{"id":6991,"date":"2016-02-14T22:43:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T03:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:50:05","slug":"a-weekend-of-tapas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=6991","title":{"rendered":"A weekend of tapas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was all laid out before us: shrimp Diablo, buffalo sausage, Moroccan crepe, lobster bisque, marinated Greek white beans, winter hummus, artisanal cheese, European olives …<\/p>\n

That was just the first meal. Then there was the shrimp with grits and andouille, filet mignon on eggs Benedict, bourbon-glazed salmon, garlic-roasted potatoes, Key Lime cheesecake, chocolate truffle cake…<\/p>\n

And that’s just what we ate.<\/p>\n

When I close my eyes, I see a reclining dress made of glass,<\/p>\n

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Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery, cast glass; Karen LaMonte, 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and the Burning of the Philadelphia<\/p>\n

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Edward Moran, 1897, “The Burning of the Philadelphia”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And that was just in their permanent collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I dreamed about the dragon’s descendant<\/p>\n

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A cloud of floating white spirits<\/p>\n

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One clownish funny face<\/p>\n

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And a grinning gator trio.<\/p>\n

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And we really could have spent another day there.<\/p>\n

That’s not to mention the famous train station<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sunset over the river<\/p>\n

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And walking comfortably everywhere.<\/p>\n

No, we did not fly to New York for a getaway.<\/p>\n

A weekend\u00a0in Chattanooga<\/a> was like a dinner of tapas: sampling many treats, intense in flavor, but you don’t feel bloated at the end of it. Just happy.<\/p>\n

Pardon me, boy. That is definitely\u00a0the choo-choo. And also the cha-cha.<\/p>\n

Today’s penny is 2002 –\u00a0the year that Terra Nostra Tapas Restaurant<\/a> opened in Chattanooga on the North Shore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was all laid out before us: shrimp Diablo, buffalo sausage, Moroccan crepe, lobster bisque, marinated Greek white beans, winter hummus, artisanal cheese, European olives … That was just the first meal. Then there was the shrimp with grits and andouille, filet mignon on eggs Benedict, bourbon-glazed salmon, garlic-roasted potatoes, Key Lime cheesecake, chocolate truffle … read more A weekend of tapas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[439,35,727,34],"class_list":["post-6991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-improvisation","tag-439","tag-art","tag-fish","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7006,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991\/revisions\/7006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}