Birds & Bees‘ Cocktail Classes
The 1950s themed underground cocktail lounge in DTLA is letting you get the chance to get behind the bar with Bar Manager Jake Larowe and taste a variety of high-end spirits. Jake will walk you through a comprehensive hands on class, where you’ll learn about good ol’ fashioned classics and have the chance to get behind the bar to shake, stir and balance out a proper cocktail. The 3-hour crash course is laidback, easy, entertaining and BYOF (Bring Your Own Food) friendly! You will leave with a take-home manual containing over 30+ classic cocktail recipes, highlighting their histories, mixology jargon and more. $125 (includes all of your cocktail drinking and tasting needs); Sunday, 3 – 5:30 pm; 207 South BroadwayLos Angeles, CA 90012
The Yoga Expo
Grab your mat and head to the Pasadena Convention Center to start 2020 with mindfulness and Zen. Your pass gets you unlimited yoga and meditation classes and workshops, as well as access to local, sustainable food and a yoga marketplace. Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm; 300 E. Green St, Pasadena, CA
New Year’s Race
Get a head start on your fitness resolutions with this race at DTLA’s Grand Park. The evening event consists of a 9.3 Challenge, Resolution 5K, kids run and post-run HIIT workouts from Basecamp Fitness. Sunday, 3 pm; Grand Park, DTLA, 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Uncorked L.A.
Sip more than 200 wines and Champagnes from all over the world during this fifth annual event. Check out gourmet food trucks, live music and a custom photo booth. Cocktail or dress attire is requested but not required. $65, $80/VIP; Saturday, 6 – 9 pm, 5 pm/VIP entry; Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA; 323.395.7263
W Hollywood’s Award-Season Cocktails & Viewing Party
During the Golden Globes, celebrate the best movies of 2019 while sipping limited-time themed cocktails and enjoying bites in at the W Hollywood’s Golden Globes Watch Party. At the hotel’s bars The Living Room and Station Hollywood, enjoy cocktails like Irishman with Jameson Irish Whiskey, sweet vermouth, green chartreuse, simple syrup and orange bitters; and JoJo Rabbit, with vodka, ginger, carrot and lemon. Cocktails available throughout award season. Sunday, 5 pm; W Hollywood, 6250 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA
