Squee! So many fun things to do this weekend, that is, unless of course, the Rapture foils all plans. Thursday, May 19 Free Cupcakes and Wine: SimonLA – Taste of the Nation LA Event And why wouldn’t you want free wine and cupcakes? At this event benefitting Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, which…
Category Archives: Dining
This Weekend: Good Food Happy Hour, Beer for a Good Cause, Slasher Beer Pong
Tomorrow drinkers worldwide are celebrating World Cocktail Day and will inevitably get blitzed. Godspeed. This is how LA’s doing it up. But what to do for the rest of the weekend? Here are some suggestions. Thursday, May 12 Eagle Rock Brewery Taste of the Nation Benefit at Verdugo Bar Five Eagle Rock Brewery beers will…
Zengo Santa Monica's $35 All-You-Can-Eat-and-Drink Brunch
Brunch is one of my favorite meals of the weekend. No rushing off to anywhere, you can drink as many brunch cocktails as you want and it’s all very leisurely and lovely. But I have four requirements for what constitutes a good brunch: 1) a wide variety of dishes from savory to sweet to choose…
This Weekend: La Descarga Quatro Party, Kentucky Derby Shindig, The Clooney Cocktail
It’s going to be a crazy party weekend what with Cinco de Mayo kicking things off then George Clooney’s birthday, Kentucky Derby and Mother’s Day. Wednesday, May 4 Quatro de Mayo at La Descarga Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Eve with a rollicking good time at La Descarga. The Camarena taco truck will be serving up…
Blog Bite: Biergarten's Glutster Burger
Last night, I tried the Glutster for the first time and boy, delicious. The burger, not the blogger. The decadent burger was created by Biergarten chef Eddie Hah (formerly of 8 oz) as an ode to kid blogger (really, 22 years old) Glutster, who is well-known in the L.A. food blogging circles thanks to praise…
Today: Grilled Cheese Invitational 2011 Schedule
Just got the tentative schedule for today’s 2nd 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational! Yup! There’s more going on than eating grilled cheese sandwiches and indulging in the beer and wine garden! All the judging tickets are sold out but you can still enjoy the following events today. Schedule: 12:15 – 12:45 Alie Ward & Georgia…
This Weekend: Free Tequila, Bacon/Cheese Cocktail, Back-to-Back Beer Fests
Happy Earth Day weekend, people! What good deed are you going to do this weekend to help save the planet? You can do something easy like purchase special Earth Day cupcakes from Magnolia and Sprinkles or be a bit more giving and volunteer; you can find find a volunteer opportunity here. Thursday, April 21 3rd…
Blog Bite: Gloria's Cafe's Carne Adobada
Last night, I swung by Scoops Westside to see if my ol’ buddy, owner Matt Kang, wanted anything to eat. Sometimes he doesn’t get a chance to get out and fetch dinner, especially when there’s a crowd of foodies clamoring for brown bread ice cream. Anyway, we decided on Gloria’s Café, an authentic Mexican/Salvadoran food…
Real Chicks Drink Great Beers: Deschutes Brewery Beauty Night
Guess what? Women enjoy drinking great beers! Last week Deschutes Brewery from Bend, Oregon, teamed up with the Beer Chicks Christina Perozzi and Halle Beaune to throw an intimate beer and beauty party for local women bloggers as part of the brewery’s Base Camp Week promotion. Food, lifestyle and drink bloggers were lured to the…
Artisanal LA Spring Show 2011: Liquor Cakes, Peep Pies, Cracker Brittle
This weekend is Artisanal LA Spring Show 2011 and thanks to an invite to the sneak preview last night I was able to run around from vendor to vendor without having to muscle my way through crowds or fight for samples. It was glorious. The event is spread out in a space at Santa Monica…
