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Sangria! 27 Aug 2013 | 01:53 pm
Ingredients: 1 bottle red wine 2 cups orange juice 1 can club soda Sliced seasonal fresh fruit 1-2 shots rum (or brandy or triple sec) 2 tablespoons sugar Directions: Place fruit (I used a plum and a ...
Smokey’s Joe’s at the Playhouse 26 Aug 2013 | 02:41 pm
When we read, see, or hear “Hound Dog,” many of us think, Elvis Presley. This song by composer Mike Stoller and lyricist Jerry Leiber was originally a hit in 1953 for blues singer Big Mama Thornton. T...
Free Water Wise Landscaping Workshops 26 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
Fed up with that itchy, rough Bermuda grass that you have to mow every weekend? Considering replacing it with a drought tolerant lawn? The City of South Pasadena is offering free water wise landscapin...
Farmer Days at Kidspace & Make Your Mark 26 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
It’s harvest season and Kidspace is lookin’ for li’l farmers. “Plants games” will be going on in the Nature Exchange, as well as butter making, nature art creating, barnyard boogieing, and spinning wo...
Mrs. Fenyes and the Movies (Part 3 of 4): Warner’s Egyptian Theater 26 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
By Sheryl Peters, Pasadena Museum of History docent, researcher, and educator. Warner’s Egyptian Theater opened in Pasadena, California on May 6, 1925 as a combination vaudeville, legitimate theater, ...
Fiore: A Jolly Good Choice for Lunch 26 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
My daughter raved, so when friends came into town from Palm Springs and we were going to catch up over a Saturday lunch, we walked a few blocks to Fiore Market Café. My girl didn’t even have to look a...
A Musical Legacy 26 Aug 2013 | 11:12 am
The names of the time were there: Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, James Baldwin, even Charles Heston. And the musicians: Josephine Baker; Lena Horne; 22-year-old Bob Dylan...
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 22 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm
Written as a glossed self-help book, this hilarious and hard-hearted book by Moshin Hamid is both cynical and hopeful; it’s a love story and a cautionary tale, told by a master writer/observer. We fol...
Dancing the Tunes 21 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
I am a woman of rich inner means, of hips which widen, and of feet which grown clumpier as the years go by. The word “dance” doesn’t call to me as it did in my younger years. At twelve, my twin Liz cl...
Chili Chefs: Bring Your Best 20 Aug 2013 | 03:41 pm
Lake Avenue Church is hosting a “Chili Cook-Off” and somehow this will be paired with a Classic Car Night. Classic cars and chili? With the temperature predicted to hit 91 degrees on Friday, August 23...