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...]
From The Bar Stool
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
If You're Going To Drink, Drink Often! By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com's Roving Party Animal 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 college football … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Wines Of Spain Event Gets A Big ‘Salud’
Reviewing An Event Featuring Spanish Dozens Of Spanish Vinos By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Spain came to Southern California for one wonderful afternoon and brought some of its most treasured items with it – wines! It was the Wines From Spain event at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills and it was a full afternoon of tastings features wine and … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Please Promoters, Not Another Halloween Party Event!
Huge Number Of Costume Private & Bar Parties Can Be Overwhelming By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I don't often get overwhelmed – especially when it comes to nightlife and parties – but enough already. I am being bombarded from all corners of the Internet and e-mail about yet another Halloween party. By event promoters -who are relentless … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Having Cold Beers In LA’s Smallest Bar On A Sunday Afternoon
The Harbor Room In Playa Del Rey A Good Place For A Cold Beer On A Warm California Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a sunny Sunday afternoon here in Southern California (yes, another one) and a couple friends of mine and I were finishing up our champagne brunch on the deck of Whiskey Red's overlooking the boats in Marina del … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Traveling On Cruise Ships With Wine, Beer & A Mixologist
On-Board Brewery, A Mixologist And Wine On The Rhine & Along California's Coast By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Now this seems a fine way to travel to me – on a boat with a glass of wine or a European or craft beer in hand. Or how's this – a mixologist making frozen and other concoctions on board? Or rum on a Caribbean cruise?? It's all … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: San Diego Beer Week 2018
A 10-Day Celebration Of Southern California Craft Brews By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's a beer week? In San Diego!? This a pairing of perfect proportions, a hot bed of home-style brews in one of America's best and most fun cities. I picture beer falling out a thousands taps, like rain from the sky in so many other cities this time of … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Experiencing LA AX The North Hollywood Axe-Throwing Bar
If You Have An Axe To Grind, This Is Your Place By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I told a friend I was going to a hatchet-throwing bar, he deadpanned, "oh what could possibly go wrong here!?" That's kind of what I was thinking. It seemed a bit of an odd combination – I mean sharp objects combined with booze – but after conducting some … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Blown Away (Again) By Diner En Blanc Los Angeles In 2018
Classy All-White Dinner Party Again An Impressive Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Fine champagne and caviar. A classy band and entertainers on stilts. An outdoor setting in a grass courtyard surrounding a large fountain. This is what greeted me at Diner en Blanc Los Angeles in 2018, and it hit all the marks of excellence. … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Moorings Interline Regatta BVIs A Boat Party Scene
Island-Hopping Around The Bars Of The British Virgin Islands By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Rum, warm weather and boats. And women! This is what was promised to me when by buddy "Ice" suggested that I go to the Moorings Interline Regatta, a 10-day party flotilla in the British Virgin Islands. That was akin to throwing chum in the water … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Running, Then Running Wild At The Hometown Fair Beer Garden
Manhattan Beach Singles Event Again A Big Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I did not know if I was in shape for the 10K, but I KNEW I was in shape for the beer garden. In the end, I finished both, and it was another great party on the first weekend of October. I am referring to the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair, one of the best times … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The 2018 San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival
Grand Tasting The Highlight Event Of Several Fun Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When it comes to wine and food events, the perfect pairing of wine, food, spirits, craft beer, location (location, location!) and fun all comes together at the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. The 2018 event is Nov. 12-18 and yes, it's a multi-day event. … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Finding The Best Bloody Mary In New Orleans
Coop's In The French Quarter Tops Daisy Duke's Drink In NOLA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one drink you need in New Orleans to get you going in the morning after the night before, it's a Bloody Mary. And so I went searching for one and found it. It is at Coop's Place, a dive bar and restaurant if ever there was one, in the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Blasted By The Hand Grenade Drink On Bourbon Street
