Golf if not, as has once been suggested, a good walk spoiled. Not when there's a PGA Tour event happening and you've got a cold beer in your hand. And that's exactly the way it is at Riviera Country Club each February (17-20 in 2022). Riviera provides the setting and beautiful Pacific Palisades the backdrop for the annual Genesis Open (formerly the Northern Trust Open) an … [Read more...]
See Huge Waves Crash In Redondo Beach From L.A. Heavy Winds
Water Smashes Over King Harbor Seawall It was quite a show put on by nature, and PubClub.com had a front-row seat. Heavy winds of hurricane force hit Los Angeles on a wild Sunday the last day of January. In some areas, winds hit 115 mph, and in the South Bay Beach Cities, they reached nearly 75 mph. All this made for spectacular viewing of waves slamming into the … [Read more...]
Night On Broadway Features Bands In DTLA Block Party
A Free Music & Arts Festival In Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles – or DTLA as it's hip abbreviation is known because everything hip in L.A., must be abbreviated – is having a free block party on Saturday, Jan. 30. "Night on Broadway" is an open music festival featuring bands and acts on eight stages covering eight city blocks. Its purpose is to … [Read more...]
L.A. Traffic Gives Angelenos An Excuse To Always Be Late
And Insider's Look At Everyday Life In Los Angeles By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger If you are ever visiting anyone in Los Angeles and meeting them out for dinner or at an event, know one thing – they will be late. This is not because they are laid-back or lazy, it's because they have a handy built-in excuse: the traffic. Yes, the traffic is terrible in … [Read more...]
How To Get Up Close To The Laker Girls
D-Fenders Games Put Fans Close To Lakers Farm Team & Cheerleaders If you've ever really wanted to get up close to professional basketball action, then check out one of the D-League teams if you've got one in your city. The D-League is the NBA's Development League, which is basketball's equivalent of baseball's AAA farm system. PubClub.com went to the LA Lakers team, … [Read more...]
What Getting NFL Teams Means To Los Angeles
Rams And Perhaps Chargers To Play In Inglewood, Home Of The Showtime Lakers After more than 20 years of being more like the football follies, Los Angeles has finally scored by getting an NFL team. And maybe two teams. The NFL owners approved the Rams moving back to L.A. And soon to follow them could be the Chargers. But not the Raiders (this is something people in … [Read more...]
First Lyft LAX Pickup Experience Not A Good One
Driver Takes 30 Minutes To Arrive At Los Angeles Airport By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger My first experience using Lyft for a pickup at the Los Angeles airport – LAX – was not exactly a smooth experience. Both App And Driver Promise 3-4 Minutes That's because it took more than half an hour for the driver to reach me. This was after the app said "4 … [Read more...]
Tips For Traveling Through Busy LAX During Holiday Season
Los Angeles Airport The Busiest USA Airport In December A record number of passengers – 3.5 million – are passing through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this holiday session, making it the busiest airport in the county. Pubclub.com has been among those, having traveled in mid-December and will be doing so again on Dec. 30. The busiest days are expected to be … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve Los Angeles Party Scene From A Local
NYE Tips From An. L.A. Local Los Angeles doesn't exactly bring in the New Year with a bang. Instead, she saves her elegant gown for New Year's Day: the Rose Bowl parade followed by the Rose Bowl game. She glistens on this day, looking radiant in the warm sunshine while the rest of the USA is shivering with snow in the driveway. So when it comes to New Year's Eve, Los … [Read more...]
Queen Mary New Year’s Eve 2015 Fireworks & Entertainment
Long Beach Landmark Features Themes Of Bourbon Street Red Square, Beijing, Tokyo & Hollywood Five themes from cities around the world on different levels are part of the 2015 New Year's Eve celebration on the Queen Mary, capped with the only fireworks show in Los Angeles. The decks of the Long Beach landmark become scenes from New Orleans, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo and … [Read more...]
Los Angeles The World’s Top Holiday Party Destination
L.A's The Place As A Singles Mecca, Especially In The South Bay When it comes to holiday parties, no place parties like Los Angeles. Especially for singles. In a place where it's impossible to get into the Christmas shopping mood because it's sunny and 70 degrees and Santa Claus wears shorts and there are palm trees instead of Christmas trees, there's something … [Read more...]
