Rewinding Moments & Memories As 2020 Festival Is Canceled By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Many places have a kind of anchor event that defines a particular time of year or the season. In Munich, Oktoberfest means the fall October fall harvest season has arrived. In San Francisco, the imminent arrival of summer is signaled with the wild and … [Read more...]
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San Diego Gaslamp Gets A New Bar, Toro; Restaurants Coming Soon
Nightlife & Dining Options Increase Along Fifth Ave. By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger Despite current COVID-19 restrictions the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter is "charging" ahead with the opening of a new bar and two restaurants coming soon. The bar is Toro, which has opened on the prized corner of G Street and Fifth Ave. Right now, it's an … [Read more...]
New Snack Bar Offers Cheap Beers & Food On The San Diego Bay Embarcadero
Burgers, Bait & Beer Is A Little Shack To Love On The South Embarcadero By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Lifestyle Editor There is now a place on San Diego Bay where you can roll up on your bike, in your running shoes or even with your dog on a leash. You don't have to see a hostess for seating or hope you arrive at Happy Hour to get a cheap … [Read more...]
San Diego Free Parking Ends And City Is Again Issuing Parking Tickets
Meter Maids Return And Are Giving Out Tickets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Well, it was nice while it lasted. The city of San Diego had free parking on its streets during the summer and early fall – a move to encourage people to visit and support local businesses – but that officially ended on Oct. 15. On that day, parking meters began … [Read more...]
Padres Fans Have The Playoff Spirit – It’s Just Hard Finding Them
San Diego Should Be Buzzing With The Playoff Series Vs. The Dodgers, But It's Not In The Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The San Diego Padres are in the NL Division Series playoffs against the hated Los Angeles Dodgers – the Dodgers! – and you just know the entire city is fired up about it. The problem is that there is little … [Read more...]
San Diego Has Very Good Nightlife And Here’s Why
5 Reasons SD Rocks It With Bars & Clubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In many ways, San Diego is that forgotten cozy city to the south while California's other more marquee destinations – LA and Hollywood, San Francisco – take center stage. But it is also a prime place to visit and yes, San Diego does indeed have very good … [Read more...]
5 Things I Learned Going Carless In San Diego
Getting Around The City Utilizing Trolleys, Trains, Buses, My Feet & A Bicycle By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Fed up with yet another expensive car repair for my BMW – $1,800 this time just to get the "check engine" light off in order to get it to pass the smog inspection so I could get the registration renewal sticker – I started looking at … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars Are Open – And Some Nightlife Venues Are Thriving
There Is A Party But COVID-19 Rules Limit The Singles Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The first impression visiting friends said when getting a look at the bar and restaurant scene in San Diego's Gaslamp was this: "wow!" Used to the closed confines of Los Angeles, they marveled at the lively scene along Fifth Ave., and spilling out onto … [Read more...]
This Is Why There Is Never A Wasted Day In San Diego
This Isn't Los Angeles So When Plans Go Awry Simply Make New Ones By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger My afternoon did not exactly go according to plan. The idea was to swing by a dive shop to purchase a mask and snorkel – I had somehow managed to lose the mask but hang onto the snorkel when I moved from Los Angeles – and then test out my new equipment in La … [Read more...]
Next Step For San Diego Bars & Restaurants: Get Rid Of The Food Requirement
Will Dining & Drinking Inside Open The Door For A More Return To Normalcy? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger San Diego has taken a step forward in its fight against coronavirus, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom allowing restaurants and bars that serve food to once again serve customers inside. There's a catch tho – isn't there always in … [Read more...]
San Diego May Be Spending $352,000 Per Homeless Person For Housing
Pricy Plan Calls For Renovating Vacant Hotels By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Published Aug. 26 Some things are so unbelievable that when you see or read them, you have to do a double-take and go over it two or even three times to be sure what you saw the first time is what is really in front of your eyes. This one certainly qualifies: According … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Canceled For 2020
It's Not So Grand For The Grand Tasting & Other Food And Drink Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubCub.com San Diego Blogger One of the "must do" events in San Diego and a top happening in the fall, will not be taking place this year. The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival has been canceled for 2020, officials have just announced. It was originally scheduled for … [Read more...]
Best Places To Eat San Diego: A Quick-Look Dining & Restaurants Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger With an ocean as its grocery store and fresh gardens thriving in the perfect climate, San Diego is a feast for food lovers. It may surprise you to learn that agriculture is San Diego's fourth-largest industry and that the area produces more avocados and mushrooms than any other county in the country. (The avocados we can … [Read more...]
