By The Bartender, PubClub.com's Roving Party Animal Dry January? Not on PubClub.com's watch. And I'm not alone. The New York Post spoke to 100 people who, yes, were in a bar, about Dry January and received responses from "it's dumb" to "I'm not a quitter." 10 Barrel Brewing's Pub Beer is holding a hosting a series of giveaways, fundraisers and mega-limited beer … [Read more...]
From The Bar Stool
Why I Won’t Do A Dry January: The Nightlife Blogger
I will not be doing a Dry January this year. Blew that the first day. Let it be recorded that I had my first beer of 2026 at precicely 12:10 p.m. I was in a bar ready to watch the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff game. The way my alma mater played, I had several more beers by the time the day was done. Dry January, for those of you who don't know, is a New Year's … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Manchester Bar That Bans Solo Drinkers Is Not For Me
To paraphrase the country music song by Johnny Paycheck, they can take this bar and shove it. And I ain't coming there no more. Well, I would have never gone there in the first place but I most certainly would not be inclined to make it one of my go-to watering holes. You see, a bar in Greater Manchester, England called Alibi has a sign on its door with this notice: "After … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Why I’ve Never Had A Throning Relationship
I was caught in a weak moment, I admit it. An adorable girl in a bar, the kind that makes me weak in the knees, milked me for a couple of cocktails. Oh sure, she paused to spend the obligatory few minutes talking with me – standard procedure when a person buys someone a drink – but then disappeared into the crowd. I had been throned, and I knew it. But I didn't care. I … [Read more...]
Is Alcohol Good For You Or Not? Latest Surgeon General’s Report Is Confusing
I’m confused. For years, I have read and seen reports that a drink or two a day is good for you. Now, the surgeon general has issued a warning about cancer risks from alcohol. Originally, we were told that up to 14 drinks a week for men and seven for women is a healthy number. Now, "my guidelines would be that drinking fewer than seven drinks a week would be a healthier way … [Read more...]
Binge Drinking Vs. Social Drinking: Definining The Difference
Six Drinks Does Not A Binge Drinker Make By The Bartender, PubClub.com Columnist There's a lot of media coverage now about girls and binge drinking, but it's time to put a little perspective on things. Because the mass media doesn't always understand things, and also likes to create attention by, well, creating attention, it's easy for the general public to be … [Read more...]
Discovering the Thrills of Telluride Ski Resort At A Hockey Game Of All Places
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Ski Resorts Blogger I went to a hockey game and wound up talking about skiing. Ice and snow; once you think about it, they do go together. Not quite like pucks and power plays, but there is a certain similarity between the two. I was in a VIP box at the Honda Center for the Ducks and the Montreal Canadians – the "Habes," as the sometimes … [Read more...]
Exploring The Beautiful Girls Of Switzerland From The Cities To The Swiss Alps
They Keep Appearing Like Angels Falling From The Sky, Each New One As Beautiful As The Previous Starlet By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger They kept appearing like angels falling from the sky, each new one as beautiful as the previous starlet. Except one. The street parade is in August but this was a parade all right – a parade of beautiful … [Read more...]
A Lesson in Healthy Italian Eating
Covering The Launch of Italy's Club EATalian Program, This American Feels At First Out of Place, Then Like Family By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger It's always nice to be invited to press events. Especially ones that involve food. And especially when that press event that involves food is put on by Italians. So when PubClub.com received an invitation from … [Read more...]
Pub Crawls: The Ultimate Party Experience
By The PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one thing that makes me happy, it's a party. And walking into a party that I did not even know existed is sometimes an even better experience. Especially when that party is a pub crawl that has packed a bar with fun people that had the place absolutely jamming. Even with several big college football games on the TVs, it was … [Read more...]
Is it Safe To Drink Alcohol During A Heat Wave?
Whenever there is a heat wave, the National Weather Service puts out a statement to the press warning people not to drink alcohol. But is it really not safe to drink alcohol during a heat wave? The answer is, well it can be, yes. But it doesn't have to be that way. Drinking a cold beer on a hot day is one of life's simple pleasures.. A refreshing cocktail such as a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Still Trying To Reason With Jimmy Buffett’s Death A Year Later
By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com One year after it happened, I am still trying to reason with Jimmy Buffett's death. In fact, I'm still somewhat in denial about it. Some Labor Day Weekend show. I almost refuse to believe that the person who has kept me entertained all these years, who led me to organize party buses to concerts with the unmatchable tailgate … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Tiki Oasis San Diego Review, A Tropical Paradise Mini Vacation
By The Bartender, PubClub.com's Roving Party Animal I walked into a party. A pool party. With a surf band. Surfer Joe band was ripping out tunes from the Ventures and the hard-driving guitar licks of Dick Dale. People were in the pool, island drinks in hand, on the edge or cruising around in floats. Elsewhere, people were wandering around a Polynesian setting, … [Read more...]
