Day Tripping: Pasadena is a cultural, historical and culinary playground

My first visit to the Rose Bowl has become a family legend. When I was 4 months old, my parents took me to a UCLA football game. My dad and uncle are Bruin alums so the Saturday tailgate had become a ritual. That is until my beloved (read: quirky) uncle carried me away from the tame alumni section like a foot-long sandwich to join his friends in the spirited student section. As the game kicked off, my uncle handed me to his friend, who gave me to his girlfriend, who passed me to her sister and s