Tivoli Bar & Grill Has The Best Burger In The San Diego Gaslamp
V By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I should have started here first. After going around the Gaslamp Quarter to various restaurants and bars to locate the best burger in this part of San Diego, I found it. It is at Tivoli Bar & Grill. This should not really have come as much of a surprise to me because through the years, I have learned that … [Read more...]
How To Get A Table At The Portside Pier Restaurants In San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The San Diego Portside Pier restaurants on the bay in downtown are beautifully designed, a very pleasurable place to have a meal and a couple of drinks, and are a long-needed place on the water in this part of the city. It's just that being able to get a seat to enjoy the view and atmosphere is difficult. Part of it is … [Read more...]
Buzzing San Diego’s Portside Pier Restaurants On An America’s Cup Yacht
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The suggestion was just a joke, but before I knew it, skipper Mark Strube had IL Moro, ITA-16, a 90-foot boat with a 150-foot mainsail that participated in San Diego's America's Cup, pointed straight at the new Portside Pier restaurants in San Diego Bay. I wanted some close-up shots for this new and cool dining and … [Read more...]
Fun Things To Do In San Diego: Sailing Aboard An America’s Cup Sailboat
Sail USA 11 Provides A Unique Three-Hour Tour Of San Diego Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It is one thing to look out onto beautiful San Diego Bay and quite another to be on San Diego Bay. There are a few ways to do this – aboard a Flagship or Hornblower cruise, the Coronado ferry, a jet ski or even a kayak – but there's nothing like the … [Read more...]
How To Watch Padres Games When They Play In Petco Park
Altitude Sky Lounge & Fairweather Bar Provide Views Inside The Stadium By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Play ball! The Padres are back in Petco Park. Except you can't be there due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans – other than some cardboard cutouts – are not allowed in games. Several people are anxious to see the games in person and here's … [Read more...]
Why Is The San Diego Gaslamp Such An Unfriendly Place To Ride A Bicycle?
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Lifestyle Blogger Every time I get on my bicycle to go to the grocery store or to head down to the water for a scenic bayside ride, I ask myself this question: why is the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter is such an unfriendly place to ride a bicycle? I'm constantly battling cars for lane space and have nearly been sideswiped so many … [Read more...]
San Diego Waterfront Bars Raise The Bar With These Portside Pier Restaurants
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego has a beautiful bay, ideal for enjoying on a sunny afternoon or at sunset as the day transforms into evening. But there is almost no place to have a cocktail to take in that view. That soon will be changing when restaurants open at the Portside Pier project just north of the Broadway Pier. In a property with a … [Read more...]
Understanding San Diego’s New Outdoor-Only Restaurants & Bars Restrictions
The Latest COVID-19 Rules Explained By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger The moving target that is eating and drinking at San Diego restaurants and restaurant/bars has changed again and since it's difficult for the establishments to keep track of things, it's even harder for customers. With this in mind PubClub.com presents this guide to help you understand … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars Adhering To Social Distancing Rules During Curbside Gaslamp
Nightlife Mixes With Restaurant Diners In A Lively Weekend Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's noise from conversations, music, lines out the doors and pedicabs are patrolling the area looking for customers. On the surface, it seems a normal night of nightlife on a weekend in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. But look closer, and you … [Read more...]
Curbside Gaslamp Street Dining On 5th Ave., Everything You Need To Know
Bars & Restaurants Put Tables In The Street Along Fifth Ave. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The street dining that debuted in Little Italy has expanded to the Gaslamp Quarter, as San Diego is embracing this new style of dinner and drinks experience as result of the coronavirus pandemic. Curbside Gaslamp, as it is called, is both bigger … [Read more...]
Little Italy San Diego Al Fresco Dining In The Street All You Need To Know
An Experiment That Works As Restaurants Return To Sit-Down Service By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger They aren't dancing in the street but rather dining in the street in San Diego's Little Italy. With restaurants back open to sit-down dining throughout the county, this neat little community with a blocks-long lineup of Italian restaurants, wine … [Read more...]
Now That San Diego Bars Are Open, Here’s What You Need To Know
Social Distancing Rules, Tips, & Navigating The New Singles Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There was laughing echoing down the empty street, the sound coming from an outdoor table at a San Diego Gaslamp restaurant/bar. It was obvious someone was having a good time. This group was seated outside on Sixth Avenue and over on Fourth … [Read more...]
San Diego Restaurants Are Open And Here’s What It’s Like To Dine Out Now
Everything You Need To Know About Dining In Under California's Phase 2 Rules By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Initially, I was a bit apprehensive. I wasn't overly excited to go out to dinner here in San Diego and have to abide by California's COVID-19 Phase 2 rules. But I was also curious. I had a lot of questions, such as: do we have to wear a … [Read more...]
