Category Archives: Lists

This Weekend: Free Pisco Sours, Vintage Sale, White Trash Wine/Food Tasting

Four Loko Vineyards from Don Johnson from Don Johnson Wow, lots of fun things going on this weekend. What have you got going on? Thursday, February 3 Mo Chica’s 17th Tasting with Bossa Nova Chef de Cuisine Ricardo Lopez will present his 17th Thursday tasting menu, while Bill Esparaza, blogger of StreetGourmetLA will be playing…

This Weekend: IPA Express, Derby Girl Brunch, Boozy Food

Yay! The weekend’s here. It’s really here! Friday, January 28 The Federal Bar Opens Tonight This new gastropub in a Prohibition-era bank in NoHo not only features specialy cocktails, wine and 20 craft beers on tap like Allagash Black and Stone IPA but also a boozy food menu brought to you by the chef from…

This Weekend: Manila Machine Wine Pairing, La Descarga Feast, $8 Drago Cocktails

Hipster Shore – watch more funny videos   Another gorgeous weekend. What have you got planned? Thursday, January 20 Buy Tickets for Moveable Feast at La Descarga This amazing-sounding food event isn’t til January 30 but figured I’d give you a heads-up now before it sells out since there is limited space. There will be…

This Weekend: Absinthe Tasting, German Beer Fest, Fred Segal Sale

This weekend is going to be awesome: 70+ degrees and sunny. Gotta love winter in L.A. Friday, January 14 Fred Segal Sale Starts Hopefully you’ve had enough time to financially recover from the holidays to take advantage of the Fred Segal sale where everything from men’s and women’s designer clothes, jewelry, shoes, accessories and even…

This Weekend: Burlesque Boot Camp and Boozy Bowling

Vandermemes from James Van Der Beek The first weekend of the rest of your 2011. How are you going to spend it? Thursday, January 6 Miss Dakota’s Burlesque Academy Forget the gym and all its New Year resolutioners. At this burlesque boot camp, which kicks off tonight, you get a great workout while picking up…

This Weekend: Ludo vs. Greeny Food Fight, 2-for-1 Pop-Up Stores, Chocoholic Buffet

Pig out, get sloshed and shop shop shop. December is when we indulge in all our vices to the nth degree. And I’ve got some to-dos that will help you do just that. By the way, I won’t be doing Carson Daly’s “AMP Mornings” show for the entire month of December. Apparently they’re going to…

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…

This Weekend: Bacon/Wine Tasting, Scavenger Hunt, Repeal Day Parties

Bummed that I’m going to be out of town this weekend because check out all the cool things going on around town. The asterisked events are the ones I?m gonna talk about on Carson Daly?s ?AMP Mornings? radio show today. Thursday, December 2 *Tiny Bandit Pop-Up Sample Sale at Malo This pop-up sample sale is…

This Weekend: The Day After Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving! Recover from turkey with sales, freebies and the FarmShop Bakery — all tomorrow! OK, yeah, I only got events for Friday. Good thing I didn’t have to do Carson Daly’s “AMP Mornings” today! Still. Lots of fun stuff. Friday, November 26 FarmShop Bakery Opens Finally FarmShop, brought to you by Bouchon’s former culinary…

This Weekend: Sharks, All-You-Can-Drink Tequila, Nerd Party

If LA doesn’t blow away today — eesh it’s windy out there — here are a bunch of things you can do this weekend. I also cover some of these weekend’s goings-on on Carson Daly’s “AMP Mornings” AMP Radio show right here. Friday, November 12 Guelaguetza Tequila Tasting This monthly tasting series is made even…