{"id":138,"date":"2011-06-12T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T18:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-06-12T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T18:45:39","slug":"toms-and-brooklyn-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Toms and Brooklyn Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my final days in Indianapolis I went shopping with Bride1 and got some new shoes. They are Toms brand, multi-coloured and say &#8220;the journey is the destination&#8221; on them. They also donate a pair of shoes to a child in need with every pair that is sold. How could I resist?! Well the way they fold a the front kinda looks like foot binding, but I&#8217;m just gonna override that thought and pretend it&#8217;s more like origami. Did I mention they are super comfy and that they came with a bag, a sticker and a friendship bracelet?<\/p>\n<p>I know they are super comfy because I did a lot of walking today. I wanted to go to the &#8220;home grown&#8221; festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. So off I went, getting confused on the subway, but still getting to Prospect Park eventually. When I arrived I checked out a Pride festival that was going on in Brooklyn, I think Pride week starts in a few weeks, but they are starting to kick off things now.<\/p>\n<p>Then I took a nice walk through Prospect Park to the Botanical Gardens. Well, it was pretty nice considering it was raining lightly the whole time I was out and about today. I feel like I&#8217;m being told that tonight is a good night to stay in and read a book.<\/p>\n<p>The botanical gardens was pretty and looked like a great place to go when the weather is good, but by that stage I just wanted to get dry, so I didn&#8217;t stick around for the festivities. There was even going to be a demonstration about making Jams, which made me think of friends back in NZ, but I was ready to head back to the hotel then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110612-024738.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110612-024738.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110612-024738.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110611-054630.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mallika.isprettyawesome.com\/2011\/06\/20110611-054630.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20110611-054630.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my final days in Indianapolis I went shopping with Bride1 and got some new shoes. They are Toms brand, multi-coloured and say &#8220;the journey is the destination&#8221; on them. 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