Sausalito Blues

The Germans were sweeping through western Europe en route to England, the Japanese were pushing through China on their way to the British Raj, and the Italians has long conquered lowly Ethiopia. Meanwhile, a world away, nestled north of the City By the Bay, thousands of men and women went to work building ships. The place: Sausalito, California. That’s right: long before the boomers and yuppies moved in, Sausalito was a hard-working center of industry.

Before the hip kids pushed the cost of a two bedroom home into the stratosphere — even before the shipyards — the city was the rum-running hub during Prohibition. It was perfectly perched to ply the entire Bay Area with premium booze. Runners would secret their cargo at the docks, wait for dark, then transport the crates of rye by speedboat.

You could say the entire Bay Area was a bit rougher around the edges before the Dot Com bust and the influx of gentrified developers and Silicon Valley shmucks. There was a day when being from San Francisco meant something more than being a Prius-driving, organic-food-eating, tech-savvy fop. Not that there’s anything wrong with being a fop.

Even the Sausalito hotels used to embody the pathos of gnarled, steel-smashed fingers and lives. Now, they’re boutique beauties that cost a decent wage. Sure, it’s worth it if you’re passing through or rightly think staying someplace other than San Fran is the way to really enjoy the Bay Area.

Gone are all the traces of the steel workers, the welders, the cranes, and the tugs that pulled the destroyers and frigates out to sea. Now, it’s all about sailboats and multi-million dollar homes and being cast out of some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere on this planet. Sure, I get it: the past was then — this is now. If you can charge $1 million for a two-bedroom cabin, then bully for you.

Like the hotels in Sausalito, times have changed. The Bohemian lifestyle is in and if you are in a relaxing mood — so much the better. Slap down a C note and some change and get into a Sausalito hotel pronto.

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