By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Beeside Balcony in La Jolla is buzzing. The Del Mar restaurant has expanded to the Jewel of San Diego, located on the upper level above The Spot on Prospect between Girard and Herschel streets, right in the heart of La Jolla Village. And it did not take long for locals to make a beeline to it. PubClub.com was there on a … [Read more...]
How A Bar Blogger Still Reigns Despite The Ongoing California Rains
Nightlife As Seen From A Barstool By PubClub.com's Nightlife Blogger The view from my barstool today is one of raindrops, not falling in my head or even in my beer for that matter, but close enough to have me comfortably planted here for a while. Personally, I don't like rain. I'm not the type who likes to go to a pub to curl up by the fireplace with a good book in my … [Read more...]
Margaritaville Resort Opening In San Diego Gaslamp’s Hotel Solamar
Just a few months after Jimmy Buffett performs at San Diego's Snapdragon Stadium on May 6, the King of Somewhere Hot will have a presence in the Gaslamp Quarter. Scheduled to open this summer is Margaritaville Resort in current location of Hotel Solamar. Currently that hotel is undergoing a $31 million renovation. The Landshark Bar & Grill is taking over the former … [Read more...]
SEA180° Coastal Tavern Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Cohn Restaurant Group With These Food & Drink Specials
Imperial Beach's SEA180° Coastal Tavern, a San Diego restaurant and bar overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is having food and drink specials to celebrate the 40th anniversary of it12s parent company, Cohn Restaurant Group. It takes place not on one day but for a week, Jan. 4-12. For $40 you get a three-course meal. It includes an appetizer, choice of dinners and … [Read more...]
10 Best Beer Cities For Beer Drinkers In The U.S.
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com's Chief Beer Drinker Ahh, beer. "The cause of, and solution to, all of live's problems", to quote Homer Simpson. It is certainly a part of the American lifestyle. It's hard to imagine going to a bar, a baseball game, watching sports, being at a concert, a backyard barbeque, at the the lake or just kicking back on the porch on a nice day … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Bar barleymash Having Cool Giveaways In December
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com If you're looking for a reason to get out and have a few drinks, then check this out: barleymash in San Diego's Gaslamp is having these way-cool giveaways in December. Just post on Instagram and tag @barleymashsd and you can win, among other things, a custom longboard, a custom cooler and a $25 gift certificate. The post needs to be about … [Read more...]
5 Things I Learned From Attending My First Tiki Oasis San Diego
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Tiki Oasis, the first and largest tiki festival in the U.S., is certainly an appropriately-named event. This is because it really is an oasis and it's certainly a full tiki experience. I attended my first Tiki Oasis in 2022 on a Saturday along with my PubClub LIVE!, co-host Soul Cole. As we strolled through the area I could … [Read more...]
Juan Soto Trade Creates World Series Atmosphere For Padres Fans
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger If you did not know it was early August, you would think it was the middle of October. San Diego's Mr. October had arrived and the atmosphere at Petco Park among Padres fans was that of a World Series game. It was an overnight sellout, TV news crews were broadcasting live and interviewing fans – including KUSI talking to you're truly – … [Read more...]
Paso Robles Wine Tasting Tour Coming To San Diego On June 23
Paso Robles is a town surrounded by an extensive wine country in the rolling golden hills of Central California. It is well known by wine aficionados for its Pinot noirs and other varietals. It is a five-hour drive from San Diego or you could take Amtrak and arrive in about seven. Now, tho, there are direct flights from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to San Luis … [Read more...]
Carlsbad Flower Fields Now Open Until May 15
Southern California flower lovers – and visitors to the region – have another week to experience the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Originally scheduled to end on Mother's Day, nature has enabled the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch to extend its season an extra week through May 15th. Even better, extended season tickets are on sale for 50% off the usual price which means single … [Read more...]
Is Tom Cruise Coming To San Diego For The Top Gun: Maverick Screening?
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The long-awaited sequel to the iconic Top Gun movie is due out on May 27 and as a preview, there is a special VIP-only screening taking place on Wednesday, May 4 in San Diego. There will be an event on the flight deck of the USS Midway in the morning, following a private screening at the Sugar Factory movie theater in the … [Read more...]
Take A Look Inside Nick Cannon’s New Wild ‘N Out Bar In San Diego
UPDATE 2023 – Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out Bar Is Closed With The Theater Box Closing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out bar in the San Diego Gaslamp is open and PubClub.com takes you inside this bar that is true to its name. Because it's wild and if you try and down one of its supersized, ice-bucket large cocktails … [Read more...]
