A few things worth reading from around our cybersphere:

The Garrett Van Pelt House

• Larry Wilson wades into the how-we-define-our-neighborhoods issue raised by the Los Angeles Times:   Pasadena Star-News
• A new blog is aiming to get lots of public participation on issues of development, design, sustainability and perfecting the general plan for the city of Pasadena:  Pasadena InSight
• Curbed L.A. led us to this clever and remarkably clear explanation of our economic meltdown by Art Center student Jonathan Jarvis:  la.curbed.com
• Also from our friends at Curbed, a look at the architecturally way-significant Van Pelt House near Eaton Canyon Golf Course, on the market for $1.425 million:  la.curbed.com
• Petrea Burchard is seeking the best place in Pasadena to write; Hometown Pasadena’s Skylar Sutton will soon be posting on a very similar quest. Here’s Petrea’s latest find:  PasadenaDailyPhoto
• A companion photo to our weekend post of poppies along the Pasadena Freeway:  Glimpses of South Pasadena