San Diego Bars Are Open Like Restaurants But With This One Rule
Food & Drinks Required For Service By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger There has been a lot of media attention on San Diego restaurants re-opening as the county has advanced to Stage 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic procedure, but what about the bars? PubClub.com has the answer. Keep in mind this does not include nightclubs, which are … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival 2020 Postponed To 2021
Officials Planning An Alternative Fall Event It's little wonder that another San Diego event has been canceled due to COVID-19. The Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which was about to enter just its second year in 2020, has been postponed to 2021. The inaugural three-day event, held in November, featured more than 125 artists on 10 stages from Broadway Pier … [Read more...]
San Diegans Out Getting Exercise After New Face Coverings Requirement
Wearing Masks Not Required During Exercise By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger One day after the county of San Diego declared that all residents must wear face covering while in public, San Diegans were out on a sunny weekend to stretch their legs and get some exercise. And not all had a mask. In fact, by PubClub.com's observation, about 40% were … [Read more...]
Two Big San Diego Summer Events That Have Not Been Canceled
Del Mar Opening Day & OTL Still Scheduled To Take Place In July By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Comic-Con is gone. So, too is the county fair and the pride parade. But not all the big and fun events – decades-long signature summertime happenings in this city – have not been canceled in San Diego. As of this writing, two big summertime ones … [Read more...]
The Ultimate San Diego Weekend Itinerary Guide
From Sightseeing To Nightlife, Here's What To Do & Where To Do It In SD By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The sun it out, you're in San Diego – San Diego! – and you're as anxious to get moving as a teenager who has a date with the head cheerleader. But like that person, you don't want to fumble the opportunity. You want to make the most of it and … [Read more...]
San Diego Electric Scooter Ban In Mission Beach, Pacific Beach & LaJolla
What You Need To Know About The 2020 Law By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Riding electric scooters – the popular but scorned devices from companies such as Lime and Bird – are illegal along the walking/running/biking path at San Diego beaches. The scooters are not allowed along the so-called Boardwalk (although its concrete) from Mission Bay to La … [Read more...]
American Junkie San Diego Gaslamp Dollar Beers Night
$1 Pizza Too, On Thirsty Thursdays At This SD Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Red solo cup, Fill it up, Let's have a party! And so it is every Thursday night at American Junkie in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. That is when the bar, in the heart of lively Fifth Ave., has its dollar beers night. That's right, dollar beers. $1. And not just the … [Read more...]
How Do You Feel About A Carless Fifth Ave. In San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter?
Plans Call For A Pedestrian Promenade By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger San Diego's vibrant Fifth Ave., the centerpiece of the nightlife and restaurant scene in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter, may be making a big change. A proposal by the San Diego Gaslamp Association calls for making a pedestrian promenade out of the popular street. An artist's rendering shows … [Read more...]
With A Margaritaville Hotel In The Gaslamp, Will Jimmy Buffett Play The Shell In San Diego?
A Margaritaville Match Made In Heaven Could Lead To A 'Live By The San Diego Bay' Show By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It's a match made in Margaritaville heaven, a new hotel and a new outdoor concert venue on the water that conjures up thoughts of the epic "Live By The Bay" show. A Margaritaville Hotel is opening in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, and … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Getting A Margaritaville Hotel
Will Parrotheads Flock ForThis Jimmy Buffett-Themed Place To Stay? The San Diego Gaslamp is not generally a place for themed businesses – like are right at home by amusement parks or in Las Vegas – but it is getting one when the Margaritaville Hotel opens sometime in 2021. It is taking over the Hotel Solamar at 436 Sixth Ave. Parent company Pebblebrook Hotel Trust … [Read more...]
Beach Boys To Play A Summer Concert In San Diego’s New The Shell Amphitheatre
It's Going To Be 'Fun, Fun, Fun' At This Embarcadero Venue By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There will be a lot of "Fun Fun Fun" happening in San Diego's newest concert venue, The Shell Amphitheatre, when the Beach Boys come to the sunny city. The legendary "Good Vibrations" band – or the 2020 version of them anyway – will play on July 13, the first … [Read more...]
San Diego Symphony’s Summer New Home, The Shell, Also Has Concerts
The Beach Boys & Crowded House To Play Embarcadero Venue In 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There's going to be a lot of "Good Vibrations" coming out of the new summer home of the San Diego Symphony. The Beach Boys are having a concert on July 13, one of the first events in the permanent outdoor venue, which is at the Embarcadero South at San … [Read more...]
