{"id":10879,"date":"2019-09-18T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10879"},"modified":"2019-09-18T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T02:49:45","slug":"10879","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10879","title":{"rendered":"The Ghosties Are Here Early"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A ghostie joins La Catrina at the Hanging Tree Cafe.<\/p><\/div>\n

I came down to Pueblo today and stopped for breakfast at the Hanging Tree Caf\u00e9<\/a>, where it is already Halloween. And here I was getting geared up for the Chile & Frijoles Festival<\/a> this weekend, which is my personal autumn equinox ritual. Time is out of joint! But at the Hanging Tree, La Catrina<\/a> is always in the window. (I was complaining about this last year too<\/a>, only this year I did Instagram it<\/a>. It is what it is.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came down to Pueblo today and stopped for breakfast at the Hanging Tree Caf\u00e9, where it is already Halloween. And here I was getting geared up for the Chile & Frijoles Festival this weekend, which is my personal autumn equinox ritual. Time is out of joint! But at the Hanging Tree, La Catrina is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,127,66,65,348],"class_list":["post-10879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-festivals","tag-halloween","tag-mabon","tag-pueblo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-10879","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9834,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9834","url_meta":{"origin":10879,"position":0},"title":"Out with Mabon, In with La Catrina","author":"Chas S. 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