New Orleans' Strongest Drink Lives Up To Its Billing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I don't know what it was about this time, because I've had it before with it causing any damage. But on this trip to NOLA, I got blasted by the Hand Grenade, billed as "New Orleans' Strongest Drink." The only difference is that this time, I was in the bar … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: How I Spent $30 In 30 Seconds In A Bourbon Street Bar
The Shot Girl Blondes Get The Best Of Me By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Blondes. If you are wondering how in the world I did what I wrote in the headline, or even if it's true, my one-word response is blondes. I'm a sucker for a pretty blonde and when one pulled me into a bar on Bourbon Street, and then I was surrounded by three more, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The 5 (Funny) Things I Fear About Being In New Orleans
Fear And Loafing In The Big Easy By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Ahh, New Orleans. The French Quarter, "Sweet Home Alabama" pouring out of a Bourbon Street bar, multi-colored drinks and Mardi Gras beads, even when it's not Mardi Gras. I love it. But, in a way, I also fear it. The partying is so open, so available so, well – there – that … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: My First Experience At Catalina Island’s Outdoor Harbor Reef Bar
Two Harbors And Not Avalon Wins My Affection By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger My first introduction to Catalina Island – "26 miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a'waitin' for me" as a 50s song from a group called The Four Peeps says – was when my girlfriend at the time suggested we go to it. Her father was the sheriff on Two Harbors and she … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It’s College Football Season And There Go My Saturdays
Every Game Counts On Every Weekend In This Sport By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It's a Saturday morning and normally I'm sleeping off Friday night, but it's college football season and I reach for the remote and turn on ESPN just prior to 9 a.m. I want to see Lee Corso's pick at the end of College Game Day. What he picks has nothing to do … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: You Can Still Party In The Greek Islands In September
Mykonos, Ios And Santorini Top Places To Travel In Greece By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's still paradise on Paradise Beach, a tropical vibe in the Tropical Bar and a far out time at the Far Out Cafe. The calendar may say September but PubClub.com says the party is still on in the Greek Islands. In fact, September is nearly as lively … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Craving A Buffalo Milk Cocktail On Catalina Island
No More Of The Signature Drinks At The Airport In The Sky – What!? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The frothy drink with the whipped cream topper has been playing in my head like a Jimmy Buffett song. Actually, it's more like an Eric Stone song; Eric sings a lot of tunes like Jimmy and has one that mentions this non-frozen concoction: "too … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Finally Experiencing That ‘Wow, I’m In Australia!’ Moment
Aussie Outlaw Provides The Spark On Trip From Surfer's Paradise To Byron Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PuClub.com Travel Blogger The adrenalin rushed through my body and my toes began to tingle. It took abbot 10 days of being Down Under, but I finally had my "wow, I'm in Australia!" moment. It was a small thing, really, but not insignificant. I was traveling on a … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Los Angeles Party Bus Pub Crawl Adventure
Pirates, Wenches & School Girls A Dream Theme For This Crew By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was buzzed at the first bar. Actually let me correct that - I was buzzed before the first bar. Rum tends to do that to a pirate. I was on a pirates and wenches (and school girls; hey I don’t get the connection either but who’s going to argue … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: When Life Gives You Lemons, Have Champagne!
An Aborted Flight To Catalina Island Lands Us Instead In Hermosa Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger We were an hour late for takeoff due to a pilot keeping my friend's plane for an hour past his scheduled rental agreement – I can't stand it when people have zero consideration for others – and by the time we got airborne, clouds had covered the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: 80s DJ Party At The Slip Redondo Beach, CA
Party Time With Fun Music In The Southern California Beach Cities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was on my 3rd last beer when the DJ played the Beastie Boys song "Fight For Your Right To Party." So I continued partying. I was on my 4th last beer when two good friends walked into the bar and the DJ played "Living On A Prayer" and then, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Jimmy Buffett Fenway Park Show & Tailgate Scene Review
Bars, Not Tailgating, At This Historic Ballpark By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Jimmy Buffett in Fenway Park. Two classics together in one place at one time. The Green Monster and grass skirts. The Pensky Pole and Parrotheads. I alerted my Boston transplant friend in Los Angeles, told him we HAD to go to the show and there we were, sitting … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: How To Maneuver Around A Crowded Bar
