Bud Light Chargers Power Party Features Beer, Food And The Chargers Girls One of the most fun elements of going to an NFL game is the action that happens around the action on the field. That action starts several hours before kickoff with the pre-game tailgate parties. And at each San Diego Chargers home game, there's a built-in tailgate party. It's the Bud Light … [Read more...]
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LA Kings Games: A Fan’s Party Review Guide At Staples Center
A Non-Hockey Fan Enjoys The Experience Of Seeing The Sport Up Close At Staples Center It started with a beer garden and ended in a bar with a margarita. In between was a fun evening of sports, socializing and excitement. I was at opening night of the 2013-14 Los Angeles Kings season, something that many of my friends found shocking, considering hockey is not exactly my … [Read more...]
USC Football Says No On-Campus Tailgating For Arizona Game
Fans Also Not Excited About Thursday Night Pac-12 Encounter There's not been much for USC fans to be excited about this season – other than the firing of Coach Lane Kiffin – and they are not at all excited about having to play a game on a Thursday night. First, there's LA traffic, it's at night and, well, it's on a Thursday instead of a Saturday. And now, USC has sent … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Beer Garden Party Review At Hometown Fair
Lively Crowd Enjoys Singles Socializing With Good Craft Beers And Friends The combination is as natural as the beach and the ocean, as dominating as Clayton Kershaw with a baseball in his hands. The first weekend of each October, the gorgeous Los Angeles beach community called Manhattan Beach holds an event that sounds as if belongs in a small town in Iowa, Hometown … [Read more...]
Get Your Tickets Now For The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Grand Tasting On Embarcadero Highlights 10th Annual Event Nov. 18-24 You know you want to go, so get out the dough. Or, rather the credit card. The dough – and what's made with it – comes later. The 10th annual San Diego Wine & Food Festival is Nov. 18-24. And while it may seem a bit of advance planning overkill to get tickets in October, before you've even thought … [Read more...]
Back On Campus: The Alabama Football Game Day Experience
The Party Blogger Returns To His Alma Mater For Tailgate Parties, The Bars & The Game Awesome! Were I to describe the experience of an Alabama football game in a single word, that would be it. Awesome. In a "back to school" experience for me, I spent the weekend of the Alabama-Ole Miss game in Tuscaloosa, AL. It was a return to the place where I went to college, … [Read more...]
It’s A Roll Tide Weekend For The Nightlife Party Blogger
It's Back To School For cDllege Football Tailgating And Tuscaloosa Bars For Alabama-Ole Miss Game It's Roll Tide and, yes, even a Hottie Toddie or two as I spend the last weekend of September in Tuscaloosa for the Al-a-BAM-a and Ole Miss college football game. It's back to school for me, for I am a Bama graduate – and putting that degree in journalism to good use with … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Booze-N-Clues Bars Scavenger Hunt Charity Party
A Pub Crawl And Games For Teams In Costume To Raise Money For Lyme Disease Victim There's a beach party happening in Hermosa Beach, CA, and it's part pub crawl, part team contest and all fun. It's the inaugural Booze-N-Clues Bar & Beach Scavenger Hunt. It takes place on Saturday, Sept 28. As the name implies, it involves a scavenger hunt. Teams of up to six people … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival 2013 To Feature Craft Beer Festival
Shock Top, Goose Island Among Taps At Sept. 20-22 Event Lobsters and beer go together like water and waves, yet this takes it to a new beer-lovers level. The 2013 Redondo Beach Lobster Festival – Sept. 20-22 at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, CA – includes a craft beer festival. It features more than a dozen selections. Some of the beers are: • Shock Top Lemon Shandy • … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Provides A San Francisco Travel Treat
Sailing Race Spectacular Event For Spectators In An Eventful City When I got wind of the America's Cup taking place in San Francisco, I knew I had to be there for it. It's an international sporting event, one that gets worldwide media coverage and involves an interesting and fun (and also somewhat puzzling) sport, sailing. Plus, taking place in a city as dynamic as San … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Sailing Race A Fun Party In San Francisco
Viewing Guide, The Pavilion And Cheap(er) Beer Bars Tips Bring on the boats. And the beer. And the Kiwis! The America's Cup sailboat race is taking place in San Francisco and as a first-had observer I can tell you it's a great party! There are international people which gives it a bit of an Olympics atmosphere, along with a kind of PGA Tour element of sponsor tents … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Beer Garden Is South Bay’s Labor Day Party Place
Schedule Of Bands, Craft Beers And South Bay's Hottest Singles When it's Labor Day in the South Bay, all locals know what that means: Fiesta Hermosa! That's the three-day festival of craft booths, busy bars, bands and the beer garden at the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA, the most happening of the beach cities along the Los Angeles coast. Several thousand people are … [Read more...]
