July 2012 – Page 2

Business N Beer, a new kind of networking group

Business N Beer, geek good girl, Local business, networking event, Redondo Beach, Select Beer Store, Southern California / 3 minutes of reading / July 9, 2012

Since we joined the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce late last year, we have had the pleasure of meeting and interacting with many small business owners in the South Bay area. Through these interactions I have been invited to join several service clubs and business networking groups. While I wish I had the time and money to join every service club the fact is I do not, so I volunteer my services to help publicize their fundraisers. As far as networking groups are concerned, I can definitely see the value in them but they all seem to come with obligations …

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The 2nd Annual Beer & Music Festival coming July 14

American Craft Beer, Chamber of Commerce, fundraiser, Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach Young Professionals, PS I Love You Foundation, restaurants, Southern California, SummerFest / 2 minutes of reading / July 9, 2012

The Manhattan Beach Young Professionals are throwing their 2nd Annual Beer & Music Festival, otherwise known as SummerFest 2012, this coming Saturday, July 14. Sponsored by Chevron, the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to benefit the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce. There will also be a raffle with all the monies being donated to the PS I Love You Foundation. The event will be held at Raleigh Studios’ New York Street, located at 1600 Highland in Manhattan Beach. It runs from 3-6 PM, with an after party at 12 and Highland Restaurant. When looking at the SummerFest lineup it …

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Beachwood BBQ & Brewing One Year Anniversary Party

American Craft Beer, Beachwood BBQ, brewpub, gastropub, Local brewers, Long Beach, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Southern California / 2 minutes of reading / July 8, 2012

These photos were taken Saturday at the Beachwood BBQ & Brewing One Year Anniversary Celebration, which was held at their Long Beach location on E. 3rd Street in Long Beach, CA. You might recall that I made my first visit to Beachwood Brewing a couple weeks ago. During that visit we were impressed enough with their home brews that we brought a growler of Mandarin Dream home with us, with the intent of returning for the one year celebration. It was a good idea. I remember being impressed that Beachwood was only one year old, yet had nine different brews …

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Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, doctors and stress

Cimzia, Enbrel, RAD, RAD Caregiver, RAD Lovegiver, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, stress / 4 minutes of reading / July 5, 2012

It is no secret that, in general, I do not like doctors and do my best to avoid seeing them on a professional level. Since Tanya moved here I have been with her on several visits to see her rheumatologist; the experience has not done much to change my opinion of the profession. I will admit, after the first visit I thought that perhaps I had been too harsh; there are specialists out there that will really listen to their patients. I thought it was quite refreshing and I looked forward to the experience. When we went in for the …

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Tasting Allagash Brewing at The Rockefeller

Allagash Brewing, American Craft Beer, food, gastropub, Hermosa Beach, Photos, pictures, Southern California, The Rockefeller / 2 minutes of reading / July 3, 2012

Last night The Rockefeller in Hermosa Beach had a beer tasting featuring Allagash Brewing, from Portland, ME. Allagash specializes in Belgian style brews and I had tried their Allagash White on draught and really enjoyed it, so I did not hesitate in accepting the invitation to try five more of their brews. The downside was that the beers were brought in bottles, which [in my personal opinion] is never as good as on tap. Storing the bottles on ice just made the beer colder than I would have preferred, but the glasses were small and my hands are warm so …

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Neal Bracewell Insurance, ribbon cutting

Neal Bracewell, Photos, pictures, ribbon cutting ceremony, Southern California, State Farm Insurance, TACC, Torrance, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 1 minute of reading / July 2, 2012

The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) welcomed a new business to Torrance with a ribbon cutting today, Neal Bracewell, State Farm Insurance. This is the first ribbon cutting I attended that was not held at the end of the business day and it is Monday, a couple days before the 4th of July. I fully expected the event to be a little less well-attended than usual, but it was actually quite the opposite; the place was packed. It was pretty clear that Neal has a lot of family and friends supporting his new venture and that combined with the …

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