National Volleyball League Tournament Features Past And Present Pros & Bar Promos Summer in the South Bay means beach volleyball, and the biggest of those events are when the pros kick up the sand. One of those takes place this weekend, the National Volleyball League's ROX West Coast Championships. Or, as locals know it better, the Hermosa Beach Open. Play starts … [Read more...]
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San Diego Summer Bicycle Bar Crawls With Bud Light And Rock 105
Touring Pacific Beach And Ocean Beach Bars On August Saturdays If you're cruising around the San Diego beaches this August and see a bunch of fun people cruising past you on red Strand cruisers, or if you see Bud Light bikes parked in front of bars, then go on in and join the party. It's the Bud Light summer bicycle bar crawl, in conjunction with Rock 105, that is … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Music Festival Draws Huge Crowds Event Review
Linkin Park Proves Popular Headliner As People Pack SSMF Los Angeles is the music capitol of the world and the Sunset Strip is the music capitol of Los Angeles. So to block off the world-famous street and hold a multi-day festival with a near-constant lineup of bands is a great way to showcase the area's culture and heritage. It works. The Sunset Music Festival drew … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Review It’s Still A Party
Costumes And Lively Beach Bars Continue The Surfest Tradition There are barricades as if officials are expecting crowds to show up like it's a U2 concert. There is a police department Command Center as if preparing for a visit from the President. But you know what – the Manhattan Beach 6-man/Surfest beach volleyball tournament is still a party. And frankly, as someone … [Read more...]
WSOBV Beach Volleyball Bud Light Beer Garden Bikinis & Babes
Bud Light Girls, Bikini Contest And A PubClubette Enhance The Party Scene When there was not action on the courts, there was plenty of it in the Bud Light beer garden at the inaugural World Series of Beach Volleyball, a week-long tournament held in Long Beach from July 22-28. There were two big, portable bars brought in just for the event, beer (of course) and a full bar … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball A True Beach Party Scene Review
Bud Light Beer Garden, World-Class Volleyball And 6-Man Make Event A Success The music pumped all day, the beer flowed, Team Magnum p.i., and Fletch were battling it out for the 6-man championship and there were lots of girls in bikinis and dudes in board shorts. One could not help but get a flashback to the prime days of the Manhattan Beach 6-man tournament, back … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball Party Bus From Hermosa Beach
Beer On The Bus, A Beer Garden, Bikini Contest And Live Music Await In Long Beach There will be a party bus running from Hermosa Beach to Long Beach for the biggest beach party of the year. The event is the World Series of Beach Volleyball, an event featuring the planet's top pros in a USA-vs-the-world format, plus the fun weekend players from the South Bay in their own … [Read more...]
National Tequila Day July 24 Is Made For Margaritas And Madness
Each Year On July 24 It's Time To Toast The Alcohol That Makes Us Do The Wildest Things Fire up the blender and break out the shot glasses. It's National Tequila Day! Every year on July 24 it's time to toast the alcohol that makes us do the wildest things. I remember being fueled up on tequila in Baja, Mexico, when a group of us got a sudden inspiration and … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach A Fun And Calm Party
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament A South Bay Singles Highlight The 20th annual Smackfest was like all the other ones, and that means one thing: FUN!!! The costume coed beach volleyball tournament, held July 20, filled up the sand south of the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA, and fulfilled people's expectations of a great time. There were players in chicken suits, grass … [Read more...]
Catalina Waterski Race Gets New Record In 2013 From Todd Haig
Southern California Skier Finishes In 49:32 And Wins For Record-Tying 11th Time Going from Long Beach to Catalina Island and back on water skis is accomplishment enough, but to do it in less than an hour is an incredible feat. Unless you are Todd Haig. The tall – and obviously thin – big-smiling and friendly professional water skier from Redlands, CA (that's about an … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach Party Events & Bars Schedule
Fun Beach Coed Volleyball Tournament Lasts All Week It's a full week of fun for one of the top social events of the South Bay in LA's Beach Cities. It's Smackfest week! There are drink specials at the bars (since Bud Light is prime event sponsor, expect a lot of specials on bottled and draft beers at the bars), free gear, prizes, and lots more. The team captains meeting … [Read more...]
Mooning Of The Amtrak Continues The Fun Review & Photos From The Bartender
Trains Get Mooned And The Party Continues In Mug's Away Saloon I am happy – actually thrilled is a more accurate word – that the Mooning Of The Amtrak is alive and well. Sort of alive, despite a past Orange County sheriff and Laguna Niguel City Councilattemps to detail it But still fun! It always has been fun and, apparently, always will be fun. So the Second … [Read more...]
