{"id":1251,"date":"2006-08-09T21:37:15","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2006-08-09T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T01:37:15","slug":"pirates_invade_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/pirates_invade_\/","title":{"rendered":"pirates invade downtown rochester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfwaydownthestairs.com\/\">Halfway Down the Stairs<\/a> children&#8217;s book shop asked us if we wanted to be part of a pirate&nbsp; scavenger hunt we promptly replied &quot;YES!&quot;&nbsp; Because as you can see&#8230; the manager Dena and her girls like to have a good time entertaining customers of all ages.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_4_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Pirate_4_b\" alt=\"Pirate_4_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_4_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Lucky for the little scavengers, Daunting Dena took her vengeance out on poor Surrendering Susan prior to their arrival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_1_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Pirate_1_b\" alt=\"Pirate_1_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_1_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Before long, young pirates came knocking at our door looking for goodies to add to their bounty.&nbsp; We were happy to oblige and handed out metallic compasses to help them guide their way at sea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_2_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Pirate_2_b\" alt=\"Pirate_2_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_2_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> Some of the more sophisticated pirates even shopped around a bit!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Pirate_3_b\" alt=\"Pirate_3_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfwaydownthestairs.com\/\">Halfway Down the Stairs<\/a> everyone had a grand time and enjoyed finding special treasures of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/pirate_3_b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/pirates_invade_\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/pirates_invade_\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Halfway Down the Stairs children&#8217;s book shop asked us if we wanted to be part of a pirate&nbsp; scavenger hunt we promptly replied &quot;YES!&quot;&nbsp; Because as you can see&#8230; the manager Dena and her girls like to have a good time entertaining customers of all ages. 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