{"id":11790,"date":"2011-10-04T22:11:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T04:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=11790"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T22:48:44","slug":"back-to-the-50s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=11790","title":{"rendered":"Back to the 50&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Autumn Moon<\/p>\n<p>Kate and I had dinner tonight at Jax.\u00a0 Instant 1950&#8217;s.\u00a0 Even the crowd seemed largely&#8211;though not exclusively&#8211;from that era.\u00a0 Including us of course.<\/p>\n<p>This is a place where they print your name on matchbook covers when you make a reservation and where the signature dishes are steaks, more steaks, and lobster.\u00a0 It has a wood paneled dining room, a garden area with lit-up trees and a huge stone fireplace.\u00a0 Linen napkins and too heavy cutlery.\u00a0 Waitresses and busboys in black and white.<\/p>\n<p>The service is cordial, the drinks look generous and the dining room has a quiet, clinking atmosphere conducive to intimate conversation.\u00a0 Rowdiness, back slapping, football on TV, foosball and air hockey just don&#8217;t belong here.<\/p>\n<p>We parked in Lobster Lane and walked across the street to this brick covered building.<\/p>\n<p>Our meal celebrated our time with my brother Mark and what we hope is a successful conclusion in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Autumn Moon Kate and I had dinner tonight at Jax.\u00a0 Instant 1950&#8217;s.\u00a0 Even the crowd seemed largely&#8211;though not exclusively&#8211;from that era.\u00a0 Including us of course. This is a place where they print your name on matchbook covers when you make a reservation and where the signature dishes are steaks, more steaks, and lobster.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=11790\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Back to the 50&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[3745,111,169],"class_list":["post-11790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","tag-jax-cafe","tag-kate","tag-mark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40428,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11790\/revisions\/40428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}