(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bikes, bands, bikinis and the rumbling, grumbling sound of motorcycles. It's all a part of Daytona Beach Bike Week. Taking place March 1-9 in Daytona Beach, Fla., it is either the largest or second-largest gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts in the world. The other huge one is Sturgis, which in 2022 is Aug. 5-14 in South … [Read more...]
Bands Look Forward To Performing At ShamROCK, San Diego’s St. Patrick’s Block Party
It's a plum gig. Several thousand people in a festive environment, multiple bands on multiple stages and an audience of happy beer-drinking people celebrating at a fun event. It's understandable that bands are excited to play ShamROCK Music + Beer Festival, San Diego's annual St. Patrick's Day block party in the Gaslamp Quarter. The 2025 Shamrock event is Saturday, March … [Read more...]
Beloved California Restaurant Closes After 25 Years Due To Fires
By Kevin Wilkeson, PubClub.com Sometimes, you walk into a place for the first time and feel like you've been there forever. There's a smile or warm greeting from a staffer, cool decor that suits your style or an overall feeling that's just "you." I felt all that and more the first time I walked into the The Haute Enchilada Café & Gallery in Moss Landing, CA. Oh, I … [Read more...]
San Diego Happy Hours Boots On The Ground Real-Life & Honest Reviews
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Welcome to PubClub.com's ultimate Happy Hour page for San Diego. Here you will find honest, been-there-done-that, boots on the ground reviews of Happy Hours all over the city. I have either been to, or someone I know and trust, has been to all of these places. This article was researched and written by a human with no … [Read more...]
Attention GIrls In Vegas: Wear You Bikini To Minus5º ICEBAR For This Special
For those who want to look hot when its cold, show up in your bikin to Minus5º ICEBAR in Las Vegas. In a salute to Spring Break, the icy bar, which is maintained at a constant 23 degrees, is offering girls who show uip in a bikini two-for-one admission before 6 p.m. at all three Las Vegas Strip locations: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, The LINQ Promenade and Grand Canal … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Borrego Rooftop Bar & Restaurant Launches New Menu
San Diego's Borrego Rooftop Kitchen + Cocktails has a new chef and with him, a new menu. Chef Paulerio, a San Diego native, has created dishes that bridge the flavors of Southern California with global influences that reflect his diverse culinary experiences. The new appetizers, entrees and desserts are: • Falafel bites, crispy, savory chickpea bites with raita, pickled … [Read more...]
Smoking Gun Rolls As San Diego’s Alabama Alumni Bar For Crimson Tide Fans
Where San Diego Bama Fans Gather To Watch Crimson Tide Football The Smoking Gun in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter is the official game-day home of the San Diego Bama Fans, bringing Crimson Tide alumni and fans together for Alabama football. Here's what to expect on game days, including the atmosphere, traditions and food and drink specials. This story was updated for the 2026 … [Read more...]
San Diego Famous Movie Locations For Top Gun, Anchorman & More
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger People know Los Angeles as a real-life movie set, with the Hollywood Walk of Fame, TMZ celebrity tours and even the famous (or, to locals, infamous) Maps of the Stars Homes sold on Hollywood Blvd. But just to the south, San Diego has had its share of Hollywood moments, too. The original Top Gun was filmed all over the … [Read more...]
Experience Lower Prices & Festivals By Visiting California Wine Countries In The Winter
Every savvy traveler knows you can save money by visiting destinations in the off season. This is certainly true in California's wine countries. In addition to the reasons listed below, the winter weather in the state's wine regions is quite pleasant with days sunny and high temperatures generally in the 60s. There's none of those icy roads and frigid temperatures that stifle … [Read more...]
Slowly Restaurant Quickly Making Waves In Pacific Beach With Creative Promotions
There's a quick way for a new restaurant and bar to gain attention, even in crowded San Diego and even when it's located in the youthful Pacific Beach neighborhood. Even if the name of it is Slowly. The Slowly Restaurant & Lounge is doing this with some creative weekday promotions. After all, any place can have great food and/or drinks but you've got to get … [Read more...]
Experience Hoover Dam Rafting Adventures With These Tours
There's a lot more things to do in Las Vegas than gamble, walk the Strip, see the shows and go to the bars and clubs. Just outside of town there are many nature adventures, one of which is river rafting Black Canyon National Water Trail on the Colorado Rive at the base of the Hoover Dam. There are tours offered by operator Hoover Dam Rafting Adventures, which has been in … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Happy Hours: Food & Drinks And Happenings At El Chingon
The slogan of "Bad Ass Mexican" is what the owners apply to El Chingon, one of the most consistently happening places in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. Nearly every afternoon there are people sitting on its patio having food & drinks and many nights there's a line to get in, as it transforms from an innocent-looking restaurant into a desirable nightlife destination. The … [Read more...]
News & Events In Kauaʻi Hawaii For The Winter Season 2025
Even in this "leid-back" destination, there's a lot happening this winter on Hawaii's Garden Island, Kaua'i. Discover the latest happenings in Kaua‘i in this article from resort renovations to new dining options. Don't miss out on these events this winter. "Escape the winter weather and come experience the warmth of the Garden Island,” said Sue Kanoho, Executive Director of … [Read more...]
