{"id":643,"date":"2011-06-21T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T21:12:40","slug":"beautiful-greenville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Greenville"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h87gAFK9M9A\/TgEtIJphf2I\/AAAAAAAAAPI\/01igzpgrBwQ\/s1600\/DSC01064.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620823427987373922\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h87gAFK9M9A\/TgEtIJphf2I\/AAAAAAAAAPI\/01igzpgrBwQ\/s320\/DSC01064.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br>\nSome years ago I took an online quiz to \u201cfind my spot.\u201d The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end provided your best matches. I was living in Greenville, South Carolina at that time. Surprisingly, out of all cities in the US, Greenville was my second best match. Tulsa, Oklahoma was number one. When I saw the results I said to myself, no wonder I like living here.<\/p>\n<p>Since I left Greenville in 2002, the city has continued to grow and develop, especially downtown. It\u2019s a great city. Here are some pictures I took last week while visiting.<\/p>\n<p>(top: Westin Poinsett Hotel. Named after Greenville native Joel Poinsett who introduced the poinsettia to the US while serving as ambassador to Mexico. Yes, poinsettias are Mexican and yes, they are named after a man)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dlHtRayoOGI\/TgEtH0J1tJI\/AAAAAAAAAPA\/NSpQkE8EP1k\/s1600\/DSC01037.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620823422217335954\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dlHtRayoOGI\/TgEtH0J1tJI\/AAAAAAAAAPA\/NSpQkE8EP1k\/s320\/DSC01037.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Hotels and apartments by the Reedy River on Falls Park\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-l2xNQ_oNHtU\/TgEtJQyOdiI\/AAAAAAAAAPg\/OzH3hRn1XJY\/s1600\/DSC01041.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620823447082792482\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-l2xNQ_oNHtU\/TgEtJQyOdiI\/AAAAAAAAAPg\/OzH3hRn1XJY\/s320\/DSC01041.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>The Peace Center and old building by the Reedy River. I heard President George Bush speak at this open-air building in 2002. I was helping with the logistics of the visit.\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ys4y19NoM7Q\/TgEtJMUDa4I\/AAAAAAAAAPY\/TWm07FWZfBI\/s1600\/DSC01062.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620823445882497922\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ys4y19NoM7Q\/TgEtJMUDa4I\/AAAAAAAAAPY\/TWm07FWZfBI\/s320\/DSC01062.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Reedy River Falls at Falls Park\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KZsY545bPfE\/TgFgjnj3OyI\/AAAAAAAAAPo\/-S_D3QM-c40\/s1600\/DSC01065.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620879974966180642\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KZsY545bPfE\/TgFgjnj3OyI\/AAAAAAAAAPo\/-S_D3QM-c40\/s320\/DSC01065.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Main Street\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ycGeJYm44DM\/TgEtIjndJyI\/AAAAAAAAAPQ\/sr0DdrMN3mE\/s1600\/DSC01069.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620823434958022434\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ycGeJYm44DM\/TgEtIjndJyI\/AAAAAAAAAPQ\/sr0DdrMN3mE\/s320\/DSC01069.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Saint Marys Catholic Church, where I usually attended Mass\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-QqM12wh5XyU\/TgFgkMXKbQI\/AAAAAAAAAPw\/q5VJDbdPx30\/s1600\/DSC01072.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620879984845024514\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-QqM12wh5XyU\/TgFgkMXKbQI\/AAAAAAAAAPw\/q5VJDbdPx30\/s320\/DSC01072.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Prince of Peace Catholic Church, where I occasionally attended Mass<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">All the pictures are mine, all rights reserved.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some years ago I took an online quiz to \u201cfind my spot.\u201d The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end provided your best matches. I was living in Greenville, South Carolina at that time. Surprisingly, out of all cities in the US, Greenville was my second best match. Tulsa, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beautiful Greenville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some years ago I took an online quiz to &quot;find my spot.&quot; The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beautiful Greenville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some years ago I took an online quiz to &quot;find my spot.&quot; The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Labyrinthine Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-21T19:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-25T21:12:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/files\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h87gAFK9M9A\/TgEtIJphf2I\/AAAAAAAAAPI\/01igzpgrBwQ\/s320\/DSC01064.JPG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html\",\"name\":\"Beautiful Greenville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-21T19:31:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-25T21:12:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\"},\"description\":\"Some years ago I took an online quiz to \\\"find my spot.\\\" The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beautiful Greenville\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/\",\"name\":\"Labyrinthine Mind\",\"description\":\"Seeking God in the labyrinth\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\",\"name\":\"Father Pablo Migone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Father Pablo Migone\"},\"description\":\"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beautiful Greenville","description":"Some years ago I took an online quiz to \"find my spot.\" The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beautiful Greenville","og_description":"Some years ago I took an online quiz to \"find my spot.\" The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html","og_site_name":"Labyrinthine Mind","article_published_time":"2011-06-21T19:31:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-25T21:12:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/files\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h87gAFK9M9A\/TgEtIJphf2I\/AAAAAAAAAPI\/01igzpgrBwQ\/s320\/DSC01064.JPG"}],"author":"Father Pablo Migone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Father Pablo Migone","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html","name":"Beautiful Greenville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-06-21T19:31:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-25T21:12:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b"},"description":"Some years ago I took an online quiz to \"find my spot.\" The website asked several questions about your preferred city characteristics and at the end","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/06\/beautiful-greenville.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beautiful Greenville"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/","name":"Labyrinthine Mind","description":"Seeking God in the labyrinth","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b","name":"Father Pablo Migone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Father Pablo Migone"},"description":"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}