The Sporting Life #2 – L.A. Happenings

Who says there’s nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon? Apart from getting together with new friends to explore & advance the cocktail culture of your current chosen home city. (disclaimer indemnifies, as we’re all transients and my wife chose for me to live here) Host Marcos Tello has an ever increasing rolodex full of top notch bartenders. Last Sunday, we had a gathering at Osteria Mozza of nearly 30 of L.A.’s finest to talk cocktails. It was an informal get together of pros, amateurs and cocktail bloggers, all interested in creating and finding out about great cocktails in LA.

The get together included staff from Comme Ca, Seven Grand, The Doheny, Bar Marmont, El Carmen, Villa Lounge, Fat Fish, Jones, and our host Osteria Mozza. It was quite a lineup of talent ready to be plied with alcohol. Partida Tequila generously sponsored the get together and Jacques Bezuidenhout flew in for this event.

The turnout of semi professionals and amateurs was just as impressive. We had Ted Haigh a.k.a. Dr. Cocktail, Chuck Taggart of Gumbo Pages, our very own Liquid Muse Natalie Bovis Nelson and Marleigh Riggins from Sloshed. We finished late in the afternoon and continued the party at Comme Ca and Bar Marmont after that. I heard they even made a stop at Villa Lounge before last call. The Sporting Life is expected to continue to meet on the first Sunday of every month.  Until then, Cheers – Damian

Click here to read more about this afternoon on the Liquid Muse  "LA Bartenders Unite!" April 8th.