Celebrate San Diego St. Patrick’s Day With A Parade & Block Party
Of course there's a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a city as fun, carefree and lively as San Diego. In fact, there are two, a parade on the Saturday prior to St. Paddy's Day and a block party in the Gaslamp, both on Saturday, March 15. It's a perfect tuneup to St. Patrick's Dauy two days later at lively San Diego Irish bars. SAN DIEGO ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE There's a … [Read more...]
Genesis Invitational Fans Guide, Bars & Singles Party Social Scene
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Editor's Note: The 2025 Genesis Invitational has beem moved from Riveria Country Club in Pacific Palasades to San Diego's Torrey Pines, which also hosts the PGA Tour's Farmer's Open. To get in the swing of things at the Genesis Invitational (formerly the LA Open) in Los Angeles, it's important to know the lay of the land, … [Read more...]
Discover the North San Diego Tiki Bar in Oceanside: Review Of The Lobby Tiki Bar
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Jimmy Buffett may not have known where to go when the volcano blows but I sure do when I'm in San Diego: Straight to The Lobby Tiki Bar & Grill in Oceanside. There, one can get a flaming volcano cocktail and The Nacho Volcano with smoke coming out of it. As as well as several other concoctions in a Polynesian … [Read more...]
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Loop Now Includes The Westgate Hotel
The Las Vegas Loop, an underground system of one-way tunnels that uses electric Teslas to transport people, now includes the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Located at the hotel’s porte-cochere, it provides access to a one-of-a-kind transportation system, enabling riders a fast and convenient way to move in and around the Las Vegas Strip corridor. "The addition of … [Read more...]
San Diego Bar Bootlegger Closed: Saying Goodbye to a Local Institution
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Bootlegger, a San Diego bar institution and favorite locals' hangout, has closed its doors after 13 years. "Let's meet at 'the Boot,' " was a familiar refrain for many in the Gaslamp Quarter/East Village area when deciding where to go out, for people knew they could get good food and drinks, be welcomed by familiar … [Read more...]
California Day Trip: To San Juan Capistrano & The Swallow’s Inn Dive Bar
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com The idea had been floating around in my head ever since I first saw some kind of vintage – or was it a hippie? – community out the window of the Pacific Surfliner train during its stop in San Juan Capistrano in Southern California. So when Amtrak was offering $10 fares to go anywhere between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, I decided to take a … [Read more...]
San Diego Mojo Volleyball Spike City Excitement: I Got My Mojo On At The San Diego Mojo Women’s Volleyball Game
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There's quite a bit of mojo around San Diego and I got a bit of it myself recently. It came from attending a game of the San Diego Mojo, the city's professional women's volleyball team. Yes, San Diego has a women's professional volleyball team. This is not the AVP tho, for rather than being a weekend tournament on the … [Read more...]
Romantic Things To Do For San Diego Valentine’s Day: The Coronado Gondola
San Diego, unlike Paris, is not known as a romantic city. But being on an ocean and with far better weather than the City of Lights, there are several romantic things to do in what the local tourism board touts as being America's Finest City. For couples seeking romance on Valentine's Day in San Diego there is an activity that is famous in a European city other than Paris: … [Read more...]
These Legendary Malibu Bars & Restaurants Destroyed In LA Pacific Palisades Fire
By Kevn Wilkerson, PubClub.com Editor & Publisher As someone who lived in Los Angeles for some 20 years, I am watching with jaw-dropping alarm at the devastation from the winter LA fires. Pacific Coach Highway – which everyone there just calls PCH – in Malibu is just ashes right up to the ocean. Along with all the affected homes, the fire has also destroyed some … [Read more...]
Genesis Invitational L.A. Open Best Viewing Holes Spectator Guide
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Golf if not, as has once been suggested, a good walk spoiled. Not when there's a PGA Tour event happening and you've got a cold beer in your hand. And that's exactly the way it is at Riviera Country Club each February (Feb. 13-16 in 2025). Riviera provides the setting and beautiful Pacific Palisades the backdrop for the … [Read more...]
Celebrate New Year’s Eve At Fremont Street In Las Vegas: Ticket Prices & Bands
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Las Vegas Blogger For those looking to party somewhere else than the Strip for New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, there is the Fremont Street Experience. Here are the full details. • The event will take place from 6 p.m.-4 a.m. • There is an entry fee of $50 in advance. Tickets are the gates … [Read more...]
Celebrate New Year’s Eve in San Francisco with Spectacular Fireworks
The City by the Bay shoots fireworks over the bay on New Year's Eve. San Francisco celebrates the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one with a free midnight show framed by the Bay Bridge. Called "Fireworks Over The Bay," it takes place off Pier 14 at the foot of Mission Street and the Embarcardero. People line up on the sidewalks on both sides of The … [Read more...]
New Orleans Top Singles Party Events: Spice up Your Nightlife!
