Arroyo Monthly August 2010

AUGUST 2010

F I N E L I V I N G I N T H E G R E A T E R P A S A D E N A A R E A

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ARROYOM O N T H L YVOLUME 6 ~ NUMBER 8

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE10 THE ARROYO 5

We honor five visionaries who’ve raised the bar on culture in Pasadena and beyond.

MY KIND OF TOWN

17 CITY OF ROSES: BOOKSTORES, GREATBARGAINS, TRUE LOVE AND ALMOST ANYOTHER DAMN THING YOU CAN THINK OFA writer and former model discovered she could go home again, only to find the loves of her life. –By Léon Bing

20 CHOOSING PASADENAWhat happens when Pasadena and Los Angeles compete for the heart of a SoCal native–By Colleen Dunn Bates

45 AFTER THE DELUGE A gritty L.A. police reporter finds refuge in Bungalow Heaven.–By Miles Corwin

PHOTOGRAPHY

49 SIGNSImages of Arroyoland –By Gareth Seigel

DEPARTMENTS8 FESTIVITIES The Beastly Ball and An Evening With Star Chefs

52 DINING Choza Mama fires up Colorado Boulevard with hot Peruvian cuisine.

55 KITCHEN CONFESSIONS What made those Bostonians so patriotic?Why, the good old American clam bake, of course.

57 THE LIST Concerts in the Park, music and film at the Norton Simon, the Gay Men’s Chorus and more

6 ~ AUGUST 2010 ~ ARROYO

OKAY, I ADMIT IT. THIS IS REALLY JUST A MASH NOTE.

The entire issue is — it’s one long love letter to one of the

coolest small cities I know. When I was a young pup, I used

to fantasize about working in what I considered the three

loveliest towns in America — San Francisco, New Orleans

and Boston (except it has those damn blizzards, so scratch that one). With age comes

wisdom, and now I know that there’s a fourth — Pasadena.

As Arroyo’s editor in chief, I’ve been fortunate enough to consider the Pasadena

area my beat for the past three years. During that time, the magazine has explored the

remarkable array of offerings here in the arts, sciences, sports, food, architecture and

design — we’ve even investigated a cryptic meme or two along the way. Here at

Southland, we’re celebrating Arroyo’s fifth anniversary, so we thought this would be the

perfect time to honor five cultural visionaries we’ve met in our travels, people who are

changing the game and improving life for people in Pasadena and beyond. We call

them the Arroyo 5, and we’re delighted to introduce them to you on page 10.

Arroyoland, as I like to call our territory, seems to incubate big thinkers — and its

smart population pledges its fealty in return. When I was looking for terrific writers who

are longtime residents to share the experiences that have made them fervent fans of their

hometown, they weren’t hard to find. I really hope you enjoy seeing Pasadena anew

through the eyes of authors Léon Bing, Colleen Dunn Bates and Miles Corwin.

Certainly Pasadena photographer Gareth Seigel’s black-and-white portfolio of

signs in this issue will give you a fresh perspective on your own backyard. Which only

goes to show that the more things stay the same, the more they change.

— Irene Lacher

ARROYO MONTHLYAltadena, Arcadia, Eagle Rock, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, San Marino and South Pasadena

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1. Gilles Marini with wife Carole and children Georges and Julianna

2. Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete

3. Mary and Bill Urquhart

BACKGROUND: Stefanie Powers, GLAZAChairman Tom Mankiewicz and honoree Betty White

Longtime L.A. Zoo supporter and current “It” Girl Betty White was honored for nearly

half a century of being dedicated and cool at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association’s

40th annual Beastly Ball on June 19. During the popular after-hours fundraiser, animal

lovers who’d paid $1,000 a ticket talked to the animals, cruised silent auction tables and

snacked at restaurant booths to the beat of world music. Pauley Perrette of TV’s NCIS

served as emcee and KNBC-TV weathercaster Fritz Coleman and comedian Jimmy

Pardo volunteered as auctioneers. Other famous faces in the crowd included Jason

Alexander, Gilles Marini, Stefanie Powers, Holly Robinson Peete, Rodney Peete

and Jay Mohr. Pasadena-area supporters included Linda and Gary Kaplan,

vice-chair of GLAZA’s Board of Trustees, James R. Aspberger, Gillian and Greg Frame

and Mary and Bill Urquhart.

Nearly 600 supporters of Rosemary

Children’s Services converged on Santa Anita

Park in Arcadia on June 26 for the 47th annual

Evening with Star Chefs, the L.A. area’s old-

est culinary event. Guests savored samples

from 17 restaurants, which included a gener-

ous portion of Pasadena–area kitchens: Dish

Bistro & Bar, Mi Piace, Santa Anita’s own Front

Runner, Il Fornaio, Pasadena Baking Company,

Whole Foods Pasadena, Celestino, Ruth’s

Chris Steakhouse, Nikki C’s, Noir Food & Wine,

El Cholo, El Portal, Robin’s Wood Fire BBQ &

Grill, Charcuterie and Muñoz Catering.

Pasadena Police Lt. Peter Hettema accepted

a bevy of honors for his volunteer efforts on behalf of the children’s agency:

RCS’ 2010 Golden Star Award, a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and a Certificate of Recognition from state Sen. Carol Liu

(D-La Cañada Flintridge). The crowd palate-pleaser raised $150,000 for the Pasadena-based nonprofit.

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FESTIVITIES

To our dear readers, advertisers, friends and families...

Thanks for making us the #1 magazine in our area over the last 5 years.We look forward to many more years of bringing you the best thatPasadena has to offer!

The Staff of Arroyo

To our dear readers, advertisers, friends and families...

Thanks for making us the #1 magazine in our area over the last 5 years.We look forward to many more years of bringing you the best thatPasadena has to offer!

The Staff of Arroyo

BUILDERS OF TOMORROWLAND:(From left) Rachael Worby, Cisco Pineda, Celia Piazza,Sandra Tsing Loh and Chris Piazza photographed inDescanso Gardens’ Oak Forest on July 10, 2010.


THEARROYO5FIVE VISIONARIES WHO ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE GAME IN THE PASADENA AREA AND BEYOND

THEARROYO 5

You already know the Pasadena that’s hailed as a repository of Los Angeles–area history, settled as itwas before the glossy beach communities. The city’s passion for historic preservation puts some of itsneighbors to the tear-down west to shame.

But that tells only part of the story of the Rose City’s outsize contribution to American culture, whichdwarfs what one would expect, given its modest population of 150,000. The metropolitan area is also aprime incubator of new ideas in the arts, design, science and philanthropy — all fertile subjects for ArroyoMonthly’s explorations. So as we mark our fifth anniversary and celebrate our past covering one of themost intriguing small cities in the country, we look to the future by honoring some of the area’s mostforward-looking citizens — public radio host Sandra Tsing Loh, Pasadena POPS Music Director RachaelWorby, sustainable furniture pioneer Cisco Pineda and philanthropic art publishers Celia and Chris Piazza.— IRENE LACHER, EDITOR IN CHIEF

PHOTOS BY GABRIEL GOLDBERG


BUILDERS OF TOMORROWLAND:(From left) Rachael Worby, Cisco Pineda, Celia Piazza,Sandra Tsing Loh and Chris Piazza photographed inDescanso Gardens’ Oak Forest on July 10, 2010.


THEARROYO5FIVE VISIONARIES WHO ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE GAME IN THE PASADENA AREA AND BEYOND

THEARROYO 5

You already know the Pasadena that’s hailed as a repository of Los Angeles–area history, settled as itwas before the glossy beach communities. The city’s passion for historic preservation puts some of itsneighbors to the tear-down west to shame.

But that tells only part of the story of the Rose City’s outsize contribution to American culture, whichdwarfs what one would expect, given its modest population of 150,000. The metropolitan area is also aprime incubator of new ideas in the arts, design, science and philanthropy — all fertile subjects for ArroyoMonthly’s explorations. So as we mark our fifth anniversary and celebrate our past covering one of themost intriguing small cities in the country, we look to the future by honoring some of the area’s mostforward-looking citizens — public radio host Sandra Tsing Loh, Pasadena POPS Music Director RachaelWorby, sustainable furniture pioneer Cisco Pineda and philanthropic art publishers Celia and Chris Piazza.— IRENE LACHER, EDITOR IN CHIEF

PHOTOS BY GABRIEL GOLDBERG



THEARROYO 5

music

Rachael Worby

Even as glass ceilings began to crack in the latter part of the

20th century with the rise of the women’s movement, the wheels

of progress have spun more slowly in some areas. Certainly one

laggard is the conductor’s podium, where symphony orchestras

are still far more likely to see a man. So it is at one’s peril that

one underestimates the sheer mettle of Rachael Worby, music

director of the Pasadena POPS. Under her baton since 1999, the

orchestra has expanded its performance schedule, attendance

and corporate sponsorship. And the maestra, who is also artis-

tic director and conductor of the American Music Festival in

Cluj, Romania, and laureate conductor of the Wheeling (West

Virginia) Symphony, helped steady the POPS as the deficit-

wracked organization — along with its sister orchestra, the

Pasadena Symphony — steered through the worst of a financial

crisis triggered by the grim economy. Things continue to look up

for the POPS, which moved this summer from its more intimate

setting at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge to a lawn

outside the Rose Bowl that accommodates 4,000.