Mardi Gras In San Diego: No Parade But A Beads & Booze Bar Crawl
Gaslamp Quarter Bars Hosting A Big Easy Beads, Bites & Booze Tour If you want to laissez le bon temps rouler in San Diego for Mardi Gras, then sign up for the Big Easy Bites & Booze tour. Taking place on Saturday, Feb 22 – Fat Tuesday is Feb. 25 – the event involves a self-guided bar crawl through Gaslamp restaurants and bars. For $25 you get 20 "sips and bites" … [Read more...]
AQUAlounge Bringing A Floating Nightclub To San Diego’s Mission Bay
Three-Level Yacht To Be Like A Vegas Pool Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger What is San Diego nightlife missing? How about a little daylife. Well folks that's coming in the fall when Pacific Beach tech entrepreneur Brad Hunter launches AQUAlounge, a three-level yacht in Mission Bay that is going to be a like a floating … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Deserted Horton Plaza May Become Lively Again
Development Firm May Bring In Popular Shopping Destinations And Bar/Restaurants By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Hark back to the days when Horton Plaza was a mecca of San Diego activity, buzzing with life from the shops, bar/restaurants, cute girls in kiosks and constant foot traffic. Those days may be returning as as retail development firm … [Read more...]
Lime Becomes Third Scooter Company To Leave San Diego Since September
Dockless Scooters Leaving The City Due To Regulations But Need To Look In The Mirror By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Lime squeezed about all it can out of San Diego and has pulled out of the city, the company announced in January. It is the third dockless electric scooter company to do so since September, joining Skip and Uber's Jump. This still leaves … [Read more...]
San Diego Needs To Step Up Its Party Game For New Year’s Eve
City Needs To Have Fireworks As Part Of A Big NYE Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger (Editor's note:This article was posted after NYE 2020 and of course the situation is completely different for 2021 New Year's Eve due to COVID-19.) San Diego is one of the most fun cities in the world for 364 days a year. It's just that 365th day … [Read more...]
American Junkie Dots the ‘i’ As San Diego’s Rockin’ Ohio State Game-Watching Bar
Where OSU Alumni Cheer For The Buckeyes In The Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger They stand up and spell O-H-I-O with their hands, sing the fight song and cheer loudly at every score. While also drinking beer and other libations and playing a lively game of beer pong. "They" are the Ohio State alumni who now live in … [Read more...]
The San Diego Bay Holiday Boat Parade Of Lights Dates & Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger I love a parade. A boat parade, anyway. During the holiday season, there are boat parades all up and down the California coast. I have been to the multi-day Newport Beach Boat Parade, the Marina del Rey Boat Parade and the intimate Redondo Beach Boat Parade. And now that I'm living in San Diego, I wanted to check out the one here, … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Grand Tasting 2019 Event Review
A Blast By The Bay – Again By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger Sunshine and wine. There was an abundance of both – as well as plenty of people to enjoy each of them – at the annual Grand Tasting, the spectacular signature event of the annual San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. On a tourism postcard day along the bay, this annual event … [Read more...]
San Diego Blog: The Padres Game Experience
It's Easy To See Why SD Fans Love Attending Games At Petco Park By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger I went to the Padres game on Sunday and it's so easy to understand why so many fans go to the games, even when the team is 30 games out of first place and more than 15 games under .500 in September, as they were on this day. Petco Park is a very good … [Read more...]
This Dog-Friendly San Diego Bar Has Creative DJ Headphones Music
Quartyard In The Gaslamp Quarter A Unique All-Outdoor Nightlife Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger A dog park in a bar in a city's downtown area is different onto itself, but Quartyard has one other feature that makes it stand out even in the nightlife-crowded area of San Diego's Gaslamp. It has headsets for people to listen to the … [Read more...]
San Diego Blog: Bottomless Mimosas Brunch & The Dallas Cowboys Bar
Hanging Out At Union Kitchen & Tap Gaslamp On An NFL Sunday Funday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Sunday afternoon in sunny San Diego and the available options of things to do were as endless as summer in Southern California. Since it was lunchtime – brunchtime on a weekend! – and it was the opening weekend of the NFL, I decided to stay … [Read more...]
San Diego Blog: There’s So Much To Do Here I Don’t Know WHAT To Do Sometimes
Shall The Blogger Go To The Beaches, Biking, The Ferry To Coronado Or A Bottomless Brunch? By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Take a ferry ride and bike around Coronado. Jump on the excellent public transportation and go for a swim in Mission Bay. Make it a beach day in Mission Beach, Perhaps Pacific Beach. Or maybe even Ocean Beach. Take a bike ride … [Read more...]