Back At Bartender’s Weekend For 2024
I'm back at Bartender's Weekend this year. For those not familiar, Bartender's Weekend is a gathering of epic proportions for bartenders and others of us in the nightlife and bar industry. It is three days and nights of being hosted and toasted by just about every spirits manufacturer and distributor in the USA. It consists of more than 50 hosted events at various bars – … [Read more...]
Memories From Margaritaville Las Vegas Now Closed On The Strip
Meet me in Margaritaville. For many years, that was my Las Vegas mantra, my go-to-place in Sin City. While others were waiting in lines at the big mega clubs – the girls' high heels going click-click-click on the floors to get there – sitting at black jack tables or playing video poker – I was wastin' away in Margaritaville. I just loved the place. I would sit in the bar … [Read more...]
ShamROCK, San Diego’s St. Paddy’s Block Party Bartender Review
I was Irish for a day. And into the night. The San Diego St. Patrick's Day Weekend block party called ShamROCK is largely responsible. for it featured Irish bands, Irish step dancers and lots of beer. As a VIP, I was drinking cold ones out of a huge Oktoberfest-style beer stein while rocking out along on Sixth Ave., in the Gaslamp Quarter. I just love it when … [Read more...]
The Bartender PubClub’s Bars & Nightlife Blogger Posts, Links & Drinks
Every media outlet worth its salt needs a commentator. Someone who has been around to the places and events covered by that outlet, someone to provide personal experiences. At newspapers, they are called columnists. At PubClub.com, it's The Bartender. He is the site's roving party animal, a man not afraid to put himself out there, to experience and experiment, to go where … [Read more...]
Getting Over My Fear Of Gin, One French 75 Cocktail At A Time
I was scared. Hesitant and even reluctant. But sometimes, you have to conquer your fears, so I accepted an invitation to attend a cocktail tasting featuring my most intimidating alcohol: gin. We all have a story about one type of alcohol which makes us shake at the mere thought of it. It traces to a bad experience in our very early drinking days with that particular … [Read more...]
Singles Are Ditching Dating Apps To Actually Meet Out In Person Again
Now here's something interesting. Single people are ditching apps to – gasp – actually go out and meet other single people in person! Instead of swiping they are talking. Mingling rather than hiding behind a smartphone. Speed dating events are back, accounting for a large part of this relationship-seeking interaction. Tho to be fair, when it comes to singles the word … [Read more...]
Why Are Women In These Professions Always So Crazy? The Bartender
There are certain things single guys know that we have either learned from friends or that we have experienced ourselves. We can't necessarily explain them, but we know them to be true. Case in point. We know that women in the following professions are crazy! Female attorneys. Veterinarians. Alaska Airlines flight attendants. And professional dog walkers. And by … [Read more...]
I Don’t Like To Be Cold, Unless I’m At A Ski Resort – The Nightlife Blogger
By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com As I sit here at my laptop, I am wearing jeans, a mock turtleneck, sweatshirt and craving an Irish Coffee or coffee schnapps. It's cold, you see, and I don't function well in cold weather. I'm a warm weather beach bum at heart. The only time I tolerate cold weather when I'm at a ski resort. That's because I enjoy skiing, ski apres, … [Read more...]
I Like The Feeling Of Being Pleasantly Buzzed – The Nightlife Blogger
By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com I freely admit it. I enjoy being buzzed. That's the feeling one gets after having a few beers or cocktails, perhaps a couple of shots. I get happy, friendly (more happy and friendly than ususal, which is saying a lot), want to talk to people who are out and in general have postive vibes about everything. I'm talking about … [Read more...]
Being At A Wine & Food Festival Without Having To Cover It – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com So that is what it's like for everyone else. They eat, they drink, they laugh and they enjoy, taking photos only of themselves for their personal viewing and to show off to their friends on social media. I got to have that experience myself recently. For the first time in a … [Read more...]
