The Happy Hour Photo Gallery by Lucky Bastard at pbase.com

The Happy Hour

The Happy Hour is my preferred drinking establishment in San Diego. Mike owns the bar and tends the bar 3 nights a week. He's close to retiring to Mexico so I spend as much time as I can there drinking and photographing the place because once it's gone... it's gone. There's nowhere else quite like it. I'll explain a little more once I sober up :)

Click Hamilton	PM reply	05-Nov-2009 16:16
My companion bird died, after sitting on my shoulder for three years, from being a baby. He jumped in my garden fountain during a photo shoot and drowned. It was on a beautiful summer day, a Sunday. His name was Mango. I feel the same sadness when I think about our past lives together at the Happy Hour Sports Bar.

Click Hamilton	PM reply	05-Nov-2009 16:15
I really miss this place so much. Sometimes our greatest treasures are right under our nose, and we take them for granted. When they're gone, ... they're gone. Now I feel really, REALLY thirsty, from the heart of my soul. *a sigh of sadness for what was once the Happy Hour Sports Bar.

william mahan	PM reply	01-Aug-2009 02:38
I hit on this series in the random section....Great job....looks like a whole lot of fun and is well done!!!!

andymacd	PM reply	10-Jan-2009 11:52
Arg - wish I could a spent a few hazy nights slumped there. Stick a half bottle of Aberlour behind the virtual bar for me.

dantespix	PM reply	10-Jun-2008 09:36
awesome gallery , love it �

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad	PM reply	02-Feb-2008 03:00
A truly wonderful collection of happy memories. You really are Lucky. V

Randall Fox	PM reply	31-Jan-2008 20:08
I'm just sorry that I never got to visit this place. Thanks for sharing the great times and special people. The way I figure it, any place that both you and Click Hamilton like has to be interesting if only for the clientele. :)

Click Hamilton	PM reply	31-Jan-2008 19:56
As time passes, the importance of these photos grows exponentially. I miss this place so much.

Vladimir Babkin	PM reply	07-Jan-2008 16:13
I admire!

Stan Schutze	PM reply	18-Sep-2007 17:48
Very nice Lucky. I feel nostalgic and kind of sad/empty to see these photos. I haven't heard from anyone except Richard since the Happy Hour had it's final night. Has there been anymore talk of the "private party" ideas? Do you or Mike still have access to that building? Please let me know when you find a new favorite bar. This one will be hard to match.

Paul Smetsers	PM reply	27-May-2007 04:22
Fantastic gallery. You're gonna miss the place.

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