{"id":986,"date":"2014-04-01T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2018-06-05T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T00:45:44","slug":"santa-monica-scallop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Santa Monica Scallop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may be a stretch to put this in the Animal\/Fish category but where would you put it?\u00a0 We were in Santa Monica while\u00a0visiting Julia and Dan who were living in Eagle Rock, an area in Los Angeles.\u00a0 One day we visited Santa Monica, my how it has changed from my visits in the &#8217;90&#8217;s.\u00a0 Less local and more national chain stores.\u00a0 Shouldn&#8217;t have been surprised but I was and disappointed for some reason.\u00a0 Anyway we were walking along Ocean Avenue and ran across this Big Scallop sculpture.\u00a0\u00a0I believe it was next to\u00a0the Chez Jay restaurant.\u00a0 Nice find.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_988\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" data-attachment-id=\"988\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=988\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?fit=720%2C501\" data-orig-size=\"720,501\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;James J Hejl&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1396374664&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Santa Monica Scallop\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;14scallop &#8211; IMG_2488&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Santa Monica Scallop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?fit=145%2C101\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?fit=494%2C344\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-988\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?resize=300%2C209\" alt=\"scallop\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?resize=300%2C209 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?resize=216%2C150 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?resize=150%2C104 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/14scallop.jpg?w=720 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Monica Scallop<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be a stretch to put this in the Animal\/Fish category but where would you put it?\u00a0 We were in Santa Monica while\u00a0visiting Julia and Dan who were living in Eagle Rock, an area in Los Angeles.\u00a0 One day we visited Santa Monica, my how it has changed from \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=986\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; 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