LA has been suffering from a long bout of chilly temperatures. I don’t care if it IS supposed to be winter, I was so over it! And then, wouldn’t you know it, just as soon as it’s finally National Hot Buttered Rum Day again, we get the high 70s. But don’t let that stop you…
How difficult is it for someone to go on a juice cleanse, especially someone whose cocktail intake exceeds the amount defined for binge drinking, who starts every morning with a big mug of black coffee and who doesn’t count it as breakfast unless there’s some bacon involved? Surprisingly not that hard. I “survived” Pressed Juicery’s…
Ever wanted to know more about your favorite LA bartender, beyond the fact that they make a damn fine cocktail? Follow along on my bartender Q&A series on Los Angeles Magazine’s Digest blog, “Behind the Bartender.” It’s not your usual Q&A (those bore me!). Rather it’s just quick questions like “What’s your hidden talent?” and…
OK, so I picked up my Pressed Juicery cleanse yesterday with trepidation and fear. Trepidation, because how can I possibly survive without bacon, coffee and booze for nine days; and fear over how my body will react to an all-juice diet. Now, why am I doing this cleanse? Definitely not to lose weight as any…
2012 was a truly debaucherous year for me. (I present Exhibit A: my post of all the drinks I loved in 2012.) So when I heard about Pressed Juicery‘s special New Year’s Day juice cleanse deal, I was all about it. For someone who has never done an all-juice diet or cleanse before but was…
I had a lot to do today but for some reason I felt compelled to do this post. 2012 was a kickass awesome year for me. I went to Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans and Portland Cocktail Week for the first time, got a nice LA Weekly Web Award, my Drink Here app…
In my recent Los Angeles Magazine Digest blog post on the new Hollywood Walgreens I couldn’t help but gush about the Walgreens liquor section. Walgreens! I mean, it’s a drugstore which means you can pick up some toilet paper, toothpaste but also Cristal, cigars and Basil Hayden’s bourbon! Oh, and craft beer! But the one…
OK, I was gonna do a roundup of New Year’s Eve parties and dinners in LA but, damn, there are already a lot of them out there. So here’s a roundup of NYE roundups, ha! Plus, cuz I care, some extra stuff like a roundup of hangover brunches stumbling distance from you. By the way,…
I am now the owner of a brand-new $100 bar tab at Spare Room with an hour of bowling and a round of drinks at the Magic Castle with bartender Joshua Lucas! I scored the winning bid in a hard fought bidding war against Hemingway’s big guy Alex Straus. He don’t scare me! Oh yes,…
Looking for a way to get your New Year’s Eve party guests to ooh and aah? Luckily some of LA’s top punch makers — Naomi Schimek of Spare Room, Allan Katz of Cana Rum Bar and Vincenzo Marianella of Copa d’Oro — were kind enough to share their champagne punch recipes with me for Los…
