Welcome to My South Pasadena Time Capsule!

by Laurie Allee

Thanks for stopping by my virtual South Pasadena front porch! In 2018  Glimpses of South Pasadena turned 10 years old, which was just the right time to retire.

Find out more about the history of Glimpses here.  Feel free to browse the tabs above and the many (too many) links on the bottom right for thousands of views of my favorite little town in the big city.  (All the video and slideshows can be found in the Video tab.)  I'm proud to have left a decade-long time capsule of my beautiful city.

For more archived photographs in and around greater Los Angeles, check out my also-retired blog Glancing About.

For inquiries about licensing my work feel free to email me.  For prints and other photo goodies you can hang on your walls, hold in your hands and even wear check out my store.

I am no longer on any social media, though my Twitter account is still up as an archive. 

Any future updates or essays will appear at laurieallee.com, but consider me offline for the foreseeable future.

South Pasadena Can Afford $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

By Laurie Allee

I'm stepping back onto my South Pas virtual front porch to talk about something that is important to me: raising the minimum wage in South Pasadena to $15 per hour.

Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by my virtual South Pasadena front porch!  Glimpses of South Pasadena is now 10 years old, which is just the right time to take a break.

Make a Wish

by Laurie Allee

I didn't notice the shooting star when I took this long-exposure shot on St. Albans Drive (aka: Christmas Tree Lane!) in neighboring San Marino a few years ago. I guess it's just another Christmas miracle...

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Sunset from Monterey Hills...

by Laurie Allee

...up by the water tower.

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Ghostly

I've always loved the way the Eddie Park house looks at night in black and white...

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Hello Neighbor!

by Laurie Allee

Just hanging out in Monterey Hills...

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Macro View

by Laurie Allee

(I don't know what it is, either.)

Throwback to a Rainy Day

by Laurie Allee

Consider this my way of sending out good vibes for nature to help put out all the LA fires.  (The one in El Sereno today was awfully close.)

Take That

by Laurie Allee

I wouldn't mess with these two.

People Watching in South Pasadena

by Laurie Allee

There are a lot of friendly faces in South Pasadena.  Here are a few of my favorite ones...

Join me this week as I continue to highlight favorite images from Glimpses of South Pasadena's (first) 10 years!

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Feeling Groovy

by Laurie Allee

It's hard to pick favorites of all the South Pas folks I've shot in the last 10 years!  This image, however, makes it into the top few.

I'm continuing this week with fave shots as Glimpses of South Pasadena approaches its 10th birthday.  Join me!

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Favorite South Pasadena Shots (6)

by Laurie Allee

Glimpses of South Pasadena will turn 10 years old in 2018!  Join me this week as I continue to celebrate some of the people and places that have inspired me over the years.

Here, I go back to 2011 and a display of pure joy on the face of one of my daughter's classmates.

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Sweet rides...

by Laurie Allee

You know me and old cars...

I have an entire section of my store dedicated to my vintage car shots.  There's even a calendar for 2018.  Check it out!


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then leaf subsides to leaf

By Laurie Allee

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

--Robert Frost

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Favorite South Pasadena Shots (5)

As I look toward Glimpses of South Pasadena's 10th anniversary next week, I've been featuring some favorite shots and narrative posts from over the years.

Some of my favorite photos are not my best technical ones.  Street photography is funny that way.  Plus, it's too hard for me to be objective -- and photography is such a subjective art, anyway. What I can say is that this particular photograph is my favorite.  It was taken way back in 2008 with an old FujiFilm point and shoot bridge camera.  (I first posted it here.)

I'll never forget the odd but wonderful feeling I had when, while having coffee and ice cream with my family at Busters, (remember Busters?!) I glanced at the large window and saw my darling little 3 year old Raine's reflection blending with the face of the beautiful, thoughtful young woman behind the glass.

Favorite Glimpses of South Pasadena Posts (4)

by Laurie Allee

In the early morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours they had also attacked the U.S. forces stationed in the Philippine Islands. Five days later, the South Pasadena Review reported that Lieut. Henry G. Lee of South Pasadena was safe in Manila. Henry was a member of the 31st US Infantry Regiment, and had been posted to the Philippines in 1940.

At the time of the surprise attack, The United States was unprepared to defend the Philippines. Henry was captured when the Japanese overran the Bataan peninsula. In February of 1942, he wrote his family this letter from Bataan:

Favorite South Pasadena Shots (3)...by the Details

It's the little things!

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Favorite South Pasadena Shots 2

by Laurie Allee

I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats, spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In their freckles live our savours.
I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

--William Shakespeare
Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene i

Favorite South Pasadena Shots 1

by Laurie Allee

This shot combines several things I love about shooting pictures in South Pasadena. First of all, it's Kaldi. The historical building originally served as early South Pasadena's bank building but now offers a prime, central spot for satisfying a coffee jones while taking in a great view of the South Pasadena Public Library and Morrow Bay Fig tree. Second, it's one of those night shots that allows me to pretend I'm really a film noir cinematographer. Third, there's an old car. Even in this shot. See it?

Originally published December 26, 2008.

I'm spending this week with some of my favorite Glimpses photos. Some things deserve a second (or even a third) look!

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