{"id":792,"date":"2010-08-29T20:32:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T03:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2010-08-30T01:17:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T08:17:45","slug":"california-summer-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=792","title":{"rendered":"California Summer in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Part 1<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/greekkey31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"15\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow. So it&#8217;s almost time to go back to NYC. I&#8217;m not ready. I&#8217;ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=756\">knee deep in writer crazy<\/a> that&#8217;s evolved into writer insanity. Combine that with the &#8220;teacher about to begin the school year&#8221; crazy and the &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be 90 degrees and there won&#8217;t be any fog and I&#8217;m going back to work nerves&#8221; and what you get is one super jittery Mel.<\/p>\n<p>And for some reason, I&#8217;m feeling more attached to, and more proud of, the Bay Area than I ever have.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, this post.<\/p>\n<p>First up &#8211; remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=693\">California Happy Cow post<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Well, behold some Happy Cows, real and otherwise:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837958288%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837958288%2F&#038;set_id=72157624837958288&#038;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837958288%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837958288%2F&#038;set_id=72157624837958288&#038;jump_to=\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I spent quite a bit of time in San Francisco. Check out the fog. Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=554\">this has been the coldest Bay Area summer in 40 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fog, sea lions, cable cars, Alcatraz, and a Full House Flashback:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837860456%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837860456%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837860456&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837860456%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837860456%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837860456&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of my favorite spots on this earth (and <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?cat=18\">Creature<\/a> would agree with me on this) is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/parks\/pt_isabel\" target=\"_blank\">Point Isabel<\/a>, the best dog park in the country. It&#8217;s right on the bay. On a clear day, there is an absolutely perfect view of the city. And when you&#8217;re done walking the trail, you can relax at the &#8220;Sit and Stay Cafe&#8221; while your dog has a bath at &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudpuppys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mudpuppy&#8217;s Tub and Scrub<\/a>.&#8221; And by the way, the food is totally gourmet. The white hot chocolate is to die for, and the lemonade is organic and served in a sustainable cup made of plant parts. Welcome to CA. . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837948134%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837948134%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837948134&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837948134%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837948134%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837948134&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the best afternoons of this entire summer was spent wandering through Muir Woods. It was warm enough I could walk around in a t-shirt:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837936924%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837936924%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837936924&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837936924%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmelinakantor%2Fsets%2F72157624837936924%2F&amp;set_id=72157624837936924&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for looking! I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with Part 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alchemy-works.com\/Resources\/cal_poppy_plant_no_hotlinking.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"54\" height=\"85\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1 Wow. So it&#8217;s almost time to go back to NYC. I&#8217;m not ready. I&#8217;ve been knee deep in writer crazy that&#8217;s evolved into writer insanity. Combine that with the &#8220;teacher about to begin the school year&#8221; crazy and the &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be 90 degrees and there won&#8217;t be any fog and I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-dreamin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}