Why is this happening, and why should you care?

You shouldn't care really. Practically everything has user reviews: bars, restaurants, microwave dinners... even dates nowadays. If something exists, you can usually find a review on it. I'm creating this blog for selfish reasons. As much I can scan the web for hours, and read tons and tons of reviews... I can't seem to find a definitive list of bars that I would enjoy, or even a good reference guide warning me from ever entering a bar that just the briefest exposure would make me want to remove my head from my shoulders with a thousand butter knives. Everything is too disparate, a million disconnected voices, all with their own set of prejudices, likes, dislikes... baggage. I want a limited set of voices and personalities to prevail here... in particular, my friends, people that seem to have good taste. This blog will have a variety of contributors... but I'm sure I will agree with most of their opinions, because I respect their opinions...

The other reason I'm starting this blog, is because I have issues. I have a fear of driving in Los Angeles. The freeways here creep me out, and I'm always getting lost. In consequence, I don't feel like I've been fully experiencing this place. I've been here almost four years now, and there's a handful of bars that I enjoy, but most of them are limited to my neighborhood, or several other neighborhoods that I've lived in since I've moved here. I need an incentive to get in my car and go someplace new. Nothing is out of bounds here, a Van Nuys strip mall dive, or a high class hotel bar downtown. I want to see it all.

For each entry we will try to really capture a bar, not just first impressions... or a shallow once-over. I want to know this place, inside and out. What was the bartender like? Did I crash and burn when I hit on the person sitting next to me? Does the place smell weird? Is the food good? Any interesting history to the place? What are my chances of getting beat up in the parking lot? I'll also never drink more then two beers. I'm not holding the other contributors to this... because it derives from my total fear of getting a D.U.I., something which has also held me back from driving too far to get to a brand new drinking hole. Limiting myself to two beers takes away the fear.
-Evan K.