We walked along Colorado Blvd, which is the main shopping street in Pasadena. We went to several bookstores to look for antique medical books, which is what Doc collects. It's getting harder for him to find them.
Pasadena is an old city, and has lots of different old homes that are just gorgeous. Here is a Victorian:
And here is a Georgian:
And way up in the hills, there are lots of homes on stilts, overlooking the valley below.
Pasadena was VERY quiet - it almost seemed deserted. I guess that not much happens up there unless there is a big college football game going on.
On Sunday morning, we went and had breakfast at the Bistro in the Marriott. They had an all you can eat omelet bar for $10.95. It was a good deal. Then we drove about 5 minutes to the Rose Bowl for the Flea Market.
They have the Flea Market on the first Sunday of every month. It costs $9 to get in. It's huge.
Here are some of the shoppers. They have everything vintage that you could ever imagine.
You had to cross one of several footbridges to get to one large section of the Flea Market.
All those tents you see here were selling vintage clothing. This is the place to go if you like that sort of thing. And of course, the people watching was magnificent.
There were quite a few old Victrolas for sale.
They were all in fabulous shape, and all were said to be working.
This beautiful model will set you back $485.
Doc only found one book, from 1888. I got a couple of things. First, this La Blanca chiffon scarf.
Then I got two souvenir linen tea towels. One is a map of Royal Britain.
The other depicts the leaning tower of Pisa.
They also had tons of Western stuff- saddles, boots, bridles, cow skulls , and horse shoes galore. I got a particularly well used one.
It is said that if you hang a horse shoe over the door with the ends pointing up, then only good luck will come through that door. We already had one over the garage door, so this one went over the front door.
Today, it's back to work. This is what I wore:
This is a Michael Kors dress in a black, grey and white splatter print.
On top, I wore my Emmanuel Ungaro black blazer. The shoes are BCBG.
I wore a little silver costume egg pendant with crystals.
On my left arm, once again, the Italian silver bracelet, and a white gold wedding set.
On my right arm, a silver mabe pearl ring and my Brighton bracelet.
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