And as you stretch out on that lawn this month and savor

the strains of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess,

you’ll be glad to know that this ambitious music director is plan-

ning to double the number of last year’s performances this sea-

son — including indoor winter concerts and a CD — with the

ultimate goal of 40 to 50 a year plus international tours. Brava!

design+sustainability

Cisco Pineda

When San Marino resident Cisco Pineda launched his sustain-

able furniture company, Cisco Brothers, 20 years ago, “green”

design was more likely to refer to ’60s refrigerators than the cur-

rent imperative to connect the dots between one’s personal envi-

ronment and the global one. He prides himself on being the first

manufacturer of 100 percent sustainable furniture, using wood

that is certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), water-

based adhesives and cushions made with down, feathers, soy-

based foams or natural latex. Naturally, his fabrics are organic

and his leathers, vegetable-dyed. In an era where big corpora-

tions can’t shift operations offshore quickly enough, Pineda

makes a point of manufacturing his furniture in California. And

don’t forget Cisco Brothers’ fresh, contemporary aesthetic — his

stylish designs have helped make the company one of L.A.’s

largest manufacturers of residential furniture and a leader in the

sustainable furnishings industry.

As Pineda explains on his website, ciscobrothers.com, it’s

all because he likes us, he really likes us.

“My inspiration for design really is people,” he says. “A lot

of designers tend to design for themselves… I can design prod-

ucts for my own personal ego, but I’d rather have the pleasure

of designing for different types of needs and different types of

cultures and people.”


art+philanthropy

Celia and Chris Piazza

Like many parents, Celia and Chris Piazza wanted to support

the school their son was attending. But in 2005, when Milo

Piazza was a student at Pasadena’s Frostig Center for children

with learning disabilities, the creative couple forged a philan-

thropic model far more ambitious and utterly original than the

tried-and-true bake sale. Celia, formerly a longtime assistant to

noted Los Angeles artist Chuck Arnoldi, conceived the Frostig

Collection, which raises money by commissioning, producing

and selling limited-edition sculptures and prints by internation-

ally known artists such as Arnoldi, Nancy Rubins, Robert

Graham, Guy Dill and Ed Moses. Celia’s artist husband, Chris,

owns the Pour House Art Casting Company and custom casts

the sculptures, which range in price from $950 to $30,000 (most

cost $1,500–$3,200).

Milo has since moved on to another school, but the Frostig

Collection is still releasing two to five new artworks each year.

To date, the project has raised more than $900,000 for the non-

profit center, funding its expanded social skills program.

Says Celia: “It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done, aside from

raising my child, of course.”


THEARROYO 5


science+entertainment

Sandra Tsing Loh

It turns out that space isn’t the final frontier, but making science

education fun may be. And now Pasadena’s Sandra Tsing Loh is

taking on that mission impossible. Blessed with an unusually

eclectic combination of right brain–left brain accomplishments

— public radio host, Caltech grad, concert pianist, essayist for

The Atlantic and performance artist — she may be one of the

few people actually able to pull it off. Collaborating with Caltech

geniuses and theater types, Loh is incubating an hourlong radio

show combining cutting-edge science news with wit, quizzes,

games, songs and family-friendly silliness with an edge.

The project is an expansion of the science minutes she pro-

duces for Pasadena’s public radio station, KPCC-FM (89.3),

which are beamed around the world. Listeners of the “Loh Down

on Science” have gleaned arcane factoids like this: Sticky rice

was in the mortar used to make the Great Wall — and this: Trash

tossed from spacecraft is first fitted with radio transmitters

to make it useful. In October, Loh opens up her expanded co-

productions with Caltech Theater Arts to the public (for details,

visit lohdownonscience.com), and she hopes eventually to

secure funding to turn them into a weekend show broadcast to

public radio stations around the country. And then everyone will

know why the hiss on their AM radios comes from the Big Bang.

“It’s shooting fish in a barrel to make these things funny or

interesting, because it’s just so rich,” Loh says.

PASADENA IS A CITY OF FIRSTS. IF YOU’RE

FLYING IN AND HEADING FOR A LANDING AT

LAX, THE FIRST STRETCH OF GREEN YOU’LL

SEE RISING UP THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER

IS PASADENA: AN URBAN FOREST OF PARKS

AND TREE-SHROUDED STREETS. L.A.’S FIRST

FREEWAY WAS THE 110; IT’S EASY TO IMAG-

INE THE MODEL T’S AND PACKARDS OF THE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY TOILING ALONG THE

SERPENTINE CURVES THAT LEAD DRIVERS

FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (USUALLY

PRONOUNCED WITH A HARD “G” BACK IN THE

DAY) TO PASADENA. Some of the city’s first Victorian and American Gothic houses, as well as a

church, are still standing. One can catch a glimpse of them behind the shrub-bery that borders the freeway; they are uninhabited but not derelict. Thecupolas, jigsaw fretwork and fish-scale sidings provide a glimpse of early signsof the community here.

The first New Year’s Day college football game took place in Pasadena in1902 (the University of Michigan flattened Stanford, 49-0). The first wirephototransmission of a football game came out of Pasadena in 1925. In 1948, thefirst L.A. telecast of a college football game took place at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl.

The Rose Bowl is still the Big Kahuna of football championship games,but a couple of footnotes have been added to its legend — the flea market isone of them. Looking for a 19th-century Chase brass lamp with colored-glassinsets? A bottle of Mitsouko perfume (probably empty, but with a lingeringghost of fragrance) nestled in its original parchment and tobacco-brown box?A jade mouse? The odds are pretty good you’ll find at least two of those itemsat the Rose Bowl’s second-Sunday-of-every-month flea market. And if youstrike out, there’s always the smaller deal held the first Sunday of the month atPasadena City College.

I found a handcrafted kid-size chair there for a small bathroom that waslong on charm but tiresomely short on shelf space. Twelve bucks and I had aplace for cologne, lotions, my hairbrush and one or two books. (I like to readwhen I bathe.)

How about books? There are nearly as many bookstores in Pasadena asthere are roses. Vroman’s is a knockout: two stories of books in a space thattakes up most of a block on Colorado Boulevard, and the staff is great —you’re welcome to browse as long as you like. You’ll find every new bookyou’ve read about in the Times (both L.A. and N.Y.) and some that went unre-viewed, as well as beautifully bound copies of the classics and other older,more obscure works in both hardcover and paperback.


MY KINDOF TOWN

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CITY OFTHE ROSES:BOOKSTORES, GREAT BARGAINS, TRUE LOVE ANDALMOST ANY OTHER DAMNTHING YOU CAN THINK OF

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The newspaper stand out front can provide you with whatever you’re look-ing for, and the magazine section on the first floor has everything from theFrench, German and Italian issues of Vogue (plus the current U.S. issue, ofcourse) and The New Yorker, through avant-garde cinema magazines, to the lat-est Scientific American. Vroman’s not only provides a world-class collection ofreading matter, it takes a wonderfully proprietary pride in its Pasadena authors;I’ve had signings for every one of my books there, with most satisfying results.

Now, if you’re looking for one of those long-out-of-print books youloaned to some loser and never saw again, the odds are very good you’ll find itin any one of the bevy of secondhand book stores that pocket both sides ofColorado Boulevard. These smaller places are virtual troves of literary treasure.

As for me, I love this city for a number of reasons: I received my college-prepeducation as a boarding student at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in thefoothills above Pasadena, and I give full credit for my career as a writer to theDominican sisters who pounded grammar and sentence structure into myhead with the zeal of Amish farmers raising a barn. I wrote my first book here,in one of this city’s wonderful old apartments with a wood-burning fireplace,high, beamed ceilings and original tilework still maintained in its originalpristine condition, facing a charm-drenched courtyard complete with a work-ing fountain surrounded by flowers.

