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Redondo Beach Chamber Regional Mixer at Seaside Lagoon

Chamber of Commerce, Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, PVP Chamber, Redondo Beach, Southern California, TACC, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 2 minutes of reading / August 23, 2012

Last night, I headed over to the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce Annual Regional Mixer at the Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach. While it would be easy for me to just write off the Chamber of Commerce based on my treatment by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) I refuse to do so. I have found a lot of value in attending the various regional mixers that local chambers put on, because most of them [and their members] understand the value of free exposure. As a matter of fact, being named the official photographer for the Palos Verdes Street …

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Business N Beer at Strand Brewing Co, Torrance

American Craft Beer, Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / August 3, 2012

These photos were taken at our latest Business N Beer get-together that we had last night at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. As yesterday was International IPA Day, it was fitting that we met at a micro brewery that provides such nice ales, and in particular, a couple very nice IPA’s. The group was a little smaller than last week, but several people that were at Strand Brewing anyway worked their way over to our group to find out more about Business N Beer. Our host even mentioned how he had noticed people coming over to check us out; and …

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Business N Beer at The Brewery at Abigaile

American Craft Beer, Business N Beer, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, The Brewery at Abigaile / 1 minute of reading / July 20, 2012

Last night we had our second Business N Beer gathering; this time at The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach, CA. Abigaile is a brewpub that currently offers five really nice brews with the Full Nelson, an XPA, being my current favorite. The Brewery’s brewmaster, Brian Brewer, came over and talked beer with our group. I know several mentioned that they enjoyed the experience. This week we had a few more people show up than last week, but it was an entirely different group of people. This shows me that our networking group will grow and as people return to …

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Business N Beer at Select Beer Store

Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Select Beer Store / 2 minutes of reading / July 13, 2012

The Business N Beer networking group had our first get-together last night at Select Beer Store in Redondo Beach, and I have to say, I was very happy with the turnout. Even though there were last minute cancellations by some, we still had 10 people show up. Even though I was the only one that knew everyone, the people that did show up immediately began introducing themselves and it looked like a group of old friends talking over a nice beer. We had a real estate agent, insurance agent, merchant processing, telecommunications and the IT sector represented and I heard …

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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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Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Long Beach

American Craft Beer, Beachwood BBQ, food, Local brewers, Local business, Long Beach, Photos, pictures, Southern California / 3 minutes of reading / June 28, 2012

Yesterday Tanya and I stopped by Beachwood BBQ & Brewing in Long Beach. We were in Long Beach for the Chocolate Blues & Networking Festival and I knew there were a couple brewpubs in the area, so I figured after a long day of work a nice flight would be a good way to end the day. I recently met one of the bartenders at a local event and Dave over at Select Beer always speaks highly of Beachwood, so I decided to head over. I will be honest, as we worked our way over there I told Tanya there …

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Hot Sünner Nights at Select Beer

Business & Beer, German beer, Local business, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Select Beer Store, Sunner Kolsch / 2 minutes of reading / June 23, 2012

These photos were taken Wednesday evening, June 20, the first day of summer at Select Beer in Redondo Beach. To celebrate the Summer Solstice, Select Beer brought out the Sünner Kölsch, the classic beer of Cologne, Germany. After a couple tastes of it, there is no doubt it is a summer beer as it is very light. Probably tasty after chopping down trees in the Black Forest. I know the store was packed, and it was obvious most were there for the Sunner Kolsch. After sampling the Sünner Kölsch we opted for something a little more stout and enjoyed the …

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Photos from the Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce Regional Mixer

Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Inn, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, regional mixer, Southern California, TACC / 1 minute of reading / June 21, 2012

These photos were taken last night at the Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce Regional Mixer which was held at the Holiday Inn, Harbor Gateway. As regular readers are aware, we joined the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) at the end of last year because we decided that 2012 would be dedicated to promoting local businesses, charities and non-profits. I have discovered that attending regional mixers was a great way to generate business and gain more exposure. Last night was no exception. With Chamber of Commerce members representing Gardena Valley, Torrance, Harbor City/Harbor Gateway, Wilmington, San Pedro, Manhattan Beach, Lomita, …

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2012 Chocolate Blues & Business Networking Festival is coming to Long Beach

Chocolate Blues, geek good girl, Local business, Long Beach, networking event, Southern California, Tanya / 1 minute of reading / June 19, 2012

The 2012 Long Beach/Seal Beach Chocolate Blues is coming to Long Beach, CA on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. While this event has been running for nine years now, and happens in 40 cities across the United States, I think this is the first time that they have come to the Los Angeles/Orange County area. As such, this will be my first time attending and to make sure I attend, GotBaddog.com will be hosting the “Bloggers Circle” with my better half, Tanya of TanyaMartin.com and GeekGoodGirl.com. Having perused the testimonials on the Chocolate Blues website …

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2012 Palos Verdes Street Fair Saturday: Food, Vendors and Contests

Abigaile, Family fun, food, Local brewers, Local business, Palos Verdes Street Fair, Photos, pictures, Pie Eating Contest, Southern California, strand brewing / 1 minute of reading / June 13, 2012

These photos are from Saturday, June 9 at the 2012 Palos Verdes Street Fair & Music Festival, held in Rolling Hills Estates, CA. These photos will include (in order) the beer garden, featuring local brewers The Brewery at Abigaile and Strand Brewing Co, the food court, Best Pie and Pie Eating Contests and the rest of the vendors. The photos are not in the order or the day since I was bouncing all around. Above each photo is the image ID. The beer garden photos will be named Abigale, beergarden or StrandBrewing. The food court is simply food, then BestPie, …

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