Toronto IndyCar Indy Not The Same As The Molson Indy Party
The Bar Blogger Recalls Hot Canadian Girls, Block Parties And The Gretzky VIP Party I got a bit of a shock this week. A friend e-mailed me asking for any connections I might have in Toronto to help him out with some assistance at the Honda Toronto Indy. WHAT!? The Toronto Indy is this week? Geez. It's amazing how easily things leave your mind when you are no longer … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach 4th Of July Crackdown Blown Out Of Proportion
Raucous House Parties A Figment Of City Officials And Media's Minds Warnings from city officials, a completely misrepresented story in the Los Angeles Times, TV news trucks doing live reports, a "command center," mobile jail cell and enough cops to stop a riot in Egypt. It was all part of the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach in 2013. Was it all necessary? In a word: … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach 4th Of July Fireworks Shines As Does Singer Shari Puorto
Hearing A Blues But Not Feeling The Blues With Seaside Lagoon's Headliner The fireworks rattled the sky, the flares shining brightly through the overcast conditions, and the band played on, into the night. And the beer flowed freely and often, the drinkers being able to enjoy their cold beverages in the open without worry of a citation, as happened to a few unfortunate … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Pool & Nightlife Party On The Rocks 4th Of July Ticket Sale
Three-Day Package Of Pool Parties, Happy Hours And Nightclubs Discounted Thru Holiday Weekend If you want to experience all of Las Vegas' bars and nightlife, and pack it into a single weekend, then the Off The Rocks event is for you. It involves three days of access to pool parties, Happy Hours and nightclubs all over Sin City. Hosted by Jon Taffner of the "Bar Rescue" TV … [Read more...]
Chicago Blackhawks Bars Celebration Party Stanley Cup Win Chicagoans
Chicagoans Go Crazy For Hockey Championship Do, do de do do do de duo do DO!!!! The Chicago Blackhawks win the 2013 Stanley Cup and it's a party all over Chicago and wherever Chicagoans are located. I was in one of the top places, Southern California, and partied the night away with the WACCOs. And that is the Western Association of Crazy Chicagoans and Others. What a … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Is Over The Line Not San Diego’s Fun Beach Touranment
OTL Should Be Left Alone As SD's Top Summertime Party Event It's not the Over-The-Line tournament that's out of line, but rather a group that entered a lawsuit against it and, in particular, one lady named Lori Watson. I'll get to the lawsuit in a second, but first my attention must go to Ms. Watson. She is identified in a Los Angeles Times article as an "associate professor … [Read more...]
Long Beach Bayou Festival Provides Tastes And Sounds Of New Orleans
Zydeco Music, Cajun Food And Cold Beers Bring Bring Back Memories Of Jazzfest If I can't be in New Orleans, then it's good to be in place that feels like I'm in New Orleans. And that's why I went to the Bayou Festival in Long Beach, CA, on a sunny Saturday in June (the 22nd, to be exact). With Zydeco bands – accordion and washboard – filling up downtown Rainbow Lagoon, … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Registration Open For Teams
Beach Volleyball Event Takes Place On Wednesday And Thursday If you want to put a team into Manhattan Beach's Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament, I highly recommend you do so before July 1. After that date, registration prices increase significantly. Unless you are a corporate team; that fee stays the same but it's expensive enough to begin with, at least … [Read more...]
Summer Beach Volleyball Dates Set For Hermosa And Manhattan Beach
Hermosa And Manhattan Open, Smackfest, 6-Man And The Gills 2013 It's not summer in Southern California unless there are beach volleyball tournaments and here's the dates for the key pro (and fun) ones in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. • SMACKFEST: JULY 20 North side of Hermosa Beach Pier to 15th Street What a way to start the South Bay summer of beach volleyball! It's … [Read more...]
Las Vegas-Style Aerial Burlesque Show Comes To Hawaii
'Addicted to Love' At at Honolulu's The Republik In July Honolulu takes on the look of Las Vegas in July with a Sin City-style of entertainment: an aerial burlesque show Volary Aerial Burlesque and The Republik present Addicted to Love live in Honolulu at The Republik on Saturday, July 13th. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, June 18th at 9 a.m. Volary Aerial Burlesque brings … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Gift: Renaissance Fair At Corona Old World Festival
Have Some Beers With Dad At The Bier Mit At The Baron Here's an interesting Father's Day gift: Take him to a Renaissance fair. There's one in Corona, CA – that's east of Anaheim – and it's a celebration "fit for a king," according to the organizers. It's an annual celebration of all things Renaissance with entertainment, beer (or bier), food, games and cool father-son … [Read more...]
