Category: Wedding Bartender

  • Discover Nowhere: Unique Wedding Venue in California

    Discover Nowhere: Unique Wedding Venue in California

    The road to Nowhere is approximately 160 miles from Los Angeles. You pass through the town of Twentynine Palms, and then drive another 20 minutes, take a left and you end up Nowhere. Nowhere, California that is. A wedding and event venue set in the middle of nowhere, offering privacy and breathtaking desert vistas and…

  • Bougainvillea Estate Wedding Bartending Tips

    Bougainvillea Estate Wedding Bartending Tips

    We recently bartended a 200 guest wedding at the beautiful Bougainvillea Estate in Indio. I have done a few weddings there and it is always a great venue to work from. Nearly every wedding I have done there, we have had the cocktail hour in the front of the house using a portable bar that…

  • Idyllic Idyllwild Wedding

    Last weekend I drove to Idyllwild to bartend a wedding at Idyllwild Weddings and Events venue. It was my first time doing an event in Idyllwild, so I didn’t know what to expect of the drive or the view, or what was available as far as stores in the area in case I needed something.…

  • La Chureya Estate Wedding

    La Chureya Estate Wedding

    Last Saturday Shaken Not Stirred provided bartending service for the first time at the beautiful and historic La Chureya Estate close to downtown Palm Springs. Palm Springs is becoming one of the hottest places for destination weddings. For this particular wedding most of the guests traveled thousands of miles from Australia to be there. I…

  • Two Weddings and a Brazilian Themed Birthday Party

    Two Weddings and a Brazilian Themed Birthday Party

      Last week Shaken Not Stirred provided bar catering for two big weddings and a Brazilian themed birthday party. Thursday I traveled to San Clemente to bartend a wedding at the Historic Cottage located at the San Clemente State Park. On Friday I bartended a birthday party with a Brazilian theme in the Venice Beach…

  • Shaken Not Stirred Provides Bar Catering for Two September Weddings

    Shaken Not Stirred Provides Bar Catering for Two September Weddings

      Last weekend Shaken Not Stirred provided bar catering service for two fantastic weddings. Weddings like these take months of planning, and many different vendors are involved, including the wedding coordinator, the caterer, the bartending service, the DJ, insurance companies, the photographer, the florist, and the venue. I am happy to be part of that…

  • Diamond Bar Center Wedding, 2018

    Diamond Bar Center Wedding, 2018

    Saturday Night, Shaken Not Stirred traveled to the Diamond Bar Center to provide bartending service for the fifth time at the venue. Diamond Bar Center is maintained by the City of Diamond Bar and is an excellent venue with scenic views and smart landscaping. I am always happy to go back there and like working…

  • Reptacular Ranch Wedding and 50th Birthday Cocktail Party

    Reptacular Ranch Wedding and 50th Birthday Cocktail Party

    Shaken Not Stirred provided bar service for two big events last week – a 50th birthday cocktail party, and a wedding at the Reptacular Ranch.  On Friday I went to the Carthay Circle neighborhood of Los Angeles, which is south of Hollywood and bartended for a two hour cocktail party to celebrate the host’s 50th…

  • Three Day Wedding Event at the Galvan Estate

    Three Day Wedding Event at the Galvan Estate

    Last weekend I provided bartending services for three days at the Galvan Estate in Palm Springs. I arrived on Thursday night to bartend the rehearsal dinner, showed up again Friday for the wedding, and then wound up the weekend bartending the pool party on Saturday. It was my third time doing an event at the…

  • Maxwell House Wedding

    Maxwell House Wedding

    Last month I provided bartending service at a Maxwell House wedding in Pasadena. I am delayed in writing this blog post, but thought that I should because it is such a nice venue. The Maxwell House is a historic building in an old neighborhood in Pasadena, and you couldn’t find a more picturesque setting for…