Post #182141 by Satan's Sin on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 1:10 PM

By "funky" I guess I meant that San Fran is a town that doesn't take itself too seriously and in fact you can still catch a faint vibe of gold-rush boominess in the air. By "hard core" yes I meant sex, it seems to be open with its sexual services industry but forefront in mind is that diagonally across the street from City Lights (one of the most famous bookstores in the world) is the Condor Club (one of the most legendary strip joints in the world). And, come to think of it, diagonally across the street from the Condor is yet another tiki bar, I forget its name, great Mai Tais, wonderful interior, awful terrible music.

(and btw, the Rainbow Room no longer attracts sophisticated boho yuppies as they had planned in their redocoration scheme; it is instead a pure tourist trap and clip joint, the drinks are tiny and poorly made and cost at least $25, but the view of lower Manhattan makes it all absolutely worth it.)

And when I die and go to heaven I hope the tiki bar up there is half as nice as SF's Tonga Room.