{"id":171686,"date":"2014-09-01T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=171686"},"modified":"2014-09-01T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:57:31","slug":"the-canals-of-venice-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/","title":{"rendered":"The canals of Venice (California)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-171686\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve lived here over 6 years and still haven&#8217;t seen a lot of California (yet). So we decided to check out the canals of Venice, CA. We took the dogs, they had a terrific time smelling everything. The original canals were designed by Abbot Kinney, one of the early developers of Venice &#8211; the ones there now date back to 1905. It is beautiful and quiet there, and we did see a duck &#8211; and it smelled like the Amsterdam canals and the water was quite green. All in all it was quite enjoyable, wish I could afford to live there!<\/p>\n<p>We then walked around Venice a bit, visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsoleteinc.com\/\">Obsolete Gallery<\/a> and especially down Abbot Kinney Blvd. (named after the same guy) which is a good shopping area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/01\\\/the-canals-of-venice-california\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:37193943}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 95px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"95\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 125px; height: 95px;\" data-original-width=\"125\" data-original-height=\"95\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/lsd\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"121\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"91\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171690\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409434474&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025839793281654&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LSD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?fit=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?w=121&#038;h=91&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/LSD.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"121\" height=\"91\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"121\" data-original-height=\"91\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"LSD\" alt=\"LSD on a wall in Venice\" style=\"width: 121px; height: 91px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> LSD on a wall in Venice <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 375px; height: 95px;\" data-original-width=\"375\" data-original-height=\"95\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/venicecanalpanorama\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"371\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"91\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171693\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,294\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409434815&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00084889643463497&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VeniceCanalPanorama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?fit=300%2C73&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?fit=1024%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?w=371&#038;h=91&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?resize=150%2C36&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?resize=300%2C73&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/VeniceCanalPanorama.jpg?resize=1024%2C250&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"371\" height=\"91\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"371\" data-original-height=\"91\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"VeniceCanalPanorama\" alt=\"A panorama of one of the canals\" style=\"width: 371px; height: 91px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A panorama of one of the canals <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 228px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"228\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 228px;\" data-original-width=\"350\" data-original-height=\"228\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/swanboat\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"346\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"224\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171692\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409435779&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0012903225806452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SwanBoat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?fit=300%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?fit=800%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?w=346&#038;h=224&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SwanBoat.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"346\" height=\"224\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"346\" data-original-height=\"224\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"SwanBoat\" alt=\"A swan boat\" style=\"width: 346px; 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height: 110px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Exploded bird skull at Obsolete Gallery <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/manniquins\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"146\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"110\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171691\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409439335&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manniquins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?fit=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?w=146&#038;h=110&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Manniquins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"146\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"146\" data-original-height=\"110\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Manniquins\" alt=\"A collection of 1800s mannequins at Obsolete Gallery\" style=\"width: 146px; height: 110px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A collection of 1800s mannequins at Obsolete Gallery <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 319px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"319\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/buildingabbotkinney\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"315\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171687\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409444338&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0010152284263959&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BuildingAbbotKinney\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?fit=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?w=315&#038;h=236&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BuildingAbbotKinney.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"315\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"BuildingAbbotKinney\" alt=\"A cool shop on Abbot Kinney\" style=\"width: 315px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A cool shop on Abbot Kinney <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 181px; height: 240px;\" data-original-width=\"181\" data-original-height=\"240\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2014\/09\/01\/the-canals-of-venice-california\/gatebountiful\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"177\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"236\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-171686\" data-attachment-id=\"171689\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1409443540&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015873015873016&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GateBountiful\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?fit=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?fit=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?w=177&#038;h=236&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/GateBountiful.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" width=\"177\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"177\" data-original-height=\"236\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"GateBountiful\" alt=\"Front of Bountiful, a cool store on Abbot Kinney\" style=\"width: 177px; height: 236px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Front of Bountiful, a cool store on Abbot Kinney <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-171686\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 171686);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-171686\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-171686\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve lived here over 6 years and still haven&#8217;t seen a lot of California (yet). So we decided to check out the canals of Venice, CA. We took the dogs, they had a terrific time smelling everything. The original canals were designed by Abbot Kinney, one of the early developers of Venice &#8211; the ones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,153,143,403],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-los-angeles","category-travel-foreign","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2w3Qj-IF8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}