Nick Cannon Himself Officially Opens Wild ‘N Out Bar In San Diego
UPDATE 2023 – Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out Bar Is Closed With The Theater Box Closing By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In a scene straight of of Hollywood – a red carpet lined with TV cameras, flash-popping paparazzi and a packed red carpet surrounded by a crowded entrance – Nick Cannon himself came to San Diego to open the Gaslamp's newest bar, … [Read more...]
Bird and Scootaround Launch Accessible Mobility Service in San Diego
Bird Partners with Global Leader to Provide People with Disabilities access to Safe, Eco-Friendly, Shared Micromobility in California’s Second Largest City LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bird Global, Inc. (NYSE:BRDS), a leader in environmentally friendly electric transportation, today announced the launch of its accessible mobility program with Scootaround, a global … [Read more...]
How To Use The San Diego Trolley Extension For Pacific Beach Access
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger To read and see the media reports, the new San Diego trolley blue line extension will transport you to within footprints of Mission Bay and Pacific Beach, where all you have to do is step off in your flip flops and have your toes between the sand. In reality, that's not the case at all. In fact, the Mission Bay and PB … [Read more...]
Great Pumpkin Festival Beer Festival 2021 Halloween Block Party Review San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger San Diego is a city full of fun large-scale events and the inaugural please-do-it-again Great Pumpkin Beer Festival is certainly one of them. This Halloween costume block party in the Gaslamp Quarter brought a Seattle tradition to Southern California and it was beer-flowing fun. It was held along Island and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach’s Tower 12 Restaurant & Bar Expanding To San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In a move that's been a while in the making Tower 12 – a beach bungalow- style restaurant and bar in Hermosa Beach and home to PubClub LIVE! – is expanding to San Diego. Specifically, it will be in Pacific Beach, which is kind of the Hermosa Beach of San Diego. So it will be right at home. It will be taking over … [Read more...]
Salsa Under The Stars In San Diego 2022 Dates & Information
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger A free night of listening to and dancing to salsa under the stars occurs once a month on Friday nights in San Diego. The awesome Manny Cepeda & Orchestra, which often plays at Sevilla in the Gaslamp Quarter, sets up for three hours and plays in the courtyard of The Headquarters at Seaport District in downtown … [Read more...]
Outdoor Dining In San Diego Extended Into 2022
City Council Allows Outside Seating Into Next Summer By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The great outdoors is going to be great for San Diego restaurant owners and diners for another year. On May 18, the City Council voted to extend an ordinance that allows restaurants and bar/restaurants to have outdoor dining and drinking in the streets in … [Read more...]
Is The Gaslamp Quarter A Safe Place For Bars, Restaurants And Nightlife?
San Diego's Downtown Entertainment Area Under Scrutiny After Fatal Shooting; Police Put More Officers On The Streets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger In the wake of a recent incident in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter in which a trouble-seeking individual found what he was looking for and wound up shooting five people (one fatally), the … [Read more...]
Could San Diego Use A Nightlife Mayor?
A Potential Voice In City Hall For Bars & Nightclubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Editor One of the rising popular elements that has emerged as a result of COVID-19 restrictions is the appointment of a "nightlife mayor" in various cities around the USA and the world. The closure of bars and nightclubs during the pandemic has brought … [Read more...]
How To Get From The Gaslamp To The Mission Bay Bike Path Directions
Getting To This Beautiful San Diego Area Isn't Easy But Is Worth The Effort One of the great joys of being – and especially living – in San Diego is to be able to take advantage of all the coastal scenery around the city. Mission Bay is especially ripe in this area, and if you enjoy riding a bike like me it is ideal for exploring. It is important to note that I am … [Read more...]
Anxious To Travel, I Will Instead Be Traveling Around Here In San Diego
A 'Staycation' In One Of The World's Top Tourist Destinations By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I want to travel. Get on a plane and go somewhere. See different sights, eat in new (to me) restaurants, drink in different bars – or outside of them if it's outdoor only – than my familiar eating and watering holes. But instead of boarding a plane, … [Read more...]
Which City Is Better, Los Angeles Or San Diego?
Comparing These Two Southern California Cities From Someone Who Has Lived In Both Places Los Angeles vs. San Diego, California cities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger The question is often posed to me. Which city is better, Los Angeles or San Diego. As someone who has lived in both places, here is my answer. For me, it's San Diego and … [Read more...]
Trump Boat Parade San Diego Photos & Review
Trumptilla Fills Up San Diego Bay On A Hot 97-Degree Labor Day Sunday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger Published Sept. 6, 2020 Labor Day Weekend used to be a time of backyard BBQs, food and beer festivals and the opening of the college football season. This year, tho, for many it meant something else: a Trump Boat Parade, also known at … [Read more...]
