Yes, it’s true. It’s really happening. This is not a drill. T.J. Maxx is coming to South Lake Ave. Attention residents of the 91106: burn your houses, and move to Sierra Madre. You will thank me later. Welcome To The Ghetto. It all started when Ross (Dress For Less (TM)) arrived on Lake Avenue. Locals shrugged it off, [...]
Jessica Simpson’s Reign Of Supermarket Check Out Aisle Terror Is Finally Over
Pasadena, CA. March/early April, 2012. Here you are, in the local Vons, Pavillions, Gelsons or whatever, just trying to buy some food. You innocently place your items on the checkout counter and then…then…you look up…and you see this in the magazine rack: …and your eyeballs explode. Yes, Jessica Simpson’s naked Buddha impression has seared itself into [...]
Pasadena Mystery Spot: The Perpetually Closing Furniture Store On Colorado Blvd
What is the sound of one hand clapping? Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? Can you ever reach the horizon? These are the questions are posed by our mysterious universe. And lately, Pasadena residents have been faced with another, new Universal Paradox: why is there a furniture store on Colorado Boulevard [...]
626 Asian Night Market Causes Traffic Havoc, Reinforces Unfortunate Stereotypes
Have you tried driving around Pasadena this evening? Well don’t. It might take you an hour to drive from Old Town to Lake Avenue or vice versa. Every single back street around Pasadena is jammed to the gills with Toyotas and, well, Toyotas. The traffic is made worse as cars stop right in the middle of [...]
Pasadena Wind Storm And Wind Damage
Did you leave your car parked outside last night? If so, you might have regretted it this morning. As anyone living in Pasadena knows, we had an incredible wind storm last night. Buildings shook, leaves flew everywhere, and at about 11PM, every single household had someone in it saying, “what the **** is going on [...]
The Pasadena Plastic Bag Ban And How Pasadena Snob Will Profit
For months, vile rumors of some kind of ridiculous, hippy dippy plastic bag ban have circulated in Pasadena. Supposedly, this is to help the environment…somehow. Meanwhile, 90% of everything you buy at the grocery store is made of plastic or has some kind of plastic in it. But that’s OK; you just can’t put it [...]
How To Start A Successful Food Truck Business In Los Angeles
The code has been cracked. Which code? The code of how to start and run a successful food truck business. As any Los Angeles resident knows, food trucks have become big business in the last few years. We’ve all seen those long lines of dopes queued up for grilled cheese, motzaballs or the like. This [...]
The Annual Late May/Early June Purple Flower Explosion In Pasadena Begins
You know it’s officially spring when you see the purple flower trees bloom on Del Mar! Posted from Pasadena, California, United States.
A Brave Journey Into Dodger Stadium After Fan-Beating OR Dodger Stadium Is Now Officially A Third World Police State
Great news, Dodgers fans! Dodger Stadium attendance is way up! Unfortunately, most of those now in attendance are police officers. As you no doubt recall, a baseball fan named Bryan Stow was either uninformed or naive enough to wear a San Francisco Giants jersey to a Dodger home opening day. As a result, he [...]
The Pasadena Salvation Army "Antique Store" Smells Like Poop But Has Some Truly Astounding Pieces Of Art For Sale
The Pasadena Snob recently journeyed to The Salvation Army Antique Store, located at 35 Waverly Drive Pasadena, CA 91105. It is off of Fair Oaks, south of Del Mar. Conceptually, the store wants to be The Huntington Collection. For those not familiar, the Huntington Collection is a nearby high end consignment shop carrying a quite [...]
