{"id":502,"date":"2012-02-05T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=502"},"modified":"2012-02-05T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T06:06:09","slug":"a-very-un-super-bowl-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2012\/02\/05\/a-very-un-super-bowl-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"A very un-Super Bowl weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great weekend. <\/p>\n<p>I think because we avoided the Super Bowl. You see, I&#8217;ve really lost my interest in watching sports since being out here. If you get me in front of a TV, then I still love it, but I can&#8217;t plan around it anymore. There&#8217;s just too much to do in life. <\/p>\n<p>What did we do instead?<\/p>\n<p>Brunch with a dear friend. One of my best friends from Raleigh, John Gottshall, is in town through Tuesday. We took him to the top of Twin Peaks, which I&#8217;d never done before, and it was quite awesome. One thing that wasn&#8217;t was the $4.50 hot dog, but that&#8217;s San Francisco for you. <\/p>\n<p>And all of that was just Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>Today we trekked into Sonoma and Napa hitting three wineries, two tours and a great two hour lunch along the way. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littleyellowblog.com\">Micky<\/a> and I are members of the Hess winery, and I love it. The art is cool. The wine is easy to drink. Really great place to take folks. <\/p>\n<p>When we got home Miss Amelia went straight to bed. She&#8217;s now rolling onto her stomach to sleep that way using Boomer as a pillow. Her little butt is sticking straight up in the air like a teepee. It&#8217;s quite cute really. <\/p>\n<p>John and I watched the last two drives of the game, and then we all had burgers, fries, and fantastic conversation. <\/p>\n<p>What more could a weekend be?<\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-502\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">37.759302<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">-122.49212<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great weekend. I think because we avoided the Super Bowl. You see, I&#8217;ve really lost my interest in watching sports since being out here. If you get me in front of a TV, then I still love it, but I can&#8217;t plan around it anymore. There&#8217;s just too much to do in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[64,4,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-86","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":425,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2011\/01\/30\/philly-startup-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":502,"position":0},"title":"Philly Startup Weekend","date":"January 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The ink has barely dried on the weekend that was Philly Startup Weekend, but I felt the need to just jot down the experience before I lost it in the chaos of getting back to the grind. 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