{"id":2129,"date":"2015-02-16T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2015-02-16T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:36:27","slug":"anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Anybody Seen A Blue Scooter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It occurred to me this morning that I haven&#8217;t heard from the scooter shop in quite some time. \u00a0Uhhh, are you still working on it? \u00a0Odd. \u00a0I&#8217;m not nervous yet though, because for one thing I&#8217;m dreading getting it back home, and I rather enjoy the extra garage space. \u00a0Hopefully they didn&#8217;t just sell it for parts though, it was a rather sketchy looking place.<\/p>\n<p>The weather is shaping up quite nicely here, we made good use of our back patio area this past weekend. \u00a0Friday I was heading to the Hop House by myself, when it struck me that I might as well just sit on my own back porch. \u00a0Indeed, I think I enjoyed it much more\u00a0than the Hop House. \u00a0I could watch whatever I wanted on TV, do a little grilling, and generally enjoy the evening, all while saving a considerable amount of change. \u00a0All good things.<\/p>\n<p>We had plans with some other couples for Valentines Day, but when it came down to the wire nobody felt like fighting the crowds. \u00a0(At least with us&#8230; \u00a0Maybe that was the case&#8230;) \u00a0By late afternoon everybody had expressed their general disinterest, so I headed up to the grocery and bought my own feed. \u00a0It was pretty much a duplicate of our New Year&#8217;s Eve dinner; \u00a0ribeye steak with lobster, and asparagus. \u00a0I thought the lobster came out much better this time though, I&#8217;m getting the new grill figured out.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I had big plans of shopping all day, but it was just too nice out. \u00a0Instead of running errands, we went to Relish Burger and enjoyed their nice patio for quite a while. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure when you pass the time-frame for &#8220;leisurely lunch&#8221; and cross into &#8220;loitering&#8221; but I&#8217;d say we were pretty close to that fine line. \u00a0Oh well, we didn&#8217;t get kicked out. \u00a0I did manage to make it Over The Hill (as it&#8217;s commonly referred to) to Folsom and hit the World Market. \u00a0Dangerous place, they have all sorts of cool looking stuff. \u00a0I stuck with my target items though; \u00a0A new paella pan and a few groceries to go with it. \u00a0I was quite excited to put together my first paella effort last night, but Doni wasn&#8217;t behind that idea so it&#8217;ll have to wait until this evening.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2129 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter\/heart_ribeye\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heart_ribeye-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heart_ribeye-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heart_ribeye-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heart_ribeye-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/heart_ribeye.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2130'>\n\t\t\t\tAwwww, a heart-shaped steak for Valentine&#8217;s.  Didn&#8217;t pull the trigger on this one, I was a little intimidated by the weight.  (Not to mention the price tag.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter\/russian_river\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/russian_river-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/russian_river-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/russian_river-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/russian_river-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/russian_river.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2131'>\n\t\t\t\tDoni &#038; I waiting in line at Russian River last week.  Chilly morning.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter\/sunset\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2132'>\n\t\t\t\tMy &#8220;outdoor living&#8221; space is continuing to evolve.  Got some lights hung, although I did a pretty crappy job of it.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/anybody-seen-a-blue-scooter\/surf_n_turf\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/surf_n_turf-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/surf_n_turf-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/surf_n_turf-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/surf_n_turf-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/surf_n_turf.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2133'>\n\t\t\t\tOur Valentine&#8217;s dinner menu.  We split the steak, it was a pretty big hunka beef.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It occurred to me this morning that I haven&#8217;t heard from the scooter shop in quite some time. \u00a0Uhhh, are you still working on it? \u00a0Odd. \u00a0I&#8217;m not nervous yet though, because for one thing I&#8217;m dreading getting it back home, and I rather enjoy the extra garage space. \u00a0Hopefully they didn&#8217;t just sell it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}