{"id":184,"date":"2008-10-30T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curve.org.uk\/newblog\/2008\/10\/30\/earl\/"},"modified":"2008-10-30T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T13:45:21","slug":"earl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/2008\/10\/30\/earl\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Birthday Pressies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/blog\/images\/birthday_whisky.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/blog\/images\/birthday_whisky.html','popup','width=640,height=457,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/blog\/images\/birthday_whisky-thumb-200x142.jpg\" alt=\"birthday_whisky.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/span>HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!&nbsp; And thanks to all those who posted messages on Facebook&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to have three rather nice early birthday presents this year.&nbsp; First off was seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=tF4rQbVAEZQ\">Bloc Party at HMV Oxford Circus<\/a>.&nbsp; I initially thought entrance to the gig was for a lucky few who had queued for hours in the early morning, but found that I could just pitch up!&nbsp; So at six on Monday evening I was enjoying a half hour set from one of my favourite bands for free!<\/p>\n<p>My brother Phil then popped over during the week to deliver a bike I&#8217;m buying off him, plus some very nice lights and locks to complete the set.&nbsp; Hooray for good presents!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, to finish off the early treats, I popped to a whisky bar in London, recommended by Phil, at the five star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athenaeumhotel.com\/\">Athenaeum <\/a>Hotel just near Green Park.&nbsp; After investing in a wonderful glass of Port Ellen 25yr old Islay whisky I felt considerably poorer financially, but all the richer for the experience.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlaharding.com\/\">Carla<\/a> and Charlotte lapped up the ambiance &#8211; and and extremley nice cocktail &#8211; with me.<\/p>\n<div>36 has been a good vintage.&nbsp; 37 starts with a great meal at home with Shirley this evening!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!&nbsp; And thanks to all those who posted messages on Facebook&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09 I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to have three rather nice early birthday presents this year.&nbsp; First off was seeing Bloc Party at HMV Oxford Circus.&nbsp; I initially thought entrance to the gig was for a lucky few who had queued for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/2008\/10\/30\/earl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Early Birthday Pressies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[41,39,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curve.org.uk\/newblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}