Monthly Archives: March 2010

Well, the art was new when it was up, hugging a palm tree in Defenders Park at the southwest corner of Colorado and Orange Grove. But that was weekend before last, when this … stuffed effigy depicting someone I perhaps … Continue reading →

I shot this last week from the far northwest corner of the Arroyo Seco recreation loop, up Parkview from West Drive. The construction site in the middle distance used to be a raised triangle that was occasionally landscaped; now it’s … Continue reading →

*updated below: Big Star was the greatest songwriting-centric rock band to never make it … big. Its co-leader, Alex Chilton, had a big taste of the big at 16 with “The Letter,” a crazy blue-eyed Memphis soul No. 1 hit … Continue reading →

Saturday morning, Pasadena City Attorney Michelle Bagneris and I were two of the three panelists — city head librarian Jan Sanders was the other — at a forum at the Neighborhood Church on openness in government sponsored by the League … Continue reading →

This rendering by GKK Works, the Pasadena architectural firm, was up on the fence this morning in Allendale Park at the groundbreaking celebration for the Blair Middle School campus across Marengo from the Blair High campus. In my day — … Continue reading →