Why Tuscaloosa Needs More Bars At The University Of Alabama – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com After spending a weekend at the University of Alabama for a football game, one thing is readily apparerent about the nightlife: Tuscaloosa needs more bars. A lot more bars. Each one of them is packed to capacity, resulting in incredibly long lines. As a result, students … [Read more...]
Back To School For The Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com I'm going back to school. No, not for any extra credit or degree, but for an annual tradition known throughout the South as the Third Saturday of October. It's Alabama-Tennessee, one of college football's greatest rivalries and as a native of Knoxville and Crimson Tide alumni, this … [Read more...]
Carrying On The Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle With My Buffett Persona – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com This is going to take a while. I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. So far, I’ve been doing both. Before his death, I actually never realized how much of a Jimmy Buffett persona that I display to people. Hey, I’m just being me! But during Jimmy’s final Labor Day Weekend show, I … [Read more...]
Remembering Jimmy Buffett, His Songs And Concerts – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com There have been good days, very few bad days and many, many going half mad days in my life because of him. Jimmy Buffett tossed out his anchor on Sept. 1, 2023. Ironic that this Labor Day Weekend show was his final set. For 76 years he was living life like a song and so am I as a … [Read more...]
Shedding Tears For Maui And Lahaina – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); From The Barstool By PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger Devastated. Destroyed. Gone.These are the words people in Maui are using to describe the island's main town, Lahaina after wildfires that will forever be known as the Summer of 2023. Gone? How can a town be gone? “All the places that are tourist areas, that are … [Read more...]
Wasting Away (Again) In Pacific Beach, CA – The Nightlife Blogger
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); From The Barstool Of PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger On an otherwise mellow Monday afternoon, I decided that I needed some beach time. That being said, it wasn't a particularly inviting beach day. It was overcast for the most part with only occasional appearances by the sun. But I had worked the weekend leading into it … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Oregon Brewer’s Festival Canceled For 2023 A True Beer Bummer
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger From The Barstool It was with much sadness that I learned the Oregon Brewer’s Festival would not be taking place this July in Portland. This was the first beer festival I ever attended. At the time, I had never even heard of a beer festival. I and a few other people were in town for … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: In Praise Of Dive Bars
From The Barstool, By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Dive bars are one of my favorite types of watering holes. I like being able to casually walk into a bar, plop down and have a cold beer that doesn't make me say "geez. that's expensive; I better drink slowly." I like reading funny bumper stickers, seeing old neon beer ads and other stuff that would be cluttered crap … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It’s Party Time In The Summertime
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger Enough of the cold, the rains and the June Gloom we have had here in Southern California. Summer is here and in the world of PubClub.com it's party time in the summertime. Put the jeans on the rack, hang the long-sleeve shirts and toss the shoes into the closest. In their place pull out … [Read more...]
Why I Love TikTok And Why I Would Be Bummed If TikTok Is Banned
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger Ban TikTok? Come on Congress, spend your time doing something more constructive to make life better in America. I love TikTok. I'm on it almost every day, posting a video such as review of food and drinks, being at events, a Drinking Tip Of The Day or even trivia on … [Read more...]
How A Bar Blogger Still Reigns Despite The Ongoing California Rains
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Nightlife As Seen From A Barstool By PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger The view from my barstool today is one of raindrops, not falling in my head or even in my beer for that matter, but close enough to have me comfortably planted here for a while. Personally, I don't like rain. I'm not the type who likes to go to a pub … [Read more...]
What Is A Margarita? It’s More Than A Cocktail Or A Frozen Concoction
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Bar Blogger, PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger What is a margarita? Well, it's a lot more than ingredients poured into a glass or into a blender. A margarita is a state of mind, a lifestyle, a celebration of the day's accomplishments or of the joy of not having to accomplish anything on some days. It is to beach … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Am I Too Old Or Too Young? I Might Be A ‘Tweener’
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I never saw the Rolling Stones in their prime or Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert, experienced the 70s "free love days" or flew to Europe on cheap airlines for cheap rates with dozens of other young people drinking Thunderbird wine while singing folk songs along the way. Or, for that matter, rode in a 747 with its lounge on the upper … [Read more...]
California’s Atmospheric River Has Given Me Cabin Fever And I Need Boat Drinks!
