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Destination Overview, Pasadena, Rainy Day Photos

Rainy Day Pasadena

A Shot in the Rain:  Pasadena

Photo by KayteDeioma

A Rainy Day in ….Pasadena, CA

As we come into the rainy season in Southern California, there is no shortage of places you could go to entertain yourself and the whole family on a rainy day in Pasadena. Although closer to downtown LA than some parts of the City of Los Angeles, Pasadena is not a suburb. It is a city in its own right with its own municipal government within Los Angeles County.

Photo courtesy of the Tournament of Roses FoundationPasadena is best known for the Rose Parade that fills the streets with colorful floats made of flowers and the Rose Bowl game which fills the stadium with college football teams on New Years Day. There are plenty of other sunny weather delights in the city. On a rainy day, or to escape the intense summer heat, you can choose from any number of Pasadena establishments of art, culture, fun and relaxation to escape indoors. This month we’ll take a look at the private art collections of two Southern California Industrialists at the Norton Simon Museum and the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, and get an inside glimpse at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where the Mars Rover program operates. Although there are things for children to enjoy at all of those venues, the Kidspace Museum is a place all their own. We’ll wrap up this issue with a visit to the Gamble House in Going Solo.

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Rose Parade photo courtesy of the Tournament of Roses

Pasadena Features:

Norton Simon Museum

NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory: The Universe and Beyond

Inside at the Huntington: The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

Kids Stuff:

Kidspace Museum

Going Solo:

The Gamble House: A Craftsman Masterpiece

If You Go:

Pasadena: Hotels and Restaurants

For more rainy day Pasadena alternatives, check out the Rainy Day Links page.

 

Destination Overview, Detroit

Rainy Day Detroit

A Rainy Day in …Detroit, MI

It seems that when many people think of Detroit, they think of a worn out, tired and rough city. Detroit has been given a bad rap over the years and it’s certainly an over exaggeration. What I found is that Detroit is vibrant, electric and emerging from the rough times it’s had.

Like any city, there are some rough spots. However, you really have no reason to wander into those areas any more than you do in your own city. Detroit offers citizens and tourists a diversity of culture, sports, arts, fine food and entertainment. Like anywhere you would opt to travel, you just need to have some common sense to have a safe and fulfilling trip. You will run out of time before you run out of things to see and do.

story by Jamie Rector

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Destination Overview, Montreal, QC, Rainy Day Photos

Rainy Day Montreal

Shot in the Rain:  Montreal

Rainy view through the windows of the Palais des Congrčs in Montreal.   Photo by Kayte Deioma

A Rainy Day in ….Montreal, QC, Canada

City Hall in Old Montreal, Quebec. Š Kayte DeiomaMontreal is a great place to escape from the weather any time of year. They have so much of it – snow, rain and sweltering summer heat – that they’ve come up with some ingenious ways to stay climatically comfortable all year long.

My memory of Montreal from a one-day family visit as a teenager was of ornate gray townhouses with multicolored doors. Very “old Europe.” That part of Montreal is still alive and well and as charming as ever. But in the last few years, Montreal has also come to the forefront of international design and architecture with its new International Quarter that links Old Montreal with the Downtown Business District. They joined the two by suspending a new office complex right over the freeway and adding branches to the RESO (from the French réseau), the largest network of interior passages in the world. Although much of it is above ground, locals refer to it as the Underground City.

In addition to exploring this indoor universe, we’ll look at how Montreal has brought the outdoors indoors in the Biodome, which recreates four ecosystems where visitors can get up close and personal with the wildlife. For a little winter fun all year long, we stop by the Atrium Le 1000, an ice skating rink in the middle of a mall and office building. For the historically inclined, we visit the Point A Calliére Archeology and History Museum built over an open archaeological site. The final stop on our rainy day tour of Montreal is St. Joseph’s Oratory on top of Mount Royal, one of the most visited shrines in the world.

Kayte Deioma

Montreal Features:

The Montréal Biodôme

A Visit to the Underworld: the Montreal RESO

Pointe-ŕ-Calličre: City Roots Revealed

Kids Stuff:

Atrium Le 1000

For more rainy day Montreal alternatives, check out the Montreal Rainy Day Links page.