Celedon & Celery Flower Arranging Class

I feel very lucky to have wonderful sisters-in-laws and I truly enjoy spending time with them. We have taken a cooking class, ate our way through several afternoon tea events, relaxed together for mani/pedis, and most recently, we took a flower arranging course by Celedon and Celery, a New York based event/floral planning company. Celedon [...]

Holiday Peace & Quiet

The weather outside is completely frightful. But I’m inside with a hot drink in my snowman mug, listening to christmas music, and finishing up last minute Christmas things. Love! Edited to add: HAIL!

Mishe Mokwa Trail

One of the best things about hiking, is that hours can literally slip by while getting in a great workout. It’s really hard to spend that much time inside of a gym without constantly checking time. Also, it is just plain fun to get out and explore nature. So, with that in mind, we set [...]

La Canada Flintridge Fires

UPDATE #2 – These are the worst fires I’ve personally witnessed. Lives have been lost and homes destroyed. The firefighters have been working around the clock and I can’t even imagine what it is like to go up against 80 ft flames. I can see the top of Mt Wilson (only about 7 miles away) [...]

LA Acura Bike Tour 03.02.08

This morning, we got up at 3:15am to make our way down to the Coliseum to bike the annual LA Marathon. We had biked the LA marathon once before in 2006, so we felt like veterans returning to a familiar event. Actually, back in 2006, this was the event that introduced us to the world [...]

Mythbusters in Long Beach

We saw Mythbusters last night in Long Beach. I love this show! Anyway, they did a show on whether pretty girls fart. The network wouldn’t let them air the episode where they tried to light a fart. I didn’t have a camera, but here’s the youtube version.

Pasadena noted in “Real Homes of Genius”

I just wanted to mention that our city was featured on Dr. Housing Bubble’s blog a few days ago. The story of a $1 million home is highlighted here. In general, I think that long time homeowners are going to be fine, and will have a nice profit if they were to sell. (Peter Hong’s [...]

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York

We saw Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, at the Pasadena Distinguished Speaker Series. It was a cold and rainy Wednesday night. She came in from Beverly Hills, a two hour commute. She spoke from the heart. Unlike previous speakers (Doris Kearns Goodwin comes to mind), her talk was unscripted. She was open, funny, honest, [...]

Doo Dah Parade

We love parades! Just three weeks after the Rose Parade, the Doo Dah Parade marched into town. They were definitely marching to the beat of a “different” drummer. We saw nearly topless ladies, cross dressing belly dancers, bizarre circus acts, war protesters, wacky bands, and advocates for legalization of marijuana. Stuff you might see in [...]

$52 Million Pasadena estate

As I mentioned, Choala Yummy and I enjoy walking around town to get some exercise. Earlier today, we wandered over to Peet’s on Lake Avenue (which is by the defunct Wild Oats market). Afterwards, we decided to stroll around the neighborhood. We were lost in conversation when we ambled past this monstrous house. What little [...]