5th Annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival 2013 Review
Sun Shines And The Fun Atmosphere Gets A Toast From This Blogger In what has become one of the top events in the South Bay Beach Cities, the fifth annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival did something that's often difficult for repeat events: it met and, perhaps even exceeded, expectations. And those expectations were as high as the Palos Verdes cliff where … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Open Volleyball 2013 Hits The Pier Aug. 16-18
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...]
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...]
Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Reveals 2013 Schedule & Events
It's A Party In Sin City With Nightclubs And Pool Parties For 17th Annual Event Nightclubs, pool parties, After Hours events and even conferences. The 17th annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas is not just a party, it's several parties. Spread over an entire week, from June 18-25, the events take place at venues throughout Sin City. The main event, which is the … [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...]
Del Mar Opening Day So Popular It’s Holding A Drawing For Restaurants
Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast Requires Advance Planning For A Table Del Mar Opening Day is a very fun Southern California event the third Wednesday of each July. It's also the most popular mid-week event in the entire state. More than 50,000 people go to it and it's such a "must-do" event that the horse track that's across the street from the Pacific Ocean must action … [Read more...]
LaQuinta Has Rooms For Second Week Of Coachella Music Festival
Resort Is 7 Miles From Venue And Has Room To Relax If you're looking fora place to stay during the Coachella Music Festival, then contact the LaQuinta Resort It has increased its room availability for the second weekend. Rooms are available April 18- 22, with a three-night minimum stay required for all reservations. Room rates begin at $479 per night, and full … [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. … [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...]
Passing On The 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Party
PGA Tour Carmel Event Not On The Blogger's Calendar This Year This event used to be par for the course. As much of a no-brainer as a tap-in putt. But them something happened to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It got serious. It used to be serious about the party, but the past couple of years it can't seem to find the green. This PGA Tour tournament, held at the … [Read more...]
2013 Super Bowl Sunday Ranks Among Top Party Days
From The Redondo Beach 10K To The South Bay Bars To A House Party, It Was A Long And Fun Day We were laughing it up in a cut-loose dive bar with no plan for the future, just living in the moment. The day was Super Bowl Sunday and the location was the VFW bar in Redondo Beach, CA. I was on my fifth or sixth beer, I had already run six miles and spent two hours in a … [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...]
Microbrew Beer Festival Part of Santa Anita Track Party Schedule
Horsing Around Involves More Than Watching Horse Racing In L.A. There's a microbrew festival at Santa Anita Racetrack in Los Angeles this weekend – specifically, Saturday, Jan. 26 – and the mere thought of this brings back some side-splitting memories. It was a few years ago that I was first introduced to what was previously the strange sport of horse racing. And, as I … [Read more...]
California Cultures Mix at Mendocino Crab Wine & Beer Festival 2013
It goes without saying that cracking crabs and drinking beer go together. That's commonplace along the East Coast, particularly in Maryland, home of crab cakes and beer. But it also happens in California. Except people in this part of the country – in particular in the northern part of the Golden State – must always put their own special touch on things. So when they host a … [Read more...]
New Orleans Invites Visitors To Party For Carnival 2013
The Big Easy Goes Big For Mardi Gras New Orleans is always a party,and none is bigger than Carnival and Mardi Gras. In 2013, that's Jan. 26-Feb. 12, with Fat Tuesday being on Feb. 12. For a complete New Orleans Mardi Gras Survival Guide and 2013 parade schedule, click here. And new for 2013, the city and its tourism industry is partnering with the King of Carnival … [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...]
New Orleans Named Top New Year’s Eve Party Destination NYE Reviews
Other Top Spots Are Prague, Sydney, Las Vegas, Rio And The Virgin Islands When it comes time to choosing a place to spend New Year’s Eve this year, don’t drop the ball. Leave that to the people in charge of putting on the celebrations. But being where those balls are dropped – and having a ball – is the real thrill of a fulfilling New Year’s night. That is why … [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 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...]
USC-Notre Dame Game Will Still Be A Good Tailgate Party
Despite Trojans Disappointing Record Southern California Irish Fans Will Help Rock The Coliseum If you think for one moment that the USC-Notre Dame game at the LA Coliseum on Thanksgiving Day weekend won't be a party because the Trojans are 7-4 and are coming off a loss to cross-town rival UCLA, then think again. It WILL be a party! It will be a party because USC games … [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...]
Looks Like The Las Vegas Strip Again For New Year’s Eve Party
Fireworks And Fun Once Again In Sin City For NYE 2012 While I was considering going to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve 2012, I didn't exactly expect it to be decided until a few days before Jan. 31. I would what I've done many times in the past – including last year – decide a few days beforehand with a few friends and drive out from Los Angeles on NYE. Then my plans changed … [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...]
Ready to Party At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
One Needs To Be In Shape For Whirlwind Of Fun Events Bring it on. I'm ready. Up to the challenge. I've been working out, doing deep breathing exercises, practicing curls with wine glasses. The reason for all this preparation is the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, a multi-day event of saturation and satisfaction. Of indulgence and inspiration. This is one of the … [Read more...]