Smackfest Hermosa Beach Volleyball Signups Now Open
Top Beach Event's 20th Anniversary Is July 20 Signups are now open for one of the top summertime events in the South Bay. Smackfest, the fun, comical and only occasionally serious dress-up beach volleyball tournament that involves some 800 people in teams dressed in themed costumes, is July 20. This is the 20th consecutive year for Smackfest, put on by and named after … [Read more...]
June A Gloom Month For Party Events And Fun Festivals
Highlight Is The Start Of Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival In sports, the term " tweener" is used to describe an individual that is between two sets of skill levels and thus, cannot quite excel in either. The player is, say, too small to play forward in basketball but not quick enough to be a guard. He's a "tweener." And that's what I think of June. It's a … [Read more...]
Promoters Going Crazy With Memorial Day E-Mail Blasts
Over Promoting Events A Turnoff To True Party People How full is your in-box? That's not a late night, drunken bar question about your personal plans for the night. It's a question about your e-mail box. Because mine's full. Memorial Day Weekend is here and promoters are sending out e-mail blasts as if it's batting practice before a baseball game. They pitches are coming … [Read more...]
Waikiki Beach May Be In My Memorial Day Weekend Party Plans
Three-day USA Holiday May Find The Blogger In Hawaii Here's a great place to spend Memorial Day: Waikiki Beach! And I might be doing it. A friend is there on business and has a room and has invited me to crash in it, so I called another friend who works for the airline and he's working on a buddy pass. This would be great. I've been to Waikiki Beach on Memorial Day. … [Read more...]
London Block Party on Regent Street For InsureandGo Celebration
International Themed Event Features Food, Drink And World Flavor Here's s different way to spend Mother's Day. If you are in London. On Sunday May 12, Regent Street, London W1 is celebrating ‘InsureandGo - The World on Regent Street’. Regent Street will be closed to traffic and transformed to showcase culture, music and dance, art, food and fashion from countries around … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Invites Bands To Submit Videos To Play The Big Gig
Fans Can Vote On Which Acts They Would Like To See At World's Largest Music Festival Bands and musical acts from across the USA want to play at Summerfest, known to locals at The Big Gig. And now they have a chance with the Land the Big Gig contest. To enter the contest, bands need to submit a video featuring an original song to Summerfest. The deadline is … [Read more...]
Alcohol Crackdown Diminishes Enthusiasm For Bay to Breakers 2013
Without Floats And Especially The Tiki Bar, The Mardi Gras Of The West Coast Not The Same Party I long for the good 'ol days, a time when Elvis sang, when the Village People performed on a platform, where there were keg stands, house parties and themed floats rolling down the streets. It was all part of the Bay to Breakers, a kind of race but really a moving parade … [Read more...]
Rain Won’t Dampen The South Bay’s Cinco de Mayo Party
It's A Day In The Cantinas With Senoritas, Cervezas And Sombreros The weather isn't exactly like a Mexican beach party, but that's okay for Cinco de Mayo. In fact, it's almost better. That's because we'll be in the bars in the afternoon, partying it up Mexican style, and if it's cloudy or even raining, we won't be feeling guilty that we are inside drinking on a nice … [Read more...]
Kentucky Derby, Jazzfest & Cinco de Mayo Make This A Big Party Weekend
Mint Juleps And Margaritas: It's a Hat Trick Of Fun Partying Events To Kick Off May Get on your party hats, it's the first weekend of May. And you'll have to change those party hats depending on the day. Saturday, it's Derby hats for the annual Running of the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. Sunday, it's sombreros for Cinco de Mayo, the gringo's celebration of … [Read more...]
Queen’s Day Amsterdam One Big Party I’m Missing in 2013
Annual Event Is The City's Biggest Celebration I know the city, love the city and I even have an orange shirt. But, alas, I'll be missing its biggest annual party, Queen's Day. It takes place on Saturday, April 27, and it will happen without me. Darn it. Queen's Day is my kind of party event. It's a huge celebration, some 800,000 strong. There's bands in the street, DJs … [Read more...]
April Has Always Been One Of My Best Fun Party Events Months
Hilton Head Island WTA And PGA Events Lead Into Long Beach Grand Prix April may mean taxes to some, but to me it means a month of some of the most fun events in which I have ever been involved. It started out in my sportswriter days in Savannah, Ga., when I was assigned to cover the Family Circle Cup, a WTA professional women's tennis tour tournament on Hilton … [Read more...]
Boston Marathon Bombing Causing Increased Security at Sports & Concerts
Venues And Events Stepping Up Searches At Venues And Events If you're going to a sporting event, concert or festival – anything to do with crowds – then be prepared for longer lines to get into the venues. After two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, security is being stepped up across the country, and event organizers are particularly on high alert. This goes for … [Read more...]