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Nightlife Blogger Boy, do I really need some boat drinks. And someplace warm to enjoy them. As I sit here at PubClub.com's World Headquarters in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, I am not on the balcony basking in the sunshine but inside with the sliding glass doors tightly shut. The temperature is at its … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: VIP Treatment At Nightclubs Can Be Worth The Splurge
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Sometimes in life, it's worth it to go for it. Live it up, be a king or queen for a day, have your own lifestyles of the rich and famous moments. When it comes to nightlife, that means going beyond the velvet ropes and having a high-end party night and with that in mind, … [Read more...]
I Need Help For I Am Addicted To Watching College Football On Fall Saturdays
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Help me. I am in serious need of a psychologist, a therapist, a mental counselor. I need an intervention. This is because I have an addiction. No, it's not drugs, alcohol or any really harmful things. It's college football and I'm so obsessed with it that I continually … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: San Diego Comic-Con A Fun Signature Event For The City
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger San Diego Comic-Con is like living in a real-life fantasy world where reality is all in your imagination and what you see, even tho you may not necessarily believe it. The event – the third weekend in July – overtakes the city's Gaslamp Quarter and turns it into a TV, Sci-Fi … [Read more...]
Is It Safe To Go To Bars & Nightclubs In America With All The Mass Shootings?
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Nine people killed and several others wounded in Philadelphia. Six people dead in Sacramento. Two dead in Meza, Arizona. Two shootings on consecutive weekend in my birthplace, a normally quiet small Southern city, Chattanooga, TN. With all these mass shootings – 240 in 156 days – there is a very legitimate … [Read more...]
I Attended Bartender’s Weekend In San Diego For The First Time And WOW!
By The PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Enjoying a few Mai Tais at the Grass Skirt, a San Diego tiki bar in Pacific Beach on a Sunday evening at an event hosted by Diplomatico Rum, is when I first got wind of something called Bartender's Weekend. That event's host, Diplomatico's rum ambassador Evan Charleston, mentioned that I should look into it, which was happening in San … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: St. Patrick’s Day Parades & Celebrations
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I had no real appreciation for St. Patrick's Day until I took a job in Savannah, Ga. This was, of course, the last place on Earth that I figured would be a place that would stir up my St. Paddy's Day juices. But that is precisely what happened for – as I quickly learned – Savannah has the third-biggest St. Patrick's Day … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Whatever Happened To Dixie Beer?
By The PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There was a time "back in the day" (don't you just hate that phrase but hey it applies here) when one of the aspects of going to New Orleans meant drinking the city's signature brew, Dixie beer. There was just something to a Southerner about cracking open a Dixie beer. It came in a white can, which in itself was unique, and New Orleans … [Read more...]
Top Nightlife Blogs From The Party Pros At PubClub.com
Your To-To Website For Pubs & Clubs Around The World By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger From Austin to Amsterdam, Beantown to Bangkok, Sin City to San Diego, Waikiki Beach to Zurich and beyond, PubClub.com covers the nightlife around the world like no other source. This is your go-to place for news, happenings, guides, tips, advice, rules, local … [Read more...]
Officials Need To Vaccinate These People Now To Stop New COVID Strains Spread: The Nightlife Blogger
PubClubbers Who Go To Bars & Restaurants Should Be Vaccinated By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com If officials really want to stop the spread of COVID-19 and especially the more contagious new strains from the UK and elsewhere, then they should immediately start vaccinating the following group of people. And that is the PubClubbers, people who are going … [Read more...]
Spring Breakers Need To Party, Not Act Like Capitol Rioters
From The Nightlife Blogger: Get Back To Bar Parties & Wet T-Shirt Contests By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Spring Break is supposed to be about partying, dancing to music amped up by a DJ, too-drunk dudes doing things their parents warned them about, girls in bikinis on the beach and wet t-shirt contests. However, it seems as if some college students … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It’s Time For Some Good Bars & Party News
Closed Bars, Canceled Events & Changes In Partying Policies Make Me Thirsty For The Good 'Ol Days By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com I don't know about you but I am ready for some good news when it comes to nightlife, pubs and clubs and the party scene. And it's just not all the closures of bars and canceling of events because of COVID. It's other … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Amsterdam Without Its Red Light District Hard To Imagine
Top Tourist Attraction Is A Big Part Of The Party In Europe's 'Sin City' By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com The city of Amsterdam – the Sin City of Europe as I like to call it – might be on the verge of doing something so hard to believe it may shake the canals from their very foundations. It is considering shutting down its famous Red Light District in the … [Read more...]
