CRAFT COCKTAILS ARE SO DAMN GOOD, BUT OF COURSE TOO PRICEY FOR ME

So it appears that we San Diegans are right in the midst of the Craft Cocktail Revolution. For those of you not in ‘the know,’ the craft cocktail is a drink composed of finer, more classic, more obscure, more hand-made, and more superior ingredients. Some bartenders are even now referring to themselves as ‘mixologists.’ Similar to the craft beer movement that we became involved with a few years back,…

Meet Chris Gray – The Cheap Bastard

Hello, and welcome to my blog on Happy Hour Magazine. I want to start off by introducing myself and telling you all why I chose to write for such a lovely magazine. My name is Chris, I live in San Diego, I attended college in San Diego, I was born in the 80’s, I enjoy alcohol, I love classy venues, I relish in…

Ponders the Douchey Style

Your Douchey Style

About an hour ago, at the time of this writing, I witnessed something so alarming that it prompted me to drop everything and write this article.  I just witnessed an attractive female friend of mine get picked up for a date from my house, and it got me thinking.  When a female friend of mine is seeing a…

The Dress Code Conundrum

So here I was standing in line on a Saturday Night in downtown San Diego, waiting to get into a club. This was about four years ago. The club had just had its grand opening a few weeks prior and the sidewalk was dotted with a mash-up of people vying to get into this new hotspot. As I approached the bouncer, I handed him my I.D. and he looked…

How NOT to Attract a Woman at a Bar

Since the dawn of time, we men have struggled to find ways to attract women in the easiest way. We have searched high and low for ways to make them laugh, smile, and find us interesting. One would think that after thousands of years of research, we men would have had this thing down to a science……but we don’t. We have actually made very little…