{"id":17404,"date":"2014-09-04T02:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T09:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=17404"},"modified":"2014-09-04T02:21:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T09:21:36","slug":"oktoberfest-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/oktoberfest-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Oktoberfest 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/dpokto.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can smell the sauerkraut in the air, see the pretty maidens\u00a0with their\u00a0long braided hair, and hear the clink of beer steins as the polka band invites you to count\u00a0in rhythm, Eins, Zwei, Drei, g&#8217;suffa. We&#8217;ve been asked to give a shout out\u00a0to\u00a0several festivals\u00a0as the season begins (September through October.) Among the Oktoberfest celebrations worth your consideration are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oktoberfest\u00a0in\u00a0Lake Arrowhead\u00a0Village<\/strong>\u00a0Sept 27 &#8211; October 26, Saturdays 12pm-7pm, Sundays 12pm &#8211; 5pm. In a pristine mountain setting next to an alpine lake is a Bavarian village that loves to celebrate.\u00a0Bring a jacket for cool nights if you go! See: lakearrowheadoktoberfest.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oktoberfest at Fort Mason, San Francisco<\/strong> on\u00a0September 25, 2014. An event produced by REAL Germans from the German American Chamber of Commerce includes\u00a0Schweinebraten &#8211; Roasted Pork with Beer Sauce, Bratwurst on a bed of Sauerkraut and Potato Salad, plus beer, of course! Taste some authentic recipes and party in style! See: gaccwest.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oktoberfest-oakland.html\"><strong>Oaktoberfest in the Dimond<\/strong><\/a> is the Oakland-spun, multicultural event in which Mayor Jean Quan taps the first keg in a traditional Munich style Oktoberfest kick off on October 4, 2014. Bavarian Big Band,\u00a0Deutscher Musikverein of San Francisco, takes the stage while\u00a0Golden Gate Bavarian Dancers take to the streets. See oaktoberfest.org<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oktoberfest in Dana Point<\/strong> October 11-12 at Lantern Bay Park boasts more German &amp; Specialty Brews on tap than any other Oktoberfest in Southern California. If true, there&#8217;s more than &#8220;Bud&#8221; for you! See danapointoktoberfest.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can smell the sauerkraut in the air, see the pretty maidens\u00a0with their\u00a0long braided hair, and hear the clink of beer steins as the polka band invites you to count\u00a0in rhythm, Eins, Zwei, Drei, g&#8217;suffa. We&#8217;ve been asked to give a shout out\u00a0to\u00a0several festivals\u00a0as the season begins (September through October.) Among the Oktoberfest celebrations worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17404"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}