LA Metro Makes Getting To Union Station No Easy Ride
Taking The Train To San Diego A Challenging Travel Adventure By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Taking the train from Union Station in Los Angeles to San Diego on Amtrak is a very pleasant experience. Getting to Union Station in Los Angeles is not. That's due to being in public transportation-challenged L.A., and especially starting from the South Bay … [Read more...]
Universal Studios Hollywood Introduces New Passes
Harry Potter Attraction Set To Open In Spring Of 2016 For those who really love Universal Studio's Hollywood, it's California Dreamin' turned into reality. Universal Studios has introduced three new annual passes for Southern California residents: the Gold Pass, California Resident Plus Pass and the California Resident Pass. The Gold Pass is good for 312 days with access … [Read more...]
NHRA Finals A Thrill to This Drag Racing Rookie
Pomona Nationals Shake, Rattle And Roll The Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger While I would not exactly classify this as a bucket list item, I did check off something from my "I always wanted to do that" list. I went to a drag race. Specifically, it was the NHRA Finals at Pomona's Auto Club Speedway Raceway in Los Angeles. This was the season-ending event … [Read more...]
Drinking Rum With L.A. Characters At A Los Angeles Party
Rums Of Puerto Rico Holds Tasting In Santa Monica By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger If you're wondering what it takes to get PubClub.com to cover an event, serving rum is a pretty good place to start. It was this promise of rum that lured me to the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica, CA, on what turned out to be a chilly Tuesday evening in mid-November. The event was put … [Read more...]
Things To Do Near The San Pedro Cruise Ship Terminal
Queen Mary, Long Beach & Other Attractions You're off a cruise ship in Los Angeles and find yourself with a few hours – or perhaps even a day or two – in San Pedro. So, what is there to do and where to you go in the area? PubClub.com has these top suggestions. The WWII battleship USS Iowa is now docked in San Pedro and open for tours. There's not really much else in … [Read more...]
NFL Teams Continue To Flirt With Moving To Los Angeles
Chargers, Rams & Raiders Expected To File To Relocate L.A. The San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams appear to be ready to file documents to apply to move to the Los Angeles market as early at this week. The Chargers and Raiders are exploring a joint venture in Carson while the Rams have unveiled plans for a stadium at the old Hollywood Park site, … [Read more...]
Mooning Of The Amtrak Continues In Laguna Niguel, CA
Passengers Cheer When People Show Their Rear To Passing Trains If Paul Simon were to appear at the Mooning of the Amtrak, he might be tempted to start singing "Still Crazy After All These Years." Were he to be dressed in a chicken suit, the way he was during that epic "Saturday Night Live" skit then that would be quite appropriate. Because this event is still going … [Read more...]
Downtown LA Bars Hosting Crawloween Halloween Pub Crawl
Second Annual DTLA Costume Crawl & Contest While West Hollywood has its awesome, huge 300,000+ Carnaval block party for Halloween, downtown Los Angeles is having a pub crawl. Five bars within walking distance have joined together for "Crawloeeen," a combined party in which each place has a specific but different theme, a costume contest at the same time and a $5 … [Read more...]
West Hollywood Carnaval Review LA’s Best Halloween Party
West Hollywood hosts an awesome, incredible, fun and fantastic Halloween party each year, a fun and colorful event called Carnaval. And it is indeed a carnival atmosphere. The 2016 street block party is the 29th annual event and it's Oct. 31 from 6 p.m- midnight. Well, technically it ends at 11, but doesn't disperse until later; after all, you just can''t clear out 500,000 … [Read more...]
Old World Oktoberfest Is LA’s Best Celebration For Singles – 2021 Dates & Tickets
An Oompa Band And A Fun Party Scene In A German Beer Hall Old World Oktoberfest 2019: Sept. 19-Oct. 31 If you're looking to hoist big beers, sing German songs to a live "oompha" band do the chicken dance AND be in a party environment with single people, then the place to do it in Los Angeles is Old World Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach. With the Alpine … [Read more...]