San Diego Blog: Rooftop Fairweather Bar A Good Pre-Padres Game Hangout
Mai Tais And A View Overlooking Petco Park By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger While patrolling around Petco Park looking for a good pre-Padres watering hole, I naturally found myself – almost without thinking – in Bub's By The Ballpark. That's the natural place because it was packed with people in jerseys not just from the home team but the … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Alabama Alumni Bar Is Truly ‘Tuscaloosa West’
Gaslamp Venue A Sea Of Crimson Tide Fans And 'Roll Tide' Cheers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Southern music blares from a sound system resembling that of a stadium – "Redneck Woman," "Sweet Home Alabama" and heck they even play "Rammer Jammer" – people wearing crimson-colored shirts fill the place and "Roll Tides" are so loud and frequent it … [Read more...]
San Diego Nightlife Blog: Three Good ‘Go To’ Gaslamp Bars
The Field, Las Hadas & Tin Roof Are Fun & Happening Hangouts By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter is nightlife nirvana on the weekends. There is live music, DJs, restaurants that turn into mini clubs, pubs, rooftop bars, mysterious places where you stand in a corner at the bottom of steps staring at ivy … [Read more...]
San Diego Blog: Founders’ Day Festival To Feature A Beer Festival
Local Breweries Featured In Old Town Celebration What better way to celebrate San Diego's 250th anniversary than with something that recognizes a signature mark of today's city: a beer festival. Local craft breweries are taking part in the Old Town Founder's Day Festival, a weekend of activities that commemorate the history of San Diego. The festival takes place … [Read more...]
San Diego Has Great Public Transportation. Here’s Why You Should Use It
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger Open the App or Whip out your Pronto card, which looks like a credit card and hop on a trolley or bus. That's good for all day traveling around San Diego via the city's great public transportation system. The cost: just $6 per day. Yes, San Diego has a great public transportation system. This article tells you about it and also … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2019 Tickets & Events
Premium Event Grand Tasting Sells Out Every Year One of the best events of the year is back for 2019, and tickets are now on sale for the weeklong San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. A series of events featuring food, wines, spirits, chefs, pairings and, well wine and food, this event is a premier annual happening in San Diego. The 2019 dates are Nov. 10-17. The … [Read more...]
Del Mar Race Track Is A Fun Day Beyond Opening Day
Horse Racing, Festivals & Concerts Make This Among Top Summertime Things To Do In San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Opening Day at the Del Mar race track in San Diego, CA, is one of Southern California's great social scenes, the "Kentucky Derby of the West Coast" as PubClub so accurately describes it. Yet I discovered something … [Read more...]
It’s Back! Comic-Con Is A Super Heroes Sci Fi Party In San Diego’s Gaslamp Streets & Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The scene is out of something you might find only, in, well a comic book. There was Batman, Captain America and Superman. Several Supermans, in fact. As well as the most authentic-looking Spock you could find outside of Star Trek, a bunch of Ghostbusters and even a Ghostbusters ambulance coming out of the roof of a … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day Is The Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The ladies arrive in tight-fitting cocktail dresses topped by huge hats, the gentlemen don pants and jackets with pictures of horses on them and drinks flow like at a wedding reception. It's Derby Day and not the one you're likely thinking about on the famed grounds of Churchill Downs but instead at the Del Mar … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Shines Again In 2018: A Review
Grand Decant, Grand Tasting & Taco TKO A Full & Fun Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Festivals Blogger In a whirlwind series of events that seemed to both to breeze by and also slowed down so you could savor the many moments, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival closed out another successful year with thousands of people downing thousands of … [Read more...]
Pacific Beach Fish Shop Wins Taco TKO At San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival
Grilled Mahi Mahi Tacos Take Top Prize At Annual Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger After three hours of serving up countless tacos to a couple hundred people, Pacific Beach Fish Shop won the people's prize of "Best Taco" at the 2018 Taco TKO on the final day of the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. The large-sized taco (most other … [Read more...]
What To Do If You Only Have 24 Hours To Spend In San Diego
5 Top Things To Do From The Beaches To The Gaslamp By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger San Diego is one of America's great cities. It's as sunny as you think it is, there are beaches and a lot more, and the people are as cheerful as the weather. But what if you only had one day to spend in San Diego? It would be impossible to do everything, but I … [Read more...]
