I don't recall it smelling either. I remember it raining though. Heavily. That bar is OK but 100 beers isn't amazing by American standards, at least 90 will be lousy too. I have no desire to ever go back to SF. 3 days was plenty.

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.

Kosh;
I stand connected on Cannery.

Cod'ead
No theme parks in Laguna, just a lovely unspoilt seaside resort.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.