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In Honor of National Pie Day…

In Honor of National Pie Day… »

… which is January 23rd, we offer you this inspiration from our sister publication Eat LA to go to Pie ‘n’ Burger. Not that you likely need inspiration. Plus it just won top honors in a couple of categories in Pasadena Cheeseburger Week’s popularity contest. Pie ‘n’ Burger WHY The best...

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Let Them Eat Cheeseburgers

Let Them Eat Cheeseburgers »

Thank goodness for 16-year-old Lionel’s grilling error or else an American dietary staple would never have been born—the cheeseburger. Working at his father’s sandwich shop The Rite Spot circa 1924, young Lionel mistakenly dropped a piece of cheese onto a grilling hamburger. The nation owes the elder Mr. Sternberger a...

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Kid Stuff

Unleash the Imagination!

Unleash the Imagination! »

Birthday buckets, clay people, wish boxes, and a karaoke bumble bee rumble? Could these disparate elements possibly have something in common? Why, yes. They can all be found at Little Junebugs. Courtney Collins is co-owner and the creative director of Little Junebugs, a new children’s boutique and crafting studio. She...

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Home & Garden

Going Vertical at Descanso

Going Vertical at Descanso »

Each of Descanso’s gardens has their own individuality, charm and allure. From the thicket of magnolias and the peace of the Japanese garden you can take a stroll along the Promenade, tiptoe through the Rose, inhale the fragrance of the the lilacs in the Lilac, and go native Californian. The...

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Talk of Our Towns

Dinners from the Heart »

Dinners from the Heart

The idea is “eat out locally, help out locally.” On the evenings of February 28th, 29th and March 1st, dozens of popular local restaurants are donating dinners to...

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The State of Our City »

The State of Our City

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard will give the 2012 State of the City address this Thurday evening at A Noise Within Theatre. He will be reporting on our city’s recent...

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Creative Types

Héctor Tobar Speaks »

Héctor Tobar Speaks

Not surprisingly, as the son of Guatemalan parents, a L.A. native, a former Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Buenos Aires, and a weekly local columnist, Héctor Tobar’s...

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The Best

Cool-Weather Picnic Spots »

Cool-Weather Picnic Spots

Mild winters were what once drew frost-bitten vacationers from the Midwest and East Coast to Pasadena. People as diverse as Henry Ford and John Muir chose to spend...

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Good Deeds

Jazz for the ALS Angels »

Jazz for the ALS Angels

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. This degenerative motor neuron disease that effects more than 30,000 Americans (5,600 are diagnosed each year) is more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease....

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Resident Tourist

Pasadena Public Library »

Pasadena Public Library

In 1924, Myron Hunt and H.C Chambers were one of ten architectural firms to submit a design for the Pasadena Public Library. Their Spanish Renaissance structure, with its...

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You Better Shop Around

The Alphabet Starts at ‘D’ »

The Alphabet Starts at ‘D’

That’s her slogan and she’s sticking to it. Jenette Goldstein says that she was forty years old and wearing a bra “that made me look matronly and vulgar at the same time.” Mon dieu, that wasn’t going to do at all. Once she was enlightened to the bliss of wearing a properly-sized bra, Jenette tossed [...]...

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Events

LitFest Pasadena Fundraiser #2 »

LitFest Pasadena Fundraiser #2

We covered LitFest Pasadena’s first fundraiser way back in October. Round two is set for this Sunday, and should be a decidedly less racy affair: school kids singing and acting (including a bit from Hamlet, rumor has it) instead of poetry and naked people. It’s happening at the Mountain View Mausoleum, a stunning locale. We could [...]...

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Fred Korematsu Day »

Fred Korematsu Day

Fred Korematsu was born on January 30th about 90 years ago. In 1942, aged 23, he refused to go to an internment camp. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled that yes, he did have to go to the camps. His conviction stayed on the books until 1983, when it [...]...

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Pacific Serenades Kicks Off Its 26th Season »

Pacific Serenades Kicks Off Its 26th Season

…this Sunday at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, which is a good place to kick things off. In the program are Beethoven’s String Quartet in D Major (Op. 18, No. 3), Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello, and a new piece by Laura Karpman called “Different Lanes for string quartet and iPad.” The program is [...]...

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History Buff

Pasadena Became Part of Upton Sinclair’s ‘EPIC’ Battleground (Part 1 of 2) »

Pasadena Became Part of Upton Sinclair’s ‘EPIC’ Battleground (Part 1 of 2)Early in October 1934, the California Real Estate Association was holding its annual convention at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara. “California Straight Ahead” was the theme of the three-day event, whose honorary guests included...

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What We're Reading

The Hummingbird’s Daughter »

The Hummingbird’s DaughterThis wonderful novel captures a remote time and place (northern Mexico in the late 1800s) teeming with fascinating characters who live large while debating politics, spirituality, community and faith. There is an aristocratic Don and...

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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

Weather service issues high wind warning, red flag starting tonight

Weather service issues high wind warning, red flag starting tonight

by Timothy Rutt The latest: the National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning...

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The Public Eye

Accidents in Abstract Painting

Accidents in Abstract Painting

The controlled crash of Richard Jackson’s paint-filled radio-controlled airplane went off absolutely swimmingly Sunday in...

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Pas. Daily Photo

Three Cameras

Three Cameras

On my way to the ATM yesterday I caught a glimpse of the Green Street...

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Pasadena PIO

The Best Friends in the World

The Best Friends in the World

I couldn’t ask for better friends in the whole, wide world! Last night at the...

Jan 11, 2012 / More »

Vroman's Blog

World Book Night 2012

World Book Night 2012

Love books? Want 20 free copies of a book to give away to non-readers and...

Jan 25, 2012 / More »

JPL Blog

Slice of History: Surveyor 3 Camera Returned from the Moon

Slice of History: Surveyor 3 Camera Returned from the Moon

By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from...

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A Pasadena Latina

Blythe will do quite nicely, thank you.

Blythe will do quite nicely, thank you.

A couple of years ago our friend Sandra’s father told us about Quartzsite. Rocks and...

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Chaos Chronicles

College Admissions: A View from a Prof

College Admissions: A View from a Prof

Ah, I can see from the responses that College Admissions is going to be a...

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KPCC Blogs

Pentagon announces fundamental redesign

Pentagon announces fundamental redesign

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has just unveiled how the Pentagon will deal with $487 billion...

Jan 27, 2012 / More »

The PI

Pasadena Independent 12/1/11

Pasadena Independent 12/1/11

Open publication – Free publishing Read the Full Story at Pasadena Independent...

Dec 1, 2011 / More »

Glimpses of S. Pas.

Star, Moon, Palms, Streetlamps…

Star, Moon, Palms, Streetlamps…

…sigh. Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena...

Jan 26, 2012 / More »

Eat-LA

Tender Greens Hollywood

Tender Greens Hollywood

WHY Big salads of local provenance, and a huge, sunny patio on which to enjoy them. WHAT This always-busy outpost of the upscale...

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