Visual Representation of an Epic Foodie Staycation as a Google Map (w/Foursquare Badges)

For the last two weeks of May, we had friends from coast to coast visiting (along with The Meat Guy...who hardly counts as a guest anymore even though he lives 400 miles away) and...well...we ate and drank A LOT (Probably too much, but that's not the point). At first I was going to make a meme showing all the places we went, but as I re-traced our rather glutinous steps I soon realized this wouldn't fit in a 400x300 jpg.

No problem, I thought, I'll just do something clever like map the places on a layer and then overlay them on a map of Westeros. Seriously, if you look at the West Coast of the Seven Kingdoms ruled by that horrible, little man-child and tweaked it a bit, it's contours are not unlike The Bay Area. Sadly, with points spanning from Sonoma to Saratoga there were far too many to plot and still be visible on a blog graphic. Thus, you'd have to download some giant TIFF/PDF which kind of defeats the purpose of a blog in the first place.

So I let The Goog do the heavy lifting for me and aped/customized some Foursquare Badges as icons 'cause the Google Map defaults are like Jake from State Farm (i.e. hideous).


View EPIC FOODIE STAYCATION in a larger map

FUN FACTS* ABOUT THE FOODIES TWO-WEEK STAYCATION BINGE:
NUMBER OF IN-N-OUT ANIMAL STYLE DOUBLE DOUBLES THAT COULD BE PURCHASED WITH THE AMOUNT SPENT AT RESTAURANTS: 715.
NUMBER OF ADULT BEVERAGES CONSUMED @ SMUGGLER'S COVE: 17.
POUNDS OF BABY BACK RIBS SMOKED: 58.5.
OPENTABLE POINTS EARNED: 800.
FOURSQUARE MAYORSHIPS OBTAINED: IN-N-OUT (OAKLAND), COMMIS.
SHOTS OF CHERRY VODKA SUBCUTANEOUSLY FORCED INTO AN INNOCENT WATERMELON: 12.
NUMBER OF SIX-PACKS OF 21ST AMENDMENT HELL OR HIGH WATERMELON THAT COULD BE PURCHASED WITH THE AMOUNT SPENT AT BARS/LIQUOR STORES: 49 (INCLUDING $14.70 IN CRV ALONE).
NUMBER OF CANS OF 21ST AMENDMENT HELL OR HIGH WATERMELON ACTUALLY CONSUMED: 4.
NUMBER OF VISITS TO MICHELIN STARRED RESTAURANTS: 1.
NUMBER OF VISITS TO PLACES TOO NEW TO APPEAR IN THE MICHELIN GUIDE: 6.
PROTEIN (IN OUNCES) GRILLED PER PERSON ON MEMORIAL DAY: 28.
NUMBER OF BARS, WINERIES & DISTILLERIES VISITED: 15.
POUNDS GAINED DURING SAID TWO WEEK PERIOD: 8.2

*fun facts are not guaranteed to be fun, only factual.