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They Walk Among Us
For years, I’ve been getting e-mail from Bob Stane at the Coffee Gallery Backstage up in Altadena. He produces a tasty line-up of singer/songwriter types for our listening pleasure. Imagine my...
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Millard Canyon
One of the very best things to do after a hard rain in Los Angeles is take a hike up Millard Canyon. So that’s what I did today. Kinda. I didn’t have my National Forest Adventure Pass with me (required...
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Ronnie’s Automotive
Pasadena Twitter meet-up erratum: Paging Mlle Gramophone…Mlle Gramophone, please step this way for debriefing. We told 9 people you are here when you’re really here. So I’m here with a shout out to...
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Why I Love the Internet: Reason #3
I have a lot of work at the moment, which is good, but I feel that I’m neglecting this blog. Frankly, I’m neglecting your blog too. I’ll try to catch up this weekend. Why I love the Internet Reason #3:...
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Photos of the Station Fire, La Canada
Station Fire, La Canada Flintridge, CA. 3:00 pm, 28 August 2009. Fire over Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At the entrance to La Vina, Altadena. Watching the action at the intersection of Windsor and...
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Putting out (information about) the fires
Re: The Station Fire. Fire update 6:05 am, 2 Sept. 2009: Chief Mike Bryant from the fire department says: If the fire has a personality, the descriptor for today is (once again) “cranky.” The west end...
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Hahamongna: You Cannot Be Serious
The majority of recent housing development in Pasadena has been about getting people into high-density structures near public transportation. Take the Del Mar Gold Line station, for example. If you...
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Fruit of the Vine
First, Altadena Hiker posts this lovely photo (you can read the original post here—it’s quite nice): Tomato envy is a big deal in these out-West parts. Oh, we feign niceness, we pepper each other with...
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Black History Parade 2012
Happy 30th Anniversary to Pasadena’s Black History Parade. The bands played… The politicians waved and smiled… Mayor Bill Bogaard Pasadena’s City Council District 1 Representative Jacquie Robinson I...
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Pizza of Venice
Pizza of Venice has arrived in Altadena, CA. It’s been around long enough to garner rave reviews on Yelp. Say what you will about economic recovery. When a place like Pizza of Venice opens on Fair...
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Community
You wrote that you were ill, but knowing how private you are I didn’t ask you to elaborate. Even asking a simple question would have felt like prying. So I didn’t ask. Nor did I offer help. But this...
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My friend Karin passed away two months ago. She wasn’t one to share her troubles so her friends didn’t know she was ill. At her passing, we were gobsmacked. If you knew her or read her writing, you...
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