Comments on: A Disneyland of Drink: L.A. Theme Bars

By: Caroline on Crack » Striking Gold in the Mountain Bar?

Caroline on Crack » Striking Gold in the Mountain Bar? — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:28:18 +0000

[...] At first, I worried for Merlin. At 10, you could still see the dance floor cuz there was no one on it. At 10:30, I worried that my friends who I dissuaded from going to the Bigfoot Lodge would hate me. [...]

By: Caroline on Crack » The Wrens at the Troubadour

Caroline on Crack » The Wrens at the Troubadour — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:44:06 +0000

[...] There were about two opening acts before the Wrens so Michael and I hung out in the Loft, drinking whiskeys (no Jameson!), and people watching through our nifty, superior-than-thou window overlooking the crowd and stage. Finally after a couple of hours, the Wrens came on stage. They were definitely a lot better than the bands preceding them. Could I understand their lyrics? No. But I did like their energy, their music and the adoration of their fans. At one point, since it was one of the guys’ birthday, the crowd spontaneously serenaded him with “Happy Birthday.” And at the end of the concert, the Wrens invited everyone to join them at the Beauty Bar for their after party. How sweet was that? Wish I could say we went but since Michael and I are old, we were too bushed to push on. I had beamed my head on one of the low-hanging wood beams in the rafters and Michael enjoyed the concert to the point of exhaustion. [...]

By: Caroline on Crack » Venice Grind, Welcome to My Hood!

Caroline on Crack » Venice Grind, Welcome to My Hood! — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:10:46 +0000

[...] So I was genuinely puzzled when local-bar-makes-good-for-local-bands Good Hurt popped up and aghast when the Venice clothes store Anonymous opened another shop up down the street from me. And now, Venice Grind is joining in. What’s next? An Urban Outfitters? Kidding. [...]

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:49:02 +0000

The clientele was low-key. No 7 Jeans there, just good ol’ Levis.

By: mijit

mijit — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:40:59 +0000

the good hurt: save yourself and skip the soju – no matter how much they tell you it tastes like vodka. (hellooooo nurse, i know paint thinner when i taste it. and i’m not proud.) and what act were you watching that could be described as low-key?! weren’t you with me that night i got a glimpse of the synthetic french chanteuse dropping costume behind the scrim, only to come out in full-on space cadet punk pop regalia? lord, i wanted to be her gibson.

and R.I.P. beauty bar. gone are the days when you could be one of three guys in the joint. getting in line for a “manicure” wrote its own ticket home. like fish in a barrel, ladies, fish in a barrel…