New Years Eve, Mardi Gras, JazzFest, Pardi Gras & Festivals In The Big Easy New Orleans is a year-round party yet added to this like shrimp into gumbo are a number of fun events that add even more spice to the city. PubClub.com has compiled this list of our top events, along with a description and the dates for 2025. For you singles out there, these are the prime … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 10K Redondo Beach: A Fun-filled Start to Super Bowl Sunday
South Bay Singles Day: A Beer Garden, The Slip & Partying In Redondo Beach The South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles always looks forward to the year's good party events and one of the best is Super Bowl Sunday. In starts with the annual Super Bowl 10K, a race through the streets of seaside Redondo Beach, hits an early high note with a post-race beer garden, then … [Read more...]
Las Vegas New Year’s Eve Fireworks: A Spectacular Celebration
Las Vegas for New Year's Eve is a blast and a bang. Several bangs, actually. For NYE 2024, Sin City has two fireworks show, one along multiple hotels along the Strip and another one downtown at the Fremont Street Experience. More than 400,000 go to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve. On the Strip, fireworks are launched from hotels one right after another – boom, boom, boom, … [Read more...]
Karl Strauss New Red Trolley Beer: A Bolder Take on a Classic San Diego Brew
Karl Strauss Brewing Company is ending its 35th year in style. It has introduced a new beer, Imperial Red Trolley, a "bolder a bolder take on their flagship, award-winning Red Trolley Ale," it stated in a press release. “This year is about honoring where we started while continuing to build what’s next,” said Chris Cramer, Co-Founder of Karl Strauss. “We’ve never been ones to … [Read more...]
Bloody Marys San Diego New Year’s Day: Where to Find the Best & Spicy Michelada
The day after the night before can always be a little rough, especially when that night is New Year's Eve. That's why New Year's Day is the ulimate time for the hair-of-the-dog cocktail, making it the perfect time to be declared as National Bloody Mary Day. And yes, there is such a thing. In San Diego, there are several bars and restaurant-bars that specialize in Bloody … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Resort Fees Keep Increasing Despite Few Good Benefits
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Las Vegas Blogger Resort fees, the bane of travelers everywhere, are getting even more costly. And the benefits are not keeping pace. Take MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas, for example. It has raised its resort fees at its various properties ranging from $45 to $55 a day. The hotels are Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, The Cosmopolitan of Las … [Read more...]
All LA Holiday Boat Parades Dates, Locations & Best Viewing Spots
The list of boat parades in the Los Angeles area is as long as the UCLA football team's losses this year. Okay, well maybe not quite that long but there's a bunch of them up and down the Southern California coast, from Marina del Rey to the biggest of 'em all, Newport Beach. PubClub.com has put together this list of the boat parades with the 2024 dates, times, locations … [Read more...]
12 Bars of Christmas Hermosa Beach Date, Bar Schedule & Drink Specials
One of the highlights of a very lively holiday season in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities is the 12 Bars of Christmas and Toy Drive in Hermosa Beach. It's a tradition among singles and the fun party people that involves some 100 people who go in and out of a dozen bars around the pier in a true holiday "cheers." Always held the second Friday of December, the 2025 … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade Dates And All You Need To Know Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger The 2019 Redondo Beach Boat Parade is Saturday, Dec. 10. While hardly as big as the Newport Beach Boat Parade or even the Marina del Rey Boat Parade (which happens on the same night) is is, none-the-less, a good social gathering for those in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. It is hosted by King Harbor Yacht Club and … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Top Holiday Boat Parades 2024 Dates & Party Information
A Guide From Newport Beach To Marina del Rey Dates, information, viewing locations and how to make it a party for the Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, Long Beach, Naples & Redondo Beach boat parades. Boat parades are a big part of the holiday season in Los Angeles. After all, in a place where Santa wears shorts and it's often 70 degrees while you are Christmas shopping, … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks: A Spectacular December Celebration
If you did not know any better, you would think it's the Fourth of July. But it's December and the sky is exploding in spectacular colors over the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, CA. This is the annual Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks, an annual happening that is taking place Sunday, Dec. 8, in 2024. Annually held on the second Sunday of December, it brings in several … [Read more...]
Arizona’s Famous Whiskey Row In Prescott Gets A New Saloon, Fire & Sword Speakeasy
In an area dating back to 1864, there's a new sheriff in town. Or actually, a new bar along famous Whiskey Row in Prescott, AZ. It's Fire & Sword, which is not a saloon like so many other joints here but a speakeasy inside the Hotel St. Michael. Fire & Sword is in a place that has quite a bit of local history. The Hotel St. Michael is on the site of the old Burke … [Read more...]
