Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2007
Mowing the lawn
We’re looking for ways to conserve money around our house, so I decided to start mowing the lawn myself. I have fond memories of my dad mowing the lawn with a push mower on Saturdays when I was growing up, and also I remembered some of Roger’s posts at Easy Green about how [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2007
I do not currently sell ads on this blog, and I do not post about businesses or products in exchange for money or other good stuff. If I ever do get anything (besides goodwill) in exchange for posting about a person, place or thing, I’ll be sure to let you know right in the post.* [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2007
I’m guessing that a lot of people out there already know this, but I just discovered that you can watch videos of Pasadena’s city council meetings online. These are fascinating. They’re talking about what’s going on with our city! They’re making decisions. They’re arguing. The meeting agendas are available alongside the videos, and there’s a [...]
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Recipes and cooking on Mar 22nd, 2007
The tomatoes and basil are from Pasadena’s Saturday morning farmers’ market, and the buffalo mozzarella is from Roma Italian Deli & Grocery.
Caprese salad in the making, 1
Caprese salad in the making, 2
Caprese salad in the making, 3
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2007
Dan Lee’s Academy of T’ai Chi Ch’uan
Tai Chi classes are offered in the basement of Pasadena Presbyterian Church on Thursday nights. Enrollment for the next set of classes will be open between March 29 - April 12. For more information, visit danleetaichi.com.
Violet’s door
I have yet to make it inside Violet’s Cakes in Old Town, but oh, how I want to.
Violet’s Cakes
21 E Holly St
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 395-9821
Superspark’s review: Violet’s cakes
Google local: Violet’s Cakes
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2007
Foothill Cities has a post today on a possible cap on housing development in Pasadena’s Central District, except for projects with a high percentage of affordable housing units: The Omnipresent Bunny
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I’m curious about what you guys’ ideas might be for solving Pasadena’s housing problems. What do you think we should do and how should we [...]
Posted in Caltech on Mar 22nd, 2007
This Caltech press release yesterday bugged me: Certain Types of Brain Damage Can Improve Utilitarian Moral Judgments, Research Show
Fortunately, blogwaffe swooped down from the ethernet to shine the light of reason on it with his post: Lost your prefrontal lobe? Out of the boat!
If you said “throw the injured person overboard”, science has concluded [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2007
latimes.com: Pasadena mayor speaks softly — and wins: Bill Bogaard strives to be boring, a secret to his successful reelection, he says (by way of proctorformayor.com)
I love this city.
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Update: Kelly at West Coast Grrlie Blather on this article in her post Where the Boring Mayor Lives:
I’ve lived in Pasadena for over two decades, and I’m [...]
Posted in Bars, Restaurants on Mar 19th, 2007
Blue Hawaiian at Bahooka
Fish looking down at our table
Another aquarium over our table
Pufferfish on the ceiling
I visited Bahooka in Rosemead for the first time last weekend. It’s a tiki bar and restaurant with aquariums all around the building and above all the tables. It’s hard to get a sense of the decor from these pictures, [...]
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