Oktoberfest Los Angeles Top Singles Party Locations
Ein Prost At These German Beer Halls In L.A. In a spread-out city, the Oktoberfest celebrations are spread out, so here's the best places to drink German beer and party with other singles. 1.) OLD WORLD HUNTINGTON BEACH The best place for singles, Old World is like being in the Hofbrau Haus in Munich. Well, okay NOTHING is like that except the Hofbrau Haus in Munich … [Read more...]
Two Things To Know About Uber & Lyft Picking Up Passengers At LAX
Los Angeles Airport Allowing Ride Sharing Pickups & Dropoffs Los Angeles International Airport is the USA's largest airport to allow ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers. But here's two things to know about it, and one is good while the other mirrors the same situation with the cabs. The drivers must pick up people from the upper … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Bicycle Tours South Bay Beaches With Beach Cities Bike Tours
Sightseeing Along The Strand In Hermosa, Manhattan & Redondo Beach In a city of unique adventures and attractions, there is one activity that truly defines this place and its creative culture. It is riding a bicycle along the beach in La La Land – think the opening from the "Three's Company" TV show – among surfers, volleyball players and runners and, well, those … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Nightlife: Blogger Hits Legendary Studio City Bars
L.A. Haunts With A Hollywood Celebrities Connection Apparently, I did not give the place enough of a chance. Instead, I treated it like the average-looking girl in a bar who was flirting with me in favor of the much hotter one on the other side of the room. Shrugged off the advances of a sure thing to take a shot at the class of the field. When I first moved to Los … [Read more...]
The Problem With Traveling In Australia Is That It’s Too Much Like America
Sydney Is Like L.A., Surfer's Paradise Is Down Under's Florida Whenever people ask me how I liked Australia during a one-month visit, I always give the same response. I lean forward in the chair, give an introductory "well,"pause for a second, and then say, "it was okay." This response never fails to get a surprised reaction. Everyone expects me to leap up in an excited … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Music Festival Draws Huge Crowds Event Review
Linkin Park Proves Popular Headliner As People Pack SSMF Los Angeles is the music capitol of the world and the Sunset Strip is the music capitol of Los Angeles. So to block off the world-famous street and hold a multi-day festival with a near-constant lineup of bands is a great way to showcase the area's culture and heritage. It works. The Sunset Music Festival drew … [Read more...]
Mooning Of The Amtrak Continues The Fun Review & Photos From The Bartender
Trains Get Mooned And The Party Continues In Mug's Away Saloon I am happy – actually thrilled is a more accurate word – that the Mooning Of The Amtrak is alive and well. Sort of alive, despite a past Orange County sheriff and Laguna Niguel City Councilattemps to detail it But still fun! It always has been fun and, apparently, always will be fun. So the Second … [Read more...]
LA Downtown Film Festival Hosting DJ And Dancing Party At The Well
Music, Light Show And Complimentary Cocktails In The Fashion District The reason I don't go to a lot of film festivals – and I get invited to quite a few – is that they really don't have much of a socializing aspect to them. Oh, I did have a few Stella Artois with the director, cast members and others at the Beverly Hills Film Festival last year and while it was nice and … [Read more...]
LA Nightlife Scene Monday Social Now At Hollywood’s Sound Nightclub
Longest-running Weekly Club Night In Los Angeles Cranks It Up In June Monday Social, which has been part of the Los Angeles nightlife scene for two decades, has relocated to Sound nightclub in Hollywood. It's first event is June 3 and it features DJ Felix da Housecat. Formerly housed in Playhouse Nightclub (among other venues throughout the years), Monday Social … [Read more...]
Big Wangs Hollwood Is LA’s Louisville Cardinals Alumni Sports Bar
It's A Party For Basketball And Football Games Plus The Kentucky Derby One of the cool things about living in L.A., is that it's one of the best sports-watching cities in the world. There are so many transplants from other areas that no matter what team is playing there's a sports bar somewhere around town that has an alumni group watching it. And for the Louisville … [Read more...]
South And American Junkie Are Michigan Alumni Sports Bars In L.A.
