All over the world, St. Patrick’s Day has become an excellent excuse for many to stumble around town, testing their body’s limit for alcohol consumption. However, as many New York residents can probably tell you, a lack of planning for a weekend of heavy imbibing on a mass scale could lead to all sorts of [...]
Lovers of hoppy, wheaty and even chocolatey yumminess all raised their pinkies at Fort Mason in San Francisco this past Saturday for the Third Annual Bay Area Brew Fest. Besides giving you a rundown of my favorite brews of the event, I’ve also got a bunch of tips you might find useful at your next [...]
Valentine’s Day is quickly coming up, and if you haven’t made plans already, it’s about time to start! Cooking classes are already mostly sold out, but lucky for you procrastinators out there, there are still some events that are up for grabs. We’ve got some love-centric free/ticketed events listed below, all of which feature food [...]
Wine and beer, here we come! Seeing as how February is also the month of Valentine’s Day, look forward to a separate list of events that are geared specifically towards that occasion next week. In the meantime, feast your senses on the fabulous beer and wine events that are quickly coming up. Summer Down Under: [...]
Because I’m grouchy and pre-disposed to look at masses of screaming children as if they’re an oncoming plague, I avoid any museums targeted towards kids. The California Academy of Sciences circumvents this problem with its weekly Nightlife program every Thursday night: $12 entry! Cocktails! Planetarium shows! DJs playing ambient music while you stare into the depths [...]
As Alexa D. clearly related in Hard-Won Oktoberfest Advice, we are currently in the middle of sausage and beer season, otherwise known as Oktoberfest. The first Oktoberfest celebrated the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen in October of 1810, and probably only contained a few beer stands. Thankfully, Munich’s breweries saw a [...]
Friday, March 16, 2012
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