themed bar was dead in the water – a waiter even lost an eye during a swordfight with a fellow employee – and rudderless with … [Read more...]
Hey Rory McIlrory: Here’s Some Irish Bars in SF to Drown U.S. Open Memories
The City's Best Irish Pubs, Top Places to Hear Irish Music and Have a Pint Well, Rory, you didn't make the cut at Olympic Club for the 2012 U.S. Open in San Francisco. But not to worry. You can still make the pubs! And there are plenty of them to explore, surely more fun than those first six holes at Olympic. Here are some suggestions on where to grab a pint in San … [Read more...]
LA Kings Victory Party Photos at Staples Center
Fans Celebrate 2012 Championship With Stanley Cup Champions Want to find the Stanley Cup? All fans had to do was show up in downtown L.A., on Thursday and it came to them. First, it was in a parade, free and open to the public. And then, it sat on the ice on Staples Center in a special ceremony for season-ticket holders and other lucky fans that was a rah-rah celebration … [Read more...]
LA Kings Celebration at Hermosa Beach’s North End Bar
Party Goes Into the Night At the Players' Hometown Bar After Kings Win The Stanley Cup The hometown bar of the players was the place to be in Los Angeles as local sports history was made on an overcast Monday night on June 11, 2012. Fans – true hockey fans and and several people who just wanted to savor the celebration – were out partying as the LA Kings won the Stanley … [Read more...]
Taste of Newport Has Hot Headliners Blondie And Devo
80s Punk Bands Playing on Saturday of the 24th Annual Music, Food and Singles Festival in Orange County The past has seen Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Huey Lewis and the News, the Doobie Brothers, Styx and Pat Benatar, but now the Taste of Newport may have outdone itself. The 2012 event has Blonde AND Devo. On the same night. These iconic early punk bands of the 80s are … [Read more...]
Blondie and Devo Team Up For Fall Concerts
80s Bands To Rock In 13 Cities for 'Whip It to Shreds' Tour This September The 80s are back! In the summer of rock 'n roll revival band tours, now comes this one of punk's early days. Blondie and Devo are combining for a 13-city tour in September that takes them across the country, with stops in California, Florida, Illinois (Chicago) Texas and Washington. It's called … [Read more...]
115,000 Attend Final Night of Electric Daisy Carnival
An Electric Ending to the Electronic Music Party in Sin City The final night of the 16th annual Electric Daisy Carnival brought 115,000 people to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and they were entertained by pyrotechnics displays on every stage, a fireworks show, music and even a wedding. Unlike the previous night when high winds hit the area, Sunday's weather was good, and the … [Read more...]
Malibu Beer Festival Was ‘In’ At the Malibu Inn
Kicking Back At This Laid-Back Beer Event in Malibu The sun was out, the beer was flowing and the people were partying. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Malibu, CA? That's the way it was at the 2012 Malibu Beer Festival, held on a sensational Saturday, May 9. Even though this was Malibu there were no celebrities present. Unless you count the 25 or so … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Continues The Show on Sunday
High Winds in Vegas Cause Insomniac to Adjust Schedule of The Popular Electronic Music Festival In a move made to protect fans and performers, Insomniac, the producers of the Electric Daisy Carnival, postponed part of the second night of the popular electronic music festival when high winds hit the venue, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on Saturday, June 9. The show will … [Read more...]
Miss California USA Natalie Pack at Infusion Lounge Universal Studios
Open Auditions for Miss USA Contestants Take Place June 16 Here's an opportunity to get up close and personal with Miss USA California and, perhaps, Miss Universe. A preliminary contest for Miss USA is taking place at Infusion Lounge at Universal City Walk Hollywood on Saturday, June 16. The winner of Miss USA goes on to compete to be Miss Universe. The event is open not … [Read more...]
Celine Dion Is Back and In Vegas All Summer
Singer is at Caesars Palace in June, July and August After Vocal Cord Injury Those Caesars Palace Las Vegas commercials that end with Celine Dion getting a rose can continue to be on the air. After a vocal cord injury ended her run at The Colosseum prematurely in February, she's now back with a whopping 36 shows in three months this summer. And you can see her for as low … [Read more...]
Shark’s Cove Manhattan Beach Needs to Honor Its Happy Hour
Popular Sports Bar Goes to Full Pricing During 'Big Games' like the LA Kings I like Shark's Cove. The downtown Manhattan Beach bar – located just up the pier in a cool spot formerly known as Manhattan Coolers, for you long-time locals – is a clean sports bar that transforms itself into a fun nightspot later in the evening, often with bands. It's a perfect kick-back place … [Read more...]