The Super Bowl 10K Tradition: Running with Style – And A Beer
I was first introduced to 10Ks by one Laz Denes, the coolest dude I've ever met. Laz, being Laz, just didn't run 10Ks. He did them in style. When he lived in L.A.'s South Bay Beach Cities, he was somewhat of an institution at Redondo Beach's annual Super Bowl 10K. He would get a group and do some type of theme. One year, Laz and Co., were the "Channel 10 News team" that … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Glass Box Restaurant Hosting Holiday Dinner For Cystic Fibrosis Community
San Diego sushi restaurant Glass Box is hosting a special holiday center in conjunction with the Cystic Fibrosis Community. It will take place Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 6-8 p.m. Glass Box will be donating 60% of ticket sales directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Community to support its ongoing efforts to find a cure for this life-threatening genetic disorder. The Cystic Fibrosis … [Read more...]
PubClub Classics: The Lost Bars & Events Of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter
Before bars like barleymash, Goodnight John Boy and Trailer Park After Dark dominated the Gaslamp, there was another era of San Diego nightlife – one filled with legendary live music venues, cantinas, bars and events that locals still talk about today. Here's a look back from someone who experienced them first hand. By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger San … [Read more...]
San Diego Pop-Up Christmas Bar Xmas Returns To Gaslamp Quarter Nightlife
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.con San Diego Nightlife Blogger The holidays are here and for the second year in a row a pop-up Christmas bar is open in the Gaslamp Quarter. Xmas bar, on the corner of G Street and Fourth Ave., is a temporary bar and it brings some Jingle Bells rock to really rock San Diego's nightlife scene during the holidays. In the former Tin Roof location … [Read more...]
Where To Eat & Drink In Las Vegas During F1 Weekend
Formula 1 is fueled by more than petrol, sponorships and millions of dollars in money. It is also fueled by the fans, and those fans themselves need fuel. With that in mind, here is a rundown of where to eat and drink in Las Vegas for the F1 race at bars and restaurants. The Las Vegas F1 race is Thursday night through Saturday night, Nov. 21-23. So buckle up beccuase there's … [Read more...]
Best San Diego Taco Tuesday & All-Day Happy Hours At Bars & Restaurants
This list was provided by the Facebook group San Diego Happy Hour(s) BEST bang 4 ur Bucks!, along with input from PubClub.com. It includes regular Tuesday Happy Hour specials and not just tacos, with some additional Happy Hour information on other days. San Diego Taco Tuesday Happy Hours • American Junkie, Gaslamp Quarter –$5 all-you-can-eat tacos 5-10, $6 tequila shots, $8 … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Is A Great L.A. Party: A Local’s Review
The Sensational Show Goes On Again In This South Bay Beach City By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The house parties were rocking (some reserved, some wild), Joe's Band was playing, people were dancing, The Strand was full of onlookers and the people were hanging out and sitting in beach chairs along the main street. Quite a bit of libations were being … [Read more...]
Frisco Texas & Dallas Cowboys The Star Bars & Nightlife Guide
Not all of the Dallas nightlife is in Dallas. It spills out into the surrounding cities. One of them is Frisco, 27 miles north of Dallas and 39 miles from AT&T Stadium – a.k.a. "Jerry's World" – where the Cowboys play their games. And, as home of The Star – the five-pointed headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys – one could say that a "Star" is born in Frisco. This is a … [Read more...]
Dance Music 4 Democracy (DM4D) Launches to Spur Voter Registration Among EDM Fans
Dance Music for Democracy (DM4D) a NEW non-partisan 501(c)(3) charitable organization that’s been registering legions of dance music fans to vote—inspiring them to participate in and be responsible for the electoral outcomes that will impact their futures—debuted in-person October 16 with Beats for Change, a celebrity-studded launch event featuring headlining DJ’s at historic … [Read more...]
The San Diego East Village Tree Lighting & Holiday Market Is Saturday, Nov. 30
The holiday spirit comes to the East Village in San Diego with the East Village Tree Lighting & Holiday Market. This free event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30, from 4-8 p.m. It takes place at Quartyard and 13th & Market. It features live music from local entertainers, drinks from Quartyard – which has an extensive craft beer selection from dozens of taps – tacos … [Read more...]
Knoxville’s Iconic Sunsphere Adding A Visitor’s Center
Knoxville's iconic landmark Sunsphere, which recently was painted back to its orginal colors, is adding a visitor's center. Origionally opened when the city hosted the 1982 World's Fair, the Sunsphere is undergoing a multi-phase upgrade. “We’re thrilled this day is finally here to be able to offer this enhanced experience for our community and beyond,” said Kim Bumpas, … [Read more...]
The Signature Drinks of Tuscaloosa’s Best College Bars: The Yellowhammer & More
Looking for the signature drinks of Tuscaloosa’s college bars? From the legendary Yellowhammer at Gallette’s to other strong and colorful cocktails along Alabama’s Strip, PubClub’s firsthand guide explores the drinks, traditions and bars that define nightlife at the University of Alabama. Updated in 2026 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Editor When you go out … [Read more...]
San Diego Breweries Win 12 Medals At The 2024 Great American Beer Festival
San Diego breweries won 12 medals at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, including five golds. There were also four silver and three bronze medal winners. This marks the second year in a row five different San Diego breweries won gold medals. “American’s Finest City had yet another fine performance in the Rockies this year,” said San Diego Brewers Guild … [Read more...]
