Tag Search

  • Let's Haze These Babies

    Let's face it - more often than not the restaurants in our fair city are way over-hyped. It's pretty much ingrained in our culture that we should ruin genuinely good things with red carpet openings and Kardashian endorsements (disclaimer: w... more

  • Happy Hour: Little Spain

    We Broke Girls LOVE Spain, we're beyond excited to be bridesmaid-ing for a bestie getting married in Barcelona this year, and we can never get enough patatas bravas or tortilla espanolas.  If you don't know what either o... more

  • Hump Day Happy Hour: Takami

    This week, we are obsessed with the happy hour at Takami Sushi & Robata, a restaurant that is located 21 floors above the Financial District Downtown. Why? Their sushi is yummy and their happy hour specials run from 4:30-7pm Monday through Frid... more

  • Bottomless Mimosas at Taste

    There are certain phrases that inevitably perk up our ears – “open bar,” “buy one get one free,” “eligible bachelor,” “zero calories,” “free coffee”….  Another one, natur... more

  • Happy Hour at Saint Felix

    Just because you’re neither gay nor a man doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a happy hour in Boys’ Town every now and then.   Exhibit A: Saint Felix, a casual lounge on Santa Monica Blvd just west of San Vicente.  I... more

  • Hump Day Happy Hour: Downtown

    You're a lawyer, which means we hate you because you make 483902489308 times what we make.  But, it also means you hate you because you don't even have time to spend the money you make, and because no one ever told you that blogging fr... more

  • Westwood Happy Hours

    Called in "sick" again today...?  Your, um, avian flu / bubonic plague / cat scratch fever is back...?  We won’t tell anyone, promise.  But perhaps around, oh we don’t know, 5pm or so, you might start to feel better&helli...; more

  • Tonight's BGG All Night Happy Hour: Tapas & Sangria at Primitivo!

    Wednesdays can be tricky. On the one hand, you’re stoked at having made it through 60% of the work week (including @#$&-ing Monday!). On the other hand, the thought of plugging through for two more days makes you wonder how far you could ... more

  • REMINDER: Launch Party at Em & Co. TONIGHT!

    Tonight is our big launch party at Em & Co. Boutique (7940 West 3rd St.), and we can't wait to see all of your pretty faces there between 6:30 pm. and 9:30 p.m!  We're just about to close the RSVP list, so if you haven&rs...; more

  • BGG Weekender

    This is the time of year when people you know start vacationing in faraway places with exotic names you can't pronounce.  To make matters worse, you’re usually stuck reading their exuberant online updates from you... more

  • $4 Cocktails with BGG + DrinksLA

    Let's be honest. There are only so many weeknights you can spend tagging along with some friend or another to Soho House, trying to get enough pleasure out of the one (admittedly amazing) Moscow Mule you can afford given that parking alone cost... more

  • Fig & Olive Plans Your Next Party + a Broke-Girl-Friendly Happy Hour

    Upon sampling the olive oil at Fig & Olive, we wanted to grab a bottle and start guzzling it like champagne.  Immediately, we started looking for excuses to imbibe as much olive oil as humanly possible. Having discarded the idea of dousing... more

  • West 3rd Street Happy Hour Hop

    The warmer months are upon us, which means summer sheets, farmers market dinners and, most importantly, a summer vacation mentality that makes early evening cocktails a necessary activity.  Discount drinks are, of course, a must, and WeHo'... more

  • BGG Happy Hour Hop: Los Feliz

    The weather has been so gorgeous lately that it’s become even harder than usual to refrain from calling in sick to work.  Life is short, and it’s 80 degrees outside!  When we’re on our deathbeds, we’re totally goin... more

  • Best of the Broke: June

    June hasn’t seen but a day or so of gloom this year, and we’re a little sad to see such a perfect month come to an end.  However, it looks as though we’re facing nothing but clear skies and warm temperatures for at least the ... more

  • BGG Happy Hour Hop: Ventura Blvd.

