{"id":2504,"date":"2010-08-13T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:48:13","slug":"peonys-seven-qu-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/08\/peonys-seven-qu-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Peony&#8217;s Seven Quick Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettybeguiles.com\/2010\/08\/7-quick-takes-friday.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7_quick_takes_sm.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/images\/7_quick_takes_sm.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"222\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettybeguiles.com\/2010\/08\/7-quick-takes-friday.html\"><em><br \/>\nSeven Quick Takes is being hosted at Betty Beguiles this week.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n1.  I love coffee.  I love cake.  I love coffee and cake.    I love coffeecake.  I love coffee and coffeecake even more when I&#8217;m enjoying it with friends.  And doesn&#8217;t coffee and cake taste even better <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/FederalSnackSet\">when eaten off cute dishes<\/a>?<br \/>\n2.  I never used to give much thought to cocktails, but between my sister introducing me to Cosmopolitans and some radio show&#8217;s putting daiquiris into my head, I&#8217;ve been having fun this summer exploring the world of the blender and the shaker.<br \/>\n3.  Which puts me in mind of this treasure from the early days of St Blog&#8217;s:  Tom of Disputation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/stblogscookbook.blogspot.com\/2002_12_15_archive.html#86283716\">Assumption Swizzle<\/a>. &#8220;&#8230;drink only for cheer, lest it lead you to sin, and drink only one, lest it lead you to dormition. &#8221;<br \/>\n4.  Which makes me think of this fine piece of literature:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=twosleepymomm-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=082452411X&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Seriously, this book is a scream.  Maybe the Assumption Swizzle will make it into the next edition.<br \/>\n5.  We have one of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plestiodon_fasciatus\">these <\/a>living in the shrubs around our front door.<br \/>\n6. Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has over 1 million residents.  Did you know that?  I didn&#8217;t, until this week.<br \/>\n7.  I have so many quotations posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/happycatholic.blogspot.com\/\">Happy Catholic<\/a> starred in my Google Reader.  Here&#8217;s a couple:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/happycatholic.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/well-said_26.html\">We should look for someone to eat and drink<\/a> with before looking for something to eat and drink.  &#8212; Epicurious<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/happycatholic.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/well-said_09.html\">The Magi set out<\/a> because of a deep desire which prompted them to leave everything and begin a journey. It was as though they had always been waiting for that star. &#8212; Pope Benedict XVI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Quick Takes is being hosted at Betty Beguiles this week. 1. I love coffee. I love cake. I love coffee and cake. I love coffeecake. I love coffee and coffeecake even more when I&#8217;m enjoying it with friends. And doesn&#8217;t coffee and cake taste even better when eaten off cute dishes? 2. I never&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/08\/peonys-seven-qu-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Peony&#8217;s Seven Quick Takes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commonplace-book","category-recipes","category-seven-quick-takes-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}