{"id":906,"date":"2008-08-16T21:24:09","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=906"},"modified":"2008-08-16T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T05:24:09","slug":"oh-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"Oh Dear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-907\" title=\"huaralza1\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Breathe in, breathe out. Composure.)<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"http:\/\/laeastside.com\/2008\/06\/the-signs-of-alza\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA Eastside<\/a>, I mentioned that I&#8217;m not a huge fan of the works by ALZA but noted that his aesthetic basically defines the look of Northeast LA, and increasingly, <a href=\"http:\/\/laeastside.com\/2008\/05\/eastside-101-brooklyn-and-soto\/\" target=\"_blank\">some of the Eastside<\/a>. Waltarrrrr of <a href=\"http:\/\/highlandpark.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/14\/the-curse-of-alza-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\">90042<\/a> doesn&#8217;t care much for his signs, and is fuming over the decidedly stupid <a href=\"http:\/\/highlandpark.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/22\/the-curse-of-alza\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;care&#8221; fix<\/a> on some mural tagging. Considering that these types of aerosol murals and my preferred painted signs are considered illegal, I would still rather see this type of impromptu artwork instead of the blank walls the paperwork process of the city bureaucracy practically imposes.<\/p>\n<p>But still, when one of my favorite places to eat gets ALZAfied, that&#8217;s not easy to stomach.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-908\" title=\"huaralza2\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=877\" target=\"_blank\">recently mentioned<\/a> that this eatery had made it on to the &#8220;best of&#8221; list for Los Angeles Magazine, as the choice spot for a Mexican breakfast. One of the servers said that because of the mention they&#8217;ve had a spike in business. I sure hope this new sign doesn&#8217;t put a damper on that inflow of customers. Above, the giant-fingered, soda drinking, torta eating lady.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-909\" title=\"huaralza3\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That ALZA placa on the upper right hand side definitely needs some work. As does the pig nosed cow with horns. But the cholo looking Mexican dude, he&#8217;s authentic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-910\" title=\"huaralza4\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/huaralza4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s probably more to say about this new addition to the Broadway landscape, but I&#8217;m just gonna bite my tongue now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Breathe in, breathe out. Composure.) Over at LA Eastside, I mentioned that I&#8217;m not a huge fan of the works by ALZA but noted that his aesthetic basically defines the look of Northeast LA, and increasingly, some of the Eastside. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=906\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-fotos","category-la-comida","category-lincoln-heights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}