Photo by Bert Stern The Imbiber’s Ultimate Playmate Fantasy Wine Tour at Pourtal Playboy‘s bad boy boozing columnist and author of the must-read adventures-in-drinking memoir Nobody Likes a Quitter, Dan Dunn is kicking off what is most definitely the sexiest wine tasting tour in the history of the world. Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar in Santa…
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This Weekend: Arm Wrestling, dineLA Kicks Off, Moonlit Run
What an exciting weekend! I don’t know about you but I’ll be hitting up the American Wine & Food Festival at the Universal City Backlot on Saturday and then it’s Thom Yorke at the Orpheum on Sunday. Woo! OK, enough bragging. Here are other goings-on you can enjoy during this first weekend of October. Is…
The Edison's Radio Room: Speakeasy Night Goes Big
I usually don’t like to review the same place twice but the Edison‘s monthly Radio Room night has changed so much from its humble speakeasy beginnings in the back room of this downtown underground bar that it was just asking for a follow-up. Yes, now our little baby bar night’s all growns up as it’s…
The Wine House's 2nd Annual BourBon Q
Droool! The Wine House in West L.A. is fixin’ to kick off its 2nd Annual BourBon Q event where guests will chow down on a mess of barbecue cooked up by Upstairs2 executive chef Todd Barrie. Best part is that you get to wash down the delectable, spicy meats with samplings of American whiskies as…
The Roof Was on Fyah: Thrillist Party at The Lofts @ Hollywood & Vine
I didn’t care that I didn’t have a thing to wear or that this party was in the heart of the parking hell that is Hollywood during a Saturday night no less. And when I got there, I didn’t care there was a long, slowww-moving line to get in. I just knew I had to…
The Edison's Radio Room Featuring the No. 1 Bartender in the World
This month’s Radio Room at the Edison is just around the corner and check out what goodies you have to look forward to by guest mixologists, Jeffrey Morganthaler of Portland, Oregon, and John Lermayer, Travel and Leisure Magazine‘s No. 1 Bartender in the World. Cocktail Menu of the Evening ($14 each): Allspice Sour: Hudson River…
This Weekend: New Culver City Lounge, Thrillist Rooftop Party, Private Presale
Man, lots of things going on this weekend! If it’s not the TarFest, it’s the Red Bull Soapbox Race and the 25th Annual Abbott Kinney Festival. OR you got the following must-dos as well. What to do? What to do? Thursday, September 24 Buy Tickets to 27th Annual American Wine and Food Festival One more…
8th Annual Fashion for the Cure: Diane Von Furstenberg Runway Show
Bah! I got invited to this awesome-sounding fashion-fabulous event and can’t go as it’s the same day I have to go out of town! It’s the 8th Annual Fashion for the Cure benefit at Smashbox Studios. The Komen Los Angeles County Affiliate will showcase fashion icon Diane Von Furstenberg’s Cruise/Pre-Spring Collection 2009/2010. DVF herself is…
7 Tips for Sinless Drinking + Skinny Cocktails
Lately I’ve been obsessed about losing weight and just recently decided to see what would happen if I went on a cocktail diet. After all, Americans drink about 20 percent of their calories on average (according to Fitness magazine). But instead of limiting my cocktail intake, why not just drink skinny cocktails? And I’m not…
This Weekend: Legalize Cachaca Barhop, Noir Tour, Rosemary's Baby
Can you smell it in the air? Fall. Blah. Thursday, September 17 End of Summer White Party at W Los Angeles Damn, we saw it coming: the end of summer. Why not go out with a bang at this special white wine tasting event poolside at the W’s Wet Pool? It’s $20 for 10 tastings…
