{"id":1969,"date":"2011-08-15T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2012-10-09T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T01:25:19","slug":"vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I took the week off for a (much needed) vacation to visit Tim in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>The Amtrak trip over was really, really nice. Totally stress-free compared to airports. The views were amazing (although maybe I&#8217;m just jaded about airborne pictures since I fly so much), the seats had a ton of legroom (I could stretch out my legs horizontally!), there were power outlets, and I could use any electronic device (and my phone) at any time.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/images2\/081511train1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/images2\/081511train2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The only slightly stressful part was Penn Station in NYC, which is one of the busiest places I&#8217;ve ever been, but even that initial feeling of being overwhelmed turned into a sense of adventurism (that&#8217;s totally a word) once I left the arrivals floor and got to the main floor.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/images2\/081511pennstation.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time at Tim&#8217;s has been filled with lots of games and awesome. Ian is here now, and Keith will be joining us later this week.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/images2\/081511bread.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night we went to Sushi Palace, an all-you-can-eat place that isn&#8217;t a traditional buffet&#8230; you put down orders for plates of food or sushi on slips of paper, and they bring them out to you, freshly made. I ate a ton of sushi (and a ton of eel), but it was so good.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/images2\/081511food.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yay vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I took the week off for a (much needed) vacation to visit Tim in Connecticut. The Amtrak trip over was really, really nice. Totally stress-free compared to airports. The views were amazing (although maybe I&#8217;m just jaded about airborne &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/?p=1969\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}