Beer, BBQ, Blues

A little suggestion for Friday night in Monrovia.

Photo of Jakes Roadhouse.

City Christmas Tree Pre-lit

The official tree lighting ceremony takes place on
Thursday Dec. 6th at 6:00 p.m.
The Christmas parade follows at 7:00 p.m.

Monrovia Public Library Outbuilding

Stuck In The Middle Of The Beginning Of The End

Moving everything out of the soon to be demolished Monrovia Public Library.

I hope they include something from this library into the new one so it doesn't fade completely into history.

The empty corkboard seems so final.

Monrovia Library Closed

Temporarily relocated to be more precise. To the Mary Wilcox Youth Center until the new library building is completed in 2009.

Julian D Fisher Memorial Park

Wild Rose Class of 2007 Tiles

Wild Rose School

A California Distinguished School.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving decorations were a little hard to find. Most businesses went straight to Christmas decorations already.

This photo is of the Monrovia Restaurant.

Mayflower School

A California Distinguished School.

Drinking Fountain

The plaque reads: "Donated by Monrovia Rotary Club".

Clifton School

This Used To Be...#4

Orange Julius. The stand on the corner is now Los Chilis Locos and you might also be able to see that the sign across the front of the building itself still says "Johnni's Burger."

This is an important corner for Monrovia history. The Certified Market hidden behind Los Chilis Locos used to be Pronto Market. Pronto Market was the company that would eventually become Trader Joe's. This would all come full circle when Trader Joe's moved their headquarters to Monrovia.

Monroe School

Pre-Thanksgiving Christmas Decorations

Toy soldiers guarding Myrtle Ave. at Olive Ave.

Rankin Peak

Rankin Peak marker. And the shadow from my head.

Taken while on this hike.

This Used To Be... #3

JC Penney. How many stand alone JC Penney stores are left?

It had 2 floors - a street level and a lower level. I would go down to

the lower level and buy vinyl singles for 99 cents.

It's currently: The 4th Dimension.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church - Monrovia

Entryway. Foothill and California.

VFW 2070

This Used To Be...#2

... an A&W drive up burger stand. We used to ride our bikes there in the summer and get megaphone shaped containers of ice cold root beer. Then we'd annoy the neighborhood with the megaphones.

Now it's the Mediterranean Garden Grill Restaurant.

Old 46

Revisiting the car show from September.

Happy Holidays From Old Town Merchants

Dressing up an empty storefront for the holidays.

This Used To Be...#1

Time for a little nostalgia. On this spot before The Gables, there was a one screen movie theatre originally called the Lyric Theatre. Later, when I was growing up, I knew it as the Crest Theatre.

Here's a photo of the old Lyric / Crest Theatre from the USC Digital Archive.

Here's a little more info from Cinema Treasures.

Olive Avenue Park

Gold Hills

Or at least a part of it.

Harding Court

The last of a breed here in Monrovia - single story courtyard style apartments.

I remember there were others many years ago but I can't think of any others currently in Monrovia. Anyone know of others?

Quarter Mile Trail

Monrovia Canyon Park.

Rotary Park

Smoke Filtered Sunlight

This was taken a little over a week ago when all the fires were burning here in SoCal. The location is the quarter mile trail in Monrovia Canyon Park where the smoke is readily apparent. And we were the lucky ones.

Baby Rattlesnake

At the base of a tree in Monrovia Canyon Park.