Hey LA Kings Fans, Meet The Stanley Cup
Lord Stanley's Trophy Has Even Been in Manhattan Beach Los Angeles, meet your newest resident. It's 35 inches high, weighs 35 pounds and shines like the biggest celebrities. It will look great with all this sunshine. It's Lord Stanley's Cup – the Stanley Cup, for short – and it goes to the winner of the Stanley Cup Final, the National Hockey League's champion. Before … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Sports Fans Getting Behind LA Kings
Sports Bars, Particularly in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, Are Feeling The Rush From Stanley Cup Excitement Something's happening in Los Angeles. There's a wave rolling in, and it's not the surf in El Porto. It's a wave of emotion, something not felt for 19 years. It's the LA Kings and the Stanley Cup Final. Back in 1993, the Kings were king for a day (well, actually a … [Read more...]
Cincinnati Music Festival Features 100 Bands
Weezer, Jane's Addiction and Death Cab for Cutie Headline Summer Festival July 13-15 You may not think of Cincinnati when it comes to music or music festivals, but consider this: It's where the term "Parrotheads" came from to describe Jimmy Buffett fans, and Buffett used the city in the opening line to his wildly popular song "Fins." And in July, the city is hosting a … [Read more...]
Insomniac Las Vegas Offering Nightclub-Style VIP
Bottle Service By Marquee Nightclub And A Helicopter Ride At Electric Daisy Carnival Leave it to Las Vegas to get creative when it comes to entertainment. The Electric Daisy Carnival is June 8-10 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. That's a half hour (with no traffic) from the Strip. And there will be traffic those nights. So why not arrive by helicopter? That's an option this … [Read more...]
Hear The Bar Blogger on Internet Radio
Party Report on Static Beach Radio in Hermosa Beach You read the words, so now hear the voice. I'm on the air, coming to you via the Internet each week on Static Beach Radio – staticbeach.com– a fun Internet radio station based in Hermosa Beach, CA. Once a week, I'm doing the PubClub.com Party Report. It focuses on happenings and my observations on the party and nightlife … [Read more...]
Harry O’s Still the King of LA Kings Sports Bars
The Manhattan Beach Bar Was Once the Home of the Kings and Hit Its Peak During the '93 Stanley Cup Final There's LA Live and in the South Bay Beach Cities – home to many of the team's players and even its coach – there's the North End. But when it comes to watching the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Final, no current bar comes close to the legendary Harry O's in … [Read more...]
Becks Gives Its Beer Bottles an Artistic Look
Labels Painted By Artists Provide a Fresh Look to a Refreshing Pilsner Many of us think of beer as a work of art. Its taste, its ability to stimulate conversation – some people even developing develop extreme passion for certain brands – and its overall contribution to the betterment of society are all emotions that exist among both beer drinkers and within the artistic … [Read more...]
Win A Weekend in New Orleans For Arena Bowl XXV
Big Times in the Big Easy On Some Hot August Nights New Orleans called and I answered. The city is giving away a trip to the Big Easy this summer for Arena Bowl XXV. Airfare, three nights hotel on a weekend, dinner or Sunday brunch at Commander's Palace (that's where Emeril Lagasse kicked his cooking career up a notch), tickets to the Arena Bowl and two pre-event … [Read more...]
North End is Hermosa Beach’s LA Kings Watching Bar
It's Not The Ol' Harry O's, But This Long-Time Dive Is The Place to be for the Stanley Cup Final in LA's South Bay Beach Cities Oh, for the days of Harry O's. Not just for its status as one of the South Bay's all-time great pick-up bars, but also as a place to watch hockey. Watch hockey? In Los Angeles? In the South Bay Beach Cities!? Well don't adjust your computer … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Fiesta Hermosa 2012 Photos
Sunshine, Bands, Beer and Beach Volleyball Combine to Make A Festive Memorial Day Weekend The sun was out and so were the people. A three-day weekend at one of the top beaches in Los Angeles always means a good time, but add the elements of Memorial Day and perfectly sunny mid-70-degree weather and the people were out to enjoy the holiday and great weather. A top … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Gold Dust Lounge Not Dust Yet
Legendary Union Square Bar Relocating to Fisherman's Wharf There's dust the floor and dust on the hands of the Handlery Hotels for forcing out a bar that's as iconic to some locals as the Golden Gate Bridge. But the Gold Dust Lounge is not dust. It's simply relocating. In a move cheered by many, the legendary Union Square bar on Powell Street – which will be replaced … [Read more...]
Lake Travis In Austin, Texas Is A Top Memorial Day Party Destination
Looking for a place to party for Memorial Day? Or Labor Day? Want to find a place that's a wild three-day weekend that's somewhat off the beaten tourist path, where hot locals know to go to party? Then look no further than Lake Travis. Yes, lakes are awesome spots to be for holiday weekends. Boats, brews, hot babes and more dudes without shirts than beer cans in … [Read more...]
Nikki Sixx Throwing Out First Pitch at Dodgers Game
Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M Rock Star Takes To The Mound At Dodger Stadium Nikki Sixx will be throwing a baseball toward "Home Sweet Home" on Sunday, May 27, and that may drive the "Girls, Girls, Girls" into a frenzy. Sixx, the founding member and bassist of Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M., will be throwing out the first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers-Houston Astros game at … [Read more...]
