{"id":5516,"date":"2011-04-22T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T14:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2011-04-22T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T20:31:03","slug":"water-for-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/22\/water-for-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Water for Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a sucker for books about forbidden love and adventure, and <em>Water for Elephants<\/em> was no exception. Today, the movie version opens, and if you\u2019re anything like me, that\u2019s not necessarily a good thing. Very rarely is the movie as good as the book, much less better than it, but I have my fingers crossed for this one. With Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, that guy from Twilight, and a traveling circus &#8211;and not that cheesy kind with the scary clowns but a dreamy menagerie to which to escape \u2013how can you go wrong?<br \/>\n<em> <\/em><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6b2XhXkPpg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It&#8217;s fate<\/em>.\u00a0 &#8211; Sara Gruen<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5524\" title=\"final board\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/final-board1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/final-board1.jpg 913w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/final-board1-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/final-board1-161x300.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Invitation from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/mybluetulipdesign\">Blue Tulip Design on Etsy<\/a>, Gal shoe by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katespade.com\/designer-shoes\/designer-womens-heels\/gal\/S943204,default,pd.html?dwvar_S943204_color=127&amp;start=1&amp;q=gal&amp;navid=search\">Kate Spade<\/a>, Red Ranunculus Bouquet by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afloral.com\">afloral.com<\/a>, <em> <\/em>Wedding Gown by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reemacra.com\/\">Reem Acra<\/a>, Badgley Mischka necklace from <a href=\"http:\/\/renttherunway.com\/\">Rent the Runway<\/a>, Goddess Gown by Robert Rodriguez from <a href=\"http:\/\/renttherunway.com\/\">Rent the Runway<\/a>, Elephant from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Africa\">Africa<\/a> (photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\">Root Photography<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a sucker for books about forbidden love and adventure, and Water for Elephants was no exception. Today, the movie version opens, and if you\u2019re anything like me, that\u2019s not necessarily a good thing. Very rarely is the movie as good as the book, much less better than it, but I have my fingers crossed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-5516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weddings","7":"tag-inspiration-board","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5537,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions\/5537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}