{"id":685,"date":"2008-07-09T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2008-07-09T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T04:01:00","slug":"london-day-1-standing-in-english-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/london-day-1-standing-in-english-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"London, Day 1: Standing in the English Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from sunny London. Look what the rain did to my carefully straightened hair!<\/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:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SHU6UeTELdI\/AAAAAAAADmg\/cRnOzeQgrOU\/s320\/IMG_1921.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221143466410782162\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wearing:<br \/>McQueen jacket<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dorothy Perkins t-shirt (the black and white version of<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dorothyperkins.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=60&amp;viewAllFlag=false&amp;catalogId=20552&amp;storeId=12552&amp;categoryId=88628&amp;parent_category_rn=88619&amp;productId=724298&amp;langId=-1\"> this<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Acne Jeans<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prada bag<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newsprint umbrella from <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/i-can-see-clearly-now.html\">Rain or Shine<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/avert-your-eyes-skull-haters.html\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">My own skull ring<\/span><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We arrived yesterday morning and spent most of the day napping, despite my good intentions of fighting jet lag by staying active. The rain made napping seem like a better option. At night, we went to see The 39 Steps, which was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/theatre\/events\/654831\/the_39_steps.html\">highlarious.<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curtainup.com\/39steps.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SHU83Q0dqNI\/AAAAAAAADmo\/5bKETXQwnw0\/s320\/IMG_1922.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221146263111444690\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">MrB laughed his head off<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing gorgeous bloggers <a href=\"http:\/\/sharonrosepixie.blogspot.com\/\">Sharon Rose<\/a> and Miss L from <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofglory.blogspot.com\/\">Times of Glory <\/a>tomorrow! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from sunny London. Look what the rain did to my carefully straightened hair! Wearing:McQueen jacketDorothy Perkins t-shirt (the black and white version of this)Acne JeansPrada bagNewsprint umbrella from Rain or ShineMy own skull ring We arrived yesterday morning and spent most of the day napping, despite my good intentions of fighting jet lag by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/london-day-1-standing-in-english-rain\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,59,15,41,108,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-acne-jeans","7":"category-fringe","8":"category-gorgeous-family","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-theater","11":"category-travel","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","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=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}