{"id":855,"date":"2010-08-25T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-07-02T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:13:37","slug":"a-saturday-afternoon-in-downtown-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"A Saturday Afternoon In Downtown Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_EED4nsY1-TQ\/THRa_U_qvkI\/AAAAAAAAF0M\/-Ez7qL6VKGE\/s1600\/IMG_4053.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_EED4nsY1-TQ\/THRa_U_qvkI\/AAAAAAAAF0M\/-Ez7qL6VKGE\/s400\/IMG_4053.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Last Saturday afternoon, on an unusually mild August day, Keith &amp; I decided to check out &nbsp;the Capitol Car Show held along Fayetteville Street in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy these shows. They&#8217;re like an art exhibit to me&#8230;vehicles with beautifully crafted lines, gorgeous vibrant colors, a few in subdued colors, all shapes &amp; sizes, most polished to perfection. Car restorers, car artists, hover nearby, showing their stuff, proud of their creations.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like an art exhibit &amp; an antique show rolled into one.<br \/>Many spectators have fond memories of these refurbished cars&#8211;they may have owned one similar or have had a friend who had one.<br \/>Many may have dreamed of owning one.<br \/>A time to dream &amp; admire &amp; appreciate craftsmanship&#8211;and to enjoy being downtown.<\/p>\n<p>A nice way to spend an afternoon in Raleigh:)<br \/>A little breeze now &amp; then made it even sweeter:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday afternoon, on an unusually mild August day, Keith &amp; I decided to check out &nbsp;the Capitol Car Show held along Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. I enjoy these shows. They&#8217;re like an art exhibit to me&#8230;vehicles with beautifully crafted lines, gorgeous vibrant colors, a few in subdued colors, all shapes &amp; sizes, most polished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1241,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}