{"id":864,"date":"2010-10-05T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=864"},"modified":"2012-01-21T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T04:02:17","slug":"a-few-of-my-favorite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"A Few of My Favorite Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4086\/5004125003_8ce3221336.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0019\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As the saying goes, &#8220;Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice&#8230;. can&#8217;t fool a fool again,&#8221; or something. In other words, I do wish I had done DC more justice while we lived there. Not only for the memories, but also for all 8 of you readers. You know, should you ever desire to know what &#8220;it&#8221; spots exist for a stay-at-home mom of two. So&#8230; I will try to devote some time and space to our special places around here. Mostly within walking distance, but also a few that are more easily accessible by car or metro. Place number one: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaldiscoffee.com\/Home\/tabid\/40\/List\/1\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Kaldi&#8217;s Coffee<\/a> (there are several around here, but we most enjoy the atmosphere and people at the original DeMun location in Clayton).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4109\/5004735008_d1ab8f4f09.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0003\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Andrew&#8217;s birthday present parked on the far left<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4153\/5004736234_7f97129505.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0038\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ham. Though they don&#8217;t serve it here. All vegetarian, and the food is DELICIOUS!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4088\/5054611129_ef10e28b76.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0046\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Enjoying Kaldi&#8217;s signature cinnamon scone<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4130\/5054611893_5a8e59bacb.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0052\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Crumb bum<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4128\/5054612191_c6d36aa67f.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0053\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Be warned: the warm atmosphere and delicious sugary treats<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>may inspire unusual displays of generosity and tender feelings. Sigh.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4146\/5055231812_5b31b42039.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0061\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4129\/5055232044_2cb0fab9b5.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0064\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/5055232584_51c4763220.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0076\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4109\/5054613451_67858eea00.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0088\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Seriously.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And a bonus: this particular location is across from a seriously gorgeous green space, home to Concordia Seminary, and just a few short blocks away from a quaint little playground that is fenced in for safekeeping of young crummy bums&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/5055233128_6bea22f3f1.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0091\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4124\/5055233406_7034045d1c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0092\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4083\/5054615943_0180c930bd.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0095\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4105\/5055235422_2cdf778b2e.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; who may or may not try to bite you when you kiss them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4130\/5054616791_c90aeee7e9.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0105\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4126\/5055236286_f1e19d2b67.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0106\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4111\/5055236688_76323b3283.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0109\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, &#8220;Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice&#8230;. can&#8217;t fool a fool again,&#8221; or something. In other words, I do wish I had done DC more justice while we lived there. Not only for the memories, but also for all 8 of you readers. You know, should you ever desire &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=864\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Few of My Favorite Things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[174,92,93,88,171],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-favorite-places","tag-favorite-places","tag-milo","tag-oliver","tag-st-louis","tag-yummy-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}