{"id":244,"date":"2014-09-12T19:57:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2014-09-12T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T19:57:50","slug":"a-museum-for-helixophiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"A Museum for Helixophiles."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew?\u00a0 A person who collects corkscrews is a <em>helixophile. <\/em>And the\u00a0perfect destination for helixophiles is The Corkscrew Museum\u00a0at the Corkscrew Inn Bed &amp; Breakfast in Vancouver, B.C. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corkscrewinn.com\/\">www.corkscrewinn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a theme of corkscrews, we are now anxious to journey north across the border\u00a0to check out this unique destination. From the museum website:<\/p>\n<p><em>Our inn is a carefully restored 1912 Craftsman style home, a showcase of stained glass artistry, and a museum of antique objects related to the making and enjoyment of wine. We designed the Corkscrew Inn to be the type of place we like to stay when we&#8217;re away &#8211; comfortable, luxurious, and full of interesting things.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_267\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mother-of-Pearl.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-267 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mother-of-Pearl-174x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of Pearl\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mother-of-Pearl-174x300.jpg 174w, http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mother-of-Pearl-595x1024.jpg 595w, http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mother-of-Pearl.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ladies&#8217; gold and mother of pearl pocket corkscrew made in France in the mid 19th century.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_269\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/English.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-269 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/English-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"An English corkscrew from about 1885.\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/English-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/English-1024x527.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/English.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An English corkscrew from about 1885.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This place has not only a corkscrew museum collection, but also a wine collection. It beckons to us as we contemplate the new <em>Find My Corkscrew<\/em> app.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew?\u00a0 A person who collects corkscrews is a helixophile. And the\u00a0perfect destination for helixophiles is The Corkscrew Museum\u00a0at the Corkscrew Inn Bed &amp; Breakfast in Vancouver, B.C. www.corkscrewinn.com With a theme of corkscrews, we are now anxious to journey north across the border\u00a0to check out this unique destination. From the museum website: Our inn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tipsytable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}