The BBQ & Hibachi Marching Grill Team are taking part in the mischief of the Doo Dah Parade, as they did above in '05 Forget the pageantry and regal demeanor of the Rose Parade, the 31st Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is the ultimate antidote. Billed as being the loud and irreverent twister sister of the aforementioned annual march down Colorado Boulevard, the parade promises to "send up a woolly range of mischiefs, grounded superheroes,......

There were two headlines from the news today that were similar in context and timing: Man Shoots Daughter, Her Mother, Kills Self and Man kills former mother-in-law, ex-wife in Tujunga, jumps to his death in Pasadena The first headline from CBS2 speaks to an incident that took place this morning at 7:20 a.m. in Rowland Heights. The mother was listed in critical condition, the daughter as stable. The latter headline, from the Daily News, took......

While hundreds of volunteers are stealthily working into the wee hours to affix flora to framework and as people begin to plan for finding space along the parade route, an unexpected battle has been waging between human rights groups and the City of Pasadena. The Pasadena Star-News reports that the controversy surrounds several components, including the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, China, and the requests made by the Pasadena Coalition for......

We wanted to wait a while before checking out the new-ish Oinkster in Eagle Rock--and, admittedly, gear ourselves up for a major pig out on what they call their "slow fast food." So recently we stepped inside the red and white "shack" on Colorado in Eagle Rock for some lunch. Sitting in the interior made us feel like we'd crossed over into one of those nouveau "indie" films with big budgets; maybe it was......

OK, that's not what happened, but we think this is funny. Even funnier because the editor of LAist writes his personal blog at busblog.com, and is obsessed with public transportation. This was taken today on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, as we were driving to get lunch. Said one 80 year old witness, "I've never seen anything like that in my life." Neither had we. Notice that while the bus was getting wenched onto the......

Lines stretched around the block. Helicopters buzzed overhead. It was madness today at the grand opening of the Pasadena H&M, the first H&M retail outlet in Southern California. Tucked between the Tiffany and Apple stores on Colorado Boulevard, the warehouse-like space showcases on two floors H&M's womenswear line. Sorry gents, ladies only. You'll have to wait until the Oct. 26 opening of the Beverly Center H&M. Half an hour before the official noon opening......

Outside of Vroman's Bookstore on Saturday in Pasadena, LAist spotted a horseless carriage. The dapper don behind the wheel -- um, rather, that stick thing -- said that his pre-car dates back to 1904. He couldn't find a place to park for longer than an hour along Colorado Boulevard, but we doubt he gets many parking tickets.......

Brisk weather seems to beg for warm soothing beverages, the company of good friends, and tasty treats. This is why we recently culled together all three of those components at Pasadena's cozy Chado Tea Room for an afternoon of eats and drinks. Before we began our tea adventure, we'd done a little bit of online digging. We found ourselves on TeaMap.com, a site that, well, obviously, maps out tea houses in the U.S. We......

For the past several days the Food Network's ubiquitous kitchen pixie, Rachael Ray, has been invading book and cook shops in California on a signing tour for her cookbook 365: No Repeats. Tomorrow night marks her last stop in the greater Los Angeles area, with a 7-8 PM slot at Pasadena's Sur La Table. We happened to stroll by there over the weekend and noticed that their sidewalk sandwich board urged those interested to......

American restaurants, for the most part, favor the ample portion. Giant salads, sandwiches the size of your head, mounds of mashed potatoes holding up something big and meaty. Sometimes a person doesn't want to eat that much--maybe it's late at night, maybe you had something super-sized for lunch and only want a small dinner. But a taste of something...now that would hit the spot! Enter tapas, the Spanish version of bar hopping and snacking......

Here at LAist, we're all about making the rest of you famous. That's why, if you've ever had an idea that you thought would make a kick-ass book (but not really aware of how to go about it), the recent release Putting Your Passion Into Print might be helpful. Written by Arielle Eckstut (Pride & Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen) and David Henry Sterry (Chicken: The Self-Portrait of a Young Man......

We've got two spots we've recently hit up in Pasadena that let you feast on fantastic fare for less than $25 a person. Today's spot is sushi, at a little spot on Colorado in Old Town called Ari-ya. Most likely as a reaction to the neverending "half-price" sushi special down the street at the chain restaurant Kabuki, this hole-in-the-wall has extended their happy hour sushi pricing to all the time, which works out well......

LAist needs to admit from the get-go that we know little to nothing about Vietnamese food. We know it's typically fresher and lighter than other Asian cuisines, and that it is flavored to varying degrees with herbs like mint, basil,and ginger and spices like curry and chili. So in seeking out somewhere new to try on a night when lighter, tasty fare was on the agenda, we stumbled on Eagle Rock's Blue Hen, a......

If you hate the winter holidays, now would be a good time to head for a cave. Weekends are filling up with Southland holiday rites and rituals. Pasadena's annual Doo Dah Parade is Sunday, November 21 at 11:30 AM. The parade takes place in the Old Pasadena district. It begins at Raymond and Holly Streets, goes south on Raymond to Colorado Boulevard, west on Colorado Blvd. to Pasadena Avenue. The event started out as......

Sometimes Los Angeles may be Los Angeles but doesn't feel like Los Angeles, which is totally the case for the wonderful town they call Pasadena. Nice and far away from the hustle and bustle of downtown, the self-entitlement of the Westside and the Hip-Factor of Hollywood, Pasadena and the coffee shops that reside there feel normal, comfortable and relaxing. And yes, that's even the case when there's a bomb scare. Coffee Bean & Tea......