San Diego May Be Spending $352,000 Per Homeless Person For Housing
Pricy Plan Calls For Renovating Vacant Hotels By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Editor Published Aug. 26 Some things are so unbelievable that when you see or read them, you have to do a double-take and go over it two or even three times to be sure what you saw the first time is what is really in front of your eyes. This one certainly qualifies: According … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Pushkin Restaurant Brings Out The Russian In Me – A Review
Drinking, Eating & Laughing With Owner Ike On The Virtual Happy Hour Food Show By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food Blogger I did not know I had any Russian in me but after eating and drinking my way through Pushkin restaurant in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, I am convinced there's something missing in my family heritage. That's because the gregarious owner, … [Read more...]
How To Get A Table At The Portside Pier Restaurants In San Diego
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The San Diego Portside Pier restaurants on the bay in downtown are beautifully designed, a very pleasurable place to have a meal and a couple of drinks, and are a long-needed place on the water in this part of the city. It's just that being able to get a seat to enjoy the view and atmosphere is difficult. Part of it is … [Read more...]
Buzzing San Diego’s Portside Pier Restaurants On An America’s Cup Yacht
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The suggestion was just a joke, but before I knew it, skipper Mark Strube had IL Moro, ITA-16, a 90-foot boat with a 150-foot mainsail that participated in San Diego's America's Cup, pointed straight at the new Portside Pier restaurants in San Diego Bay. I wanted some close-up shots for this new and cool dining and … [Read more...]
Understanding San Diego’s New Outdoor-Only Restaurants & Bars Restrictions
The Latest COVID-19 Rules Explained By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger The moving target that is eating and drinking at San Diego restaurants and restaurant/bars has changed again and since it's difficult for the establishments to keep track of things, it's even harder for customers. With this in mind PubClub.com presents this guide to help you understand … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival 2020 Postponed To 2021
Officials Planning An Alternative Fall Event It's little wonder that another San Diego event has been canceled due to COVID-19. The Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which was about to enter just its second year in 2020, has been postponed to 2021. The inaugural three-day event, held in November, featured more than 125 artists on 10 stages from Broadway Pier … [Read more...]
San Diego COVID-19 Lockdown Update: All Quiet On The Western Front
Observations Of the Coronavirus Crisis On The Waterfront & In The Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger I went for a run today. Frankly, I half expected to get pulled over by a cop telling me to get back to my apartment, considering Gov. Gavin Newsom put the entire state on lockdown the previous evening. But we all need to … [Read more...]
A Line At Ralph’s But Not The Field: San Diego Bars & Restaurants COVID-19 Shutdowns
People Line Up To Get Into The Grocery Stores Instead Of The Irish Pubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There were lines at Grocery Outlet and Ralph's, but not at The Field and Dubliner Square. People were buying not beer, but bread and, as I found out, apparently a lot of olive oil, too. San Diego quickly felt the effects of the bars and … [Read more...]
The Ultimate San Diego Weekend Itinerary Guide
From Sightseeing To Nightlife, Here's What To Do & Where To Do It In SD By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The sun it out, you're in San Diego – San Diego! – and you're as anxious to get moving as a teenager who has a date with the head cheerleader. But like that person, you don't want to fumble the opportunity. You want to make the most of it and … [Read more...]
How Do You Feel About A Carless Fifth Ave. In San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter?
Plans Call For A Pedestrian Promenade By Kevin Wilkerson, San Diego Blogger San Diego's vibrant Fifth Ave., the centerpiece of the nightlife and restaurant scene in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter, may be making a big change. A proposal by the San Diego Gaslamp Association calls for making a pedestrian promenade out of the popular street. An artist's rendering shows … [Read more...]
Beach Boys To Play A Summer Concert In San Diego’s New The Shell Amphitheatre
It's Going To Be 'Fun, Fun, Fun' At This Embarcadero Venue By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger There will be a lot of "Fun Fun Fun" happening in San Diego's newest concert venue, The Shell Amphitheatre, when the Beach Boys come to the sunny city. The legendary "Good Vibrations" band – or the 2020 version of them anyway – will play on July 13, the first … [Read more...]
