Last night was Sony’s E3 party at Dodger Stadium. Before this week, I didn’t know such a thing existed but apparently it’s the big to-do during the E3 convention with a live show by a Top 10 artist. Rumor had it that 50 Cent played here before he hit it really big, Coldplay did another…
Category Archives: Nightlife
Tropicana Bar: Hollywood Hustles
One of my first posts was about the Tropicana Bar. I had heard about it when Amanda Scheer Demme was still in charge of things. And now, even after her very public ousting, it hasn’t lost any luster. Last night, it was the setting for Xbox’s E3 party; and the place was swarming with gamers…
Lounge 217: Drunk Girl Central
Last night I checked out Lounge 217 in Santa Monica for the very first time. Yes, even though it’s apparently been around since the ’90s (eons in club years) I’ve never been so inclined to go. I guess it was all the bad reviews about extraordinarily rude doormen and bar staff that kept me away….
Cutting a Rug: LA.com's Shag Launch Party
An hour late and a gazillion wardrobe changes later, my friends and I made it to Shag, formerly Concorde, for LA.com’s launch party for the club. “Go to the front velvet rope and say you’re on the LA.com/Avant Garde list” were the instructions on my RSVP. But nothing doing. There was already a long, slow-moving…
El Cholo: It's All About the Margaritas
Flickr Shot by dotsara (detail) I went to El Cholo in Santa Monica last night and all I really walked away with afterwards was the beginnings of a hangover and a “What’s all the fuss about?” I can appreciate how it’s an L.A. institution since it’s been around since 1923 and L.A. doesn’t keep anything around for…
El Rico Cinco de Mayo: Moneyed Margaritas
Flickr Shot by dotsara Want to celebrate this alcoholiday by sipping and savoring high-end cervezas rather than pounding house mixes one after the other til you reach self-oblivion? Forget the usual Cinco de Mayo sports bar mayhem and get serious about your tequila drinking by checking out the following tequila bars/cantinas for some quality and…
Shoot It or Swirl It? Tequila Tastings at L'Scorpion
I blame Sideways. Because of that movie, wine tastings are EVERYwhere. In liquor stores, rock ‘n roll nightclubs, house parties, dive bars, museums. So I was thrilled to hear that someone actually took this ubiquitous ritual and did it up with a twist: a tequila tasting. Hot Hollywood tequila bar, L’Scorpion, challenges patrons to go against…
New Bar Buzz: Hyde Lounge
Add another one to the velvet rope set on Sunset Boulevard. Hyde Lounge, a new loungy bar, opened up on Sunset and Crescent Heights just last Thursday but forget about keeping your entourage in tow. It sounds too tiny to squeeze in your bodyguard, publicist, date du noir, bff, including your usual hangers-on. L.A. party…
Fancy a Shag? RSVP Now
I usually steer clear of clubs like Mood, Cabana Club and LAX since unlike Paris, Nicole and Ashton, I am admittedly not too cool for school. But hearing about the grand opening of Shag, a night presented by L.A. nightlife shakers Avant Garde and LA.com, I just have to check it out. That and LA.com keeps…
Plastered in Pink: A Girl Drink Drunk's Fave Spots
Before I found Jameson and Coke, I was big into specialty cocktails. I’d sidle up to every new bar I walked into and ask for their list of house cocktails. If they had a menu, joy! If not, bo-ring! A bar’s cocktail list is a sign of the talent and the imagination of the house…