Le Diner En Blanc San Diego 2018 Everything You Need To Know
Inside SD's Exclusive All-White Pop-Up Dinner One of the most exclusive dinner parties in San Diego takes place on Friday, Nov. 9. But where is it? We don't know, and even if you're invited – there's a registration process – you won't know either. Until two hours before the event, anyway. It's Le Diner en Blanc – San Diego, and here's everything you need to … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival 2018 Tickets, Dates & Top Events
Grand Tasting Is Saturday, Nov. 17 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger One of the must-do events on the annual social calendar in San Diego is the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival, and the 2018 dates are Nov. 12-18, with the Grand Tasting scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17. The Grand Tasting takes place from Noon-3 p.m., with VIP and … [Read more...]
Friday Night Latin Music Comes To San Diego Gaslamp Nightlife At Lair Nightclub
Weekly Event Called Cielo Features Latin Top, Spanish Trip & Reggaeton From PubClub.com Staff Reports The diversity of nightlife in San Diego’s Gaslamp has expanded with the addition of a weekly event of unique music called Cielo at Liar Nightclub. Latin Top, Spanish Trip & Reggaeton is the Friday night draw for this club on 7th & Broadway. From the … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Among City’s Top Most Fun Events
Del Mar Opening Day, The OTL, Fat Tuesday & St. Patrick's Day Make Up 5 Best Annual Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger In a city full of great events - Del Mar Opening Day, the Over-The-Line, the Gaslamp Fat Tuesday Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade – the San Diego Wine + Food Festival stands out as one of the best annual events in … [Read more...]
Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel The Place To Stay & Play While In San Diego
Restaurants, Pools & Rooms With A View By The Convention Center & Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger When it comes to hotel rooms, I will generally take location over comfort. Yet when those two elements are combined well then, I have found me a (temporary) home. Case in point: the Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel. It's the … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine + Food Festiva Review – A Grand Time Again
Grand Tasting, SommCon & Blind Tasting Make For A Fun & Rewarding Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Wine & Food Blogger The time zipped by faster than the Jet Skis skimming across the water in San Diego Bay. At one moment, the gates to the San Diego Wine + Food Festival's premier Grand Tasting event opened, and what seems like mere moments … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting A Grand Event At San Diego Wine & Food Festival
A Spectacular Scene Makes This An Annual 'Must Do' Social Occassion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Drinks Blogger Take notice of the name. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, not the other way around. Wine before dine. That in itself says a lot about this annual event, which is annually held the third weekend of November in this scenic … [Read more...]
Marriott Hosts Several Wine Lovers Events For San Diego Wine + Food Festival
It's Always Wine Time With These Fun Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger For one week a year, San Diego becomes the wine capitol of California. It's the annual San Diego Bay Wine + Festival, a week-long series of events featuring wine tastings, wine pairings and dinners. As well as a lot of food. And other drinks. Within this, the … [Read more...]
Halloween In San Diego WCKD 2019 Gaslamp Block Party Dates & Details
Everything You Need To Know About This East Village Block Party Who can not like a block party for Halloween? Especially if it's in the happening Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego? That's what you get with Monster Bash, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Gaslamp's East Village. Now in its 19th year, this massive block party draws more than 15,000 people … [Read more...]
San Diego Now Has An Official ‘Destination’ Craft Beer
Bay City Brewing Company’s '72 And Hoppy' IPA Endorsed By SD Tourism By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Many destinations have landmarks that identify themselves – the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, the Opera House in Sydney, the Matterhorn in Zermatt, for example – but few places have a drink that can be identified with a city. New Orleans has the … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego Still A Fun (And Funny) Annual Top Party Event
Blogger Report On The OTL Team Names, Alcohol Allowed On Beach And No Bad Attitudes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Within a minute of stepping onto the dusty sand of the Over The line tournament grounds on Fiesta Island in San Diego's Mission Bay, we were laughing. Not only were we laughing at this annual event put on by the Old Mission Beach … [Read more...]
Over The Line Kicks Off Fun Summer Of Events In San Diego
Del Mar Opening Day, Concerts, Bodysurfing Championships & Padres Add To SD's Festivities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The summer of fun in San Diego may seem to be never ending but it truly kicks off with the Over The Line tournament on Fiesta Island. This Chicago-invented softball game that made its way to the West Coast takes place over … [Read more...]
The Single Most Important Thing I Learned About Attending The OTL San Diego
Over-The-Line Tournament Biggest Party Is The First Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one thing I've learned through the years of covering events for not only PubClub.com but for other news organizations (I began this kind of life as a newspaper sports reporter) it's that no matter what you hear about something, nothing beats actually … [Read more...]
