Author Archives: EL CHAVO!

LH Carnival This Weekend

Turns out there is a street carnival happening this weekend, right on our beloved N. Broadway! Just in time to cheer everyone up from the depressing and repressive future to come under Il Duce Anaranjado. I got there too early … Continue reading

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Social Citation

When you Facebook so hard…

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Day of The Dead…Is Dead

Let us give the last rites to a cultural tradition that has slipped away from us. I’m old enough to remember when Dia de Muertos practices started to cross over into the American mainstream culture. Some optimistic Chicanos thought it … Continue reading

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Huevos Rancheros: Bunker Hill Bar & Grill

Most Downtown spots seem geared for the 9-5 weekday crowd, cuz there’s lots of working stiffs up in them tall buildings. Come the weekend, there’s hardly any place to eat, much less so if yer trying to avoid the Tourist … Continue reading

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Eastside 101: ELAC Swap Meet

November 17, 2007 at 10:21 pm in East Side The ELAC Swap Meet was a very unique gathering, a bunch of buyers and sellers trying to eke out a living, all taking place on the parking lot of our local … Continue reading

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Latest Sign-os!

About a decade ago I did a post about typos on signs, aka sign-os. Here’s a random update just cuz I noticed these today as I was hanging around Chinatown. The first example above I noticed cuz I happened to … Continue reading

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