I wrote my second book there, as well — an account of a triple homicidecommitted by teenagers from South Pas. My second dog, a shaggy little blondpuppy I named Diz, found me there when he wandered into the courtyard justas I was walking out the door with my first bum, Woofie, a scruffy terrier mix.Both those wonderful little dogs are gone now — their ashes, as well as those oftwo beloved cats, moved with us to a larger place — but we have Bobbie, anoth-er shaggy blond whose union rules seem to demand that he get his way 100 per-cent of the time. Finding Diz and, later, Bobbie are two of the best reasons I canthink of to love Pasadena. That, and the way Pasadena dog owners (although it’sclearly us smitten humans who are on the leash) interact with each other. We’rea friendly bunch, always ready to take time out from a long walk for a chatabout our little (or gigantic) guys. One doesn’t see much of that in Beverly Hills.

A confession: I hate to shop — really hate that whole time-consuming process. ButPasadena has a couple of the best resale stores I’ve ever ducked into. ClothesHeaven is one of them. Past that door you can find Donna Karan Black Label (I got a raw silk three-piece evening ensemble in taupe that’s impossibly beautiful),Armani, Chanel and Ralph Lauren outfits for way less than the wholesale price;there’s the occasional Hermès or Celine bag, and a few years back, I found a pair ofblack alligator Chanel pumps that fit perfectly, never worn, the soles still slick. I


MY KINDOF TOWN

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paid $150 for them and althoughI’ve worn them often (the last timein a photo shoot at the Gamblehouse here in Pasadena to go witha column I wrote for an upcomingissue of Vogue), they remain innear-mint condition. I also found,in a basket of jewelry the ownerkeeps on the counter, a beautifulantique dragon pin paved withmarcasite for less than $100. Thesekinds of bargains are worth schlep-ping out for, with the added bonusof no worries about a kamikazespray attack of some gag-reflex-inducing cologne that sticks to your skin like a caseof hives as you walk through some Big Mall cosmetic department.

It’s almost too easy to rhapsodize about the wealth of great architecture inPasadena — the majestic old Queen Anne houses, the sprawling Monterey-stylehaciendas roofed in the original, hand-cast terracotta tiles and the carefullyrestored Craftsman houses lined up behind manicured lawns in the districtknown as Bungalow Heaven. Pasadena could well be nicknamed LandmarkHeaven. There’s the Tournament of Roses house, a Beaux Arts gem on OrangeGrove Boulevard, originally built for the Wrigley family; and the Gamble andBlacker estates, both designed (including all wood and stone interiors), by thebrothers Greene. There’s a Frank Lloyd Wright (his first textile block residence)— La Miniatura, tucked behind a wall of dense foliage on one of Pasadena’sgently curving streets.

If you peek through the greenery, you can spot a lily pond and a guest housethat is, in fact, a soaring little studio that resembles the main house. I tried torent that guest house when I came back to this city in the early ’90s, but it wasundergoing some kind of restructuring work that seemed to go on endlessly,with blue plastic sheeting on the roof and other signs of non-habitability. So I stayed on in the charming courtyard and was rewarded with Diz.

Oh, and one more thing: I met the man of my life — it’s his photo essayyou see in this issue — while I was out on a walk with Diz and Bobbie sevenyears ago. That’s Pasadena for you: wonderful, life-altering surprises when —and where — you least expect them.

Léon Bing is the author, most recently, of Swans and Pistols: Modeling, Motherhood

and Making it in the Me Generation.

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TIME TRAVELER: (From top) With Woofie in her vintage Pasadenaapartment in the ’90s; today with Bobbie

(Opposite) Bing in the ’80s


THE WORD “HOMETOWN” IS HEAVILY

WEIGHTED. IT EVOKES COMMUNITY, FAMILY,

HISTORY AND STABILITY. WHETHER REAL

OR LONGED FOR, A HOMETOWN IMPLIES A

SENSE OF BELONGING, PERHAPS EVEN OF

NURTURING. NO MATTER THAT SO MANY

AMERICANS MOVE SO FREQUENTLY — AS A

SOCIETY WE STILL PLACE A HIGH VALUE ON

AT LEAST THE IDEA OF A HOMETOWN. As someone who grew up with a strong sense of rootedness in a very big

city — Los Angeles — I’ve always put a lot of stock in the importance of aperson’s hometown. When my husband and I started thinking about leavingSilver Lake in 1992 to find a larger house and a more kid-friendly neighbor-hood for our 2-year-old, we put a lot of thought into what we wanted in ahometown for our children, and we found ourselves gravitating towardPasadena. There we found tree-shaded sidewalks perfect for pedaling tricycles.We saw kids playing in the front yards of storybook houses. Preschoolsseemed plentiful, as did dogs and parks. The crime rate was a lot lower than inearly-’90s Silver Lake. A new area people were calling “Old Town” had a won-derful toy store and a great bagel shop (both, alas, gone now). House pricesweren’t cheap, but they were far more affordable than those to the west in thefamily-friendly neighborhoods of Hancock Park, Santa Monica and thePalisades. When we factored in the manageable commute to the Hollywoodand Valley studios where my husband worked, Pasadena appeared to be theperfect hometown for our young family.

And yet, I worried. I loved Los Angeles, and I feared that Pasadena wouldbe too provincial. When I was an L.A. teenager and young adult in the ’70s and’80s, the Pasadenans I knew — mostly my parents’ friends — were lovely peo-ple but not exactly cosmopolitan. The stereotypical Pasadenans of that eradressed only from Talbots and Brooks Brothers, socialized only with peoplefrom their club and/or their parish, never went to movies or concerts andthought going out to dinner in L.A. was the height of adventure. It was hardenough to make the transition from freewheeling twentysomething to diaper-changing thirtysomething. I didn’t want to go straight to geezer in the process.

Plus there was the issue of identity. Even if we don’t stay in our home-towns, they stay with us. My husband hails from a suburb of Pittsburgh, andevery time he watches a Steelers game or indulges in some kielbasa, a part ofhim feels at home, even though he loves L.A. more than he ever lovedPittsburgh. My identity is very much wrapped up in being an Angeleno. I went to the same elementary school my father attended and the same col-lege as my mother. When we were kids, my siblings and I could walk to ourpaternal grandparents’ house. All over the city were signs from my father’scommercial real estate company (Charles Dunn Co.) and buildings designedby my mother’s grandfather and uncles (she’s from the A.C. Martin family). I have siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and second cousins everywhere. Likefellow native Randy Newman, I love the real L.A., not the glossy L.A. of TVand fantasy.

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I’d always assumedmy children would growup with that same love.Would living in Pasadenakill it?

Despite these con-cerns, we couldn’t resistthe pull of the smaller city,and we especially couldn’tresist the lure of ProspectPark, where we’d found awell-built 1921 Colonialthat was in such poor con-dition we could actuallyafford it. Also, goodfriends had moved toPasadena a year or soahead of us with their twolittle kids, and they wereneither boring nor provin-cial. So we sold our Silver Lake Spanish, bought the Prospect Park Colonialand started madly researching preschools and preparing for the birth of a sec-ond daughter.

Eighteen years later, I’ve found myself all the richer for that decision. Ournew neighborhood gave us exactly what we wanted: bike-friendly sidewalks,handsome architecture, lush trees, easy access to conveniences, freeways andwalking routes and a diverse range of interesting, friendly neighbors who werenot nearly as conservative or provincial as the Pasadena stereotype once suggest-ed. We quickly found a co-op nursery school (Cottage), where we made lifelongfriends and learned how to be better parents, while our girls played and grew.We then fell in love with the progressive educational philosophy at SequoyahSchool, so our daughters started there for kindergarten, and the whole familywas enriched through 12 years in that community. The girls played sports inlocal leagues — soccer in AYSO and softball in PSWLL — and when they want-ed to spend time on art, dance and theater, we found great programs nearby. Wealso joined All Saints Church, where the girls sang in the choir and I found the

HOMETOWN HONEYS: (From top) The author’s daughtersErin (left) and Emily today; Emily (left) and Erin with Waldo,the family golden, in the backyard.


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As the years went by, my feelings for our adopted hometown grew fromadmiration to love — so much so that in 2006 I was inspired to produce thebook Hometown Pasadena, which celebrates the many virtues of Pasadena andits sister towns. Its success, and my ever-growing devotion to the Rose City, ledto the book At Home Pasadena, a new edition of Hometown Pasadena and anonline magazine called Hometown-Pasadena.com, as well as local history booksfor the Altadena Town & Country Club and Holy Family Church. Producing all

these has made me appreciate even more the gifts we have here: intelligence,education, nature, architecture, entrepreneurship, art, philanthropy, spiritualdevelopment, neighborliness, accessible politicians and so much more.

And yet. I will always be an Angeleno. And when my daughters chose toattend my alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Feliz, I was thrilled,despite the unpleasant commute. Not only would they be attending a very fineschool, but they would develop a bond with L.A. that would link them to familygoing back many generations. Their classmates would reflect the broad diversityof modern L.A., and the tuition, much lower than most of the Pasadena-area pri-vate high schools, would make for a more middle-class vibe and less of the senseof entitlement found at the schools they might otherwise have attended.

