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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Week in science: Oil spill threat spreads | James Cameron helping to bring 3-D to Mars | A monster jellyfish of the deep
Image: Dr. Erica Miller, left, and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work Friday to help a Northern Gannet bird, normally white when full grown, which is covered in oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, asteroid, Avatar, balloon, BP America, Caltech, crash, Exxon Valdez, giant, Gulf Coast, James Cameron, jellyfish, JPL, NASA, oil spill, photos, planet, science, threat, video, water, week in science, wildlife
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Weekend guide: All the Doo Dah day; South Pasadena turns up the volume; and the Homestead Museum takes you back in time
Saturday, May 1 Doo Dah Parade It’s that time again; Pull your crazy hat out of the closet for the 34th occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade. It’s the best free fun you could imagine, and by fun we mean hanging … Continue reading
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Tagged Arboretum, art, Doo Dah Parade, festival, gardening, green, guide, Homestead Museum, Industry, L.A. Garden Show, music, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Victorian fair, weekend
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Photos: The Huntington Spa at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena reopens after renovations
Last week, Pasadena’s Langham Huntington Hotel celebrated the reopening of its Huntington Spa, which had been closed to undergo renovations. More photos after the jump.
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Tagged Chinese, Chuan Body + Soul, Huntington Spa, Langham Huntington Hotel, medicine, Pasadena, Spa, therapy
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Nose Diving: It’s a wine world (after all) at Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival
Nose Diving is a feature column, in which a novice wine writer fumbles toward grace. My feet are dangling freely as we coast, hang-glider style, over the vast expanse of California below us. It’s a gloriously sunny day as we … Continue reading
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Tagged brunch, California Adventures, California Food & Wine Festival, champagne, Disney, food, Jean-Marc Viallet, sweets, tasting, wine
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Photos: Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks at the Rose Bowl
Organizers of Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks announced today that the Saturday event at the Rose Bowl raised more than $1 million. Thousands of walkers turned out to raise money and awareness for autism research. More photos after the … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, awareness, fundraiser, Los Angeles Walk Now for Autism Speaks, Pasadena, Rose Bowl
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Photos: Raquel Welch book signing at Vroman’s in Pasadena
Last Thursday was a good one for celebrity sightings – and signings — in Pasadena. Tim Gunn was doling out fashion tips at Kate Spade in the One Colorado complex, and Raquel Welch was signing copies of her book “Raquel: Beyond the … Continue reading
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Tagged book signing, bookstore, celebrity, Pasadena, Raquel Welch, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, Vroman's
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Week in science: Hubble telescope celebrates 20 years | Spitzer ‘tastes’ a methane-free planetary puzzler | Adoptive parents bring biases to process
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In the spirit of the occasion, the famous telescope has captured this phantasmagorical image deep within the Carina Nebula. Not too shabby for a telescope with two decades under its belt. NASA … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, bias, birthday, blueberries, breast cancer, Caltech, City of Hope, gender, Hubble Space Telescope, JPL, methane, NASA, photos, planet, race, research, SoCal Minds, Spitzer Space Telescope
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Lecture and tour: Lloyd Wright, architect of sunshine and shadow
Architectural historian and writer Dana Hutt reconstructs in a May 1 lecture the story of Lloyd Wright, eldest son of Frank Lloyd, who moved to Los Angeles before his father had even built his first structure in the city. The … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Art Center, Dana Hutt, design, Gamble House, home tour, Lloyd Wright, Sidney D. Gamble Lecture Series
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Botanical jewelry at Saturday’s Art on Palm showcase in Altadena
Altadena jewelry maker Ellen Dinerman will be part of Sunday’s Art on Palm showcase, featuring ceramics, glass, textiles, painting, collage, woodworking, photography and jewelry by 30 local artists and designers. Dinerman’s work has roots in nature: Many of her pieces … Continue reading
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Tagged Altadena, Art on Palm, artist, designer, Ellen Dinerman, Etsy, jewelry, Michelle Mills, shop, show
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Tim Gunn of ‘Project Runway’ makes an appearance at Kate Spade in Pasadena
“If getting fashion right were easy, everyone would look fabulous. This is a pretty good-looking Kate Spade crowd, but not everyone does look fabulous.” – Tim Gunn, telling it like it is, at Kate Spade yesterday in Old Pasadena Make … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, design, fashion, Kate Spade, Pasadena, photos, Project Runway, Tim Gunn
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