{"id":3725,"date":"2015-07-16T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2015-07-16T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T13:54:36","slug":"recent-blog-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/16\/recent-blog-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Blog Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy week and I didn&#8217;t get a chance to put together a post for today.\u00a0 So here are a few of the blog posts that I&#8217;ve saved in Bloglovin over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>And a picture of one of the reasons I&#8217;ve been so busy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/5JAUUIxwkr\/\" target=\"_top\">That was a phenomenal concert.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Megan (@elbowglitter) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-07-15T02:52:25+00:00\">Jul 14, 2015 at 7:52pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehungarybuddha.com\/2015\/07\/breakfast-at-wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakfast at Wimbledon<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s really good I don&#8217;t live near Chrissy anymore because I would weigh 100 pounds more.\u00a0 Her food blog is phenomenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thebloggess.com\/2015\/06\/1000-ferris-wheels\/\" target=\"_blank\">1000 ferris wheels<\/a> &#8211; The Bloggess really knows how to write.\u00a0 And I love her writings on depression and struggles.\u00a0 These issues get hidden from public view, and I applaud her for bringing them into the public sphere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/runawaybridalplanner.blogspot.com\/2015\/07\/how-to-clean-up-your-blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to clean up your blog<\/a> &#8211; Something we could all stand to do. 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