Their decision — and it was theirs — changed their lives for the better asmuch as our decision to move to Pasadena in 1992 did. They navigate the pot-holed streets of L.A. as well as I did in the ’70s. They have friends fromWestchester to Monterey Park. They know the funky shops of Echo Park andSilver Lake. They go to West Hollywood’s Gay Pride Parade as well as the RoseParade. And they’re more adventurous than they would have been had theygone to a Pasadena high school.

As for me, it just plain makes me happy to see them being Angelenos aswell as Pasadenans. They got the best of both worlds, as did I. Our homes andhearts are in Pasadena, but as for L.A. — well, like the song says, we love it.

Colleen Dunn Bates is the publisher of Prospect Park Books in Pasadena.

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FROM SPRING UNTIL FALL I WAS ENGULFED

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DETECTIVES IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. AND

MY DAYS SHADOWING THEM WHILE THEY

INTERVIEWED WITNESSES AND SUSPECTS

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FOLLOWED A CITY VICTIM ASSISTANCE

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WITH COUNSELORS.That was in 1994 while I was researching my first book, The Killing Season.

During that year, there were almost 400 murders, just in South Central. A supportive wife and an important story to tell eased the strain; I

believed that it was unconscionable that this quiet genocide was being ignoredby the public and the news media. I was living, at the time, on a quiet street inBungalow Heaven, and the respite that Pasadena offered also helped me keepmy equanimity amid such unrelenting anguish.

I always appreciated the 20-mile drive home because it gave me time toadjust to a different life, like a scuba diver who avoids coming up for air toofast to avoid the bends. When my work was done for the day, I would head easton Century or Slauson or Manchester or other major South Central arteries —past check-cashing shops, storefront churches, used-car lots, malt-liquor bill-boards — pull onto the 110 Freeway and head toward Pasadena. Not all ofSouth Central is rundown or crime-ridden. There are a number of solid, working-class neighborhoods where residents mow their lawns, prune theirshrubbery, keep their houses tidy and walk their kids to school. These were notthe places, however, that I wrote about. I spent my time in crack houses, ram-shackle Section 8 apartments and housing projects, and at bullet-pocked intersections and sidewalk street shootings.


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AFTER THEDELUGEA gritty police reporter findsrefuge in Bungalow Heaven and beyond.

BY MILES CORWIN

open and enjoy the scent of gar-denias on the breeze and thesight of hummingbirds dartingamong the plants and wild par-rots flitting through the trees. Ifeel fortunate to be able to liveand work in such a bucolic set-ting less than a half-hour fromdowntown Los Angeles, wheremy book is set.

Having left the Times, I nolonger have access to the paper’sresources or researchers.Fortunately, the Pasadena and Altadena libraries are excellent and employ gra-cious and skilled reference librarians, who have helped ease my transition tothe freelance life.

Occasionally I think of moving. I’ve lived near the ocean most of my life,but today the beach communities are too congested for my taste. I spent thefirst years of my life at the Rosslyn Hotel, which my grandfather owned, at 5thand Main streets in downtown Los Angeles. I still am attracted to the area,especially now that gentrification has taken hold, but I don’t think it would becompatible with family life. My wife and I lived in Santa Barbara when we werefirst married, but while the place still feels magical when we visit, I need to livecloser to a big city.

There was a time when my wife and I experienced one acute drawback tothe area: when my son was born. My mother lived in the Pico-Robertson areaand my sister lived in Santa Monica. My son was an only grandson and onlynephew. They found it difficult to traverse the various freeways to visit him reg-ularly, and my wife and I missed the impromptu family gatherings and access tofree babysitting. The problem was quickly resolved after my mother and sisterbegan visiting. Both were enchanted. My sister bought a 1911 Craftsman inPasadena, and my mother bought a house less than a mile from us in Altadena.

Although Pasadena has some drawbacks — primarily the smog and heatduring the late summer months — the area is an ideal place for me. I write about the gritty aspects of a city but like living one step removed frommy settings.

Miles Corwin is the author of the novel Kind of Blue, which will be released

in November.

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When I left these areas and returned home to Pasadena, free from crowd-ed central city streets and freeway congestion, I could feel my blood pressuredrop. At dusk, I’d roll down my windows and inhale the fragrant mélange offreshly cut grass and jasmine and rose petals. During the early spring and latefall, when the air was clear, I’d cut up Hill Street and enjoy the view of the SanGabriels, the escarpment and shadowed canyons crystal clear, the sky a bril-liant fluorescent blue.

During the rare days when people weren’t shooting or bludgeoning or stab-bing each other and there were no call-outs, I particularly enjoyed my time inPasadena. Because Pasadena is not a stultifying suburban outpost but a self-contained city with a great array of restaurants, parks and cultural offerings, Inever had to leave during my time off, when I was always exhausted. The cityitself became my refuge. I didn’t have to contend with the freeways, the crowdsor the congestion of other parts of Southern California. I could stay in Pasadenaand see a movie, choose from a banquet of restaurants, relax at a park with myfamily. When I had the time to work out, I could swim at the Rose Bowl, moun-tain bike in the trails above JPL or hike in the foothills. By the time I receivedmy next call-out from the pair of homicide detectives I was following — andheaded down to meet them at the Southeast Division police station at 108thand Broadway — I felt rested enough to embark on the next investigation.

When I finished researching the book, I returned to my job at the LosAngeles Times — the paper had given me a one-year leave of absence — andresumed my job as a crime reporter. I wrote another book set in South Central,And Still We Rise, and I drove to a high school in the neighborhood every dayfor a year. I then wrote another book about LAPD detectives, Homicide Special.Again, the pressures of being immersed in sudden and violent death werecounterbalanced by the return to placid Pasadena.

I ended up leaving the Times to write books and teach at University ofCalifornia, Irvine. People always ask me about the onerous commute to southOrange County. I tell them I’m fortunate to live in the rare Southern Californiacommunity with a functioning transit system. I take the Gold Line in Pasadenato Union Station and then Metrolink to Irvine.

After I finished writing my first book, I moved from Bungalow Heavento Altadena.

During the past few years I have been writing a novel, an undertakingthat has, once again, heightened my appreciation for where I live. I write athome. Ensconced in the foothills, I sit at my desk with a view of towering deo-dars, blooming jacaranda, plush Italian cypresses. I often keep my window


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open and enjoy the scent of gar-denias on the breeze and thesight of hummingbirds dartingamong the plants and wild par-rots flitting through the trees. Ifeel fortunate to be able to liveand work in such a bucolic set-ting less than a half-hour fromdowntown Los Angeles, wheremy book is set.

Having left the Times, I nolonger have access to the paper’sresources or researchers.Fortunately, the Pasadena and Altadena libraries are excellent and employ gra-cious and skilled reference librarians, who have helped ease my transition tothe freelance life.

Occasionally I think of moving. I’ve lived near the ocean most of my life,but today the beach communities are too congested for my taste. I spent thefirst years of my life at the Rosslyn Hotel, which my grandfather owned, at 5thand Main streets in downtown Los Angeles. I still am attracted to the area,especially now that gentrification has taken hold, but I don’t think it would becompatible with family life. My wife and I lived in Santa Barbara when we werefirst married, but while the place still feels magical when we visit, I need to livecloser to a big city.

There was a time when my wife and I experienced one acute drawback tothe area: when my son was born. My mother lived in the Pico-Robertson areaand my sister lived in Santa Monica. My son was an only grandson and onlynephew. They found it difficult to traverse the various freeways to visit him reg-ularly, and my wife and I missed the impromptu family gatherings and access tofree babysitting. The problem was quickly resolved after my mother and sisterbegan visiting. Both were enchanted. My sister bought a 1911 Craftsman inPasadena, and my mother bought a house less than a mile from us in Altadena.

Although Pasadena has some drawbacks — primarily the smog and heatduring the late summer months — the area is an ideal place for me. I write about the gritty aspects of a city but like living one step removed frommy settings.

Miles Corwin is the author of the novel Kind of Blue, which will be released

in November.

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When I left these areas and returned home to Pasadena, free from crowd-ed central city streets and freeway congestion, I could feel my blood pressuredrop. At dusk, I’d roll down my windows and inhale the fragrant mélange offreshly cut grass and jasmine and rose petals. During the early spring and latefall, when the air was clear, I’d cut up Hill Street and enjoy the view of the SanGabriels, the escarpment and shadowed canyons crystal clear, the sky a bril-liant fluorescent blue.

