Los Pollos Cuban Bakery

The sky as it looked yesterday around 5'ish...

while heading west on J...

Stick Station

We'd never really wandered around Old Town Pasadena before...

There are a lot of little alleyways (all named after historical buildings/people) that have restaurants and shops within....

Noodle World

View from the top of our hotel room in Pasadena.

Lovely view of the San Gabriel mountains there...

Copenhagen Pastry

[Update: Copenhagen Pastry closed as of late September 2017]

Not too far from Pooh Bahwas a fairly new bakery.

It was actually the 2nd location of Copenhagen (the original location is in Culver City).

It looks quite sleek and modern...

Pooh Bah Record Shop

From the peace and tranquility of Arlington Garden, we headed over to the outer reaches of E. Colorado Blvd...

where we admired the pretty flowering trees...

and noticed a few places we wanted to stop at...

Arlington Garden

I am a big proponent for costless fun.

For me, public gardens are a source of relaxing entertainment and wonder especially if one is interested in flowers, plants, trees and such...

I found out about Arlington Garden while doing an online search for "free gardens" in the area...

Lucky Boy

From Burbank to Pasadena...

Lunch was beckoning...

(love the font here!)

as we headed over with burgers on our mind!

Wonder Years House (& Winnie Cooper's too!)

We headed over to Burbank fom our nostalgic visit to the Filipino American history mural at Unidad Park...

to make another pop culture pilgrimage to a home featured in one of the best TV shows of all time...

Unidad Park - return to the Filipino American history mural

[*The return of this year's Presidents' Day LA roadtrip]

After checking out the famed Music Box Steps in Silver Lake, we headed over to Historic Filipino Town (Hi-Fi)...passing by Bert's former college fave, Tommy's on Rampart...

which was a few short minutes away from a mural we last visited back in 2010 (post linked at the end)...

located in Unidad Park...

Snacks from Harvest International Market

Yesterday I thought I would get some Christmas shopping done at an ethnic grocery store I hadn't yet been...Harvest International Market in Clairemont.


This used to be North Park Produce...

Takeout from Bane Phonkeo

I almost forgot about this...

while on our way home, on a whim, I asked Bert if we could stop by the Laotian place off Imperial Ave...