{"id":2497,"date":"2013-08-07T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2013-08-07T18:20:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:20:45","slug":"if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2013\/08\/if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em\/","title":{"rendered":"If you can&#8217;t beat &#8217;em, join &#8217;em"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/i_pinguini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2498\" alt=\"i_pinguini\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/i_pinguini.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/i_pinguini.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/i_pinguini-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I mentioned in my post a few weeks ago, <a title=\"An August Anniversary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2013\/07\/an-august-anniversary\/\">August in Sicily is a holiday month<\/a>. It&#8217;s hot and sticky and really all anyone (me included) wants to do is <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">have some fun<\/span> sit on the beach or by the pool with plenty of gelato.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With that in mind, Driving Like a Maniac is currently &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?q=chiuso+per+ferie&amp;oq=chiuso+per+ferie&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l3j69i62l2.3053j0&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;fp=d43f1f23af41c929&amp;q=chiuso+per+ferie+translation\" target=\"_blank\">chiuso per ferie<\/a>&#8216; to give my poor melted brain (and overheated laptop) a rest. The Facebook page will still be up and running, as will Twitter, so feel free to drop in there for a chat, but I won&#8217;t be writing any long posts for the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t worry, though, it&#8217;s not for long &#8211; just until the end of the month. And hey! 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