Monthly Archives: July 2008

I was down at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center last Tuesday afternoon for the kick-off of the national diving championships when who should appear on the platform in jams-length trunks but … Pasadena Councilman Steve Haderlein. It was some kind … Continue reading →

Saturday night Santa Monica, in homage to the Nuite Blanche of Paris, put on its own all-night art party, Glow. From dusk to dawn, on the palisades, on the beach, on the pier, there was indeed art — most of … Continue reading →

You might remember reading in my column or in Melissa Pamer’s feature story about Pasadenan Bill Provence and his quest to build a street-legal, three-wheeled electric car to retail for less than $10,000. Here’s a view of the roadster in … Continue reading →

This morning at the end of our run Charlie stopped short at the tailgate of a pickup truck on Parkview Avenue. “That a bird dog?” August Culver asked. “Not hardly — he’s a sheep dog,” I said. “Whatcha got back … Continue reading →

As I was not among those with the poise to stand up and eulogize the remarkable Judith Sunday at the simply unbelievably wrenching memorial to her life, attended by over 300 Pasadenans and others at a sad and yet celebratory … Continue reading →

When we were down surfing last week my dear friend Elaine Ahmad and her loving partner Tomiko Stein were also in North County San Diego with their boys Diego and Teo — but not for a mere romp on the … Continue reading →

Great financial minds think alike, what? No, I don’t mean I’d broken the piggy bank and gone in on the Panhandle wind farms the same day Boone Pickens did this week. I mean when today at 3 p.m. I mentioned … Continue reading →

It’s small beer, journalism scandal-wise, this matter of the L.A. Times running that Photoshopped picture Thursday from the Eye Ranians depicting a fake-successful version of their dud missile launch. Desperate for a shot that wasn’t a video screen capture, lots … Continue reading →