{"id":4320,"date":"2013-03-30T22:51:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2013-03-30T22:58:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:58:24","slug":"saturday-at-the-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/saturday-at-the-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday At The Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the first warm Saturday of 2013 at the Lincoln Park Zoo. What a great day to be outside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_5461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/saturday-at-the-zoo\/img_5461\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_5461.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1364653304&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.13&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028409090909091&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5461\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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