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Sarah Flake is starting an advice column on her blog

Posted in Blogs, Neighbors on September 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Hollywood Flakes: Now Dispensing Trite, Condescending Advice!

I can’t wait.

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Today on Craigslist in Pasadena

Posted in Free things to do, Neighbors on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Someone is organizing a Pasadena scooter riding group: Want to join our scooter gang?

And someone is offering to train anyone from “all two legged walks of life” in Samurai sword wielding: Samurai Sword Training Group

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Girl talk

Posted in Links, Neighbors on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Neighbor Hugo Schwyzer knocks it out of the park again*: Girl talk, depression, and culturally conditioned rivalry. Excerpt:

“…because we inculcate in girls an absolutely impossible, unattainable ideal of physical and emotional perfection at such an early age, we set many young women up both for self-loathing and for hostility towards their female peers….[T]hose of us who care about young people need to be particularly attuned to the lack of resources that young girls have for safe and healthy opportunities to talk. Safe and healthy, by definition, means an uncompetitive environment, and it means providing them with understanding listeners whom these girls will not perceive as either judges or rivals.” (Link)

*If you didn’t see his post last month titled “Fat”, “Slut”, “Selfish”: a note on the three great fears, it’s also worth a read.

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Andrea Doughtie, Rural Painter

Posted in Adopted virtual neighbors on July 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »

On a personal note, my mother-in-law just started a blog! I got to help with the process, and it was the highlight of my week. The new blog is Andrea Doughtie, Rural Painter.

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Happy birthday to Aaron Proctor

Posted in Neighbors on July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Happy birthday to Aaron Proctor, who turns 26 today.

Aaron at the Pasadena bloggers’ picnic in May

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Goodbye to Professor Todd

Posted in Caltech, Caltech Archives, Goodbyes, Neighbors, Pasadena history on June 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Former Caltech mathematics professor John Todd died last week. His wife, Olga Taussky-Todd was the first woman professor at Caltech. Olga Taussky-Todd’s autobiography is available on the Caltech Archives website, and an oral history interview with John Todd is posted on the Center for Advanced Computing Research site.

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Homemade preserves

Posted in Cooking, Farmers' market, Food, Neighbors on June 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Erin and Superspark came over on Saturday to make preserves. Superspark brought plums from her apartment complex and Costco, and we went over to the Pasadena farmers’ market for strawberries and apricots.

Sugar

Stirring

Sealing

Picture taking

Post production photo shoot

Preserves

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Foothill Cities visits Robin’s BBQ in tribute to Aaron Proctor

Posted in Aaron Proctor, Neighbors, Restaurants on June 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »

The Foothill Cities Blog: The Proctor is Out: A Tribute

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Small town!

Posted in Blogs, Farmers' market, Neighbors on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I met Tableau Vivante this weekend at the farmers’ market. We were the same booth, she had a camera around her neck and was talking about photography with the vendor. ‘Could this be the mysterious Tableau Vivante?!?‘ I wondered. It was! I got to meet the woman responsible for introducing me to apriums. She covers the Pasadena Saturday farmers’ market with photos, descriptions, and recipe ideas at http://tableauvivante.livejournal.com/.

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