{"id":31647,"date":"2016-01-25T00:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T05:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31647"},"modified":"2016-01-23T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T00:21:19","slug":"seen-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/seen-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Seen in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While doing errands last week &#8212; before the big snow &#8212; I took a few photos of things that entertained me.<\/p>\n<p>This No Parking sign on 5th Avenue always makes me laugh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31648\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31648\" class=\"wp-image-31648 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc1.jpg\" alt=\"nyc1\" width=\"358\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc1.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc1-300x303.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t tell me what to think, dammit!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I promise you that if you go to the Rockefeller Center skating rink on Valentine&#8217;s Day, you&#8217;ll see at least one proposal if you wait long enough.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31649\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31649\" class=\"wp-image-31649 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc2.jpg\" alt=\"nyc2\" width=\"359\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc2.jpg 359w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc2-300x302.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the rink.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to hook up with the perfect man before Valentine&#8217;s Day, I found him for you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31650\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31650\" class=\"wp-image-31650 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc3.jpg\" alt=\"nyc3\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc3.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/nyc3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of my witty Instagram followers said, &#8220;Yet in reality, he&#8217;s made of cheap stuff, hollow inside, and doesn&#8217;t care if he leaves a stain on your clothes.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New York is definitely getting geared up for Valentine&#8217;s Day. Even the traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IlLPAIrmqvE\" target=\"_blank\">black-and-white cookies<\/a> are feeling the love.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31651\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31651\" class=\"wp-image-31651 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cookies.jpg\" alt=\"cookies\" width=\"360\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cookies.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cookies-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink-and-white Valentine&#8217;s cookies.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be doing some posts on Valentine&#8217;s Day jewelry soon. If you don&#8217;t have someone else to treat you to some jewels, treat yourself! Self-love is very important.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While doing errands last week &#8212; before the big snow &#8212; I took a few photos of things that entertained me. This No Parking sign on 5th Avenue always makes me laugh. I promise you that if you go to the Rockefeller Center skating rink on Valentine&#8217;s Day, you&#8217;ll see at least one proposal if&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/seen-in-new-york-city\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-things-to-do-in-nyc","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31647","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=31647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31653,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31647\/revisions\/31653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}