8 Ways To Take Advantage Of L.A. Summer Weather In January

5. Beer Garden Happy Hour

Happy hour in general is one of man's greatest inventions. Even if the prices aren't any less than they are normally, there's still an overall fun-loving, joyous vibe unique to happy hour time that overpowers your spending care level. And in my case, getting some much deserved post-work drinks in a beer garden is akin to the satisfaction in ditching my afternoon class to straight lamp it on The Terrace at the student union of my Alma Mater along the lake when. Yes, the union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison serves pitchers of beer. Achieve this wonderful feeling on the roof of The Standard downtown at the Biergarten which happens to be dope. If that's too much of a schlep, there's the Red Lion in Silver Lake or Steingarten LA on the west side. [Biergarten photo via]