AQUAlounge Bringing A Floating Nightclub To San Diego’s Mission Bay
Three-Level Yacht To Be Like A Vegas Pool Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger What is San Diego nightlife missing? How about a little daylife. Well folks that's coming in the fall when Pacific Beach tech entrepreneur Brad Hunter launches AQUAlounge, a three-level yacht in Mission Bay that is going to be a like a floating … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Deserted Horton Plaza May Become Lively Again
Development Firm May Bring In Popular Shopping Destinations And Bar/Restaurants By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Hark back to the days when Horton Plaza was a mecca of San Diego activity, buzzing with life from the shops, bar/restaurants, cute girls in kiosks and constant foot traffic. Those days may be returning as as retail development firm … [Read more...]
San Diego Needs To Step Up Its Party Game For New Year’s Eve
City Needs To Have Fireworks As Part Of A Big NYE Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger (Editor's note:This article was posted after NYE 2020 and of course the situation is completely different for 2021 New Year's Eve due to COVID-19.) San Diego is one of the most fun cities in the world for 364 days a year. It's just that 365th day … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Coronado Island A True Sunday Funday In San Diego. Wow!
Bottomless Mimosas, A Beach Bar & Wais Music At The Hotel Del By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Wow! Apparently, the last time I spent significant time in San Diego, I did not give Coronado Island enough of a look. I passed through a time or two on my bike and did not really see much to make me stop in my tracks. But more recently, I not … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: I Need To Put On My ‘San Diego Smile’
Friendly People Help Make This Great California City Even Better By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I need to have a bit of an attitude adjustment, get in the right mindset and readjust my mentality. No longer am I in Los Angeles, where you walk past people without giving them a glance. You don't say "hi," to strangers as you pass them, nor do … [Read more...]
Del Mar Race Track Is A Fun Day Beyond Opening Day
Horse Racing, Festivals & Concerts Make This Among Top Summertime Things To Do In San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Opening Day at the Del Mar race track in San Diego, CA, is one of Southern California's great social scenes, the "Kentucky Derby of the West Coast" as PubClub so accurately describes it. Yet I discovered something … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day Is The Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The ladies arrive in tight-fitting cocktail dresses topped by huge hats, the gentlemen don pants and jackets with pictures of horses on them and drinks flow like at a wedding reception. It's Derby Day and not the one you're likely thinking about on the famed grounds of Churchill Downs but instead at the Del Mar … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Bird Scooters Overrunning Downtown San Diego
New Transportation Gadget Is Popular – And Annoying To Pedestrians By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger A friend and I were walking down 4th Ave., in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter when all of a sudden we were startled and nearly run over on the sidewalk. It was not by an out-of-control car, but by a Bird scooter. "Oh, another one of THOSE damned … [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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Weekend In San Diego (And Loving It!)
Dynamic Gaslamp Quarter Is The Place To Start Your SD Fun Trip By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The kid came back to the candy store. San Diego was calling, the excellent Wine + Food Festival the excuse, tho I never need an excuse to visit this fun city. I once lived there for a too-short amount of time (about three months) in the heart of the … [Read more...]
What To Do If You Only Have 24 Hours To Spend In San Diego
5 Top Things To Do From The Beaches To The Gaslamp By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger San Diego is one of America's great cities. It's as sunny as you think it is, there are beaches and a lot more, and the people are as cheerful as the weather. But what if you only had one day to spend in San Diego? It would be impossible to do everything, but I … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: San Diego Is The Place To Be This November
SD Beer Week, Diner En Blanc & Wine & Food Festival Are Top Fun Events All Month By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Looking for a fun place to travel to in November? I suggest packing the bags and heading to San Diego. Beyond all the obvious attributes of this perpetually sunny city in Southern California, it has three major events that … [Read more...]
Le Diner En Blanc San Diego 2018 Everything You Need To Know
Inside SD's Exclusive All-White Pop-Up Dinner One of the most exclusive dinner parties in San Diego takes place on Friday, Nov. 9. But where is it? We don't know, and even if you're invited – there's a registration process – you won't know either. Until two hours before the event, anyway. It's Le Diner en Blanc – San Diego, and here's everything you need to … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Post: 5 Things To Know About Visiting Sunny San Diego
Tip Tips On Traveling To This California Paradise Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I lived there for a few months and learned some things about being in San Diego that you're unlikely to find in other tour guides. 1.) All About The Gaslamp Quarter The place to stay and to play – at night – is San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. It has … [Read more...]
San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Review Parade, Garden & Gaslamp Party
Of course there's a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a city as fun, carefree and lively as San Diego. In fact, there are two, a parade on the Saturday prior to St. Paddy's Day (March 12 in 2022) and a block party in the Gaslamp, plus a lot of lively Irish bars on the actual St. Patrick's Day, whenever it's not on a Saturday. In 2022, St. Patrick's Day is on a Thursday. SAN … [Read more...]
