{"id":3440,"date":"2011-01-03T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2011-01-03T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T16:27:38","slug":"a-little-jaunt-down-memory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"A little jaunt down memory lane\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs1357.snc4\/162990_1686521196167_1031783500_1839063_8326545_n.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc6\/hs033.snc6\/166394_1686519556126_1031783500_1839056_2445746_n.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs242.snc4\/39430_1686528396347_1031783500_1839080_7596320_n.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"159\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash2\/hs393.ash2\/67133_1686529396372_1031783500_1839084_5139446_n.jpg\" width=\"236\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Meredith&#160; and I spent an afternoon walking about the stores in downtown<\/p>\n<p>historic Annapolis the week before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The stores were filled with Christmas items, the street filled with people.&#160; It<\/p>\n<p>reminded me of spending some time in England and shopping in York, in the<\/p>\n<p>Shambles, just after Christmas nine or so years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shambles1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"shambles1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"shambles1\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shambles1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shambles2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"shambles2 \" border=\"0\" alt=\"shambles2 \" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shambles2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere was so much the same.<\/p>\n<p>Shopping in the cold-going from shop to shop- looking into windows and entering<\/p>\n<p>into the hustle and happy bustle of capitalism on a local level.<\/p>\n<p>This is why I quit shopping at malls.<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m going to be part of a crowd I want an authentic mercantile experience.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t like to shop.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I make my own gifts.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2013 IF- I lived where one could go to a tea shop and a jumper shop and a <\/p>\n<p>Second hand Book Shop and a Yarn store- going in and out and breathing fresh, salty,<\/p>\n<p>cold air- then I would probably go shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Because it is invigorating and fun.<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it- that\u2019s what shopping in Chincoteague is like, as well!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSC04949\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC04949\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04949_thumb.jpg\" width=\"153\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSC04955\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC04955\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04955_thumb.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSC04956\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC04956\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC04956_thumb.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meredith&#160; and I spent an afternoon walking about the stores in downtown historic Annapolis the week before Christmas. 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