Meet The Bud Light Girls During Fiesta Hermosa Beach
Girls Doing Bar Promotions On the Pier During Memorial Day The beach party just got even better. The Bud Light girls will be on the Hermosa Beach Pier during Fiesta Hermosa, doing promos in the bars. They will be giving out Mardi Gras beads and mingling with bar patrons for four hours on Saturday, May 26. They will be on the Pier from 1-5, making the rounds at Sharkeez, … [Read more...]
Miss USA Contestants Are Out on the Town in Vegas
Miss California, Miss New Jersey And Miss New York Combine For Stanley Cup Photo They don't have bruises, black eyes and are not missing any teeth. And when it comes to body checks, well that's something different entirely. But hockey and the Stanley Cup Finals were on the minds of PR people for the Miss USA contest when they posed Miss California, Miss New Jersey and … [Read more...]
James Hinchcliffe On Pole Of 10 Friendliest Indy 500 2019 Drivers
Seeking Someone To Cheer For In This Year's Race? Look No Further Than These 'Good Guys of IndyCar' By Kevin Wilkerson, Pubclub.com Sports Blogger Don't know whom to cheer for during this year's Indianapolis 500? Not familiar with the names, don't know the drivers? You want to root for someone who's cool, nice and, in general, a good guy, right? Not some jerk … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Music Festival at Lulu’s in Mobile, AL
Band Bonanza Happening At The Gulf Shores Bar Of Jimmy Buffett's Sister A few days after Jimmy Buffett opened his new Margaritaville restaurant bar and casino in Biloxi, his sister is hosting another party on the Gulf Coast. Lulu's, in Gulf Shores, AL, is holding what it calls "LuLuPalooza" on Memorial Day Weekend. It's a two-day band bonanza fearing a series of New … [Read more...]
Young Dubliners and Fishbone to Rock Topanga Days 2012
Memorial Day Party in LA's Topanga Canyon Steps It Up With Popular Bands for 2012 I did a double-take when I looked at the music lineup for Topanga Days, the annual Memorial Day event in Los Angeles. It features not only the Young Dubliners but also Fishbone. On the same day! This is an incredible lineup, especially considering this isn't a massive music festival, but … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Live at Margaritaville Biloxi Opening
Radio Margaritaville Broadcasting Buffett's Live Show From the New Casino, Restaurant & Bar Parrotheads not fortunate enough to be at the opening of the new Margaritaville Biloxi Casino & Restaurant (also featuring a bar on the water) can eavesdrop on the happenings through Radio Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffett's internet radio station is broadcasting his live … [Read more...]
Ocean Bar Hermosa Beach Summer Sundays Are Back
'Sol Sundays' Are Vegas Without The Pools At Bar's Upstairs Deck If you didn't know better, you might think for a second you were transplanted to Rehab or some other rocking pool party in Las Vegas. There's people in bikinis and swim trunks (or shorts and sandals), the place is packed, drinks are flowing and a DJ is pumping house music. Except there's no pool. There is … [Read more...]
Big Bear Hosts Good Amgen Tour Festival Party
Bikes And Beers Meet at the Summit of Snow Summit in Southern California The 2012 Amgen Tour of California did not exactly roll into Big Bear Lake, CA, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in mid-May (May 16, to be specific). It turned, it twisted and it climbed up highways 330 and 18, which have more curves than the PubClubettes. For the competitors, it ended with an … [Read more...]
Budweiser Back at Indy With Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Graham Rahal So Happy About Sponsorship He Tweeted It A Week Before The Official Announcement Back in 1986, Bobby Rahal won the Indianapolis 500 in a Budweiser-sponsored car. In 2012 his son hopes to do the same. The King of Beers is back at the King of American races, as Budweiser will place the King Of Beers logo on Graham Rahal's No.38 Service Central Honda for the … [Read more...]
Sevierville, TN Is The New Bachelorette Destination
It's Not Vegas But Adventures In The Great Smoky Mountains Make It A Good Place To Bond With the Bride Ladies, why go to Vegas for your bachelorette party when you can be in Sevierville, TN!? Pass on Sin City and go to instead in Dolly Parton's hometown? Well guess what, it's happening. Sevierville, TN, pressed up against the Great Smoky Mountains an hour from … [Read more...]
It’s Now 5 O’Clock Somewhere in Biloxi’s Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett Returns to Gulf Coast With Bar, Restaurant and Casino on The Back Bay Jimmy Buffett has made another Pascagoula Run. Except this time, he stopped in Biloxi. The Gulf Coast native has opened the Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant Biloxi – grand opening is Tuesday, May 22 – proving that yes, you can go home again (wonder of cousin Baxter will be there for … [Read more...]
On The Rocks Promises to Go Off In Las Vegas
Multi-Day Event To Feature DJs at 30 Nightclubs, Happy Hour Parties & A Beer Festival Nov. 9-11 You think you've partied hard in Vegas before, just wait until On the Rocks takes place. It's the first multi-day entertainment and beverage festival in Sin City, and it features Happy Hour parties, bands, a beer festival and the S.K.A.M. Artist Fan Festival, a DJ-driven … [Read more...]