Westwood Spots And Hermosa Beach Became Wolverine Territory When UM Plays American Junkie in Hermosa Beach and South in Westwood. These are the conquerors of the West for Michigan alumni on the West Coast, at least in the Los Angeles area. They are the places to watch the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game against Louisville. There are tons of Michigan alumni in … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Nightclub Exchange LA Exending Saturday Hours Until 4 A.M.
There's Dancing, Tho Not Drinking, At Downtown Club Not all bars in Los Angeles close at the very-uncool hour of 2 a.m. Exchange L.A., the mega dance club in downtown Los Angeles, is now open until 4 in the morning on Saturday nights. It's called "Extended Hours Inception Saturdays" and it addresses one of the PubClub.com blogger's chief complaints about Los Angeles … [Read more...]
LaQuinta Has Rooms For Second Week Of Coachella Music Festival
Resort Is 7 Miles From Venue And Has Room To Relax If you're looking fora place to stay during the Coachella Music Festival, then contact the LaQuinta Resort It has increased its room availability for the second weekend. Rooms are available April 18- 22, with a three-night minimum stay required for all reservations. Room rates begin at $479 per night, and full … [Read more...]
Grand Prix And Sailing Race Make Long Beach LA’s Top Party City In April
By Sea And By Land: Congressional Cup And World's Fastest Beach Party If you're looking to party in the Los Angeles area this month, then look no further than Long Beach. This city by the sea has two fun events in back-to-back weeks featuring sailboats and race cars. And each event has a big party element to it. The first is the Congressional Cup and the second is the … [Read more...]
Santa Anita And Horse Racing Tracks A Throwback Fan Experience
Laid-Back Atmosphere And Plenty Of Beer Stations Make For A Fun Day Every time I go to a horse racing track, I feel as if I'm stepping back in time. The Roarin' 20s, of flappers, jazz, the Charleston, and men in wide-brimmed hats. An age of prosperity and overall sports mania. This is especially the case at Santa Anita Racetrack in Los Angeles (specifically Arcadia, just … [Read more...]
Kincaid’s Redondo Beach Happy Hour Makes Customers Happy
Last Call For Discounted Drinks A Good Call They are doing it right at Kincaid's. The place is on the water, has a good Happy Hour that includes weekends and outdoor tables, and provides a classy setting in an area that is, quite remarkably, lacking in classy settings. But there's something else the restaurant on the Redondo Beach Pier does that is making me a regular … [Read more...]
My Favorite Margarita Party Drinking Experience
After A While There Was No Booze In The Blender, Just Tequila It's National Margarita Day as I write this, and just thinking about that great drink that makes us do wild and crazy things is bringing to mind all kinds of great memories involving it. Perhaps my favorite story involves a house party I ran into on sunny Southern California day. And stumbled (quite … [Read more...]
Attention LA Models: Open Auditions For The Next Miss Long Beach GP
Race Queens Get On The Grid And Podium During April IndyCar Race The search for the next Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is underway, and all models and promotional girls in Southern California should take note. The Miss Grand Prix is holding open auditions on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. It's at the Grand Prix offices at 3000 Pacific Ave., in Long Beach … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Bar Owners Should Give A Big Cheers to Jerry Buss
Owner Brought Showtime, Championships And Packed Bars To L.A. Los Angeles Bar Owners should do a big "cheers" to Jerry Buss. The former Lakers owner – who died at the age of 80 – has been responsible for a lot of business for bars in L.A. For decades. When teams win, fans go to the bars to watch the games. And when it's an NBA team, that's a lot of games, 82 in fact in … [Read more...]
Big Bear Businesses & Bars Remain Open During Christopher Dorner Search
Skiing, Snowboarding, Dining and Drinking Continuing At LA-Area Mountain Ski Resort On a weekend of dream conditions with tons of snow falling, which normally would bring thousands of skiers and snowboarders to the area, Big Bear Mountain is instead having to combat a blizzard of activity stemming from the hunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Donner. But Big … [Read more...]
