{"id":801,"date":"2014-01-20T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T19:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=801"},"modified":"2014-01-20T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T19:55:05","slug":"my-new-front-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/20\/my-new-front-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"My new front yard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of family stress & sickness means that this post is two days late \ud83d\ude41<\/em><\/p>\n

The new house<\/a> is in the Sunset. We’re about one mile away from the ocean, and so yesterday after we were done walking through the house we decided to head over to the beach. We started at the coffee shop at Judah and Great Highway. Then Micky and Mike headed home while the kids and I went to the beach for a quick toe dip into the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

As I watched them run around the sand I realized that Ocean Beach was my new front yard. Golden Gate Park will be the extension of my new back yard. And the kids are going to grow up with so many great choices about where to go and what to do all within biking distance.<\/p>\n

The rest of the wonder I’ll leave to the photos.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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