You Bastards! Alabama Bans Sale of Dirty Bastard Beer
Who Are The Real Bastards Here, the State of Alabama's ABC Board or the Brewers Who Named Their Beer? Both, Really You can be a Fat Bastard or a Raging Bitch in the state of Alabama, but not a Dirty Bastard. That's because the board of the ABC Stores has rejected the sale of the latter, a beer, because it finds the name objectionable. Fat Bastard is okay because it's a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Baja Cantina, The Demise of an LA Legend
Once-Happening Sunday Venice and Marina del Rey Bar An Empty Taco Shell of Its Former Self By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I should be at Baja Cantina in Marina del Rey, CA, right now instead of writing this blog. Having a margarita, chatting it up with friends and strangers. Loading up on the chips and salsa because I want the party to … [Read more...]
Lakers Playoff Win A Relief to LA Sports Bars
Bar Owners, Managers, Bartenders and Waitresses Are Cheering The Lakers Advancing in NBA Playoffs As Much as Fans That cheer – and sigh of relief – you heard from the LA Lakers finally beating Denver in Game 7 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs was not from Laker fans. It was from owners, managers, bartenders and waitresses of Los Angeles' sports bars. Had the Lakers … [Read more...]
Monterey, CA’s Restaurant 1833 Has a Happening Nightlife Bar Scene
Hidden Upscale Gem Has a Large Drink Selection, Awesome Cheddar & Bacon Biscuits And Looks Like New Orleans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Did I make wrong turn and wind up in New Orleans? Am I walking in downtown Monterey or in the French Quarter? While there's little similarity to Alvarado Street and Bourbon Street, there is a place … [Read more...]
Critiquing Happy Hour at Monterey’s Montrio Bistro
Highly-Regarded Restaurant Popular Among Locals for Its Drinks and Tasty Appetizers 7 Days A Week One good thing about drinking wine, as I was at the Terranova Fine Wines tasting room in Monterey, CA, is that when you start talking with people they offer suggestions of place where you can, well, drink even more wine. And so that is how I found myself at Montrio Bistro. I … [Read more...]
Amgen Tour Spectators Get Festivals & Beer Gardens
Big Bear Finishes Stage 6 Strong With A Party at Snow Summit's Finish Line I've always wanted to go to the Tour de France. The thought of sitting at a roadside cafe in a small French town in the countryside, nibbling on a baguette and having a glass of wine as the world's greatest cyclists roll through is quite appealing to me. Then packing up and going to the next … [Read more...]
New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Has Many Events
The 20th Annual Event is May 22-26 And Includes A Wine Tasting Stroll Down Royal Street When one normally thinks of New Orleans – and the French Quarter in particular – they think of Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras and JazzFest. And for good reason; those are all good reasons to go to and play in the Big Easy. But the city also has other more refined places and events, and … [Read more...]
Giving The Ole Smoky Moonshine The ‘Ol Taste Test
It's Down the Hatch With The Tennessee Hootch By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One friend approached cautiously, as if it were a pretty girl he wanted to meet, while another dived right in as if it were a swimming pool on a hot August day in Knoxville. Me? I took a shot. We were tasting moonshine. Hootch. Good 'ol Mountain Dew. None of us … [Read more...]
Credence Clearwater Revisited Headlines MN Festival
Two-Day Lakefront Music Fest Also Features Travis Tritt July 13-14 Fans of Credence Clearwater Revivial will be rolling down to the river this summer as the band's modern-day edition, called Credence Clearwater Revisited, plays the Lakefront Music Fest in Prior Lake, MN. The two-day event is July 13-14 and features Grammy winning country singer Travis Tritt on the 13th … [Read more...]
Drink Beers And Help A Military Family’s College Student
Pints of Pale 31 To Help Raise Money For The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Drink up and help a military family member go to college. Now that's something worthy of a cheers or two. Barney's Beanery sports bars in Los Angeles has toasted glasses with Firestone Walker Brewing Company to create Boot Camp Beer, a program that donates 50 cents from the sale of each pint … [Read more...]
Music Festival Seeks Band to Open For Huey Lewis
Omaha's Bank Of the West Celebrates America Concert & Fireworks Show Taking Audition Tapes If you're in a band that thinks it's the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, Then This is It. The Bank of the West Celebrates America concert and fireworks show, taking place June 29 in Omaha, Nebraska, is taking audition tapes from bands that want to serve as the opening act at … [Read more...]
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin to Play at Vegas Caesars
Performance Set for Sunday, July 15 With Tickets on Sale May 11 The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is ready to rock The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with a show on Sunday, July 15. She will be joined by special guest Jonathan Slocumb. She has just released a "Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" CD that includes Jumping Jack Flash with Keith Richards and It's Isn't, It Wasn't, … [Read more...]
