{"id":1380,"date":"2013-12-23T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2014-07-31T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:57:33","slug":"only-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1380","title":{"rendered":"Only in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day while traveling, we stopped for the night in Ridgeland, SC. \u00a0The following morning I woke up and headed to the breakfast. \u00a0I was enjoying a nice little breakfast reading my paper and observed the following…<\/p>\n

Next to me was a nice elderly couple, talking to another couple in German. \u00a0Next to them was a nice family conversing in Korean, and finally a Chinese family enjoying a little continental breakfast.<\/p>\n

How cool is that? \u00a0Here we are in a motel in a small SC town, and at least four different cultures were interacting with no problems. \u00a0It Is at this point I’d usually make a political reference; but that would detract from the joy of the season.<\/p>\n

I love this country!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other day while traveling, we stopped for the night in Ridgeland, SC. \u00a0The following morning I woke up and headed to the breakfast. \u00a0I was enjoying a nice little breakfast reading my paper and observed the following… Next to … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,8,16,7],"tags":[50,105],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-life","category-rants-raves","category-travel","tag-america","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/usFlag-small.jpg?fit=125%2C160&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2571,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2571","url_meta":{"origin":1380,"position":0},"title":"Am I smarter than the waffle iron?","author":"DR D","date":"October 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, the bosslady and I have been on the road. \u00a0I'll give more details on the trip in another post later. \u00a0But today, I'd like to concentrate on the evils of waffle machines. \u00a0Sure, they look innocent...but they are really evil. 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