{"id":2187,"date":"2008-08-02T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T19:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2008-08-02T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-02T19:28:48","slug":"this-pier-lights-our-carnival-life-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/this-pier-lights-our-carnival-life-forever","title":{"rendered":"This pier lights our carnival life forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in my previous post, we spent last Tuesday at Sea Bright, NJ and environs. Part of &#8220;environs&#8221; was Asbury Park. We went here when I was a little kid, but I don&#8217;t remember a darn thing from those trips. I mean, if I remembered anything, it would&#8217;ve been the wonderful buildings here, right?<\/p>\n<p>To make sure I don&#8217;t forget this stuff in another 30+ years, I busted out my camera and took a bunch of pix. Just click through the image to see the show!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157606502530588\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Greetings from As-- oh, whatever\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3096\/2726089568_5b7253bd1e.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in my previous post, we spent last Tuesday at Sea Bright, NJ and environs. Part of &#8220;environs&#8221; was Asbury Park. We went here when I was a little kid, but I don&#8217;t remember a darn thing from those trips. I mean, if I remembered anything, it would&#8217;ve been the wonderful buildings here, right? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/this-pier-lights-our-carnival-life-forever\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This pier lights our carnival life forever&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-asbury-park"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-zh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2180,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/way-down-in-the-hole","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":0},"title":"Way Down in the Hole","author":"Gil","date":"August 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent Tuesday with my brother and his best pal down at Sea Bright, NJ, and environs. 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