You can be at the beach this Labor Day Weekend. But you could be on a boat. Or at a pool party. Or at a college football game or in an alumni bar watching a college football game. There are many fun party places ot be for this end-of-summer three-day weekend and here are the best ones with a focus on beaches and boats. The 2025 dates are Aug. 30-Sept. 1 • … [Read more...]
Bucket List Top 10 Party & Best Nightlife Destinations For 2025
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Here's where I want to go and what I want to do in 2025. If the world were wide open to me, these are the places and events where I would party, for they are part of my all-time Bucket List. Some places I have already been to and want to go to again, while some others are top party targets. The bucket list move would … [Read more...]
Why It’s Okay For Men To Drink Rose Wines
New #WineLover Gets An Education From Holman Ranch Winery The second thing that Carla, a friend giving me my initial wine education, said to me was "don't ever drink rose in public." Her point was that rose, being a blend of red and white grapes, was a clear indication to girls that a guy drinking it was not a good decision maker. And girls like take-charge, confident … [Read more...]
President’s Day Weekend Mammoth Mountain: Cheers To The Yodler Ski Apres
We Started On The Ski Slopes, Hit The Yodler For Ski Apres And It Was All Downhill From There There are some trips among friends that are such a part of the annual party calendar you don't have to ask each other questions such as "are we going this year," or "is so-and-so going," but "who's going to make the reservations this time?" That was the case for several … [Read more...]
Bali Hai On Shelter Island Has San Diego’s Strongest Mai Tai
Scenic Restaurant Serves Up Strong Drinks That Impress This Rum Drink Veteran I wanted a margarita. Instead, I found a Mai Tai. And whoa, what a Mai Tai! I learned of Bali Hai on San Diego's Shelter Island from a couple of local gents having a smoke outside a dive bar. I was looking for a place on the water – and had margaritas on the mind – and they told me of Bali … [Read more...]
Swiss Deluxe Hotels Seem Like Dream Accommodations In Switzerland
Staying At Any Of These 5-Star Properties Is Traveling In Style On my way to a press luncheon to promote the Swiss Deluxe Hotels – a series of 5-star properties in Switzerland – I heard a radio ad for a Motel 6. And the funny thing about me and traveling is that I can stay at either! Oh, to be sure, I would prefer to be at Badrutt's Palace Hotel in St. Moritz rather than … [Read more...]
Paris Travel Blog: Walking The City of Lights, Drinking Wine And Eating In Cafes
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger À votre santé! My first look at Paris upon emerging from the Metro onto the streets of Paris was of a McDonalds. Great, I thought. Here I am in one of the world's most vibrant and oldest cities and the first thing I see is America's great contribution to world culture, the fast-food hamburger franchise. A day later, I was … [Read more...]
Joining Tour de France Spectators A Party Bucket List Item
Blogger Wants To Be Drinking Wine And Nibbling Cheese At A French Village Cafe I have a vision, and it is of me being in a small French village in the countryside or the Alps, sitting outside at a cafe table – one of those tiny round ones, with narrow chairs made of wood – with a plate of cheese and a glass of wine in front of me. At any moment, a large group of athletes … [Read more...]
Bahamas Breeze Drink Recipe And Swimming With A Shark in ‘Jaws’
Rum Kept Film Crew Buzzing During Spring Break And Filming Of Movie Guest Blog Post By Walt Clayton, Author, The Strykes Buns Guide www.bunsguide.com/ JAWS The Revenge, filmed on location in Nassau – dat be in da Bahamas, mon – was a terrible flick but a terrific gig to work on for us crew members. For three sweltering months I toiled as part of the underwater film crew: … [Read more...]
Travel Europe Vicariously Through Rick Steves Videos
European Traveler Blu-ray Collectors’ Edition Box Set Now Available There's something that's plain cool about traveling in Europe. It's not just that it's been there since nearly the dawn of civilization, that it has landmarks that have stood the time test of centuries and that it has dynamic cities. It also has cool people, more cool frankly, than many of us in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Mai Tais At The Waikiki Royal Hawaiian Lacking Original Rum Punch
Scratch The Old School Drink; The New One Is Not As Good Or Strong Perhaps I was spoiled. Well, I was spoiled. And I freely admit it. But when you get used to something and then it changes – and not for the better – you get a little bit out of kilter. I am referring to a changes to the signature drink at the Mai Tai bar at the Royal Hawaiian. That's where I usually … [Read more...]
Waikiki Beach May Be In My Memorial Day Weekend Party Plans
Three-day USA Holiday May Find The Blogger In Hawaii Here's a great place to spend Memorial Day: Waikiki Beach! And I might be doing it. A friend is there on business and has a room and has invited me to crash in it, so I called another friend who works for the airline and he's working on a buddy pass. This would be great. I've been to Waikiki Beach on Memorial Day. … [Read more...]
