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The other night my husband and I went out to dinner. The restaurant we chose is located in a very pretty shopping district, and this was the view that greeted us as we walked along the sidewalk in front of the restaurant.<\/div>\n
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Isn’t it pretty? The combination of the dusky time of day and the fairy lights — I love<\/i> little white lights! — is just magical.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other night my husband and I went out to dinner. The restaurant we chose is located in a very pretty shopping district, and this was the view that greeted us as we walked along the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. Isn’t it pretty? The combination of the dusky time of day and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[235,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-1475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-entertainment","8":"tag-scenery","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/photo.jpg?fit=765%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5yzuO-lovely","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1493,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/23\/swirling-branches-is-done\/","url_meta":{"origin":1475,"position":0},"title":"Swirling Branches is done","author":"Sandy","date":"October 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Not quite two weeks ago, I posted this finished top. 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