I Went To Del Mar Opening Day And Did Not See A Single Horse Race
Girls, The Hat Parade & Singles Scene Takes Priority Over The Ponies For Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's a lot of horsing around that goes on at Del Mar Race Track in San Diego for Opening Day. And sometimes it doesn't even involve horses. I know because I've done it. Yes, I went to Opening Day and did not see a … [Read more...]
Where To Find The Del Mar Opening Day After Party Best Bars
Bringentine, Jimmy O's & Bully's Are Good For Post-Race Drinks And En Fuego Is On Fire By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a few hours after Del Mar Opening Day and I was showing a friend around to the bars to continue our partying when we walked into En Fuego in downtown Del Mar about a mile from the track. From street level it doesn't look … [Read more...]
San Diego Fat Tuesday Gaslamp Parade Party Review
A Mini New Orleans Mardi Gras Fun Event Fat Tuesday celebrations are hardly limited to places like New Orleans and Rio. Neither are parades. One of the most fun places to be for the big party climax of Carnival is downtown San Diego. The Southern California city by the sea hosts a parade that runs right through the Gaslamp Quarter downtown. This is New Orleans or Rio for … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay WIne & Food Festival 2016 Top Events
Grand Tasting & SommCon The Best Of The Best, Especially For Singles There are almost as as many smiles as there is wine, a fine pairing in a fun city filled with fun people. The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – Nov. 14-20 in 2016 and its always the week prior to Thanksgiving – is the most anticipated event here in the fall, and there's good reason for … [Read more...]
KAABOO Del Mar Single-Day Tickets On Sale For $119
Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith & Jack Johnson The Daily Headliners Single-day tickets are now on sale for KAABOO Del Mar, taking place Sept. 15-18 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Tickets are $119 for GA – pretty much the same price as a regular concert these days – and $299 for the "Hang Five" pass, with lounges and special viewing areas for all five stages. Sold … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Diversity Makes It The Top City In California
Of Beaches, Bays, The Gaslamp, Nightlife & Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In a state with so many desirable destinations it almost seems unfair to all the other states, one place is so spectacular it manages to stand out even in California: San Diego. It's the most golden city in the Golden State, a place that combines many of the state's … [Read more...]
San Diego July Party Report: Top Singles Events
All-Star Game, Del Mar Opening Day & The OTL There's no finer city to be at in America right now than San Diego. While that could be written for just about anytime of the year, it's especially true in July, for San Diego, and specifically for singles. There's a series of events coming at you faster than dingers at the Home Run Derby. There's the Major League … [Read more...]
OTL San Diego Miss Emerson Contest Over The Line Girls History
A look and history at the Miss Emerson contest, an annual highlighe of the Over-the-Line tournament from a girls' perspective. By Chelsea Hunter, PubClub.com PubClubette The Ms. Emerson competition…the undeniable zenith of the hazy days filled with sand, sweat, and beer at the annual Over-the-Line (OTL) tournament each year held at Fiesta Island in San Diego. It’s what … [Read more...]
OTL Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Weekend Dates
The Biggest Beach Party Of The Year In California One of the biggest, best and most fun – and certainly the wildest – singles party events of the year in San Diego takes place on two weekends in July, with the 2016 dates being July 9-10 and 16-17. It's the Over-The-Line tournament or, quite simply, the OTL. Put on by the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (with money … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line OTL San Diego The Ultimate Party Guide
A Hot San Diego Singles Beach Bash & The Miss Emerson Contest By PubClubette Chelsea Hunter Held in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego, the Over-the-Line Tournament (better known to locals as the OTL tourney) takes place on Fiesta Island, a small island in the midst of the bay. I had never heard of it before, so when PubClub.com sent me to experience … [Read more...]
With 1919, San Diego Gaslamp Gets Another Sports Bar
Restaurant, Named After Chicago Black Sox Scandal, Is Formerly Nicky Rottens The San Diego Gaslamp, an area full of dynamic bars, has another one, and it's another sports bar. It's called 1919 in the space formerly occupied by Nicky Rottens. Named after the year of the baseball scandal involving the Chicago White Sox – referred to ever since as the Black Sox – it … [Read more...]
San Diego Fat Tuesday Parade Moved To Saturday
Gaslamp Quarter Party To Be Held Day Before Super Bowl Sunday The mini-Mardi Gras party and parade in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter has been moved for 2016 from Fat Tuesday to the previous Saturday. That puts it on Feb. 6 – Fat Tuesday is Feb. 9 – the day before another party: Super Bowl Sunday. "Moving to Saturday marks a whole new adventure for the Gaslamp Quarter Mardi … [Read more...]