Tropicana Las Vegas Implosion Lights Up The Sky With Fireworks & Drone Show
And there she goes, folks! The historic Tropicana Las Vegas went down in a cloud of dust during an implosion event that was Vegas style to the very end. It included fireworks and a drone show as the property was cleared to make way for the A's ballpark and Bally's Entertainment Resort. It happened at 2:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 9. “Bally’s is honored to have been … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Pearl Hotel Is A Boutique Gem Place To Stay – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Editor The first thing to know about the Pearl Hotel, a boutique gem of a place to stay in San Diego, is that the beds are so soft and cozy that you had better not have to wake up early the next morning. Because it isn't going to happen. I discovered this first hand when I was stirred at about 8 one morning by a phone call, only to … [Read more...]
Tuscaloosa Bars Nightlife Guide Best Places To Party At The University Of Alabama
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Editor and University of Alabama Alumni One of the top party college towns in America is Tuscaloosa, and that is part of what makes the University of Alabama #2 in PubClub.com's Top Party Schools list. A combination of the students and alumni – who come rolling into town on fall Saturdays for tailgating and Crimson Tide football – … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Presidio Celebrates 30 Years As A National Park Site
The Presidio, a park in San Francisco that provides beautiful views of Golden Gate Park among other things, celebrates its 30th anniversary as a national park. The former Army post is one ne of the most visited parks in America. An event held on Oct. 1 ncluded special recognition of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, champion of the bi-partisan legislation that created the … [Read more...]
Tropicana Las Vegas Implosion For A’s Ballpark To Include Fireworks & Drones
This is Las Vegas where things are done with a flair. Even imploding old hotels. So when the Tropicana Las Vegas implosion takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 9 to make room for the A’s ballpark and entertainment resort destination, there will be fireworks. Literally. And you can watch it on the Internet. The implosion of the Tropicana, which will happen at 2:30 a.m., Las … [Read more...]
Freaky Tiki Happening In Long Beach This October
With a name like Freaky Tiki Happening, you can expect a creatively fun time. This is an event taking place October in Long Beach, CA. It is Oct. 19 at the way-cool Secret Island Tiki Lounge, below Shannon's Corner bar, downtonw on 2nd & Pine Ave. It involves – are you ready for this!? – circus performers, go-go dancers, live music and rum tastings. This is a Flor de … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Rooftop Borrego Kitchen Launches Happy Hour With These Specials
Borrego Rooftop Kitchen + Cocktails, one of the top places in San Diego to watch Padres games, now has a Happy Hour. Called “Sunset Social Hour,” it features discounts on beer, wine and shareable plates. It goes from 4-6 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays. Even when there is not a Padres game, Borrego Rooftop Kitchen at the Hotel Indigo in East Village provides great … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s 46th-Floor Bar Cityscape Reopens After Remodel
High above "the City" with great, 360-degree views of the bay and streets below, is an iconic San Francisco bar. It's Cityscape and it is back open after a remodel. “Cityscape has been imaginatively redesigned to evoke the beauty and mystery of the cosmos,” said Peter Hart, General Manager of Hilton San Francisco Union Square. “The 'Celestial Sisters' is a series of … [Read more...]
Remembering Hurricane Katrina 19 Years Later In New Orleans & The Rebuild
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on PubClub.com soon after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 20, 2005. It focuses on how the city rebuilt itself from the devastation. The music still plays in the French Quarter. The bars are still buzzing (as are the patrons) on Bourbon Street. Mardi Gras beads are hanging from balconies and trees along St. Charles … [Read more...]
Taste Of North Park Features San Diego Craft Beers & Live Music This October
Known for its craft breweries, it's only appropriate that this neighborhood of San Diego would have a party to celebrate it. The Taste Of North Park features San Diego craft beers, food samples and live music this October. The 13th annual event is Saturday Oct. 5. It goes from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and features more than 40 restaurants, breweries, cafes and retail stores with … [Read more...]
There’s A Las Vegas Pool Party In The Fall & Winter At Marquee Dayclub Dome
The famous Las Vegas pool parties, which rock the daytime Sin City daylife scene, are primarily a spring and summer happening. But there's one place where the daytime pool party continues in the fall and winter months and that's the at the Marquee Dayclub Dome, a climate-controlled pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The dome, 50 feet above the pool deck with heaters, … [Read more...]
San Diego Oktoberfest Celebrations Dates, Tickets & Informations
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Ein Prost! It's Oktoberfest time around the world and in San Diego there's two big festivals that will have you thinking you're in Munich. Well, maybe not quite, but close enough. There are two major festivals in San Diego, one taking place over two weekends and another just one the first of October. At each, you can … [Read more...]
8th Annual East Village Oktoberfest Taking Place At Quartyard Oct. 5
The 8th Annual East Village Oktoberfest is taking place at Quartyard, Saturday, October 5th from Noon-6 p.m. Held in partnership with the East Village Association, it features the traditional German festivities with a San Diego twist – it also has a Mexican flair. The locaton is within Quartyard and on Market Street between 13th & 14th streets, “It’s that time of the … [Read more...]
