Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 19, 2016

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Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 



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by Deanne Davis 

“There is no such thing as bad weather, only diff erent 
kinds of good weather.” 

John Ruskin 

The weather cooperated beautifully for the Wistaria

Festival last Sunday. Great rain the day before and

then a cool, rain-free day for all the folks who came to

see our vine. We were delighted to see shuttle buses

chugging up Baldwin at 9:30 a.m. and lines of people

waiting to get on the bus at 2:30 in the aft ernoon.

My favorite thing to see was every one of our 

restaurants, Corfu, Monsieur Crepe, Wistaria, 

Beantown, Casa Del Rey, Only Place in Town, Zugo

and Sierra Brigante packed with people. If we could

do this every day, we’d raise that sales tax revenue

figure. Seeing a new menu posted at Sierra Brigante,

we ventured inside and discovered that Zach Abeyta

was in the kitchen finishing a beautiful dish featuring

shrimp. Apparently, he is going to be at the helm of

Sierra Brigante a while longer, which is great news!

Out on the street, the food trucks were doing

splendidly with a really long line in front of the

Cousins Maine Lobster truck, which featured all 

sorts of lobster rolls, lobster tacos, crab rolls, shrimp

rolls and even lobster ice cream. I’m not sure I’m 

ready for that, but it’s probably great.

And we had great music again this year, starting

off with BravoCelli on the lawn in front of Lunch 

Hair Salon on Baldwin. BravoCelli was playing some

lovely classical music on their cellos, looking totally

professional and they’re teens! Tatum, Logan and

Lauren, who are 14, 16 and 18 respectively. I’ll be

talking to these talented young Sierra Madre people 

soon. 

Down in Kersting Court the Gem City Jazz Cats

were playing some sensational Big Band, Swing and

Jazz, with a variety of soloists and, as always, drawing

a big crowd. This band totally rocks! Or maybe it

swings, jazzily. In the park band shell Montecito

Music and Media, the premium music instruction

folks were playing to a good group relaxing on the

lawn, dining on their food truck goodies. We’re

really sorry now we didn’t have a couple of those

lobster rolls and if you weren’t there, you probably 

are, too.

 The car show. I love these pampered, totallytricked out darlings. So delighted they come to townto share with us. Up and down Sierra Madre Blvd.
folks were selling t-shirts, hats, plants...my favoritewas a long hanging device with sea shells, somesucculents and beads and if I had anywhere to hangit, we’d have one. 

Remember last year? It was scorching at theFestival. But this year’s pleasantly cool and cloudyday was much more user friendly. We picked up ourYes on UUT sign, waved to friends and petted dogsand thought it was the best Festival ever. Our ownpersonal wistaria is now two feet tall and sportingeight little stems.

We’re in the home stretch heading toward Easter,
just a couple of weeks away. Eventually we’ll allrecover from the bad effects of Daylight Shift ingTime, as my walking buddy and clock-setter, Johncalls it. I, along with probably everybody else in thecivilized world, really wish we could get rid of DST,
as it has outlived its usefulness completely! Althoughwe have only been saddled with it for about 100 years,
rumor has it that ancient civilizations were known 
to adjust their daily schedules to the sun’s schedule,
i.e., the Roman water clocks used diff erent scales 
for different months of the year. Even BenjaminFranklin had a hand in DST, having written an essayentitled, “An Economical Project for Diminishingthe Cost of Light,” which he sent to the editor ofthe Journal of Paris in 1784 in which he suggested,
tongue-in-cheek, that Parisians could economize oncandle usage by getting people out of bed earlier inthe morning. Thanks a lot, Ben!

One last really positive note: Pasadena FirstChurch of the Nazarene (PazNaz), just acrossMichillinda and west on Sierra Madre a few blocks, 
finally has a new pastor, TaraBeth Leach.

Wistaria is still blooming all over town and thebougainvillea has never been more beautiful. Keepan eye out as you walk around town.

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FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY 


BEST USED BOOK SALE 


The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library announce that 
the April Best Used Book Sale will be held on Friday,
April 1 (3-7 p.m.) and Saturday, April 2 (10 a.m. – 2p.m.) The sale is held at the back of the library, 440 

W. Sierra Madre Blvd. in the parking lot and in thebasement. 
Featured at this sale will be COOKBOOKS. We 
have a large collection of cookbooks on our shelves;
all will be half price at the sale. Newer cookbookcollections on the Table in the Basement will be off ered 
at our usual low prices, $2.50 - $6.00. In addition, 
the Bargain Book boxes on the parking lot will havecookbooks of many kinds for only $1.00!

We also will be featuring a group of Local Historyvolumes recently released from the library’s collection.
Included are books on California history and 
geography, some signed.

In addition, there is a wonderful like-new set of 
the Harvard Classics Collector’s Edition with many 

classic literature titles. Our Collectible shelves are full 
of books signed by authors, some first editions, and 
interesting vintage titles.

Together with our contemporary thrillers, mysteriesand newer fiction, the shelves are full of non-fi ction 
books of every type. Looking for a Home Repair bookor a book of quotations? One on Tudor queens or apolitical biography? Come to the Best Book Sale, meet 
and share with other book lovers, and take advantageof our low prices on high-quality books!

All proceeds from the sale will be used to supportprograms, services and acquisitions of the SierraMadre Library. The Friends of the Sierra Madre 
Library is a non-profit organization and all proceeds 
benefit the Sierra Madre Library. For more 
information visit us on Facebook, at our website www. 
sierramadrelibraryfriends.org, or call the library at 626355-7186. 

See you at the Book Sale! 


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