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...]
From The Bar Stool
Being At A Wine & Food Festival Without Having To Cover It – The Nightlife Blogger
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 decade, I did not cover the San Diego Bay Wine + Food … [Read more...]
Why Tuscaloosa Needs More Bars At The University Of Alabama – The Nightlife Blogger
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 are accustomed to spending an hour waiting in a … [Read more...]
Back To School For The Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry – The Nightlife Blogger
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 game takes on special meaning to me. But going … [Read more...]
Carrying On The Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle With My Buffett Persona – The Nightlife Blogger
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 learned that friends associate me with Buffett. I did … [Read more...]
Remembering Jimmy Buffett, His Songs And Concerts – The Nightlife Blogger
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 result of him and his music. I'm kind of in a state of … [Read more...]
Shedding Tears For Maui And Lahaina – The Nightlife Blogger
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 Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can’t be replaced,” … [Read more...]
Wasting Away (Again) In Pacific Beach, CA – The Nightlife Blogger
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 and wanted to kick back and have a few late afternoon … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Oregon Brewer’s Festival Canceled For 2023 A True Beer Bummer
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 work at an unrelated annual event – the sports car … [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
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 the shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops. Just don't … [Read more...]
Why I Love TikTok And Why I Would Be Bummed If TikTok Is Banned
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 sports and cocktails on both the PubClub and a new 72 … [Read more...]
How A Bar Blogger Still Reigns Despite The Ongoing California Rains
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 to curl up by the fireplace with a good book in my … [Read more...]
What Is A Margarita? It’s More Than A Cocktail Or A Frozen Concoction
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 bums (or wannabe beach bums) what a stage is to a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Am I Too Old Or Too Young? I Might Be A ‘Tweener’
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 level. I'm too young for all of those … [Read more...]
California’s Atmospheric River Has Given Me Cabin Fever And I Need Boat Drinks!
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 daytime high of only 60 degrees, the sky is grey – a big … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: VIP Treatment At Nightclubs Can Be Worth The Splurge
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, here's why VIP treatment at nightclubs is worth the … [Read more...]
I Need Help For I Am Addicted To Watching College Football On Fall Saturdays
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 find myself spending entire Saturdays – I'm talking … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: San Diego Comic-Con A Fun Signature Event For The City
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 magical world. I enjoy hanging out on lower … [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...]
People’s Refusal To Get Vaccinated Leads New Orleans To Cancel Jazzfest 2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves Louisiana, Or The Good Times Won't Be Rolling For A While By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Well there you go Louisiana folks. You claim to love your music but your refusal to get vaccinated has caused New Orleans to cancel the biggest music festival in the state Jazzfest 2021. Officials decided not to go through with it due to rising … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Bourbon Street Bars Closed For Mardi Gras
The Good Times Aren't Rolling In The Big Easy For Fat Tuesday Weekend By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com Pinch me. Wake me up from the bad dream. Splash come cold water on my face. Actually, make it a Hurricane and keep doing it because with this news I may go insane. There's no bourbon on Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year. There … [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: What To Do For New Year’s Eve 2021 The Coronavirus Era
Finding My Own NYE Party Fun Even In A Pandemic By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In the past, I've been to New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and the Caribbean. With a distant eye looking across the globe from Berlin to Sydney. I've been to promoter parties (one on a boat cruising around a harbor), house parties, pubs and … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Mardi Gras Without Parades Is Hard To Imagine
New Orleans Celebration Will Be Missing Its Key Element In 2021 Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger I did not plan on going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans next year. Heck, with this COVID thing, I'm not sure where I'll be going and what I will be doing in 2021. Still, it's a big blow to hear the New Orleans mayor has canceled all … [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...]
Nightlife In The USA Takes A Hit With No College Tailgate Parties, Kentucky Derby Infield
Coronavirus Pandemic Ends The Party At Several Traditional American Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The party's over, turn out the lights and come back next year. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here. That is pretty much what the coronavirus pandemic has done to nightlife around the world and the partying has taken … [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 Gives Suggestions To Bachelors Stuck At Home During Coronavirus Pandemic
With Bars, Nightclubs & Restaurants Closed, Tips For Single Men On How To Stay Entertained Around The House Or Apartment By Kevin Wilkerson. PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger No bars? No nightclubs? No restaurants with bars? No women!? Oh, and no sports on TV, either. What are we single men to do, stuck at home, unable to really go anywhere due to the … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Bars & Nightclubs Suffering From Coronavirus Effects & March Madness Cancelation
Bartenders & Waitresses Having Shifts Cut As Customers Stay Home By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The bartender poured drinks at a popular San Diego Gaslamp Quarter bar, glad to be at work. "They've cut our shifts in half," she said, "and then added "we have no barbacks and there's fewer wait staff... "I'm starting to panic." With all … [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...]
