down in the depths

yesterday i said that i was done with pictures from our city hall tour, but i couldn't resist showing you one more. this image was taken on our ride down into the city hall basement. this old otis elevator is beautiful - carved wood, intricate ironwork - and of course that meant an excited group of camera-ready bloggers.

by the way... did you know city hall has a basement? or that it stretches beneath the entire inner courtyard?? i did not, but now i do!

one final classic shot

i have plenty more wonderful images from our tour of city hall, but i'll save those for another time. i'll conclude this series from our afternoon with the public information officer with a classic shot of the exterior - most recently featured in mainstream media as the exterior of the supposed "pawnee, indiana" city hall in the nbc sitcom, parks and recreation.

the clock at city hall

another image from our lovely city hall tour. there is so much going on here - the original clock, the beautiful arched ceiling, the stonework, the columns... so much to look at.

for the most part, our beloved public information officer kept us totally enthralled - a difficult thing to do with 20+ free-spirited bloggers. a sampling of which appear below...

can you name the bloggers?

as we walked around on our city hall tour (see yesterday's post for more details and links to some other bloggers who participated), i tried to get some city hall photos that actually had people in them. however in classic blogger fashion, no one is looking at the camera. preferring of course, to keep their identity hidden from their adoring fans.

bonus points if you can list the website of each blogger pictured.



on a totally unrelated note, i'd just like to give a shout out to my best friend mike. he is currently going through his cd collection, documenting his feelings and reactions to each album - at almost an album a day pace. i'm totally biased, but i think this is one of the coolest blog ideas i've ever seen. check him out right here.

blogger tour of city hall

in case you didn't already know, pasadena has one of the greatest public information officers of any town in the world. what makes ann so great? well for one, she has a fantastic blog where she fills people in on what is happening in pasadena, fascinating historical details about our amazing city, and even a "mystery monday" series where you can win pasadena related prizes.

ann invited local bloggers to join her this past saturday for a tour of our beloved city hall. over the next few days i'll post some images from our afternoon together. it was wonderful to finally meet some of my favorite bloggers face to face.

not to give too much away, but you can already read a full review of the day over at chris and kevin's blog. gina just chimed in over at mendolonium. mr. earl has some photos up from the day. irena's real estate blog is getting in on the action. the fabulous chieftess chimes in. our wonderful p.i.o. has her own review of the day.

i will use this space to add more blog posts as they appear (and please send me a link to yours if you don't see it here).