Go Bruins!

  It’s November so it must be football season. I’m just starting to finally learn the rules of this sport which makes going to the games a lot more enjoyable. Today let’s go watch my alma mater   play   the Huskies   at the Rose Bowl…   which is just around the corner from my house. I know we’re just …

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Memorial Day

     Remember when I wrote that the stealth bomber flies over my house for the Rose Parade each January 1st?       This year I wasn’t fast enough to film it, but today, for Memorial Day,      I catch something just as cool flying over head: vintage war planes.      So for all the mudslide and fire and …

Secret Garden

  There are many charming small cities within Los Angeles County.  And by small I mean it still takes half an hour to three times that long to get from point A to point B, depending on how lucky you are once you are on the freeway.   Past the 110 tunnels where the freeway dead ends to Arroyo Parkway, …

War of the Roses

In spite of the threats of mudslides, earthquakes, and hillside fires, waking up every January 1st in my house is a treat. From my living room window you can hear then see the B-2 stealth bomber fly overhead to open the Rose Parade. This is definitely the highlight of my day…except for the one year my neighbor decided to wake Pasadena …