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...]
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...]
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...]
How I Messed Up And Missed Viewing The Great American Solar Eclipse
Hometown Of Knoxville & Loudon, TN Directly In The 'Path Of Totality' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The Great American Solar Eclipse, the first total eclipse of the sun in 99 years in the USA on Aug. 21 that had Americans scrambling to get to small towns along its path, pretty much happened without me. I'll was in Los Angeles, where we had 60% … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
The Challenges & Rewards Of Planning A Party Bus Trip
Concerts, Tailgating & Festivals Make For Great Destinations & A Few Organizing Headaches A big event is coming up – a football game with its tailgate parties, a wine and beer festival, a concert, a Jimmy Buffett show, for example – and you have a group of people who want to go together and nobody of course wants to drive. So you rent a party bus! Good move. … [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...]
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...]
Frustrated By L.A. Traffic And Public Transporation
Getting Out Of #TheBubble Is Such A Challenge My apologies to my good friend Chris for missing his birthday celebration, and to his lovely wife Melissa for inviting me to it. But I could just not stand the thought of driving in L.A. traffic on a Friday afternoon. It would have taken close to two hours to get to the restaurant they were at in Pasadena from here in Hermosa … [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...]
New Orleans Jazzfest 2016: Where I Want To Be This Weekend
Blogger's Party Bucket List Destination For April 28-May 1 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Let's party! Here's where I want to do it the weekend of April 28-May 1: New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Otherwise known to partiers simply as New Orleans Jazzfest, this is a perfect combination of an outdoor beer-drinking event, a potential singles … [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...]
From #BeerLover To #WineLover; I Blame Monterey & Carmel
Wine Tasting Rooms Part Of The Drinking Conversion There was no defining moment when it happened, no sudden realization that struck me like getting conked in the head by an errant champagne cork or having a thought-provoking incident. Rather, it's been a gradual thing, like slow-moving buzz that starts tingling the toes and eventually makes its way up the veins to … [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...]