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.
Ha ha ! like it very much.. the picture as well as the story !
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anni
Oooooh, the 'green door' …
ReplyDeleteHow 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.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love all the colors u captured here.. Funny how those stairs won't look as mysterious in the daylight!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anni, you too!
ReplyDeleteDive, 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..
ReplyDeletePretty colors. That door is certainly alluring, though I think I'd prefer to be upstairs with that smiling couple. A bar? Cafe?
ReplyDeleteThat's a fantastic photo. I love the light, the railings, the color.
ReplyDeleteIs this on Fair Oaks, the place that used to be McMurphy's Bar?
I think you know me, Irina!
ReplyDeleteA 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...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on stretching your horizons--
ReplyDeleteI thought this was Vertical wine bar but that's on Raymond.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
ReplyDeleteWhat 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!
ReplyDeleteGood imaginations, all of you.
ReplyDeleteDesiree, 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.
ReplyDeleteI'd love that! They may not be too exciting, but it was fun. Although I much prefer being old(er) in the "new" days!
DeleteVery noir...even in color!!! Was there a 44 Packard parked out front???
ReplyDeleteChieftess, 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
ReplyDeleteSo far, Adele, so do I.
I love the purple in the photo. Was that a natural shot?
ReplyDeleteIt 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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