Friday Night Latin Music Comes To San Diego Gaslamp Nightlife At Lair Nightclub
Weekly Event Called Cielo Features Latin Top, Spanish Trip & Reggaeton From PubClub.com Staff Reports The diversity of nightlife in San Diego’s Gaslamp has expanded with the addition of a weekly event of unique music called Cielo at Liar Nightclub. Latin Top, Spanish Trip & Reggaeton is the Friday night draw for this club on 7th & Broadway. From the … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Among City’s Top Most Fun Events
Del Mar Opening Day, The OTL, Fat Tuesday & St. Patrick's Day Make Up 5 Best Annual Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger In a city full of great events - Del Mar Opening Day, the Over-The-Line, the Gaslamp Fat Tuesday Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade – the San Diego Wine + Food Festival stands out as one of the best annual events in … [Read more...]
Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel The Place To Stay & Play While In San Diego
Restaurants, Pools & Rooms With A View By The Convention Center & Gaslamp Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger When it comes to hotel rooms, I will generally take location over comfort. Yet when those two elements are combined well then, I have found me a (temporary) home. Case in point: the Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel. It's the … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Makes For A Great & Fun SD Weekend
Wine Lover's Paradise, Salsa & The Grandiose Grand Tasting By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The moment I arrived, I started kicking myself. I had a room at the San Diego Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel downtown overlooking boats the bay, a perfect location for that night's two San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival events in the hotel and the next … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine + Food Festival 2017 Review – A Grand Time Again
Grand Tasting, SommCon & Blind Tasting Make For A Fun & Rewarding Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Wine & Food Blogger The time zipped by faster than the Jet Skis skimming across the water in San Diego Bay. At one moment, the gates to the San Diego Wine + Food Festival's premier Grand Tasting event opened, and what seems like mere moments … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting A Grand Event At San Diego Wine & Food Festival
A Spectacular Scene Makes This An Annual 'Must Do' Social Occassion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Drinks Blogger Take notice of the name. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, not the other way around. Wine before dine. That in itself says a lot about this annual event, which is annually held the third weekend of November in this scenic … [Read more...]
Marriott Hosts Several Wine Lovers Events For San Diego Wine + Food Festival
It's Always Wine Time With These Fun Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Food & Wine Blogger For one week a year, San Diego becomes the wine capitol of California. It's the annual San Diego Bay Wine + Festival, a week-long series of events featuring wine tastings, wine pairings and dinners. As well as a lot of food. And other drinks. Within this, the … [Read more...]
Halloween In San Diego WCKD 2019 Gaslamp Block Party Dates & Details
Everything You Need To Know About This East Village Block Party Who can not like a block party for Halloween? Especially if it's in the happening Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego? That's what you get with Monster Bash, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Gaslamp's East Village. Now in its 19th year, this massive block party draws more than 15,000 people … [Read more...]
San Diego Now Has An Official ‘Destination’ Craft Beer
Bay City Brewing Company’s '72 And Hoppy' IPA Endorsed By SD Tourism By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Many destinations have landmarks that identify themselves – the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, the Opera House in Sydney, the Matterhorn in Zermatt, for example – but few places have a drink that can be identified with a city. New Orleans has the … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego Still A Fun (And Funny) Annual Top Party Event
Blogger Report On The OTL Team Names, Alcohol Allowed On Beach And No Bad Attitudes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger Within a minute of stepping onto the dusty sand of the Over The line tournament grounds on Fiesta Island in San Diego's Mission Bay, we were laughing. Not only were we laughing at this annual event put on by the Old Mission Beach … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego The OTL Fiesta Island Add To Calendar
WHAT: The annual Over-The-Line softball tournament and beach party, which features thousands of players and thousands more people partying on Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. WHEN: All day Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9 and 15-16. THE SCENE: A fun beach party. You can drink on the beach for this one event. The biggest day is the first Saturday. The "Miss Emerson" contest is … [Read more...]
Over The Line Kicks Off Fun Summer Of Events In San Diego
Del Mar Opening Day, Concerts, Bodysurfing Championships & Padres Add To SD's Festivities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The summer of fun in San Diego may seem to be never ending but it truly kicks off with the Over The Line tournament on Fiesta Island. This Chicago-invented softball game that made its way to the West Coast takes place over … [Read more...]
Over The Line San Diego 2022 Top Things You Need To Know About This Event
The Over-The-Line softball tournament takes place in San Diego during two weekends each July. While its premise is athletic competition – some teams take this event very seriously – it's really all about being social. And in San Diego that means a party, and a big party. The OTL attracts tens of thousands of people who make this an afternoon or even weekend beach … [Read more...]