During the rare days when people weren’t shooting or bludgeoning or stab-bing each other and there were no call-outs, I particularly enjoyed my time inPasadena. Because Pasadena is not a stultifying suburban outpost but a self-contained city with a great array of restaurants, parks and cultural offerings, Inever had to leave during my time off, when I was always exhausted. The cityitself became my refuge. I didn’t have to contend with the freeways, the crowdsor the congestion of other parts of Southern California. I could stay in Pasadenaand see a movie, choose from a banquet of restaurants, relax at a park with myfamily. When I had the time to work out, I could swim at the Rose Bowl, moun-tain bike in the trails above JPL or hike in the foothills. By the time I receivedmy next call-out from the pair of homicide detectives I was following — andheaded down to meet them at the Southeast Division police station at 108thand Broadway — I felt rested enough to embark on the next investigation.

When I finished researching the book, I returned to my job at the LosAngeles Times — the paper had given me a one-year leave of absence — andresumed my job as a crime reporter. I wrote another book set in South Central,And Still We Rise, and I drove to a high school in the neighborhood every dayfor a year. I then wrote another book about LAPD detectives, Homicide Special.Again, the pressures of being immersed in sudden and violent death werecounterbalanced by the return to placid Pasadena.

I ended up leaving the Times to write books and teach at University ofCalifornia, Irvine. People always ask me about the onerous commute to southOrange County. I tell them I’m fortunate to live in the rare Southern Californiacommunity with a functioning transit system. I take the Gold Line in Pasadenato Union Station and then Metrolink to Irvine.

After I finished writing my first book, I moved from Bungalow Heavento Altadena.

During the past few years I have been writing a novel, an undertakingthat has, once again, heightened my appreciation for where I live. I write athome. Ensconced in the foothills, I sit at my desk with a view of towering deo-dars, blooming jacaranda, plush Italian cypresses. I often keep my window


MY KINDOF TOWN


(From top left) Bungalow Heaven; WesternAvenue, South Central Los Angeles; and JetPropulsion Laboratory

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PHOTOGRAPHY

SIGNS IMAGES OF ARROYOLAND BY GARETH SEIGEL

This page (Clockwise from top left):

“Drama”; “Aid”; “Unknown”; “Carpe Diem”

Previous page: “Gossip”

Opposite: “Vanities”

Gareth Seigel is a Pasadena-based photographer. All images are gelatin silver prints; dimensions vary. For more information, visit garethseigel.com or stephencohengallery.com


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I could find these word-based pictures in a lot of cities, but the idea came to me in Southern California. It’s where my passion for photojournalism and street photogra-phy collides with a sensibility shaped by indigenous pop and conceptual art. I can be walking along a residential street in Pasadena or stuck in traffic on Highland on aHollywood Bowl night. Spotting a word that strikes me in the right way sets off a reaction that’s like a fall of dominos. Is it the right time to take that first shot? How’sthe light? Lighting is critical, but there aren’t any hard rules. Shooting while standing in shadow at noon can be as effective as coming back after dark with a Maglite.And finally, what do I want to say and what lens will help me say it best?

For some people, it’s about the latest camera or gadget, whether they’ve gone digital or not. That’s missing the point. From the beginning, photography has beenabout seeing something and capturing it. The trick is to open up new frontiers of perception. Culture is always moving forward and the job of any artist is to keep up— or better, to be ahead of the curve. Civilization is saturated with images and words; I like to challenge viewers to create new contexts, to value ambiguity and,maybe, to smile at it.



OSCAR WILDE ONCE FAMOUSLY SAID, “IT IS ONLY SHALLOWPEOPLE WHO DO NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.” AND,GUILTY OF THE SIN OF DEPTH AS I AM, WHEN I APPROACHEDCHOZA MAMA PERUVIAN RESTAURANT AND BAKERY, IFOUND MYSELF SIZING UP THE PLACE, SOMEWHAT UNFAIR-LY. WALKING FROM FAIR OAKS BOULEVARD, ONE PASSESNUMEROUS RESTAURANTS WITH PATIO SEATING AND WHITE TABLECLOTHS AGAINST AN OLD PASADENA BACK-DROP OF PRETTY ARCHITECTURE, ALL OF IT GIVING OFF ADISTINCT WHIFF OF A EUROPEAN METROPOLIS. CHOZAMAMA DOESN’T HAVE A PATIO. BUT WHAT IT HAS INSTEAD —MORE WELCOMING THAN ANY SHADED TERRACE — IS SONIA LINARES.

Linares is the matriarch who presides here,

bobbing from table to table, checking on cus-

tomers’ orders, directing the friendly waitstaff and

actually pulling up a chair to chat with guests. The

Pasadena eatery is an outgrowth of the original

Choza Mama in Burbank, which is packed with

studio people like Jay Leno and George Lopez at

lunchtime. With an all-you-can-eat buffet for $9.95,

Pasadena seems bound to follow suit.

And now, thanks to Sonia, I know a little

about Peruvian cuisine. Peruvian cuisine is a mirror of the country’s ethnic make-

up. Africans arrived as slaves during the Spanish Colonial period, the Chinese

arrived in the 1850s and waves of settlers from Europe, notably Italians, have all

left their mark on Peru’s food. What’s unusual is the way these culinary traditions

have been assimilated and fused into something uniquely Peruvian.

As soon as we sat at our table, we were brought small fluffy bread rolls and a

selection of spicy condiments in which to dip them. What chili is to Mexico, ají is to

Peru: It’s their hot pepper, used to make a variety of salsas and spreads unique to

the region, varying greatly in heat intensity. My favorite was rocoto, a bright orange

sauce that seems at first benign but then creeps up on you like love and burns

almost as much. The sweetest pain.

Now for the entrées: The ceviche mixto at Choza Mama is a tasty medley of

fresh sole, mussels, shrimp, scallops, squid and octopus, marinated in a leche de

tigre sauce — the traditional citrus marinade in which ceviche “cooks.” It’s served in

the traditional Peruvian style, with sweet potato wedges, corn on the cob and

boiled potato. The dish is bright and fresh, with beautifully tender seafood and the

fresh perfume of chopped cilantro. Speaking of that rocoto sauce, with its heart in

the Pacific and its feet in Italy, I moved on to the Rocoto Shrimp, Scallops and

Linguini. Italian immigrants brought pasta to Peru and, as is the norm, it was blend-

ed with existing culinary traditions. The rocoto in this is mixed with cream, which

makes the heat creep up on you even more stealthily. The first bite seems almost

bland, but then the flavors start to dance on your tongue and you can’t stop eating

it. The portions here are large and this one

is rich and filling, so get it to share.

Saltado should be well known to any-

one who has eaten at a Peruvian restaurant. Meat or seafood is sautéed with

onions and tomatoes and served over rice with French fries. It’s a big pile of

savory, almost umami. Here the lomo saltado consists of filet mignon sautéed with

the usual combination of ingredients. It was delicious. My personal preference

would have been for the steak to be a little less cooked. Maybe it’s something one

could bring up when ordering.

Dessert was an amazing variation on a flan. Most cuisines have some varia-

tion on a cooked custard, and the Portuguese have pastéis de nata. I don’t know

at what point in time somebody decided that Nirvana could be achieved with the

whipping together of eggs, cream and sugar, but for me it ranks with the invention

of the jet engine. And crema voltada is the first-class cabin. There’s a trace of

coconut milk in there and a delicate touch of cinnamon. A cold blob of rum raisin

ice cream dresses the top.

“We have live Peruvian music and dancing” on Fridays, Saturdays and

Sundays, Sonia says, as she grabs the hem of her skirt, flicking it and clacking her

heels on the floor. Then off she dances to the kitchen, laughing, on her way to

make another customer very happy. AM

One Hot MamaCHOZA MAMA FIRES UP COLORADO BOULEVARD WITHHOT AJI PEPPERS IN A BANQUET OF AUTHENTICPERUVIAN DISHES. BY BRADLEY TUCK

Choza Mama 96 E. Colorado Blvd.Pasadena(626) 432-4692Chozamama.comDinner entrées: $12 to $18

Sunday through Thursday: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

MOTHER’S COOKING: (Clockwise from top) Causa rellena; lomo saltado;ceviche de pescado

DINING


French Dining: Back to Basics and Then SomeHEARTY FOODS DISHED WITH CLASS AT NEW QUADRUPELBY DAN O’HERON

A missing link in the Pasadena restaurant scene, a French restaurant without the expenseaccount grandeur of caviar and truffles, Quadrupel is a “casually elegant” brasserie whereyou can slurp beer, wine and hearty foods with a silver spoon.

From floor to ceiling, constructed in all-mahogany, featuring sturdy tables of inlaid hard-woods, illuminated by chandeliers from epic movie sets, and empowered to conviviality bysome 75 high-octane Belgium beers, it offers the gamut from French fries and beer nutsto fine dining dishes like duck confit and grilled orange-marinated quail.

You don’t need to have your nails done before the quails are done, and there’s no dresscode to decipher. But should you walk around and marvel at the warm woods, the art workand a fun bar partitioned at the far end of the dining room – and the waiter refolds yournapkin while you’re away – you may want to have a crease in your trousers.