New Orleans The Perfect Choice For SEC-Big 12 Sugar Bowl Game
On The Heels of NYE Fans Get French Quarter And Bourbon Street To me, this seemed as simple a call as a quarterback sneak on fourth an inches. Defensive backs standing in the end zone to stop a Hail Mary. New Orleans was chosen as the location of the new SEC-Big 12 sort-of championship game. It will be the Allstate Sugar Bowl and will line up the conference champions in … [Read more...]
Portland’s Holiday Ale Festival 2017 Pours Winter Beers Downtown
Pioneer Square Beer Festival Features Specialty Craft Beers Cheers for the holidays means something different in Portland, Oregon, home of the craft brews. It means beers, at least from Nov. 28-Dec. 3. That's when the Holiday Ale Festival takes place. The 2017 event is the 22nd annual one. Held in Pioneer Square in the heart of downtown, it's the perfect location … [Read more...]
Savannah, Ga Fall Beer Festival, The Tybee Beach Brew Fest, Is Nov 2-3
Kona and Red Hook Among Craft Brews At This Two-Night Event on Tybee Island I've had lots of beers in Savannah, Ga. But never have I been to an official beer festival there, and now apparently there are a couple, led by the Savannah Craft Brew Fest on Labor Day Weekend. Heck, there's even a wine festival in my old stomping grounds. And now, there's the Tybee Beach Brew … [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...]
Rocktoberfest Rocks LA Live With Gene Simmons And Rock & Brews
Week-Long Festival in Downtown Los Angeles Features Beers And Rock 'n Roll Bands People do get out of "The Bubble." Including the band at Pancho's. Before Wolfgang Puck walked on the red carpet, before Gene Simmons walked on the red carpet – and took the stage – there was a group of musicians who went through completely unnoticed by the press photographers. Except this … [Read more...]
Beer Garden Again Highlight of Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair
Photos And a Review Of This Top South Bay Beach Cities Annual Event Here's to the beers and cheers. I would like to host my 16-ounce cup of Longboard Lager to the beer garden, the signature event of the annual Old Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach, CA. It's what makes Hometown Fair one of the most fun times of the entire year in a town that's pretty fun most of the … [Read more...]
Another Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K Finished With Shellback
Reviewing the 2012 Run Under The Sun I'm not sure how many years I've done the Old Hometown Fair 10K in Manhattan Beach, CA, but another one was completed in 2012. The weather was great; a bit warm for running, perhaps, but no one was complaining about the near cloudless sunny skies. There have been 35 of them and I've done at least a dozen. They are great events, a fun … [Read more...]
Fall in San Francisco Has Sports, Sailing And A Bluegrass Festival
America's Cup Races, Fleet Week, Music and Italian Heritage Day Kick Off A Rocking October Story by Cathy Seeligson. Photos by Dean Borton. It's not October in San Francisco, but more like Rocktober. That's because the City by the Bay is rocking with a number of events to start the month. So let's get rocking! It starts with sports. The 49ers are playing at home (and … [Read more...]
GlowRun Race Lights Up Downtown Las Vegas on Oct. 7
Fremont Street Hosts Block Party Run Run And Pub Crawl Glow with the flow. That's the idea of the inaugural GlowRun, a 7K race in downtown Las Vegas taking place Sunday, Oct. 7. In a preview of Halloween that hits Vegas the end of the month, GloRun involves people in costumes, but instead of being on the Strip and running through the casinos and clubs, they are running … [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...]
Rum For Reef Relief And A Key West Pub Crawl
Plenty of Boat Drinks For This Conch Republic Party Rum for reef relief. A pub crawl for ocean preservation. I'll drink to that, of course! And on Saturday, Sept. 23, you can, too. If you are in the Conch Republic, join the second annual Conched in Key West Bar Crawl benefiting Reef Relief for the preservation of the world's coral reefs. It starts at 2 and goes to … [Read more...]
Hollywood Party Promoter Hosts Fundraiser at Supper Club
Battling a Stroke, Steve Dimon Presents A Hot Music Night To Help His Recovery A Los Angeles bar and event promoter needs your help. And this time it's not just to go to one of its events. It's to help him survive. Steve Dimon who puts on a massive St. Patrick's Day bash in Hollywood plus Halloween and New Year's Eve parties in the South Bay Beach Cities (among several … [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...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Part of September Beer Festival in Monterey, CA
Second Annual Monterey Beer Garden Features A Dozen Craft Brewers on Sept. 22 You may think of Monterey, CA, as a wine area. It largely an accurate assumption. With wine tasting rooms in the city and Cannery Row and vineyards a few miles away, Monterey County is making a push to be recognized as a true California wine country. But it's also becoming a prolific craft beer … [Read more...]