The Single Most Important Thing I Learned About Attending The OTL San Diego
Over-The-Line Tournament Biggest Party Is The First Weekend By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger If there's one thing I've learned through the years of covering events for not only PubClub.com but for other news organizations (I began this kind of life as a newspaper sports reporter) it's that no matter what you hear about something, nothing beats actually … [Read more...]
I Went To Del Mar Opening Day And Did Not See A Single Horse Race
Girls, The Hat Parade & Singles Scene Takes Priority Over The Ponies For Nightlife Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There's a lot of horsing around that goes on at Del Mar Race Track in San Diego for Opening Day. And sometimes it doesn't even involve horses. I know because I've done it. Yes, I went to Opening Day and did not see a … [Read more...]
Where To Find The Del Mar Opening Day After Party Best Bars
Bringentine, Jimmy O's & Bully's Are Good For Post-Race Drinks And En Fuego Is On Fire By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It was a few hours after Del Mar Opening Day and I was showing a friend around to the bars to continue our partying when we walked into En Fuego in downtown Del Mar about a mile from the track. From street level it doesn't look … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day 2022 Complete Guide Everything You Need To Know
This is your complete guide with everything you need to know to attend this annual event from the hats to cocktails to the social scene. Date: Friday, July 22. Gates open at 11:30; racing is from 2-5 p.m. Tickets: $15 GA, $30 Clubhouse (recommended), Note: All GA, clubhouse and grandstand tickets are sold out on-line. You may contact the ticket office at (858) 792-4242 or … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Over The Line Organizers Hosting Craft Beer Festival
San Diego's Top Breweries Participating In Inaugural OTL Event The fine folks at the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) know a thing about two about drinking beer and having a good time, and the organizers of the renowned Over the Line tournament are putting on their first craft beer festival. It's Saturday, May 20 as part of the first rounds of Over the Line at … [Read more...]
San Diego Fat Tuesday Gaslamp 2017 Parade Party Review
A Mini New Orleans Mardi Gras Fun Event Fat Tuesday celebrations are hardly limited to places like New Orleans and Rio. Neither are parades. One of the most fun places to be for the big party climax of Carnival is downtown San Diego. The Southern California city by the sea hosts a parade that runs right through the Gaslamp Quarter downtown. After a brief move to Saturday … [Read more...]
San Diego Bay WIne & Food Festival 2016 Top Events
Grand Tasting & SommCon The Best Of The Best, Especially For Singles There are almost as as many smiles as there is wine, a fine pairing in a fun city filled with fun people. The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – Nov. 14-20 in 2016 and its always the week prior to Thanksgiving – is the most anticipated event here in the fall, and there's good reason for … [Read more...]
KAABOO Del Mar Single-Day Tickets On Sale For $119
Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith & Jack Johnson The Daily Headliners Single-day tickets are now on sale for KAABOO Del Mar, taking place Sept. 15-18 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. Tickets are $119 for GA – pretty much the same price as a regular concert these days – and $299 for the "Hang Five" pass, with lounges and special viewing areas for all five stages. Sold … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Diversity Makes It The Top City In California
Of Beaches, Bays, The Gaslamp, Nightlife & Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In a state with so many desirable destinations it almost seems unfair to all the other states, one place is so spectacular it manages to stand out even in California: San Diego. It's the most golden city in the Golden State, a place that combines many of the state's … [Read more...]
Top 10 Tips For Attending Del Mar Opening Day
The Bars, Social Scene, Tickets & All You Need To Know Spending a day at Del Mar, the famous Southern California horse racing track "where the turf meets the surf" is a laid-back, relaxing and also exhilarating experience. If done properly.it's an enjoyable time by the beach, combining a sporting event with the makeup of a social mixer and outdoor party. PubClub.com … [Read more...]
San Diego July Party Report: Top Singles Events
All-Star Game, Del Mar Opening Day & The OTL There's no finer city to be at in America right now than San Diego. While that could be written for just about anytime of the year, it's especially true in July, for San Diego, and specifically for singles. There's a series of events coming at you faster than dingers at the Home Run Derby. There's the Major League … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Calendar Dates
WHAT: A softball tournament of sorts that's the biggest beach party in California. For two weekends, tens of thousands of people head to Fiesta Island for beers, balls and babes in bikinis. The highlight event is the "Miss Emerson" contest on the second Saturday. WHERE: FIesta Island, San Diego's Mission Bay PARTY SCENE: Outstanding For the OTL, people can legally drink … [Read more...]