San Diego KAABOO 2016 Music Festival Tickets On Sale
Holiday Price Packages For Concerts At Del Mar Fairgrounds KAABOO, the huge music festival at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego that made its debut in 2015, has ticket packs on sale for 2016. A blockbuster lineup of major music stars is expected for this three-day event Sept. 16-18. In addition to the music – and the beautiful San Diego crowd – there food vendors, art … [Read more...]
SommCon 2015 Reviewing The San Diego Wine & Food Festival Party
Wines, Beers & Spirits Shine At This Friday Night Tasting Event The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival turned its Friday night event – traditionally a showcase of select wines, beers and spirits – into SommCon in 2015, the pouring of high-end wines primarily for wine professionals and serious enthusiasts. But, of course, it was open to anyone who purchased the $125 … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting Is Grand At 2015 SD Wine & Food Festival
Reviewing The 12th Annual Event On A Spectacular San Diego Saturday On a super sunny Saturday, while the rest of the country was bundled up because of freezing temperatures, 5,000 spirited souls enjoyed one of the top events of the year in one of America's top cities. Along a waterfront park, surrounded by boats, the San Diego Bay and framed by the Coronado bridge, one … [Read more...]
San Diego To Eat & Drink At 2015 Wine & Food Festival
Week-Long Event Features 35 Tastings & Happenings San Diego is set to host one of its biggest events of the year – certainly for those who love good food and drinks – the week-long Wine & Food Festival. The dates are Nov. 16-22 and it is comprised of 35 events. Many of these are intimate pairings and tastings of food and drink, building into two big tastings on … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival 2015 A Top Singles Event
Grand Tasting On Embarcadero Highlights A Week Of Fun Events Take notice of the name. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, not the other way around. Wine before dine. That in itself says a lot about this annual event, which is held the third week of November. In its 12 years, it has become the largest such event in Southern California (and there are a lot of these … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Top Nightlife & Bar Tips
Party Places & Things To Know In SD's Dynamic Downtown This is a guide for weekend nights in one of the most dynamic nightlife areas in America. San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter has all the bar choices you can imagine – and a few you can't – and while that's it's great quality it can also be frustrating because you don't know where to go, of course. PubClub.com has this … [Read more...]
KAABOO Rocks San Diego; Looks Forward To More
Cheryl Crowe, Zack Brown, OAR & Set The Stage For Fun Music Festival At Del Mar Fairgrounds By Wil Barnes When I first became aware of KAABOO was when Chris Culos drummer for the band OAR told me in May that they would be returning to Southern California for KAABOO after a show in LA in late February. After looking it up on Google I saw a lineup of some of the top … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival 2016 Tickets Now On Sale
12th Annual Event Features Pairings & Popular Tastings • November 15-22 The multi-day San Diego WIne & Food Festival, which reaches a peak with a Grand Tasting on Saturday afternoon, is one of the area's top events and one of the best wine and food events in all of California. So you had better get your tickets now, for they are on sale. The price for the … [Read more...]
San Diego Halloween Monster Bash 2016 Gaslamp Party Guide
Block Party Features Costume Contest, EDM DJs & A Singles Scene San Diego's rocking Gaslamp Quarter is plenty lively on normal weekends, and a few times a year it adds to this by holding big block parties. There's one for Fat Tuesday and St. Patrick's Day and also Halloween. Regarding the latter, it's called the Monster Bash and the 2016 event is Saturday night, … [Read more...]
10 Tips On Spending The Perfect Weekend In San Diego
Things To Do In The Gaslamp, Coronado, Pacific Beach & La Jolla San Diego is one of America's best cities. Heck, it's one the world's best cities. PubClub.com spent three months there and couldn't get enough of it, couldn't see enough of it, couldn't stop finding or creating fun things to do, daytime and nighttime. We did enough, tho, to be able to put together this … [Read more...]
Del Mar Nightlife Bars Near The Del Mar Race Track Solana Beach Cardiff By The Sea Nightlife
The horses run from July to September, but the nightlife and bars in Del Mar and the other seaside cities in the North County of San Diego put out plenty of horsepower the rest of the year. The area is at full trot when the ponies and people are in town for the Del Mar races, but people jockey for position in the bars at other times, too. Call it a post "post" party. There's … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Bali Hai Serves San Diego’s Strongest Mai Tai
One Sip Told Me These Guys Know What They Are Doing Behind The Bar My first visit to San Diego's legendary Polynesian bar showed me why locals rave about its famous Mai Tais. Now that I live here, Bali Hai has become a recurring stop whenever I'm craving one of the city's strongest rum drinks. I wanted a margarita. Instead, I found a Mai Tai. And whoa, what a … [Read more...]