It got off to a slow start, but as people arrived home from work and started coming to the North Lake Ave. Business District, the joint was hopping! Stores, galleries, restaurants, and shops of all kinds stayed open late Friday night for the first Open House, put together by the Altadena Arts Coalition.
Particularly notable was the alley behind the shops on Mariposa was turned into entertainment space, with a bouncer for the kids and "The Dispositions" playing for everybody.
We were with the five-year-old, and couldn't keep one eye on her and handle the photo/video extravaganza we had planned to cover the events -- but we managed to capture some spontaneous music-making at the Gallery at the End of the World.
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UPDATE 11:30: you think we'd know by now that when we fail, Bill Westphal rises, and sends us these pictures of the night:
The active alley along Mariposa,
McGinty's Gallery was the happenin' scene.
A couple of shots of the jitney that drove up and down Lake Ave.
Too busy to take pictures, but not too busy to take a phone call (Spawn 3 wants to talk to Mommy, too!) We realize that we now bear an unfortunate resemblance to Michael Moore. Gotta lose the hat. (Note to self: talk to Ibarionex about hats.)
The Valkerie Princess, Karin the Altadenahiker, weighs in on her experience at Webster's Fine Stationer's Blogger's Cafe (and where have we seen that redhead before?)
