{"id":109,"date":"2012-02-23T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:46:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:46:58","slug":"pieces-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Beth in NYC came for a visit this past weekend. She&#8217;d wanted a break from &#8220;the big city&#8221; and, so, came to Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>; )<\/p>\n<p>This is closer to &#8220;city-living&#8221; than I&#8217;ve ever known, so her idea made me chuckle, just a little. I&#8217;d last about five minutes living in Manhattan. Anyway, I was happy to show her a couple favorite pieces of home&#8230;<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0733.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0733-300x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We visited Arabia Mountain and checked in with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=117\">Elf Orpine<\/a>&#8230; still not blooming! I haven&#8217;t decided what those little white flowers are, yet. Maybe Sandwort?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0740.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0740-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We checked in with the sunset&#8230; gorgeous!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0743.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0743-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We checked in with each other&#8230; we&#8217;re all doing okay!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0757.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0757-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We wandered around <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oakland_Cemetery_(Atlanta)\">Oakland Cemetery<\/a>&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>(where Beth had an unfortunate run-in with fire ants!)<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0753.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0753-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and I got to observe a real photographer at work!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">; )<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0780.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0780-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I checked in with Spring&#8230; on its way!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0789.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0789-300x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We wandered downtown for rainy views of some very tall buildings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>(Beth, of course, was particularly bored by this part.)<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0791.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0791-300x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We took against-the-rules photos of a sand mandala at <a href=\"http:\/\/carlos.emory.edu\/mandala\">Emory<\/a>&#8230;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0796.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; 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She&#8217;d wanted a break from &#8220;the big city&#8221; and, so, came to Atlanta. ; ) This is closer to &#8220;city-living&#8221; than I&#8217;ve ever known, so her idea made me chuckle, just a little. I&#8217;d last about five minutes living in Manhattan. Anyway, I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=109\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pieces of home<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,25,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}