{"id":136,"date":"2018-06-17T19:36:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/?p=136"},"modified":"2018-06-17T22:06:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T22:06:25","slug":"day-8-men-of-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Day 8: Men of Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(by Carol)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-137 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"picture of men with lots of pasta hanging like clothing on a line\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_20180617_151133954-1040x780.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the decor in this apartment is modern with some faux rustic furniture (paint purposefully, if not meaninglessly, rubbed off).\u00a0 Over the loveseat is a five-piece photograph of a vineyard at sunset.\u00a0 There is a little chalkboard with instructions for using the modem handwritten in hot pink chalk.\u00a0 There are various pictures of wine advertisements.\u00a0 On the floor next to the loveseat is a tall glass vase, filled with colorful fake flower petals and long curvy white sticks stuck into the mess.\u00a0 Pretty much bourgeoisie, young adult, cool shit.\u00a0 And then there is this old, sepia toned portrait of men in towels with large ropes of pasta hanging on lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen.jpg\" alt=\"enlargement of the pasta men portrait\" width=\"2757\" height=\"2089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen.jpg 2757w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen-370x280.jpg 370w, https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spaghettimen-1040x788.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2757px) 100vw, 2757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure, but the hats, mustaches, and general condition of the portrait suggests to me that it was taken in the early 20th century.\u00a0 Was it taken in Florence, or if not in the city, somewhere in Tuscany?\u00a0 Why are several of the men wearing towels?\u00a0 I wish I could travel back to that time and place and say to them, &#8220;My! What big noodles you have!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(by Carol) Most of the decor in this apartment is modern with some faux rustic furniture (paint purposefully, if not meaninglessly, rubbed off).\u00a0 Over the loveseat is a five-piece photograph of a vineyard at sunset.\u00a0 There is a little chalkboard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/?p=136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carols-stories","category-day-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/floundering-in-florence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}