{"id":1307,"date":"2009-09-05T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T08:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-09-05\/1307"},"modified":"2009-09-05T17:02:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T08:02:40","slug":"three-blades-of-grass-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-09-05\/1307","title":{"rendered":"Three Blades of Grass, and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1307'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"022355\" href=\"\/i\/JF7_022355.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_022355_sm.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Simplicity Understated Elegance -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i022355\"\ntitle=\"Simplicity Understated Elegance -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_022355.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_022355.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Simplicity<\/span>\n<br\/>Understated Elegance\n<\/div>\n\n<p>We took a drive in the mountains north of Kyoto today, stopping by <span class='nobr'>a\nroadside<\/span> cafe that offered <span class='nobr'>a simple,<\/span> tasteful Japanese interior with\nstunning views overlooking <span class='nobr'>a river,<\/span> under <span class='nobr'>a canopy<\/span> of sun-splashed maple\ntrees. <span class='nobr'>The prices<\/span> were reasonable and the food was good.<\/p>\n\n<p>The vase above, about the size of <span class='nobr'>a football,<\/span> was on <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> side table\nnet to our table. (The simple elegance calls to mind my &#8220;<a\nclass='quiet' href=\"\/blog\/2009-01-09\/1102\">Japanese\nAttention to <i>Presentation<\/i><\/a>&#8221; post from earlier this\nyear.)<\/p>\n\n<p>I'll post more about the restaurant soon, but I'm still not even\nunpacked after <a href=\"\/blog\/2009-09-01\/1305\"\nclass='quiet'>returning to Kyoto from The States<\/a> <span class='nobr'>a week<\/span> ago.<\/p>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"\/blog\/2009-09-07\/1308\" class='quiet'>Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took a drive in the mountains north of Kyoto today, stopping by a roadside cafe that offered a simple, tasteful Japanese interior with stunning views overlooking a river, under a canopy of sun-splashed maple trees. The prices were reasonable and the food was good.<\/p> <p>The vase above, about the size of a football, was on a small side table net to our table. (The simple elegance calls to mind my \"Japanese Attention to Presentation\" post from earlier this year.)<\/p> <p>I'll post more about the restaurant soon, but I'm still not even unpacked after returning to Kyoto from The States [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}