Budweiser Launches Made In America 30 Summer Concerts In 30 Cities
Bands And Beer From Boston To Los Angeles Budweiser has hit the road with an ambitious event that is bringing 30 concerts to 30 cities in the USA this spring and summer. It's the Made In America Events, and is started in April and concludes in August. Among the cities it visits are Boston (Aug. 22,) Los Angeles (May 21), San Francisco (May 5), Seattle (June 9), Chicago … [Read more...]
Congressional Cup Sailing Brings The Party To Long Beach’s Belmont Pier
Bands And The Stella Artois Beer Garden Bring Out The Belmont Shore Singles Here's why I like sailing and people who sail. Those who sail like to party! Take, for instance, the organizers of the Congressional Cup. This is an annual event that takes place in Long Beach, CA. It features some of the world's top skippers in America's Cup-style racing. In fact, in this year … [Read more...]
Indy 500 Remains A Memorial Day Party Bucket List Destination
The Brickyard Still An Elusive Event For The Blogger A couple of years ago, I had an offer to go to the Indy 500 as a guest of one of the drivers. I could have stayed at his house. With his girlfriend. And all her girlfriends who were visiting, as well. And I turned it down. Why, you ask? What kind of fool am I!? Well, yes, I am a fool, but the house was full … [Read more...]
San Francisco Craft Beer Lovers Should Flock To Boonville Beer Festival
Bay Area Breweries Pour It On At This Annual May Event Attention Bay Area brew lovers! There's an event you should check out in your area. It's the Boonville Beer Festival. That's up in Mendocino County, at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds, in fact. And I can speak from a personal experience that this is a great event, a craft beer drinker's paradise! There are 80 … [Read more...]
Grand Prix And Sailing Race Make Long Beach LA’s Top Party City In April
By Sea And By Land: Congressional Cup And World's Fastest Beach Party If you're looking to party in the Los Angeles area this month, then look no further than Long Beach. This city by the sea has two fun events in back-to-back weeks featuring sailboats and race cars. And each event has a big party element to it. The first is the Congressional Cup and the second is the … [Read more...]
El Segundo Keg Hunt 2013: Of Beers, Bars, Easter Bunnies And Bud Light
Kegs And Not Eggs In These South Bay Bars By The Beach The 2013 El Segundo Keg Hunt rolled through this Los Angeles town by the beach and once again, it proved to be one heck of a great time on the Saturday before Easter. Who comes up with such things? I'm jealous! Well, not really, because I was there and what a great time. In fact, it's a blast! If you can't … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix 2013 Prelims At Legends Bar Belmont Shore
Pageant Continues To Find Finalist Girls For Thursday Thunder On Pine The search to find the 2013 Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues on Thursday, March 28, with a preliminary contest taking place at Legend's sports bar in Long Beach's Belmont Shore. The contestants will gather at 7 p.m., with the contest scheduled to start at approximately 7:30. There will be … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Picks Are Making Me Mad
Picking The Wrong Upsets Has Busted My Bracket Pittsburgh bites the dust. Wisconsin, after going on a late-season run in the hotly-contested Big 10, goes down to an average team from an average conference. Harvard does what I picked Belmont and South Dakota State to do, and that is to pull off a major upset, My West bracket has so many lines through the team names it … [Read more...]
Spring Break College Students Making Party Blogger Jealous
Then Again, I Saw The Footch Win A Belly Flop Contest In Daytona Beach I never went to Spring Break in college. Instead, I went home. Drove six hours from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Knoxville, Tennessee, and worked whatever job I could find for the week or so in order to earn a few precious dollars for my social activities on and around campus. I never had enough … [Read more...]
Spirits Industry Nightclub & Bar Show Is America’s Best Trade Show
Wishing I Were There And Not Here Some of the best party times of my life have been at the Nightclub & Bar Show, the annual gathering of everyone who is everyone in the bar, nightclub, beer and spirits industry. It's the middle of March every year and takes place in the ideal place for such a thing: Las Vegas! It's two days of the best trade show in America. And … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Strategy: Get Drunk And Make Picks
Forget Over-Analyzing Teams, This Year Is A Toss-Up Tournament I'm going to win our March Madness pool this year. That's because I have the perfect strategy for picking the teams. I'm going to get drunk first! This is no half-court shot buzzer beater attempt. It's as skillful as Syracuse's zone defense, as solid as Florida's three-point shooters. After all, there really … [Read more...]
It’s A Full St. Patrick’s Day Party Weekend So Erin Go Bragh!
