{"id":13774,"date":"2017-04-30T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13774"},"modified":"2017-03-26T06:43:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T11:43:28","slug":"z-is-for-zz-top-atozchallenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=13774","title":{"rendered":"Z is for ZZ Top ~ #AtoZChallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Z.jpg\" alt=\"ZZ Top\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Z.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Z-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Z is for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zztop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZZ Top<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;re back in the US today on the last stop of the #AtoZchallenge and the only Sunday post during the month. 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