{"id":7251,"date":"2017-08-18T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2017-08-18T01:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:04:00","slug":"decoration-beauty-beast-le-diplomate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7251","title":{"rendered":"decoration, beauty &#038; the beast, and le diplomate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Thursday, which means it&#8217;s time to look back on three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35807944494\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Planters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4434\/35807944494_1635fd8e76.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Planters\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. Downtown D.C. spends a lot of money on flowers, regularly replanting tree boxes and planters. Last week, these hibiscuses showed up on one block.<\/p>\n<p>2. I&#8217;ve mentioned before that since the advent of the inflatable movie screen, outdoor film showings have really taken off. Tonight we headed across town to watch the live action version of <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em> with several hundred other fans of Belle. While I don&#8217;t know that I loved it as much as the original cartoon, I still liked it quite a bit. And, yes, my heart fluttered a bit in the library scene.<\/p>\n<p>3. We were walking home from a protest rally last Sunday when we discovered one of the fancy French restaurants in the next neighborhood was selling house-made ice cream out front. I might not be able to afford a whole dinner there, but I can definitely afford a couple cones. I mean, check out that weird wafer cone! Mine has a scoop of lemon verbena ice cream and a scoop of black currant sorbet. Both were delicious.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/36642407955\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Double Scoop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4346\/36642407955_cef3993819.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Double Scoop\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Thursday, which means it&#8217;s time to look back on three beautiful things from my past week: 1. Downtown D.C. spends a lot of money on flowers, regularly replanting tree boxes and planters. Last week, these hibiscuses showed up on one block. 2. 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