Friends just back from SF ,,,say not to book with "Heritage Marina Hotel" in the Cow Hollow District, on Van Ness near Lombard. They said it was "lousy!" and no details.
Also told me they did not like something other than the new paint at " La Luna" on Lombard,,,and 'ran' away !! Also no details yet.
They got very sick at the big Chinese restaurant at the corner of California and Grant in Chinatown, where all the cheapo tour buses pull up,,,the "dirty carpet!" of the "Cathay House". Stay away ,they said, until it is much cleaner and food safer !!
And they met a nice old English man who bought a camera at one of those "SALE SALE SALE" sleazy camera stores at Fisherman's Wharf,,,also Union Square,,,and he told them he paid cash,,,oops,,,and at his hotel immediately opened the Nikon camera box,,,and it was "totally defective",,,The police would do nothing, the Mayor's office would do nothing, the Chamber of Commerce would do nothing, and the SF Visitors and Convention Bureau would not do,,,a thing !! So i told them to watch the old old episode of '60 minutes' on this common NYC and SF scam, and then write Nikon a polite letter of consternation.
Yikes. Caveat Emptor, especially in SF.
