Bungalow Heaven

Christmas in the Park

tmpasadena — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:45:59 +0000

The neighbors of Bungalow Heaven gathered in McDonald Park this December for their 2nd Annual Christmas in the Park. Neighbors donated ornaments and unwrapped toys to create a loving tree and gift for families at Union Station Homeless Services Village. Everyone visited with Santa, enjoyed holiday treats and shared time with their neighbors in an afternoon of fun. Afterwards, Santa and his sleigh were transported to the village where his helpers presented the Christmas tree and gifts to the families. Thanks to everyone who helped make this a loving and giving event.

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Bungalow Heaven is hit hard by violent winds on the evening of November 30

tmpasadena — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:48:40 +0000

[[Show as slideshow]]Here are just a few photos of the fallen trees, the streets that were blocked and the homes that were hit.

Arts & Crafts Book for Sale

sharden — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:59:46 +0000

Bungalow Heaven has a limited supply of the book “The Bungalow: America’s Arts and Crafts Home”, by Paul Keister, which is now out of print. Signed by the photographer and originally retailing for $32.95, we are selling them for $15. To purchase a copy, contact Mary Gandsey at mmgandsey@sbcglobal.net.

Bungalow Heaven Cookie Cookbook Needs YOUR Recipes!

sharden — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:16:45 +0000

The Bungalow Heaven Neighborhood Association is preparing a cookie cookbook to be published in conjunction with the 2012 Annual Bungalow Heaven Home Tour, and we welcome your submissions. If there is a special history or memory associated with your recipe (especially if it involves the neighborhood or home tour), please share it as well. Please download this printable form and mail to:

BHNA
PO Box 40812
Pasadena, CA, 91114

or you can email recipes to bhna@bungalowheaven.org.

Bungalow Heaven Home Tour Does it Again

sharden — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:35:04 +0000

By Molly Marchetti, photos by Tina Miller & Jim Staub

Every spring Bungalow Heaven is filled with visitors, all here to pay homage to what makes our neighborhood historic, the homes. The Home Tour is a celebration of the people that lived here before us and the artistry of the architecture of a time gone by. In an era where the old is torn down for newer flashier things, it’s good to know that there is still a place where people can come and honor the past.

In some years past it has rained on the event and some tours have been held in the sweltering heat. This year, we could not have asked for nicer weather. It was held earlier in the month this year due to the late occurrence of Easter, which turned out to be just perfect.

This year’s Home Tour took on some new ways of looking at our history. Instead of representing the year a house was built in The Living History Home, the directors of the tour, Mary Gandsey and Rosemary Hyde, and Kristin Stone Productions took a look at showing one of the many years that the home had been lived in previous to now. Kristin Stone played a real estate agent in the 1950’s showing the home to tour goers as if they were perspective buyers.

Another bit of the new came in the form of the brochure. This year Jennifer Errico added a much loved feature article interviewing some of the home owners and their experiences with renovations and living in Bungalow Heaven. It was a treat for many people to read and see photographs detailing the extensive renovations that Russell Lee-Sung performed. It was also in these features that tour goers learned that one couple bought their home in August of last year and another in 1981, showing that there is a quite a range of homeownership that ends up on the tour.

Returning to this year’s tour was the ever popular Garden workshop lead by Elizabeth Neaves. Much like the Garden workshops in the past, this year’s was extremely popular.

Some of you may have had a chance to taste some of the delicious goodies that our neighbors make for the tour and some of you were the bakers. You will all be pleased to know that a cookie cookbook is in the works that will feature many of these tasty treats. It will be for sale at the next Home Tour if all goes according to plan.

Thank you to all of the volunteers that make the Home Tour possible. Here’s to another great tour next year!

NY Times article on Restoring Old Windows

sharden — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:03:40 +0000

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