Tips On Getting Through Packed Places & Dance Floors By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When you go out to bars a lot – as I do – then you learn certain things about how to get around a bar. Some people are irritated by crowded bars, dance floors so packed you can't walk around or seemingly through them and lots of people in a confined … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Visiting 18 Indianapolis Bars In One Night
In Researching Indy For The Nightlife Website PubClub.com, The Writer Does The Ultimate Downtown Bar Hopping By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I sat slumped in a chair against a wall in the Slippery Noodle, the iconic live music venue in downtown Indianapolis. It was 3 a.m., and the last set had just been played. The guitar player came up next … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Girl With the Great Body
Great Looks Don't Guarantee A Knockout Personality As This Beach Girl Shows Someone once asked Jimmy Buffett where he comes up with all those great song titles and lyrics that mark his music. "It's out there," The Man replied. "People are very entertaining. All you have to do is listen, watch and talk to them. It's amazing what you will run into if you just pay … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Shark’s Cove Bar In Manhattan Beach Is A Party
The Sharkeez Touch Comes To Downtown MB By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I'm almost hesitant to write how great the bar Shark's Cove in Manhattan Beach is for fear that some do-good citizen or city council member will rise up and say "oh NO, alcohol and fun is BAD. We need to curtail this kind of activity!" But the heck with it and them. I'm … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Cool Things to Know About European Bars
Party Tips For Going Out to Bars in Austria, Iceland and Poland By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger All the world's a party, and here's some really cool things to now about going out to bars and clubs in Europe. Let's start with Austria, which has the world's best ski resorts for ski apres and those who want to party (click the link for … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Prague Has Good Bars But Not Great Bars
It Has Good and Strong Czech Beer But Don't Make Praha Your Top Party Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It has the reputation of being a nightclub mecca, a place of uninhibited debauchery, of Oktoberfest-like beer bars with beautiful women filling men's eyes with scenic pleasure at every turn of the head. And indeed, Prague … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Unfortunate Demise Of A Favorite Toronto Bar
Al Frisco's on Once-Lively John Street Changed The Decor, the Menu and The Attitude. Then It Disappeared By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Sometimes, bars don't know when they have a good thing going. Like Facebook, they are always tinkering. Making changes, though not necessarily improving. Adding things that people don't like while taking away … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: 5 Tips On How To Drink Beer And Lose Weight
A True Story About Weight Loss And Beer Drinking When I got on the scale at my parents' fitness club during the Christmas holidays one year, I was shocked at how far over I had to scoot the little black weight bar on it. Actually, stunned would be a better word. This 5-foot-11 frame, which normally supports somewhere in the range of 175-180 pounds, had … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Watching The AVP Hermosa Beach From A Bar Window
Hanging At The Deck Along The Strand During The Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bars & Nightlife Blogger Sometimes, when you're at an event, it's better to be around the event than actually at it. Case in point – the Hermosa Beach Open, the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP for short) beach volleyball tournament in … [Read more...]
My Response To Uber Wanting To Identify Drunk Passengers
Patent Application By The Ride Sharing Company Is A Dumb Idea By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger So Uber is pursuing a patent application that will help it identify drunk passengers. That's just great. Let me just state publicly here that Uber, I'll either be drunk when I get into an Uber or I'm on my way to getting drunk. I'm hardly alone. That's … [Read more...]
Next Up On The Social Party Calendar: Mardi Gras & Fat Tuesday
All The World Is A Parade For Carnival Celebration With Beads, Bans & Floats By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Recovery is for wimps! On the heels of Super Bowl Sunday, it's time to start thinking about the next party event. And it's ready to smother you the way the Philadelphia Eagles defensive line smothered Tom Brady on those last two … [Read more...]
The Dumb Guy’s Guide To What Is A Vegan And A Vegetarian Differences
It's Lifestyle, Not Diet, But One Key Question Remains Unanswered By The Bar Blogger, PubClub.com Nightlife Columnist I have a friend, Shannon, who is a vegan. I happen to like cheeseburgers but that's not the point here. The point is that when we were out one night I finally learned what a vegan is thanks to her. I had long assumed it was someone who did … [Read more...]
Le Diner En Blanc Los Angeles 2017 Blogger’s Review
Pasadena City Hall The Perfect Location For LA's Exclusive All-White Dinner Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger This year, we arrived early. I wanted to catch and observe the people arriving to Le Diner en Blanc – Los Angeles. After going to this exclusive all-white pop-up dinner at a mysterious location not revealed until two hours before it starts … [Read more...]
