2010 Tournament of Roses Parade Sneak Peek
Fiesta Floats, the largest float manufacturer for the Tournament of Roses Parade, took the Rose Parade floats out for a test run last week on Dec. 12, 2009. Featured in this video is the back-to-back...
View ArticleEvery Morning on the Santa Monica Pier
This year marked the Santa Monica Pier's centennial and as the world turned its attention to what has become an enduring icon of Southern California, I had the opportunity to work on the pier and with...
View ArticleRose Parade Float Decorating Begins
Award-winning Rose Parade float builder Fiesta Parade Floats began decorating in Irwindale Calif. today. Back-to-back sweepstakes winner Rain Bird's Mountaintop Majesty is pictured here. Fourteen years...
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Day 1
The 121st Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena is less than 6 days away and the annual float-building tradition is well under way. Known worldwide as a New Year's tradition, the Rose Parade will...
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Day 2
The Tournament of Roses Parade decorating week is into its second day and already the floats are transforming into what will become the beautiful hallmark of the Rose Parade's enduring tradition....
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Day 3
As the December 31st deadline approaches, hundreds of volunteers swarmed the Fiesta Parade Float facility in Irwindale, Calif. today, working to finalize the Rose Parade float decorations for New...
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Day 4
Now just a couple days away from judging, the float decorators for the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade continue their work throughout the day and night. Preparing also for the Rose Parade are the...
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Day 5
With only one day left until judging, the decorators at Irwindale California's Fiesta Parade Floats facility begin dressing up their Rose Parade floats with live flowers. Having stayed up late into the...
View ArticleRose Parade Decorating Week: Final Day
The transition from a float-under-construction to a Sweepstakes-contending work of art happens over night. Beginning at around 4pm yesterday, the Fiesta Parade Floats crew started placing 50,000 pink...
View ArticleThe Hours Before the Rose Parade
It's just before 4 am and the sidewalks of Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena California are lined with tents, sleeping bags, barbeque grills, and a sea of bundled gloved and hooded people. Many of the...
View ArticleIs That A Radar Gun In Your Pocket?
It's CES time and for nerds like me it's like Christmas all over again. Sure there are slate-whatevers, high-end speakers, and read-your-stephen-king-collection-on-a-computer-in-your-bathtub devices,...
View ArticleiPad: 3 Reasons Critics Are Not Seeing the Big Picture
Photo courtesy of FactoryJoe at Flickr. When the much anticipated iPad was launched, my office came to a screeching halt. We watched with breathless anticipation as various tech bloggers uploaded live...
View ArticleSanta Monica is Feeling Good
At 6:05 last night the lanterns outside the UCLA Family Commons and the lights on Pacific Park’s Ferris Wheel at Santa Monica Pier both turned bright red. The meaning? The city had spoken and was...
View ArticleNational Public Gardens Day at the Los Angeles Arboretum
Photos by Nancy Newman courtesy of Rain Bird. All rights reserved. This past May 7th marked the second annual National Public Gardens Day and I had the pleasure of spending it at a public garden. The...
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