BACK TO THE STATES I GO

So I'm heading back to The States next month and fuck this trip has crept up on me. All of a sudden I'm on a 5 weeks count down with zero clams to my name post Christmas and a hell of a lot of shit to sort out before I depart.

I'm flying in and out of SF, and heading to Vegas and NYC in between. I've gone and booked myself some damn sketchy domestic flights and am scoping out the whole accoms thing now.

When I was in NYC in August I used the site Airbnb and rented a guys apartment in the LES. It was actually fucking awesome and the site feels safer than that old rapist Craigslist because you actually pay through the site rather than randomly trusting unauthorised sources with your fantastic plastic.

So this time I think I am going to get my own pad in NYC again for the 5 nights (probs LES again not BK because you always end up in an LES bar at 4am), Vegas I'm going to stay at the Tropicana because it's cheap and tacky and close to the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre (I'm going to MAGIC) and in SF I have decided to rent a room in the Castro off a middle aged gay man who lives in a beautiful terrace close to Duboce Park...

I've also been doing some more research for new bars/shops to hit up, especially in SF where I'm keen to find some new haunts sans old memories. I def want to visit the usual's like HUF, Laced, Harputs, The Hundreds and True, but I've found a few more including Free Gold Watch which sells this KILLER tote bag!

I'm harnessing a lot of self restrain right now to stop myself from buying it online...

Any recommendations on places to visit are more than welcome, please!