The Red Setter Irish Pub

Who? Themos, Alex
Where? Brentwood

This is located in an area where the street names are stanford, berkeley, harvard, princeton etc in a row. True irish spirit, they have good food and nice music. The best thing is they feature trivia nights: people form groups and try to answer the host's questions (and oh my God, they are hard!). I left having met several interesting people and wondering whether all imdb information can fit in a cd or a dvd.

Ye Olde King's Head

Who? Themos, Thalis, Stavros, Dimitri
Where? Santa Monica

We had this place as a restaurant in our other blog, but right next to it is the pub part. They feature either live music or karaoke nights, gathering people in their mid 20's and 30's. I haven't spent ages in original English pubs in London, but from the short experience I have there this place looks very much alike. Yee-ha!

Zanzibar

Who? Themos, Thodoris Caltech, Dimitri, CostasZ, bunch of biology girls
Where? Santa Monica

Yes! Yes! Finally! A great club that doesn't play stupid hip-hop yo yo stuff. The music has rhythm, instrumental mostly, and it just wants to make you dance. The people are awesome too (not too many black dudes, yey!). $10 entrance on weekends, but it's totally worth it.