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July 28, 2010

#FF@TheEdisonLA: Win Dinner & Drinks at the Edison Downtown

Written by Caroline on Crack in Cocktails, Featured, Los Angeles, Nightlife
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Cocktail at the Edison by Caroline on Crack

Cocktail at the Edison

***CONTEST CLOSED***

I’ve got another special Edison Downtown giveaway for you. More nights of cocktailing and dining! And this one is only for Twitter and Facebook users. Sorry, non social media types.

To kick off their #FF@TheEdisonLA summer contest, I’m giving away not just one but TWO prizes this time. The first prize is dinner and cocktails for two (worth $100) at the Edison and the second is the more casual Dog Days of Summer for two which includes two beers and two hotdogs with rings (available Wednesday-Friday; 5pm-8pm).

All you have to do is the following:

  1. Tweet this today and/or tomorrow and most definitely Friday as much as you want: “LA cocktails #FF @TheEdisonLA @carolineoncrack http://bit.ly/bfumE1”
  2. Become a fan of (aka “Like”) my Facebook page.

**You have to do both of the above for your contest submission to be valid.**

You have til Friday at noon PST to get all your Tweets up and like my FB. Then later at 4pm I’ll pull a couple of Tweets out of a hat (the Randomizer) and the first winner will get the dinner and drinks while the second one the Dog Days. I’ll notify you via Twitter and post your names on my Facebook page so keep an eye out! Good luck!

The Edison
108 W. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, California 90012 (map)
(213) 613-0000
Twitter: @TheEdisonLA
Facebook: The Edison

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July 23, 2010

And the Winner of the LA Food Fest VIP Tickets Is…

Written by Caroline on Crack in Los Angeles
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OMGBren

The winner. She's the one in the back.

If you left your comments and did everything I asked for, your entry to my contest to win VIP tickets to the sold-out LA Street Food Fest Summer Tasting Event was counted. And after consolidating all the entries and getting rid of duplicate “I forgot to include my food truck pick/Twitter” I fed the numbers into the Randomizer and it spat out the winner.

So the lucky person who gets two VIP tickets to the food truck lover’s paradise this Saturday is @omgbren! Congrats, Bren Lee Gomez! Have fun and I hope to run into you at the event.

And thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. I wish I had more tickets to give away, but alas two’s all I got.

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July 20, 2010

Win VIP Tickets to LA Street Food Fest Summer Tasting Event

Written by Caroline on Crack in Cocktails, Dining, Los Angeles
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LA Street Food Fest Founders Shawna Dawson and Sonja Rasula by BoudoirRougePhoto.com

LA Street Food Fest founders Shawna Dawson and Sonja Rasula by BoudoirRougePhoto.com

*****CONTEST IS CLOSED*****

With only four days until the LA Street Food Fest at the Rose Bowl, I’m sure you’ve heard all about it by now. That you get to eat food from over 60 LA food trucks, enjoy live music at an outdoor concert, partake of an ice cream social, shop the Unique LA Marketplace, explore the tequila and mezcal tasting and indulge in the open bars featuring Sailor Jerry Rum and Camarena Tequila. I know, it’s pretty awesome and it’s definitely the must-do this weekend if you’re a fan of food trucks, nomminess and tasty cocktails.

But if that’s not enough to get you champing at the bit, I’ve got more good news for you that isn’t even published on the event’s site yet but has been confirmed by Shawna Dawson, co-founder of the LA Street Food Fest.

Skilled mixologists Michel Dozois (Neve Ice) and Devon Espinosa (Tasting Kitchen) have created special cocktails — a couple for the VIP hour and two more for general admission — just for the occasion.

VIP Hour Cocktails:

  • #5 (by Michel) – Camerena Reposado, freshly squeezed lemon juice, chili slices and fresh cherries
  • Camarena Fresca (by Devon) — Camarena Silver, Lime, St. Germain topped with sparkling lemonade

General Admission Cocktails (both by Michel):

  • Los Pelomas – Camerena Reposado,  fresh grape fruit juice, simple syrup and a splash of soda
  • Mexican Spice — Camerena Silver, fresh squeezed lime juice, agave nectar and a strawberry

Also, Sailor Jerry Rum will offer the thirst-quenching Arnold Palmer and its signature Dark & Stormy made with spicy ginger beer. Perfect for a warm summer day.

So if you’ve already bought your tickets you’re probably very happy right now. But if you haven’t yet, you procrastinator, I’m sorry to say that all the general admission tickets have sold out as of this morning.

If you don’t mind splurging a bit and getting in early there are still a few VIP tickets available. At $65 a person, you get entrance into the event an hour and a half before everyone else, access to the VIP parking lot, those two bonus cocktails and special food items plus a surprise guest on stage. Not too shabby, and if you want to get in the event, VIP is the only way to go.

That is unless you win the pair of VIP tickets (worth $130) I’m giving away! That’s right, one lucky crackhead will get to attend the LA Street Food Fest in style. Lucky!