This Rocky Top Moonshine Still Is Open to the Public
Ole Smoky Moonshine Opens Tasting Room in Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky Mountains Once two strangers climbed 'ol Rocky Top, Lookin' for a moonshine still. Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top, Reckon they never will. That lyric from the unofficial theme song of East Tennessee and the University of Tennessee is meant to imply that a couple of unwelcome intruders … [Read more...]
Brooklyn’s Northside Festival Features 350 Indie Bands
More Than 30 Bars and Venues in Williamsport And Greenpoint Host 4th Annual Music Festival June 14-21 Summer music festivals take place throughout America and there's a big one in Brooklyn happening June 9-12. It's called the Northside Festival and it features more than 350 bands playing at local music venues, bars and other locations throughout Williamsport and … [Read more...]
Greece Financial Crisis Won’t Slow Greek Islands Party
Partying This Summer Not a Problem in Greek Islands of Ios, Mykonos and Santorini The on-going financial crisis in Greece looks bad on TV. There are people rioting, the political system seems to be in shambles and it appears to be a place to avoid rather than to seek out when seeking a fun summer party place. But that's in Athens. Not the islands. And the islands will … [Read more...]
Beyonce Adds Fourth Memorial Day Weekend Show at Revel
New Atlantic City Beachfront Resort Goes Big on Opening Holiday; Special Ticket Preview Sale is Friday, May 11 Her first public concert since last summer has turned into a series of concerts. Beyonce has added a fourth show after the first three ones sold out in minutes, at the new Revel Beach in Atlantic City, N.J. Beyonce's shows, which will be in the resort's Ovation … [Read more...]
The 2012 Boonville Beer Festival is Saturday May 12
More Than 80 Craft Beers Greet Northern California Beer Drinkers The people will be pouring into a tiny no-stoplight Northern California town and the beer will be flowing on Saturday;, May 12, for the annual Boonville Beer Festival. Some arrive on a party bus from San Francisco – good idea – and others simply roll out of sleeping bags from the adjacent campground. Better … [Read more...]
Sunday Brunch With Bottomless Mimosas Is Good Bar Business
Every Bar and Restaurant Should Offer Bottomless Mimosas on Weekends By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Where I live, and where I travel, one thing I always love is a champagne brunch. Consider me a product of my environment. Where I live – the Manhattan and Hermosa Beach area – this is as common as sunshine. As regular as the waves. As … [Read more...]
Muckey Duck Monterey, CA Improves Crowd & Atmosphere
One-Time Favorite Bar in Downtown Monterey On Its Way to Its Past Fun Glory My favorite bar for a long time in Monterey was the Mucky Duck. Oddly named, yes, but it more than a pond full of fun. It was two places in one, an English pub in front with good food and a patio in the back. A true "PubClub" of a place in gentle area of the middle California coast. One of my … [Read more...]
American Junkie Is Hermosa Beach’s New Hot Bar
Great Location, Big Patio, Big-Time Happy Hour and Super Service Make The Former Sangria an Instant Player in The South Bay Beach Cities Nightlife Here's how to have a successful bar. 1.) Be sure it's in a great location with a built-in crowd. 2.) Hire a friendly staff that can smile even if the bar is packed in the early days of opening. 3.) If you're in a place that … [Read more...]
What’s Your Fun Party: Kentucky Derby, JazzFest, Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2012 Brings A Trio of Great Beer-Drinking Events, Led By the Run For the Roses One of America's great party scenes is the Kentucky Derby. It's the first Saturday of May and the infield is, as PubClub.com reports, "absolute chaos!" So who would not want to be in Louisville!? But there is another option. And it, too, involves being hammered at the infield of a … [Read more...]
Kentucky Derby Party in Los Angeles
Can't Make the Run for the Roses? The University of Louisville Alumni Are Holding An Event in Southern California The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place on Saturday, May 5, and for those in Southern California not consumed by Cinco de Mayo, the transplanted University of Louiville alumni if Los Angeles are having a house party. It's in North Tustin near Santa … [Read more...]
Craft Beers To Go at Peter B’s Brewery Monterey, CA
With Wines and Wineries Becoming A Local Bragging Source A Craft Brewery Is Making Its Mark on the Monterey Peninsula Walk in with a thirst and walk out with a craft brewed beer. That's a pretty common practice among craft breweries, but it's unique in this part of the U.S.A., Monterey, the beautiful small town on the coast of California just up from Pebble Beach. In an … [Read more...]
Oregon Garden Brewfest Doubles Attendance for 2012
Central Willamette Valley Hosts Annual Event Featuring 90 Hand-Crafted Beers From 45 Breweries People flowed into the sixth annual Oregon Garden Brewfest the way the beer was flowing out of the kegs in 2012. More than 6,000 people attended, nearly doubling the previous mark of 3,200 set last year. People in the Pacific Northwest, particularly those in Oregon, do love their … [Read more...]