Outdoor Dining Is Back In California And Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing
The Nightlife Blogger Rejoices That We Can Eat Outside Again outdoor dining, California, restaurants, Gavin Newsom By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com We can eat outside again! Our embattled governor – more than 1.5 million Californians have signed a recall petition against Gavin Newsom for his restrictive and ever-changing COVID-19 policies – has reversed … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: I Won’t Hesitate To Take The COVID Vaccine And Here’s Why
'Put It Here Doc!' Get Me Back To The Bars, Pubs And Clubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The moment I see a sign up in our local CVS pharmacy that COVID-19 vaccine shots are available, I'm waking in and rolling up my sleeve. "Just put it here, doc," I'll say while pointing to my arm. There will be no hesitation, no delay, no waiting to … [Read more...]
How Girls Can Be A Good Wingman For Their Guy Friends From The Nightlife Blogger
5 Top Criteria For Being An Awesome Female Wing Person For You Single Guy Friends By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Not all wingmen are men. Some of the best are women and here's five ways a girl can be a good wingman for their single guy friends. 1.) You Both Must Be Friends With No Romantic Interest In Each Other There's no way a girl can be a good wingman … [Read more...]
Girls Can Be A Great Wingman, Too, And Here’s Why From The Nightlife Blogger
5 Reasons Why Women Are Often Better Wingmen Than Men By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com There is a great misnomer about wingmen and it goes like this: only a guy can be one and that girls make terrible ones. While largely based on many mens' experiences, it's not entirely true. In fact, if you're a guy, you could be missing out on a lot of singles action by … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Back In The Sports Bars For Football Season
The Joy Of Watching College & NFL Games In An Alumni Or Fans' Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com The sounds of "Yeah Alabama, the roar of "Roll Tide" and, of course, the Crimson Tide version of "Dixieland Delight" during a college football game was music to my ears. I was in a sports bar, an alumni sports bar, watching my alma mater … [Read more...]
Consuming Booze On A Plane: Alcohol Amateurs Ruining It For Us Cool People
The Nightlife Blogger Bashes Idiots Who Don't Know How To Be Discreet By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Leave it to a few idiots ruining a good thing for all of us cool people. A bunch of alcohol amateurs are taking their own booze onto the plane since airlines are not serving it anymore in coach during the COVID-19 era. They are bringing it on on board … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: College Students, Please Wear A Mask In Public
Continue The Campus Lifestyle Or Face Online Classes Back At Your Parents Home By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger While others have posted or reacted to social media photos and videos in extremely critical ways, I have been a staunch supporter of college students being, well, college students. I have rolled my eyes at others going ballistic when you were … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Hey Officials, Closing Bars Earlier Only Means We Drink Earlier
Clueless Lawmakers Fail To Understand The Bar Culture By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Ohio is the latest state to close bars and restaurant/bar at 10 p.m. Which, of course, makes it the latest state to do something really stupid by officials who have no clue about the people who go out to the bars. As any Pubclubber knows, if you close … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Of All The Bars & Restaurants Restrictions This One Is The Most Annoying
The No Drinks Without Food Policy Increases The Tab With No COVID-19 Benefits By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Of all the COVID-19 restrictions for bars and restaurants – no standing, not sitting at the bar (in a bar, no less), outside-only service, pre-midnight closings and the social distancing which practically kills any potential … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Why Returning To Bars & Restaurants With Social Distancing Not Appealing
Bars Are For Socializing, Not Social Distancing By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger With restaurants and bars re-opening across the USA and other places around the world, you might think I'm going to charge out the door like a high school student at the start of the summer break. But not so fast. The prospect of sitting in a half-empty bar or … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Why People Going Back Into Bars & Nightclubs Need To Be Tested
We Need To Know Other Patrons Are Free Of The Coronavirus By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Like most people around the world, I am itching to get back out to the restaurant/bars, bars and nightclubs to have a few drinks with others, to mingle and meet new people. But I won't feel comfortable doing it until everyone in the establishment is … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger Describes The Perfect Type Of Singles Bar
A Combination Of A Pub And A Club Provides The Best Of Both Worlds By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger The name of this website, PubClub.com, comes from combining what a lot of people around the world do when it comes to nightlife. They go to a pub before going off to the club. But it is the combination of the two that, at least for me, makes for the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Discovering An Appreciation For Gin Cocktails
