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IWhisky! Whisky! And women! This will be the 7th Women Wednesday event and we are highlighting Glenmorangie's Milsean scotch whisky, the knowledgeable and beautiful, Sheila Hackbarth, and giving back to the San Francisco chapter of Room to Read . Please join us on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 from 5-8 pm at Dirty Water 1355 Market Street, Suite 180  San Francisco, CA 94103 Updated with event photos: "Another great #WomenWednesday at Dirty Water! Thank you to Sheila Hackbarth for coming by and speaking to our lady guests and friends about our flight of @glenmorangieusa 10-year and Milsean. Women definitely love #whisky, supporting a great cause and motivating and inspiring each other. Please join us for the #wine focused Women Wednesday on May 4th with @tressaboreswinery and back to #whiskey on June 1st with @drinkmosswood Save the date! #event #nonprofit #drinklove #marketsquare #twitterbuilding #midmarket #sf" - via DW's Instagram. I...

Breast cancer has effected a few wonderful women in my life and I want it to stop.  I am happy to announce that Dirty Water 's first Women Wednesdays will go to benefit the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund. On October 7th, 5-7 pm, DW's talented bartender, Maritza, will be creating a whiskey-based cocktail for the evening. For every cocktail of hers that is sold and a whiskey flight, $1 will go towards breast cancer research. Our Pastry Chef, Michelle Cabrera, will be doing a special dessert pairing as well. Pay with Cover and get $5 off your bill that evening. We invite ladies to join us, wear some pink, network and support this cause. Raffle prizes are being gathered but tickets will be 1 for $3, 2 for $5. Raised funds will also go towards breast cancer research.  PRIZE LIST: Two tickets to the Whiskies of the World event in San Francisco on the SF Belle, a Hornblower yacht on March 26, 2015 ($240 value) Two (2) $50.00 Cover credits to Dirty Water Nuu...

Women Wednesday: Calling all Santa's Helpers! Wednesday, December 2, 2015 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Arrive in style and work it in your red, festive attire with an unwrapped toy in hand to donate to Toys for Tots. Be sure to thank the US Marines for their services while they are here collecting your gifts for less fortunate children in our community. WIN two tickets to a showing of "A Christmas Story" courtesy of SHN.  Earn entries by  1) Ordering Frea for the Holidays cocktail (2 entries) 2) Posting pic on Twitter of the toy brought to donate & use hashtag #WomenWednesday  @DirtyWaterSF (2 entries) 3) Checking-in to Dirty Water on Facebook and post a pic during the event (2 entries) Follow us on Twitter (@dirtywatersf) for additional entries. Thank you for atten ding the last two Women Wednesdays. These events are growing in popularity and we are so proud to be able to give back to our community with your help.  We reserve two of our lounge spaces for the event...

Women Wednesdays take place the first Wednesday of the month at Dirty Water in San Francisco. It is an event to highlight women in the industry and give back to a local non-profit. Yesterday, we had a special flight of Karl Stauss beer and had popular fashion blogger on Instagram and beer rep, Rania Theodosi aka Craft & Clothes . She rocked her "Karl is my Godfather" shirt. Love it! We had a good time, enjoyed some beer, the Kentucky Fried Quail on #NationalFriedChicken day (who comes up with this stuff?!?) and had some girl time. My favorite of the flight remains the Aurora. They have awesome swag like pins, bottle opener key chains and stickers that say " Will Work for Beer " and " Enjoy Your Session ," as in their Mosaic Session. Check them out and be sure to check in on Untappd when you try them at DW. Rockin' my White House Black Market dress & heels Stella & Dot jewelry & beer. Craft & Clothes inspired. ...

We are finding that women truly do love whiskey! We are having another Women Wednesday focusing on whiskey, this time by Mosswood Distillers in Berkeley, co-owned by Therese Agnew.  Isn't that music to your ears?  Join us for a special flight of their unique whiskies where a $1 will go to benefit the San Francisco Symphony 's Music Education Alliance. Developed in collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) , the San Symphony's music education programs serve nearly 100,000 children, students, teachers, and families each year and provide more than 60 free or heavily subsidized concerts, annually.  Raffle prizes will also be available to win. RSVP here and/or follow us on Twitter or Instagram (@dirtywatersf) for more information.  Space will be set aside in our lounges on a first-come first-served basis for this event however the whiskey flight and opportunity to win will be available for all patrons dining with us that even...