R.I.P. Hugh Hefner, The Ultimate Hero To All Us Bachelors
Playboy Founder Was A True American Hero For Single Men He was the ultimate hero to us bachelors, a man who created an empire while surrounded by buxom girls dressed in sexy bunny outfits and never seemed to wear anything but pajamas. A man who found, photographed and, well, slept with, some of the most stunning, beautiful women we have ever seen anywhere. And he … [Read more...]
The Loss Of A Friend Brings Sadness But Also Smiling Memories Of Bob Laskowski
Missing A Great Greek Islands Travel Partner By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I lost a friend the other day. I don't know the details except to say suddenly he was gone. I had not seen or talked with him in a while – perhaps a year – or really hung out with him for several years. But that's the thing about life: you always expect someone you know to be there … [Read more...]
Sometimes, I Just Wish I Were A Hot Blonde Because Life Would Be Easier
Blondes Get Away With Things This Lifestyle Blogger Can Only Dream About Happening There are times, when I struggle through the everyday tasks of life, that I wish I were a hot blonde girl instead of being a guy. Sure, I would get free drinks in bars, free dinners, endless offers of tickets to concerts and events and enough offers for dates that I would need a personal … [Read more...]
Why Hanging Out With Gay Men Can Be Better Than Straight Guys
Hitting On Girls Not An Issue And Puts This Blogger At Ease In A Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Here's something that never really occurred to me but makes perfect sense. Hanging out with gay men can be better than hanging out with straight guys. This was brought to my attention when I was at an event at a Hollywood nightclub. I was very … [Read more...]
Getting Out Of The South Bay Bubble For Splash Night Fridays In Hollywood
Did Someone Say Rooftop Pool Party In Los Angeles!? By Kevin Wilkerson, Los Angeles Nightlife Blogger Sometimes, you have to expand your nightlife wings, get out of your comfort zone and go new places, try new bars or, in this case, soak up a completely different (but also somewhat similar at the same time) scene. In my case, it's getting out of what locals here … [Read more...]
PubClub Weekend Party Destination: Pechanga Casino Craft Beer Festival
Brews, Chili & A Rooftop Nightclub A Great Los Angeles Getaway In Temecula By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Bring on the beer! Of all the things going on this June 9-11 weekend in Los Angeles – pool parties, live music, a beach party with a beer garden – PubClub will be at the Pechanga Resort Microbrew Beer Festival & Chili Cook-Off on … [Read more...]
The Night I (Almost) Cheated On My Girlfriend
A Romance And Dating Blog Confession It was one of my best moments of stealth. I was in a bar as part of a lively pub crawl, my girlfriend at the time so close to me (as she usually was when we were out in public) you would have thought we were entered in a three-legged sack race contest. Sitting up on a stoop was another girl and somewhere in the drinks-filled fun of the … [Read more...]
Road Trip With The Girlfriend Down To Mexico Eventually Ends In Bliss
Of A Bike Ride, Going Bananas, Coconut Drinks & Hot Body Connie I knew it was going to be a long weekend when I entered the rented condo with my girlfriend at the time and the appropriately-nicknamed Hot Body Connie came bouncing toward me in the skimpiest of bikinis and launched herself into my arms. “You made it!,” she excitedly exclaimed as my girlfriend stood … [Read more...]
Turning A Lemon Of A Day Into A Mardi Gras Party
How A Failed Tequila Drink Event Turns Into A Lively Afternoon In A Venice Beach Bar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger Sometimes, things don't work out as you planned or envisioned, which can leave you feeling a bit bummed, angry or even upset. That happened to me but keep reading for how I turned it into an even more fun time than what I likely … [Read more...]
How To Meet Single People At Art Events: 5 Great Tips
Going Beyond The Bars To Expand Your Singles Life By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Let's face it. When we're single and out of our 20s, we need to do things other than go to bars to meet other single people. While bars are still part of the routine, we have to get creative and expand our potential dating pool by looking at other places single people … [Read more...]