Drinking In This New Love For An Old Spirit By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger Years ago, in my just-beginning-to-drink days, I had a nasty introduction to gin and pretty much swore it off at that time as an alcohol choice. So off I went in the tequila and rum world, occasionally mixing in vodka for Bloody Marys and Jello-O shots. (Primarily, I am a beer … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Why I Wish Guys Hated Me In Bars
Those Slick-Looking Dudes Don't Have To Work At It To Get Women's Attention By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger Sometimes, I wish I were the guy that I hate in the bar. You know the type, the one who looks as if he just popped in because his yacht is over in the Mediterranean for the summer season, he of the pronounced pecs, flat stomach, tall stature, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Beast And The Beauty
How A Gorgeous Girl In Switzerland Turned Me Into Prince Charming By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger A press packet was waiting for me at the Bern hotel and attached to it was the card of a Tourism Bern representative. The card had a picture of the person and once again, it was a very attractive girl. This is unbelievable, I thought! During my … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Accepting The Bars & Restaurants COVID-19 Shutdowns
Dealing With The Coronavirus Lockdown With #StayAtHome Personal Parties By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I don't like it. But I accept it. I don't like having to #stayathome, not being able go out to the bars or nightclubs, not being able to sit at the bar of a restaurant having a beer, enjoying a lively Happy Hour and, well, flirting with … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger Seeks Out Fun At Home With Bars & Nightclubs Closed
Adjusting To Life During The Coronavirus Pandemic By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I did something entertaining today – my laundry. Normally this would rank only on my non-fun meter, but stuck at home with bars, restaurants and nightclubs all closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, I am seeking what those in the sports world call "small … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Settling Into Life With Closed Bars, Restaurants & Nightclubs
Encountering Full Grocery Carts And Missing Socializing While Practicing Social Distancing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger With bars, restaurants and nightclubs closed, there are some changes to my daily life and one of the first things is that I am now encountering the "normal" people in our society. By "normal," I mean those with 9-to-5 … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Coronavirus Fears Won’t Ruin My St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Irish Bars To Be The Focal Point For 2020 St. Paddy's Day & Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger No St. Patrick's Day parade? No Irish festival with bands and a beer garden? No nighttime block party? Even with all these canceled events, I'm not going to let the coronavirus scare ruin my St. Patrick's Day celebrations. After all, the bars … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Fears Have Gone Far Beyond (March) Madness
Due Diligence Or Dumb? One Man's Opinion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Okay, that's it. I've had it. I've been sitting by, sighing and posting straight-up news articles on events being canceled or postponed – South By Southwest, Coachella and even empty arenas for minor basketball league tournaments – but since the NCAA has announced March Madness will be played … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Low-Alcohol Drinks May Be Trending In 2020 But Not With Me
Pour Me A Good Stiff One When I'm Out In The Bars & Nightclubs By Kevin Wilkerson, The Nightlife Blogger For PubClub.com One of the top trends for bars and nightclubs for 2020 – according to some industry experts – is low-alcohol cocktails. Low alcohol cocktails? If you're like me, you complain when a bartender short-pours your drink. I despise those auto-pour … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Running To The Fun Super Bowl Sunday Funday Parties
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger My Super Bowl Sundays usually start early. And no, it's not because I keep going from the night before, it's because I start my day with a run. And not just any run, but with the Super Bowl 10K, a Super Bowl Sunday tradition in Redondo Beach, CA. With runners and groups of people in costumes and a beer garden at the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: 5 Rules For Drinking Without Being A Drunk (Or An Alcoholic)
How And Why I Party With A Purpose! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger With the name of The Nightlife Blogger and writing for a site called PubClub, you may assume that I go out every night to the best (and worst, I mean how else do you find out the best ones) pubs and clubs around the world. That's a noble cause and finding out those … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: My Dry January Ended Before Noon On Jan. 1
Blame It On Bama And Roll Tide! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Well, I didn't plan on having a Dry January anyway. My version of Dry January ended before Noon on Jan. 1. I had my first beer of the New Year – and of the new decade – at 11 a.m. Yes, after partying on New Year's Eve. Now if you think I have a drinking problem, you're … [Read more...]
