{"id":1076,"date":"2020-02-05T01:16:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T01:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2020-02-05T01:16:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T01:16:22","slug":"bel-aire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/05\/bel-aire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bel Aire"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"950\" data-attachment-id=\"1077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/05\/bel-aire\/untitled-239-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?fit=672%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"672,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"untitled-239-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?fit=672%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?resize=672%2C950&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1077\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?w=672&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/untitled-239-2.jpg?resize=68%2C96&amp;ssl=1 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption>Like an insect drawn to a street lamp, neon at night has much the same effect on me. 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