How I Got In Shape To Run A 10K Race In 10 Days
Running Days & Miles, Eating Pasta And (For The Moment) Cutting Back On Drinking Beer & Wine By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger This is not a misleading headline. Nothing is, quite frankly, on PubClub.com. So yes it's true. I got in shape to run a 10K race in just 10 days. I started from scratch, ran 1 1/2 miles the first day – a Tuesday – and by … [Read more...]
Which Is Better: Being A Sports Writer Or A Travel Blogger?
Covering Athletes & Coaches Vs. Being Wined & Dined On FAM Trips in Places Like Switzerland By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I was doing a Twitter chat on travel when I happened to mention on it that I was once a sportswriter. "That must have been exciting," someone quickly responded to my post. "Well, yes and no," I replied, and then I started … [Read more...]
Off To A Rough Start In 2017 And It’s Only January
The New Year Provides Its Early Challenges – And Maybe Shows A Sense Of Humor Good thing it's only January. Then again, maybe I've got 11 months more of this treatment. The year 2017 has come in punching and I've been hammered as if I were in the ring with Muhammad Ali in his prime. All I can do is play rope-a-dope and hope the flurry ends soon. Things actually … [Read more...]
College Campuses Not The Party Places During Christmas Holidays
The UT Strip, Among Other University Bar Areas, Are Quiet During The Holidays You can roll a bowling ball down Cumberland Ave., in Knoxville TN, this time of the year. This normally busy area is known as "the Strip" at the University of Tennessee, and its three blocks of bars make for lively nights much of the year. But not this time of the year. Even at a … [Read more...]
As Nick Saban Demonstrates, You Have To Keep Evolving To Be Successful
Like Alabama Football, PubClub.com Continues To Keep Pace With The Changing Times By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger It's easy – human nature, in fact – to get complacent. But as Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama (in case anyone needs him to be identified) has so ably demonstrated, you have to continue to evolve in your professional … [Read more...]
Why Smartphones In Bars Are Killing My Sex Life
Girls Doing Selfies. Social Media & Texting Making It Tough On Single Men By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger Girls using smartphones in bars are killing my sex life. How? Why? Simple. Before smartphones became an essential part of our nightlife accessories, it used to be that one of the best ways to pick up girls was to establish eye contact. You … [Read more...]
Diner En Blanc Blog: An Overwhelming Experience
Los Angeles All-White Party Causes A Friday Night Scene In DTLA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Sometimes, being a blogger gets you a few pretty cool privileges, including invitations to events to which you otherwise would not likely attend. Or perhaps not even think to attend. But you go because life is better and your blog or website is better because … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Final Irvine Meadows Concert 2016 Blog
A Parrothead Enjoys The Tailgating Scene, The Show & The Last Party Bus By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Parrothead Blogger It would be easy – very easy – to be sad. But why be sad when you can be happy and celebrate!? That was my attitude heading into, during and even after the last Jimmy Buffett concert at Irvine Meadows on Oct. 22, 2016. A developer is … [Read more...]
Irvine Meadows Memories Are Of Jimmy Buffett Concerts
Huge Parking Lot Made For The Perfect Parrotheads Tailgate Party I was introduced to Irvine Meadows - and its gigantic parking lot – during my first Jimmy Buffett tailgate experience. At the recommendation of a friend, our group had gone down early in the afternoon to hang out and have a couple of pre-concert drinks. Or so we thought. Boy, did we get a surprise! … [Read more...]
Why Watching The NFL Is Way More Fun In A Bar Than At Home
Drinking With Fans Of Teams Is A Pro Football Party The National Football League is America's fall pastime, our primary sport and a focus of tremendous marketing to get Americans to watch games and spend money. But watching it at home is boring. I much prefer to be in a bar with fans than sitting at home pretending to be interested in it. Part of this is because I'm … [Read more...]
How To Drink All Day And Not Get Puking Sick
Surviving Major Drinking Events Like Tailgate Parties, Concerts & Festivals We know how it is, you're at one of those all-day events where you might start drinking at, say 8 a.m. – hey kegs and eggs! – and you've still got about eight hours to go before the actual event. So how to you keep your balance let alone maintain a steady pace of drinking without getting … [Read more...]