For your chance at the tickets all you have to do is the following:

  1. Leave a comment below with your email address (so I can contact you if you win) and your Twitter handle as well as which food truck you’re looking forward to trying at the fest.
  2. Tweet this: “I’m hungry, @carolineoncrack! Gimme VIP tix to @lafoodfest! http://bit.ly/d3w3gZ”
  3. And lastly become a fan of (aka “Like”) my Facebook page.

**You have to do all of the above for your contest submission to be valid.**

Contest ends Thursday at 7pm PST. And at 1pm PST on Friday the 23rd, I’ll plug the entries into the randomizer, pick out a winner and notify you.

Good luck, all!  By the way, if you don’t win this time, make sure to buy your tickets online as they won’t be sold at the door.

EVENT: SATURDAY, JULY 24 4pm (VIP) or 5:30pm (general admission)

Venue: Rose Bowl
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, California 91103 (map)
Facebook: LA Street Food Fest
Twitter: @lafoodfest

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July 8, 2010

Win a VIP Night to The Edison’s Radio Room

Written by Caroline on Crack in Cocktails, Nightlife
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A Table at The Edison by Caroline on Crack

A Table at The Edison.

*****CONTEST CLOSED*****

Next week’s Radio Room at the Edison Downtown will bring a little bit of Gotham to Los Angeles as Manhattan bar Ward III — an upscale drinking hole known for quality, experimental cocktails — will be featured. The owner and bartenders of Ward III — Michael Neff, Kenneth McCoy and Abdul Tabini — will strut their stuff on the shakers during the popular monthly bar night on Tuesday, July 13.

Here’s their list of cocktails ($14 each) for the evening:

  • Baby Eveline (by Michael Neff): Muddled strawberries, lemon juice, Peychaud bitters, Martini & Rossi Prosecco and vodka of your choice
  • Four Stars (by Michael Neff): Herradura silver tequila, lime juice, muddled rosemary and cilantro, and a dab of Sriracha hot sauce
  • Hell Bent for Leather (by Kenneth McCoy): The Edison’s private bottling of Woodford Reserve bourbon, Irish whiskey, orange & lemon peel and muddled cardamom seed
  • The Collective (by Kenneth McCoy): Dewar’s 12, Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth, clover honey, lemon juice, orange bitters and egg whites
  • Angel Zakir (by Abdul Tabini): Martin Miller’s gin, muddled cucumber, basil and lime juice and Aperol
  • Tortuga (by Abdul Tabini): Bacardi 8 rum, muddled lime, orange & lemon with a dusting of shaved cinnamon

OK, now for the part you’ve been waiting for. I’m giving away a VIP night at this Radio Room. This prize package (valued at $250) includes:

  • Free entrance for 4 guests (cover is normally $10)
  • A reserved table for the evening
  • 8 complimentary cocktails tickets so you can sample the entire menu, plus some from Joseph Brooke, the Edison’s director of spirits
  • A selection of complimentary hors d’oeuvres

Pretty suh-weet, right? I love it all: free entrance, guaranteed seating, freebie cocktails and food! And all you have to do to enter the contest for a chance at this fab prize is the following, oh and be on Twitter AND Facebook. Sorry, non social media types:

  1. Leave a comment below with your email address (so I can contact you if you win) and your Twitter handle as well as what’s your favorite classic cocktail.
  2. Tweet this: “I need a drink @carolineoncrack! Gimme tix to @TheEdisonLA’s Radio Room! http://bit.ly/aU4kAq”
  3. And lastly become a fan of (aka “Like”) my Facebook page.

**You have to do all of the above for your contest submission to be valid.**

Contest ends Sunday at 7pm PST. And at 1pm PST on Monday the 12th, I’ll plug your entries into the randomizer, pick out a winner and notify you.

Good luck, all! Oh, and if you win, remember to tip your bartenders and servers! Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you still shouldn’t show your appreciation for their service!

EVENT: TUESDAY, JULY 13 at 8pm

The Edison
108 W. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, California 90012 (map)
(213) 613-0000
Twitter: @TheEdisonLA

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July 7, 2010

Table20.com’s Best Bartender Contest: Who’s Your Favorite LA Bartender?

Written by Caroline on Crack in Featured, Los Angeles, Nightlife
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Bartender and an absinthe flame by Caroline on Crack

Bartender on fyah!

You hear me prattle on and on about my favorite bartenders in Los Angeles, but who are yours? Wait, don’t tell me here, rather nominate them on Table20.com and you will have a chance to win this one fabulous prize — dinner for four at Lazy Ox Canteen, dinner for two at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant and tickets for two to the post-contest party. Just nominate your fave mixologist to improve your odds.

Of course, with prizes like that you will have to do more than just click a box. You’ll have to register with Table20.com and then submit the following about your bartender:

  • their picture — mobile phone pictures work
  • their first name
  • their place of work (name and location)
  • why they deserve to be named LA’s Best Bartender

Easy peasy. And you can actually nominate more than one bartender. You have until August 4th to get your nomination in but do it now while you remember. If anything this would be a great way to give your go-to bartender their much deserved props, especially if they are an undiscovered talent, a consummate professional, a wiz in customer service or just your dependable “therapist.”

