Posts tagged edutainment
Green Jug’s Mild-Mannered Beer Tasting with Mild-Mannered Matt
Jun 26th
Green Jug in Woodland Hills, CA had another cleverly themed beer tasting: an introduction to mild summery brews to celebrate the season. The line-up included some laid-back saisons, chillaxed witbiers and a great collaborative brew. More >
Eric’s Ale from New Belgium is Arts and Crafts with Beer
Jun 14th
I can’t draw to save my life. If someone barged into my apartment with a gun and said, “Draw an owl sitting in a tree,” they might as well pull the trigger because I am as good as dead. I’m also terrible with arts and crafts. I met Eric Salazar from New Belgium Brewing Co. at The Surly Goat in West Hollywood and he showed me a thing or two about arts and crafts. — beer crafts that is. More >
Weekend, What Up!
Jun 4th
When people ask me, “How are you?” my automatic response is “good” … which is a complete lie. Majority of the time I am just “okay.” I don’t want to lie anymore. So next time when someone asks me how I am, I’ll reply with how I really feel, but am I ready to cross this social norm? Like not turning around in elevators after entering, not shaking Dwight Howard’s hand after losing to him in the 2009 Eastern Conference NBA Playoffs or stare a homeless person in the eye. I am just glad the weekend is here so maybe when you ask me this weekend “How are you?” I’ll say “good” and it won’t be a lie because we’ve compiled a list of things to do! More >
Firestone Walker Certified Cicerone Takes Us To Beer School
May 27th
If you asked me if I missed my college as much as I miss my out-of-control college drinking, I would say yes. If you ask me if I missed college in general, I would probably say no. However there was a school I didn’t mind going – it was going to beer school with Jace Milstead. More >
Green Jug’s Bitter Beer Tasting is like Drinking Summer
May 20th
The Green Jug in Woodland Hills, CA is a 10,000 square foot alcohol paradise selling everything from beer mugs to expensive wines. We met Matt Newtson, an IPA devotee, and Beer Brain of the Green Jug in the beer pen located in the middle of the store. They host wine tastings regularly but this event, “A Bitter Beginning to a Brutal Summer”, was about Matt’s handpicked IPA’s ranging from smooth and mild to punch-in-the-stomach intense. More >
Wine Tasting For Los Angeles: Cambria Met Cambria in Venice
May 19th
On the roof of the Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach, California, Wine Tasting For Los Angeles (WTFLA) hosted their complimentary Byron & Cambria wine tasting event. The organization’s goal is simple – bring wine knowledge and interest to the youth of Los Angeles. More >
Tin Roof Ranch: Happy Chickens Come from Hawaii
May 12th
One night I had a dream I went to the North Shore of Oahu and played with dogs, chickens, and horses under a rainbow while drinking homemade wine and beer. There were surfboards for all and two trusty, strapping, young ranch hands guiding me to the most ultimate surf spot. I hopped on a board with the dogs and chickens and did an hang-ten in a handstand on the Banzai Pipeline.
As I rode a rogue wave across the Kamehameha highway, I arrived at my vacation rental at the Tin Roof Ranch, where I spent the rest of the day eating from the garden that had Japanese eggplant and miniature pineapples. A Samoan came and hacked down a couple of coconuts for me to drink (coconut water has a lot of electrolytes). Thommi, the cabbie arrived to steal me away back to Waikiki. I said my goodbyes, caught a dove on my hand as only seen in Disney movies by princesses, and got in the cab. More >
2010 Santa Monica Fest, An Environmentally Sustainable Photo Gallery
May 9th
Additional Information
http://www.arts.santa-monica.org/events/SantaMonicaFestival.html
http://www.sustainableworks.org/
Pourtal Santa Monica: Don’t Be Afraid of Wine and Acid
May 5th
I will be the first to admit. I don’t know much about wine, and I am tired of pretending I do. Leading the unbelievably fabulous life that I do, there have been far too many elaborate parties where fancy people talk at me about wine while my man-servant fans me and feeds me masala patties. I act like I know what they are talking about, afraid to admit I don’t because they will all laugh at me like when my dress strap broke at prom. This era had to come to an end, and it did last night with Stephen and Rachel from Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar in Santa Monica. More >
