Teresa Lamb-Simpson (left), Congressman Adam Schiff‘s field representative, works out of his Pasadena office at 87 N. Raymond Ave.; Maureen Shanahan, his communications director, works out of his Washington, D.C., office. Of course I’ve known Teresa for years, but only knew Maureen via e-mail. She and Teresa stopped by my office at City Hall for […]
Larry Wilson fit right in with photos of Caltech’s Nobel Prize winners during a meeting in a lounge at the Athenaeum last week. Read the Full Story at Pasadena PIO
Jefferson Park was abuzz with activity last night as residents gathered for National Night Out hosted by the Pasadena Police Department. National Night Out is an annual event that promotes crime prevention. The photo above shows Officer Arcand and Figo of the Pasadena Police Department K-9 program. In addition to many police officers on hand […]
Patrick Peter Early, an editor on Wikipedia, notified me last Thursday via Facebook that one of my blog postings has been cited as a source for a Wikipedia article about late Pasadena Mayor Horace Dobbins. To my knowledge, this is the first time my humble little site has been used as a source on that […]
Last Wednesday I began taping a new edition of “Your City at Work,” a series on KPAS that has me following a city employee out of the office and into the field. Past editions have featured a public health nurse, motorcycle cop, code compliance officer, arborist and other employees who don’t spend all their time […]
Not too long ago Michael Ma, a sweet young man who works for the Service Center for International Exchanges in the Xicheng District of Beijing, would have been arrested for wearing this shirt. He accompanied our delegation almost everywhere and we got to know him pretty well during our China sister city trip. He’s a […]
The Forbidden City was the seat of supreme power for 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties from 1416 to 1911. The palace was “forbidden” in the sense that, aside from members of the imperial household, no one could enter without the emperors’ permission. This historic wall has nine dragons standing guard. In ancient […]
Rob Bowman still owns his home in Bungalow Heaven, though he rents it out ever since he moved to the Xicheng District of Beijing about three years ago to teach English at a high school and a middle school. He used to work in the media center at PCC. Now he’s married to his sweet […]
I made it to the entrance of the Great Wall and could go no further, but others in our delegation did. So I’m borrowing some photos in hopes that you’ll get the full flavor of the place. All the photos above were shot by Fred Alcantar, chairman of the Pasadena Sister Cities Committee. His knees […]
In Beijing and Shanghai we found some of the most quaint shops down historic, cobblestoned alleys. Here Mayor Bogaard feasts his eyes on something interesting in a shop window. It was drizzling that day. There are also plenty of open-air markets and services: Read the Full Story at Pasadena PIO
