The last Shot on Scene

It’s a bit annoying when your photographer’s trying to take a photo of the two of you for the last Shot on Scene and you’re photobombed by two hipster cuties making duckfaces. Thanks, l

Wednesday, March 14,2012
Shot on Scene

Horsing around at Henry's Pub

By Seth Combs

You know what’s great about a place like Henry’s Pub that separates it from all the corporate-bullshit bars that come and go in the Gaslamp? The fact that you can show up on a Thursday night

Wednesday, March 7,2012
Shot on Scene

Up in the 'trub'

By Seth Combs

Touristy clubs—let’s call them “trubs”—are a dime a dozen in the Gaslamp, and the reigning trub queen is Whiskey Girl, which just reopened in a new location.

Wednesday, February 29,2012
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Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp

By Seth Combs

Remember when Mardi Gras was just about a little indulgence before fasting for Lent and not about getting shit-faced, collecting worthless beads and showing your privates to strangers? Yeah, well, nob

Wednesday, February 22,2012
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Mother's Ocean Beach

By Seth Combs

Remember Dreamstreet? It’s likely that every local-music fan saw a bad band or three at the Ocean Beach venue before it closed last May. It was replaced by a sports bar called Mother’s Ocean

Wednesday, February 15,2012
Shot on Scene

Self-defeating Democrats at Stingaree

By Seth Combs

Last Wednesday, James Brennan, co-owner of Stingaree nightclub, wrote an op-ed in the U-T San Diego that railed against Democrats for wanting to raise capital-gains taxes. Then, on Saturday night, a b

Wednesday, February 8,2012
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Quality Social: The new Downtown hipster destination?

By Seth Combs

Is U-31 turning into a Pacific Beach-style bro bar? Is Quality Social the next Downtown hipster destination? The booker for U-31 jumped ship for QS, while U-31’s Saturday night was a UFC fight. T

Wednesday, February 1,2012
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Year of the cougar at Club M at the Grand Del Mar

By Seth Combs

Let’s just put aside the fact that the name sounds like a kids cartoon that may cause epileptic seizures. The funniest part about The Dragon Ball at Club M at the Grand Del Mar on Saturday

Wednesday, January 25,2012
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Getting trashy

By Seth Combs

And here I thought nothing would rival the Great Potato Famine, Bennigan's restaurants and Lucky Charms when it came to terrible events in Irish history.

Wednesday, January 18,2012
Shot on Scene

For the love of dubstep

By Seth Combs

Really?! ’Cause I heart dubstep about as much I heart the whole circa-2002 trucker-hat trend.