Thanks to a couple of dozen generous friends, I’m going to be in the Rose Parade — on the Kiwanis International float. Here are some of those fantastic folks, who made a very generous collective donation to the float committee to make this happen: Left to right, seated: Paddy Hurley, yours truly, Kevin Uhrich.Second row: […]
Bob O’Rourke passed away yesterday. He was a great friend. When I first knew him he was the director of public relations at Caltech, then he moved up in the world and became the vice president of public relations there. Bob called me on Jan. 2, 1991 — my first day on the job as […]
During the hurricane-force windstorms last week, aside from the fact that everything got blown all over the place (including onto and off of my property), I lost most of the shingles on my roof and it’s buckled near the chimney. It looks like someplace on Tobacco Road! Thank goodness there’s no rain in the immediate […]
I serve on the board of the Friends of the Castle Green. This afternoon (Sunday) there was a private get-together for residents of the historic former hotel, now filled with privately owned flats on several stories above the first floor common areas. The event took place in some of those common areas: the salon, sun […]
This photo was taken in 1967. Brother Jamie in front; l-r next row Charlou, yours truly and Rick; Daddy and Mommy in back. Grandma and Grandpa, my mother’s parents, lived in Kansas City (where my sister and I were born) and had a winter apartment in Chula Vista, where this photo was taken. Daddy and […]
“Freedom from Want” is one in a series of Four Freedoms oil paintings created in 1943 by Norman Rockwell and made famous when they were printed in the Saturday Evening Post that same year. He was inspired to paint the series based on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt‘s State of the Union speech on Jan. 6, […]
I got this nice figurine at Stats. It’s on the desk in my office. I also got this door hanger. I love my historic door with its transom window: There’s so much to give thanks for this year: my very life, my family, my friends and so much more. What are you thankful for? Have […]
My grandson Steven, who’s 16, has an after-school and Saturday job at South Bay Tropical Marine and Reptile in Chula Vista, which caters to snake, lizard and tropical fish aficionados. Occasionally Steven gets to go along with the boss and other staff to related conventions where South Bay Tropical is a big player. This past […]
I’m not allowed to post items about City of Pasadena programs and events anymore, so I’m switching gears and we’re going to have a little fun from now on! In this photo, taken several years ago, I’m waiting to ride in the Doo Dah Parade pace car, which that year was a red vintage Volkswagen […]
A ribbon-cutting, tours and a very special toast ushered in a new era for Pasadena Water and Power Oct. 20 when the groundwater treatment plant at Monk Hill was celebrated with a grand opening. The project is cleaning perchlorate and other compounds from four City of Pasadena water wells near JPL that were contaminated by […]
