{"id":22739,"date":"2014-05-26T18:29:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T23:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=22739"},"modified":"2014-05-26T18:29:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T23:29:34","slug":"enjoying-some-red-white-and-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=22739","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Some Red, White, and Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Happy Tuesday.\u00a0 We hope you all had a great long week-end and got to do whatever it is that you enjoy doing.\u00a0 Just as I hoped, we rode bicycles, went to movies, rested, and did some entertaining.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22746\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">One of the things I love doing is cooking for others.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22740\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7845-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7845-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7845-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Our dear friends have a son who is getting married this year, too.\u00a0 So, we invited them over to catch up and to compare notes.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22741\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7846-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7846-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7846-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Our son&#8217;s wedding will be the July 4th week-end in the mid-west, and their son&#8217;s wedding will be in Mississippi cotton country in October.\u00a0 Since we are both planning rehearsal dinners, it was fun to talk about some of the details.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22743\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7848-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7848-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7848-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I&#8217;m all about the red, white, and blue and will get plenty of that since our rehearsal dinner is actually on July 4.\u00a0 We&#8217;re hosting an indoor picnic buffet.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been planning the menu with a caterer, ordering decorations, and addressing envelopes.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to show you the invitations.\u00a0 Sooooo cute!!!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22742\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7847-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7847-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7847-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The weather this week-end was nearly perfect, and it was great to pull out the patriotic colors for our al fresco meal.\u00a0 It definitely put me in the summer spirit.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22746\" alt=\"Red,white,blue table - The 2 Seasons\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_7851-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We ate grilled, marinated halibut, old-fashioned green salad, <a title=\"Brussel Sprouts With Walnuts\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/03\/06\/roasted-brussel-sprouts-with-walnuts\/\">brussel sprout salad<\/a>, grilled\u00a0 potatoes, and strawberry shortcake.\u00a0 We started the evening off with white sangria and guacamole and chips.\u00a0 Everything tasted just right.\u00a0 What about you all?\u00a0 Did you do any entertaining this week-end?<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Tuesday.\u00a0 We hope you all had a great long week-end and got to do whatever it is that you enjoy doing.\u00a0 Just as I hoped, we rode bicycles, went to movies, rested, and did some entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22742,"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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739"}],"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=22739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22749,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739\/revisions\/22749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}