See photos of the Pasadena Chalk Art Festival 2015
by The city of Pasadena claims that their chalk art festival is the largest in the nation. That may be true, but this year was smaller …
Author: carollightwood
I moved to LA from San Francisco in 1974 and lived in various towns and neighborhoods around greater Los Angeles until 2019 when I moved to Tucson. Originally I was from Washington State.
Customized cars, trucks and lots of memories at the Pasadena Police Car Show
In Burbank… A few days ago the social media group, Krispy Creme Tuesdays, held a flash mob car show — well, they tried to hold …
See 40,000 bicylists at CicLAvia in Pasadena – Wow! Was it ever crowded!
In the first CicLAvia outside of the city limits of Los Angeles, the crowds really turned out. The Pasadena Police estimate that 40,000 cyclists were …
The Los Angeles Central Library is an extraordinary work of art–even if you do not read one book.
It is embarrassing to admit–even moreso because I am an author–but I had never been inside the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles which was …
Tour of California cycling race to the finish by the Rose Bowl
Last year the Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California cycling race ended in Pasadena by City Hall. I went early and took photos …
Cal Tech: Where the ‘Big Bang’ gang works when they are not acting on a sound stage somewhere
Sheldon, Howard, Raj and Leonard, the characters in the hilarious comedy, the ‘Big Bang Theory’ are supposedly working at Cal Tech, as the California Institute …
OMG! Jacaranda trees are blooming 6 weeks early in Pasadena. It must be the California drought.
We have a Westside dermatologist and Arboretum co-founder, Dr. Samuel Ayres, to thank for the thousands of Jacaranda trees in Southern California. Back in the …
Earthday, animation expo, and arts–just another fun weekend in beautiful downtown Burbank
As I wrote some time ago, the pure arts festivals in and around Los Angeles are having a hard time of it in recent years. …
Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …
Pershing Square in downtown L.A. is labeled an “artsy park” by Google Maps, but that’s only part of the picture!
Named after “Black Jack” Pershing, a hero of World War I, Pershing Square was once a shady green park in the heart of downtown Los …