With most airlines charging for checked luggage these days, there is a financial incentive in packing lightly. To help with such a topic, one speaker at the recent Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show dealt with this issue. “Travel Light...
While I had gone to Noble Ale Works only a couple of times in 2015, I went with a drinking compadre for our second time in 2016 last week. One thing that encouraged us to go – in addition to...
Those looking for beers with funk in Southern California just got a treat – a tasting room now open on the weekends. With funky sour beers on-tap regularly available, Beachwood Blendery is now open on the weekends. Located in Long...
The other day, a presentation at the Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show was given on helpful applications for mobile devices while travelling. The talk, “Travel Smart with Technology”, was presented by Angel Castellanos (about whose presentation last year on...
A talk yesterday in Southern California featured the most famous person to have left the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its protests. Speaking at an Anti-Defamation League of Long Beach/Orange County event in Irvine, Megan Phelps-Roper delivered an abbreviated version...
At a talk this morning, a noted scholar of American Muslim communities spoke about Muslims in America as the keynote speaker at a symposium at California State University, Long Beach. The talk, delivered by Dr. Amir Hussain, was the keynote...
A new project was announced last week to compile and translate hundreds of Jewish texts regarding prayer to be made publicly available. Announced last week by Sefaria, the project is first undergoing crowdfunding on Jewcer to enable it to come...
Last night’s episode of The Beer Thirty Show focussed their show on extract brewing and brought in a special guest to talk them through it. In addition to Cody, one of the co-hosts, brewing from all-grains while the show was...
Yesterday, a panel discussion took place at the Long Beach Comic Expo which focussed on women in comics. Moderated by Barbra Dillon, the panel “Women in Comics” featured Agnes Garbowska, Cat Staggs, and Taki Soma. Largely schewing a focus on...
Having been to Bottle Logic a year ago, I have been wanting to return ever since and finally found my opportunity the other night. Following a stop at Phantom Ales, which closed at 8pm, along with a few other folks,...
