Monthly Archives: October 2010

Pasadena Beautiful at 50

It was indeed beautiful at La Casita del Arroyo last week as Pasadena Beautiful celebrated its first half century. But it’s always beautiful in the little Myron Hunt-designed fancy shack on the east bank. I wish I had a fireplace … Continue reading

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The fungus federation

All this soft rain — just as much as we usually get at this time of year, but much more spread out — is perfect weather for not only all the plain-wrap mushrooms sprouting up from my lawn, but for … Continue reading

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Zocalo Speakeasy for JGo

The dancers were getting down for a cause Saturday night in the lovely, steamy, cavernous halls of downtown L.A.’s Union Station. But the cause wasn’t your average homeless youth home, not that there’s anything wrong with housing homeless youth. It … Continue reading

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Ronald McDonald on the Arroyo

Hundreds of supporters turned out Saturday night at the Rosey Bell-chaired annual fundraiser for Pasadena’s Ronald McDonald House at Phaedra and Mark Ledbetter’s Greene and Greene on the edge of the Arroyo Seco. The couple has added this infinity pool … Continue reading

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