Author: shakennotstirredinla

  • Post Xmas Cocktail Party in Fontana

    Post Xmas Cocktail Party in Fontana

    Saturday afternoon, I was sitting home with no bartending jobs scheduled until New Year’s Eve, when I got a call to bartend a cocktail party in Fontana, two days after Christmas. I live in the San Fernando Valley and Fontana (Inland Empire) is about 60 miles away, so I had to jump into action to…

  • Five Holiday Parties in Five Days

    Five Holiday Parties in Five Days

    Tis’ the season, and Shaken Not Stirred was busy last week bartending at five different holiday parties in five days. The holiday party season took me all over the San Fernando Valley, and to La Canada. On Tuesday I was called to do a last minute party in Encino when another bartender canceled, then on…

  • Two Christmas Parties in Two Counties

    Two Christmas Parties in Two Counties

    Shaken Not Stirred bartended two different Christmas parties in two different Southern California counties last weekend. On Saturday, I traveled to the foothills of Sierra Madre to bartend a Christmas party, and then on Sunday, I traveled to Orange county to do a holiday party in Villa Park. The busy holiday season is in full…

  • Hollywood Holiday Party

    Hollywood Holiday Party

    Last night Shaken Not Stirred was the bartending company of choice for a Hollywood holiday party with over 200 guests. I was the bartender and my daughter Pia, was my barback. We served out of almost everything by the time the night was over. 200 people can drink a lot of alcohol, even on a…

  • December Bar Catering Begins

    December Bar Catering Begins

    December bar catering kicked of for Shaken Not Stirred last month with two big events in Rancho Mirage and Valley Village.

  • Event Bartender Finishes November

    Event Bartender Finishes November

    Shaken Not Stirred, the Los Angeles event bartender service, finished the month of November with two big events. The first event was a Monday cocktail party at a luxurious apartment on the 15th floor of a Wilshire Boulevard high rise in Westwood. The second event of the week was a 50th birthday party held at…

  • Reseda 40th Birthday Party

    I do many 40th birthday parties, because it is an important milestone in a person’s life.

  • Venice Beach Corporate Event

    Venice Beach Corporate Event

    Wednesday Shaken Not Stirred provided bartenders for a large corporate event in Venice Beach. This was the first of many holiday company parties Shaken Not Stirred has contracted to do in the next month and a half. The Venice event required two bartenders and two barbacks to provide service for approximately 300 guests.  ‘ I…

  • Two Birthday Parties in One Day

    On Saturday, Shaken Not Stirred was the official bartending service at two big birthday parties in Los Angeles. The first big event was an 80th birthday party in Venice that started at noon, and then the second event was a surprise birthday party in Glendale that went on until midnight. Needless to say, I mixed…

  • Los Angeles Bartending Service Kicks off the Holiday Season

    Los Angeles Bartending Service Kicks off the Holiday Season

    Shaken Not Stirred, the Los Angeles bartending service kicked off the Holiday season last weekend with three big events. The official start of holiday events started Thursday, when we returned to Oak Park to bartend the annual Gingerbread Boutique, put on by the Westlake Village Junior Women’s Club.  On Saturday, we traveled to Lancaster to…