See Obama’s home — seriously, he lived in Pasadena
by I was surprised to learn that President Barack Obama lived in Pasadena when he attended Occidental College, which is located a few miles to the …
Category: Pasadena
The Doo Dah is silliness on parade in stuffy Pasadena
This is part two. See the previous post for more. After 39 years the Doo Dah Parade still is silly and fun–characteristics one usually does …
See the crazy fun Doo Dah parade in Pasadena
This is Part One. More posts follow tomorrow. Originally the Doo Dah parade was a send-up of Pasadena’s famed Rose Parade. And it is still …
A look inside the private Shakespeare Club in Pasadena
The private Shakespeare Club in Pasadena was founded in 1888 as a women’s literary society. Over the years the focus shifted more to raising funds …
The Jackalope art fair had more than the usual suspects
Yes, all the usuals (soap, candles and jewelry) were on display at the Jackalope art fair in Pasadena. There were some other things, like the …
Pleasures of a sunny So. Cal Saturday
We all know that the drought in Southern California is very very serious, but it is hard to argue with a warm, lazy Saturday in …
Time-lapse Los Angeles and a sculpture on a street corner
A new video was published on Vimeo this week and is deservedly getting a lot of mentions. It is a time-lapse view of Los Angeles…well, …
Wandering the back alleys and side streets in Old Town Pasadena
In front of City Hall are two large sculptured heads: baseball legends Jackie Robinson and his brother, both of whom grew up in Pasadena. But …
See the Green witch Hillary and Pumpkinhead Donald in a candy store window in Pasadena
(NOTE AS I RE-PUBLISH THIS IN 2020: I was wrong when I wrote this post in 2016. Trump won that election. I have been resisting …
Sculpture in the garden at the Norton Simon museum on a free Friday evening
The Norton Simon museum in Pasadena offers free admission on the first Friday evening of the month and I had been meaning to go there …