Only In L.A. Does The Weather Give The Nightlife A Buzzkill It's chilly and misty tonight – a Friday night – and I won't be going out tonight. This is not because I do not want to go out, but I know it's pointless. That's because I live in Los Angeles, and in L.A., people don't go out to the bars when the weather is not nice. They stay home when the weather dips … [Read more...]
Bars & Nightlife
Chez Jay Santa Monica Bar Deserves Local Landmark Status
Casual Celebrity Hangout And Dive With Peanuts On The Floor To Be Preserved If ever a bar, watering hole, locals' dive hangout or whatever you want to call it, deserves to be named a local landmark and preserved, it's Chez Jay in Santa Monica. It's a dive without really being a dive. There's a barrel of peanuts, and peanut shells on the floor. There's an old, large … [Read more...]
Top Hermosa Beach Nightlife Advice For Single Men: A Pier Plaza Warning
The Nightlife Blogger: From The Barstool In Hermosa Beach, when a girl says “let’s go to the Pier,” it may not mean what you think. PubClub’s nightlife columnist learned this firsthand — and tried warning a visiting friend, with predictable results. A funny thing happened to a visiting friend recently. And it's a lesson to be learned about being single in the South … [Read more...]
Basel Switzerland Provides a Fun Nightlife Experience
Surprisingly Lively Swiss City Appeals To This Party Veteran After I returned from Switzerland in the late Spring/early Summer of 2012, I was asked what surprised me the most about the trip. My response was as precise as a Swiss watch: Basel. Basel is a happening little place, as lively and bouncy as a college coed. But it doesn't exactly come to mind when discussing a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Zurich’s Splendid Bar Lives Up To Its Name
Not Your Typical Piano Bar, But One Of The City's Best Nightlife Spots Sometimes the best nightlife discoveries happen by accident. I wandered into Zurich's Splendid Bar after spotting a glowing sign late one evening and found a lively piano bar filled with singing, laughter and one of my favorite nightlife experiences in Switzerland. The place is absolutely … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Lancaster: A Hidden Gem for Nightlife in LA
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...]
Local Rock Musician Little Jimmy Done at Pancho’s Manhattan Beach (Again)
This post looks back at a local legend who once rocked this small cantina in Manhattan Beach, CA. 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 anything in life, … [Read more...]
Exploring the Vibrant Nightlife of Los Gatos, CA
Carrie Nations, Mount Charley's & More Fun Party Spots For Single People Not far from San Francisco are some fun towns that have a thriving bar scene all their own. The Peninsula refers to an area south of San Francisco that encompasses Stanford University, the hippie and surf community of Santa Cruz, techy San Jose, beautiful Capitola Beach, exclusive Los Gatos … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Dive Bars Reviews Of Shellback Tavern & Ercoles
With Progress Developing Around Them, These Two Legends of the Beach Keep Pouring It On For Loyal Locals They are the institutions that refuse to give into time or progress (or developers), as much a part of the landscape as the pier, the Strand and even the sand and the ocean. They are the downtown dive bars of Manhattan Beach, CA, the upscale beach community in … [Read more...]
The Original Sharkeez Manhattan Beach Relocation Party Images Pictures Review
The Legendary South Bay Bar Goes Out Of It's Original Building in Style The original Sharkeez was in in Manhattan Beach in a yellow building on Highland and 38th. PubClub.com was there for it's final night and has this writeup with photos of a memorable evening. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There was something special about that familiar yellow … [Read more...]