New Event, The Taste of College Area, Coming To San Diego
A new event, the Taste of College Area, is coming to San Diego. In a city filled with fun events, the Taste of College Area takes place on Sunday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The location is throughout the College Area & Rolando Neighborhood Commercial Corridor (El Cajon Boulevard between 54th Street & 73rd Street and on the SDSU Campus). It features samples … [Read more...]
San Diego Saturday Block Party Features Yächtley Crëw At Music Box
A block party is coming to San Diego. It's taking place at Music Box, a live music venue just north of Little Italy and the band is one that will have people partying as if they were on a yacht in San Diego Bay. The band is Yächtley Crëw, which plays a genre of music known as yacht rock (a twist on the Jimmy Buffett-inspired Trop Rock category). Yächtley Crëw is probably … [Read more...]
San Diego Labor Day Weekend Things To Do & Best Events
This a rundown of things to do, the best places to be and the most fun events for Labor Day Weekend in San Diego. There are pool parties, concerts, a great bar scene and it is also the start of the college football season. Labor Day Weekend Events The Beach Boys – the Mike Love version – play Sunday night at the Shell Amphitheater on San Diego Bay. Called Endless Summer Gold … [Read more...]
PBS SoCal Launches LA Food Documentary Series
PBS SoCal is launching a new food documentary digital series dedicated to documenting global food culture that follows the chefs, cooks and entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing what it means to run a restaurant. Called REBEL KITCHENS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, it follows Chef Tolu ‘Eros’ Erogbogbo, Korean transplant Chef Jihee Kim, punk rock Chefs Alex and Elvia Garcia, … [Read more...]
Top San Diego Padres Pre-Game & Game-Watching Bars
While it's hardly Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, Petco Park in San Diego does have a pretty good pre-game social scene. Here is a rundown of the best bars and places to be before, during and after San Diego Padres games. The bars are listed in alphabetical order. ALTITUDE Sky Lounge (Marriott hotel) This upscale lounge has a patio in which you can peer down into Petco Park. … [Read more...]
San Dieg’s All You Can Eat Shabu-Work Opens A San Marcos Location
Inspired by the success of its original location in Mira Mesa, the family-owned Shabu-Works is expanding to San Marcos. Known for its premium “All You Can Eat” traditional Japanese-style Shabu-Shabu, the San Marcos restaurant presents an expanded selection to their already impressive offerings of premium cuts of Wagyu beef and more. "We are thrilled to announce the opening … [Read more...]
Pacific Beach Gets New Restaurant & Bar, Slowly Restaurant & Lounge
Life at the beach tends to move more slowly than in other places and maybe that's why a new restaurant and bar in San Diego's Pacific Beach is called Slowly. Actually its full name is Slowly Restaurant & Lounge and it is a Mediterranean establishment with a Baja flair from the owners of Landini’s Pizzeria, Scuderie Italia and Ristorante Illando, Landini’s Restaurant … [Read more...]
These San Diego Bars Are Celebrating National Rum Day With Drink Specials
National Rum Day is Aug. 16 and these San Diego bars are marking the occasion with rum drinks and specials. They are: The Mavericks Mai Tai at Mavericks Beach Club, one of the most popular bars in Pacific Beach, is a boozy concoction made with Bacardi Dark & White Rum orange juice, lime, mango, amaretto, orgeat and a floater of Myers. It is $6 from 2-6 … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Coco Maya ‘On Wednesdays We Wear Pink’ Cocktails
In support of the San Diego Lifesaving Association, Coco Maya in San Diego's Little Italy is having special "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink” cocktails. As part of its Cocktails for a Cause program, $1 from each drink will go to the association, which focuses on promoting public safety in the coastal and aquatic environment through educational and charitable means and the promotion … [Read more...]
Rooftop LA Rum Fest Set For End Of August In DTLA
If you say "mmm" when you think of rum, then the LA Rum Fest is for you. Also known as the California Rum Fest SoCal Edition, it takes place Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Haas Building DTLA Rooftop. Put on by TheRumLab.com, it is an event featuring two seminars and a rum tastig, along with music from a DJ. All of this is infused with the skyline of downtown Los Angeles. “Rum … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Highlights Top Things To Do In San Diego This Weekend
The Polynesian lifestyle, always prevalent here, sways in full force at the annual Tiki Oasis takes place at the Town & Country Inn. Plus, Reggie Bush and his Heisman Trophy are at Oxford Social Club nightclub, pool parties are spashing around the Gaslamp Quarter and there's the beaches in the summertime. This is a rundown of the top things to do in San Diego this … [Read more...]
Things I Saw At San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Trekkies, Captain Kirk and Spock, Star Wars characters, superheroes, villians, long lines to get into Paramount's Lodge activation, a ferris wheel, a beautiful blonde contortionist dressed up like a leopard, street performers from musicians to magicians and an incredible drone show above Petco Park. These were among the things I saw at San Diego's Comi-Con 2024. I even … [Read more...]