    While it's no longer considered uncool to be "rolling with the homies" at a Val party, it's still rare to journey over the hill with any regularity unless your offices happen to be located in the 9-0-whatever-it-may-be, north of LA proper. ... more

  • The Ultimate Guide to Your New Favorite Holiday: Tequila Day

    One benefit to running editorial at an online magazine (that’s fancy-speak for ​"website") is that PR girls are always certain to alert you to the really important things in life, like the fact that today is National Tequila Day. &... more

  • BGG Weekender: Beer Chicks, '80s Musicals, & Artistic Biking

    Our weekend itineraries seem to be getting longer and longer as summer grows shorter and shorter.  So much to do, so little time!  Let's get started... Friday If your work week has been as brutal as ours, you might want to mellow ... more

  • Happy Hour Hop: Downtown

    Downtown LA has been undergoing a renaissance of sorts for some time now.  What was once nothing more than something to stare at while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic en route to the Staples Center is now a major destination in its own ... more

  • BGG Weekender: Block Parties, Major Festivals & the County Fair

    It doesn't take a genius to imagine how we feel about the almost-here, right-around-the-corner 3-day vacation otherwise known as Labor Day weekend.  While it's true that we're already tired of hearing our friends ramble on about th... more

  • BGG Weekly Playlist: Stargazing & Nightswimming

    Your wish, dearest Broke Girls, is our command. By popular demand, we’re bringing our Weekender series to your weekdays -- and adding a killer soundtrack to boot.  Welcome to the BGG Weekly Playlist, your guide to surviving and thriving ... more

  • BGG Weekly Playlist: Fashion Parties, End-of-Summer Anthems & Molly Ringwald

    We’re not typically in the habit of celebrating the end of a three-day weekend, but the following weeknights are so tightly packed with fun, free events that we (almost) feel like we’re still on vacation. While your jetset friends have ... more

  • BGG Weekender: Vintage Shopping, Real Brazilians & The Goonies

    While this abbreviated workweek should have left us feeling rested and rejuvenated, we somehow feel just as exhausted as ever. Either we're getting too old or we work too much or, perhaps, both of those statements are true. (We'll just tell... more

  • BGG Weekly Playlist: The Mindy Project, Pop-Up Shopping & Scotch

    The FNO, the RNC, and the DNC are all behind us, so it’s time for a little R&R, right?  Now that all of our high-strung fashion friends have abandoned us for the east coast, we’re free to gallivant around town sans posse—... more

  • BGG Weekly Playlist: Free Yoga, Wild Things, & Loads of Candy

    Between the mini-Carmageddon reprise and the 100-degree heat, this weekend had our blood boiling—and had us creepily lingering in any air-conditioned public spaces we could find. At first we were worried that we wouldn’t be able to keep... more

  • BGG Weekly Playlist: Win $1000, Party with Alice + Olivia, and Make Your Instagram Friends Jealous

    So, you didn’t quite get the number of days off for the holidays that you thought you would, and now you’re here in town, wondering how in the world you are going to entertain yourself this week. It’s true, your Instagram feed is ... more

  • DIY Happy Hour: White Cosmo Cocktail & Parmesan Brussels Sprouts Crostini

    It's never too early to start thinking about happy hour--especially on a Thursday--and today we feel like inviting the girls over for a little pre-party action after work. If you love St. Germain as much as we do, and you love Brussel... more

  • How To Throw An At-Home Happy Hour That Beats The Bars

    The last time you had all of your friends over for drinks, a 3 a.m. noise complaint got ugly when one of your belligerent co-workers decided to tell the cops what she really felt about them. The brunch party you threw on a recent lazy Sunday was eq... more

  • DIY Hump Day Happy Hour: Poor Girl Champagne Punch, Baked Asparagus Fries & More

    We tend to save our Mondays and Tuesdays for mellow, non-alcoholic fun, but by Wednesday boy, oh, boy do we need a drink! And while we always love the happy hour deals offered around town, sometimes we want to enjoy the booze--and the com... more

  • Celebrate National Lemonade Day With a DIY Citrus Happy Hour

    It's National Lemonade Day! Besides tasting great in desserts (hello: lemon bars), lemons have a ton of useful and unusual applications -- as an impromptu salad dressing, as DIY aromatherapy, and as an all-around beauty secret weapon. Given o... more

overlay