{"id":217,"date":"2011-09-17T19:32:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T02:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/09\/17\/curating-los-angeles-turns-one\/"},"modified":"2011-09-17T19:32:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T02:32:49","slug":"curating-los-angeles-turns-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/09\/17\/curating-los-angeles-turns-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Curating Los Angeles Turns One!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?app_id=190090267703672&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F9%2F17%2Fcurating-los-angeles-turns-one.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to believe, but one year ago today I launched Curating Los Angeles. 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