Bad TV Makes It Hard To Stay Out Of The Bars
Reality Shows & Too Many Channels With Nothing To Watch It's a Thursday night and down the street a bar has 30% off for locals all night, several other bars have Happy Hour and one has an all-nite wine ladies night. Yet I'm trying to be good and stay in tonite because, well, it's not healthy to go out every night, right? But what are my alternative entertainment … [Read more...]
Partying With The Bar Girls In Bangkok And Thailand
Nightlife Blogger Gets A First-Hand Look At What Sexpats Have Known For Years When you mention the word "Thailand" to a certain group of American men, their faces light up as if a spotlight were being shined upon them, they toss their heads back, start laughing and can manage to say but two words: "Oh (brief pause) MAN!" What they are referring to are their experiences … [Read more...]
Nightlife Blog: Thailand To Buccaneer Days (Almost) To A Beer Garden
Party Destinations & Events From One End Of The Earth To The Other I think I overextended myself. In fact, I'm sure of it. But sometimes, you just gotta rock it when you've got the chance. So that's how I found myself on a boat to Catalina Island off the Southern California coast headed for Buccaneer Days, then reversed myself and went to the raucous beer … [Read more...]
British Virgin Islands Bars By Boat Is A Dream Realized
Pain Killers at the Soggy Dollar Bar, Feeling Fine at Foxy's and Getting Naked at Willie T's All Part of the Ultimate BVIs Sailing Experience It has always been a fantasy of mine to bar hop – by boat – to the bars in the Virgin Islands. The appeal is obvious – rum drinks on tropical beaches. Warm weather, the water right there to jump in and cool off, and beaches in … [Read more...]
Mr. Sorehead: My Top Pet Peeves About Bars & Nightlife
By Mr. Sorehead PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger Okay, I love going out to bars. Pubs, clubs, dive bars, nice lounges, you name it. But sometimes certain things just drive me crazy. And while I'm normally a mild-mannered take--it-as-it-comes kind of guy, here's my pet peeves of bars and nightclubs. By the way, the rare times I do a rant, I do it under the "pen name" of Mr. … [Read more...]
A Week Of Partying Before Memorial Day Weekend
L.A. Bar Awards, Taco Tuesday & Wine On The Queen Mary Let me just say that it's not really my fault. This is hardly the way I wanted to go into Memorial Day Weekend, beat up from a full week of partying activities that has me looking at the unofficial start of summer saying, "oh gosh, a three-day holiday!" But when you are a blogger and reporter for PubClub.com, … [Read more...]
Why It’s Hard To Have A No-Drinking Day In L.A’s South Bay
Blame It On The Happy Hours, Daily Bars Specials & Sunsets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I'm a drinker who is a product of my environment. When there's no environment, I'm not a drinker. But when there is an environment, then I'm holding a beer, ordering a drink, toasting with wine or making or consuming margaritas or boat drinks. And this is one of … [Read more...]
Properly Preparing For A Long Day Of Drinking
Pre-Party Checklist Involves Hydration & Food It's 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning and I'm in preparation mode for a long day of drinking. Today it's the Beach Cities Wine & Beer Festival in Redondo Beach, CA, and even though PubClub.com is co-hosting it, I know it will involve lots and lots of drinks of fine wine and good craft beer. In fact, one of my … [Read more...]
Dear PR People: Include Photos With Your Press Releases
Bogs, Websites & Media Need Images To Post Stories By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger This is a plea to PR people around the world to please – please! – include photos with your press releases. It drives us media people crazy when we get releases that we want to turn into a post but have to spend 20 minutes clicking through your website or searching the web … [Read more...]
Camping Out At The Temecula Wine & Balloon Festival
Experiencing The Camaraderie Of The Campground The best way to go to an outdoor festival – and Southern California is full of them – is to stay in an adjacent campground. This way, you can fill yourself with beers and wine throughout the day and simply stagger back to your tent. But it also provides for a nice post-event party to have a few nightcaps with your … [Read more...]
This Gringo Learns About Cinco de Mayo Only After Moving To L.A.
Manhattan Beach Single Neighbors Showcase The Celebration And Provide The Education By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I first moved to Los Angeles – from the South, I must point out – there was a lot I had to learn about Southern California culture. One of those involved Cinco de Mayo. I was in Manhattan Beach outside of Los Angeles when … [Read more...]
