{"id":553,"date":"2013-11-17T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T17:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/?p=553"},"modified":"2013-11-11T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T01:28:56","slug":"the-orange-list-episode-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/the-orange-list-episode-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Orange List, Episode One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Just a little list of my favorite things about my hometown.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Now, to be fair, my &#8220;real&#8221; hometown is probably North Bend, WA. I was raised there from birth until 16 or so months, then six or so months in Anchorage, followed by a return to NB where I lived until I was 18 (and where I returned to when I was 19, for another year).<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But when I think of home &#8211; even now that I&#8217;ve lived in PA for a number of years &#8211; I always think of Ellensburg, WA. Coming down over the ridge from Yakima, sliding down the mountains from Seattle &#038; the Pass, watching the vast valley open up before me&#8230; Ellensburg is still home.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So, here are a few of my favorite things about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.ellensburg.wa.us\/\">Ellensburg, WA<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tim &#038; Jym&#8217;s House &#8211; I spent so many hours on their couch. It is to be loved.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroadhousegrill.net\/\">The Roadhouse Grill<\/a> &#8211; Mark &#038; I had a couple lovely dinners here and wished we could have had more.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wingcentralellensburg\">Wings Central<\/a> &#8211; Mark loved the wings, but it was the No Smoochin&#8217; Fries that I cannot live without. I want them. Now. NOW!!!<\/li>\n<li>All the parks. I wish we could take Venna to all the great parks &#038; outdoor spaces. She&#8217;d love it.<\/li>\n<li>Its location in the center of Washington. I&#8217;ve taken tons of &#8216;day trips&#8217; to places around the area. A few hours will get you to the Pacific, the desert, Seattle &#038; the harbor, the mountains, lakes &#038; rivers galore, the Gorge Amphitheater, Canada, music, lights, a rain forest&#8230; everything.<\/li>\n<li>Inspiration. Everything there inspires me. I have set two novels there, plus set slew of fantasy pieces in similar type areas.<\/li>\n<li>Campus Burger &#038; Rossow-U-Tote &#8216;Em &#8211; yeah, more food. But these were always childhood favorites and Mark &#038; I quite definitely love &#8217;em.<\/li>\n<li>The Ellensburg Rodeo &#038; County Fair. It makes traffic a mess for days and if you are working in retail &#8211; it is the devil. But it is so fantastic an event anyway. I love that it exists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I just adore Ellensburg. I do. I always dreamed of raising my babies there. That may never be, but for now&#8230; my heart remains in that little cow town. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"Signed, Josie\" width=\"92\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Note: Image is &#8220;The Orange List&#8221; by Josie<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Just a little list of my favorite things about my hometown. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Now, to be fair, my &#8220;real&#8221; hometown is probably North Bend, WA. I was raised there from birth until 16 or so months, then six or so months in Anchorage, followed by a return to NB where I&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/the-orange-list-episode-one\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,1],"tags":[95],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list","category-uncategorized","tag-list-2","xfolkentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}