On A Manhattan Beach Bars Pub Crawl With The Bud Light Promo Girls
The Nightlife Blogger Proves Live Is Better With A Beer Company's Promotion Girls It's always fun to go to the bars in Manhattan Beach, CA, especially when it's the Manhattan Open, the legendary tournament that players call the "Wimbledon of beach volleyball." The event brings out locals by the thousands, who love to watch the pros play the sport that they … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Choosing The World’s Best New Year’s Eve Party Places
Finding The Top NYE Celebrations Around The Globe By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There are big bashes, high-dollar DJs at hot nightclubs, promoter events with a thousand-plus people and events at bars big and small all across the globe. But the world's best New Year's Eve party places are those that are the huge public celebrations in city … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: A Roll Tide Weekend For An Alabama Football Game
PubClub LIVE Goes Live From The Bars & Nightlife In Tuscaloosa By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I went back to school. And, like most alumni, loved it. I rocked it in the Tuscaloosa college bars, partied on the Quad, saw some of the Crimson Tide football game but mostly mingled from a box at Bryant-Denny, and went back out to experience … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: College Football Season And Sports Bars
Rabid Alumni Gather Together To Watch Their Favorite Teams By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Oh, for the good 'ol days of summer, when Saturday afternoons were filled with long runs, bike rides along the beach, playing volleyball and doing any other number of exercises, while then casually rolling into a bar for a cold beer and some … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: I Had A Beer With Maverick In San Diego’s Top Gun Bar
Movie Character Brought To Life In Kansas City Barbeque By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Great Balls Of Fire, you won't believe who I ran into at the Top Gun Bar in San Diego. Call sign Maverick. Hanging out at Kansas City Barbeque, dressed in full flight gear and sporting those signature shades, Maverick was sitting at the bar having a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Coronado Island A True Sunday Funday In San Diego. Wow!
Bottomless Mimosas, A Beach Bar & Wais Music At The Hotel Del By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Wow! Apparently, the last time I spent significant time in San Diego, I did not give Coronado Island enough of a look. I passed through a time or two on my bike and did not really see much to make me stop in my tracks. But more recently, I not … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: I Need To Put On My ‘San Diego Smile’
Friendly People Help Make This Great California City Even Better By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I need to have a bit of an attitude adjustment, get in the right mindset and readjust my mentality. No longer am I in Los Angeles, where you walk past people without giving them a glance. You don't say "hi," to strangers as you pass them, nor do … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: A Day At The Del Mar Races & Summer Concert
A Sensational Saturday In San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I caught the Coaster up the coast, boarded a double-decker bus at the Solona Beach train station and a few minutes later rolled up to the gate to spend a day at the Del Mar races. Such is the ease of living in San Diego. What a perfect day it was at Del Mar, too. The great … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Smackfest XXV Hermosa Beach Is Another Fun Party
Daytime Beach Bash Celebrates 25th Anniversary In Southern California By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In all my years at Smackfest, I do not recall seeing so many beautiful bikini bodies, an observation confirmed to me by co-organizer Nick Macko. It started the moment I walked onto the beach at 11 a.m., continued when I had the "Rise & … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Fourth Of July Starts The Summer Of Party Fun
Festivals, Crazy Events And Hot Nightlife Hits A Peak In July & August By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The summertime fun does not end when the Fourth of July fireworks fade into the night sky. Rather, it is the signal of the beginning, the start of two months of events and activities carrying over through Labor Day Weekend. The 4th of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Lake Travis The Best-Ever Memorial Day Weekend
Having A Devil Of A Good Time At The Devil's Cove Boat Tie-Up Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There were $1 beers on 6th Street, a walk-through beer cooler at a convenience store, boats tied up in a cove and girls in bikinis wearing cowboy hats. I had not died and gone to party heaven, but was living in a real-life dream. I was in … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Ercoles Burger Scare In Manhattan Beach, CA
South Bay Dive Bar Nearly Runs Out Of Its Signature Burgers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I could smell the burgers a block from the bar, so much so that were I not headed in there already, I would have changed course to go into the place. It was a rich, deep smell that overtook the air in Manhattan Beach, CA, and it had me anticipating the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Recalling The Glory Days Of San Francisco’s Bay To Breakers
The Heyday When B2B Was A Moving Street Party Like Mardi Gras By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Creative floats. Beer pong tables in the middle of the street. Shopping carts full of kegs. Upside down beer bongs hits. Elvis singing on a platform. All this was an annual part of Bay To Breakers, the whacky, crazy, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It Doesn’t Matter What Bands Play At Jazzfest, It’s Still A Party
New Orleans Event Is Always A Music Lover's Bucket List Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and now Social Distortion. That's the descending order of bands that have been scheduled to play the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage – more commonly known as JazzFest – this year in New … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Blonde At Barnacles In Hermosa Beach