Does the French or Flemish Belgian name Quadrupel translate into the English “quadru-ple” as in a restaurant of four parts: superior cooking, elegantroom, smart waiters and choice cellar? It should. It’s true. But itdoesn’t. It’s taken from the name of a pervasive Belgium beer, 12percent alcohol, Quad.

Chef Adam Levoe, formerly of Pasadena’s Madeleine, doeswonders with bone marrow in a salad, pork and pancetta meat-balls, and pork shank coated in honey and braised overnight inveal stock. His menu provides good cheer without denting the

economy: snacks and appetizers range from $3.50 to $14 and all entrees are under $30.The movie, “If It’s Tuesday, This Must be Belgium” was a whimsical, whirlwind account

of tourists who didn’t know exactly where they were. If it’s Tuesday in Old Pasadena, you’llalways remember where you were, especially if it’s at Levoe’s seven-course dinner, eachcourse with a different flavored Belgian beer to match. ■

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DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Mandarin Three Flavors ($13.95)2. Honey Glazed Walnut Shrimp ($13.95)3. Hot Spicy Orange Flavored Chicken ($8.95)

VIBEIn the heart of Old Town Pasadena , this family favoriteoffers comfortable seating for dine in, or take out if youwish! Easy parking. Check out our catering services!

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ZUSHI RESTAURANT133 W. California Blvd., Pasadena (626) 578-9191ZushiRestaurant.com

CUISINEZushi does Western Sushi, the increasingly popularfusion sushi of North America. Fueled by invention ofthe California roll, a wide variety of popular rolls hasinvolved since.

DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Baked Salmon roll ($10.95)2. Pepper sheared tuna sashimi ($12.95)3. Spicy Tuna Salad ($9.95)

VIBE“Zushi is a subtle harmony of great food, good service andcontemporary décor. Once experienced, this charmingsnuggery is yours forever.”

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LUNASIA500 West Main Street, Suite A, Alhambra(626) 308-3222lunasiachinesecuisine.com

CUISINEEnjoy a staggering array of 99 dim sum dishes and 122exquisite dinners in a dazzling setting. Featuring everythingfrom affordable shared platters to shared “set” dinners forgroups of up to 10, to exquisite delicacies like bird’s nestsoup, there is something to delight every palate and price.

DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Pork Shiu mai topped with orange fish eggs ($3.88)2. Scallop with Sweet & Sour Sauce ($4.00)3. Lobster Salad ($12.00)

VIBEOur palatial showroom will make you and your guests feel asthough they’ve entered an exotic foreign palace for the finestof meals. Whether you are seeking an intimate table for twoor banquet facilities that can accommodate dozens for spe-cial events including, Lunasia is the place for you.

PRICE$$$$$

QUADRUPELBRASSERIE43 E. Union Ave., Old Pasadena(626) 844-2922quadrupelbrasserie.com

AVERAGE PRICE PER ENTREE: $ (UP TO $10) | $$ ($11–15) | $$$ ($16-25) | $$$$ ($25+)

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Hamburger Provided with a Pedestal THE COUNTER SWEETENS THE BUN FOR FUSSY EATERSBY DAN O’HERON

From buns to bowls, from fingers to forks, the build-your-own burgers at The Counter evolveinto to the highest, tastiest styles you can imagine.

As guest architect and designer, you provide a blueprint by checking boxes on a menu: Thekitchen does the building. You begin by selecting the type of burger (beef, chicken, turkey, veg-gie or market special); its size (1/3-, 2/3- or one-pounder) and setting: bun or bowl.

Then from a choice of 12 cheeses, 30 toppings, 21 sauces and four buns, you markselections – glad that the construction takes place in the kitchen. In a self-serve buffet line,given so many options, a shambling, tray-bumping yeti might try to build a burger to matchhis mountains and try your patience.

With so many intriguing choices, don’t fret about getting your mouth around a burger withdecorum — or worry about a frangible mandible. Just cheat and order a bowl and a fork.

If you aren’t feeling decisive, the kitchen composes several signature burgers – noadditions, no substitutions. In “Purist,” simply apatty on a bun, you get a true taste of 100 per-cent Angus beef. Retaining a mouth-watering80/20 ratio of beef to fat, you won’t taste anybetter beef on a burger – and that includesKobe.

Whether kitchen-composed or blueprinted by guests, Angus burgers usually range from$7.50 to $9.50, depending on the size and amount of toppings. To spend $17 on a Kobebeef burger elsewhere seems silly and wasteful, like scrambled caviar for a tot.

One new signature dish that guests are saying a mouthful about -- all sweet talk – is astatuesque Angus burger, layered with smoked Gouda, dill pickle chips, bacon cole slawand saucy pulled pork, for only $10.50. ■

THE COUNTER BURGER140 Shoppers Lane, Pasadena(626) 440-1008thecounterburger.com/pasadena

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UGO’S CAFE74 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre(626) 836-5700Ugoscafe.com

CUISINEGourmet Italian cuisine with a charm for dessert, plus finewines, Ugo’s dishes come fresh from farm to fork. All entréesalso include a side salad and Ugo¹s own artisan bread.

DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Roma Artichoke ($7.99)2. Lasagna Bolognese ($15.99)3. Lobster Ravioli ($19.99)

VIBEWith 12 tables, an intimate bar crannied in a room markedwith family-and-friend memorabilia, and a romantic classicalguitarist on weekends, owners Chez & Sherri create theexperience of a cozy café in Italy.

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DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Chloe Shrimp ($14.95)2. Filet of Sole in a Blackbean Sauce ($13.50)3. New Moon’s Dragon Beef ($12.95)

VIBECasual, yet sophisticated atmosphere and attentive servicehas gained Zagat-rated New Moon a dedicated following.The newly opened bar has already proved a popular spotwith special happy hour drink prices and menu.

PRICE$$$$$

REDWHITE+BLUEZZ 70 S. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena(626) 483-2107redwhitebluezz.com

CUISINEredwhite+bluezz Wine Bar + Grill’s cutting-edge Americancuisine reinvents classic dishes with style and panache. Themenu features local and sustainably-sourced ingredientsprepared by Cordon Bleu trained chefs, artisan cheesesand the best wine list in town.

DINERS’ FAVORITES1. Western Kobe Beef Burger ($18)2. Fried Mac N’Cheese ($8)3. Braised Omaha C.A.B. Short Rib ($24)

VIBELive jazz every night—plus Sunday brunch—makes Zagat-rated redwhite+bluezz the coolest spot in town. Guestsenjoy the contemporary take on historic Pasadena archi-tecture, art by Michael Hall and the casual yet sophisticat-ed atmosphere.

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Because I live in Southern California, everyone assumes I

spend my summers at the beach. What most people don’t

realize is that from where we are in the San Gabriel Valley, it is

30 miles to the nearest beach (well over an hour of travel time

on the weekend along the Santa Monica Freeway, no longer

the free-flowing thoroughfare envisioned by its engineers in

the 1960s). I like the beach, but visits are more of an expedi-

tion than an outing. I was rudely aroused from my California

dreamin' the day I realized that going to the beach is not

something that can be casually done.Yes, a day at the beach requires hats, towels, chairs, umbrellas and boogie

boards. But before even the first tube of sunscreen is purchased, there is prelimi-

nary preparation beginning in February with the commencement of daily sit-ups to

counteract a winter of gluttony. If I can stick to that, the next step is the search for

the perfect swimsuit. (Why is it that swimsuits are sold in the winter, and winter

coats in the summer? Does the fashion industry think this is funny? I seriously

doubt that real people plan that far in advance. Most people can’t think far enough

ahead to activate their turn signals before they reach the intersection.) Swimsuit

shopping must be taken seriously, because this could very well be the year l finally

receive an invitation to a private beach party in a Malibu compound.

It’s funny that I spend so much time on my swimwear, because the fact is, I

don’t really like to swim in the ocean. I have nothing against swimming. It's just that

I hate being cold. There is nothing worse than finally getting used to the water tem-

perature, only to get out and spend the remainder of the afternoon shivering in the

“comfort” of a damp, sandy towel. I am wary of the riptide too, which once caught

me and required a lifeguard rescue that was nothing like the ones on Baywatch. (He

basically stood on the shore and waved me in down the beach a bit. For that they

need special training?)

Also, I have an unnatural aversion to sea foam. This stems from two contradic-

tory tales about its creation I remember from childhood. According to my family,

foam is made when people pee in the water and when little mermaids die. Neither

sounds refreshing to me. (The mermaid explanation is from Hans Christian

Andersen’s story, not Disney’s. Andersen’s is a much better tale, although I do like

Disney’s singing crab, and the lyrics to Le Poisson: “Now I stuff you with bread — it

won’t hurt, ’cause you’re dead.”)