Venetian Las Vegas Featuring Rum, Tequila & Wine Events For Carnevale
Italian Summer Festival Comes To Vegas With Several Fun Cocktail Happenings Carnevale, the biggest of the numerous festivals that take place in the small villages and towns of Italy throughout the summer, is coming to the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. It's a three-month celebration running from May 27-Sept. 8. The highlights, at least for me, are events featuring rum, … [Read more...]
Galante Is My Favorite Tasting Room On The Carmel Wine Walk
Good Wines Combine With Friendly Conversation In This California Gem Of all the fine wine tasting rooms as part of the Carmel Wine Walk, Galante is my favorite. That's because the hostess, Jenna, is lively and lovely, mildly sassy, loves Jimmy Buffett, will have wine herself with you, breaks out cheese and crackers and doesn't mind giving you an extra pour if you are … [Read more...]
Cubs 2013: At Least Getting Tickets To Wrigley Field Will Be Easy
Lovable Cubbies Predicted To Lose 90-100 Games So Let The Party Begin in Wrigleyville It's going to be a banner year in Chicago with the baseball team on the North Side. For the party scene in Wrigley Field, anyway. No, the Cubs are not predicted to win the World Series, make it to the Fall Classic, or even win any pennant. In fact, Sports Illustrated has picked then last … [Read more...]
World’s Most Dangerous Canadian Starts The LA Beach Party
Watch Out South Bay Beach Cities He's Back In Town Bring it on. I'm ready. I've been bracing for this for a couple of weeks now, ever since my friend said he was coming to visit me in California. He's The World's Most Dangerous Canadian, and I say that with the utmost respect. And fear. He is a former bartender and is currently a manager of a high-end restaurant. And … [Read more...]
Experience New York City St. Patrick’s Day Bars From Hop On Hop Off Bus
Enjoy Pints At McSorley’s Old Ale House Irish Bar Using CitySights NY Tour Here's a unique way to experience St. Patrick's Day in New York City: Do it from a hop on-hop off sightseeing bus. The Downtown Tour of CitySights NY goes right by key St. Paddy's locations, including the parade and several Irish bars. Or, landmarks, if consider Irish bars in NYC landmarks, and … [Read more...]
California Party Weekend In Carmel, Santa Cruz And Wine Tasting
Four Fun Days In Three Great And Gorgeous Coastal Cities As great as the beach life is in Southern California, I also enjoying heading up the coast on occasion to the upper central coast of the state. And so on this particular weekend I was invited on a press trip for two nights in Carmel. Well, it's a 6-hour driver from Los Angeles on the 101 Highway (a scenic six … [Read more...]
Monday Night Jazz At Ferraro’s Livens Up Slowest Night In Las Vegas
Italian Restaurant Pairs Live Music With Food And Drink Specials On a night when the Strip is calm and the city's famous clubs are dark, there's still entertainment in Las Vegas. Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar on Paradise Road sees to it with live jazz on Monday nights. From 10 p.m.-1 a.m., it features the quartet of Jazz Workshop, which is comprised of an … [Read more...]
Berlin On My Bucket List Of Places To Party
German City Seems To Be Hip, Busy, Fun And Casual All At The Same Time Rooftop lounges, 400 nightclubs and even beach bars. Beach bars? In Berlin!? Apparently, or so I was told by Berlin tourism, Visit Berlin, during a media luncheon it held for Southern California travel journalists at the SoHo restaurant, which is high over the Sunset Strip in Los … [Read more...]
First-Time Germany Travel Lessons: Pilsner Beer & An Ex-Girlfriend
The 7-Minute Beers, Karlsruhe And Finding The Correct Restroom The memories flowed as quickly as the beer. Well, a heck of a lot faster than the Pilsner was poured. But more on that later. I was at a media luncheon in Los Angeles hosted by Tourism Germany for us Southern California travel journalists. The new German public relations representative, a friendly frau by … [Read more...]
Like Natalie Wood, I Fell Off A Sailboat in Catalina’s Two Harbors
The Harbor Reef Bar and Buffalo Milk Cocktails Make For A Fun Party Location Natalie Wood remains a mystery 40+ years after she drowned off Catalina Island and she's got back in the news somewhat recently after a Los Angeles coroner changed her death from "accidental drowning" to "drowning and other underdermined factors." There's a lot of speculation about exactly what … [Read more...]
Did LA’s Mayor Really Party With Charlie Sheen In Cabo San Lucas?
If Antonio Villaraigosa Can 'Party With The Best Of 'Em,' Well, Let's Party! Perhaps I misjudged Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. I always looked at him as being a typically poisoned politician, to be trusted only as far as as I can toss a beer bottle. Well, I still feel that way but if what Charlie Sheen says is true, I would like to be close enough to the mayor … [Read more...]