We visited Fisherman’s Wharf and Cannery Row on Tuesday, April 13th. We poked around in all John Steinbeck’s old haunts. He was another very interesting person. Most of his material for Cannery Row (duh) and Sweet Thursday came from here as well as the character, “Doc” in both novels. Doc; aka Edward Ricketts, was a close friend of Steinbeck’s as well as a scientist/philosopher/chemist. His lab still stands on Cannery Row. We finished off the day by having tapas and cocktails/wine at the “Sardine Factory” joined by one of Gretchen’s friends from her days of teaching in Okinawa. She entertained us with many stories and legends of John Steinbeck for the rest of the evening.
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