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Business & Beer Meetup at Tortilla Cantina

Business N Beer, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Southern California, Torrance, Tortilla Cantina / 2 minutes of reading / May 4, 2013

These photos are from our Business & Beer gathering last week at Tortilla Cantina. As the photos show, we had a less than stellar turnout, with no participation at all from our Meetup group. Unfortunately, after corresponding with the people that run Meetup.com we have come to the conclusion that there is no point in continuing to use them. If anyone were to ask me if we found any value in incorporating Meetup to our group, I would have to say that after the initial payment, you are just throwing your money away. Of course, we have a lot more …

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Photos from the Smog City Brewing soft open

Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / April 26, 2013

These photos are from the Smog City Brewing Company soft open which was held Friday evening in Torrance, CA. A few days ago, Smog City Brewing, a new local microbrewery, posted on their Facebook page that the brewery now had a telephone number and that people should call and leave a message; the hint that “there’s something in it for you too” was enough to make me call. In their message they announced that Smog City Brewing would be having a soft opening prior to their scheduled grand opening on May 18, 2013. They opened the doors at 5:00 PM; …

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Business & Beer Meetup at Strand Brewing Company

Local brewers, Local business, Meetup, microbrewery, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / April 26, 2013

Last night, Business & Beer returned to Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Strand Brewing is a microbrewery specializing in premium handcrafted ales. They just celebrated three years in business last February and seem to be growing by leaps and bounds in the past couple of months. In addition to the seven available beers on tap, Strand also released more varieties in bottles bringing to six the number available for purchase. We had another good group of people, with people returning and others bringing their friends. Unfortunately, I do not think that our experiment with Meetup.com is having much benefit. We …

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Bartels’ Harley-Davidson 10th Annual Chili Cook-Off

2010 Limited, Bartels Harley-Davidson, Family fun, harley-davidson, Marina del Rey, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Sunday ride / 2 minutes of reading / April 22, 2013

These photos are from the Bartels’ 10th Chili Cook-Off, which was held Sunday, April 21 at Bartels’ Harley-Davidson in Marina del Rey, California. Now, to be honest, I am not completely sure if they have been doing this every year for 10 years, or if this was just their 10th one. I suspect it is pretty close to being an annual event. I know that by the time we got there, Lincoln Boulevard was lined with motorcycles on both sides of the street. I had gone to the Rose Bowl earlier that morning, and by the time we got out …

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Photos from the Unity Run Pasadena

Canon 5D, Family fun, Pasadena, Pasadena Pacers Running Club, Photos, pictures, Rose Bowl, running, Southern California, Unity Run Pasadena / 3 minutes of reading / April 21, 2013

The running community is a pretty tight group; if I had any doubt about that before, the events of the past few days, culminating with the Unity Run Pasadena, erased any doubts I may have had. These photos were taken today at the Unity Run Pasadena, a 5K which was held today at the Rose Bowl; the event included members of at least 16 different running clubs in the area as well as individuals that came from at least as far away as Riverside participating to remember the victims of the Boston Marathon 2013 terrorist attack. As events unfolded in …

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Business & Beer does a Meetup at Monkish Brewing

Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, Monkish Brewing, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / April 19, 2013

These photos are from the Business & Beer Meetup which was held last night at Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance. Monkish Brewing is a microbrewery that specializes in Belgian style ales and has a wide selection of tasty brews available. Business & Beer had not been held at Monkish in about three months, and there were some massive changes not only in the beers on tap, but they have done a lot of remodeling which includes a new window, tap system and places for people to sit and enjoy their beer. As usual when we go to Monkish, we had …

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Carl Palmer Plays Saint Rocke

Carl Palmer, concert, Fertitta and McClintock, gastropub, Hermosa Beach, Hudson House, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, restaurants, Saint Rocke, Southern California / 2 minutes of reading / April 15, 2013

A couple weeks ago the good people at Saint Rocke, a concert venue in Hermosa Beach, CA gave me a couple passes for an upcoming show. When I heard Carl Palmer would be performing there, I knew what concert I wanted to see. I have been to many concerts since the late 1960’s, and the best show I have ever seen was Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the Hollywood Bowl in 1971; they were that good. So last night we decided to go to Hudson House in Redondo Beach for dinner, and then headed down the street to Saint Rocke …

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18th Street Arts Center to hold artisanal wine, art & food tasting event

18th Street Arts Center, BAM Fest, CRUSH, fundraiser, Santa Monica, Southern California, wine festival / 1 minute of reading / April 13, 2013

The 18th Street Arts Center is holding their first annual CRUSH, an artisanal wine, art and food tasting event on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the 18th Street Arts Center located at 1639 18th Street, in Santa Monica, CA. The fundraising event will run from 2:00-5:00 PM for general admission; with VIP ticket holders getting in an hour earlier, 1:00 PM. In addition to the over 50 unique wines, specialty cocktails, and food tastings from the best restaurants and chefs in Los Angeles, there will be live music, tours of various artists’ studios and a preview of the collaborative exhibition …

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Celebrating Tanya’s birthday & health

2010 Limited, Canon 5D, landscape, Matsuyama Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, riding, Sophie's Place, Southern California, Wolf Creek Brewing / 2 minutes of reading / April 12, 2013

Wednesday was Tanya’s birthday and since she has been feeling much better over that past couple of months, combined with the fact that she has been working pretty hard lately, we decided to take a couple days off to celebrate her birthday. We started off on Wednesday at Matsuyama Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar and had a couple friends join us. Anyone that has been following this blog for a while knows that we are huge fans of Matsuyama Sushi, so that was a good start to the day. We then decided to go out to Palos Verdes to see …

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A visit to Babe’s Bar-B-Que Brewhouse & Alpine Beer Co

Alpine, Alpine Beer Co, Babe's Brewhouse, brewpub, Local brewers, Photos, pictures, Rancho Mirage, Southern California, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / April 10, 2013

Last week I had a trade show to photograph out in the Phoenix, AZ area, so I had an opportunity to visit a couple brewpubs during my travels. We decided to leave on Tuesday evening and drive out to Indio to get out of the city and have an easier drive into Tempe the next day. We set our sights on Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse in Rancho Mirage. To be honest, we targeted Babe’s for their peach pie; I had completely forgotten they were a brewpub. Naturally I got a flight, and each selection seemed perfectly suited for the desert. …

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