May 5 2012 Is A Huge Party Day Led by Kentucky Derby
The Run for the Roses, New Orleans JazzFest and Cinco de Mayo Are All on a Single Crazy Day Sometimes, the party gods have a meeting (over several drinks, I would presume), rub their hands together, raise their glasses and say "let's really give it to 'em hard this time!" And this is what they do – they combine three major party events at the same time. That's the case … [Read more...]
Making My Way to Monterey With Its Fun Bars
It's Not Wild and Crazy, But The Mellow Monterey Nightlife Is Entertaining Not every place you visit has to have a whoop-it-up, never-ending party scene. Sometimes it's nice to be in a spot where simple is sweet. Where you don't have to worry about lines, cover charges, doormen and hanging with "hipsters." (Actually I can't stand that term; you see it from people who … [Read more...]
Kidnapped To Ride on the Hermosa Beach Party Barcycle
Locked Up Not Abroad But At Local South Bay Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was kidnapped. Locked up not abroad, but in the South Bay. And this is the South Bay. Hermosa Beach. So all started and ended well. I was planning on a busy day of writing several articles for this blog – among them a review of a new rum, actually – when I … [Read more...]
Liquor Product Review: SX Infused Rum More Than Mojitos
Taking a Taste Test of A New Rum From Mexico Sorry, Luau Larry. The rum is gone. And you didn't get any of it. Oh, I offered. How can I acquire a bottle of your favorite beverage without inviting you over to enjoy it with me? Without getting your expert input, without your fantastic mixology skills to create the perfect pour. So I was left to my own skills which, when it … [Read more...]
Drunk on Hand Sanitizer? Just Raid The Liquor Cabinet
Get Buzzed The Old Fashioned Way, Not From Ingesting Harmful Chemicals of Household Products A handful of teenagers in LA's San Fernando Valley have had to go to emergency rooms recently after drinking, get this, hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer!? Apparently, they are able to separate the actual sanitizer from the alcohol, making for the equivalent of a shot of hard … [Read more...]
Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May on American Idol
Band Members Roger Taylor and Brian May Performance Leads Into The Queen Extravaganza Cover Band On Back-to-Back Nights Band members Roger Taylor and Brian May will be performing Queen's classic songs on American Idol on Wednesday, April 25, to the show's top six contestants. And the next night, the official Queen tribute band The Queen Extravaganza will sing “Somebody to … [Read more...]
Jeremy Buck & Bang Back at the Lighthouse Hermosa Beach
South Bay Band Back At This Legendary Live Music Venue For Several Shows Yes, you can go home again. Jeremy Buck and the Bang is doing it, returning to its original live music venue, the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach, CA. The Bang is not the house band there anymore – it's doing tours across the country these days – but rather is back for a free show on … [Read more...]
Beginning to Bond With Sharkeez Manhattan Beach
It Took A While But This Local Warms to New Upper Manhattan Bar Location It was difficult at first. I knew it was time for a change, but I also didn't want to let go, stubbornly clinging to my comfort zone. It was almost like breaking up with your first girlfriend. Except this wasn't a girlfriend, it was a pal. A partner in crime. A wingman. Sharkeez Manhattan Beach … [Read more...]
Secret Service Scandal in Colombia Hardly Unexpected
Hookers in Cartagena Are Cheap So Arguing Over the Price Is The Advance Team's Biggest Shocker By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger My big question when I heard about Secret Service agents hiring prostitutes in Colombia was probably not the same as the rest of the USA. Instead of asking "how could they do such a thing!?," my response was, "why were … [Read more...]
Hanging Out With My New Aussie Mate Miss Indy Australia
Showing First-Time Visitor to America Kirsten Dee Around Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger First, I received a text. Then a knock on the door. And suddenly, she was here, Miss Indy Australia, new "mate" Kirsten Dee, taking me up on my offer to crash at Casa de PubClub in Manhattan Beach while she was … [Read more...]
Baseball’s Hottest Wives From An Unlikely Source
Adult Website Name Jennifer Utley, Wife Of Chase Utley, The Sexiest Spouses in Major League Baseball Baseball players have long been known to attract attractive women. So it's not surprising that someone would conduct a Hottest Wives contest. What's surprising is the source of this one: People who go to the adult website Pornhub. That's right, a free … [Read more...]
Motown and Catfish on the Las Vegas Strip Restaurant
Rock With Rolls: Catfish Alley Features Southern Menu Plus Live Music and Dancing It may seem a bit out of place, catfish and Southern "fixin's" on the Las Vegas Strip, but the owners of the Catfish Alley have struck a creative new tune: Putting live music and a dance floor in a restaurant. “The goal is to have an event every night and make it a fun, happening place to be, … [Read more...]
The James Hotels Offering In-Room Mixology Kits
Mixing Drinks In Hotel Rooms Is Nothing New But This is 5-Star Service Brings In a Bartender's Touch Whenever a friend of mine travels, he loads up his hotel room with bottles of booze and mix, and sets up a bar on the desk. It's a bit of a Spring Break approach, but his room is always the central gathering spot for the group. Such an approach is more Motel 6 than … [Read more...]