Taste of East Village San Diego Dates, Restaurants & Tickets
More than 30 restaurants are taking part in the 2nd annual Taste of East Village in San Diego's East Village neighborhood. The 2024 dates are Wednesday, Aug. 28th and Thursday, Aug. 29th. It goes from 4-8 p.m. “After receiving overwhelming support with the inaugural event, we are excited to announce the second annual Taste of East Village,” said Dominic Li Mandri, … [Read more...]
What to Do If You Have One Night Out in Philly
You are travelling through Philadelphia and you only have one night to spend exploring the city, what would you do and where would you go? Philly is a City of Brotherly Love and the lights sparkle bright at night with a mix of food experiences, vibrant clubs, and cool, quirky bars. Here’s how to make the most of your single night out in Philly. City Views Start the event's … [Read more...]
Tiki Oasis Returns To San Diego With A 2024 Theme Of Way Out West
Aloha! The world's largest Polynesian festival, Tiki Oasis in San Diego, is back for 2024. This year has a them of "Way Out West." The five-night, four-day all-things-tiki event is July 31-Aug. 4 at its familiar location, the Town & Country Resort. During that time there is near-constant live music from several bands, DJs, tropical cocktails curated by top … [Read more...]
Where To Eat & Drink During San Diego Comic-Con
There are a lot of studio pop-ups during San Diego Comic-Con but for those without tickets to this massive event, there are still a places to go that provide a lot of the super hero, sci-fi and comic book characters amosphere. For starters, just hang around the Gaslamp Quarter sign on Fifth Ave., for there you will get a lot of the San Diego Comic-Con flavor. But … [Read more...]
Racing-style Zipline Course Returns To San Diego
Zip Zoom Ziplines, a racing-style zipline in which "racers" go side by side, is back in San Diego. It is having an opening event July 19-21 at La Jolla Indian Adventure Park in the Palomar Mountain range. The first 100 guests to book tours for the weekend will receive Zip Zoom Ziplines swag bags and discounts for a return visit. “We are thrilled to reopen this … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing Introduces Special Craft Beer For City Tacos
San Diego's Mike Hess Brewing has created a special beer for City Tacos to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the popular taco restaurant. Named the Blessed City Hazy IPA, it is a 7.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and has flavors of fresh citruses. It is available on draft only at San Diego's seven City Taco locations. Pints sell for $7, 10% of which is donated to local … [Read more...]
LA’s Historic Little Tokyo Neighborhood Celebrates 140 Years
Little Tokyo is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles. How old? It's been around for 140 years. Established in 1884, it is a cornerstone of the Japanese American community and one of four remaining Japantowns. It is also the location of the first sushi restaurant in America, Kawafuku, in the 1960s and another restaurant, Fugetsu-do (founded in 1093) claims to have … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Havana 1920 Celebrates National Mojito Day With $5 Mojitos & Live Music
San Diego's San Diego's Havana 1920 celebrates National Mojito Day with a "Havana Nights" party that includes $5 mojitos, half-priced pitchers of the cocktail and live music. National Mojito Day is July 11, and this Gaslamp Quarter bar and restaurant also has complimentary, tray-passed Cuban bocaditos and small bites from 4-7 p.m, with live music starting at 7 p.m. Havana … [Read more...]
Celebrate the Fourth of July with Lunch or Brunch and Bottomless Mimosas, Served All Holiday Weekend at Porta Via Palm Desert
Reservations available on resy.com WHO: Porta Via (@portaviaca) is family of neighborhood restaurants with locations in Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades, Calabasas, and Palm Desert. Porta Via restaurants serve breakfast or brunch, lunch, and dinner seven days a week, offering Italian-inspired, contemporary Californian cuisine honoring proprietor Peter Garland’s cooking … [Read more...]
How I Spent A Sunny Sunday Afternoon In San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor The problem with living a place as cool as San Diego is figuring out what to do of its many options on a sunny afternoon. I was faced with that on a Sunday, the last one in June. My options were many: go for a bike ride around Mission Bay, go to the Adams Avenue Street Festival, listen to the pipe organ in Balboa Park … [Read more...]
How To Avoid LA Traffic And Experience The Real Los Angeles
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com LA Blogger Years of living in Los Angeles taught me one thing: avoid driving if at all possible. Frankly, I've had it with driving in L.A. The travel time is horrible – the city planners apparently have no idea of traffic flow and CALTRANS seems to go out of its way to create car-clogging freeway interchanges (don't get me started there, … [Read more...]
Win A Free Trip To Maui From The Pacific Whale Foundation
Maui, Hawaii, is calling. And you can go there for free. Pacific Whale Foundation is holding a sweepstakes with the winner and a guest getting a five-day, four-night stay on Maui, roundtrip airfare and a PacWhale Eco-Adventures ecotour. While there you can snorkel famous Molokini Crater and view sunrise (for really early risers) at Haleakala volcano. Enter Pacific Whale … [Read more...]
Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow To Go To San Diego’s Hasta Manana Cantina: A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The name is Hasta Manana but you should ve ahora because the place is good enough to go to right now. Do that and the chances are that you will be going back and seeing it tomorrow. Welcome to Hasta Manana Cantina in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It's on Fifth Ave., a few steps from the Gaslamp Quarter sign – the most … [Read more...]
