Pasadena

 Pasadena is located 11 miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Known as the City of Roses, Pasadena is most famous for its New Year's Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game, people flocking from all over the country every year to decorate and view the floats and to attend arguably the most famous college football bowl game of the year.

Pasadena has become the most exciting place for nightlife in the San Gabriel Valley, with bustling Old Pasadena's boutiques, restaurants and clubs in the western section, chic shopping and dining on South Lake and abundant services in the eastern area.
Home to 500 restaurants serving cuisine from around the world, one of only 15 Le Cordon Bleu-affiliated culinary schools in the United States resides here. In addition, the first Trader Joe’s neighborhood market opened its doors in Pasadena in 1967. 
Pasadena is a cultural oasis with 14 museums and 11 performing arts organizations, including the Pasadena Playhouse and Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena also boasts the world-renowned California Institute of Technology, whose alumni and faculty have garnered 32 Nobel Prizes. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, site of the Mars exploration missions, is also just a 10-minute drive north.