Eye Level Pasadena

California Pharmacy geraniums and mailman

California Pharmacy, as seen from behind the geranium planter

Geraniums

A friend and her son found a set of notes he had made about Pasadena history for a school project years ago and lent them to me. I’m blogging excerpts from them bit by bit with their permission. This post is the second in this series, which is not always in chronological order. To see all the posts in this series, click here: Pasadena History Notes.

The Hahamogna tribe lived in the Pasadena area

The Hahamogna — sometimes also spelled Hahamonga — lived in this area and were colonized by the Spanish. The City of Pasadena website has a little bit of information about the Hahamogna, as does the top of this Altadena History web page. Wild Food of the Gabrielino has drawings and information about the foods the Hahamogna ate.

Marzipan at Bulgarini Gelato

Pink flower outside Bulgarini Gelato

Bulgarini Gelato opened shop this weekend in Altadena, and gelato was free all day. (Thanks to erin’s kitchen for the tip.) It was delicious.

Free gelato for all

Gelato close up

Chocolate and pistachio gelato

Gelato line

Bulgarini Gelato
749 E. Altadena Dr.
Altadena, CA 91001
(626) 441-2319
(626) 627-7640
Wednesday – Sunday: 12pm – 8pm
BulgariniGelato.com

Path to Freedom reminds us that 10% of the sales from their store go to helping others, including displaced people in Darfur:

Don’t forget that 10&% of all sales from the Peddler’s Wagon go toward helping other’s in the third world, one such project that we support is sending sun ovens to the Darfur refugees. (link — bottom of the page)

This strikes me as a pretty creative idea, especially since, from what I understand, one of the huge problems is that people who leave the refugee camps to get firewood are often raped or killed, so eliminating the need for firewood sounds like it could help.

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Rattling the Kettle has now posted the recipe he was tantalizing some of us with in the comments here a while ago: Patty’s Composed Salad With Blood Orange Dressing

Pasadena Senior Center

Pasadena Senior Center
85 E Holly St
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 795-4331
pasadenaseniorcenter.org

Sebastian Zacharia of Woodbury University will discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan this Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Pasadena Central Library.

Pasadena Central Library Auditorium
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena
April 18
7:oo p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

By way of Pasadena Community Calendar and the Pasadena Weekly.

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This Saturday, April 21, the City of Pasadena Greening the Earth Day and Armory Family Arts Festival will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Memorial Park and Armory Center for the Arts. Free! For more information, see the pdf here.

Path to Freedom will have a booth there.