So if I am not swimming at the beach, what am I doing? Eating, of course!

What better place to shove food into one’s mouth than one where napkins, utensils

and (dare I say) clothing are optional? A little dribble down the chin? A sticky finger

or two? Clean it with tide. Literally.

Cooking at the beach can be fun. Of course, you will have to visit one of the

few beaches with cement fire rings and be willing to get there early to claim one.

(Summer weekends require an 8 a.m. commitment.) There is no limit to the foods

that can be cooked over an open flame, but the most common item on the seaside

menu is the ubiquitous wiener on a stick. (Nothing pleases me more than when I am

able to fit the word “wiener” into this column.) Sure, there are those who dabble in

fresh fish or sausages or carne asada. I have even seen a few hardy souls bring

along their own Weber. But schlepping a mobile kitchen through the sand has about

as much appeal for me as body surfing in a thong. (This is why I never warmed up

to a career in catering. The most I am willing to carry to an off-site event is a pack-

age of Hebrew Nationals and a coat hanger.)

There is, however, one beach dinner that I long to cook. I would gladly schlep

its fixin’s across hot sand in 99 Cent Store flip-flops. This meal is the epitome of

beach cooking, a celebration of the sea’s bounty and the worst Elvis movie ever.

I'm talking about the Clam Bake.

KITCHENCONFESSIONS

The Pits WHAT MADE THOSE BOSTONIANS SO PATRIOTIC? WHY, THE GOOD OLD AMERICAN CLAM BAKE, ONE OF THE TASTIEST PLEASURES OF SUMMER.

BY LESLIE BILDERBACK | PHOTOS BY TERI LYN FISHER



KITCHENCONFESSIONS

A traditional New England Clam Bake is a subterranean endeavor. A pit is dug

in the sand, a fire is lit inside and rocks are added to create a source of radiant

heat. Some old cookbooks call for the use of cannonballs instead of rocks. I believe

that tradition was started by patriots in Boston, bored to tears after the British fled

to Nova Scotia at the sight of the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga. (Surplus cannon-

balls + shellfish + bored Minute Men = party! Now that would’ve made a good Elvis

movie. Tri-corner hats and bikinis!) On top of the hot coals are layers of seaweed,

potatoes, corn and seafood, stacked until the pit is full. The entire thing is covered

with a sea-water-soaked cloth and allowed to steam for several hours.

Pit ovens are as ancient as the rock lobster and were used in many oceanside

cultures. The Maori have the hangi, a pit oven used to cook lamb, pork, chicken

and root vegetables, layered with taro leaves. In Hawaii the kalua pig, cooked in a

pit by scantily clad hotel employees, is an essential component of the luau. But here

in California, I have yet to visit a beach that will allow me to dig a pit and light a fire

inside it. All fires on California beaches must be contained and aboveground.

I am a law-abiding citizen, and I will obey the beach regulations. But I can't

help but wonder why such a rule exists. Perhaps they are afraid there will be a

rash of pit cooking, and thoughtless seaside chefs will leave the beach littered

with pits, into which young children will fall. (No one seems to mind when I bury

my kids neck deep, or dig a giant moat around my sandcastle. Yes, I build sand-

castles. I think of them as inedible gingerbread houses. ) I seriously doubt there

will be a hazardous number of pits. Californians can barely get out of their car to

eat, let alone dig a pit first. And even if there were dangerous pits left here and

there, would it be so wrong for today’s kids to spend an hour or two in a deep

hole? It would give them a chance to contemplate their circumstances and per-

haps reevaluate their attitude toward their parents. (Just a thought. I'm not plan-

ning anything.)

Unless you have a private beach or a very deep sandbox, you'll have to make

do with this faux clam bake. For authenticity, harvest a little seaweed and add it to

your coals. If you're lucky, the smell just might confuse a wayward seagull, who will

swoop down and try to steal your dinner, just like when you're at the beach.

Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker and chef, a cookbook author and a former

executive chef of Pasadena’s California School of Culinary Arts. A South Pasadena resi-

dent, Bilderback teaches her techniques online at culinarymasterclass.com.

AM

CLAM BAKEFor this recipe you will need an 8-quart stockpot, a barbecue or outdoor grill, charcoal briquettes and wood chips that have been soaked in water for 30-60 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

METHOD1. Light the coals inside a barbecue and let them burn until white hot. Meanwhile, place

potatoes in stockpot and fill with water halfway. Place over high heat and bring to aboil for 15 minutes. Add corn and lobsters, return to boil and cook for another 10-15minutes, until lobsters are red. Drain and set aside vegetables and lobsters.

2. Spread out white-hot coals and cover evenly with soaked wood chips. On the barbecuerack, make an even layer of linguica, lobsters and vegetables. Layer the clams andoysters on top of the first layer. Close the barbecue lid, open a vent and cook for ahalf-hour, until shells open. Serve with bread and lots of melted butter.

CLAM BAKE VARIATIONS:

OVEN CLAM BAKE: Preheat the oven to 400˚. Slice the linguica in 2-inch pieces and sautéin butter until brown. Layer a roasting pan with the vegetables, lobster, linguica, clamsand oysters. Cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes, until the shells open.

CRAB OR SHRIMP BOIL: In an 8-quart stockpot, boil linguica and corn. Cut 2 onions intowedges and add a packet of crab boil and a crab or one-half pound of shrimp per person.Cook until shellfish is pink. Drain and serve with crusty bread and melted butter.

OHIO CLAMBAKE: Along the shores of Lake Erie, they boil clams, a chicken, sweet potatoand corn together in a pot. They don't add seaweed, and they don’t spell it as two words.

THE REAL THING: Dig a pit in the sand about 4 to 5 feet deep and 2 to 3 feet wide andline the bottom with rocks. Gather driftwood and build a fire on the rocks. Keep it goingfor several hours, so the rocks get really hot. Spread out the coals and, using a few morerocks, place a rack or metal plate of some kind just above the coals. Gather up some sea-weed, spread it on the rack and cover it with the potatoes and corn. Pile on more seaweedand drop in the live lobsters and sausages. More seaweed and then add the oysters andclams. More seaweed, then top it off with a wave-soaked tarp and let it steam for a cou-ple of hours. When the shellfish open, it’s time to eat. If you eat in your bathing suit youcan rinse off all the butter by taking a swim.

For this recipe you will need an 8-quart stockpot, a barbecue or outdoor grill, charcoal briquettes and wood chips that have been soaked in water for 30-60 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

METHOD1. Light the coals inside a barbecue and let them burn until white hot. Meanwhile, place

potatoes in stockpot and fill with water halfway. Place over high heat and bring to aboil for 15 minutes. Add corn and lobsters, return to boil and cook for another 10-15minutes, until lobsters are red. Drain and set aside vegetables and lobsters.

2. Spread out white-hot coals and cover evenly with soaked wood chips. On the barbecuerack, make an even layer of linguica, lobsters and vegetables. Layer the clams andoysters on top of the first layer. Close the barbecue lid, open a vent and cook for ahalf-hour, until shells open. Serve with bread and lots of melted butter.

CLAM BAKE VARIATIONS:

OVEN CLAM BAKE: Preheat the oven to 400˚. Slice the linguica in 2-inch pieces and sautéin butter until brown. Layer a roasting pan with the vegetables, lobster, linguica, clamsand oysters. Cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes, until the shells open.

CRAB OR SHRIMP BOIL: In an 8-quart stockpot, boil linguica and corn. Cut 2 onions intowedges and add a packet of crab boil and a crab or one-half pound of shrimp per person.Cook until shellfish is pink. Drain and serve with crusty bread and melted butter.

OHIO CLAMBAKE: Along the shores of Lake Erie, they boil clams, a chicken, sweet potatoand corn together in a pot. They don't add seaweed, and they don’t spell it as two words.

THE REAL THING: Dig a pit in the sand about 4 to 5 feet deep and 2 to 3 feet wide andline the bottom with rocks. Gather driftwood and build a fire on the rocks. Keep it goingfor several hours, so the rocks get really hot. Spread out the coals and, using a few morerocks, place a rack or metal plate of some kind just above the coals. Gather up some sea-weed, spread it on the rack and cover it with the potatoes and corn. Pile on more seaweedand drop in the live lobsters and sausages. More seaweed and then add the oysters andclams. More seaweed, then top it off with a wave-soaked tarp and let it steam for a cou-ple of hours. When the shellfish open, it’s time to eat. If you eat in your bathing suit youcan rinse off all the butter by taking a swim.

