Living in Monrovia

The Future Site of T. Phillips Alehouse

September 26th, 2009 | Category: Local Businesses

I would like to state for the record that I am quite pleased about the incoming T. Phillips Alehouse and Grill that is slated for this lovely corner in Old Town. The city did such a great job of making this former eyesore of a corner into a lovely building that it certainly deserves a tenant, and the city could use a late night eatery such as this.

It was certainly a disappointment when Vroman’s decided against this spot, but on reflection I like this as a brewpub better. I’ve checked out the T. Phillips website with a few pics and descriptions of their sister pubs in Glendora and La Verne and it looks like a good choice.

I’ve been haunting the Wine and Cheese place for some time as I like to do “tastings” and am happy to see that this will have quite a number of microbrew beers on tap. Every once in awhile you just want to throw peanut shells on the floor and play darts.

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Time Lapse Video of Station Fire

September 02nd, 2009 | Category: Events,Video

Here’s an amazing time-lapse video of the Station Fire.

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Monrovia Canyon Park

June 13th, 2009 | Category: Flora & Fauna,Not my photo,Places,Scenic

2217_GentleBablingBrook, originally uploaded by xxthemadkatterxx.

Pretty shot of Monrovia Canyon Park…I have to get up there again before it gets too hot!

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Night Shot from Fiesta Weekend

June 11th, 2009 | Category: At Night,Not my photo

IC Monrovia Fiesta, originally uploaded by IC Monrovia RCIA.

I’ve got a little bit of Carnie in me…and am a sucker for a great photo that captures the mood. I stumbled upon Fiesta Weekend last year and enjoyed walking around. The magic really comes out at night, however, as you can see in this fab photo.

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Monrovia Library bookstore open for business!

June 06th, 2009 | Category: Library

Monrovia Library bookstore, originally uploaded by Living in Monrovia.

They are just getting started but if you like used paperbacks this is the place to go! The library store will also take donations of your used books. They also need volunteers. And for those of you who like a portion of their purchases to go to charity, all of the Friends of the Library money raised from their book sales and memberships will go directly to the library in the form of programs, materials, and services.

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Cherry Lights

May 08th, 2009 | Category: Good Eats,Local Businesses,Not my photo

DSC_0351, originally uploaded by ecfotos.

Cool cherry chandelier at Cherry on Top Frozen Yogurt shop.

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Wild Rose Tract

May 08th, 2009 | Category: Buildings & Homes,Events,Not my photo,Scenic

Hard working garden, originally uploaded by libelletage.

The picturesque “Wild Rose” district will be on the Monrovia Historic Home Preservation Group Mother’s Day Home Tour this year. Should be an inspiring tour.

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