Creative Party People Come Up With the Craziest Events
An Easter Keg Hunt in El Segundo A Different Kind of Fun Pub Crawl This is what happens when a creative person – or persons – sits down to have a few beers. They come up with crazy ideas and turn them into even crazier events. I was at one recently. An Easter Keg Hunt. That's not a typo. Yes keg, not egg. The premise, of course, is to gather a bunch of people and go to … [Read more...]
Surfest/6-Man Manhattan Beach Signup Deadline Extended
Beach Volleyball Party Gets Deflated By Tuesday-Wednesday Schedule This is what happens when you take a popular weekend event and move it to the middle of the week. You lose people. And, as a result, you lose revenue. In this case, it's a whacky event called Surfest, but known locally as the 6-man. It's a combination of Halloween and beach volleyball, an ideal marriage of … [Read more...]
Will Molson Coors Buyout Of Star Be Eh-OK With Europeans?
Pass That Bottle Of Beer – From Canada To Amsterdam and Prague The moose is loose! And it's headed to Europe. The news that MolsonCoors has purchased StarBev, a European beer company, makes one wonder if this well be Eh? Ok, with European beer drinkers. After all, Amstel and Heineken are the dominant brews in StarBev's home country of Holland, and pilsner is king in its … [Read more...]
OB’s Pub and Grill Manhattan Beach Has New, Good Look
Inviting Exterior Says 'Welcoming Neighborhood Bar' While New Booths Have Been Added Inside OB's in Manhattan Beach, the locals' hangout for sports, breakfasts, nighttime beers and the weekly ritual that is Taco Tuesday, has undergone a bit of a change of late. And it's proof that even when you've got something successful and cozy, change can be … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Hermosa Beach Photos
Images From the Party On the Pier, Plus Video of the Famous Budweiser Hand Truck Team Hermosa Beach holds a St. Patrick's Day parade on the Saturday before St. Paddy's Day. Here are photos of the parade, which goes from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Its route consisted of Pier Ave., from Valley Ardmore the Pier, then south to 8th Street on Hermosa Ave. There's also a video of The … [Read more...]
Portland Pub New Old Lompoc Staying in NW Location
'We Shall Return,' to Same Spot the Owner Proclaims As Building Gets Replaced With New Four-Story Complex It's moving out, but not moving. That's the situation with New Old Lompoc brewery and pub, which has signed a new lease in the same location and will be re-opening in the summer of 2013. But first, it must close. The building at NW 23rd Ave., is being … [Read more...]
Bartenders Need To Check ID’s For Underage Drinkers
Manhattan Beach Loses Top Bartender For Serving To A Minor In Police Department Sting Operation By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the best bartenders of the past 15 years was fired recently because he had a brief lapse in judgement. He was the victim of a sting operation conducted by the Manhattan Beach (CA) Police Department to check for … [Read more...]
There Are Not Nickle Beers at English Pub in Las Vegas
Todd English P.U.B on Tuesdays Promotion Discontinued Despite What Is Seen On Some Vegas Nightlife Websites A friend was headed to Las Vegas on a Tuesday and did an Internet search on where he could drink for cheap. He found "several" websites – all of which will remain nameless – that touted nickle beers! Well that certainly fit his college-sized budget. The deal was … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Party Bus Hermosa to Newport and Long Beach
A Sharkeez-to-Sharkeez Pub Crawl After the Hermosa St. Patrick's Day Parade Every wonder what it's like in those other Sharkeez locations, if any are as popular as the one in Hermosa Beach? Want to check one – or a few of them – out but can't find some friend to stay sober to drive to Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and the Panama Joe's in Long Beach's Belmont … [Read more...]
KISS and Motley Crue Join Up For Monster Summer Tour
Mega 80's Rock Bands Combine On 40-City Tour July Thru September The summer of 2012 just got a lot hotter. Two of the most smokin' rock bands of the 80s, KISS and Motley Crue, are touring this summer. And, get this – together! That's right, fans will not only be able to Rock 'n Roll All Night, they will also be able to do it at Home Sweet Home. Called simply The Tour – what … [Read more...]
Casting Call Information For Playboy TV Show
'Foursome' Show Seeking Girls And Guys For 5th Season Are you jealous when you see "The Bachelor" with all those babes in those exotic locations, wish you could be one of those people put up in a mansion to live out dramas on reality shows? Perhaps you can be now, as producers are conducting a casting call for season five of "Foursome" on The Playboy Channel. "Blind Date meets … [Read more...]
My Night Out With Miss Grand Prix
The Tale Of Time With A Beautiful Girl in the Bar in Sharkeez Hermosa Beach, CA My heart started pounding, my arms went into automatic "hug" mode and my knees, well, they collapsed faster than Duke in March Madness. Miss Grand Prix had arrived. There are certain involuntary things the male body does when we encounter a beautiful girl. We twitch. Our insides start … [Read more...]
