the new vons

today we are skywatching at the sight of the old vons grocery store, where a new vons is currently being built.  if you want a better rundown of this project (and a fabulous shot of the sky - not overcast and washed-out like mine is), check out brigham yen's blog.

something in the sky

weird things were happening yesterday. channel 4 news was parked in the vons grocery store parking lot and a helicopter was circling overhead. no one seemed to know why, but everyone was gathered around watching it. maybe the gray skies? that is a rarity in pasadena - usually you can see the mountains from here, but they were barely visible. if it was a traffic copter, why was the van parked at vons? start your speculation. maybe there is something i'm missing...