Volunteers help make Christmas at Ronald McDonald House a Little Brighter
Every time our flash went off when taking an image, there was laughter and applause coming from Arbila Al-Zaweeti on Sunday. Arbila was perhaps more excited by the short burst of light and attention than the actual process of making her Gingerbread house Sunday in Pasadena. Arbila’s laughter was highly contagious. Everyone in the room [...]
Setting a New Standard for Real Estate Marketing Innovation
Sharon Chou of Century 21 Ludecke Recognized For Internet Marketing Excellence Nationally renowned real estate marketing and technology speaker and Realtor.com Vice President, Max Pigman, has presented to Sharon Chou of Century 21 Ludecke the “Real Estate Online Marketing Award of Excellence”. The Award of Excellence recognizes top agents who consistently provide great marketing services [...]
Huntington Recognized as Gold Seal Stroke Center
Huntington Memorial Hospital’s stroke program has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission, designating the hospital a primary stroke center. This means Huntington will join the network of “approved stroke center” hospitals throughout Los Angeles County. “This is a significant milestone for the hospital, but more important, a wonderful benefit for Pasadena [...]
Carols We Still Sing Today Tied to the 14th Century
Captain’s Log on English Man-O-War ship: Christmas Day Prayers Followed by “Much Civill Myrth” “Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntates.” This is the Christmas season’s most beloved statement: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, good will toward men”. As a carol to honor Christ’s birth, this [...]
Holiday Events
Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena’s Historic Avenue Lighted for the Season Altadena’s historic Christmas Tree Lane opens for drive-thoughs of Santa Rosa Ave. after dark. The deodars will remain lit through Jan. 6, 2010. The deodars, planted in 1883, provided a picturesque entrance to the John P. Woodbury Ranch where Woodbury planned a large estate. The [...]
Night of Live Jazz Seasonal Music to Benefit Jazz Institute
Founder and Artistic Director of the Pasadena Jazz Institute, Paul Lines, and Old Pasadena restaurateur André Vener of Redwhite+bluezz have been friends for some time. Lines now finds his Jazz Institute in need of some help and Vener has stepped forward to produce “The Nutcracker Swings, A Cool Jazz Christmas” at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. [...]
Relocation of Bank’s Millard Sheets Mural Under Discussion
Catherine Haskett-Hany has been going to what is now Chase Bank on Lake Avenue and Colorado Boulevard since she was a child, and has always looked forward to seeing the mural of the Pasadena Rose parade on the wall. When she walked in one day to see it covered up by a wall, she was [...]
One of Three New Banks Opened This Year Sees Success in Pasadena
In the third quarter of 2009, just three banks were approved nationally, and only two banks in the state of California. One of those was the California General Bank in Pasadena, which was approved to open in March.
Santa Flies Via Helicopter to Visit Pediatric Patients at Huntington Hospital
During this, one of the busiest times of the year for the bearded one, aka Santa, the folks at Pasadena Police Air Operations arranged for a special flight from the North Pole to Huntington’s heliport on Thursday morning. Dubbed Operation Polar Wind, the men and women of Pasadena Air Ops raise funds for gifts for [...]
Pasadena Independent – December 17th, 2009
