{"id":286,"date":"2015-01-14T18:27:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T18:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=286"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:27:01","slug":"second-is-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Second is First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met renowned <a title=\"Francis Preve\" href=\"http:\/\/www.francispreve.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music producer and DJ<\/a>,\u00a0<a id=\"js_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francispreve?fref=nf\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=587314535&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D\">Francis Pr\u00e8ve<\/a>, for a long overdue dinner and chat at <a title=\"Second\" href=\"http:\/\/congressaustin.com\/second\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second<\/a>. He introduced me to a libation called an &#8220;Aviator,&#8221; something about essence of violet, and it was delicious. \u00a0He had the flank steak (always a good choice) while I had the ravioli; delicate, flavorful, and a hint of mint. \u00a0Quite delicious.<\/p>\n<p>They could use some sound buffers under the tables as the place is ridiculously loud. That makes it difficult for intimate conversations, but it was bustling with lots of happy, shiny people. \u00a0&lt; A music reference for Francis.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the mood to drop some bucks, Congress next door is really quite a treat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met renowned music producer and DJ,\u00a0Francis Pr\u00e8ve, for a long overdue dinner and chat at Second. He introduced me to a libation called an &#8220;Aviator,&#8221; something about essence of violet, and it was delicious. \u00a0He had the flank steak (always a good choice) while I had the ravioli; delicate, flavorful, and a hint of mint. \u00a0Quite delicious. They could use some sound buffers under the tables as the place is ridiculously loud. That makes it difficult for intimate conversations, but it was bustling with lots of happy, shiny people. \u00a0&lt; A music reference for Francis. If you&#8217;re in the mood to drop some bucks, Congress next door is really quite a treat. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[96,97,95],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dining","category-entertainment","tag-congress-austin","tag-downtown-austin-dining","tag-second-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3108,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions\/3108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}