This past week has been crazy with the boozing. And I hadn’t realized how much so until I looked back at all my tweets — from an impromptu bar hop on Monday to a boozy Macallan auction to another bar hop on Friday. In any case, figured it would be fun to just revisit them,…
Tag Archive: Cocktails
Dominick's New Fall Cocktails: Respectable Girl Drinks
You’re hanging out with your pallies and they’re looking to you to call the next drink destination. But it’s gotta be something low key, none of this frou-frou stuff. Just because you’re a lady doesn’t mean you dig on the sugar water. I’m thinking Dominick’s in West Hollywood. They just kicked off their new fall…
Villains Tavern's Fall Drink Menu: He Said, She Said Cocktail Review
Last week, Downtown’s Villains Tavern debuted its new fall cocktail menu to some media types. And since I couldn’t go I asked my friend John of Social Domain if he could check it out for me. As I told the PR peeps for Villains, I trust John’s tastebuds. But turned out they said I could…
This Weekend: $3 Brown Bag Beer, Mixology Costume Party, Spooky Pub Crawl
Who doesn’t love Halloween? Whether it’s for the chills, costumes or parties, I look forward to it every year. And I’m happy to say there seems to be a decrease in douchy “1st Annual” parties this year and an increase in events I actually want to go to! By the way, catch me on Carson…
Fraiche Culver City's Pre-Prohibition Nights: $1 Bites, $5 Cocktails
Ever since Albert Trummer left Fraiche Culver City back in 2008 to go and open up his own bar, Apotheke in New York City, Fraiche’s cocktail program has never been the same. But now there’s a new bartender behind the stick: Kiowa Bryan, formerly of the Soho House where she trained under The Varnish’s Chris…
Drago Centro’s New Fall Cocktail Menu for $8 Today
Downtown’s Drago Centro launches its new fall cocktail menu (created by Beverage Director Michael Shearin and Head Bartender Jaymee Mandeville) tonight. So all night tonight, you get a chance to get first taste for only $8. The cocktails here usually run about $12 each. Here’s the menu with some of my tasting notes as I was…
Menu & Map for Jonathan Gold's Union Station Speakeasy Cocktail Party Tomorrow
I know I already mentioned this event in my weekend roundup but I just snagged the cocktail/food menu and map for Zocalo Public Square and Jonathan Gold’s 2nd Annual Union Station Speakeasy Cocktail Party and wanted to share them. (Thanks, Daniel of Thirsty in LA!) If you haven’t bought your tickets yet you can still…
10 Tips on How To Throw an Awesome Blogger Prom
Word on the Tweet says that last week’s 2010 Blogger Prom: Hollywood Confidential at Yamashiro was a smashing success. And while the glamorously dressed blogger attendees that night enjoyed the beautiful venue, the yummy nosh, tasty drinks and each other’s company and thanked us for putting on such an event, they might not really know…
Drink Night: Red Rover Throwback at Schmeven Schmand
You may not know this about me but I can hold a grudge. Especially when it involves kicking me off my favorite bar stool in L.A. However, since I love the bartenders who came together to open up a certain downtown whiskey bar back in 2007, I have to tell you about their special drink…
McNuggetini Vloggers Alie & Georgia's New Cocktail Web Series on Food2.com
You’ve probably heard of Alie & Georgia before. They’re the Los Angeles cocktail vloggers, Alie Ward (LA Times staff writer) and Georgia Hardstark (journalist/blogger), who in 2009 created the McNuggetini and a how-to video to go with it. Now, personally I thought this cocktail, which involves a chocolate milkshake and barbecue sauce, sounded erptastic but…
