{"id":2051,"date":"2011-05-10T22:13:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T05:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pedrozaplace.com\/blog1\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2011-05-10T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T05:13:42","slug":"pasadena-museum-of-california-art-pmca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/pasadena-museum-of-california-art-pmca\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we had just finished visiting the Pacific Museum of Asian Art (more on that\u00a0in a later post) and we still had a bit of time and wanted to know what to do. So we decided to start walking. Pasadena is a quaint city, but unless you know what your looking for it doesn&#8217;t really help to wonder around. We tried going to the visitor&#8217;s center, but we found out that it no longer existed. Then we went to a Hilton hotel and asked the concierge what to do,\u00a0but couldn&#8217;t afford any of his suggestions. So we walked some more, and that is when we found the Pasadena Museum of California Art.<br \/>\n[rss-cut]<br \/>\nAs the name denotes The <a title=\"click here to see the PMCA's site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmcaonline.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pasadena Museum of California Art <\/a>is a modern museum dedicated to a California theme, but like most modern museums I have ever been to this is a very &#8220;loosely&#8221; interpreted theme.\u00a0 In all modern museums you always seem to find both strange:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2084\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcastrangeguy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2084\" title=\"pmcastrangeguy\" src=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcastrangeguy-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hate to see this guy in a dark alley.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and unexplainable art:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2080\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcacaviar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2080\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2080 \" title=\"pmca??\" src=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcacaviar-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you guess what this is supposed to be?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One thing that was different at this museum was that all the exhibits were for sale. Unfortunately, the only price we could afford was the $7 dollar admission. This didn&#8217;t however stop us find each selecting a favorite of our own&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcajohnfav.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2083\" title=\"pmcajohnfav\" src=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcajohnfav-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI chose this picture because lately I have been in a traveling mood. The idea that I could just hop inside this airstream and just get away was very appealing to me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcaajfav.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2079\" title=\"pmcaajfav\" src=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcaajfav-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis was AJ&#8217;s favorite. He didn&#8217;t tell me much about it, but I am guessing he liked the cars.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcadenisefav2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mouseover\" title=\"pmcadenisefav2\" oversrc=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcadenisefav1-225x300.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pmcadenisefav2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDenise&#8217;s favorite was in my opinion probably one of the most Californian paintings there. The idyllic scene of people harvesting oranges was very pleasant (move your mouse\u00a0over it for more detail). It also reminded me of the 1930&#8217;s paintings that we saw at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, if you have a little bit of time I encourage you to check it out. You might just find a favorite of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we had just finished visiting the Pacific Museum of Asian Art (more on that\u00a0in a later post) and we still had a bit of time and wanted to know what to do. So we decided to start walking. 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