On the Ventura County Wine Trail
Ventura County is slowly becoming a a wine country destination for wine lovers all over Southern California. It’s wineries range from an antique winery on a working 2,000 acre cattle ranch complete with a relaxing picnic area, to a state-of-the-art wine making facilities. With 10 different wineries (and more coming) on the Ventura County Wine [...]
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3. March 2010
FOUR at Checkers- Thu, March 3
For all you whiskey drinkers out there, Dig Lounge has a special treat for you. Checkers Downtown is proud to be offering a tour of the whiskey cocktail classics on Thursday night from 4-8pm. Choose either rye or whiskey then pick any of the 4 specialty cocktails, and pay only four bones each. We first [...]
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24. February 2010
Cupcake Challenge Winners Announced
Over 20 bakeries joined the Nesquik Cupcake Challenge, and 3 would be crowned victorious in the categories of Best Original, Best Traditional and Best Overall. I was truly a cupcake noobie, as I wondered why people were standing in line with their empty boxes. Take them home? Non-sense, I’m gonna eat them all! Wrong. After [...]
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22. February 2010
A Burger and a Blind Date
It’s not your typical match up on a blind date. In-N-Out Burger and 20 different cabs. But yet Ian Blackburn’s LearnAboutWine loft in downtown LA is anything but your typical wine class. Ian’s knowledge of wine, it’s regions, makers, vintages, and grapes is astonishing. I envy his passion for wine and his love of sharing [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – Mar 5-7
Welcome to the weekend. Start your weekend of right with some fine bourbon and wine tasting on Friday night. Then on Saturday, make your Irish eyes smile at the Irish Fair and Music Festival or check out the 9th Annual Lantern Festival taking place at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. And don’t worry, [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – Feb 26-28
Welcome to the weekend. Party this weekend like it’s 1989 at the 80’s Prom Party, enjoy a “crack off” at Whole Foods, taste Italian wines in Westwood, or if you prefer learn how to cook Italian food. Then on Sunday hang out with the lord of la la land noshing Jonathon Gold at the LA [...]
Continue reading...25. February 2010
FOUR at Checkers Downtown
Happy Hour is the elusive hour for most. You work till six or seven, get home at eight after fighting traffic to get back from the West Side. Happy Hour has been over at most bars for two hours. Not so on Thursdays at the Hilton Checkers on Grand Ave and 5th in Downtown LA. [...]
Continue reading...19. February 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – Feb 19-21
Welcome to the weekend. Kick it off with a wine, cheese and chocolate tasting at the beautiful Evo building in Downtown Los Angeles. Then on Saturday celebrate Mardi Gras in Long Beach, learn to bake gourmet cookies, or shop locally while helping a good cause. Then on Sunday build your wine palate or listen to [...]
Continue reading...18. February 2010
The Frenzy of the LA Street Food Fest
The idea of an entire area of food trucks and street food vendors sounds appealing. After all, who wants to drive all around town chasing down food trucks and carts? So in comes the (assumingly) First Annual LA Street Food Fest. Which really should have been called the Food Truck Fest, because as Hadley from [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2010
Artisanal Bread Baking with Jerry Maybrook
There is nothing like a fresh loaf of home baked bread. But how do you get that bakery quality bread out of the oven in your own home? Artisanal baker Jerry Maybrook, one of the hidden jewels of the Los Angeles food world, is a pro when it comes to producing truly transcendent loaves of [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2010
Zocolo Public Square – Picturing Food
Taking pictures of food is not a recent food blogger phenomenon. Photographers have been pointing their lenses at food since the invention of the camera. Early photographs captured simple arrangements of seasonal bounties, fruit bowls, platters of vegetables, all akin to still life paintings. Professional, and more recently amateur photogs, use the medium to not only [...]
Continue reading...10. February 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – V-Day Edition
Yes, we’re early this week with the guide, but there’s a lot of pressure to, ummmmm, perform this weekend. But don’t worry, Dig Lounge has you covered. For some of you anti-lovers out there, I recommend just getting drunk. Either way, here are a few golden tickets for those of you who have no idea [...]
Continue reading...9. February 2010
Nesquik Cupcake Challenge
On February 20th the baking gloves are coming off as the best cupcake bakeries are squaring off and allowing you to pick the winner. At the Nesquik Cupcake Challenge over 20 cupcake bakers will duke it out as you get to vote for your favorite, including Jus Minis, Baby Cakes, and Two Parts Sugar. Sponsored [...]
Continue reading...8. February 2010
Ozzy Foundation & Legendary Bingo
Join The Ozzy Foundation this Wednesday February 10th for an evening of strong drinks, tasty eats, drag queens and Legendary Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s in West Hollywood, all to raise funds for the Ozzy Foundation. Event proceeds will provide emergency grants to pet guardians who cannot afford to treat their chronically ill pets. Celeb ball caller [...]
Continue reading...4. February 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – Feb 5-7
Welcome to the weekend. It’s a battle of the gridiron, bands and bottles this weekend. With a Scotch Civil War at the Wine House, plus Live Jazz and wines from Chili in South Pasadena on Friday night. Then on Saturday, get your live music intake for the week with Fight From Above at the Troubadour, [...]
Continue reading...1. February 2010
A Lesson in Wine, San Antonio Winery
Those looking for a fun day of tasting and wine education need not drive 90 min to Temecula, or 2 hours to Santa Barbara. Simply look in your own backyard. At San Antonio Winery, located just steps north of Downtown LA, is surrounded by light industry and artists lofts. Their quaint (and free!) tasting room [...]
Continue reading...25. January 2010
Exploring Napa’s Bottled Poetry
As much as we love wine here at Dig Lounge, it would admonish people every time I said I hadn’t been to Napa. We’ve been to Temecula, Santa Barbara, Paso, the Sierra Foothills, and even France and Tuscany to taste wine, with Chili and Argentina up next. But we had yet to take the trip [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2010
Dig Weekend Guide – Jan 22-24
Welcome to the weekend. Another winetastic weekend for you and some great opportunities to help lend a hand in Haiti. Taste and donate to CARE at the Wine Crush Bar or head over to the TLofts for some food truck madness and donate to the Red Cross. Learn Mixology or taste the wines of Napa [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2010
Food Trucks Join TLofts and Red Cross For Haiti Relief
Chow at one of the largest gatherings of food trucks ever at the TLofts this Saturday January 23rd from 11am-4pm. All of the trucks are giving a portion of the day’s proceeds to the Red Cross International Response Fund relief efforts for Haiti, with TLofts, CityView and the principals of Lee Homes also pledging financial [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2010
International Wine Festival – Tweet and win!
Here’s another great wine event, this time being put on by the folks over at DrinkEatPlay. The International Wine Festival, taking place on January 23 from 5-8pm, will feature dozens of wine from countries around the world. We’re talking Italian, German, Brazilian, South African, Spanish, Australian, Israeli, French, and New Zealand just to name a [...]
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