{"id":1765,"date":"2009-07-18T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2009-07-18T17:02:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T21:02:41","slug":"paris-day-5-part-deux-blogger-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-5-part-deux-blogger-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris, Day 5, Part Deux: Blogger Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A highlight of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-5-part-i-outfit\/\" target=\"_blank\">day 5<\/a> in Paris was meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaybest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">handsome blogger Thom<\/a> and his gorgeous fiancee, Sharon, for dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.le-train-bleu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Train Bleu<\/a>. They live in Vancouver but just happened to be visiting Paris at the right moment. Oddly, we all enjoyed discussing this <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/uplifting-upchucking\/\" target=\"_blank\">episode of Family Guy<\/a> over dinner.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1767\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1767\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1767\" title=\"france-thomsharon\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-thomsharon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Thom and Sharon are adorable.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-thomsharon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-thomsharon.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thom and Sharon are adorable.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MrB took this picture of us outside the restaurant. That&#8217;s the Gare de Lyon train station behind us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1769\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1769\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1769\" title=\"france-three1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-three1-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"An after-dinner pose.\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-three1-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-three1.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An after-dinner pose.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was especially excited to meet Thom and Sharon because, earlier this year,A\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/congratulations-are-in-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">I made an engagement ring for these two cuties<\/a> &#8212; the first engagement ring I&#8217;d ever done for a blogger! I was delighted to see that they&#8217;re still as excited about it as I am.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1770\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaybest.org\/2009\/05\/a-day-i-will-never-forget.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1770\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1770\" title=\"france-twocuties\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-twocuties-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blinded by the bling!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-twocuties-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/france-twocuties.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blinded by the bling!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By the time y&#8217;all read this, I&#8217;ll be on my way back to New York. Hopefully we won&#8217;t face any flight delays and we will make it to my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/few-of-my-favorite-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">almost-husband Paul McCartney<\/a>&#8216;s concert this evening. I&#8217;ll share the final Paris pictures when I get settled back at home. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"2673569226\"><\/a><br \/>\n <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A highlight of day 5 in Paris was meeting handsome blogger Thom and his gorgeous fiancee, Sharon, for dinner at Le Train Bleu. They live in Vancouver but just happened to be visiting Paris at the right moment. Oddly, we all enjoyed discussing this episode of Family Guy over dinner. MrB took this picture of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-5-part-deux-blogger-dinner\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1767,"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_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,12,43,100,6,9,39],"tags":[184,185,186],"class_list":{"0":"post-1765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beatles","8":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","9":"category-my-designs","10":"category-restaurants","11":"category-rings","12":"category-travel","13":"category-tv","14":"tag-engagement-ring","15":"tag-le-train-bleu","16":"tag-paris","17":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}