{"id":11,"date":"2018-10-23T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contracostalive.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:36:48","slug":"black-blue-beer-flatbread-and-a-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contracostalive.com\/blog\/black-blue-beer-flatbread-and-a-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Black &#038; Blue Beer, Flatbread, and a View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launching a new website for yourself is exhausting. It is so much easier doing one for someone else. You can be so much more objective on theirs. For me, it&#8217;s a job that is never done. Things can always be improved. That is actually one of the nice things about it. When you print something on paper you have to live with it.<\/p>\n<p>I needed a break from a long working weekend. Went to one of my favorite new food stops yesterday. 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