The weekend will make snow out of rain.
Honoring the time-tested French tradition of drinking copious amounts of Beaujolais Nouveau on the third Thursday in November, the good people at Grand Café will be tapping their own barrel for your red wine drinking pleasure. In this case, we recommend doing as the French do.
With rainy season ahead, we look to our northern neighbors for inspiration. So a visit by the guy behind Portland-based Bridge & Burn and his lumberjack-esque line of jackets and shirts is extra timely. He’ll toss in 25% discounts along with complimentary brews like Russian River’s Redemption and Napa Smith’s IPA—making whatever you buy essentially free.
Every Friday starting tomorrow, they’ll show movies on the big screen by the bar, starting with ’80s classics like Sixteen Candles, and moving into Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, and Airplane territory. There’s also $3 beers and popcorn. And allow us to recommend a couple White Russians...
Tasting at 200 wineries in every California AVA requires a level of dedication and time we don’t have. So, this warehouse event—where you’ll taste new releases and rare vintages with the winemakers themselves, and get to buy bottles on the spot—makes for quick work. If you can call it work...
Since Thanksgiving marks the unofficial official start of ski and board season, you’ll want to gear up now with boards, boots and outerwear from the likes of Burton, Gravis, Analog and Nixon. Beer will be on hand to keep things interesting. Also the start of pre-and après-ski season.
