﻿{"id":66,"date":"2009-09-29T18:49:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T23:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johndonivan.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=66"},"modified":"2009-09-29T18:49:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T23:49:31","slug":"visit-to-an-inlay-schoolshop-in-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/johndonivan\/2009\/09\/29\/visit-to-an-inlay-schoolshop-in-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to an Inlay School\/Shop in Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0Walking down the street in Florence, Italy a couple of weeks ago, Jo-Ann poked her head into a doorway and came and got us.\u00a0 &#8220;Hey, let&#8217;s check this out, she says&#8230;..&#8221;\u00a0 Turns out it was an old-school inlay shop &#8211; the sort that makes pictures and table tops and the like.\u00a0 VERY expensive, I&#8217;m afraid&#8230;\u00a0 I&#8217;ll mostly just post the pics we 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