Eye Level Pasadena

No office hours this Saturday. (I’m working on a big project over the weekend.) I’ll be back online and in the swing of things again soon, though.

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Office hours for Saturday, September 15 are cancelled. Sorry for the short notice! One of our family members got sick and we need to take this weekend off.
Office hours for Saturday, September 15 will be hosted by Susan Kitchens of 2020 Hindsight.
Metropolitan Coffee & Tea
(across the street from Vroman’s)
Saturday, September 15
10:00 a.m. - noon
If you [...]

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Backyard fig
Our neighbor has a fig tree, and a few branches hang over our fence. Today some friends came over to pick figs from our side of the fence, and it was discovered that figs dried on the tree (like this one) taste like Fig Newtons.

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We have a new bumper sticker.
I hear it increases the value of your car by ten percent.

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During the heat wave, we went to Robin’s.

Gavin played Ms. Pacman.

We found Aaron’s name on the menu. And Steve Haderlein’s name. And Paul Little’s name.

I wish I had an inflatable beer bottle.
(To go with our inflatable Godzilla.)
Robin was there, and he came over and said hi. By then my camera was put away and I [...]

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Last weekend was the first of the new office hours — the kind where you can come with your blogging or RSS questions and get help and ideas from me and the other bloggers around. (For free!) You can also just come and hang out and drink coffee and meet neighbors.
People came with great [...]

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James Macpherson of Pasadena Now emailed me this weekend (and I’m posting this with his permission):

I wanted to ask you if you know of 2-3 bloggers who are foodies who would agree to review Pasadena restaurants for me… a lot — like WEEKLY.
Advantage: They can get into any restaurant and eat for free!!!
Advantage: [...]

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Someone is organizing free sewing get-togethers at the Couture Gallery in Old Town: Free Sewing and “Sewcializing”!

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By way of Wired Women:
If you live in Pasadena’s District 1, there’s a meeting hosted by Councilmember Jacque Robinson on Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Rose Bowl Stadium Press Box. With the theme “Strengthening Our Community,” Robinson will discuss her communitywide initiative, Tina Williams will give a field report, Neighborhood [...]

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Rattling the Kettle: Memo

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