{"id":135,"date":"2010-04-11T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/republic-of-floyd-emporium-many-pleasant-surprises"},"modified":"2010-04-11T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T02:20:13","slug":"republic-of-floyd-emporium-many-pleasant-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Republic of Floyd Emporium &#8211; many pleasant surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f17d9970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROF Interior\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f17d9970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f17d9970b-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I first walked in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.republicoffloyd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republic of Floyd Emporium<\/a> it seemed like somebody had crossed a Ron Jon Surf Shop with a Trader Joe&#39;s and shoehorned it all into a friendly little storefront on Locust St.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf1472970c-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROF exterior\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf1472970c \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf1472970c-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tom Ryan has created a must-visit shop in the most active area of downtown Floyd. They have at least 51 varieties of beer, tee-shirts unlike anything else in Floyd, quite a few local and imported wines, and they have all sorts of snack goodies including tapenade!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f18e1970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROF Tapenade\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f18e1970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0133ec9f18e1970b-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trying to explain what tapenade is and why we eat it to the good folks at Food Lion was a frustrating experience. We ended up buying our supplies in Cary, NC when visiting family. <\/p>\n<p>We won&#39;t have to do that any more because Tom has a few tapenades and will be adding more. He is also willing to consider adding one of the greatest condiments we have found in years, A Taste of Thai Garlic Chili Pepper Sauce.<\/p>\n<p>He has also stocked some of the high quality ginger ales (Reeds)and sparkling juices (Izze) that are had to find elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf18b8970c-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROF Proprieter\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf18b8970c \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01347fcf18b8970c-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tom and his staff have created a friendly environment with lots of tasty food and drink offerings. I almost forgot the excellent selection of cards and art reproductions. I think we will find the Republic of Floyd Emporium to be an unusually handy resource for celebrating good times.<\/p>\n<p>Let us hope that the Republic of Floyd has a long and profitable existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first walked in the Republic of Floyd Emporium it seemed like somebody had crossed a Ron Jon Surf Shop with a Trader Joe&#39;s and shoehorned it all into a friendly little storefront on Locust St. Tom Ryan has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=135\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,14,169,173,171,170,174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-2b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}