Saturday's Parades Followed With Partying Die-Hards Out On Sunday Green beer, parades, Irish bars and Erin Go Bragh. It's St. Patrick's Day and the Irish luck is smiling on all of us this year because we get not one, but two days to celebrate. St. Patrick's Day in on a Sunday, and that's actually a bonus day. The parades in major places – Boston, Chicago, New York and my … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Approves Smackfest Beach Volleyball Event
Costume Tournament Passes By A 4-1 Vote Smackfest will be allowed to turn 20. The creative, whacky and harmless fun beach volleyball tournament that has been the summer highlight of the area's weekend amateur players, has been approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council. It was a 4-1 vote and while some restrictions apply – there were fears of it becoming "another 6-man" – … [Read more...]
Bret Michaels Playing The Long Beach Grand Prix Saturday Concert
Rock-N-Roar Concert Is Saturday Night, April 20 In Long Beach, CA He's got rock, and he's certainly got roar. Bret Michaels, who is making headlines for a supposed "meltdown" after being eliminated from this season's "Celebrity Apprentice" show, will be looking to melt some metal as he's playing the Saturday night 'Rock-N-Roar' concert Saturday night during the 39th … [Read more...]
Happy National Margarita Day Feb 22!
The Perfect Day To Be Wasted Away in Margaritaville! Blended Or On The Rocks? Salt Or No Salt? Break out the blender. Put on the signature Jimmy Buffett song. The only questions for today are: Blended or on the rocks and salt or no salt? Personally, I prefer on the rocks and no salt. This, above all times, is the day to be wasted away in Margaritaville. Feb. 22 is … [Read more...]
Attention LA Models: Open Auditions For The Next Miss Long Beach GP
Race Queens Get On The Grid And Podium During April IndyCar Race The search for the next Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is underway, and all models and promotional girls in Southern California should take note. The Miss Grand Prix is holding open auditions on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. It's at the Grand Prix offices at 3000 Pacific Ave., in Long Beach … [Read more...]
After Fat Tuesday Here Are The Upcoming Biggest Party Events
Spring Break, St. Patrick's Day And March Madness Next On The Fun Calendar Now that Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday are in the rear-view mirror doesn't mean we have to pull the mosquito net over the bed and go into party hiding. There's too much fun to be had on the horizon. And it will be here before you find the last of those Mardi Gras beads somewhere on the floor of the … [Read more...]
Let The Good Times Roll For Fat Tuesday Parties
Marti Gras Parades Through The Soul Of The Party Blogger There's a saying in New Orleans. It applies year-round in that party city but it was created because of Mardi Gras: Let The Good Times Roll. And those good times do indeed roll for Carnival, and not just in New Orleans. There's Brazil, of course, and even Germany and Switzerland. One of the most fun places is San … [Read more...]
Sipping Scotch Whiskey Sets The Mood For Queen Mary’s Scotsfest
Previewing The 25th Annual Scottish Festival In Long Beach, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Los Angeles Blogger I love media events where they serve you alcohol. Wine with a luncheon or dinner is fine, of course, but at the press preview for the upcoming Scotsfest, a full-on Scottish festival Feb. 17-18 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, we got … [Read more...]
New Orleans Mardi Gras Memories Of Parade Experiences
Marching In The Parades Brings Beads, Boobs And Kisses The Mardi Gras parades are underway in New Orleans – check out the parade schedule here, as well as a few "survival tips"– and that always brings back good memories of when I was actually in a some of the parades. It was back in high school, and when our band director announced we would be going to take part … [Read more...]
New Year’s Day Can Be As Much Of A Party As New Year’s Eve
Diehard Partiers Cut Loose The Day After NYE With A More Casual Attitude I love New Year's Day almost as much as I do New Year's Eve. In fact, in some places, I like it even more than NYE. Why? Because the pressure is off, lifted like the monkey off Steve Young's back. The pressure for what, you ask? The pressure to have a great time for New Year's Eve, to … [Read more...]
Holiday Pub Crawls Set The Party Spirit(s) For the Christmas Season
Special Events Make December A Festive Time For Bar Owners Perhaps they should change – or at least adapt – the lyrics of "Let It Snow" for single adults to this: "Oh the weather outside is frightful, "But the bars are so delightful." Because the bars are where a lot of single adults spend the Holiday season. Whether its having a few while shopping, at office parties … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks One Of Top Beach Cities Events
Annual Celebration A Perfect Mix Of Party Revelers And Families Getting in the holiday spirit can be difficult at Southern California's beaches. The weather is warm and instead of going to malls and shopping people do what they do at all times of the year, and that is go surfing, running, rollerblading and then partying at night. But there's one event that brings in the … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach’s Centennial Happy Birthday Singing A Big Disappointment
There Were More People In The Downtown Bars Than On The Pier For City's 100th Celebration It had the promise of a party. Certainly a celebration. Manhattan Beach was singing "Happy Birthday" to itself on the evening of the city's official 100th birthday. Dec. 7, 2012. Local bar owner and crooner Lou Giovannetti was leading the singing, which took place on the … [Read more...]