This Hot Girl Can Drink Like An Irishman – And I Like That In A Hot Girl By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was chasing down another blonde – Tiffany was her name and she looked every bit the part – when I was stopped by this particular blonde. She was parked at the bar at a place called Barnacles, a locals-mainly dive a few blocks from the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Fired Up On Old Tony’s Fire Chiefs On A Friday Night
When This Group Gets Together, It's A Fun Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When my friend Suzanne sent out a Facebook invitation inviting her friends to Old Tony's for her going-away gathering – she's moving from here in Los Angeles to Atlanta – visions of Fire Chiefs began dancing in my head. Fire Chiefs are this classic old-fashioned … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Insane Scene Of St. Patrick’s Day In Savannah, GA
River Street A Flood Of Partying People By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The battle in the sports room for us writers at the Savannah News-Press was over which day to take off – St. Patrick's Day or the day/night before St. Paddy's Day. It was a spirited discussion, with veterans of the Savannah St. Patrick's Day experience making valid points … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Bet You Didn’t Know This About The New Orleans Mardi Gras Parades
Answers To The Questions You Need To Know By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger You've heard about them, seen them on the news and – perhaps if you're lucky – have even been to them. And I've been in them, and I'm here to tell you a few things about the Mardi Gras parades you may not know about, but which are very interesting things to know about … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Jimmy Buffett Is Coming Back To LA And So Is The Party Bus
It's Not Irvine Meadows But We'll Settle For A Honda Center Concert Tailgate Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Buffett is back! And so will be the PubClub.com party bus, headed to the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, Oct. 12, for tail end of the Jimmy Buffett 2019 concert tour. So it's not Irvine Meadows. That perfect … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Robert Kraft Proves To Be A Loser At This Game
Patriots Owner Fumbles At The Orchids Of Asia Day Spa By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger He can win Super Bowls but he has to pay for his jollies. What kind of loser is this guy anyway!? Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, was charged with first degree solicitation of a prostitute in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Palm Beach, FL. He … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Feeling Like A Celebrity At An Academy Awards Gift Lounge Party
Rafi Gift Lounge Is Like A Classy Cocktail Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger From drinking champagne out of the frame of an antebellum dress, to the red carpet, the gorgeous people and the fun & lively atmosphere, I felt like a celebrity while covering the Rafi gifting lounge at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills two days prior to the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: A Closing Cheers To BridgePort Brewing, Portland’s Original Craft Brewery
City's Oldest Craft Beer Brewery Closes Its Taps By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Before the craft beer craze with breweries popping up like flowers in springtime, there was Portland. This Oregon city is, as far as I'm concerned, the original craft beer location. And the original of the originals is BridgePort Brewing Company. Or was, shall … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: In Love With Switzerland As Fast As My First Alps Apres Bar
Captivated By A Beautiful Blonde Bartender In Saas-Fee By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I went to Switzerland for the first time, I figured I would see a few pretty girls that would quickly catch my eye, but this was ridiculous. I was mere moments arrived in the Swiss Alps village of Saas-Fee, just in time for ski apres, and there she was, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Daytime Drinking In A Dive Bar
Getting An Early Start To The Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was the end of a long week – a lot of work, a lot of successes – and I had just completed a bike tour (one of my side occupations) with a visiting journalist from Vancouver and a cute tourism PR rep from Toronto. By the time I finished giving the two Canucks a tour of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: With Super Bowl Over, Next Up Big Party Event Is Mardi Gras
Beads, Beers & Fat Tuesday Create An Early March Madness By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I hope the Super Bowl party or bar event you were at was not as big of a thud as the game. If it was – and where I was for the game was just okay – unlike the Los Angeles Rams, you have another chance to be a winner, for Mardi Gras is just around the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Manchester, UK Named ‘Wildest City In The World’ – Really!?
Survey Is A Good PR Stunt But Has Some Flaws By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Manchester, UK, has been named the "Wildest City In The World." Really!? I'm not saying it isn't but one has to consider the source. As well as the reasoning behind making such a claim. It is from an international relocation company called MoveHub so it's … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Redondo Beach’s BeachLife Festival The Coachella Of The South Bay
Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson & Bob Weir Headline Inaugural Music Concert By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger For decades, the mostly simple South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles have feasted on a steady diet of music festivals that involved local musicians mixed in with themed party cover and tribute bands. There has been the likes of tribute … [Read more...]