Last Delta rocket launched from Vandenberg
by I watched the last U. S. government Delta rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB on the central California coast this morning. It is carrying a satellite …
Category: Pasadena
A million dollar home with a blue bottle garden for lawn replacement
The design of this front garden breaks almost every rule of conventional garden design. The woman who owns this home told me that she decided …
Finally. Metro is getting out of the bike rental biz in Pasadena. A rant.
Setting up bike rental stations around Pasadena was a silly idea in the first place and as of Thursday, August 16th, the bikes and their …
An ice cream social at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Since Valentine’s Day in 1918 the League of Women Voters has encouraged citizens across the nation to register to vote and then actually vote on …
The Pacific-Asia Museum appears almost abandoned
Wandering through the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, I wondered about the details of the agreement that handed this museum over to University of Southern …
Aliens at the Pasadena Chalk Art Festival
It is a double-header in Pasadena: the Alien Con is at the Convention Center and across the street dozens and dozens of chalk artists are …
A rooftop view of Jacaranda trees blooming in Pasadena
Both Pretoria, South Africa and Brisbane, Australia are noted for their streets lined with Jacaranda trees (Jacaranda mimosifolia). In both cities the trees have bloomed …
The launch of Insight Mars lander seen from Pasadena
I watched the live stream on the NASA website until the actual launch at 4:05 a.m. and then rushed out to my balcony armed with …
The 19th Century Musicale is alive and well in Pasadena
On the first Tuesday every month at 12:30 p.m., you can travel back in time to an experience that would have been familiar to Jane …
Adam Schiff and Terry Tornek confess to their literary habits
Politicians tell all about books that inspired them as young people, and books that motivate them now. (This was originally posted in May of 2018, …