{"id":14610,"date":"2012-12-10T17:56:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=14610"},"modified":"2012-12-10T17:56:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:56:16","slug":"im-visiting-the-white-house-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=14610","title":{"rendered":"I’m Visiting the White House Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday we were talking about red neck wine glasses here at The 2 Seasons<\/em>, and today I’m writing about my visit to see the Christmas decorations in the East End of the White House. \u00a0We’re all over the place. \u00a0I am in DC to visit our son and to hear Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa) speak tomorrow night. \u00a0I wrote about it here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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I am actually going there today, and I’ve been told that inside photos aren’t allowed. \u00a0So, I searched on the web and found some photos from past years.<\/h3>\n

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The White House gingerbread house is the decoration I am most excited to see.<\/h3>\n

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Catching a glimpse of the real Bo would be a thrill, too. \u00a0There’s a very cute video on YouTube showing Bo inspecting this year’s decorations. \u00a0You can see it here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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This is the china room. \u00a0Wouldn’t we all love to have a china room? \u00a0Once upon a time, this room was the laundry room.<\/h3>\n

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Whoever designed the Red Room definitely had Christmas in mind. \u00a0This room was originally designed by Dolley Madison, and the furniture was bright yellow.<\/h3>\n

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Simple but elegant wreaths adorn the windows.<\/h3>\n

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I am crazy about these wreaths. \u00a0They would work in our mudroom<\/a> that has a wall of windows very much like this.<\/h3>\n

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Last year Jordan and I along with our family received a private tour of the West Wing on a cold, rainy Washington day. \u00a0It’s a real thrill to be able to see the place known as The Peoples’ House. (And as an aside, I know I look petite in this photo, but I’m 5 feet 8….Just sayin’)<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

All photos except the last one are from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we were talking about red neck wine glasses here at The 2 Seasons, and today I’m writing about my visit to see the Christmas decorations in the East End of the White House. \u00a0We’re all over the place. \u00a0I am in DC to visit our son and to hear Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14610"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14610"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14682,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14610\/revisions\/14682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}