After dark and everything!
I know!
Old Town Pasadena has nooks and crannies, too many to count. I like to wander there any time, to peek into places that appear to be secrets. But after dark an intrigue is added, perhaps imagined, perhaps real. Alleys, stairwells, doorways--everything looks different in artificial light and the shadows it throws. At night, I notice things I've never seen during the day. And they become stories in my head, or thoughts I shouldn't be thinking.
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Ha ha ! like it very much.. the picture as well as the story !
have a great sunday
anni
Oooooh, the 'green door' …
How can you not give in to temptation?
You have a writer's imagination, Petrea, which is fortuitous, given you're a writer. This does have an air of mystery about it.
Wow, I love all the colors u captured here.. Funny how those stairs won't look as mysterious in the daylight!
Thanks, Anni, you too!
Dive, I am literally not going there...
Shell, thank you.
Kalei, I took this with the new iPhone. I didn't change the colors and I remember it this way, but now that I think of it I wonder if the phone exaggerates color. It looks wild. But I think it was green and pink.
Sounds that it could be very adventurous. But looks like someone prefers reading a book in a comfortable chair under the lamp at home..
Pretty colors. That door is certainly alluring, though I think I'd prefer to be upstairs with that smiling couple. A bar? Cafe?
That's a fantastic photo. I love the light, the railings, the color.
Is this on Fair Oaks, the place that used to be McMurphy's Bar?
I think you know me, Irina!
A bar, Bayside. I didn't go in but the place was hopping.
It's Fair Oaks, Leslie. I don't know what it used to be but if I remember correctly it's south of Holly and north of Colorado.
Certainly multiple possibilities for this shot...
Congratulations on stretching your horizons--
I thought this was Vertical wine bar but that's on Raymond.
The photo's a bit like the path to heaven: you go through a door, up a dark staircase with bars, and then, if you've been good, you end up in a place of light and warmth where everyone's having fun. Or is that hell? .........
Oooo, I like this photo! Good inspiration for a story or poem or song. Love the colors.
What an amazing shot - and an intriguing story. When I saw your photo, I thought of a certain place, from a long time ago (when I was young, and hung around in Old Town at night). From your description, it's the very same place. Definitely memorable!
Good imaginations, all of you.
Desiree, touchee...
Bellis, I took this photo from the street, standing outside.
Adele, someday I'll want to hear all your stories about the old days of Old Town.
Very noir...even in color!!! Was there a 44 Packard parked out front???
I'd love that! They may not be too exciting, but it was fun. Although I much prefer being old(er) in the "new" days!
Chieftess, there's no parking on that stretch of Fair Oaks. But something like a Packard was parked a few blocks away on Raymond: http://bit.ly/Isa0It
So far, Adele, so do I.
I love the purple in the photo. Was that a natural shot?
It was, believe it or not. I guess that's how the place is lit. I think the iPhone may exaggerate, but those are the colors.
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