{"id":185,"date":"2007-10-14T19:42:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-14T19:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/10\/14\/gentlemen\/"},"modified":"2007-10-14T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2007-10-14T19:42:16","slug":"gentlemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/10\/14\/gentlemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Gentlemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nMy fellas joined me for a trip to Ft. Lauderdale for a bachelor party weekend. We were relatively well-behaved and spent most of the time watching college football or touring the Bass Pro Shop super store connected to the hotel parking lot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt was an amazing time and I am really grateful to the guys for making my money no good, keeping me well liquored, and almost winning me a wedding band at Dave &amp; Busters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor01.jpg\" title=\"Dudes in LGA.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor02.jpg\" title=\"Todd picked us up and gave us an unexpected tour of lower Florida, even thought the hotel was beside the airport.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor03.jpg\" title=\"Welcome to Florida, here are your jorts.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor04.jpg\" title=\"Pre-Friday night drinks\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor05.jpg\" title=\"Post-Friday night drinks\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor05.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor06.jpg\" title=\"Hangovers are like a special friend on an overcast day.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor07.jpg\" title=\"Grr.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor08.jpg\" title=\"Ugh.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor09.jpg\" title=\"Stone cold lamping\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor10.jpg\" title=\"Dan arrives!\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor11.jpg\" title=\"Dangerous men headed out at the crack of 1 PM.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor12.jpg\" title=\"Iguanas are everywhere down there. This one joined us for lunch.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor13.jpg\" title=\"There are very few items at the Bass Pro Shop that I wouldn't accept.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor14.jpg\" title=\"Nitro made an appearance.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor15.jpg\" title=\"The guys are shopping for sausage makers. Seriously, you can't make this up.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor16.jpg\" title=\"On to the main event: Dave &amp; Buster's video game emporium and sports bar\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor17.jpg\" title=\"I'll never grow up.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor18.jpg\" title=\"The team spent $42 winning a dime's worth of fake jewelry for the dames back home.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor19.jpg\" title=\"The Guinness triplets of course made an appearance.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor19.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor20.jpg\" title=\"Gentlemen\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor21.jpg\" title=\"You know how you know we are old? We all wear the same striped shirts\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor22.jpg\" title=\"I wore this green T to complete a tradition that Matt and Todd had started before me.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor23.jpg\" title=\"Seriously, I wore this.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor23.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor24.jpg\" title=\"Dressed to ILL.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor24.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My fellas joined me for a trip to Ft. Lauderdale for a bachelor party weekend. We were relatively well-behaved and spent most of the time watching college football or touring the Bass Pro Shop super store connected to the hotel parking lot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt was an amazing time and I am really grateful to the guys for making my money no good, keeping me well liquored, and almost winning me a wedding band at Dave &amp; Busters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor01.jpg\" title=\"Dudes in LGA.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor02.jpg\" title=\"Todd picked us up and gave us an unexpected tour of lower Florida, even thought the hotel was beside the airport.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor03.jpg\" title=\"Welcome to Florida, here are your jorts.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor04.jpg\" title=\"Pre-Friday night drinks\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor05.jpg\" title=\"Post-Friday night drinks\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor05.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor06.jpg\" title=\"Hangovers are like a special friend on an overcast day.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor07.jpg\" title=\"Grr.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor08.jpg\" title=\"Ugh.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor09.jpg\" title=\"Stone cold lamping\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor10.jpg\" title=\"Dan arrives!\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor11.jpg\" title=\"Dangerous men headed out at the crack of 1 PM.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor12.jpg\" title=\"Iguanas are everywhere down there. This one joined us for lunch.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor13.jpg\" title=\"There are very few items at the Bass Pro Shop that I wouldn't accept.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor14.jpg\" title=\"Nitro made an appearance.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor15.jpg\" title=\"The guys are shopping for sausage makers. Seriously, you can't make this up.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor16.jpg\" title=\"On to the main event: Dave &amp; Buster's video game emporium and sports bar\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor17.jpg\" title=\"I'll never grow up.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor18.jpg\" title=\"The team spent $42 winning a dime's worth of fake jewelry for the dames back home.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor19.jpg\" title=\"The Guinness triplets of course made an appearance.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor19.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor20.jpg\" title=\"Gentlemen\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor21.jpg\" title=\"You know how you know we are old? We all wear the same striped shirts\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor22.jpg\" title=\"I wore this green T to complete a tradition that Matt and Todd had started before me.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor23.jpg\" title=\"Seriously, I wore this.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor23.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"gallery_bachelor\" href=\"\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor24.jpg\" title=\"Dressed to ILL.\" class=\"thickbox\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery_thumb\" src=\"\/files\/imagecache\/gallery_square\/files\/images\/2007\/bachelor\/bachelor24.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}