San Diego MLB All-Star Game 2016 Block Party & Events
Gaslamp To Host Three-Day Festival With Music, Food & Beer San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter is a great place to go out, and it's hosting a block party during the Major League Baseball All-Star Week. It's a multi-day affair from July 10-12 – the -All-Star game is Tuesday, July 12 – and it features beer, music, food, all within a long ball of Petco Park. Called the Pepsi … [Read more...]
OTL San Diego Miss Emerson Contest Over The Line Girls History
By Chelsea Hunter, PubClub.com PubClubette The Ms. Emerson competition…the undeniable zenith of the hazy days filled with sand, sweat, and beer at the annual Over-the-Line (OTL) tournament each year held at Fiesta Island in San Diego. It’s what pulls men away from the dusty game courts with vortex-like power over to the competition area where ladies deftly tiptoe up … [Read more...]
OTL Over-The-Line San Diego 2016 Weekend Dates
The Biggest Beach Party Of The Year In California One of the biggest, best and most fun – and certainly the wildest – singles party events of the year in San Diego takes place on two weekends in July, with the 2016 dates being July 9-10 and 16-17. It's the Over-The-Line tournament or, quite simply, the OTL. Put on by the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (with money … [Read more...]
Over-The-Line OTL San Diego The Ultimate Party Guide
A Hot San Diego Singles Beach Bash & The Miss Emerson Contest By PubClubette Chelsea Hunter Held in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego, the Over-the-Line Tournament (better known to locals as the OTL tourney) takes place on Fiesta Island, a small island in the midst of the bay. I had never heard of it before, so when PubClub.com sent me to experience … [Read more...]
With 1919, San Diego Gaslamp Gets Another Sports Bar
Restaurant, Named After Chicago Black Sox Scandal, Is Formerly Nicky Rottens The San Diego Gaslamp, an area full of dynamic bars, has another one, and it's another sports bar. It's called 1919 in the space formerly occupied by Nicky Rottens. Named after the year of the baseball scandal involving the Chicago White Sox – referred to ever since as the Black Sox – it … [Read more...]
San Diego Fat Tuesday Parade 2016 Moved To Saturday
Gaslamp Quarter Party To Be Held Day Before Super Bowl Sunday The mini-Mardi Gras party and parade in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter has been moved for 2016 from Fat Tuesday to the previous Saturday. That puts it on Feb. 6 – Fat Tuesday is Feb. 9 – the day before another party: Super Bowl Sunday. "Moving to Saturday marks a whole new adventure for the Gaslamp Quarter Mardi … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting Is Grand At 2015 SD Wine & Food Festival
Reviewing The 12th Annual Event On A Spectacular San Diego Saturday On a super sunny Saturday, while the rest of the country was bundled up because of freezing temperatures, 5,000 spirited souls enjoyed one of the top events of the year in one of America's top cities. Along a waterfront park, surrounded by boats, the San Diego Bay and framed by the Coronado bridge, one … [Read more...]
San Diego To Eat & Drink At 2015 Wine & Food Festival
Week-Long Event Features 35 Tastings & Happenings San Diego is set to host one of its biggest events of the year – certainly for those who love good food and drinks – the week-long Wine & Food Festival. The dates are Nov. 16-22 and it is comprised of 35 events. Many of these are intimate pairings and tastings of food and drink, building into two big tastings on … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival 2015 A Top Singles Event
Grand Tasting On Embarcadero Highlights A Week Of Fun Events Take notice of the name. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival, not the other way around. Wine before dine. That in itself says a lot about this annual event, which is held the third week of November. In its 12 years, it has become the largest such event in Southern California (and there are a lot of these … [Read more...]
San Diego Gaslamp Top Nightlife & Bar Tips
Party Places & Things To Know In SD's Dynamic Downtown This is a guide for weekend nights in one of the most dynamic nightlife areas in America. San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter has all the bar choices you can imagine – and a few you can't – and while that's it's great quality it can also be frustrating because you don't know where to go, of course. PubClub.com has this … [Read more...]
KAABOO Rocks San Diego; Looks Forward To More
Cheryl Crowe, Zack Brown, OAR & Set The Stage For Fun Music Festival At Del Mar Fairgrounds By Wil Barnes When I first became aware of KAABOO was when Chris Culos drummer for the band OAR told me in May that they would be returning to Southern California for KAABOO after a show in LA in late February. After looking it up on Google I saw a lineup of some of the top … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival 2016 Tickets Now On Sale
12th Annual Event Features Pairings & Popular Tastings • November 15-22 The multi-day San Diego WIne & Food Festival, which reaches a peak with a Grand Tasting on Saturday afternoon, is one of the area's top events and one of the best wine and food events in all of California. So you had better get your tickets now, for they are on sale. The price for the … [Read more...]
