{"id":2363,"date":"2008-10-31T09:37:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T09:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/10\/and-from-la-barack-olanterns.html"},"modified":"2008-10-31T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T09:37:37","slug":"and-from-la-barack-olanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/10\/and-from-la-barack-olanterns.html","title":{"rendered":"And from L.A.: Barack O&#8217;Lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/imgs\/yoliemorenopumpkin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yoliemorenopumpkin.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/yoliemorenopumpkin-thumb-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span>Where passion and politics meet&#8230;pumpkins.<br \/>\nYou gotta love Los Angeles. As a recent transplant from New York, I&#8217;m constantly amazed by the parade of human&#8230;um&#8230;innovation.  <a href=\"http:\/\/laist.com\/2008\/10\/29\/los_angeles_loves_to_carve_barack_olanterns.php\" target=\"_blank\">LAist, a daily online publication about life in L.A.<\/a>, shared a new election-themed site called&#8211;wait for it&#8211;&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/yeswecarve.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yes We Carve<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/>\nCute, guys. But is anyone else going to be really happy when this election is over??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where passion and politics meet&#8230;pumpkins. You gotta love Los Angeles. As a recent transplant from New York, I&#8217;m constantly amazed by the parade of human&#8230;um&#8230;innovation. LAist, a daily online publication about life in L.A., shared a new election-themed site called&#8211;wait for it&#8211;&#8220;Yes We Carve.&#8221; Cute, guys. 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