While celebrating my bf’s bday at 320 Main in Seal Beach the other night, owner/mixologist Jason Schiffer told me that he created this new cocktail called the Dirty Ground. He basically described it as a chocolate martini for the cocktail curious as well as the cocktail savvy. “When people came in and wanted chocolate martinis,…
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Last-Minute Travel Deal: Priceline's Roundtrip + Rental Car
Have you ever done something so stupid that you just want to do yoga so you could have the flexibility to kick your own ass? Yeah, that happened to me last week when I realized that I forgot my ID at home right when I was walking up to the security checkpoint at LAX. With…
2010 DonQ Holiday Mixoff at Esquire House
Five of L.A.’s top bartenders, an $18.9-million home in the Doheny Estates and a party full of willing drinkers. Such was the DonQ Holiday Mixoff at the ultimate bachelor pad, the 9,000-square-foot 2010 Esquire House, a house party venue created by the magazine featuring 11 lustworthy rooms dripping with brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Hugo…
A Few of My Favorite Things From Unique LA & Artisanal LA
This weekend was a double whammy of shopping events with Artisanal LA and Unique LA and even though I was supposed to be shopping for others there, I couldn’t help but covet a bunch of stuff for myself. Here are just a few of my favorite discoveries. And even though you may have missed the…
2010 L.A. Drinker's Holiday Gift Guide
Sometimes we drinkers want something else for the holiday other than another random bottle of booze from BevMo… OK, just kidding, that’s always a good present. But in the case that you’d like to get something more on the mark to open up for the festive season, I compiled this SoCal-centric list of 12 gift…
Dear Caroline on Crack: Veggie and Beer Option in Downtown?
A request from a Facebook friend: Kevin K. Hey Caroline, A friend I’ve known since 5th grade, but haven’t seen since high school is coming to town next week, staying at the Bonaventure. I need a reco for a cool restaurant bar within walking distance of the BV with vegetarian/pescatarian options and a killer beer…
Villains Tavern's Fall Drink Menu: He Said, She Said Cocktail Review
Last week, Downtown’s Villains Tavern debuted its new fall cocktail menu to some media types. And since I couldn’t go I asked my friend John of Social Domain if he could check it out for me. As I told the PR peeps for Villains, I trust John’s tastebuds. But turned out they said I could…
McNuggetini Vloggers Alie & Georgia's New Cocktail Web Series on Food2.com
You’ve probably heard of Alie & Georgia before. They’re the Los Angeles cocktail vloggers, Alie Ward (LA Times staff writer) and Georgia Hardstark (journalist/blogger), who in 2009 created the McNuggetini and a how-to video to go with it. Now, personally I thought this cocktail, which involves a chocolate milkshake and barbecue sauce, sounded erptastic but…
Launch of Bigfoot Lodge West’s New 80-Whiskey List
This Saturday, Bigfoot Lodge West in Culver City/Palms is launching a brand-new cocktail menu and whiskey list. “But didn’t they just open? What’s with a new list already?” you may ask, and yes they opened just over a year ago. But this new whiskey list boasts to have “the biggest small batch bourbon selection and…
My 5th Blogiversary Party at First & Hope + Cocktail Punch Recipe
If you were a reader of my blog two years ago, no doubt you attended my 3rd blogiversary party at Bar Lubitsch. That was a big ‘un with liquor sponsors and a raffle-like giveaway. Since this year was my 5th, my friends and crackheads were asking if I had planned to do anything that big…