Surviving The San Diego Wine & Food Festival’s Many Fun Events
Five Parties In Three Days Makes For A Happy Blogger The 9th annual San Diego Wine & Food Festival is now over the shoulder, and I not only survived it, I thrived at it. And I added two new events this year to my usual trio, making it a five course meal, so to speak. That meant five parties in three days and nights. For me, Party of Five was not a TV show, but a … [Read more...]
Having A Blast At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Celebrity Chefs Love The Party Scene, Too One night and one event, and I'm already having a blast. I'm in San Diego's Gaslamp for the annual Wine & Food Festival and this is an event I highly recommend. And I've not even gone to any of the wine tasting events yet! And that's the thing about the San Diego Wine & Food Festival (first of all, note the name of the … [Read more...]
Halloween Parties Allow Girls To Live Ultimate Sexual Fantasies
Hiding Behind Their Costumes, Sexy Gals Let Out Their Inner Desires Just the other day, I was a fly on the wall, a sponge soaking up vital information, a privileged part of a private conversation. I was in the inner sanctum, sitting with four girls –friends, but closer to acquaintances – when they were having the kinds of conversations guys rarely get to … [Read more...]
Los Angeles A Fun Place to Party For Oktoberfest Beer Halls
Old World, Alpine Village and Big Bear Bring German Beer Halls To Southern California Hoisting big beers, doing big cheers arm and arm and flapping arms like wings doing the chicken dance, all to the live music of an oompha band. It's Oktoberfest and you don't have to go to Munich to experience it.' While there are great Oktoberfest celebrations throughout the world – and … [Read more...]
UCLA Nebraska Party Bus Hermosa Beach to Rose Bowl
College Tailgate Party Rolls With Transportation From the South Bay College football season is here and that means tailgate parties! One of the season's first big games is in the historic Rose Bowl as Nebraska visits UCLA. But as anyone not from Pasadena will tell you, it's a long way to the Rose Bowl from other parts of L.A. And that's why the South Bay Beach Cities … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Should Move To Dockweiler Beach Like The Gillis
Crazy Dress-Up Volleyball Tournament's Best Chance For Its Future Is On This Adjacent Beach The Manhattan Beach 6-Man dress-up crazy costumed beach volleyball tournament has gotten out of control. It's gone too far, and if something isn't done about it the entire event could forever disappear. I speak not of the event itself, mind you, but of the Manhattan Beach City … [Read more...]
6-Man Manhattan Beach Is Still About the Volleyball
Focus on The Party Atmosphere Takes Attention Away From The Players Despite the controversy, the change from a weekend to the middle of the week and the Manhattan Beach Police's SWAT team approach to the event, the 6-man tournament is still all about the volleyball. And it always has been about the volleyball, even with the one-day party of the past. That's been … [Read more...]
Photos of the PJ 10K Long Beach’s Annual Fun and Funky Run
Exercise and Socialize A Party in Pajamas, And a Beer Garden They roll out of bed, go out in public dressed as they are when they sleep, some even with their hair still in curlers. They gather early in the morning and go for a little run. It's the PJ 10K, an annual event in Long Beach, CA, a creative concept that's a party in pajamas. The Pajama Run, as it is … [Read more...]
LA Kings Victory Party Photos at Staples Center
Fans Celebrate 2012 Championship With Stanley Cup Champions Want to find the Stanley Cup? All fans had to do was show up in downtown L.A., on Thursday and it came to them. First, it was in a parade, free and open to the public. And then, it sat on the ice on Staples Center in a special ceremony for season-ticket holders and other lucky fans that was a rah-rah celebration … [Read more...]
What’s Your Fun Party: Kentucky Derby, JazzFest, Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2012 Brings A Trio of Great Beer-Drinking Events, Led By the Run For the Roses One of America's great party scenes is the Kentucky Derby. It's the first Saturday of May and the infield is, as PubClub.com reports, "absolute chaos!" So who would not want to be in Louisville!? But there is another option. And it, too, involves being hammered at the infield of a … [Read more...]