San Diego Halloween Monster Bash 2016 Gaslamp Party Guide
Block Party Features Costume Contest, EDM DJs & A Singles Scene San Diego's rocking Gaslamp Quarter is plenty lively on normal weekends, and a few times a year it adds to this by holding big block parties. There's one for Fat Tuesday and St. Patrick's Day and also Halloween. Regarding the latter, it's called the Monster Bash and the 2016 event is Saturday night, … [Read more...]
10 Tips On Spending The Perfect Weekend In San Diego
Things To Do In The Gaslamp, Coronado, Pacific Beach & La Jolla San Diego is one of America's best cities. Heck, it's one the world's best cities. PubClub.com spent three months there and couldn't get enough of it, couldn't see enough of it, couldn't stop finding or creating fun things to do, daytime and nighttime. We did enough, tho, to be able to put together this … [Read more...]
How To Win Tickets To A San Diego Beer Week Tasting Pairing
Craft Beers, Chefs From Local Restaurants And Live Music At Tom Ham's Lighthouse Drink craft beer and eat for free! You can do it – if you win, of course – by entering a contest for two free tickets to a craft beer pairing during San Diego Beer Week. This takes place at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Monday, Nov. 10, from 6-9 p.m. Called Brews, Views and Chews, it … [Read more...]
A Big Cheers To These 2013 San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Events
Blogger's Review Of The Grand Tasting, Vault Reserve, Belgian Beer Luncheon & Stella Artois 10th Anniversary Celebration You just don't go to one event at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. You treat it like a feast. The event is really a series of events, lasting from a Monday thru Sunday and the fact that it annually occurs the week before Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
Grand Tasting Is Grand At 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival Review
Quality Wines, Great Beers, Sensational Food And Top Atmosphere Again Shine In SD Here's all you need to know about the 2013 San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival's premier Grand Tasting event held Saturday, Nov. 23 in Embarcadero Park. Near the end of the day, a pretty girl was in line at the Belgian beer tent and turned to me and said, "This is only my second time … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Belgian Beers Lunch Pairing Review
Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant Hosts Fantastic Luncheon Highlighting Stella Artois, Hoegaarden & Leffe WOW! I could end this blog on that one word, because it's the best way to describe the pairing of food from the talented chefs of Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant and high-end Belgium beers and a cider as part of the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. Instead, tho, … [Read more...]
Looking Forward To The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Annual Event Features Great Wines, Food, Beer – And Socializing It is upon us again. One of San Diego's top events of the year – a "must-do" on anyone's social calendar – is taking place the weekend of Nov. 21-22. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival and it is something I look forward to each and every year. Even though I don't even live in San Diego! Yet I drive … [Read more...]
Enjoy Great Belgian Beers At The San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Stella Artois, Leffe And Hoegaarden Also Served With Stella Hosting A Beer Luncheon You don't have to drink wine at the the San Diego Wine & Food Festival. Beer lovers can feast, too, with premium Belgian beers Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden. The beers are poured at the two main events, Friday night's The Vault tasting and Saturday's Grand Tasting, and a Friday … [Read more...]
San Diego Chargers Pregame Tailgate Bud Light Party Zone
Bud Light Chargers Power Party Features Beer, Food And The Chargers Girls One of the most fun elements of going to an NFL game is the action that happens around the action on the field. That action starts several hours before kickoff with the pre-game tailgate parties. And at each San Diego Chargers home game, there's a built-in tailgate party. It's the Bud Light … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Playing The Belly Up Tavern In San Diego Oct. 17
San Diego Live Music Venue Hosts Trop Rock Singer And His Parrotheads Normally, Jimmy Buffett plays large arenas with 20,000 people. Only occasionally does he go back to his roots and play clubs. But he's doing it in San Diego, at the Belly Up Tavern in North County's Solano Beach. Buffett is playing on Friday, Oct. 17, and tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. … [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...]
Lawsuit Is Over The Line Not San Diego’s Fun Beach Touranment
OTL Should Be Left Alone As SD's Top Summertime Party Event It's not the Over-The-Line tournament that's out of line, but rather a group that entered a lawsuit against it and, in particular, one lady named Lori Watson. I'll get to the lawsuit in a second, but first my attention must go to Ms. Watson. She is identified in a Los Angeles Times article as an "associate professor … [Read more...]