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2010 Pasadena Chalk Festival @ Paseo Colorado

(Event took place June 19-20, 2010) Sometimes we stumble onto an event, and the previous weekend was no exception. Our plan was to go to the Glendale Galleria to shop around. We did, and had mini chocolate cupcakes for free at Nordstroms and had a late lunch of a meatball sub at Subway. I spent the rest of the visit listening to the dusty (on the inside) and tattered (no serial # and side logo plucked off :[ ), but a very nice sounding Steinway & Sons Model B Piano at Nordstroms. The highlight of the visit, as always as it seems these days when I visit any mall and happen to drop by Nordstroms. Thankfully only because there was a pianist! Nordstroms always used to have someone tickling the ivories (AKA playing the piano) everyday on a Steinway at Arcadia, Glendale, and Costa Mesa, but now it seems to be getting rarer and rarer. So it's off to listen to the music rather than shop. Nor does the music get pumped off the speakers anymore. Too bad, because the music played by any pe

Festival and Events Index

Here are all the posts on Eat. Travel. Eat! about various festivals and events: 2012: UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium 2010: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2010 @  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Pasadena 2010 Chalk Festival @ Paseo Colorado, Pasadena 2009: Audi and Porsche "Launch" Event @ Rusnak Pasadena

Bellagio Review 2010: Tower Deluxe Queen Room on the 35th Floor

Hi and welcome back to the second part of the Bellagio rooms review. If you haven't read part 1 which is about the Penthouse Suite and would like to do so, please click HERE . As for now, we are moving on... ------------------- My first overall view of this room was from the Penthouse Suite as I went through the connecting doors, but for most of you people you would probably just come in through the main door. After passing a wide walkway and the bathroom door, this is what you would see above. First question when I saw the room: two queen beds? Previously, I had looked on Tripadvisor and we all agreed- Tower Deluxe rooms only come with a king bed. However, looking at the Bellagio website , they have connector rooms for Penthouse Suites, and those connector rooms are Tower Deluxe guest rooms- with 2 queen beds . So, if you look at the floorplans, we had the one bedroom penthouse + queen connector. And know you know that you can provide real evidence to say that yes, there

Bellagio Review 2010: Penthouse Suite on the 35th Floor

Welcome to my Penthouse Suite review of the Bellagio in Las Vegas, NV. This part will discuss everything about the room and the next portion which will be online soon will talk about the Tower Deluxe room that we received as a connecting room. Want to read more about our trip? Well, you can go to the index (link HERE) and see all the posts that are about this trip. And now, to the review. ---------------------- If you haven't read the VIP Lounge and the Check In parts of the review yet, it is a helpful transition to come towards this post. Plus you learn more information. For us, we stayed at a Penthouse Suite about five years ago here at the Bellagio. Back then, everything was quite nice. There was a Italian feel to the rooms and it certainly was worth its price: it was beautiful and full of features. After the renovations, things appeared to become even better according to Tripadvisor photos and Bellagio's own website . Since it was the cheapest option compared to Wynn and o