Tour of California cycling race to the finish by the Rose Bowl
by 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 …
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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 …
Wow! Shaun White’s Air & Style ski jump by the Rose Bowl is colossal!
Music and ski jumping and California sunshine–sure they go together! Just ask Shaun White who has gone from X Games skateboarder and snowboarder to music …
See the Rent Collection Courtyard that came from China’s Cultural Revolution!
It is only 5 blocks from my home, but I rarely ever go to the Pacific Asia Museum (PAM). With the Chinese Lunar New Year …
Too much amazing art–Hansen’s paintings of Monterey Fisherman, Jim Morphesis, and Lars Jan installation
I came out of the new exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) thinking: ‘I’ve got to take a class in California art.’ …
Bells ring on the hour at St. Andrew’s Church in Pasadena
One of the first things I noticed when I was living in Budapest in 1991 were the church bells that rang throughout the city every …
A winter walk in Arroyo Seco in Pasadena–lots of sunshine, no snow
On Martin Luther King Day I decided to take a walk in the Lower Arroyo Seco park. Unlike Brookside Park (about a mile or so …
Sneak Peak at Lutheran Hour float for the Rose Parade in Pasadena
The Rose Palace, one of the huge barns where Rose Parade floats are constructed, is nearby so I walked over there about 3 days ago …
Tour the famous old Castle Green in Pasadena in December.
You learn something new every day. I always thought the amazing Castle Green in Old Town Pasadena was an apartment building. Why? Because when …