The Nightlife: Calculate Your Hot Ratio
Bartender of the Week: Lea Waide at Purple Orchid Tiki Lounge, El Segundo. Photo by Anna Cox.
Hardcore Award: Hennessey’s HB was the only joint open during Sunday’s power outage. Even Mermaid, who stays open for Christmas and Thanksgiving, was closed! You know, ‘cause they need power for all those blender drinks. Way to have a generator, Hennessey’s! It has probably just paid for itself.
Warehouse Wednesday at Twelve + Highland. Wine Tasting featuring Dave Matthews Wines (Dreaming Tree) & live music by Mike Mydral (Dave Matthews Cover Band). June 27, 7:00pm $15
Worthy Field Trip: DJ Tony Gadachy & Roy Phillips at Heat Ultra Lounge in Anaheim Friday, June 22, 9:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. For bottle service, contact Tony (310) 701-7731.
Continuing the upscale trend of east Hermosa Ave, Berry Bly is teaming up with Mike Sribney to transform The Shore into Studio Restaurant & Lounge. With Berry’s fingerprint on it, it’s sure to be popular. Look for it mid July.
Open for lunch: Palmila Tuesday through Sunday at noon. Also, ROCK’N FISH Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse has a new Bar la Carte Menu. Served exclusively in the bar, 6 all-new dishes available any time, any evening.
Chef Shifting: Chris Garasic has moved from Mucho to Shade Hotel.
See, swirl, sniff, sip and swallow. Daily wine tastings at Sepulveda Wine Co. Go say hi to Orris.
Summer sale at The Bar Method. I drank the kool-aid long ago. After a month, you’ll be an addict too.
Guess which local bar is on Esquire Magazine’s list of “The Best Bars in America.” What for it . . . . Hermosa Beach Yacht Club. Interesting. There goes that list. I love hot chixx. I just don’t care for excessive heat, cigarette smoke, or domestic beer. Also included: The Mermaid, a more reasonable choice
Nifty Trick: Via Shirley Craven, by smattering a dash of salt onto your cocktail napkin, you can prevent it from sticking to the bottom of your glass the way wet toilet paper sticks to your shoe. I imagine it works the same way that salt melts road ice. Blonde science. Don’t question it.
Safety Tip/Lecture: Show patience for pedestrians crossing Hermosa Ave. I noticed several cars racing to get around a dude using a walker AND a baby stroller with two babies! Let folks cross completely before sailing on to find your parking spot.
Dating tip 9 — For some reason, many South Bay men don’t feel the need to wear a condom. Maybe it’s their Adonis-like DNA or their zip code that gives them this impervious notion to go at it Adam & Eve style (rawdog). While sex without a condom may be fun, it isn’t funny. Condom use shows self-respect. And that’s sexy.
My Favorite Thing Week #21: Greek Coffee at Uncle Stavros Cafe. Served in a tiny cup. It has that mud in the bottom, but you can skip that. Have it with baklava. Say hi to Emmanuela before she leaves for Greece.
Bartender of Week: Lea Waide at Purple Orchid Tiki Lounge in El Segundo and Blue Water Grill in RB. If you can dish it out, be prepared to take it. This 100% Type A personality is known for her “heavy hand in the shots,” says El Porto resident K.C. Order one of the tiki drinks lit on fire. Lea stays busy training for triathlons and IFBB professional fitness competitions. View her fitness webisodes at www.leawaide.com. She feels the best bartenders are service-oriented and can handle high-volume with a smile. Usually found on Saturday nights with partner Annie at The Purple Orchid. Sarcasm free of charge.
How to Calculate Your Hot Ratio
This is not the same as the number of folks you have sex with. This is the number of folks you’d consider moving to Africa for, or Santa Clarita Valley. Based on looks alone, before they open their mouths.
I’ve done the math. I shop way out of my league. Way. Well, they think so.
My personal example: I find 1 hot guy every 4 months. Since I go out 4 nights a week and scour 100 men at 3 places, I see 4800 men per month. Multiply by 4 months. 1:19,200 = .0000521. That’s five 1/1000ths of a percent of men attractive to me! What can I say? I’m selective.
Formula = Divided the number of hot ones by the total number of people you encounter. What’s your ratio?
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