{"id":1370,"date":"2019-02-14T15:50:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:50:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:50:33","slug":"hamburgers-are-romantic-%e2%80%94-who-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"Hamburgers are Romantic \u2014 Who Knew?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here it is Valentine&#8217;s Day again \u2014 last year Valentine&#8217;s Day fell on Ash Wednesday, presenting a dilemma for some people. It wasn&#8217;t a problem for us, because as I&#8217;ve mentioned in the past, we never celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day on Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Every year around Valentine&#8217;s Day, I write something about the holiday and like a lot of the holidays that repeat, I&#8217;m running out of things to write. I usually include some facts about the day, like:<br \/>\nThe first Valentine&#8217;s Day candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the late 19th century. Or, every Valentine&#8217;s Day, the Italian City of Verona receives approximately 1,000 letters that have been addressed to Juliet. This is where Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers in Shakespeare&#8217;s play, lived. Or maybe the fact that penicillin was introduced on February. 14 in 1929 \u2014 if you give this some serious thought it&#8217;s appropriate or ironic or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>But I thought this year I might just pass along some useful information that a lot of people may not be aware of\u2026. it may be a little late for this year, but tuck it away for next year.<br \/>\nYou and your loved one can share romance at White Castle. You read that right \u2014 the fast-food burger chain takes reservations (via Open Table) for February 14.<br \/>\nThe reservations include perks like hostess seating, music, table side service and decorations. White Castle said that last year, more than 30,000 customers enjoyed their Valentine&#8217;s Day experience. Many people have shared stories about meeting the loves of their lives, or forming lifelong friendships at White Castle. And \u2014 for those who&#8217;d rather be romantic in the privacy of their homes, White Castle offers a Valentine&#8217;s Day experience delivered to their customers.<\/p>\n<p>I pass along this information as a public service\u2026 but no matter where you choose to celebrate, I hope you have a great time. I should mention that around our house, that Valentine&#8217;s Day is also a reminder that Christmas Decorations have to come down soon\u2026<br \/>\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here it is Valentine&#8217;s Day again \u2014 last year Valentine&#8217;s Day fell on Ash Wednesday, presenting a dilemma for some people. It wasn&#8217;t a problem for us, because as I&#8217;ve mentioned in the past, we never celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=1370\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}