{"id":15673,"date":"2014-03-03T23:35:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=15673"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:05:57","slug":"friends-and-fun-it-was-a-great-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=15673","title":{"rendered":"Friends and Fun!  It Was A Great Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. &#8211; Marcel Proust<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been dancing with Al and Margie for years, but usually we only get to visit at the dance&#8230; and they can be noisy!\u00a0 We decided to go to Cafe Santorini in Old Town Pasadena and share an afternoon!\u00a0 The food and ambiance were outstanding!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15674\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/friends\/lebovitz\/index.htm#Santorini\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15674\" class=\" wp-image-15674\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/collage-santorini-03-03-14-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"Great fun! Great friends! Great food!\" width=\"555\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/collage-santorini-03-03-14-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/collage-santorini-03-03-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/collage-santorini-03-03-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/collage-santorini-03-03-14.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great fun, great friends!\u00a0 Great food!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we got home, Flower wanted to know where the &#8220;To Go Bag&#8221; was. We had to break the news that we ate everything!\u00a0 We made her a little snack to make up for it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15675\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15675\" class=\" wp-image-15675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"Flower the Wonder Dog always keeps an eye on the house when we are gone\" width=\"554\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower the Wonder Dog always keeps an eye on the house when we are gone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We decided to go to the Boathouse and have some wine and listen to some music before settling in for the evening!\u00a0 The sunset was amazing!\u00a0 We thought at first the sunset would be grey, but all of a sudden the oranges and reds burst forth and lit up the inside of the restaurant!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15676\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15676\" class=\" wp-image-15676\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastic sunset!\" width=\"601\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fantastic sunset!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15678\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15678\" class=\" wp-image-15678\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"The sunset changed every 30 seconds!\" width=\"564\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-4.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sunset changed every 30 seconds!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15677\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15677\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15677\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3-421x562.jpg\" alt=\"We had our own one-man band! We danced to his great music!\" width=\"421\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3-421x562.jpg 421w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-03-03-3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had our own one-man band!\u00a0 We danced to his great music!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After getting home, Sue hit the treadmill, and Paul operated the remote control!\u00a0 We are now almost caught up with our various series!\u00a0 Tomorrow is golf!\u00a0 Yeah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. &#8211; Marcel Proust We have been dancing with Al and Margie for years, but usually we only get to visit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=15673\">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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17],"tags":[140,41,143,11],"class_list":["post-15673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-wine","category-friends","tag-dancing","tag-dining-out","tag-friends","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97281,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673\/revisions\/97281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}