{"id":533,"date":"2008-04-24T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2008-04-24T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T14:42:00","slug":"an-american-pig-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/an-american-pig-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"An American Pig in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few more Paris photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/mcgone.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/IHoG%20International%20Tour\">Fernando von Bakonstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/ihog-at-eiffel.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBCh_55A5RI\/AAAAAAAAC3o\/nPq9UNQiRoA\/s320\/20080418_0165.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192828489601967378\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">It <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">w<\/span>as spring&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBCiSZ5A5SI\/AAAAAAAAC3w\/bSTQAh5IUXg\/s320\/20080420_0190.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192828807429547298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">We took some family snapshots&#8230;<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/fernando-does-lunch-in-paris.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBDWMJ5A5VI\/AAAAAAAAC4E\/7EZ721ObZQ4\/s320\/20080418_0169.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192885874660009298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chillaxed at the hotel&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/ihog-does-paris.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBDWa55A5WI\/AAAAAAAAC4M\/UFJWUmPHe_o\/s320\/20080419_0180.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192886128063079778\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">and rode the Metro.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/head-for-hills.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBDWsp5A5XI\/AAAAAAAAC4U\/z745-S34fn8\/s320\/20080419_0186.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192886433005757810\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Those <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/late-marc-jacobs.html\">Marc Jacobs<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> shoes are fugly,&#8221; thought Fernando, &#8220;but they do complement my complexion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/Shop\/Designers\/Castaner?cm_mmc=GoogleUS-_-Designers+A+-+E-_-Castaner-_-castaner&amp;bbcid=2650\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBDW755A5YI\/AAAAAAAAC4c\/aCLqCZXglCk\/s320\/20080419_0187.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192886694998762882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/fernando-does-dinner-in-paris.html\">Alessandra<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> says that the French are gaga for <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/Shop\/Designers\/Castaner?cm_mmc=GoogleUS-_-Designers+A+-+E-_-Castaner-_-castaner&amp;bbcid=2650\">Castaner<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> espadrilles.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.airlinecomplaints.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SBDXMp5A5ZI\/AAAAAAAAC4k\/2EXxTAntIIA\/s320\/20080420_0192.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192886982761571730\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The luggage-misplacing surrender monkeys at Air France can kiss Fernando&#8217;s pink ass!<br \/>(But the suitcases reappeared in the end. So to speak.)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span>Fernando will soon be sharing lots more pictures from Washington DC and New York. In other news, the second part of the Thursday Book Club on <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/book-club-empress-matilda-part-i.html\">Empress Matilda<\/a> will appear next week. Mark your calendars!<br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few more Paris photos from Fernando von Bakonstein. It was spring&#8230; We took some family snapshots&#8230; Chillaxed at the hotel&#8230; and rode the Metro. &#8220;Those Marc Jacobs shoes are fugly,&#8221; thought Fernando, &#8220;but they do complement my complexion.&#8221; Alessandra says that the French are gaga for Castaner espadrilles. 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