{"id":40859,"date":"2018-08-23T23:36:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T03:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40859"},"modified":"2018-08-23T23:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T03:36:38","slug":"throwback-thursday-singapore-sling-in-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/throwback-thursday-singapore-sling-in-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Singapore Sling in 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While looking through some photos I took in Singapore in 2002, I found this one of me drinking <a href=\"http:\/\/imbibemagazine.com\/recipe-singapore-sling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Singapore Sling<\/a> at Raffles Hotel, where the cocktail was invented.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40860\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/wednesdays-video-my-wedding-band-has-gone-awol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40860\" class=\"wp-image-40860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/singaporeforblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/singaporeforblog.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/singaporeforblog-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/singaporeforblog-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/singaporeforblog-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Argh! There&#8217;s my now-lost wedding band! Click if you missed my recent wedding band post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t for the life of me remember what one of those tastes like! I&#8217;m going to have to order one next time I&#8217;m at a good drinks place.<\/p>\n<p>I was digging through the old photos to add a few to this week&#8217;s YouTube video, in which I managed to cover cool animals seen in Singapore, recommended books about ancient Roman, AND fine jewelry.  If you didn&#8217;t watch it yet, check it out now!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nWjd5uq7YU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>MrB and I also went to Tokyo and Hong Kong during that trip. Here&#8217;s another look at my 2002 hair during a boat trip we took in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40861\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wbhk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wbhk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wbhk.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wbhk-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2002 bob.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong was where I got my infamous &#8220;ass bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40863\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/the-only-way-to-make-me-like-a-birkin-bag\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/assbag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/assbag.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/assbag-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more info about this bag.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That bag had a good long run. I reluctantly threw it out this year, at long last, because I&#8217;d used it until it was tattered beyond repair. Alas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking through some photos I took in Singapore in 2002, I found this one of me drinking a Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel, where the cocktail was invented. I can&#8217;t for the life of me remember what one of those tastes like! 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