On August 3rd from 5-8pm at Dirty Water, we continue with our monthly Women Wednesday event. Tara, our Wine Director and Sommelier, has recently returned from Argentina and Chile. She says part of being a Sommelier is telling stories. Since DW has opened, the rest of us have wished her a fabulous trip with envy to expenses paid (minus the airfare) trips to France and now South America. Some days she'll come into work a bit exhausted and her reasoning is ' so much wine .' Poor Tara, right? Well she deserves it. At such a young age of 26, she is now studying for her Advanced Sommelier exam. Go get 'em, Tara. Please join us for Women Wednesday with a special South American wine flight and meet Tara's recent travel companion and owner of Copa Fina Wine Imports , Shelbi Herring. One dollar of each purchased goes to La Raza Community Resource Center , a non-profit with programs such as a Mother's Support Group. It provides a 'safe place for communal...

Following up on the yesterday's post of #EqualPayDay 2017 , we at DW held our monthly Women Wednesday event. It occurs the first Wednesday of every month, highlights women in the industry such as female distillers, brewers, winemakers or ladies of the event planning industry like last night. We tie it to a drink special and give back to a local non-profit. For April, we gave one dollar for every glass of Veuve Clicquot Rich champagne to Random Acts of Flowers, a non-profit that takes event flowers and delivers them to health care facilities. Each lady that came by was offered a swag bag with items from Marlo's Bakeshop , Benefit Cosmetics , The Knot , First Republic Bank , Fitness SF and Classic Party & Tent Rentals . In attendance was Marlo from Marlo's Bakeshop , Gwen for Classic , Jeanavieve from The Village , Diane of Rodan & Fields and Audio Ecstacy , Stephanie of Fitness SF , Justina of Intertwine Hair Design and Chloe of Chloe Jackman Photography . It ...

The new year is the best time to evaluate the year before and a fresh start. Please join us for an evening dedicated to you saying goodbye to 2015 and welcoming 2016 with a well-deserved cocktail and to make new friends by networking with like-minded women. As with every Women Wednesday event, prizes can be won and proceeds will go to a local non-profit. Your visit will benefit GirlVentures , a San Francisco organization empowering Bay Area girls to develop and express their strengths through outdoor adventures.  Come dressed in your business casual attire and meet women like Dirty Water's Tara Herrick, Wine Director and Sommelier, who was featured in Zagat's ' 30 Under 30 .' She has accomplished so much at 25-ye ar-old. Also meet women who are Personal Trainers, dancers, teachers, yoga instructors, a Notary Public, a Stella & Dot Stylist and much more. Who do you want to meet? What do you do? What are your goals for 2016? Let us know in the comments sect...

It was the first time we at DW highlighted food for our monthly Women Wednesday events and it was a success and so much fun. I wanted to meet other female bloggers. Blogging has become the thing to do nowadays. Anyone and everyone has a website or an Instagam account highlighting their travels, recipes they've tried and even their dogs. Guilty! Bevo totally has his own Instagram account ' BevoTheBoston '. I thought this would be a good way to get our food shot, for people to know about DW and for me to learn from other bloggers. I reached out to a few women with thousands of followers. But apparently they've made it in the blogging world and only take paid assignments. I'll pay you in snacks and a good time. 'How 'bou dah? ' After a couple of big bloggers, I went for female foodies that take great photos. I invited them to join me that evening for dinner and to meet other women with the same interests. Also, an incentive to come was to possibly wi...

The first quarter of the year is gone. No joke. It flew by, didn't it? April Fool's Day of drinking of a non-drinking week started out with North Coast Brew Co.'s Pranqster Belgium Golden Ale and it was tasty. John, my Brewer, loved it. He's so funny. DW has it on tap so go try it out! I then had a part to tend to, investors came in but had two tours of the venue earlier that day. I am looking forward to filling April up. I bought the SF Vinter's Market event tickets the week before with hopes of bringing another one of my staff to go get more experience with us. I thought we would have access to the reserve room which they call the 'colt' room (?) We did end up spending the whole evening there with some assistance and we tried some great wines. Sparkles caught our attention and had a sparkling rose. The folks that worked behind the table worked at Chaya and Rachel, Court and I were just there DJing Super Bowl City. Half price bot...