{"id":4966,"date":"2013-10-04T00:49:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T05:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2013-10-04T03:06:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T08:06:49","slug":"tasty-in-sync-and-dinners-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4966","title":{"rendered":"tasty, in sync, and dinners with friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. I am not a fan of coleslaw, but the slaw that accompanied my lunch from the Cirque Cuisine truck was delicious &#8212; cabbage, celeriac, pumpkin seeds, and cilantro topped with a maple-cider vinaigrette.<\/p>\n<p>2. [Reaching into his bag]: &#8220;I picked you up something today.&#8221; [Hopefully]: &#8220;Is it sugar?&#8221; [Proudly]: &#8220;It is sugar!&#8221; [Delighted]: &#8220;Yay!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3. Our friend Sam was in town for a conference. We got to try a new restaurant just the three of us on Friday and then on Tuesday, we joined a couple of his other college friends at another restaurant, where we sat on their homey backyard patio for hours. And tonight we had one final dinner and ice cream with dear friends Amani and Marcus before they move across country.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the past week: 1. I am not a fan of coleslaw, but the slaw that accompanied my lunch from the Cirque Cuisine truck was delicious &#8212; cabbage, celeriac, pumpkin seeds, and cilantro topped with a maple-cider vinaigrette. 2. 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