8 red new potatoes4 ears corn, cut in half2 (1-to-2-pound) live lobsters2 pounds linguica, chorizo, andouille

or Polish sausages

1 dozen live littleneck or cherrystone clams

1 dozen live oystersMelted butter and really good bread

8 red new potatoes4 ears corn, cut in half2 (1-to-2-pound) live lobsters2 pounds linguica, chorizo, andouille

or Polish sausages

1 dozen live littleneck or cherrystone clams

1 dozen live oystersMelted butter and really good bread


IT’S A LOCALS THING AT THE ZOOAug. 6 — The L.A. Zoo offers patrons a rare chance to view the resident creatures after hours against a backdropof some great music. Part of its Music in the Zoo summerseries presented by the Greater Los Angeles ZooAssociation (GLAZA), Local Scene Night features a lineup of L.A. bands from 6 to 9 p.m. Bands scheduled are HappyHollows, Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, The Lonely Wild,Walking Sleep and Slang Chickens (pictured). Food and

beverages, including wine, are available for purchase. Animals are on view until 8 p.m.Admission costs $16.50 for adults ($12.50 for GLAZA members) and $10.50 for childrenages 6 to 15 ($7.50 for members). Proceeds fund zoo exhibits, plant and animal speciesconservation, capital projects, education and community outreach projects. The Los Angeles Zoo is located at 5333 Zoo Dr., Los Angeles, in Griffith Park. Call (323) 644-6042 or visit lazoo.org/mitz/ for advance tickets.

SINGLES MIX IT UP IN PASADENAAug. 7 — A Super Single Mixer for people ages 40 to 59 starts at 8:30 p.m. at the Hotel Green’s Romanesque Ballroom. The “casino night,” with a Las Vegas–style,James Bond theme, features a DJ spinning tunes for dancing, raffles, a light supper anddessert buffet and regulation Las Vegas blackjack, roulette and craps tables staffed byprofessional dealers. Admission at the door costs $25, cash only (exact change gets araffle ticket). Costumes not required, but men in tuxedos or Bond-theme outfits receivean extra raffle ticket.The Hotel Green is located at 50 E. Green St., Pasadena. Call (213) 999-9899 or visit supersinglemixers.com.

FREE MUSIC TUESDAYSThe Pasadena Senior Center hosts a free Concerts in the Park series on Tuesdays from6 to 7 p.m. this month at Pasadena’s Memorial Park. Guests are welcome to bring a pic-nic or purchase food from the BBQ Snack Shack. Aug. 3 — Pasadena’s Crown City Chorus performs barbershop music. Aug. 10 — Lisa Haley and the Zydekats play Americana, Cajun and Zydeco. Aug. 17 — The Fishtank Ensemble performs Romanian folk music, flamenco, Swedishfolk, klezmer and gypsy jazz. Aug. 24 — Billy and the Hillbillies present a bluegrass and country showcase. Memorial Park is located at the corner of Walnut Street and Raymond Avenue, Pasadena.Call (626) 795-4331 or visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org.

DOG DAYS AT DESCANSODescanso Gardens offers a variety of events for hot summer days: Aug. 5 and 12 –– “The Evolution of American Jazz” series fea-tures two concerts: On Aug. 5, South Pasadena horn playerElliott Caine (pictured) plays East Coast, bebop-inspired jazz; onAug. 12, percussionist Willie McNeil performs straight-ahead jazzwith pop and rock influences. The outdoor concerts, free withDescanso admission, run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Guests are encour-aged to bring blankets and picnics.

Aug. 14 — Rosarium horticulturalist Amanda Everett gives a 10 a.m. talk about the varied displays ofthe showy clematis flower and ways to prepare for blooms in the spring. The talk is free with admission.Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and $3 for children age 5 through12. Descanso members and children age 5 and younger are admitted free. Descanso Gardens is located at 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge. Call (818) 949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org.

The Pasadena Museum of California Art hosts paneldiscussions of its exhibitions this month:Aug. 1 — All five curators of “The California DesignBiennial: Action/Reaction” –– Rose Apodaca,Frances Anderton, Stewart Reed, Louise Sandhausand Alissa Walker –– discuss the exhibition at 3 p.m.Aug. 29 — Curator Shirlae Cheng-Lifshin moderatesa 3 p.m. discussion of “Desire: Six Los AngelesArtists,” with exhibition participants Iva Gueorguieva,Tom Knechtel and Monica Majoli. Both events are free with museum admission.The Pasadena Museum of California Art is located at 490 E. Union St., Pasadena. Call (626) 568-3665,ext. 17, for reservations.

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EXPLORING ASIA IN PASADENAAug. 27 — The museum’s summer Fusion Fridays programwinds up from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with a look at the exhibition“China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910–1970” andlive performances, DJ music, food, an open bar and achance to visit with curators. Cocktail or Asian fusion attireare encouraged. Admission costs $15 ($10 for members). Aug. 28 — On Curator’s Tour Day, guest curators offerbehind-the-scenes looks at current exhibitions. At 2 p.m.,

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KNITTING FROM THE HEARTAug. 28 — Fans of crocheting or knitting can join other yarn lovers in charitable Projectsfrom the Heart from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library’s San Rafael Branch.Projects include making cat blankets for the Pasadena Humane Society, hats and scarvesfor City of Hope cancer patients and teddy bears for children in Africa.The San Rafael Branch Library is located at 1240 Nithsdale Rd., Pasadena. Call (626) 744-7270 or visit pasadenapubliclibrary.net.

WALKING THROUGH PASADENA HISTORYSaturdays in August — Pasadena Heritage teams up with OneColorado to offer free guided walking tours of the historic OldPasadena district from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pasadena Heritagedocents will discuss some of the 19th-century and Art Decobuildings that have earned the area placement on the NationalRegister of Historic Places and helped it garner acclaim as anoted pioneer of successful urban revitalization. Participants

meet at the One Colorado Courtyard; visit onecolorado.com to reserve a space.One Colorado is bounded by Colorado Boulevard, Union Street and Fair Oaks and De Lacey avenues, Old Pasadena. Call (626) 564-1066. AM

CAL PHIL OFFERS LATE SUMMER VIRTUOSITYThe California Philharmonic, conducted by Victor Vener, pre-sents four concerts at the Los Angeles CountyArboretum and Botanic Garden and Walt Disney ConcertHall. “Festival on the Green” Arboretum concerts are held at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and repeat at 2 p.m. the next Sundayat Disney Hall. Aug. 7 and 8 — “Sinatra, Bennett and The Maestro” is touted

as a “cocktails to classics” performance, with hits by Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett andworks by Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov and Elgar. Aug. 21 and 22 — “Beethoven & Broadway” features hits from musicals includingBeauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Les Miserables, The Music Man and The LittleMermaid, as well as works by Beethoven. Tickets for Festival on the Green cost $20 to $98. Arboretum gates open at 5:30 p.m. forlive jazz and picnicking. Disney Hall performances cost $40 to $98, with a 1 p.m. talk bythe maestro preceding the concert. The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is located at 301 N. Baldwin Ave.,Arcadia. Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Call (626) 300-8200 or visit calphil.org.

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, BEAUTIFUL VENUESouthwest Chamber Music offers four concerts to close itssummer festival at The Huntington Library, Art Collectionsand Botanical Gardens. Aug. 7 and 8 — A pair of 7:30 p.m. performances featureimpressionistic works by Debussy, Ravel and Satie, and a newwork by Anne Le Baron: Sonic Music for Flute and Harp.Aug. 21 and 22 — The group presents music of Mozart,

Schubert and Brahms, plus a performance of L’apothéose d’un réve by Alexandra du Bois,at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for each performance cost $45 for loggia seating, $28 on the lawn.The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. Call (800) 726-7147 or visit swmusic.org.

MUSIC AND FILM AT THE NORTON SIMONAug. 13 — “Twentieth-Century Alchemy for Two Guitars” at 7 p.m. features the Odeum Guitar Duo of Robert Wetzel andFred Benedetti (pictured) in a performance of 20th-centuryguitar duets from France, the Americas and Spain. Aug. 20 — The documentary film Ellsworth Kelly Fragmentsfollows the artist’s return to Paris, where he spent his early20s, revealing early influences that he would refine and

rework for decades thereafter. The 7 p.m. screening includes commentary from criticsand scholars. Aug. 27 — Flutist Salpy Kerkonian and a violin and cello ensemble perform “SummerSerenade” –– music of Haydn, Telemann and Vivaldi –– at 7 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden. All performances are free with museum admission.The Norton Simon Museum is located at 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org.

POPS AND ALL THAT JAZZAug. 14 — The Pasadena POPS continues its summer season on the lawn next to theRose Bowl with “All That Jazz” — symphonic selections from Porgy and Bess and Tony-nominated vocalist Valarie Pettiford singing vintage hits like Don’t Get Around MuchAnymore and Come Rain or Come Shine. In addition, jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez per-



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