{"id":22,"date":"2006-10-06T08:26:25","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T12:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crankopotamus.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2006-10-06T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T14:35:55","slug":"parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image23\" alt=\"Topsfield Fair\" src=\"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/topsfieldfair.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a blast at the Topsfield Fair last night. I took Nate to work with me (hooray backup day care!) and we left at 4:00 in an attempt to beat the rush hour traffic. I&#8217;ll never go to the Fair on a weekend again. We just cruised right up to the main entrance and parked in the main lot: unheard of!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Amadis for coming out to play with us. She kept an eye on Nate so I could use the bathroom by myself, another rare treat.<\/p>\n<p>It was a whirlwind tour, as dictated by the attention span (and bedtime) of a three-year-old boy. But we hit all the highlights: horses, alpacas, sheep, goats, cows, pigs, rabbits, the giant pumpkin, Kiddieland rides, hot dogs, model trains, and apple cider doughnuts. The only things I missed were the poultry barn and the &#8220;as seen on TV&#8221; building. I could have used another bottle of that windshield stuff.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been years since I&#8217;ve been to the Fair. Somehow the giant pumpkin and the &#8220;have your picture taken with a rabbit on your lap $5&#8221; booth had gotten mixed up in my mind. I was both disappointed and relieved to discover that there was no &#8220;have your picture taken sitting on the lap of a giant rabbit $5&#8221; booth. I&#8217;m not sure a 1,300-pound rabbit would be a good idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a blast at the Topsfield Fair last night. I took Nate to work with me (hooray backup day care!) and we left at 4:00 in an attempt to beat the rush hour traffic. I&#8217;ll never go to the Fair on a weekend again. We just cruised right up to the main entrance and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/parsley-sage-rosemary-and-thyme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}