{"id":41130,"date":"2023-11-22T15:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=41130"},"modified":"2023-11-24T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:08:56","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-from-the-barbie-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-from-the-barbie-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving from the Barbie Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Locals in NW DC will of course be familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/barbie-pond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Barbie Pond on Ave. Q<\/a>, which is currently showing a painstakingly accurate re-creation of the First Thanksgiving:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/barbieaveq-768x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/barbieaveq-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A small, mossy water feature in an urban home's front yard. Ivy grows on the ground all around it, and a small, spindly tree is behind. A platform is built just above the surface of the water in the pond. Three Barbies in pilgrim costumes sit at the table, with two more standing at the ends of the table. Inflatable turkeys are hung from the tree, as well as a sign reading &quot;GRATEFUL&quot;. A series of topless Barbies are buried chest-deep in the dirt in front of the pond, with their arms raised above their heads and small plastic pumpkins on their hands.\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waltandperry\/status\/1726646882985037955\" target=\"twit\" rel=\"noopener\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Stop it, you're scaring me, Ken!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/stop-it-youre-scaring-me-ken\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stop it, you're scaring me, Ken!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"National Barbie Day - The Barbie\/Zelda connection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/national-barbie-day-the-barbie-zelda-connection\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">National Barbie Day - The Barbie\/Zelda connection<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"He just like me fr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/he-just-like-me-fr\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">He just like me fr<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Barbie Meets Jason Voorhees\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/barbie-meets-jason-voorhees\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Barbie Meets Jason Voorhees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"That is NOT Kenough\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/01\/that-is-not-kenough\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">That is NOT Kenough<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locals in NW DC will of course be familiar with the Barbie Pond on Ave. Q, which is currently showing a painstakingly accurate re-creation of the First Thanksgiving: (via) &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;National Barbie Day - Daylight Saving Time &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-from-the-barbie-pond\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,198],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-41130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mattel","category-random","tag-barbie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41130"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41135,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41130\/revisions\/41135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}