Tag Archive: drinkwire

Hollywood: Drinks and Live Music at Tramp Stamp Granny’s

  I read about Tramp Stamp Granny’s a few months ago and wanted to check it out. I love piano bars and thought it’d be fun. The bar is the old Grampa Johnson’s… Continue reading →

Hollywood: The Hearth and Hound

  I was really excited to check out the Hearth and Hound when it first opened and then the scandal hit. I avoided it as long as possible until Chef April Bloomfield split… Continue reading →

California Pizza Festival Debuts in Los Angeles on July 28

    The California Pizza Festival debuts in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 28. The two-day festival will be held at Los Angeles Center Studios in Downtown Los Angeles. Every year I plot how… Continue reading →

Bottle Share Nights: How To Build Your Collection

  My bottle share nights series ends with the last one I went to. It was interesting to go to one not conducted by a whiskey club member. This one was a private… Continue reading →

Bottle Share Nights: Intimate & Personal

  I had a lot of fun at this bottle share thrown by a member of the South Bay Whisky Tribe. I’d like to call this bottle share, The Bookclub, as I tasted… Continue reading →

Bottle Share Nights: Experimentation and Exploration

  Over the holidays I went to a party that explicitly banned us bringing alcohol. We were to drink the hosts’ stash and that was it. So rather bringing sand to a beach,… Continue reading →

Bottle Share Nights: What’s the Deal with the Private Events

  In my introduction to bottle share nights, I mentioned the massive bottle share events… these are private events that are more than just a bunch of friends sharing their favorite bottles outside… Continue reading →

Bottle Share Nights: Introduction

  I’ve done a lot of things in my years writing about food and drinks but up until last summer, I wasn’t aware of this phenomenon known as “bottle shares.” I had heard… Continue reading →

Santa Barbara: Tri-tip Sandwiches at Cold Spring Tavern

  I recently took a day trip up to Santa Barbara and we headed straight to Cold Spring Tavern. On my last trip to Santa Barbara over Labor Day Weekend last year, there… Continue reading →

Beverly Hills: Curated Cocktail Flights at The Bazaar

  The Bazaar has launched Bazaar Bar Flights, a night of curated cocktails that’s just an amazing deal. For $55 a person, you get a cocktail “omakase” of sorts. The flight includes six… Continue reading →