Revel Beach Nightclub Revels In Beyonce Concert Memorial Day
New Jersey Resort Features Singer's First Public Concert Since 2011 May 25-27 Talk about a grand opening. The new Revel resort in Atlantic City, N.J., is bringing in Beyonce for not one, not two, but three shows on Memorial Day weekend to kick off its grand opening celebration. It's Beyonce's first public concert in a year, and she will be performing May 25-27 … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah Ga. Party Stories Spanky’s
A Parade, River Street And Dying The River and Fountains Green Only Hints at The Fun Here on March 17 The first bar opens at 6 a.m. The last one closes (the same one, actually) at 3 a.m. In between, there is wildness and revelry (all harmless fun; it's important to point that out these days), green beer, green fountains, a green river and 300,000+ people dressed in … [Read more...]
Panama City’s Sober Spring Break After Setting Bikini Record
After 450 Girls Set New Mark As Spring Break Arrives, Some In The 'Redneck Riviera' Are Promoting Alcohol-Free Activities Okay, let's give a big "cheers" to Panama City Beach, Florida for breaking the World Bikini Record. "Cheers!" It assembled 450 girls in the sexy swimwear to set the new mark. It broke the old record of 357 set last year on Australia's Gold Coast (get … [Read more...]
Top Party Tips For Watching March Madness in a Bar
10 Methods For Making The Most Of the Madness That Is The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament One of the best bar times of the entire year is during March Madness. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is such a shootout, loaded with upsets, and there's celebration and heartbreak taking place , especially during the opening round on Thursday and Friday (March 16 and 16 in … [Read more...]
The St. Patrick’s Day Best Party City This Year Was Honolulu
Boston, Chicago, Savannah and Dublin Are Fun But A Jimmy Buffett Show Makes It a Wild Weekend in Waikiki Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The biggest party for St. Patrick's Day t might well be the parades, pub crawls and crowds in Boston; Chicago; New York; Savannah, Ga; and of course Dublin. But the biggest party of the entire weekend this … [Read more...]
The Party’s Not Quite Over For Red Sox Players
No Beer in Boston's 'This Ain't No Bar' Clubhouse Doesn't Mean Team Will Quit Drinking Beers and baseball go together like bats and balls. Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. "Take Me Out To the Ballgame," whiffed on this one. And that's just not for the fans, but for the players, as well. Last season, of course, the off-duty Boston Red Sox pitchers took it to a new, unacceptable … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Nightlife Is Not As Party Wild As City Council Claims
There Are Not Too Many Bars On The Pier And Placing Restrictions on Nightlife Is Foolish If you're someone who likes to party, who gets wide-eyed at the prospect of a Spring Break-type atmosphere, and listen to the Hermosa Beach City Council, then you would dream of bolting to the bars on and around the Pier. If you're the parent of, say, someone who's just out of … [Read more...]
Top 10 Reasons Why This Bachelor Is Still Single
Unlike Some, This Blogger KNOWS Why He's Not Yet Married Or In a Long-Term Relationship There comes a time in everyone's life when you turn around and say, "hey, what happened!?" Everything is moving along smoothy – you've got a decent job, great friends, go to fun events and have a healthy and long-term romantic situation – and then you suddenly notice one (or … [Read more...]
Tequila Can Make The Clothes Fall Off But Can It Cure Being Sick?
This Flu Remedy Calls For Tequila Shots and a Jacuzzi. Hey, it Works! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger My neighbor is feeling ill. Has had the flu a couple of days. Still, she's considering coming to Happy Hour with me. Perhaps these were the inspiring words: "You need tequila." Hey, it's my cure. Whenever I'm feeling ill, I take a shot. Or … [Read more...]
Gas More Expensive Than Wine Or Beer? Then Drink Up!
Drink Don't Drive But Also Be Wary of Suspicious Minds By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger What can you do when gas prices get more expensive than our favorite beverages? There's these funny Internet reports that wine is now cheaper than glass. "Drink don't drive," it says. That IS funny. But is it true? Well, I just spent $3 for a 750 ml., … [Read more...]
Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart Touring Again This Summer
'Heart and Soul' Tour To Hit Four U.S. Cities This Summer With More To Be Added She's got hot legs and she probably thinks he's sexy. So why not team up for a tour? That's what Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart are doing, hitting four U.S. cities this summer in the "Heart and Soul" Tour. Initially, four dates have been announced, with more to come in the future. The current … [Read more...]
It’s A Party At Las Vegas’ Nightclub & Bar Convention
'The Show' For Bars and the Spirits And Beer Industry Is A Trade Show Like None Other I won't be at the Nightclub & Bar Convention in Las Vegas this year. Feel no pity for me; I've been invited to the opening of a new Penthouse club in San Francisco at the same time. In my place in Vegas, this March 12-14, getting stories and photos for PubClub.com, will be a … [Read more...]