
This is the front page of today’s South Pasadena Review. It leads with a story about South Pasadena police chief Dan Watson’s decision to retire. Does this announcement surprise anyone after the shameful treatment he received from the South Pasadena City Council? (You can read my first post about this issue here.) The story goes [...]
January 13, 2010 | Posted in
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After the day’s chaos settles down, an ambient lullaby lulls the city to sleep. It’s a wonderfully ordinary collection of sounds — a lonely dog whining on a back porch, a loose muffler sputtering up a hill, the nearby thunk of a car door, the distant wail of a siren. And sometimes, you’ll hear a [...]
January 12, 2010 | Posted in
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I felt a little guilty hanging out at the top of this hill while the runner on the right huffed and puffed up from the bottom. People all over town are lacing up new sneakers and keeping those new year’s resolutions. Me? I just take more pictures… Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South [...]
January 11, 2010 | Posted in
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I’ll admit this one is a little unusual for my favorite game, but indulge me a bit and play along. Tell me, dear readers … if this happened to be the location for a scene in a movie, what would happen here? Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
January 10, 2010 | Posted in
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(Good advice for the weekend.) Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
January 9, 2010 | Posted in
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I had the car windows rolled down on yet another mild January afternoon. While I waited for a light to change at Huntington and Fair Oaks I heard one of these men singing. It was something lovely. Melodious. And I wondered … what’s that poem? That one about the workers singing? It was this one: [...]
January 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Who needs a high definition flat screen when you can just sit along the Arroyo at sunset? Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
January 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Reason #1025 Why People Dream of Moving to Southern California: to drive a vintage car with the top down on a January afternoon… Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
January 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Blame it on after-holiday chores(or on the two glasses of wine with dinner) but your faithful blogger was caught unprepared for today’s post. It’s not that I have a lack of photographs to share. I have shots of fascinating businesses on Mission! I have shots of beautiful Craftsman homes! I have enough shots of snowy [...]
January 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Derivative? Sure. But isn’t it beautiful? Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
January 4, 2010 | Posted in
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