GARNET NIGHTLIFE

Easter in Pacific Beach

2009-04-10T17:50:00.000-07:00

Is there anything more traditional than a family Easter in PB? Tats for granny, hookah lounge with the kids.

Here's an Easter Day Tequila surprise that's sure to please.

BUNNY BONANZA:

4 Parts Tequila (2 oz.)
2 Parts Apple Brandy (1 oz.)
1 Part Fresh Lemon Juice (1/2 oz.)
Maple Syrup (yes, that's right) (3/4 tsp.)
3 Dashes Triple Sec &
Lemon Slice

Combine all ingredients, except lemon slice, in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice. Shake well. Strain into chilled old-fashioned glass and garnish with lemon slice.

'Lil Mo Synergy

2009-04-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

Now this is something you just don't see every day in PB. Apparently, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, some drunk dude drove his car down Garnet smashing into parked cars along the way. He ended up crashing his car into a house. On investigation, police found 70 marijuana plants in the house that drunk guy crashed into. You just don't expect to see stuff like this in PB.

Sunset in Pacific Beach

2009-03-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

Just another day.

Synergy

2009-03-20T14:25:00.001-07:00

PB's Beach Area Community Court estimates that over 75% of its caseload involves "alcohol-related" offenses.

In unrelated news, 2nd Am. demonstrators recently staged a march down PB's boardwalk, unloaded, semi-automatic firearms at their side.

...I smell sitcom.

Tequila Mockingbird - St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-13T08:03:00.000-07:00

Oh hell yes. What could go wrong combining a Garnet pub crawl, Friday the 13th and St. Patrick's Day into a nice little bundle of toxic joy? So get yourself on down to Crest Liquor and stock up with the following for a St. Paddy's Day green-drink surprise...bail hearing's on Monday, baller.

TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD:

4 parts Silver Tequila (2 oz., make it 4 oz. ya milk toast momma's boy)

2 parts White Creme De Menthe (1 oz.)

2 parts Fresh Lime Juice (1 oz.)

Combine all ingredients with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Hottie of the Week

2009-03-07T06:20:00.000-08:00

Greatest 40+ abs, scratch that...greatest abs I've ever seen. Beach Fest in PB.

Hippie of the Week

2009-03-07T06:14:00.000-08:00

I caught this 'lil fella outside the Sandbar in MB.

Tequila Mix of the Week

2009-03-06T08:15:00.000-08:00

Weekend is here and a big Eff U to SJP and her pretty, pink cosmos.

Who here likes tequila? I mean really likes tequila, blackouts, sleeping with your best friend's fiancee, nasty hangovers and all the other accoutrement's of a tequila-fueled night? Well, who here likes tequila, anyways?

This weekend's Tequila mix -

MEXICANA:

4 parts Silver Tequila (2 oz.)
4 parts Pineapple Juice (2 oz.)
2 parts Fresh Lime Juice (1 oz.)
Grenadine (1/4 tsp.)

Combine all ingrediants with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain over ice cubes into a chilled highball glass...or your best friend's fiancee's belly button - your call.

Happy Hour Magazine Golf Tourney

2008-06-03T09:25:00.001-07:00

Happy Hour Magazine is hosting its first annual golf tournament, benefiting AJ's Kids.

This event kicks off on Friday, June 6th at 4 p.m. at the Sail Ho Golf Club. Cost is $80 per team and includes green fee, on-course refreshments and post-game BBQ. Winning team gets a two-night stay at the new Hard Rock Hotel downtown in the Gaslamp.

Sail Ho Golf Club
2960 Truxton Road
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 222-GOLF

See www.SailHoGolf.com for futher information.

Just Another Weekend, Baby

2008-05-17T13:34:00.000-07:00

Let's see, on Saturday we have the Summer Music Fest in Mission Beach from 12 pm - 10 pm. Live music, booze, the Miss Mission Beach Contest and booze. www.ombac.org. $15 at the door.

On Sunday, North Park Main Street presents the North Park Festival for the Arts at University & 30th from 10 am - 6 pm. Free event w/ free parking at the 29th street garage. 3 stages for live music, juried artists, Ray Street art demonstrations, food court & intl. festival of beers (whatever the hell that is but I believe it involves booze, kids). http://www.northparkmainstreet.com/.

