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Eat & Drink

On Burgers, Freedom & Democracy: The Counter

On Burgers, Freedom & Democracy: The Counter »

What is left to say about the hamburger? It’s the quintessential American sandwich. It used to cost a nickel. Now, you can get a gold-flecked burger on Wall Street for $175. At Fleur de Lys in Mandalay Bay, Hubert Keller will sell you a foie-gras and black-truffle-stuffed Kobe burger, served...

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Taco Station

Taco Station »

Taco Station opened about three months ago in a converted gas station at the intersection of Green and Chester, just west of PCC. It’s a cute little place, with outdoor-only seating under bright red umbrellas. For company you’ll have PCC and Caltech students, dog-walking locals happy to have a decent...

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Kid Stuff

Artemis Rocks!

Artemis Rocks! »

Artemis Fowl II, in addition to being an Irish teenage criminal mastermind, is the protagonist of his own series of novels, written by Eoin Colfer. The seventh in the series, Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex, has just been released, and Colfer is going on a whizbang tour to promote it....

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Home & Garden

Wood & Bones: Chronicle of a Cottage, Part 9

Wood & Bones: Chronicle of a Cottage, Part 9 »

We had to dispose of a few tons of concrete and drywall to get our project started. Sheryl had informed me that Pasadena only allowed certain haulers to work in the city. This came as a surprise to me, because Pasadena is usually so easygoing about those things. It’s hard...

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Talk of Our Towns

Choosing Pasadena »

Choosing Pasadena

The word “hometown” is heavily weighted. It evokes community, family, history and stability. Whether real or longed for, a hometown implies a sense of belonging, perhaps even of nurturing. No matter that so many Americans move so frequently — as...

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Creative Types

Laurie Ochoa, Editor »

Laurie Ochoa, Editor

Laurie Ochoa, editor of the much-talked-about new L.A. literary quarterly Slake, grew up in Whittier, close enough to Pasadena to decorate floats with high school friends and camp on Colorado Boulevard to see the parade. She was drawn to words as a...

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The Best

Farmers’ Markets »

Farmers’ Markets

It’s prime farmers’ market season—although truth be told, it’s always prime market season here in Southern California—so herewith is our guide to the best farmers’ markets in the San Gabriel Valley, organized by day. Every day but Monday brings at...

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Good Deeds

Fill a Backpack for Fall »

Fill a Backpack for Fall

September, we hope, is a long way off, but you can be a sponsor or volunteer now for this summer’s work on Foothill Family Service‘s Back-to-School Backpack program. Last year, on the first day of school, more than 1,600 elementary, middle...

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You Better Shop Around

Elisa B. »

Elisa B.

A Pasadena favorite, Elisa B. mixes New York high style with a more relaxed West Coast vibe. With brands such as 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly, Tibi, J Brand, Juicy, Trina Turk, Shoshanna and Rebecca Taylor, this boutique is not for the weak of checkbook—but you’ll end up with modern classics that will last far beyond [...]...

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Events

Ancient Future Benefit Concert »

Ancient Future Benefit Concert

The Ancient Future Quintet, one of the band’s many configurations. Ancient Future is a band, I think. They’ve been playing world fusion music, a term bandleader Matthew Montfort claims he coined, since 1978. Their upcoming date at the incredibly atmospheric Folly Bowl (an amphitheater in the yard of a private Altadena home) is but one [...]...

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The Laramie Project »

The Laramie Project

The Milestone Theatre Company is nearing its third birthday. Founded in the fall of 2007 by restless PCC theater students, The Milestone has grown into a community of dozens of local artists. Their latest production is The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. It is the true story of [...]...

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Ryan Bingham at the Levitt »

Ryan Bingham at the Levitt

Hyperbole: When Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for his portrayal of Bad Blake in Crazy Heart, it was on Ryan Bingham’s coattails. Not hyperbole: Ryan Bingham is a great alt-country singer-songwriter, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his tune “The Weary Kind,” which Jeff Bridges performs in the movie—with Bingham and his [...]...

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History Buff

Literary Pasadena »

Literary PasadenaFrom its earliest settling by Midwesterners, the Arroyo area attracted writers. One of the best known was Charles Fletcher Lummis, who in 1884 walked from Cincinnati to L.A. for a job as a reporter at...

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What We're Reading

When Will There Be Good News? »

When Will There Be Good News?I’m a snob when it comes to good writing, so when it comes to crime fiction, I’m in the camp of PD James, not Steig Larsson. So stumbling upon Kate Atkinson’s When Will There Be...

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Concierge

Find Help at the Concierge »

Find Help at the ConciergeLook here for the people you need to get the job done, from architects and attorneys to plumbers and painters. And dog trainers. And pediatricians. And auto mechanics. And florists. And yoga instructors. And ... well, click through to find out....

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Altadena Blog

Burglary arrest case falls apart

Burglary arrest case falls apart

The highly-touted arrest of several burglary suspects by Altadena deputies and the Pasadena Police Department...

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The Public Eye

Mannequins at the museum

Mannequins at the museum

These dresses by Jill Giordano and Brian Scheyer are on view at the California Design...

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Pas. Daily Photo

Last Day, July 2010

Last Day, July 2010

The Last Day project has its merits, though I admit I’m losing interest. If you’re...

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Pasadena PIO

Your City at Work

Your City at Work

Last Wednesday I began taping a new edition of “Your City at Work,” a series...

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Vroman's Blog

Slake: Excerpts II

Slake: Excerpts II

Today, the Vroman’s blog presents the last installment of the Slake Magazine blog series! Wednesday,...

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JPL Blog

Confessions from Comic-Con

Confessions from Comic-Con

Written by Whitney Clavin of JPL’s News Office while attending Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego...

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Brigham Yen

The Luggage Room Coming to Del Mar Station

The Luggage Room Coming to Del Mar Station

First reported by Feast, some very exciting news for foodies and pizza lovers out there...

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Chaos Chronicles

Shakespeare, Farmers Markets and Sunshine in Ashland, Oregon

Shakespeare, Farmers Markets and Sunshine in Ashland, Oregon

Welcome to Ashland! 11 plays, 100 actors, 1000 staff and volunteers, thousands of theater lovers!...

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KPCC Blogs

Mel Gibson, Lindsay Lohan, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone: Can you separate the art from the artist?

Mel Gibson, Lindsay Lohan, Roman Polanski, Oliver Stone: Can you separate the art from the artist?

Wow! What do you do with these high powered figures in Hollywood? Roman Polanski managed...

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The PI

Friends of Foster Children Celebrates Christmas in July

Friends of Foster Children Celebrates Christmas in July

  By Candyce Columbus Friends of Foster Children (FOFC) Sugar Plum (SP) has a remarkable...

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Glimpses of S. Pas.

Stairway to Nowhere

Stairway to Nowhere

A friendly new reader tipped me off to this little bit of South Pas hiking...

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Eat-LA

South Pasadena Farmers’ Market

South Pasadena Farmers’ Market

This neighborly, charm-packed certified market used to be better for prepared foods than produce, but new manager Greta Dunlap is kicking things up...

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