# If you're ever in...make sure you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 12, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918 "2021-12-12T03:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/41 "2021-12-20T21:08:59Z")
If you’re ever in Brighton - the one in England, I’m talking about - make sure you take a trip a couple of miles along the coast to Shoreham and take a walk along Riverbank. > **[Inside the most bizarre houseboats in Britain](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170104-inside-the-most-bizarre-houseboats-in-britain)** > > Just a few miles west of Brighton is a novel – and highly creative – community in Shoreham, where many of the 40 houseboats are as much works of art as they are places to live. I was told by one of the residents that, unlike most locations, the houseboat owners actually own the moorings (rather than renting them) so they can park whatever boat they like there. Some are weird, some are exotic. My favorite is the minesweeper. > **[We live on an old minesweeper](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/25/live-old-minesweeper-boat)** > > Fred and Polly Cole brought up three boys on the water, and still prefer a houseboat to bricks and mortar. By Nione Meakin Actually, there’s lots to enjoy in Brighton as well, but some of the best stuff is outside of the city. Don’t miss The Chattri, up on the South Downs up above the city: > **[The Chattri memorial](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-arts/parks-and-green-spaces/chattri-memorial)** > > During the First World War injured Indian soldiers were hospitalised in the Dome in Brighton. The Hindus and Sikhs who died were cremated on the Downs and, in 1921, the Chattri memorial was constructed on the cremation site. j ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/42 "2021-12-21T18:39:21Z")
If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/43 "2021-12-21T23:26:47Z")
Hippie! 😆 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/44 "2021-12-22T07:54:04Z")
Thank you! 😀 But I was late to the party and, for me, the next line is “_You’re going to meet a lot of **troubled** people there_,” so more like late-70s suburban pseudo-hippie (Zeppelin). ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/45 "2021-12-22T11:02:08Z")
We really miss traveling. Soon, though…soon. When we visit cities, we look into the hop on hop off type of tour buses. That way someone else is navigating the traffic etc. and we’re free to gawk, take photos, etc. That’s what we did in San Francisco. We were only there for one day but man, that’s a great city. We ate at Fisherman’s Wharf, which didn’t impress either of us. If you ever take the train from San Jose to San Francisco to spend the day, be sure you get on the return train reasonably early. I don’t think there was one empty seat when we left the station…and seating was on two levels. On a different trip, we stopped at Teec Nos Pos (near Four Corners). We got burgers. The meat was ok, the lettuce and tomato and cheese were ok…but the Indian Fry Bread it was served in? OMG, slap yo mama…maybe your grandmama too! > **[Indian Fry Bread](https://thestayathomechef.com/authentic-indian-fry-bread/)** > > Fry Bread is a beloved tradition in the United States. Serve it up savory as Navajo Tacos or go the sweet side and serve it up with a little honey butter and powdered sugar. Thinking about this thread, I realized that I don’t have any recommendations for hotels. I guess ideally, we’re out exploring instead of hanging out at the hotel. We sleep, shower, and leave. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/46 "2021-12-22T14:32:25Z")
If you’re ever in **Norfolk, Virginia** , be sure you visit Doumar’s restaurant. It’s a burger, barbecue, and ice cream joint with an old-timey drive-in style. You turn on your lights when you want to order more food. Try the Egg-O-Doumar fried egg and ham sandwich, and check out the staff still making ice cream cones using the world’s first cone machine. If you’re ever anywhere in **Hampton Roads** and go to a Mexican restaurant, be sure you try the Mexican white sauce, made with mayonnaise and several spices. Apparently, it’s a Hampton Roads/northern North Carolina original. I dip my tortilla chips in that and not salsa. If you’re ever in **Hampton Roads** , try she-crab soup. It’s kind of a thick crab bisque. It’s delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/47 "2021-12-23T00:21:16Z")
That reminds me: If you are ever in Washington DC, stop for lunch at the National Museum of the American Indian food court. The Indian taco on fry bread is fantastic! > **[Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Menu & Hours](http://www.mitsitamcafe.com/content/menus.asp)** > > Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe Menu & Hours ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918/48 "2021-12-23T03:34:57Z")
If you’re in Sacramento, grab breakfast or brunch at [Pancake Circus](https://www.pancakecircus.net/). At first glance the place might look a bit old and slightly run down, but to me that’s part of what makes it special. The place is a complete time capsule of a 1960s diner. Pancake Circus itself has been in business since 1970, and the building has housed various restaurants since the early 1960s. And it hasn’t changed a bit since then, with brown vinyl booths and stools lining the counter. Since becoming Pancake Circus they’ve had slightly weird clown decorations on the walls, also mostly dating from the 1970s. That said, the place hasn’t really felt the same since their longtime waitress passed away. She was an old school waitress perfectly befitting an old school diner, who took your order by asking “What’ll ya have, hon?”, and joked around with the regulars. Admittedly, their lunch menu is fairly mediocre, but one doesn’t go to a place called Pancake Circus for a sandwich, one goes there for the huge stacks of fluffy pancakes and bottomless cups of coffee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918.md?page=2)