Photo courtesy of Avalon Beverly Hills In celebration of the upcoming election, today blue on blue at the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills has kicked off a special Drink the Vote 2008 happy hour menu with campaign chow and special presidential candidate-inspired cocktails. Good! Cuz I need a drink! This election season is so stressful!…
Category Archives: Cocktails
Pigging Out at the 26th Annual American Wine & Food Festival
How much do you think you can eat before you say, “Uncle”? I found out my limit at Wolfgang Puck’s 26th Annual American Wine & Food Festival held on the Universal Studios backlot over the weekend. Sure, the ticket for the highly successful shindig was $300 but 1) it’s for a good cause (raising over…
Apres Summer Cocktail Recipe: Limoncello Vanilla Cocktail Punch
I decided to try my hand at mixing a cocktail when I was sent a bottle of Ventura Limoncello Originale ($14.99 for 375 ml) which is the first limoncello to be produced in Ventura County from locally grown fruit and is only available in Southern California. My new housemates and I were throwing a housewarming…
Wilshire Restaurant’s New Dessert/Cocktail Menus
It’s easy to take places for granted after they’ve been around for several years but when I heard that Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica was sporting a new cocktail menu AND dessert menu I had to revisit it. Last time I was there, I had gone for their very short 5-6:30pm happy hour, and the…
This Weekend: Lavender Gimlets, Deep-Fried White Castle, Operatic Fly
I like this weekend. It sounds fun. And I’m almost able to forgive it for being the first weekend of September. Friday, September 5 2008 Los Angeles County Fair Summer’s over, you don’t have to worry about maintaining that bikini body anymore! Why not go whole hog and snarf deep-fried White Castle burgers, muffin-size red…
The Wine House's BourBonQ Class: Bourbon Cocktails and BBQ
Oh my lawwwd, this sounds up my alley! The Wine House in West L.A. will be conducting a little something called BourBonQ where it will match a five-course gourmet barbecue menu with bourbon cocktails! And these scrumptious cocktails will be made with the likes of Knob Creek and Maker’s Mark (my faves) as well as…
Tart Restaurant (Re)Launch Party
We attended the relaunch party of Tart, restaurant of Farmer’s Daughter Hotel across the street from The Grove in West Hollywood, earlier this week where we were invited to sample the redone menu of new executive chef Lauren Kyles, formerly of Hollywood’s The Green Door. We had arrived at the party starving for dinner but…
Viva Las Vegas at ArcLight Sherman Oaks: Swingers Screening and Vegas Cocktails
One of my favorite movies about L.A. has gotta be Swingers. I love watching it and revisiting the hot spots of the ’90s — The Dresden and The Derby. And remember when Vince Vaughn was considered cute and not so bloated? Anyway, wrapping up the special Viva Las Vegas Party ArcLight series for its members…
This Weekend: Healthy Cupcakes, Hitchcock and a Burning Bush
I’ll be in Big Bear starting tomorrow but I found some ways you can entertain yourself this pre-Labor Day Weekend. Is it the end of summer already? Rackin frackin! Friday, August 22 Sprinkles’ Almond Dark Chocolate Cupcakes Available for a Limited Time Sprinkles Cupcakes has finally made a cupcake that’s good for you. Or so…
Upper Manhattan Lounge: Awesome Burlesque Show, Meh Cocktails
When I first heard about Upper Manhattan Lounge in Manhattan Beach, I had to check it out. Apparently, they have a long martini list. Sure it’s not a list with anything really intriguing on it (just one Manhattan cocktail) but it IS something unusual for MB. The lounge opened up this past July but I…
