{"id":13761,"date":"2017-04-26T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13761"},"modified":"2017-03-26T06:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T11:04:26","slug":"v-is-for-van-halen-atozchallenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13761","title":{"rendered":"V is for Van Halen ~ #AtoZChallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/V.jpg\" alt=\"Van Halen\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/V.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/V-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">V is for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.van-halen.com\/\">Van Halen<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;re back in the US (sunny California) today for rock band, Van Halen. 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