The California Wine Festival is perhaps Southern California’s premier wine festivals. With one fest in Santa Barbara and another in Orange County, the CWF serves a large portion of the Southern California region with some of the best wineries and breweries sampling their passion. Wine festivals are now the norm in Southern California, and they’re [...] Continue reading → 
Aerial acrobats, vintage warplanes, nighttime fireworks shot from aircraft, food trucks, musical acts and special archival beer releases will be the order of the day as Hangar 24 Craft Brewery celebrates its fifth year anniversary in an event billed as the Hangar 24 AirFest and 5th Anniversary Celebration. To be held at the Redlands Municipal [...] Continue reading → 
**Photo/Editorial review dated May 20, 2013** The 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica is the home to some great works of art and even a few international artists, but on Sunday it was home to some good times on top of some good food and wine. Capping off the success of the center’s Beer, [...] Continue reading → 
Giving burger joints a run for their money is one of the newest additions to the burger industry that’s been in the I.E.’s backyard since 2013. Rounds Burgers has been open in Claremont since January 2013 and seems to have not only a fan base but the potential to grow as one of the newer [...] Continue reading → 
Every year, those into good music, spirituality, and living in harmony with the Earth gather and listen to live bands, get in better touch with their inner soul, and learn how to leave the world better than they found it. It used to be held at Oak Canyon Ranch in Orange County, but now the [...] Continue reading → 
On Sunday April 21, 2013 keep your palates clean and your wine knowledge current as the Big Red Fest hits the DePortola Wine Trail. Wine lovers get to try three red wines paired with gourmet food at 10 DePortola wineries. The early admission price of $45 and $55 after April 15 gets you access to [...] Continue reading → 
**Photo/Editorial Review Dated April 2, 2013** Downtown Pomona is known for its resurgence as a hotspot for restaurants, music stores, and the arts scene, so it wasn’t a surprise that it would be the location of its own beer festival. DrinkFEST hit the downtown scene and brought in a hip crowd on the eve of [...] Continue reading → 
St. Patty’s Day weekend was a bash in sunny San Diego when the Epic Beer Fest had its inaugural event on the West Coast. More than 80 brewers from all corners of the United States (and even one from Mexicali, Mexico) were on hand pouring 2 oz. samples to thousands of beer lovers. In all, [...] Continue reading → 
Hip hop duo Blackalicious raised the roof at The Barn at UC Riverside in February 2013, bringing a good dose of West Coast underground hip hop to the Inland Empire. Blackalicious’s man behind the mic, Gift of Gab, brought his fast-flowing and turbulent phonetic skills to the show. DJ Chief Xcel made sure the tunes [...] Continue reading → 