Booze News

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Buzz Wine Beer Shop for a Beer Tasting

There’s a cool wine/beer shop on the corner of 5th and Spring Street in downtown LA called Buzz Wine Beer Shop in what is called the Historic Core – which may come as a surprise to some persnickety Angelenos (Westsiders) that there a) is a downtown and b) that there’s actually some history there. Be that [...]

“a woman walks into a bar…” at Terroirs & Signatures Burgundy Wine Tasting

Have you ever been to San Francisco City Hall? If you have, you know how beautiful it is. Well, that’s where the Terroirs & Signatures Burgundy tasting took place. A grand setting for grand wines…most from the great 2009 vintage and some really wonderful 2010′s. The tasting started off with a two hour seminar on [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Dan Tana’s

This is how I got to Dan Tana’s, one of LA’s oldest Hollywood hangouts, still going strong where who-knows-what went on in the dimly lit old-school booths, safe from paparazzi and curious snoops. It’s like stepping right into the screen of a Hollywood movie where everyone from Hollywood powerbrokers to pawnbrokers, the rich, the famous, the [...]

• Hurry, Hurry…Take the A Train to Traxx Bar at Union Station

I needed a drink. In a hurry. A bad week will do that. So, I cajole my friend, Bea, to join me because my friend Bea is a great drinking companion, and while she is in her golden years, she can drink anyone under the table. She totally has a hollow leg. I’ve only seen [...]

• L.A.’s Palm Restaurant – A Fabulous Bourbon and Scotch Tasting Dinner

Have you been to a special event dinner at the Palm yet? You should. Jonathan Mitchell, Assistant General Manager & Wine Director, manages to make every moment totally fun. Food pairing dinners can be tedious and serious with detailed recitations of where the food came from, its DNA, the farmer’s name who grew it, the [...]

“a woman walks into a bar…” at La Cita – the awesome-est bar in L.A.

Helllooooo L.A.!!!! Where have you been? More like – where the hell have I been? DAMN. I just ‘discovered’ the most awesome little bar in L.A. – La Cita rocks! Or whatever the prevailing hip hype word is. Hey, you like booze…it’s there. You like rockin’ dancin’ music…it’s there. You like to smoke…it’s there on [...]

• Have Yourself A Merry Holiday Cocktail at Border Grill (downtown)

It had been a while since I tippled at Border Grill so when I got an invitation to go downtown to check out their new cocktail program for the holidays, I was there faster than it takes to pop a cork. Bartender, Alexander Fazio, and Bar Manager, Mary King delightfully embellished each cocktail with stories [...]

• Heaven is Sipping Scotch, Whisky and Bourbon at Whisky Live LA

Can you imagine walking into a giant ballroom filled with tables  and tables of amazing scotches, whiskies and bourbons…not to mention a buffet groaning with delectable fare…all just for YOU? Well, if you bought a ticket to LA 2011 Whisky Live event, this year at the Century Plaza, you would have thought you were in [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Baldwin Barmacie in Montreal

OMG. Everyone’s looking at me, young eyes pierce the veil of creeping decrepitude. Is she lost? Is there an all points bulletin for a woman who likes to wander into bars to get away from her local Final Sunset Home? Ok. I exaggerate but it’s painfully obvious I’m the oldest person in the room. Seriously, [...]

• Spirited Women’s cocktail group this Friday at Shangri-la rooftop bar

Hurrah for Friday! A great way to start the weekend… This week, Spirited Women will be meeting in Santa Monica at the Shangri-la rooftop bar: Suite 700 overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean this Friday, September 16, at 5pm…a bit early but try and sneak out for a wonderful tasting led by English Gins Connoisseur, Silamith [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Mohawk Bend – a great idea on paper but…

So Mohawk Bend is the place du jour, the Echo Park habitat for the hip ‘n happening, the Cali-centric watering hole of hegemonic Tony Yanow who clearly wants to be Master of his Universe, the SoCal beer scene. Tony renovated a sadly decrepit theatre on Sunset, sprinkled the Yanow stardust on it and turned it [...]

Spirited Women’s Group Imbibe Delicious Gin Cocktails at Westside Tavern

I know it’s hard for some to ‘get with’ gin but I think all of those doubters were won over the other night at our Spirited Women’s cocktail group at the Westside Tavern. Wow, we were treated to some delectable cocktails by Silamith Weir, English Gins Connoisseur, and made to perfection by fabulous bartender, Kylee [...]

• Real Women Drink Real Cocktails

Low-cal is like pushing sex ‘lite’. It superficially treats the desire but ultimately reinforces the longing. Sure, there are times when a quickie behind a barn is just the thing, but a steady diet of brief encounters will probably make you frustrated in a really bad way. So it is with anything ‘skinny’ or diet, [...]

• Los Angeles: Spirited Women’s Cocktail Group Meeting This Week at Westside Tavern

This week, Spirited Women will be meeting at the Westside Tavern, Thursday, August 18th, at 6pm for a wonderful tasting led by English Gins Connoisseur, Silamith Weir, who I had the pleasure of meeting at a gin breakfast recently. Kylee Van Dillen will be our fabulous bartender. I know there are gin lovers and gin [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” and has Gin for Breakfast

Well, this wasn’t actually a bar I walked into but an adjunct to Big Bar at Alcove, so I’m counting it. Big Bar hosted a gin breakfast, in their cottage behind Alcove, called Breakfast of Champions which, believe me, required some champion drinking before noon. I wondered who would, or could, come to a 10:30am [...]