Creative Party People Come Up With the Craziest Events
An Easter Keg Hunt in El Segundo A Different Kind of Fun Pub Crawl This is what happens when a creative person – or persons – sits down to have a few beers. They come up with crazy ideas and turn them into even crazier events. I was at one recently. An Easter Keg Hunt. That's not a typo. Yes keg, not egg. The premise, of course, is to gather a bunch of people and go to … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Hermosa Beach Photos
Images From the Party On the Pier, Plus Video of the Famous Budweiser Hand Truck Team Once upon a time, Hermosa Beach held a St. Patrick's Day parade on the Saturday before St. Paddy's Day. Here are photos of the parade. Its route consisted of Pier Ave., from Valley Ardmore the Pier, then south to 8th Street on Hermosa Ave. There's also a video of The Famous Budweiser … [Read more...]
Sharkeez Party Bus Hermosa to Newport and Long Beach
A Sharkeez-to-Sharkeez Pub Crawl After the Hermosa St. Patrick's Day Parade Every wonder what it's like in those other Sharkeez locations, if any are as popular as the one in Hermosa Beach? Want to check one – or a few of them – out but can't find some friend to stay sober to drive to Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and the Panama Joe's in Long Beach's Belmont … [Read more...]
Panama City Beach Sets World Bikini Record
Okay, let's give a big "cheers" to Panama City Beach, Florida for breaking the World Bikini Record. "Cheers!" It assembled 450 girls in the sexy swimwear to set the new mark. It broke the old record of 357 set on Australia's Gold Coast (get with it now, mates!). Guinness World Record adjudicator Philip Robertson even flew in from London to certify the results. It … [Read more...]
Top Party Tips For Watching March Madness in a Bar
10 Methods For Making The Most Of the Madness That Is The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament One of the best bar times of the entire year is during March Madness. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is such a shootout, loaded with upsets, and there's celebration and heartbreak taking place , especially during the opening round on Thursday and Friday (March 16 and 16 in … [Read more...]
The USA’s Largest Super Bowl Party Has A Beer Garden
How big is the Super Bowl party you're attending? A few dozen? Couple of hundred? Perhaps even a thousand? It's likely not as big as this one, the beer garden at the finish of the annual Super Bowl 10K fun run in Redondo Beach, CA. With more than 8,000 runners, the Super Bowl 10K is one of the largest 10Ks on the West Coast. But it's not a serious run. It starts out in … [Read more...]
12 Bars Of Christmas Photos: A Festive Celebration in the Los Angeles South Bay
The Annual Beach Cities Holiday Tradition The 12 Bars of Christmas is as much a part of the landscape of the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities as the holiday strolls, boat parades and the spectacular Manhattan Beach fireworks. It consists of 50+ people visiting the local watering holes in Hermosa Beach, all attired in Christmas clothing. If The meeting spot is … [Read more...]
Southern Cal’s #1 Wine & Food Festival: A Celebration of Taste and Tradition
I just love going to wine, beer and food festivals. They are festive, classy without being conceited and you've got something in common with just about everyone there, because you are all there to consume wine and beer (plus, in some cases, spirits) and food from great chefs. One of the top ones I've attended is LA Magazine's "From the Vine" in the gorgeous … [Read more...]
Looking Back At BlogWorld LA, An Early Conference & Expo For Serious Bloggers
By Kevinm Wilkerson, PubClub.com Publisher & Editor In the very early days of blogging and bloggers, there was this event. And PubClub.com was there for it. Here is my review. By the time I arrived at the 2011 BlogWorld LA – held Nov. 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center – on the first day, everyone was buzzing about the opening keynote speaker. It was on … [Read more...]
Blogging from BlogWorld LA One Of The First Big Conferences For Bloggers
This is a look back at BlogWorld LA and the New Media Expo, one of the first big conferences for bloggers. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Blog. Blog. Blog. It's the theme of BlogWorld L.A, a three-day event taking place Nov. 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. I was there the first day, which was comprised of keynote speakers and a lineup of seminars … [Read more...]
Capturing Memories: Halloween Photos at the Portofino Party in Redondo
Packed. Crazy. Fun. The annual Halloween Portofino Party once again delivered big-time to party people in the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. The event was put on my Max Entertainment and Berry Bly, which is as much of the culture in these Los Angeles beach cities at volleyball and surfing. The Halloween party is one of the most … [Read more...]
Experience the Fun at the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair Beer Garden In Photos
Images of the Annual Fun Festival in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach City Gorgeous weather brings out gorgeous people and, it seems, the beer flows just a bit faster. Though with more than 300 kegs consumed in two days, the beer always flows pretty darned fast at the annual Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair Beer Garden. In 2011, the temperature was in the upper 70s … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: National Drink A Beer Day Is Sept 28 And I’ll Drink to That!
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Do we really need a holiday to drink a beer? Well, why argue. If someone is going to give us one, I'll raise my pint glass and say "cheers" to the occasion. National Drink a Beer Day is Sept. 28. I certainly plan to indulge in a celebration of my favorite adult beverage. In fact, I just won't have a … [Read more...]
