{"id":1384,"date":"2016-03-10T08:46:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:46:25","slug":"st-patricks-day-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day next week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreenTini\"<\/p>\n

March 17th and St. Patrick’s Day are just around the corner.\u00a0\u00a0 How are you planning on celebrating?\u00a0 Does a green Martini sound right?<\/p>\n

I’ve railed railed about ‘tinis in the past:\u00a0 Appletini, Mintini, Chocotini, and on and on.\u00a0\u00a0 The purist in me certainly would avail against such candy drinks but I think that for this occasion that perhaps a little tolerance is in order.<\/p>\n

So enjoy the green martini concoction of your choice next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 17th and St. Patrick’s Day are just around the corner.\u00a0\u00a0 How are you planning on celebrating?\u00a0 Does a green Martini sound right? I’ve railed railed about ‘tinis in the past:\u00a0 Appletini, Mintini, Chocotini, and on and on.\u00a0\u00a0 The purist … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[26,10],"tags":[25,101],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1400,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1400","url_meta":{"origin":1384,"position":0},"title":"Happy St. Patrick’s Day!","author":"wlmoon58","date":"March 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all. 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