{"id":489,"date":"2013-11-07T05:37:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-11-07T05:37:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T05:37:17","slug":"texas-renaissance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/07\/texas-renaissance-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Renaissance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Renaissance Festival (not too far from Houston) is really a joy to attend, and we go back year after year. The people &#8211; both employees and attendees &#8211; are uncommonly nice, and the same activities continue to be fun even the Nth time. Go! We heartily recommend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1396 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/262p.jpg\" alt=\"262p\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1390 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/031p.jpg\" alt=\"031p\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/015p.jpg\" alt=\"015p\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1391 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033.jpg\" alt=\"033\" width=\"438\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1394\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/149.jpg\" alt=\"149\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1387\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/001p.jpg\" alt=\"001p\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Romani beauty was standing at the entrance to the water garden, and I just happened by at the right moment. So natural, I had my hand out to hear all about the brilliant future written in my palms, but it seems she was only playing the part.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1398 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/116pp.jpg\" alt=\"116pp\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1393 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/120p.jpg\" alt=\"120p\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p>You can see on their faces how decades of living in the monastery has taken its toll on these lads. Nope, the religious life isn&#8217;t for everyone. But they are right on target with at least one diversion, which seems to have brought out a smile and a quarter today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1395 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2391.jpg\" alt=\"239\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Pigtails is feeling downright plucky today. People say life is all about pulling the right strings. Do that, and not only will life go your way, but you&#8217;ll be hearing the world&#8217;s most beautiful music &#8211; yours!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1388 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/013p.jpg\" alt=\"013p\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>This is Henry the Eighth (seven before him moved on from the Festival for better pay elsewhere, or so we are told). But never mind that, he&#8217;s definitely got that regal bearing. And a great voice to match, I can report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/0531.jpg\" alt=\"053\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Renaissance Festival (not too far from Houston) is really a joy to attend, and we go back year after year. The people &#8211; both employees and attendees &#8211; are uncommonly nice, and the same activities continue to be fun even the Nth time. Go! We heartily recommend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1396 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/262p.jpg\" alt=\"262p\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1390 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/031p.jpg\" alt=\"031p\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/015p.jpg\" alt=\"015p\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1391 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033.jpg\" alt=\"033\" width=\"438\" height=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1394\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/149.jpg\" alt=\"149\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1387\" src=\"http:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/001p.jpg\" alt=\"001p\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amalyaphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}