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Business & Beer at Alpine Inn, Torrance

2013, Alpine Inn, Alpine Village, Business N Beer, craft beers, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Southern California, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / January 4, 2013

These photos are from our return visit to the Alpine Inn with our Business & Beer networking group. The Alpine Inn is a German gastropub that has a nice selection of craft beers from the United States, Germany and the Czech Republic. This was our third visit to the Alpine Inn and it seems that every time we meet there we have a nice turnout of about 15 people. When you consider that Alpine Village is the furthest south we take our group and that it was only three days after New Year’s Day, I was pleased to see the …

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Floats of the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade

California Cut Flower Commission, Canon 5D, Fiesta Floats, floats, happy new year, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Pollack PR Marketing Group, Rose Parade, Southern California, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / January 2, 2013

These photos are of the floats of the 124th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade which was held Tuesday, January 1, 2013 in Pasadena, CA. As I took far too many photos to be viewed easily in one gallery, I broke the photos up into two groups; the floats of the parade and one of the people of the Rose Parade which includes the marching bands and equestrian units. This gallery includes all the floats as well as the cars transporting the Grand Marshal, President of the Tournament of Roses, Hall of Fame Inductees and others of that type. Due to …

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The people, bands and equestrian units of the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade

2013, Canon 5D, equestrian teams, Got Web Host, happy new year, marching bands, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Rose Parade, Southern California, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / January 2, 2013

These photos were taken at the 124th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade, held January 1, 2013. Once again, I have taken too many photos to put in one gallery, so I have broken them up into two groups. This gallery consists of basically anything that was not a float; marching bands, equestrian units and basic people watching. I was set up at Colorado Boulevard and Allen Avenue, primarily on the southeast corner. As this is a very large gallery, you might find it easier to view using the slideshow feature; you can use the full screen option for the best …

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Cal Poly Universities: Keeping it Homegrown for the 124th Rose Parade

Cal Poly Universities, California Cut Flower Commission, CCFC, City of San Gabriel, City of South Pasadena, iReport, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Rose Bowl, Rose Parade, Southern California, Tournament of Roses / 3 minutes of reading / December 30, 2012

These photos were taken Saturday at Lot I of the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena. Every once in a while, when I photograph a place or event, I will submit an accompanying article to CNN’s iReport. I have a pretty good idea ahead of time whether or not they will find it suitable for use on CNN and I have a pretty good track record of getting vetted. I know that they have liked my photos from Candy Cane Lane and my coverage of the 123rd Annual Tournament of Roses Parade so it made sense for me to submit a …

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Float decorating at Fiesta Floats

Fiesta Floats, happy new year, Irwindale, Photos, pictures, Pollack PR Marketing Group, Southern California, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses / 2 minutes of reading / December 30, 2012

These photos were taken Saturday, December 29 at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale, CA as volunteers hurried to add the organic items to nine of the entries to the 124th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade. After my last visit to Fiesta Floats on Christmas Eve I happened to notice that Fiesta Floats was tweeting my articles about the float preparation at their location, so I contacted their social media person via Twitter and asked if they would be able to assist in my getting in to photograph the actual decorating of the floats. I was put in touch with the …

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Business & Beer comes to 1321 Downtown Taproom Bistro, Torrance

1321 Downtown Taproom & Bistro, Business N Beer, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / December 28, 2012

These photos are from our Business & Beer gathering at the 1321 Downtown Taproom Bistro, a gastropub located in Old Torrance. 1321 Taproom is a popular destination for beer drinkers due to the 16 taps of craft beers that they have available. They also offer flights of various sizes (4, 8, 12) for the adventurous craft beer drinkers out there. While the name indicates that they serve food as well as drink, they are in the process of redoing their kitchen staff and menu, so the kitchen is currently closed. To welcome Business & Beer for their first get-together at …

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Float preparation at Fiesta Floats

Fiesta Floats, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance, Torrance Rose Float Association, Tournament of Roses, TRFA / 2 minutes of reading / December 24, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I headed out to Fiesta Floats in Irwindale, CA to take some photos of the float being entered in the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade by the City of Torrance. Fiesta Floats creates some of the best floats in the Tournament of Roses and has won the Sweepstakes Award for the last 19 years. That is pretty impressive. As it turned out, Kaiser Permanente was having a family day there, so the warehouse was pretty packed and it made it difficult to get a lot of shots. I went back this morning to see what …

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New Year’s Eve fundraiser slated for the Redondo Beach Castle

fundraiser, Lady of Magic, Magic4Orphans, New Yea, Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach Castle, Southern California, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / December 22, 2012

At the end of 2011 I made a decision that GotBaddog.com would dedicate much of my content to promoting local businesses and non-profits. When Tanya was looking for something for us to do on New Year’s Eve, she discovered the Lady Of Magic at the Redondo Beach Castle was having a New Year’s Eve party that was also a fundraiser, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Midnight Mission, a homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. It was then that we had the pleasure of meeting Sisuepahn Phila, the “Lady of Magic.” Sisuepahn is a world renowned and …

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Sleepy Hollow and the Legend of Candy Cane Lane

Candy Cane Lane, Christmas, Christmas lights, Family fun, geek good girl, Sleepy Hollow, Southern California, Torrance / 4 minutes of reading / December 19, 2012

These photos were taken last night at the Sleepy Hollow area of Torrance, which is known as Candy Cane Lane during the Christmas season; a look at the photos makes it easy to figure out why they call it that. On December 1, Tanya and I went there to take some photos like I have for the past couple of years. There were definitely a lot of lights that went up between then and now. Homes that we thought were decorated on December 1 had even more decorations on December 18. Even though it was cold and windy, there were …

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Personal tour of the S.S. Lane Victory

Family fun, Merchant Marine, National Historic Landmark, Photos, pictures, Port of Los Angeles, S.S. Lane Victory, San Pedro, Southern California, Tanya, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce, USS Iowa, Whale & Ale / 3 minutes of reading / December 12, 2012

These photos are of the S.S. Lane Victory which is located at Berth 46 in the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro, CA. A couple of weeks ago, Tanya and I were at a regional Chamber of Commerce mixer and I won a raffle prize of tickets for two to receive the President’s Tour of the ship as well as lunch in the Officer’s Mess. It was actually the one thing I wanted to win. Anyway, this morning we met with Anthony Broude, the current President at U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II, and he gave us …

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