{"id":4856,"date":"2012-03-25T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=4856"},"modified":"2012-03-25T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T19:55:25","slug":"half-sun-over-half-moon-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/half-sun-over-half-moon-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Sun Over Half Moon Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/hlfmo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HALF MOON BAY, CALIF.&#8211;When you visit this Bay Area city along the San Mateo County coast, the name &#8220;Half Moon Bay&#8221; evokes images in your mind of a huge, half-moon visible over the bay. As I passed by on a 500-mile coastal drive and saw this great sunset, I stopped the car and grabbed a quick photo. When you see the sun going down you don&#8217;t have much time! Only afterward when I got home did it hit me that I got the &#8220;half&#8221; correct. Instead of a half-moon I captured a half-sun. Either way, it is a magical beach destination with hotels you&#8217;ll really love (such as The Beach House or Ritz Carlton with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/sports\/golf\/half-moon-bay-ritz-carlton.html\">oceanfront golf course<\/a>), a great downtown with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/unique-sculpture-garden-showcases-eclectic-dining-in-half-moon-bay-calif\/\">eclectic dining<\/a>, art galleries and boutiques, and a very relaxed beach-centric vibe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALF MOON BAY, CALIF.&#8211;When you visit this Bay Area city along the San Mateo County coast, the name &#8220;Half Moon Bay&#8221; evokes images in your mind of a huge, half-moon visible over the bay. As I passed by on a 500-mile coastal drive and saw this great sunset, I stopped the car and grabbed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856"}],"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=4856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}