{"id":1121,"date":"2017-06-09T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T00:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2017-06-15T22:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T03:21:31","slug":"regina-in-her-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/09\/regina-in-her-natural-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina in her natural habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we all went to Kew Gardens to see a botanical\u00a0art show and some crazy plants. I think the majority of us were most excited to see Regina excited about something we know she is so passionate about. It was inspiring to hear her talk about how botanical art requires a perfect harmony between art, science, observation, and a good eye. I think graphic\u00a0design is very similar in the way that it is a marriage of so many different types of information working together to create a great visual and function piece. I broke off into a group of four for part of the day which made exploring so much more manageable\u00a0and enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1123\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6054-e1497582400305-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6054-e1497582400305-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6054-e1497582400305-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1124\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6037-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6037-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6037-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6037-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2017\/06\/IMG_6037-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We finished at Kew Gardens in the afternoon and Sarah and I went on to explore Oxford Street including&#8230; wait for it&#8230; THE BIGGEST LUSH IN THE WORLD! I have never been so excited to be in a store in my entire life. I love and use Lush products in the US but the experience\u00a0of a three floor, spa\/ shop\/ hangout, filled with helpful and friendly employees, was just like being at Disney (without the lines or crying children). I was physically jumping for joy while shopping for bath bombs\u00a0and bubble bars to bring home and enjoy! It&#8217;s really the little things that excite me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we all went to Kew Gardens to see a botanical\u00a0art show and some crazy plants. I think the majority of us were most excited to see Regina excited about something we know she is so passionate about. It was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/2017\/06\/09\/regina-in-her-natural-habitat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-summer-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}