{"id":2321,"date":"2012-01-14T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2012-05-24T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T01:51:37","slug":"san-francisco-january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Trip, January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linna and I got lucky this weekend in San Francisco with the weather and had a chance to soak up some sun for a couple of days. This was a short trip down South for a little shopping and of course some wining and dining. We flew late afternoon on Thursday and both of us were upgraded to First Class on Alaska Airlines; no dinner was served, but we did munch down the cheese plate with a couple of glasses of wine. Since we flew into Oakland due to lower cost flights, I booked our hotel in Concord, which was \u00c2\u00bd hour East of Oakland. On our way to the hotel, we decided to have dinner at this Italian restaurant that I found on OpenTable during our flight from Seattle using the airline internet GOGO. Ottavio www.ottavio.com<\/a>, is a local favorite in Walnut Greek and the place is so cozy\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the Chef would come out to check on you. <\/p>\n

Friday was pretty much a shopping day in San Francisco followed by dinner at a hip Japanese restaurant in Oakland. Ozumo www.ozumo.com<\/a> is a lively young cool place serving authentic Japanese dishes along with premium sashimi. I would recommend using the valet, parking in the area was a challenge. Saturday was sleep in day followed by a visit to the Golden Gate bridge. Of all the visits to the Bay area, I have never actually walked on the bridge; actually you get more of a sense of the size, age and discoloration of the bridge. We flew out late Saturday afternoon to make it home to see a little snow in Seattle.
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