{"id":3772,"date":"2011-07-26T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T00:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2011-07-31T20:35:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:35:06","slug":"vintage-state-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=3772","title":{"rendered":"Vintage State Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: \u00a0Spring<\/em><\/h3>\n

When my mother\/blog partner was a little girl, her family took a road trip across the country. \u00a0That was in the days before car air conditioning. \u00a0They took one week to drive to Washington state, spent a week there, and took a week to return home.<\/h3>\n

The entire three-week trip for their family of five only cost $500. \u00a0That was a super bargain compared to today’s prices. \u00a0Her mother, my grandma, cooked every meal at roadside parks. \u00a0We’re not talking cold cereal for breakfast here. \u00a0They had bacon, eggs, and toast, which she cooked on a little camping stove, every morning.<\/h3>\n

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Because this trip was such a big deal for my grandmother, she wanted to collect a special souvenir from every state they visited. \u00a0Her choice was drinking glasses. \u00a0When she returned home, she put them in her china cabinet and never used them. \u00a0They were “for looks”. \u00a0Several years ago she gave them to my mother, but when my parents down-sized this year, she asked me if I wanted them.<\/h3>\n

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I jumped at the chance. \u00a0I have had the opportunity to ride my bicycle across the country three different times, and I have cycled in most of the states they drove through. \u00a0I thought it would be fun to use them as a conversation piece at our summertime cocktail parties. \u00a0Plus, they look great on top of our vintage bar (read about it here<\/a><\/span>).<\/h3>\n

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I have seen similar but new glasses at Anthropology and vintage ones on ebay, but these are special because they are a part of my family’s history.<\/h3>\n

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Their colors are all so pretty, and I love the glazing on the glass.<\/h3>\n

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They are all the same size, but their designs are different. \u00a0Its easy to see that the designs weren’t all just stamped on by the same company.<\/h3>\n

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I just love them and hope to keep them for many, many years. \u00a0How about you? \u00a0Do you have a keepsake that has been passed down through the family as a special memento?<\/h3>\n

Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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Author: \u00a0Spring When my mother\/blog partner was a little girl, her family took a road trip across the country. \u00a0That was in the days before car air conditioning. \u00a0They took one week to drive to Washington state, spent a week there, and took a week to return home. The entire three-week trip for their family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[13,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3873,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}