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Party with Barack on 8-28-08

Lotsa free parties are happening Thursday night (8-28-08) to celebrate Barack’s acceptance of the Democratic nomination.  Just plug in your zip code here and you’ll get a listing. Many people are opening up their homes to strangers for the event. This is all part of the community building Barack is pushing for. Locally, there’s going [...]

$4 rides to LAX

*** UPDATE – The Flyaway is now $6 from Union Station to LAX.  Still, it’s a great deal and very comfortable! ***

With some upcoming summer travel and crazy high gas prices , I was vexed with how I would get to LAX without going bankrupt.  Then a friend told me about the $4 LAX [...]

June 21 – Free Music ALL over Pasadena

Info from http://makemusicpasadena.org/about.html 

Make Music Pasadena is a FREE musical celebration throughout the main districts in Pasadena, including Old Pasadena, One Colorado, the Playhouse District, and throughout the city.

Make Music Pasadena takes place on World Music Day, the Summer Solstice, Saturday, June 21, 2008. On that day, sidewalks, parks, courtyards, alleys, building lobbies [...]

The greatest thing since sliced bread…

….is BOOKEXPO!   It’s coming to the L.A. Convention Center, May 29 – June 1st.  It’s a book publishing trade show.  Tons of book publishers come out and give out FREE copies of their new books.  There is also a HUGE authors’ petting zoo, where you can get autographed copies of new books for $1.  BookExpo [...]

Happy Birthday Irene!

Happy Birthday Reenie!!!

Here’s to a great birthartday year for you!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday RSD!

Hey RSDy!

Happy Birthday!!! 

May this be your year for   !

Spa Week is Back!

Ah, the lovely spa week – $50 treatments – is back!  Here’s a blurb from Chilloutla.com, a website dedicated to finding good deals of Socal spas:

Spa Week Reminder: [...]

Gandhi’s Grandson coming to PCC

Rajmohan Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Ghandi, Speaks at Pasadena City College 

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Ghandi, will be visiting Pasadena City College on Feb. 22 to speak about his grandfather’s teachings. The lecture, titled “Relevance of Gandhi in the 21st Century,” will be held in Sexson Auditorium at 10:30 a.m.

The talk will cover [...]

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year!  It’s the Year of the Rat.  Reader C told me about the New Year’s Eve celebration happening at the beautiful Thien Hau Temple in Chinatown, L.A., so I went down to check it out last night. The festivities included a lion dance and martial arts demonstration, which were excellent and very [...]

Congratulations to K and L!

On their nuptials today in Seal Beach and then reception at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim.  

 

It was a beautiful ceremony and day. And the food was excellent. 

This was the best wedding cake I have ever tasted!  It came from Amazing Cakes of California in Anaheim.  I encourage everyone to buy all [...]