Monthly Archives: May 2008

It was so hot Sunday, the final day of the Pasadena City Golf Championship at Brookside, that I swear you could see the algae bloom on the big lake just below Washington Boulevard — pictured at left — grow before … Continue reading →

Look for my Sunday column about the reinvigorated virtues of Pasadena’s Washington Park, historic acreage designed in the 1920s by two of the greatest Southern California landscapers and recently recovered from graffiti-ville by a group effort spearheaded by neighbors:

Some images from the last few weeks: That flying spaniel/woman by my old friend Marnie Weber, former bassist in the greatest downtown art band L.A. has ever known, the Party Boys, is on view at the Armory Center for the … Continue reading →

I If you’ve noticed a rise in the general IQ level and the number of MacArthur winners wandering the streets in these parts in the last few days, chalk it up to another of Art Center’s biennial design conferences, this … Continue reading →

Thursday at the Arboretum I followed through on my I Can Garden project of a month or two ago by checking in on it at the preview for the Arboretum’s prestigious, fun L.A. Garden Show, which displayed all things green … Continue reading →

The waves were kinda big — waist- to head-high — at San Onofre this weekend. It was a beautiful, clear, summery day on Saturday. Sunday was a bit victory at sea-ish. But we had our fun, sitting on top of … Continue reading →