{"id":9834,"date":"2018-09-29T21:56:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T03:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2018-09-29T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T04:09:11","slug":"9834","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9834","title":{"rendered":"Out with Mabon, In with La Catrina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Catrina at the Hanging Tree Cafe.<\/p><\/div>\n

Grumble grumble. Now\u00a0 D\u00eda de los muertos<\/em> decorations<\/a>\u00a0 are on display in late September.<\/p>\n

The Chile & Frijoles Festival<\/a> was last weekend, the equinox, and it’s on to the next holy day(s)!<\/p>\n

At the Hanging Tree Cafe<\/a>, it is kind of D\u00eda de los muertos <\/em>every day. Today, though, I see the owner (tall guy, cowboy hat, tattoos) hanging an articulated skeleton from the ceiling of the main dining room.<\/p>\n

It was a very Instagramable moment, which is why I did not Instagram it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grumble grumble. Now\u00a0 D\u00eda de los muertos decorations\u00a0 are on display in late September. The Chile & Frijoles Festival was last weekend, the equinox, and it’s on to the next holy day(s)! At the Hanging Tree Cafe, it is kind of D\u00eda de los muertos every day. Today, though, I see the owner (tall guy, […]<\/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":[23,350,66,349],"class_list":["post-9834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-dia-de-los-muertos","tag-halloween","tag-la-catrina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-9834","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10879,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10879","url_meta":{"origin":9834,"position":0},"title":"The Ghosties Are Here Early","author":"Chas S. 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