{"id":3639,"date":"2015-10-04T00:07:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T04:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2015-10-04T00:07:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T04:07:26","slug":"a-little-bit-of-paris-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/a-little-bit-of-paris-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"A LITTLE BIT OF PARIS IN TORONTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met\u00a0with my friend Victoria to do some head shot photos and and grab a coffee to catch up on what&#8217;s going on in life and business. We ended up in a beautiful little Parisian-style cafe just off of Spadina. We had croissants because we are both croissant obsessives\u00a0(frankly when left to my own devices, I can consume a half-dozen of them by myself!). They serve a variety of teas and I had the mint-liquorice tea, which was very delicious.<\/p>\n<p>#Paris #cafe #Toronto #coffee #tea #croissant #portrait #autumn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3065.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3638 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3065.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-3065\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3062.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3637 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3062.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-3062\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3036.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3636 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3036.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-3036\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3056.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-3056.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-3056\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-2949-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3634 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-2949-2.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-2949-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-2971.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3633 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Victoria-2971.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Victoria-2971\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met\u00a0with my friend Victoria to do some head shot photos and and grab a coffee to catch up on what&#8217;s going on in life and business. We ended up in a beautiful little Parisian-style cafe just off of Spadina. We had croissants because we are both croissant obsessives\u00a0(frankly when left to my own devices, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3681,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/nostalgia-for-things-past\/","url_meta":{"origin":3639,"position":0},"title":"NOSTALGIA FOR THINGS PAST","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"October 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The thing about Toronto is that I wish it had more well-kept old buildings. 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