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  • The Valley Relics Museum is Also an Event Venue

    The Valley Relics Museum is Also an Event Venue

    I recently provided bartending service for a corporate event at the Valley Relics Museum. I had no idea what the venue would be like when I arrived, and I was very pleased when I saw it. A wave of nostalgia came over me when I saw all the old signs that were still around when…

  • 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…

  • Unforgettable Yacht Party Experience in Los Angeles

    Unforgettable Yacht Party Experience in Los Angeles

    Party like a rockstar!

  • 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.…

  • Is Mixology a Scam: 10 Simple and Great Drinks

    Bartending has changed alot since when I started bartending in the 90’s. There was no premade mix we didn’t like – sweet and sour mix, margarita mix, bloody mary mix, etc. Celery and limes, olives, and maraschino cherries were often the freshest ingredients we had to work with. The dreaded Mojito was the fanciest drink…

  • Mixology 101

    Mixology 101

    I was one of those old school bartenders who turned up my nose when people mentioned “mixology” I felt it was a pretentious term created by pretentious bartenders who thought they were doing something akin to brain surgery. I have now come to view the term with more respect and realize that mixology is an…

  • 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…

  • 40th Birthday Party and Barbecue at Wesley Hotel

    40th Birthday Party and Barbecue at Wesley Hotel

    Last weekend I traveled to Palm Springs to bartend a 40th birthday party at the boutique Wesley Hotel. The host had rented the entire hotel for the occasion and invited 40 of his friends to celebrate his wife’s birthday. The weather was perfect for a barbecue and pool party and I think everyone had a…

  • Shaken Not Stirred Provides Bartending Service at 8 Big Events

    Shaken Not Stirred Provides Bartending Service at 8 Big Events

    Last week was one of the busiest weeks ever for Shaken Not Stirred – my staff and I provided bartending service at 8 great events. I started off the week doing two corporate events in Downtown LA and Venice, and then on Saturday we had a baby shower, a going away brunch, and two birthday…