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[26 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 1,203 views]
South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival debuts May 9

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

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[14 Apr 2009 | One Comment | 1,279 views]
Rose City Ballroom Dance Studio Grand Opening Party

Christian Perry invites you to the Grand Opening party at the Rose City Ballroom:

Special guests Kym Johnson and Tony Dovolani from Dancing with the Stars will be there to celebrate the opening, and everyone is invited.

April 19, 7:00 p.m.
915 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 91105
Web site: www.rosecityballroom.com
Phone: 818.321.0539
FREE EVENT
Open to the public

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[7 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 393 views]
Enter to win a pair of Vroman’s Book Bus passes

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.

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[17 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 207 views]
Coffee, etc.

I am admittedly a bit of a coffee snob. Okay, I am a total coffee snob. Fortunately, I live close to the best coffeehouse in the entire LA Metroplex: Jones Coffee. I’ve had Intelligentsia, La Mill, and Urth–all of which make exceptional coffee–but I would honestly rank Jones at the top of the heap in LA. The Jones family has been growing coffee for five generations, and they roast all of their beans on site. And because they grow and roast their own beans, they are able to sell their …

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[29 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 137 views]

South Pasadena is home to an inventive catering company called Room Forty. The owner, Steve Fortunato, also lives in South Pas. Room Forty is innovative because they take just as much care shaping the aesthetics of an event as they do in creating the food. In Fortunato’s own words, “Room Forty is a mobile hospitality company that exists to create dining events,” a “virtual fine dining restaurant without walls.” I have been to one of his events and have experienced firsthand his ability to bring the elegance of a sophisticated …

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[20 May 2008 | 4 Comments | 127 views]

City Council/Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting
Wednesday 5/21, 2008 : 7:30 p.m.
Open Session: Amedee O. “Dick” Richards, Jr., Council Chambers, 1424 Mission Street
Here’s an article in the Pasadena Star-News about the CRA meeting this Wednesday.
South Pas Blogs is for the approval of the Downtown South Pas development project. Quite frankly, I have difficulty understanding why anyone is against it. The plans are tasteful and reflective of the community’s history. The developers have remained committed to listening to what the community wants, including low-density development and not bringing in big-box retailers.
I think one …

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[13 Nov 2007 | No Comment | 106 views]

According to Doug Willis at up2daterealestate.com, October real estate values in South Pasadena remain level.