{"id":3,"date":"2012-01-22T05:06:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T05:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilahm.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2013-04-27T03:03:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T14:03:59","slug":"pacificas-hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilahm.com\/?p=3","title":{"rendered":"Pacifica’s Hidden Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was a view that stuck. \u00a0A natural beauty that’s hard to forget. \u00a0A place so serene it’s almost hypnotizing. It a place I’d remember somewhere in Pacifica California. A \u00a0beach city about 15 minutes south of San Francisco and apparently one of the best surfing destinations in the US. \u00a0I had the opportunity to visit this lovely town when I went to visit a friend on my trip to San Francisco. It was a brief visit but certainly became one of the highlights of our trip. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I went to see my friend Kate at her lovely home that sits at the top of the hill overlooking the pacific ocean. The beach is within walking distance from her house so while waiting for dinner to cook we took a walk with her husband Richard and son Lucas to the beach.\u00a0Being from New York, we don’t really get to casually walk to the beach while dinner is cooking so that in itself was already a treat. We strolled along these little trails and wooden paths in an open grassland with wildflowers. \u00a0It was a pretty nice walk \u00a0and we climbed up these steps that led to the top of the hill \u00a0and what \u00a0greeted us at the top \u00a0was more than exceeded my expectations. You get an unobstructed view of the beach and the city of Pacifica which sort of shimmered on the horizon, a dramatic coastline and the ocean. \u00a0The view \u00a0was \u00a0breathtaking! \u00a0There’s something about the sound of the ocean too and the touch of the wind on your face that is so calming. \u00a0It was quiet and relaxing and the weather was perfectly clear so it was nice to just stand there and gaze out in the ocean. There was a bench there too which \u00a0made it even more picturesque and if you sit there long enough, the sound of the crashing waves could either lull you to sleep or inspire you to write a book.:) It’s definitely one of the most tranquil places I’ve ever been to and certainly one of my favorites. \u00a0For some reason I can’t forget about the place. I wish we had more time to sit there and marvel at the view. Great spot for a picnic too. I \u00a0consider myself fortunate to have seen it(thanks to Kate, Rich, and Lucas). I would love to go back and this time around, with a book in my hand, i will sit on that bench until my butt hurts and savor the view to my heart’s content.<\/p>\n

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