{"id":3300,"date":"2006-07-14T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-14T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2006\/07\/14\/3300"},"modified":"2006-07-14T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-14T18:56:00","slug":"foe-toes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2006\/07\/foe-toes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Foe toes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese is my new favourite food. Seriously. And I&#8217;m into food. Wow. Our table was groaning with tappas-style treats. The best stuffed vine leaves Ive ever tasted. I think the artichoke hearts in a tangy garlic soup was my favourite. You cant say you&#8217;ve really lived in Chicago until you&#8217;ve tried <a href=\"http:\/\/metromix.chicagotribune.com\/dining\/44552,0,687760.venue\" rel=\"external\">Fattoush<\/a>. I couldnt believe how inexpensive it was too, even by Pittsburgh standards, but especially for Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to Fattoush a guy jumped out of a shop when we walked past the door and passionately shouted, &#8220;Bonnitas! Bonnitas!&#8221; We had a hard time understanding what he was trying to communicate and figured he might just need help. We didn&#8217;t have time to stop and help him.<\/p>\n<p>Of course we did the giant frozen margherita thing as it was in preparation for the karaoke bar&#8230; I howled and Nykki shouted <em>Hotel California<\/em> at the crowd. We even applauded ourselves afterwards, and I have to say it was the best applause I&#8217;ve ever received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herewith are the snaps from our cavortings&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nJust arrived&#8230; tired but soooo happy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nNykki demonstrates what a big giant Star Trek nerd I am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAnd the classic &#8220;Nathan poses for the camera&#8221; pose. Awww&#8230; I miss him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe standard tourist shot. Yawn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/05.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFresh faced, riding on &#8220;the EL&#8221;. I hear the EL stands for &#8220;elevated&#8221;&#8230; however it mostly translates as &#8220;the the&#8221; in Spanish-Yumminese.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI look naughty because I am naughty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nNykki gives me tips on how to correctly emphasise my tatas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMe, Courtney and Nykki prove you can comfortably squeeze three full sets of breasts into a very small space.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nErm&#8230; I don&#8217;t remember this. I must have been really feelin&#8217; it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/chicago2006\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nCourtney bravelely steps into the middle of the busy main road to take this photo of us. While my legs werent working too well by this point and I wasnt wearing the sequin dress, my arms were still able to pose, &#8220;and all this here sign above my head and single sister Nykki could be yours if you come to Chicago.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese is my new favourite food. Seriously. And I&#8217;m into food. Wow. Our table was groaning with tappas-style treats. The best stuffed vine leaves Ive ever tasted. I think the artichoke hearts in a tangy garlic soup was my favourite. You cant say you&#8217;ve really lived in Chicago until you&#8217;ve tried Fattoush. I couldnt believe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,257,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-photos","category-travelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}