{"id":3607,"date":"2011-08-21T23:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T06:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2011-08-21T23:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T06:49:06","slug":"i-dont-think-that-this-would-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3607","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t think that this would work for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Beer, brisket and football will all come together for Elixir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BBQ kick off on Sunday, August 21.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NFL pre-season game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Diego Chargers, all while enjoying a $10 all-you-can-eat buffet&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My dad saw this and was instantly entranced.  $10.  All you can eat!  Football.<\/p>\n<p>But I balked.  <\/p>\n<p>Hipsters.  Alcohol.  The loud bar scene.  The casualness of it all.  Uncomfortable chairs.  Badly lit rooms.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t imagine my parents in their early sixties enjoying a scene reserved for hipsters half their age.  In an effort to compromise, I provided three alternatives\u00e2\u20ac\u201dquiet expensive restaurants perfect for impressing and delicate cuisine that catered to their tastes.  I thought about the very American culture here in the city and the casualness that took years of adjusting.<\/p>\n<p>But it was a stern no over their phone in accented English  <i>I think it&#8217;s a better option and it&#8217;s the price we want.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In retort, I said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t be liable if you don&#8217;t have a good time.  My liability is released upon acceptance.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beer, brisket and football will all come together for Elixir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BBQ kick off on Sunday, August 21. Watch the NFL pre-season game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Diego Chargers, all while enjoying a $10 all-you-can-eat buffet&#8230; My dad &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3607\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3609,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions\/3609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}