SO many fun things to do this weekend. I hope it doesn’t rain! Friday, April 23 $1 Cocktails at Bigfoot Lodge West One of my fave Westside bars is debuting two new cocktails on its happy hour menu and we all benefit. From 8 to 10pm, the new drinks — Moscow Mule and the Honeycomb…
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This Weekend: 25-Cent Tequila Bar, Free Mixology Class, Maker's Mark Dinner
Happy Tax Day. It ain’t so bad, especially if you already filed, right? Plus there are ample food discounts and drink specials abound. Check here and here for deals at Copa d’Oro, The Tar Pit and Bigfoot Lodge West. Yay, cheap drinks! Anyhoo, here’s what’s going down this weekend. Thursday, April 15 Coachella Weekend Kick-Off…
Easter Roundup: Brunch, Sweets and Cocktails
Seems like everyone is eggcited (sorry) about Easter this year what with all the Easter brunches around town. But I thought I’d narrow things down to Easter brunches with a twist, with something other than the usual holiday fare. And I’ve also included cocktail and sweet treat options. Big Deal: Henry’s Hat in Studio City…
5 Things I Learned From My Booze Fast
After 39 lonnnng days I finally broke my booze fast with a Dalmore Scotch lunch at the Varnish yesterday. Contrary to popular belief, most days this fast — inspired by Lent but by no means religious — was easy to pull off. I never got the shakes or spontaneously salivated, although in the second week…
This Weekend: Napa in DTLA, Japanese Beer Garden, Cart for a Cause
I’ll be up in Mammoth for a very bloggy snowboarding trip (Yay!) but check out all the cool, new things coming up! Saturday, March 20 NPN LA Marathon 5K I SO wanted to do this fun run which is the official warm-up race for the LA Marathon since 1) I couldn’t do the marathon after…
This Weekend: Wonderland High Tea, Bourbon Night, Young Directors
I’m outtie again this weekend. Yet another 24 Hours of Lemons race I gotta go to. This one up in Sonoma. Sucks considering there are all these fun things going on in L.A. Anyway, have fun. Friday, March 5 CorkBar 1-Year Anniversary Downtown wine bar celebrates its one-year anniversary with a special Founder’s Flight ($18)…
This Weekend: LA Weekly Tweetup, 24-Hour Oscars, Scotch Tasting
Such a jampacked weekend! And I’m just talking about the 5K/10K Firecracker Run on Sunday as well as the Gold Standard. But here’s what’s going on the other days of the week. Thursday, February 25 LA Weekly Web Awards Tweetup: A Post-Party Get Together As many of you know I was banned from 7G nearly…
National Margarita Day: 6 Ways To Celebrate
I’m so deep in the throes of my no-drinking-for-Lent experiment that I forgot that it’s National Margarita Day today. Fortunately the tweeps on Twitter reminded me. So I came up with a short list of suggestions on some tasty ways to celebrate this very important holiday. 1) Copa d’Oro’s $5 Tommy’s Margarita during the bar’s…
This Weekend: Gold Standard Contest, Salinger vs. Poe
Boo. Looks like the rain is back this weekend to remind us that it is in fact still winter. Fortunately most of the events are indoors. Thursday, February 18 Win a Pair of Gold Standard Tickets From POM Wonderful Name a mocktail and win your chance at two tickets to Jonathan Gold’s Gold Standard Event…
Anti-Gooey Valentine's Day: Beer Tastings, Hitchcock, Mortified LA
There’s more going on this Sunday the 14th than romantic candlelit dinners (although there does seem to be a ton of those this year) and long walks on the beach. You don’t have to be all in luuuuve and stuff to enjoy the following events. If anything, I say go on and enjoy them with…
