Tag Archive: santa monica

Santa Monica Date Night: Ovo Cirque du Soleil & Ocean and Vine at Loews

CONTEST ALERT! Win a date night package for Valentine’s Day which includes dinner at Ocean and Vine plus a night stay at Loews Hotel! Contest ends February 3. Tweet a pic from your… Continue reading

Top Chef Chris Crary’s Wild Game Dinner at Whist

It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been to Whist at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica. When I heard Chef Chris Crary from this season’s Top Chef was doing a special… Continue reading

Santa Monica: Rustic Canyon

For years I’ve been hearing about Rustic Canyon and how great it is. I was going to go a few months ago but my friend had to postpone. I’m glad we waited until… Continue reading

Santa Monica: FIG Launches Catering

A couple of weeks ago, FIG in Santa Monica launched catering at the Fairmont Miramar. FIG is one of my favorite restaurants and Chef Ray Garcia kicked off the catering business with an… Continue reading

Santa Monica: The Misfit

Leave it to Vixen’s LA Happy Hours to throw a great Happy Hour!  She invited everyone to a free happy hour at the new Misfit last weekend. The mischevious Misfit opened recently in… Continue reading

Ladies’ Night at Michael’s Santa Monica

Jaymee Mandeville of Drago Centro and Cassie Sealing of Red Medicine guest bartended at Michael’s Santa Monica a couple of weeks ago as part of Michael’s guest mixology series. Jaymee created two cocktails;… Continue reading

Beauty, Bloggers & Beer: Deschutes Brewery

I was invited to at event at Benefit Cosmetics sponsored by Deschutes Brewery last week. The Bend, Oregon brewery came down to LA for what they called Base Camp Week. We got to… Continue reading

Border Grill: Cinco de Drinko Starts Today

  Make your own happy hour! Border Grill is counting down the five weeks to Cinco de Mayo with their Cinco de Drinko promotion starting today at all locations (Santa Monica, Downtown LA… Continue reading

New Mixology Program at Michael’s Santa Monica

Michael’s recently launched a new mixology program at their bar. Not only will they bring in guest bartenders to create special one-night only cocktails, they’ll have a full cocktail list as well bar… Continue reading

Santa Monica Nights: The Yard

The first time I was ever at the Yard, it was some hugely too-crowded event and I never got a chance to taste the food from Top Chef CJ. I barely got any… Continue reading