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Pictured: Cherry Blossom Festival flowers in Monterey Park

Monterey Park’s 14th annual Cherry Blossom Festival on Sunday featured cultural dance and music performances, along with an appearance by a world champion sumo wrestler. Above, performers from the traditional Japanese dance group Fujima Kansei line up for a portrait … Continue reading

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Pictured: Skies were gray, but they’re not gray anymore

Staff photographer Walt Mancini captured a panoramic view, above, of Pasadena yesterday with overhanging clouds, emerging blue skies and the statuesque San Gabriels in the background. An even-more-surreal scene-setter comes in this second image of the sky reflected in the … Continue reading

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Pictured: The bird is the word at Debs Park

Over the weekend, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society got together for a promotion of the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, which is crowdsourcing data about bird migrations and habitats. The Pasadena chapter of the Audubon … Continue reading

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Fields of gold: Rodarte spins an exquisite yarn at New York Fashion Week

Color us biased, but New York Fashion Week has ended, and that means it’s time to check in with our favorite sartorial contender: Rodarte, the high-fashion label founded by Pasadena sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy. Once again, Rodarte racked up … Continue reading

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The guide: Last-minute holiday gift ideas from Pasadena-area stores

Tweet   FOR ANYBODY Gift cards (seen above), luxury candles and pretty much anything in stock at Lula Mae, 100 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena Sea salt caramels from Little Flower Candy Co., 1422 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

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Pictured: Dickens Village holiday festival lights up Sierra Madre

Tweet   Sierra Madre held its annual Dickens Village holiday festival on Saturday in the city’s charming downtown shopping district. In Kersting Court, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony was followed by the arrival of the Jolly Old Elf himself. Is … Continue reading

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Cocktail culture comes east: 1886 bar opens at The Raymond in Pasadena

Tweet Calling all cocktailians: Contemporary bar culture made a late but entirely fashionable entrance this week in Pasadena with the opening of 1886, the new watering hole at The Raymond Restaurant.The Raymond’s management and owners partnered with mixology masters Marcos … Continue reading

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Royalty in the making: 2011 Rose Queen and Court before-and-after photos

Tweet Though the big reveal was held indoors this morning due to rain, there wasn’t anything damp about spirits when Evanne Elizabeth Friedmann was announced 2011 Rose Queen. So what happens when an average Pasadena-area high-schooler or college student is … Continue reading

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Pictured: The LA Street Food Fest at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl

Even though our staff was sweating under the pressure of deadline as we put together the August-September issue of Rose Magazine, I simply couldn’t miss out on the LA Street Food Fest on July 24 at the Rose Bowl in … Continue reading

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Photos: Get the scoop — or two — on area’s best frozen sweets

From our summer dining issue, here’s a round-up by Emma Gallegos of the area’s best chilly treats — now with extra photographic goodness: BULGARINI GELATO Leo Bulgarini ships the high-quality ingredients for his gelatos all the way from Italy if … Continue reading

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