Cambria
Cambria is a Southern California lover and native who is passionate about taking advantage of the glorious drinking, eating and traveling the world has to offer. When she’s not learning about the people behind beer, booze and nom-noms, she balances her somewhat decadent life with fun stuff like skating, rocking out, and knitting with dogs on a mountaintop.
Posts by Cambria
Weekend, What Up!
Jan 20th
Sometimes I get sad during bad weather. Sometimes I get sad that I shouldn’t can’t have a beer while kayaking. Thank goodness I found this beauty while floating about last weekend. Find yourself some fun weekend activities on this glorious warmish weekend. There’s plenty to do in this week’s Weekend, What Up! Tonight’s greatness? Speakeasy Beer Night at the Blue Palms Brewhouse in Hollywood — each pint you purchase gets you a raffle ticket for trip to San Francisco Beer Week! Many more events after the jump. More >
Dionicess VIII Double Beer Pairing Announced: The Foundry + The Bruery = The FoundRUEry
Jan 12th
Dio-what? Dionicess is a beer pairing series started by professor and food writer Gevork Kazanchyan. With a passion for fine food and beverage (and inspiration from Dionysis), Gev began these events because he noticed a lack of good beer and food pairings in town. That was back in his college days. Now the series has set the high bar for pairing dinners.
Dionicess VIII will pair The Bruery’s beers with Chef Eric Greenspan’s culinary skills at The Foundry on Melrose in late February. We spoke to the team that’s making it possible. Here’s a look at what’s to come. More >
Sriracha Beer, Food and Secret Surprises at The Sriracha Cookbook Release Party
Jan 10th
Sriracha, aka Rooster Sauce, has developed a quasi cult-like following. You might put it on your mac & cheese, pho and sandwiches, but food writer, Certified Beer Judge, and trained chef Randy Clemens incorporates the beloved red heat into everything from sorbet to cocktails. His new book, The Sriracha Cookbook, will be unveiled on January 18 and Randy has teamed up with the Blue Palms Brewhouse to throw the right kind of party. More >
Eagle Rock Brewery’s First Anniversary Party [PHOTOS]
Jan 8th
Eagle Rock Brewery celebrated it’s first year in business with an anniversary bash today featuring a mini beer festival, food from Grill ‘Em All and Mandoline Grill and music from DJ MoreDillon in a very packed parking lot and taproom. Officially a brewery since fall of 2009, Eagle Rock Brewery opened their taproom in February of 2010. Seven months later, they won the first ever gold medal for Los Angeles at the Great American Beer Festival in September. More >
Museum of Lone Pine Film History is Full of Yeehaw and Sparkles [PHOTOS]
Jan 4th
Lots of people head to Mammoth Mountain when the snow starts to dump, and if you’ve been on the 395 yourself you know the drive is full of teeny towns and speed-traps. One of those teeny towns has a hidden gem worth checking out, especially if you are into sparkly cowboy pantsuits and colorful film posters that are twice your height. More >
Three Holiday Beers to Bring to the Table
Dec 23rd
Holiday beers are an excellent gift, but they might the kind of gift that’s better to receive than give. The perfect solution? Share the beer! Here are a three courses of brews that we enjoyed sharing this winter. Bring some of these babies to the table for the holidays and drink your way through dinner. More >
TASTY Awards VIP Ticket Giveaway — Win Admission for Two
Dec 21st
Awards season is upon us and what better way for foodies and fellow drinkers to partake in the fun than to attend the TASTY Awards in January! The 2nd Annual TASTYs will come to Hollywood on January 13 and DrinkEatTravel is giving away a pair of VIP tickets to a lucky reader. Read on for how to enter to win two all-inclusive tickets to this snazzy event AND afterparty!
Jeremy Raub on Eagle Rock Brewery’s Jubilee Holiday Ale [VIDEO]
Dec 20th
We had a chance to try Eagle Rock Brewery’s holiday ale during their Fugly Sweater Competition last week. At 7.8% abv, this winter warmer will keep you nice and cozy. But the best part about this beer, has to do with what we found inside the brewery… More >
TASTY Awards to Come to Los Angeles
Dec 20th
Say what? There’s an awards show for all those programs about drinking, eating and travelling? You bet there is. Now in its second year, The TASTY Awards is the premier awards show celebrating the year’s best in food, fashion, and home lifestyle programs. We talked to Chairman of the TASTY Awards, A.K. Crump about what’s up with the TASTYs. More >
Weekend, What Up!
Dec 17th
A holiday vision quest to mountain top was not an awesome idea with a marine layer rolling in. That was until I ascended above the marine layer and found that I was hanging out in heaven with Jesus. He told me that he is stoked his birthday is coming. So I thought it would be appropriate that I pass on to you that he hopes you have a great weekend with some of these heavenly events in this week’s Weekend, What Up! More >
Glendale Finally Gets Good Brews at SideBar’s New Beer Bar
Dec 16th
Los Angeles is becoming more and more of a beer oasis rather than a beer desert. Now, thanks to SideBar, you can find craft beer in Glendale! Not only do they have the right beers, they have pricing that’s very kind to your wallet through the rest of December. Read on to see what surprises we found (and you can find too) in Glendale. More >
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Preview: Get Your Drink On! [PHOTOS]
Dec 14th
If Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship to debut wasn’t snazzy enough already, did we mention it also has 14 different bars? If you are into wine and cocktails, they’re got you covered. Better beers will be coming soon, but in the meantime you’ll just have to chose between Cellar Masters, Ice Bar, Galleria Bar, Molecular Bar, Crush, Sunset Bar, Mast Bar, Sky Lounge, Qsine and more. More >
Mutineer Magazine Holiday Comedy Festival — Laugh and Drink for a Good Cause
Dec 7th
If you’ll be near Sonoma this weekend and have a desire to laugh and imbibe for a good cause, get yourself a ticket to the Mutineer Magazine Holiday Comedy Festival. Read on for how to “Join the Mutiny” and support a good cause at a gorgeous venue. More >
Meet the Homebrewers of Los Angeles – Charlie ‘Push Eject’ Essers
Dec 5th
Did you know there are over 800 homebrew clubs in the United States? Neither did we. Los Angeles now has multiple new breweries, but it has been the home to America’s oldest homebrew club for decades. In our second spotlight on homebrewers of L.A., we talked to Charlie “Push Eject” Essers, a smiley face you may have seen around town and at different beer events. More >
