Nightlife

BEER WEEK: Blind Lady Ale House
A "Barrel and Wood-Aged-Beer 12-Hour Mini-Fest" comes to Normal Heights
The Blind Lady Ale House on Adams Avenue got into the spirit of San Diego Beer Week this past weekend.The Blind Lady Ale ... [More]

Steph Johnson
A local musician to keep an eye--and an ear--out for
I first heard Steph Johnson sing at a barbeque. My husband and I were sitting by the pool, having a beer, when we looked over and saw a guitar case covered with stickers. I caught my husband’s eye and I knew what we were both ... [More]

Bedford Grove
Live at Anthology, 6/12/2009
There are so many sides to this city’s music scene, if you but open your eyes a bit you’ll find them. I have a thing for bands fronted by piano players, but they never seem to stick around. The Emersen Band was a great local act that ... [More]

Runnin' On Down The line
The Whistle Stop
I grew up with a fascination for model trains as a child. Lines of tracks for seemingly endless circles around the floor of my bedroom. I was recently reminded of this childhood obsession by a small model size ... [More]

The Predicates
Live at Lestat's 6/06/2009
Boy, what a Saturday it had been. A day wandering around a liquor trade show at the poshSe Hotel, a pool side crohn’s and colitis foundation fundraiser ... [More]

Tequila Buzz
Mayahuel Cantina
Mayahuel was the reigning goddess over the Mayan and Aztecan people. One of her heavenly gifts was the sprinkling of her own celestial ... [More]

Wine in The Wild West
Recounting Cowboy Star’s Chef & Wine Showdown
I’ve never seen a horse hitched out front. But Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop gets high marks for all-around authenticity. An outdoor patio holds iron chairs shaped like saddles. The interior of this upscale, themed East Village eatery ... [More]

A Drinking Life
The charismatic beverage director at the hip, new Syrah Wine Parlor is toasting to success
Adam Stemmler estimates he’s ingested as many as 5,000 different alcoholic beverages. He’s not some sort of experimental alcoholic—it’s all in the line of work. The 28-year-old Stemmler is beverage director at the new Syrah ... [More]

The Cherry Bomb
The Board Room Is Adjourned
There are few bars more renowned for their strong cheap drinks and loud music, than the Cherry Bomb. Nestled in a small shopping center next to a laundromat and in an inconspicuous residential neighborhood of <a ... [More]

Awash In Memories
The Kensington Club
Just past the 15 freeway, off of Adams Avenue is a little nugget of joy referred to as <a href="http://gothere.com/sandiego/Kensington/" ... [More]