Bit stuck for ideas

I'm building a garden bar.... lots of people do it.... lots of people do Tiki or beach hut or Hawaiian garden bars...

My good lady would like something a bit "San Francisco" ...

I have to admit I'm stuck... what does that mean? Cal-look? Should I gob loads of filler all over my shed, paint it a pastel colour, remove all the side chrome and fit one piece windows?

What sort of tat do I get for the bar? Hawaiian tat for example is easy, there is loads of it on the Bay of E... but what is San Francisco tat?

Assistance, sensible and daft greatly needed please

 

ask her ,not the dim witts on here...

 

I did, she sent showed me a photo of some multi coloured houses..... This doesn't help with the tat aspect though

 

I`m thinking ....




I sincerly hope i`m wrong ....

 

Don't they have those silly tram things that are not trams ?

 

I left my heart in San Francisco.

 

Trammy's to the locals

 

Rain

 

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The Theme: A Trailer Park! Tacky decorations and half of an old aluminum RV like the walls of this bar. They even serve trailer park favorites like Spaghettios, jello shots, and 40s in paper bags.

 

You could base it on the SF hills and build it at a steep angle and amuse yourself trying to catch your glass ( ideal for hotwheels) or more importantly , you likely wont get asked to build anything again.

 

So you mean, basically, something gay? A gay bar. Are you sure that's what you want?

 

A cable car?

 

Been there, done that !

 

Ditto

 

I was thinking more "metal" bar, you know Testament, Death Angel, Machinehead, Primus.... loud, dark, lots of strobes, moshing, cans of beer flying through the air... I'm not convinced this is the San Franciso I'm looking for either....

 

Looks like it's cable cars, Golden Gate Bridge, old TV series like Ironside or Midnight Caller, that sort of thing. I even asked Penny and she doesn't have a clue what "San Francisco Themed" means. I think "Bullitt" (the Steve McQueen film) was set there too. There's an American Football team, the 49ers. They have a lot of steep hills? (just clutching at straws now....)

At the next VW show you go to, look for the guy selling old US numberplates and buy a couple of San Francisco ones?

 

Google San Francisco 50s diner, lots of auto tat, juke boxes, flamingos, neon, chrome mmmmm

 

I'd go for 1960s Torremolinos, myself. Pine tongue and groove, gloss varnish and a plastic pineapple ice box.

 

Don't know how folk sleep with those cables grinding all night. Love SF!