...I guess that's why we pay so much to live here.

Hat Trick In El Big Sombrero

2008-05-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

Why Mexico rocks this week.

Bribery in the Budget: Apparently, you need to throw some pesos into your monthly budgetary pie chart down south. Mexicans dropped over $2.5 billion in bribes in ’07. This was up over 40% from ’05. The total number of bribes came in at $197 million for the year which is nearly two bribes for every Mexican considering its population of 105 million. Bueno, muy bueno.

Kidnappings: TJ doctors walked out on their jobs for a day in protest. Protest over what? Rising health care costs? Insurance premiums? Slow governmental approval of new drugs? No, not so much. TJ doctors have become prime targets for kidnapping. TJ doctors are now taken for ransom at a rate of one doctor per week. Better cancel that tee time, boys.

Rising Employment: But, hell, time for some good news. Job opportunities might be on the rise down south. The Gulf drug cartel now openly advertises for current and former soldiers to abandon the military and join their ranks. The Gulf cartel is offering “good salary, food and family care.” Nice work. People person? Persuasive? Enjoy sales and closing deals? Then we have a career opportunity for you.

Breakfast of Champions

2008-05-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

That's right, kids. The Silver Fox, located at 1833 Garnet Avenue, will now host happy hour from 6 A.M to 10 A.M seven days a week. Get your drink on for $2 a beer before heading to work.

Nice Work La Jolla

2008-04-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

La Jolla's solution to dealing with the homeless? They've hired local "civic minded" volunteers to squat on public benches in the hopes of driving the homeless to other locations, anywhere but La Jolla. No kidding? Nice work La Jolla. Is that what it's come to?

However, my money is still on homeless guy, he's got moxy baby and not much more come to think of it. La Jolla, you can Tivo and camp out all day long on your public benches but at some point you'll need to refroth that latte and recharge that BlackBerry. Homeless guy? Not so much. It's not that he's more disciplined than you La Jolla...it's that he has no other place to go. Nice work La Jolla.

Looking forward to seeing the volunteer work high school and college kids will post from their summer internships: Jimmy worked on adult literacy, Janey campaigned for better water protection. And as for Timmy, well Timmy bum-blocked homeless guy all summer long at tony Prospect Street. Nice work, Timmy, nice work.

Pacific Beach Alcohol Ban

2008-04-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

Was up in Washington State for most of last year. Back to PB now. Gotta say that the booze ban experiment is working. Pretty much gave up on making that 10 minute walk down to the ocean last year as it just started to get out of hand. Ya, only a small percent, probably zonies, made booze on the beach unworkable, but having this cool off period might get things back to normal. Really doubt they will extend the one year experiment as PB is PB but hopefully, this will create a more acceptable standard for the beach. Hmm, must be getting old I guess.

Pacific Beach Restaurant Walk

2008-04-12T12:27:00.001-07:00

The annual Pacific Beach Restaurant Walk is coming up on Tuesday, May 13th from 5 pm to 9 pm. This year, attendees get to sample 20 restaurants for only $20. Looks like the Bahia Belle has also signed on to provide mini-bay sunset cruises with an open cash bar and coffee and dessert selection. PB, fish tacos and a sunset cruise...could it get any better. Guess that's why we pay to live here, kids.

San Diego Public Transportation

2008-04-12T12:12:00.000-07:00

My god. Haven't been on a bus in a while and now I remember why. My god. So far, in less than a week, I've had a ring side seat to witness two crackheads threaten to kill each other - one sitting a row in front of me and the other two rows behind me - apparently, one thought the county jail beds were comfortable and the other preferred the downtown shelter beds....good stuff...and this was after moving seats to get away from another tweaker flapping his withered arms around for no apparent reason.

My god, and the other day a nice middle aged lady rocking a bee-hive head suit argued with a semi-toothed transient on whether or not 62 degrees was hot or not. They agreed to disagree.

Basically, my goal with San Diego public transportation is to get from A to B without getting stabbed in the kidney. Batting a 1,000 so far.