From Table20.com:

The best bartender can be defined by many aspects; best service, best drinks, broadest drink knowledge, the fastest, best under pressure, best personality, best stories, best listener, most consistent, whatever attribute makes you happy.

After the 30 days of collecting nominees and then voting, the list will be narrowed down to the top 25 nominees with the most votes. The bartender with the most votes at this point in the game will be the automatic People’s Choice winner and one of the six finalists.  The five judges (I’m one!) will then select a fave bartender from the remaining 24 nominees.

The next phase of the contest involves the judges visiting each of the finalists and then we deliberate over who is the overall winner of the contest, who will then be announced after August 16.

Your hardworking drink slinger will win not only bragging rights but a VIP bourbon tasting at the Edison, dinner at Osteria La Buca and a $100 gift certificate to every mixologist’s favorite store, Bar Keeper Silver Lake! Yeah, definitely wayy better than your usual 20% tip, right?

Twitter: @table20

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April 19, 2010

Win VIP Tickets to Sassy City Chicks LA Fashion Bash

Written by Caroline on Crack in Beauty & Fashion, Los Angeles, Shopping & Sales
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Fashionable footwear by Sassy City Chicks

L.A. fashionistas will converge on the Petersen Automotive Museum this Thursday for the Sassy City Chicks LA Fashion Bash which will feature lots of spring designer clothing, handbags, jeans and jewelry for up to 80% off. And we’re talking designers like Prada, DVF, Nanette Lepore and Marc Jacobs to name but a few.

And since “Labels & Liquor” is this sale’s theme, you know there will be complimentary cocktails to be enjoyed while you browse; PAMA pomegranate cocktails actually. Guests can also partake of free spa services.

Anyway, I’m giving away VIP tickets to this event which are normally $20 each and you’ll get a gift bag.

To win a pair of VIP tickets:

  1. The first 10 people to email info [at] sassycitychicks.com with “Caroline on Crack” in the Subject line get a pair of VIP tickets. You must do this before Wednesday.
  2. Leave a comment below saying that you sent an email and include who your favorite designer at the sample sale is. You can find the list here.

If, however, you miss that opportunity, you can still score free general admission tickets to the event (regularly $5 a ticket and no gift bag). Just use promo code “GENAD” at checkout.

Chevy is also hosting a sneak preview before the event at 4-5:30pm at its Chevy Lounge where shoppers can browse a designer trunk show and even get the opportunity to test-drive or ride the newest Chevy cars. Just RSVP with info [at] sassycitychicks.com, and include your ticket number to reserve your space for the preview.

EVENT: THURSDAY, APRIL 22 from 5:30 to 10pm

Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036 (map)

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April 19, 2010

Win Tickets to Nights With Neve Cocktail Party

Written by Caroline on Crack in Cocktails, Los Angeles, Nightlife
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Tomatoes and ice by Caroline on Crack

Tomatoes and ice

*****CONTEST CLOSED*****

Win a pair of tickets to a “Nights With Neve Ice” cocktail party at Osteria La Buca. You’ll want these babies (worth $60). At this event in the cozy Italian restaurant on Melrose, not only will you get to enjoy that fancy, luxury ice by Michel Dozois (formerly of Comme Ca and STK) that’s featured in the cocktails at the Hollywood Roosevelt Library Bar and Bottega Louie, but four “Italian Gypsy”-inspired specialty cocktails created by Michel and Steve Livigni, general manager of La Descarga. And for each cocktail, Osteria La Buca’s Chef Alberto Lazzarino, will pair a beautiful bite to go with it.

Tickets to the event are available for $30 per person and include food, live music and the four cocktails (it’s $8 for each additional cocktail). That’s still quite a deal even if you don’t win tickets here. Reservations are required so email Michel at md [at] neveice.com.

Want to try your luck at the contest anyway? All you have to do is come up with your own name for an Italian cocktail. I tried it on Drago Centro’s spring cocktail menu armed with only an English-Italian online translator and I think I did pretty well. You don’t have to make up your own recipe or anything complex like that, just give me a name and include the English translation. And if you’re so inclined, why that would be the name of your cocktail. Just don’t give me the Italian translation of a cocktail name that already exists, capiche? But you can rename your favorite cocktail. Like, I’d call the Manhattan “Nettare Delizioso” — delicious nectar.

OK so how do you win these tickets? Just do the following:

  1. Leave a comment below with your email address (so I can contact you if you win) and your Twitter handle as well as your Italian cocktail name. There is no right answer, I’m just curious.
  2. Tweet this: “I need a drink @carolineoncrack! Gimme tix 2 Nights w/ @NeveIce @OsteriaLaBuca! http://bit.ly/aQabdJ”

Submit your entries by this Thursday at 1pm and then I’ll use the randomizer to pick a winner, which will be announced the next day. Buona fortuna!

POST EDIT: The winner’s cocktail name will be applied to one of the evening’s cocktails! Go to the jump to see the drink ingredients of each of Michel and Steve’s drinks. Names have been omitted for this contest.

EVENT: TUESDAY, APRIL 27 from 7 to 10pm

Osteria La Buca
5210 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90038 (map)
Twitter: @NeveIce and @OsteriaLaBuca

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