{"id":5645,"date":"2011-02-19T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=5645"},"modified":"2011-02-19T23:45:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T05:45:26","slug":"waxman-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=5645","title":{"rendered":"Waxman Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445104821\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.58.02.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5092\/5445104821_0f074c35ce.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.58.02.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.waxmancandles.com\" >Waxman Candles<\/a> was definitely a trip highlight.  The store, which has been around for over 40 years, is a Mass Street landmark.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445100755\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.56.31.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5011\/5445100755_24713c6d9c.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.56.31.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445100093\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.56.12.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4074\/5445100093_32010f55dd.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.56.12.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445695476\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.51.43.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5257\/5445695476_508e3601a1.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.51.43.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were so many varieties of candles to choose from, it was like I&#8217;d died and gone to candle heaven.  I bet April would really love this place!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445081289\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.48.41.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5132\/5445081289_ba5d8fc672.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.48.41.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445096837\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.55.31.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5256\/5445096837_78ac07d371.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.55.31.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a wonder that we didn&#8217;t spend any more than we did.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445681256\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.42.11.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5133\/5445681256_d53826e7ab.jpg\" height=\"223\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.42.11.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445696970\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.55.14.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5180\/5445696970_514d75860e.jpg\" height=\"223\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.55.14.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at Waxman are so nice.  They let us see the back room and the <i>back<\/i> back room.  We got to watch them make some candles.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445652560\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.35.52.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4114\/5445652560_2571b2b782.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.35.52.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445645764\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.35.31.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/5445645764_9bfcbbeb45.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.35.31.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even got to meet the Waxman himself.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/5445050437\/\"  title=\"2011-02-14 10.36.17.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5260\/5445050437_83d5e13152.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2011-02-14 10.36.17.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was pretty cool!  Actually, the entire downtown Lawrence is pretty cool.  There are so many restaurants and shops Mass Street that it really takes more than just a day to take it all in.  Brian and I are already planning our next trip.  =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waxman Candles was definitely a trip highlight. The store, which has been around for over 40 years, is a Mass Street landmark. There were so many varieties of candles to choose from, it was like I&#8217;d died and gone to candle heaven. I bet April would really love this place! It&#8217;s a wonder that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[380,21],"tags":[1368,1364,2488,1369],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5645"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5656,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions\/5656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}