Vestal Village: A Fun Party Event I Should Have Attended
Coachella Meets Spring Break At This Desert Oasis Festival I messed up, screwed up, dropped the ball, whatever you want to call it. This from a guy who lives in fear of being woken up one morning by a group of laughing friends telling me I should have been there last night. That sort of happened when I was sent photos from an event called Vestal Village. It took … [Read more...]
Twitter Travel Chat #JAChat Co-Hosting Fun & Educational
Nick Saban Would Appreciate The Preparation And 'The Process' When the opportunity came up to co-host the popular travel Twitter chat #JAChat (Fridays, 1 p.m., ET), I jumped at it. After all, this would be a great way to build the brand of PubClub.com, PubClub's Twitter audience and to connect with people on the chat as a kind of "authority" position, rather than as … [Read more...]
The Flora-Bama Mullett Toss – Where I Want To Be This Weekend
The Flora-Bama Bar's Annual Beach Bash By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Party Blogger They drink – on the beach and in the bar – they party and they throw fish. For charity. This is where I would like to be the weekend of April 22-24 in 2012. It is always the last weekend of April every year and want to be there as long as I'm able to lift a beer held by a … [Read more...]
Playboy Enterprises Is For Sale; Say It Ain’t So Hef!
The End Of The Bachelor Life Fantasy In The Prime 'Playboy Era' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger The bunnies are up for sale. On the verge of Easter!? That hardly seems right. But sure enough, Playboy Enterprises has been put up for sale in a deal that could total around $500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. For a bachelor whose … [Read more...]
A Bicycle Built For Beer
Cruising The South Bay Strand In Style On A Kona Brewing Bike By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I am now the proud owner of a brand new Kona Brewing Company bicycle. She's a beauty, baby blue and as pretty as a tall glass of Fire Rock Pale Ale sitting on a bar over Waikiki Beach. With a thick crossbar splashed with the Kona Brewing Company logo, a classic … [Read more...]
A Report On The State Of Hermosa Beach Report
A California Beach City Resident's Observations About A Small Town Meeting By The PubClub.com Blogger I attended my first State Of The City address recently and because I'm a trained reporter, decided to jot down a few notes from it. Let me state that I am not into politics or city affairs and have attended exactly two City Council meetings in my life – one when I had to … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews LAX A Great Place For Food & Drinks
Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley Just Part Of Terminal 1 Bar & Restaurant's Rock Stars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I always love press events put on by Rock & Brews because I get to eat great food, drink very good beer and have rock music playing in the background. Plus, I get to hang out with a couple of mega rock stars, Gene Simmons and Paul … [Read more...]
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2016 Has Lots Of Bikinis
Models On Beaches With Few Words & No Articles By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue arrived in the mailbox the other day, and it was interesting to note that in its 208 pages there were pictures of 30 models in bikinis – and sometimes not in bikinis – and no text. That's right, not a single word of copy is in the magazine, … [Read more...]
A Tip For Waitresses – And Customers – At Happy Hour Bars
Nightlife Blog: The Disappearing $5 Margarita Here's something that happened recently that ticked me off a bit while out with fiends at a restaurant/bar for Happy Hour. I asked the waitress if the place still had the fresh-made margaritas (I hate it when places use the pre-made mix in a bottle) for $5. This was something it had previously advertised on a sandwich board … [Read more...]
Why Valentine’s Day Is A No-Win Night For Single Men
The Greatest Challenge Of Bachelor Life There is little a single man can do right – and a lot he can do wrong – to please a girl on Valentine's Day. The best thing he can do is simply survive it. This is because girls get emotional over things, and Valentine's Day is one of their most emotional times of the year. It's when their man is supposed to show all his great … [Read more...]
Bachelor Life: There Are No Blondes In Chinatown
Asian Girls Vs. Blondes: The Unfair Dating Advantage It's not fair. I have several male friends who like Asian girls. And I've come to realize that they have an unfair advantage over me because, well, this gentlemen prefers blondes. When my friends want to be around Asian girls, they have lots of places to find and meet them. When I want to be around blondes, well, I just … [Read more...]
