{"id":90,"date":"2007-07-01T07:14:58","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk:80\/paws\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2007-07-01T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T06:21:12","slug":"week-26-bxl-evening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"Week 26: BXL evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My highlight of the week was a weekend spent in Brussels, attending a dinner given by Viewfinders, the English-language photography club of which I have been a member since some time in the 1990s. <\/p>\n<p>But first, a couple of images from Almere, the town where I live. I was out shopping in the town centre when one of our frequent downpours hit. The Dutch are always prepared for rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main<\/strong><br \/>\nRain in colour:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26.jpg\" alt=\"2081\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe alternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 1<\/em><br \/>\nRain in black &#038; white:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt1.jpg\" alt=\"2089\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remaining pictures are from that evening in Brussels. We had dinner at a restaurant on Place Ste-Catherine, one of the nicest neighbourhoods in downtown Brussels, and then moved on to the nearby Monk bar for additional imbibing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 2<\/em><br \/>\nA rarity&#8211;a picture of me, taken by one of my fellow Viewfinders members:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt2.jpg\" alt=\"2121\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 3<\/em><br \/>\nPaula, my neighbour at the table:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt3.jpg\" alt=\"2170\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 4<\/em><br \/>\nThe waiter discusses menu selection with a customer:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt4.jpg\" alt=\"2147\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 5<\/em><br \/>\nConversation at the Monk bar:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt5.jpg\" alt=\"2184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 6<\/em><br \/>\nLaughter at the Monk bar:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt6.jpg\" alt=\"2192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last two images are also from the Monk bar. A girl at the bar caught my eye; she seemed to be waiting for someone, and that someone did not seem to be appearing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 7<\/em><br \/>\nChecking her messages:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt7.jpg\" alt=\"2199\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 8<\/em><br \/>\nJust waiting:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2007\/26alt8.jpg\" alt=\"2204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More images from the Brussels evening can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/gallery\/3061319\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.greatpix.eu\/gallery\/3061319', 'here']);\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My highlight of the week was a weekend spent in Brussels, attending a dinner given by Viewfinders, the English-language photography club of which I have been a member since some time in the 1990s. But first, a couple of images from Almere, the town where I live. I was out shopping in the town centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}