From Oktoberfest to Halloween October is a Top Party Month
October is more like Rocktober with all the party events happening in the month. It starts out with four big events and finishes with three more. What could be better, and what other month is this jam-packed with parties!? Here's what Roctober has to offer, each and every year. So let's party! • Oktoberfest. It actually starts in September and the original in … [Read more...]
Experiencing the Vibrant Atmosphere of the Abbott Kinney Festival in Venice CA
Annual Street Festival Features Fun, Music, Food and More Beer Gardens Than the Bar Blogger Can See in a Day By The PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I need to go back to the Abbott Kinney Festival next year. That's because I only made it to two of the three beer gardens. And so let me raise my plastic beer cup to the organizers for having three beer gardens. I … [Read more...]
Trump National Wine & Beer Festival Photos Event Review
Third Annual Event Brings In Capacity Crowd of 2,000 From South Bay Beach Cities and Beyond to Palos Verdes Awesome. Fantastic. Glad I went and when's the next one!? In just three years, the Trump National Beer & Wine Festival has become one of the hottest social events in the social-heavy South Bay, a must-do happening that in 2011 even drew people off … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Sangria Players Post Party Photos
PubClub.com looks back on a wild event in an LA beach city that was a true part of the Southern California lifestyle. Volleyball players really know how to party. And the time they do it best is after tournaments. One of the great highlights of living in the LA South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are the Sunday night players … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Party Scene After First Alcohol Crackdown
The Annual Volleyball Tournament and Beach Bash Has Security, Crowds, Too Many Barricades, House Parties, and Hulk Hogan Editor's Note: In 2011, the Manhattan Beach Police Department issued a crackdown on alcohol on the beach during the 6-man coed beach volleyball tournament. PubClub.com reported on the scene that first year. I saw Hulk Hogan. Well, he's not really … [Read more...]
Smackfest Hermosa Beach Volleyball Party 2011 Party Scene Images & Photos
Annual Hermosa Beach Costume Volleyball Tournament is, Once Again, A Smashing Success Looking back on one of the many great years of an annual Southern California beach party. When one hears the words "beach party," this probably does not come immediately to mind. One likely imagines some type of college Spring Break scene or, for those fortunate enough to have … [Read more...]
Smackfest Beach Volleyball Party: The Ultimate Fun in Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach Are Full Of Things Like This Party-First Volleyball Tournament If ever there were a fun place to live, it has to be the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, a pair of party places within Los Angeles. For it is here that the young and social go out to bars, fill places for cultural happenings like the weekly Taco … [Read more...]
Amgen Bike Tour Mt. Baldy: A Spectacular Tailgating Experience
Thousands of Spectators and Fellow Bikers Line The Course in a Tailgate Party Scene at a Unique Sporting Event Tailgating is m0st synonymous with football and Jimmy Buffett concerts. And, apparently, it also applies to professional bicycling racing. In fact, when it existed the Amgen Tour of California - the US's equivalent of the Tour de France – was a big … [Read more...]
Boonville Beer Festival Review: A Day of Suds and Sun
Its Remote Location is Actually a Boon for This Annual Beer-Drinking Event in Northern California The name of the town pretty says it all. Boonville. It's 125 miles north of San Francisco, it's a few blocks long and there are no stoplights. But the second Saturday of each May, some 7,000 people make it their weekend home (May 14 in 2011). The reason: The Boonville … [Read more...]
LA Beer Festival Event Review Images Party Scene
Fun Annual Event Brings Brews And Good Times to Brew Fans at Sony Studios From the moment I walked into the LA Beer Festival, I knew it would be a fun day. The first beer station I spotted was right at the entrance, Kona Brewing Company. That meant Longboard Lager and Firerock, two of my favorite beers (it's what I consume when am partying in Waikiki Beach). On one side … [Read more...]
Long Beach Grand Prix Party Bus From Hermosa Beach
The PubClub.com Party Bus is THE way to see the annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for 50+ people from the South Bay Beach Cities. This is first-come, first serve and it will SELL OUT, as it does each and every year. – Party Bus Information – • Saturday, April 12 • Hermosa Beach to the Grand Prix • Departs from the South Bay, 11 a.m. Check-in time is 10:30 a.m., and … [Read more...]
Don’t Mess With Our Bay to Breakers; We Still Want to Party!
Alcohol Crackdown Is Unnecessary for San Francisco's Annual Fun Event, So Let B2B Be A Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Why do city officials and politicians always want to shut down the fun, harmless events? We are living in an angry society – protests at state capitol buildings, rants on social media sites about anything political or even a bad … [Read more...]