There’s No Hiding It, Hideaway Bar In Pacific Beach Is Awesome: A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Editor The party scene in Pacific Beach, CA, just got bigger If you did not think that was possible then you have not been to Hideaway, the city's newest hotspot, a classy yet flip flops casual lounge. Around the corner from Crystal Pier on Mission Blvd., it is a daytime-to-nighttime destination that will quickly make … [Read more...]
New Las Vegas Nightclub Substance Brings Substance To Fremont District Nightlife
There's a new nightclub in Las Vegas, and while that's not exactly unique news for Sin City, this one is different. That's because it is not on the Strip but instead in the downtown Fremont District. And is promises to bring a lot of substance to the Las Vegas nightlife scene. It is called Substance and it is at 450 Fremont Street on the second floor of the Neonopolis … [Read more...]
XOXO Retro Neighborhood Diner Now Open In San Diego’s University Heights
XOXO Retro Neighborhood Diner is now open in University Heights, carrying on the tradition started by Breakfast & Bubbles, which had to close due to water damage. The 3,000 square-foot restaurant is a nostalgic nod to '90s American diners with a contemporary twist. Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday, XOXO is a fusion of traditional diner dishes and eclectic … [Read more...]
Coronado’s The Gondola Company 25 Years Of Coronado Cays Romance & Rides
For 25 years, The Gondola Company has been providing a bit of a Venice, Italy touch to San Diego. It gives gondola rides through the Coronado Cays, an area five miles south of Coronado Village through upscale bayfront homes along the Silver Strand. It offers a variety of cruises including the Pasaporto Cruise, Sunset Cruise, Proposal Cruise, Caorlina Cruise, and Fleet … [Read more...]
North Park Music Festival A Cool & Funky San Diego Event – A Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The tone is set before the tunes are set. Upon walking into the annual North Park Music Festival in San Diego, you are greeted by a 70s psychedelic logo on a courtyard that looks as if Austin Powers had been there and things like a "bus stop" like none you'll ever see from the MTS and wildly painted phone booths. There's … [Read more...]
Happy Hour In San Diego’s North Park At Rusticucina, Including Weekends
Rusticucina, a Silician restaurant in San Diego's North Park, is offering Happy Hours duiring the week, including on weekends. The latter is certainly a rare treat for San Siegoans at any restaurant. The Happy Hour goes from 4-5 Sundays thru Thursdays and 3-5 Fridays and Saturdays on the front patio and in the bar area. That means that on weekends its 3-5 on Saturdays and … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar Makes Surprise Performance At Sammy’s Island Pool Bar In Las Vegas
Sammy Hagar thrilled the people fortunate enough to be there by taking the stage in a surprise performance to open his new Sammy's Island beach bar at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas. Alongside longtime bandmates Michael Anthony and Vic Johnson, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer known as the "Red Rocker" bounded onto the stage during a set by tribute band Red Voodoo. Hagar … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Weekend In San Diego Bars, Restaurants & Events
San Diego is a fun place to be for Memorial Day Weekend, and it's even better with these happenings at the bars and restaurants. But before diving into that scene, Cloak & Petal in Little Italy is honoring fallen heroes and veterans all weekend from May 24-27 with two fundraising menu items, the Stars and Stripes Roll with yellowtail, blackened shrimp, avocado, yamagobo, … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Introduces Summer Cocktials Menu
The Gaslamp Quarter's barleymash, a lively always-happping bar on the corner of 5th & Market at the centerpiece of the Gaslamp Quarter, has unleashed its cocktail menu for the summer. There are four drinks – some familiar to barleymash regulars – and each is different enough to provide a good variety. They are: Watermelon Sugar: Whether you're a discerning … [Read more...]
San Diego Cocktail Championship A Hit With Fans, Bartenders & Bars
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Nightlife Blogger There was a reason to celebrate and everyone did just that – bartenders, bars and the patrons – at the 2024 San Diego Cocktails Challenge, held Sunday, April 28 at the Rustic Root and Swing Social bars in the Gaslamp Quarter. This was a competition among bartenders at some 20 bars all around San Diego, a showcase for them to … [Read more...]
St. Louis Speakeasy None Of The Above Adds To The City’s Nightlife Scene
It's not the loud and livey scene of Ballpark Village or the music in the small bars in Soulard, but St. Louis has one place that's a cut, well, below the rest. It is None of the Above, a speakeasy in City Foundry STL, a live-work-play community with a food hall, movie theater, shops and more located in St. Louis’ growing midtown neighborhood. And now, a below-ground … [Read more...]
BeachLife Festival 2024 Lineup Stages And Times
The stages are set for BeachLife 2024. Here are the stages, times and performers for this big-time music festival in Redondo Beach, CA, in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities. The location is Seaside Lagoon and the event features nearly 50 acts, including Sting, ZZ Top and Sugar Ray. Performance times for BeachLife Festival (subject to … [Read more...]