The Blonde Pickup Didn’t Work But It Worked Out OK
The Blogger Didn't Get His Waitress But He Got A Lifelong Friend I never envisioned it turning out this way. Had you told me that some 10 years after meeting The Blonde, I would still be involved with her, I would have told you we would be married, driving kids to grade school, attending soccer matches and spending our nights drinking wine in front of a … [Read more...]
Phoenix Open Birds Nest And 10K A Super Bowl Weekend Party Challenge
Two Cities, Two Parties; Here's How To Make It Happen One of these days, I'm going to do it. I'll go to two wild, fun party events taking place the same weekend in different cities. Call it the PubClub blogger's Party Challenge. The first of these – and the biggest – is the Phoenix Open. That's a golf tournament in Scottsdale. It's the craziest tournament on … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Bars Bring Out The Wild Child In Girls
The Movie 'Blind Date' Comes To Life In L.A. What is it about the Hermosa Beach Pier bars that bring out the wild child personality in wild child girls? What is it about the pier that turns previous seemingly mild-mannered girls into Kim Basinger's character from Blind Date, wasted and out of control in a matter of a mere couple of hours? I've already chronicled the … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: A Christmas Story
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of my earliest memories of Christmas is of being in the living room in Cumberland Estates, a subdivision in Knoxville, TN, and receiving the gift that I really, really wanted that year – a sled. We even had a white Christmas that year and I wanted to charge out the door, find a hill and put it to immediate use. Except I … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Concert The Highlight Of 2015 Party Year
Irvine Meadows Parking Lot Tailgate Top A Year Of Fun Events Of all the events, happenings, bars, travel and other activities that made up 2015, the unquestioned party highlight was the Jimmy Buffett concert at Irvine Meadows. The fins were up, the feathers were out, the tiki bars were churning blenders and boat drinks (and spinning drink wheels for the girls) and the … [Read more...]
Drinking Swiss Wines Outside Of Switzerland A Rare Luxury
Travel Blogger Gets A #WineLovers Treat The best places to drink Swiss wines, of course, are in Switzerland. I've been fortunate enough to be able to do that in several places – along a trail in sight of the Matterhorn, in the Alps, at restaurants overlooking rivers in cities, from a winery above gorgeous Lake Geneva, aboard trains traveling from one beautiful … [Read more...]
The Daily Distractions Of Working In Hermosa Beach
Bikinis, Babes And Beach Volleyball Here's the problem with working from home in Hermosa Beach, CA. And living on The Strand in particular. You are working in the living room, laptop on a tiki bar, writing stories for PubClub.com. And then a group of girls in bikinis appear on the beach in front of you. They start hitting around a volleyball and they are all very … [Read more...]
Steve Sarkisian-Level Drinking Hard To Relate To For Blogger
There's A Big Difference Between Social Drinkers & Alcoholics I drink. I party. I go to bars, festivals, beer gardens, wine tasting rooms, sporting events and Jimmy Buffett concerts. I get tipsy, buzzed, drunk and hammered. But it's hard for me – as well as most of what I call us "social drinkers" – to relate to what goes on in the minds of people who are … [Read more...]
One Tequila Two; The Alcohoic Drink That Makes You Do Wild Things
Margaritas & Shots Inspire Crazy & Impulsive Behavior Blenders of margaritas at a Jimmy Buffett concert are a good inspiration at the tailgate party. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com What is it about tequila that makes us do such wild and crazy things? Things we could not possibly think of sober, or with any other alcohol in our system. Things that just come to us … [Read more...]
The Differences In Women And Men: Household Items & Decorations
Singles Life Facts From A Bachelor, The Decorative Fish Edition Sometimes, I venture off-topic with this blog to write about not about bars and events, but what is in bars and at events. And that, of course, is women and men. This particular post focuses on household items. Specifically, how they differ from a women's viewpoint and a man's viewpoint. Being a man, I'm … [Read more...]
Transition Time Is The Best Time To Pick Up Girls In Bars
Singles Life Is A Lot About Timing The best time to pick up girls in bars is when they have their guard down, which is to say off -peak nights and off-peak times. That's why I've had my most success not in a packed bar on a Friday or Saturday night but at what I call "transition time." This is the time when the girls have stopped in a bar for a drink or two after … [Read more...]