Pasadena Gold
Last Sunday, Mike and I braved the crowds to get a free ride on the Metro Gold Line from the Lake Street stop to Chinatown. The Gold Line goes from Sierra Madre to Union Station but we decided to check out the new Mountain Bar between Hill and Broadway in Chinatown and forego the inevitable crowd in Union Station.
Mountain Bar, owned by local group of architects and artists, was empty at around 5 pm on a Sunday afternoon. The place had red walls with dripped paint textures and cool triangular tiled floors. I liked my mojito and Mike's plum martini was a bit strong. Sitting in the bar was both relaxing and surreal as we checked out the scene outside through the huge windows: Kids flicking those popping firecrackers to the ground, couples dropping coins on the wishing well outside, and families in their Sunday best walking around. When we were done with our drinks, we reluctantly walked back to the Metro.
Here are some observations I had on the Metro Gold Line:
• If it's free, tons of people will come.
• Not a lot of hand rails available for the vertically-challenged.
• Strollers are too big and cumbersome to carry one teeny-tiny little baby.
• The term "squishy toes" can only be uttered by a new and eager mom.
• Huge crowds = too much germs = laryngitis and flu-like symptoms the next day.
• There wasn't much barrier between the homes in the Highland Park area and the railway. It's an accident waiting to happen, as we saw a lot of young children playing around the area.
• Pasadena Dads* are not above getting a free ride on the subway.
*Pasadena Dads, as opposed to Silverlake Dads, are those guys who must have belonged to a fraternity in college and at present are successful businessmen who enjoy the good life: Golf on the weekends, dinner at fine restaurants, etc. Can usually be seen wearing white or beige pleated shorts, leather belt, logo-bearing sport shirts and boat shoes up and down Colorado Street in Old Town Pasadena.
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