Some information from Kat Kittredge PR about the South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival coming up on May 9:

When: Saturday, May 9, 4pm – 10pm
Where: Multiple stages along Mission Street, South Pasadena
Cost: Free of charge
Media Info: Kat Kittredge, 626-484-4429 kkpr@live.com
Public Info: South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, 626-441-2339,
www.southpaschamber.com

The LA Times Festival of Books is right around the corner, and Vroman’s will be running four Book Buses to UCLA on April 25. For a chance to win a pair of tickets on one of the buses, send an e-mail to email at vromansbookstore dot com with LATFOB as the Subject line.

The innovative and unconventional New Music Monday concert series has found a new home after 13 years. South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory (SPMCC) will host the New Music Monday series on the last Monday of each month beginning this January 26th.

Here are a few stories about the soil studies to begin along hypothetical 710 tunnel routes:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/710-tunnel-soil.html
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_11371900
http://cbs2.com/local/alhambra.710.tunnel.2.900971.html

Read more about the woman known as the Rose Lady of South Pasadena.

In South Pas, our graffiti gets as menacing as a twelve-speed bike. I saw this on an electrical (or telephone?) box across the street from Trader Joe’s.

On my way home from work, I was walking down Columbia and noticed a squirrel a few yards away from me gnawing on something that looked like a muddy, oversized tennis ball. Either that, or the squirrel was feasting upon some small creature it had just vanquished. As I got closer, I realized that Mr. Squirrel had an avocado between his paws. And he had already polished off about a quarter of it. I walked toward the squirrel, and he actually tried to scurry up the tree …

Shhh!