Ever since Bols discontinued its Pumpkin Schnapps two years ago (Boo! I say!), finding a pumpkin pie cocktail during the holiday season has been like searching for the Holy Grail of Booze. But the other night when Dre and I visited our old friend, Steve the bartender, at Ford’s Filling Station, he surprised me by…
Category Archives: Nightlife
Border Grill: Never Met a Happier Hour
When it’s Monday and I’m in need of a nearby happy hour (since Bodega Wine Bar and Air Conditioned Lounge seem to be closed on Mondays, boooo!), the usual fallback position is Border Grill in Santa Monica. Not saying that it’s settling, it’s just sometimes a girl wants a little variety and something stronger than…
Molly Malone's Irish Pub: Where Everyone Could Know Your Name
When my friends and I found ourselves in West Hollywood last night in a state of unfancy dress with a craving for cocktails, I racked my brain for a bar where we would feel comfortable showing up dressed down. No to Lola’s, obviously, and teeny-tiny Dime was packed with a crowd of people spilling out…
Ooh, I Wanna Go Here: Chakra Cuisine
Damon Winter / LATimes I saw this in CalendarLive and was instantly intrigued. Chakra Cuisine, a new bar/restaurant, opened up in Beverly Hills and offers seven different cocktails for your seven different chakras. I’ve heard of drinking to cure what ails you but never on this level. From CalendarLive: Anahata, the green chakra of the…
Liquid Therapy: Free Vodka and Sake at Tokio
Flickr Shot by Yuki Yaginuma This sounds too good to be true but apparently Tokio, the retro Japanese lounge/restaurant on the Cahuenga Corridor, has an effective way to get you over the hump: two hours of free vodka and sake. That’s right: two hours of free booze. Every Wednesday it’s all you can drink from…
2006 West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval
Flickr Shot by Huro Kitty Before Crack (BC) when I was still a newbie Angeleno without many friends or city savvy for that matter, my siblings and I would venture over to the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval when we were all ghouled up with no place to go. WeHo’s Halloween street party was the…
Tonight at Bigfoot: $3 Guinness and Newcastle
Flickr Shot by dotsara (detail) Tonight the Bigfoot Lodge is having a special on my favorite beers: Newcastle and Guinness! Get these frothy, yummy drinks for just $3 a pint all night looong. And to celebrate all things British (nevermind that Guinness is Irish), DJ Lee will be spinning some British tunes, whatever that means,…
Cocktails in Historic Places: Celebrating Trader Vic's
Contrary to popular belief, Los Angeles does have history. And what better way to celebrate it than with a toast? Join history appreciation group, The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, in one of their monthly cocktail hours at various historical L.A. landmarks. They’ve had it at the elegant Cognac Room at the Biltmore and…
The Veranda Bar: Curdled Cocktails and Swank
After a lovely evening of dinner and drinks at the California Yacht Club, my friend Kevin and I wanted to take advantage of the fact that we were dressed to the nines so we went for cocktails at Casa Del Mar’s Veranda Bar in Santa Monica. I haven’t been to the Veranda Bar in ages…
Ghoulish Delight: Things To Do on Friday the 13th
Zoinks! Two creepy days in one creepy month. Don’t be scared. Instead of hiding under your covers this Friday the 13th, get out there and brave the bad luck. Especially with so many appropriately horrific things to do, look how much trouble you can get into! Spider Pavilion: I know spiders are supposed to be…
