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Strand Brewing Co hosts another Business & Beer

Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 1, 2013

The South Bay’s most fun business networking group, Business & Beer, returned to the Strand Brewing Company tasting room Thursday and I think it is safe to say that everyone had a good time. We had close to 15 people come by with several of them being second time attendees. In addition, Rich Marcello, one of the co-owners of Strand Brewing Co, is always good about directing his customers that might benefit from our networking group over to us. We definitely appreciate it. For those that are familiar with Strand Brewing Company but have not visited in the last couple …

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A day at Descanso Gardens

Canon 5D, Congregation Ale House, Descanso Gardens, Pasadena, pictures, RA, RAD, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Stone Brewing Company, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / February 26, 2013

Tanya has been feeling a lot better lately; so much better that she actually forgot to take the shots that she is usually counting down the days before she can use again. Trust me when I say, this is a very good thing. We have been tied up at home lately, Tanya especially as she has been doing some website design for a few new clients. Since she had some free time and the weather was in the mid-70’s, I knew I had to get her out of the house. My friends at BeersInParadise.com told me that Stone Brewing Co …

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The Brewery at Abigaile hosts another Business N Beer

brewpub, Business N Beer, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, The Brewery at Abigaile / 1 minute of reading / February 22, 2013

Last night we had another Business & Beer, this time returning to my favorite brewpub, The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. This was our first meetup in two weeks, and the first since Lent started, so I am not sure how much this combination contributed to our smaller than normal turnout. That is okay, those of us that came out had a good time and it gave us time to get to know each other more. If you live or work in the South Bay area and enjoy networking while enjoying a local craft beer, you should look into …

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Pliny the Younger release party at 38 Degrees

38 Degrees Ale House & Grill, Alhambra, craft beers, gastropub, Photos, pictures, Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewing Company / 2 minutes of reading / February 17, 2013

It is that time of year again; the groundhog looks for his shadow, people dodge asteroids and rumors of Pliny the Younger sightings start making their rounds. It was a week ago that I first heard rumors of Pliny the Younger being poured locally, but when I investigated further I discovered it was Pliny the Elder that was making an appearance; a nice IPA, but not quite a Younger. When I was at the Abigaile One Year Anniversary party a gentleman that was sitting next to us informed me that he had just gotten a text that Pliny the Younger …

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A DNA Reunion Follow-up – Tim meets his sister

23andme, adoption, DNA test, family, LAX, Photos, pictures / 2 minutes of reading / February 17, 2013

My regular readers will likely recall that a couple weeks ago I did an article about my friend, Tim, who was adopted at birth and learned this at the age of 7. About 15 years ago he started working in earnest to discover who his birth mother was. He was not having much luck until last December when he learned about 23andme.com, a center that does genetic testing for health, disease and ancestry through a DNA test done with your saliva. On December 19, he sent in saliva samples from him and his daughter. A few weeks later he received …

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When asteroids strike

Local brewers, Local business, Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach Pier, Photos, pictures, seascape, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, strand brewing / 2 minutes of reading / February 16, 2013

When you wake up to the fact that asteroids are hitting the planet and people are being harmed, it kind of puts a weird slant on the day. On the upside, the asteroid did not hit anywhere close to me and it was a magnificent summer day in the middle of February. Tanya suggested I take a bike ride up to Point Vicente and try to shoot some whales, which sounded like a great idea . . ., but things happened, Point Vicente did not. After a couple detours I headed out to the Manhattan Beach because there were sightings …

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Photos from the Abigaile One Year Anniversary Party

Abigaile, brewpub, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, Photos, pictures, restaurants, The Brewery at Abigaile / 2 minutes of reading / February 13, 2013

These photos are from the Abigaile 1st Anniversary & Southbay Magazine Issue Release party which was held last night at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. I have to admit, it seems like I have been going to Abigaile longer than that, but the fact of the matter is that we did not even discover Abigaile and the Brewery at Abigaile until last May during American Craft Beer Week. We became instant fans of not only the fine brews turned out by Brewmaster Brian Brewer, but we found the food creations of Chef Tin to be equally worth returning for. Of course, …

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Tortilla Cantina hosts another Business & Beer

Business N Beer, craft beers, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Torrance, Tortilla Cantina / 1 minute of reading / February 8, 2013

Last night, Business & Beer returned to Tortilla Cantina in downtown Torrance and we had a very nice turnout. Since we do not have mandatory meetings, people show up when they can and if they are too busy with other things on a particular night, they are welcomed back with open arms. Last night we had several people we have not seen in a while along with one new attendee. It made for a pretty good sized group and everyone seemed to have a good time. Remember, if networking with others is part of your business model and you live …

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Rheumatoid Awareness Day – Coming out of the shadows

Agoura Hills, El Segundo Brewing Company, Enegren Brewing Co, ESBC, harley-davidson, iReport, Ladyface Ale Companie, Local brewers, Moorpark, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Awareness Day, riding, Southern California / 3 minutes of reading / February 3, 2013

Saturday was Groundhog Day and it was the first annual Rheumatoid Awareness Day; for patients with Rheumatoid Disease, previously known as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease (RAD). February 2 was picked as Rheumatoid Awareness Day because just as Punxsutawney Phil pokes his head out of his burrow to see if his shadow is visible or not, Rheumatoid Awareness Day was started in the hopes of getting the truth about this disease to the masses and to help bring it out of the shadows. Groundhog Day has long been a favorite day of mine, beginning back in the 70’s …

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El Segundo Brewing Bottle Release Party

El Segundo, El Segundo Brewing Company, ESBC, Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Standard Crude American Imperial Stout, White Dog IPA / 2 minutes of reading / February 1, 2013

These photos are from the El Segundo Brewing Company (ESBC) Bottle Release Party which was held Friday night, February 1. The Bottle Release Party was to celebrate the two brews they are now providing in 22oz bottles, their ever popular White Dog Wheat IPA and their new Stand Crude Imperial Stout. A Facebook status update that went out a couple hours before the event started stated that it would be their “biggest shindig yet;” I don’t think they knew just how big of a shindig this was going to be. They opened at 5:00 and when we arrived around 5:30 …

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