After being turned away from Hidden — apparently they were having a private grand opening…after being open for nearly two months now, go figure — Nancy and I decided to fall back on Plan B: check out Valentino‘s newish wine bar, V-vin bar. Touted as the casual, more affordable section of the very formal and…
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Lucha VaVoom: Ow! My Head! My Eyes! My Ears!
Last night was quite possibly the craziest L.A. experience I’ve ever had in the 15 or so years that I’ve lived here: Lucha VaVoom‘s Halloween/Day of the Dead show at the Mayan Theatre. Midget wrestlers, fighting chickens and burlesque — how could I stay away? The show was sold-out so not many could either as…
Spending Halloween with Metromix and UrbanDaddy
I was a bit overly ambitious with my Halloween plans last night. The agenda was to start off at Metromix’s party at the Standard, drop by Seven Grand for a Halloween cocktail, head over to the Blue Goose Lounge for the Yelpoween party and then cap off the night at the Absolut 100/UrbanDaddy party at…
Whirlwind Tour of Myers' Empire: Boule Atelier, Sona and Comme Ca
Nancy of Living LArge and I had a plan of attack. We’d meet up at Boule Atelier at 6:30 before they closed at 7, get some treats, then head over to Sona for cocktails and then to Comme Ca for cocktails and maybe food. It was to be a Myers’ Empire tour, if you will,…
Seven Grand's Very Special Halloween Cocktail List
Image courtesy of www.swilliamshaw.com Last night at the Hennessy event, I was chatting with Aidan, general manager of Seven Grand, about the bar’s Halloween plans this Wednesday. He said that although they don’t have anything official planned, especially since they just had a crazy huge Halloween party last Saturday, they will have a retro-inspired Halloween…
Hennessy's Art of Mixing Academy at the Roosevelt
A room full of some of the best bartenders in L.A. (and even the nation)….and me. It was my secret little heaven. My boys from Seven Grand were there, too, of course — Aidan, Patrick and Damian. It was so cool to hang out with those guys on the other side of the bar for…
Ooh, Scary: Halloween Guides, Parties & More Parties
Sorry, folks. Still trying to get my costumes together for this damned holiday. That’s right, plural, costumes. So that means no tailor-made weekend guide for you. But for your convenience, here’s a list of Halloween guides from prominent sources all in one place as well as L.A. guides’ parties and some bars’ Halloween costume contests….
What Are You Doing on Halloween, L.A.?
Flickr Shot by Ellectric Sucks that Halloween falls smackdab in the middle of the work week. You can’t get into anything too crazy, like gorge yourself on candy corns until you puke orange. And I’ve no doubt that you’ve got lots of big plans for this weekend, faux Hallow’s Night, but how are you going…
Providence's Bar: Getting Schooled in Cocktails
I just met a girl who probably has one of the most awesome jobs ever. She’s the “Chambord Ambassador,” meaning she gets to go out just about every night in search of expert mixologists (aka kick-ass bartenders) to create new cocktails involving the raspberry liqueur. I met up with Ramona at the bar in Providence…
Nobody Reads in L.A.: A Book Club for Nightclubbers
For one night trade PBRs for paperbacks as L.A.’s “original alternative book club,” Nobody Reads in L.A., reconvenes for its fall opener this Wednesday at Casey’s Irish Bar & Grill in downtown. For the next six months the book club will focus on edgy tomes that became edgy movies. No doubt to 1) appeal to…
