
{"id":31237,"date":"2011-05-04T12:50:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T16:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=31237"},"modified":"2011-05-14T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:16:33","slug":"coachella-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/coachella-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Coachella Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31269\" title=\"simon1\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/simon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coachella may be over, but there is always time to reminisce on good times, good music and great friends. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/Simon-Nessman\">Simon Nessman<\/a><\/strong> and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gillianmansonhing.tumblr.com\/\">Gillian Manson-Hing<\/a><\/strong> take you on a behind the scenes look at the festival via some gorgeous shots taken by Gillian. The couple even shares their thoughts on the best moments of their trip in this special MDC exclusive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31272\" title=\"rockclimbing\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/rockclimbing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"672\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The drive from LA was incredible. We chose the scenic routes. Stopped at a reservoir on the way there surrounded by these beautiful glacial mountains, and on the drive back, we drove through the mountains and stopped to climb them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31268\" title=\"coachella\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/coachella.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"565\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Solitary fisherman and solitary Simon walking alongside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31275\" title=\"simon2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/simon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"579\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simon not impressed I&#8217;m photographing him&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31274\" title=\"park\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"902\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ferris Wheel was incredible! for $5 you could get 7 rotations and a view of the entire festival!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31287\" title=\"cs\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/cs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/cs.jpg 700w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/cs-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We bumped into Simon&#8217;s friend <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/christian-brylle\">Christian<\/a><\/strong> and his girlfriend\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/Sheila-Marquez\">Sheila<\/a><\/strong> while looking at the merch tent<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31280\" title=\"flowersetc\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/flowersetc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Desert flowers and Simon climbing among the cacti glacial hills<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31279\" title=\"mumford\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/mumford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mumford and Sons &#8211; so powerful-the style of music\/ the voices \/ the energy. Definitely our favourite new band!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31281\" title=\"arcadefire\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/arcadefire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arcade Fire &#8211; beautiful group. You would catch them checking out the audience with a genuine look of grateful awe in great moments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31273\" title=\"simonandgillian\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/04\/simonandgillian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"672\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was incredibly hot. Simon and I got so burnt on the first day, we had to buy huge sun hats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>All pictures by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/gillianmansonhing.tumblr.com\/\"><em>Gillian Manson-Hing<\/em><\/a><em> for models.com <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--pp-thumb-start--><!--PictPress found no dir \/2011\/05\/31237--><!--pp-thumb-end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Coachella Diary by Gillian Manson-Hing and Simon Nessman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":31275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,7],"tags":[4061,205,2708],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31237"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31909,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31237\/revisions\/31909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}