Stepping Out Of The South Bay Nightlife Bubble Of Hermosa Beach
The Tale Of A Trip Out Of The Beach Cities To Hear Shari Puorto Band At LA's Sagebrush Cantina I love live music and hearing bands, so when the opportunity came up to roll up to LA's famous Sagebrush Cantina to do just that, I jumped at the chance. And jumped in the car with the band leader, Shari "El" Puorto of the Shari Puorto Band. But to do so meant that I had to get … [Read more...]
Christina Aguilera Among Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Performers
Induction Ceremony Is April 18 at LA Live In Los Angeles Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson are among the performers announced for the 2013 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, which will take place Thursday, April 18, at Nokia Center in downtown Los Angeles at LA Live. Aguilera and Hudson performance will honor inductee Donna Summer. Other performers are … [Read more...]
OB’s Manhattan Beach The South Bay 49ers Bar For NFC Championship
Casual Sports Bar Hosting Los Angeles-Area San Francisco Fans Bay Area transplants in Southern California's South Bay Beach Cities are gathering at OB's in Manhattan Beach to watch Sunday's 49ers-Falcons game for the NFC Championship. The winner goes on to play the New England-Baltimore winner in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. And if you want to party with Patriots fans, … [Read more...]
USC-Notre Dame Game Will Still Be A Good Tailgate Party
Despite Trojans Disappointing Record Southern California Irish Fans Will Help Rock The Coliseum If you think for one moment that the USC-Notre Dame game at the LA Coliseum on Thanksgiving Day weekend won't be a party because the Trojans are 7-4 and are coming off a loss to cross-town rival UCLA, then think again. It WILL be a party! It will be a party because USC games … [Read more...]
Los Angeles A Fun Place to Party For Oktoberfest Beer Halls
Old World, Alpine Village and Big Bear Bring German Beer Halls To Southern California Hoisting big beers, doing big cheers arm and arm and flapping arms like wings doing the chicken dance, all to the live music of an oompha band. It's Oktoberfest and you don't have to go to Munich to experience it.' While there are great Oktoberfest celebrations throughout the world – and … [Read more...]
Good Bars and Bad Bars, Smart Bars and Dumb Bars
Dry Tour Wine Bar in Venice, CA, Loses Customers By Charging Full Price For Drinks on a Pub Crawl Just as there are good bars and bad bars, there are smart bars and dumb bars. Sharkeez in Hermosa, Manhattan and other Southern California beach cities is a smart bar. It welcomes new customers, takes care of loyal customers and if presented with a large number of patrons on … [Read more...]
LA Kings Victory Party Photos at Staples Center
Fans Celebrate 2012 Championship With Stanley Cup Champions Want to find the Stanley Cup? All fans had to do was show up in downtown L.A., on Thursday and it came to them. First, it was in a parade, free and open to the public. And then, it sat on the ice on Staples Center in a special ceremony for season-ticket holders and other lucky fans that was a rah-rah celebration … [Read more...]
Young Dubliners and Fishbone to Rock Topanga Days 2012
Memorial Day Party in LA's Topanga Canyon Steps It Up With Popular Bands for 2012 I did a double-take when I looked at the music lineup for Topanga Days, the annual Memorial Day event in Los Angeles. It features not only the Young Dubliners but also Fishbone. On the same day! This is an incredible lineup, especially considering this isn't a massive music festival, but … [Read more...]
Good Weather Drives the Party at Northern Trust Open
President's Day Weekend May Find L.A's Social Crowd At Riviera Country Club Rather Than Mammoth You don't have to be a golf fan to enjoy the Northern Trust Open. All you have to do is like to be outside with a beer in your hand. A good walk spoiled? Hardly. The annual PGA event at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles is Feb. 16-19 with blue skies and temperatures … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock Music Festival Plays to LA’s Neighborhood Music Fans
It's no Coachella and There's No Alcohol or Beer Garden, But It Brings in 60 LA-Area Independent Bands and 100,000 Music Fans Who needs big concerts venues, going way out to the desert and paying high prices and having to put up with the likes of Ticketmaster when there are events like the Eagle Rock Music Festival? Sure, it's a neighborhood event and it's only one afternoon … [Read more...]