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Fun Things to Count in Our Town

by Cynthia

February 03, 2009

South Pasadena is known for its charm--a small town feel with beautifully kept, cozy Craftsman houses, and tree-lined streets. Some streets are lined with palms, others, with oaks, maples, and palms. Now if you have a particularly sharp-eyed, observant child, they may have noticed little metal tags embedded in the bark of some of the oak trees. As you walk along the residential sidewalks, you  Read more...

Fun Things to Do Around Pasadena: The Dervaes Urban Homestead

by Cynthia

February 02, 2009

Some of us may dream of going "off grid"--completely independent of the utility company as a power source--so it's inspiring to meet people who actually have. The fact that the Dervaes family lives one block north of the 210 freeway, a scant miles from downtown Los Angeles in the city of Pasadena, and produce almost 6,000 lbs of fruits and vegetables on 1/10th of an acre --it's nothing short of  Read more...

...los angeles area greenies, check it out!

by Cynthia

January 15, 2009

If you're looking for something to do the weekend of January 24-25, 2009, check out the annual Go Green Expo in downtown Los Angeles' convention center . As we all know, having a child makes you think more deeply about the world he or she lives in. If your child has environmental sensitivities to household cleaners or a food allergy, chances are you'll be acutely attuned to the chemicals he or  Read more...

...looking in the mirror: best places for children to see their reflections

by Cynthia

January 13, 2009

Culture is an important mirror in which we see ourselves reflected. Case in point: as a kid growing up, I was one of few Asian Americans in my school. At home, if we saw Sulu on Star Trek, we'd run screaming to the tv and call everyone around, the sight was so unusual. Things have gotten better in movies and on tv, but even so, those images don't tell a complete story. With that in mind, I've  Read more...

...best decorated neighborhoods

by Cynthia

December 23, 2008

If you're not up for the grueling wait for your car to roll slowly through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Festival of the Lights in Griffith Park, you can cruise through the following Pasadena neighborhoods and admire the whizbang lights, moving reindeer, snowmen, Santa on the rooftop, and all the rest. It's cool that someone else does it--can you imagine the electricity bill?  Read more...

...holiday performances we love

by Cynthia

December 18, 2008

Oh, the magic of a Christmas tree that grows, a nutcracker come to life, and all kinds of exotic and delightful dancing characters from around the world! Face it, even as a grownup, you too are still a tiny bit entranced by Clara's magical Christmas Eve and the strange rat king who must be defeated, and mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer who begins the adventure. As a girl, our family marked the  Read more...

... books essential to kids where you live

by Cynthia

November 25, 2008

Here in Pasadena and thereabouts, we're known world-wide for a few key things: beautifully-preserved Arts and Crafts- or craftsman-style houses the Rose Bowl, complete with roses, and floats, sometimes both together in a huge new year's parade world-famous Huntington Gardens, with all kinds of foliage real-live rocket scientists at nearby JPL (the Jet Propulsion Laboratories) the Norton Simon  Read more...

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