FOREWORD BY STAN LERNER: downtownster does not celebrate its first birthday until February, but I still feel compelled to post the TEN BEST downtownster blogs of 2009. And while I think all of our blogs have been great, these are the ones that readers read the most and gave us the highest level of props [...]
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California Monsters by Ryne Mading
Foreword by Stan Lerner: I just got this in the downtownster mailbox, I would laugh if I wasn’t in so much pain!!!
During another post graduate day of slaving away at the coffee shop that uniquely helped me achieve secondary educational success….enter Stan Lerner. After a double short latte order and a short chat session, I [...]
Goodbye, Wine Lovers
The last days of great wine tasting are this week at Ralphs downtown. Don’t miss it or you’ll never be able to say to your grandchildren that you were there. That you had Mike Berger personally pour your wine; that you met the “whole sick crew” of regulars who later became legendary for their association [...]
DOWNTOWN LA FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS
As my thirtieth year approached I sat in my building known as ARTGUILD LA, a building that hosted some of the world’s best-known performance art and nightclub events. If I recall, it was Eden Night, ranked second in the world only to Ministry of Sound, and my friend David Besharat a truly extraordinary human being [...]
IS AEG BEHIND MICHAEL JACKSON’S MURDER???
In an explosive report delivered this weekend by Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera…Rivera went well beyond implying that Michael Jackson’s concert promoter, AEG, had an interest in the King of Pop’s Death—he used context and comments by Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, to accuse AEG of having the man killed whose comeback tour they were promoting. At [...]
SERENDIPITY – Don’t Miss This Happy Chance!
On August 14 & 15 a 3,600 sq. ft. warehouse space in Downtown, LA will be transformed into a lively enchanted forest. The unique event, called “Serendipity,” features renowned artist Leila Fakouri’s design and art installation works from her full design company, Madera Design. Performance artists including aerial acrobats, dancers, poets and musicians, will take [...]
Ralphs’ Wine Tasting Schedule
Hello Wine Lovers, here is a copy of the August 2009 Wine Tasting Schedule. Hopefully, having a copy of the schedule here on downtownster .com will make it easier to see what nights will work for many of you.
Cheers!
Mike The Wine Guy
August 7th. Domestic and Import Craft Beer $8.00 Has been canceled.
August 8th New Arrivals [...]
Hello Wine Lovers,
Yes, it has been sometime since I have written a bit about wine here at the Ralphs Wine Bar. My absence in script has been noted. I must thank Alec Silverman for helping keep the interest in the wine evenings in my absence. Monday night (tonight) will be a nice selection of sparkling wines from [...]
Wine ─ To the Corps!
The downtownster faithful have no doubt noticed the absence of “Hello Wne Lovers” of late. Our champion of the corkscrew and wine glass, Mike Berger, has been called into even more pressing service at Ralphs downtown than his usual 60-hour workweek and apparently he has to blog on his own time. Since he has so [...]
