{"id":3988,"date":"2014-01-26T23:11:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T07:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2014-03-08T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T20:50:05","slug":"san-francisco-trip-january-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3988","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Trip, January 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems I make it down to the bay area at least once a year and every visit is fulfilled with fabulous restaurants, architectural site seeing, massages and cool neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>I have always wanted to check out La Folie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lafolie.com\">www.lafolie.com<\/a> in San Francisco.  Each course was spectacular and Chef Roland made the dining experience near perfect with his passion for French cuisine.  <\/p>\n<p>The next day we were off to the popular Yank Sing Restaurant in the Rincon Center.  This is your high-end Dim Sum Chinese restaurant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yanksing.com\">www.yanksing.com<\/a>.  This is a must hit when in San Fran&#8230;.this place rocks, they have the best Xiao Long Bao.  <\/p>\n<p>After over indulging on some of the best dim sum in the Bay Area a hike up to the Coit tower was in order, this tower on the historic Telegraph Hill was built back in 1933 on a Federal Works project.  If you walk from the bottom like I did it takes over 400 steps to get to the tower; after all of my sweating efforts it was closed for painting&#8230;totally bummed me out. After walking all day we stopped for a massage in China Town, this made up for the long stair climb to Coit Tower.  I had a well deserved full hour full body massage.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=3988&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3988 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=3997'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1390564143&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Xiao Long Bao was probably the best I have ever had.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Xiao Long Bao&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Xiao-Long-Bao.jpg?fit=584%2C779&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3997'>\n\t\t\t\tXiao Long Bao\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=3994'><img 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id='gallery-1-3990'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting My Chinese On\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=3989'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bay-Bridge.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bay-Bridge.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bay-Bridge.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bay-Bridge.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"3989\" 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class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3989'>\n\t\t\t\tLinna Freeman\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems I make it down to the bay area at least once a year and every visit is fulfilled with fabulous restaurants, architectural site seeing, massages and cool neighborhoods. 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