{"id":182,"date":"2009-08-26T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2010-10-21T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T20:30:15","slug":"northern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"NORTHERN CALIFORNIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCD_GNFxI\/AAAAAAAABjE\/yl2_dG90TJs\/s1600-h\/DSC_2903.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374344735325230866\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCD_GNFxI\/AAAAAAAABjE\/yl2_dG90TJs\/s320\/DSC_2903.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>I am in northern California, by that I mean north of San Francisco. I had an idea of what to expect, I was mostly wrong. It is as diverse as the rest of California, with agriculture being the dominant feature. Being from the East I always fall back to the idea of the Pacific Ocean, surfers and people in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is far more diverse and interesting than that.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>Everything is big; the trees, the spaces, the vineyards. It is fascinating for me from the East. Although I am still without bearings.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"> <\/span>My son moved here from Los Angeles, and we are here helping him settle. I had only just gotten used to Los Angeles.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCDfVTeQI\/AAAAAAAABi8\/P0nGHuW50Uc\/s1600-h\/DSC_2852.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374344726798629122\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 212px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCDfVTeQI\/AAAAAAAABi8\/P0nGHuW50Uc\/s320\/DSC_2852.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCC6eZT1I\/AAAAAAAABi0\/brG0-iUx2bg\/s1600-h\/DSC_2784.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374344716904648530\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 212px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCC6eZT1I\/AAAAAAAABi0\/brG0-iUx2bg\/s320\/DSC_2784.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCCFwVH0I\/AAAAAAAABis\/c2mAh9CoaYo\/s1600-h\/DSC_2721.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374344702752792386\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCCFwVH0I\/AAAAAAAABis\/c2mAh9CoaYo\/s320\/DSC_2721.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCBWu4nGI\/AAAAAAAABik\/eR4Rv_7nseg\/s1600-h\/DSC_2671.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374344690130263138\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SpWCBWu4nGI\/AAAAAAAABik\/eR4Rv_7nseg\/s320\/DSC_2671.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in northern California, by that I mean north of San Francisco. I had an idea of what to expect, I was mostly wrong. It is as diverse as the rest of California, with agriculture being the dominant feature. Being from the East I always fall back to the idea of the Pacific Ocean, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=182\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NORTHERN CALIFORNIA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[2458],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","tag-northern-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}