Why I Won’t Do A Dry January: The Nightlife Blogger
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I don't think I'll be doing a Dry January this year. Just like every other year. Dry January, for those of you who don't know, is a New Year's resolution with a trendy name to stop drinking booze for the month of January. Headlines tout a Dry January can be "amazing for your health" and has "benefits for your mind … [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: Diner en Blanc Los Angeles 2019 Is Oct. 12
All-White Dinner Party A Fun And Classy Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The party is on again for 2019! Diner en Blanc returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 12 and I could not be more thrilled about it. Note: it was held at the Santa Monica Pier. Wow! This classy-but-not-snotty dinner party is a nightlife experience unlike any other … [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: Initial Thoughts Of The Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2019
5B Artists + Media, Which Represents Punk & Metal Bands, Takes Over Free August Shows By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Here's some good news for those of us living in the Los Angeles Beach Cities: the free Hermosa Beach summertime beach concerts will indeed take place in 2019. There was some question about that when the city and former … [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: President’s Day Weekend Mammoth Mountain Memories
The 'Babushka Incident' At The Yodler By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger So we were at the Yoldler on Mammoth Mountain, at the time one of the most fun ski apes bars in the world (alas, now, it's slid downhill, so to speak, since they built the Village) when a friend slid his hand up the shapely rear end of someone in our group while she was … [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...]
The NIghtlife Blogger: Crap, I Forgot About The Pardi Gras Party In New Orleans
Jimmy Buffett Parrotheads Flock To The Big Easy For This TropRock Paradise By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger A few months ago, Eric Babin of Radio TropRock asked me if I was going to New Orleans for the annual Jimmy Buffett migration of Parrotheads known as Pardi Gras. It's a multi-day event of Buffett-style musicians playing at bars all around the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: My Cure For The Common Winter Cold Is Jacuzzi And Tequila Shots!
Bubbles And Booze Chases Away Sickness Blues By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It's winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and for many that means we're fighting off colds with the hope we don't catch the flu. Many of us want to still maintain our fun and active lifestyle – and the Ski Resorts are always tempting us – but those darn coughs and … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Best New Year’s Eve Party & Nightlife Destinations
Why NYE Fireworks & House Parties Top Bars & Promoter Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was packed into a tight area near Jackson Square in New Orleans, with several thousand people around me and more arriving every second. I had a six-pack in my hand, pulled out a beer and gave a "cheers" to my buddy Luau Larry. Right about … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Why New Year’s Eve Is Amateur Night For Non-Drinkers Who Want To Party
If You're Going To Drink, Drink Often! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Watch out partying veterans, there's a lot of imitators out on New Year's Eve. The one-night wonders. Drinking amateurs. Squids. This is the night when those who don't drink the rest of the year suddenly toss 'em back as if they are at a Jimmy Buffett concert. Try and … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Unplugged At The Slip Bar In Redondo Beach, CA
Blues Rock Singer Shari Puorto Sings On A South Bay Night By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a cool and slow night in the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles, yet I wanted some live music and a couple of cold beers. I'm sure you can relate. I was in Redondo Beach and knew that my friend Shari "El" Puorto was singing at a place called … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The 12 Bars Of Christmas Holiday Pub Crawl In Hermosa Beach, CA
Annual Event Is A Holiday Highlight In The LA South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The 12 Bars of Christmas holiday pub crawl in Hermosa Beach, CA, is an annual event on Friday of the first full week of December. And it's a party the entire South Bay of Los Angeles attends. The key to surviving a pub crawl, I have discovered after much … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Preparing For The Fun Holiday Party Season
12 Bars Of Christmas, Boat Parades & Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks On Tap By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I'm taking deep breaths. Doing a few sit-ups and going for runs. And putting on my game face. It's the holiday party season and that means it's time to find my red shirts, Santa hat and to be prepared for all the libations I … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Wine & Food Festival Events Highlight A San Diego Weekend
Another Sensational Time In This Rocking City By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a grand time at the Grand Decant, an even grander time at the Grand Tasting and by the time I left the Taco TKO, I was pretty much TKO'd by another fun weekend in San Diego, CA. I was in this grand city for the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival, 2018 edition, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The USC-UCLA Party Bus
Cross-Town Rivalry Is More Than A Football Game By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was sober. Nobody else was tho. It was the USC-UCLA college football game and, as usual, there was a party bus from the Los Angeles "party cities," otherwise known as the South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. Normally, I would have … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The San Diego Wine + Food Festival 2018 Is Heavenly Fun
Annual Event Always Provides Laughs Fun Memories By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In the heavens of wine and food festivals, there is the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. It is an event that never fails to put me on Cloud 9, sending sending me into a kind of starry-eyed stratosphere that starts a few days beforehand and lasts until several … [Read more...]