Charlie Sheen meme. I was over it before it even started and I definitely didn’t want to jump on the Twitter bandwagon by hashtagging everything with “winning” (ugh, kill me) or follow his Twitter. But when I saw this story about how New York bartenders like Christy Pope and Chad Solomon of Cuff and Buttons…
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The Eveleigh: Liquid Brunch & Hangover Cures
As someone who’s not into scenes, look-at-me-ness or celebutards, I avoid the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood like I do babies and questionable rashes on people. But when a publicist used my two favorite words (“brunch” and “cocktails”) in her pitch to entice me to check out The Eveleigh (“eh-ver-lee”) — a newish restaurant by…
Gold Standard 2011: Eating Spree at the Petersen Museum
Those first 30 minutes at LA Weekly‘s Gold Standard 2011 yesterday was an eating spree. Yes, I only had half an hour — afforded to me by a media pass — to take pictures and eat and drink as much as I could of the 40 or so food vendors at Jonathan Gold’s annual food…
This Weekend: Open Bar, Zombie Cocktail Party, Sangrita Revolution
Lots of drinking to be done this weekend! More so than usual. Thursday, March 3 Meat! An Art Show Opening Party Featuring Alie and Georgia and Cocktails It’s all about meat at this unusual art show which features the meat-focused works of Carlos Ramos, Myke Chilian and Richard Lee, to name but a few. But…
Who Makes the Best Mai Tai in All of LA?
Aidan Demarest’s mark on the L.A. cocktail scene is as the ringmaster. He’s run some of the hottest bars in Los Angeles like Schmeven Schmand and The Edison, helped build the cocktail programs of Pasadena’s 1886 and Hollywood’s Spare Room, thrown together must-do cocktail events like guest mixologist bar nights — Radio Room and Red…
National Pig Day With Cast Iron Gourmet: Bacon Poutine, McPig Sandwich & Happy Hour
Pork, Frysmith fries and beer. Loosen your belt or wear your fat pants to this National Pig Day celebration with Cast Iron Gourmet and Frysmith at The Black Boar in Eagle Rock. Cast Iron Gourmet chef/owner Rashida Purifoy, whom I first met at Artisanal LA where I fell in love with her Couch Mix, gave…
Tonight: Pablo Moix Does Tiki at Harvard & Stone's R&D Bar
For cocktail enthusiasts, it’s all about the back bar action at new East Hollywood bar Harvard & Stone where there’s a fresh new cocktail menu every night. “The point to the back is R&D [research & development], to have fun and push the limit,” said H&S mixologist Pablo Moix. And every month a new spirit…
2011 Oscars Drinking Game Rules
Not everyone is into watching the Oscars so a sure way to make it fun for EVERYone at your awards show viewing party is naturally to turn it into a drinking game. Inspired by Brand X and Rundown LA‘s Oscars Drinking Games, I came up with more rules. Thanks to my Tweeps for the suggestions….
This Weekend: Marilyn Monroe Strips, Epic Bruery Beer Feast, Street Food Monday
Doing anything special during the Oscars? Saturday, February 26 Sunset Starlets Burlesque at The Libertine Enjoy the fantasy of seeing your favorite Old Hollywood starlets performing a striptease at New Noir. Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood, Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor — or at least their burlesque doubles — will be shaking their moneymakers while you…
Harvard & Stone: An American Craft Neighborhood Bar Opens
I am the mayor of Harvard & Stone in East Hollywood. How did that happen considering last night was the new bar’s opening night? My blogger friends wondered, skeptical. Ha! I was able to score an interview for LA Weekly‘s Squid Ink with its general manager Steve Livigni, also of La Descarga, weeks before the…
