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]

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]

Surrey With A Fox On Top
Red Fox Room
History is the often told by the victor. If these walls could talk, they would be of victory and of a great journey. The original Red Fox was an old inn in Surrey, England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Now on <a ... [More]

Crash Encore
Beauty Bar, 5/15/2009
Looking up on stage and seeing Bryan Stratman’s triple deck of keyboards is the first and alluring sight of the night. My first thought is that is going to be interesting. <a ... [More]

Where's The Ham?
The Radio Room
This lonesome stretch of El Cajon Boulevard is home to a few friendly hole in the walls, but seems so out of the way, it’s a wonder that they develop ... [More]