Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:43 pm  

Kosh wrote:

The worst weather I've experienced there is the fog that rolls in on short notice. Boy does the temperature drop!

Jack's Bar is pretty good IMO, and maybe unusual in that a large number of those beers are actually well worth drinking. There's plenty of US beers that are of excellent quality nowadays, and they carry lots of European beers as well.

The weather in SF is like a big game isn't it. Don't take a coat and you'll feel the chill but take one and its wall to wall sunshine. The fog is quite amazing at times, watching it roll in from the top of Coit Tower is a great sight.

Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:08 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

They had Rugby Union on when I went in ergo I don't like it

Sorry to jump in with my 2 pence about Jacks.......

They had the football on when we were there, and there were quite a few english locals so it felt like an English pub.

We found a place further up the hill near North Beach called The Rogue. It was a cracking pub with lots of decent beers on.

Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:25 pm  

Ande wrote:

The weather in SF is like a big game isn't it. Don't take a coat and you'll feel the chill but take one and its wall to wall sunshine. The fog is quite amazing at times, watching it roll in from the top of Coit Tower is a great sight.

I foolishly went out wearing a shorts and t-shirt (cocky English person abroad attitude), walked around Fishermans Wharf in the sunshine etc, 30 minutes later its absolutely bucketing down, so we had to go into Jack's for a pint. After 2 beers, we went out to catch the cable car (still raining), the queue was absolutely massive, people stood there absolutely drowning. So we went back to Jack's, later flagged down a taxi, which was much faster, must cheaper and far more comfortable.

Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:12 pm  

Kosh wrote:

SF does not have a Cannery Row. It has The Cannery which is along Jefferson from Pier 39, not far from Hyde Pier and the historic ships. It's now a combination of small plaza, indoor market, and hotel. The plaza boasts Jack's Bar which has around 100 different types of beer. No part of Fisherman's Wharf smells, and I go there in mid July every year.

Sausalito (no Bay) is indeed a lovely place to visit, but I wouldn't recommend staying there unless absolutely minted. There's also not a great deal to do there except admire the scenery. Or go shopping for a seaplane.

The area at the end of Pier 39 where the sealions hang out did stink a few years ago but most of them have disappeared now. There were probably no more than 10 there in November.

Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:12 pm  

Live Wired wrote:

It's nice, in the way, that it is not American. don't recall seeing any Maccies, overweight people. Ims, a Scandinavian family developed it in the 1800s. A very pleasant surprise.

Laguna is a real gem - one of the nicest places in the country.

[Kosh]

Re: Honeymoon/Renewal of vows in USA : Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:41 pm  

rhino phil wrote:

The area at the end of Pier 39 where the sealions hang out did stink a few years ago but most of them have disappeared now. There were probably no more than 10 there in November.

The sea lions are only there in numbers at certain times of the year - there's never many there when I visit in July but when I visited in April one year there were loads of them. And yes - it does honk a bit when all the platforms are full.