News and views from some of the local blogs and sites we follow:

• Valet parking in Eagle Rock? My, how times change!  theeastsiderla.com
• A Pasadena couple comes up with a quality hand soap made from biodiesel.  coolhunting.com
• Why do we live here? This photo about sums it up. Glimpses of South Pasadena
• A wee little post from Susan Russell at All Saint’s Church that made us laugh. An Inch at a Time