{"id":319,"date":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base.html"},"modified":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","slug":"my-2nd-trip-off-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base.html","title":{"rendered":"My 2nd Trip Off Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn’t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa<\/a>. The food was incredible! It was a Mediterranean buffet<\/a> and worth every penny. I’m sorry I didn’t pictures of the dessert spread: lots of pistashio and honey…yum!<\/p>\n

I was stuffed so full of grilled jumbo shrimp, hummus, vegetables and desserts I could barely lift my rear end from the seat when all was said and done. Thanks for talking us into trying it, Rose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn’t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[13,63,14,37],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-59","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":329,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/03\/this-week-with-david-brinkley-i-mean-with-major-mom.html","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":0},"title":"This Week with David Brinkley…I mean, with Major Mom","date":"04 March 09","format":false,"excerpt":"I've laid low from the web lately. Partly on purpose, partly because the WiFi hotspot has been acting strangely. 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