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Pasadena
About
Pasadena sits northeast of LA at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, famous for the New Year's Day Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl. Old Pasadena keeps lots of late-1800s and early-1900s brick buildings, now restaurants and shops; the Norton Simon Museum, the Gamble House and Caltech are nearby. Leafy and slower, it feels like a whole other LA.
Jasmine says
Lots of trees, beautiful old houses, a slow pace.
Pasadena is the least LA-like part of LA,
and my top pick when I take friends to 'a different Los Angeles.'
A morning for the Huntington,
an afternoon strolling Old Town,
then drive to the 626 at night and eat till you can barely stand.
Old-money elegance, plus happiness for a Taiwanese stomach.
Trees, old houses, gardens and a slower Los Angeles.
- Address
- Pasadena, CA
- Best time
- Morning
Where I wrote about it
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