Remember to Visit The Fork on Valentine's Day, even though Roses and Hugs will NOT HAPPEN

Sorry, there has been a change in plans, there will be no roses or hugs at The Fork In The Road on Valentine's day.  The City of Pasadena will not allow The Fork In The Road Gang to stage their Valentine's day event.  Party poopers in Pasadena seem to think that it might cause traffic issues. 

You can still go and visit the fork, kiss it, picture it, you know - have some fun. 

Now you know why us Altadenans look down our elevated noses at the bureaucratic Pasadena quagmire.  It is not just the altitude, it is the attitude. 

Look to The Fork In The Road Gang to work to enliven life.  Come visit us in our home planet, The Coffee Gallery, and The Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.

Enough Said.

Pasadena Star News Sees Hearts at The Fork In The Road, Will Flowers Ensue?

The Pasadena Star News published an article about The Fork In The Road and its new heart headress.  But what they don't know is that Flowers follow Hearts as inevitably as rain runs to the sea.  The article can be seen HERE, 

Soon, there will be details about a new Fork Event for Valentine's Day.  I am sure that those folks at The Coffee Gallery Backstage also know as The Fork In The Road Gang have too much time on their hands.  Stay tuned for updates.

The Great Fork In the Road is Coming Up Roses for Valentine's Day

Your heard right - come one, come all to the Great Fork In The Road on Valentine's Day because we are giving out roses to the first 300 ladies to arrive after 10AM on the appointed day.  There will be members of The Fork In The Road Gang handing out the roses, along with kisses and hugs. 

Get your picture taken with roses and a member of The Fork In The Road Gang, who will ply you with stories of the amazing wonders of  the fork and our home, The Coffee Gallery  and The Coffee Gallery Backstage in that quirky little not-really-a-city of Altadena.  Silly stuff is on the table.  Please partake. 

The Great Fork In The Road gets dressed for Valentine's Day!

All of you who are forkers or forkettes (fans of The Original Great Fork In The Road, of course), listen up real good.  The Great Fork In The Road, located in Pasadena and the "Fork In The Road Gang", located at The Coffee Gallery in Altadena are presenting their latest Forking Event.  

For Valentine's Day, not only will The Fork be dressed in hearts (see photo), but she will be the site of much love and appreciation.  What love and appreciation?  I have only been given hints from the leaders of the gang. 

The Grand Forkster himself, Bob Stane had this to say:

"Things are being planned.  There will be roses in our futures.  There will be music and love and romantic  guys with long hair, guitars and frilly white shirts.  Good taste will be abandoned

for another day as ladies will be romanced with flowers and music.  And Golden Hugs.

"There will be photo ops and silly stuff and thou shalt be pleased.  And The Coffee Gallery Backstage will, again, brighten all of our lives with wit, humor and imagination.  Oh, what is The Fork In The Road Gang going to do next?  Will the voice of Cupid ring forth in our town by the mysterious  coffee mountains?

"The fork is out there and waiting if you want you do your own photography.  But this is just a tease for what will happen on Valentine's Day.  But "teases are good."  Something like foreplay.  Oh, Bob, now you're talking.  M-m-m-m-m.  Folks will be driving by and anticipating what is about to happen. Laughter will echo from the hills. Will the build-up be equal to the actual event (an all day bash, no less)?"

Well, Bob does get carried away a bit. And yes, he even sometimes refers to himself in the first person when he writes.  But he has much to contemplate and atone for.
 

So keep your eye on the fork, come on down and take pictures at the foot of this monumental utensil under the spreading hearts, and there may be flowers in your future.   Or other things.

Fork is Listed Considered a TOP STORY of 2009 by Star News and Altadenablog!

Yep, the Pasadena Star News and Altadenablog honored the fork as being an important story for 2009.  Why the Altadenablog?  Because the Fork In The Road Gang who built, installed, and supported The Great Original Fork In The Road started their adventure because of The Coffee Gallery and The Coffee Gallery Backstage. 

Pasadena Star News Story

Altadena Blog Story 

Don't forget all the links over here - we have piles of information about the Fabulous Forkin The Road.

Pasadena Star News Notices Santa is using The Fork as a hat rack

Latest Fork Story shows newest decor applied to the Fork at:  Today's Star News

Keep Looking Here For More Forking Events

Hmmmm.....I wonder which team will get PIE??  To go along with the Original Great Fork In The Road.


Heh, heh, heh.  The Fork In The Road Gang has plans for the future, and if you want to know about it FIRST.  Check THIS blog - yeah www.theforkintheroadgang.com.  Here is a sneak peak at something that MIGHT happen in the future.  We used a time machine to bring back this picture (sorta), but keep looking here to see when this might actually happen (our time machine chronometer was slightly busticated so we are not be SURE about the date/time yet).  You might even want to become a "follower" of this blog, so you don't miss the next HAPPENING.

This Message Just In from Pasadena Mayor BILL BOGAARD!

The "Fork In The Road Gang" rocks, per the following sent to one of our members - ringleaders:

Dear Ken:

Thank you very much for the report from the weekend food drive, and congratulations on an extremely positive outcome.  The support for the food drive, which is significant, reflects the extent of interest and support for the Fork in the Road. 

This initiative—guerilla art or not—continues to be a source of excitement and pride to me, since I consider Pasadena to be a City that is animated by creative and artistic efforts and organizations.  I will follow with interest your activities and hope that I can play a helpful role in that regard.

Keep up the good work, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.  

BILL BOGAARD

Mayor

Well, shucks from your neighbor to the North, Altadena and The Coffee Gallery and The Coffee Gallery Backstage.

Put The Fork In Hunger Drive Wow and thanks to YOU!!!

Remember, links to video and other media stories about the fork are on the right hand side 

Thanks to everyone - the volunteers, donors, and of course those zany foks - The Fork In The Road Gang for making the food drive at the fork a huge success.  We mean huge.   And thanks to AgentPhil who organized this forking event.  His website about the drive is here.

Latest Fork In The Road - Food Drive information

Look at the right side of this blog to see up-to-date links to articles and TV news clips about the fork  And this weekend - THE FOOD DRIVE!  Latest info is that if you are driving by to donate food, go West on Bellefontaine from Fair Oaks.  The volunteers will then take your food donations there. 

The Specifics about the "Fork In The Road"  "Put The Fork in Hunger" a Giant Food Drive can be seen at AgentPhil.com

Giant Fork in the Road to sponsor "Put The Fork In Hunger"

No, don't worry - this is not a Forking takeover.

Instead, The Fork in the Road Gang - composed of denizens of The Coffee Gallery Backstage and AgentPhil.com will be doing their part to "Put The Fork in Hunger" at the Fork in the Road, November 21st and 22nd.

They are now recruiting volunteers, so you can contact Philip Coombes at 626-644-3227 or Phil@AgentPhil.com to volunteer.  If you can't volunteer, remember to drive on by and help us help others during the event.   Benefiting Union Station Homeless Services.

When:  November 21st and 22nd 8am-4pm
Where:  at the Fork in the Road where Pasadena Ave and St. John meet just South of Belfontaine.
How:  Just cruise on by slowly, roll down your window and drop off food items to volunteers with outreach bags.

I have heard that there may be tshirts available too.  Stay tuned for more details.

Hats off to Ken Marshall and the Fork In The Road Gang

During much of the time that the fork has been up - almost 2 whole weeks - the actual leader of the Fork In The Road Gang has been laying low.  Part of the reason is that when they first put it up, there was some fear of potential arrest of the perpetrators, and of course the leader of the group didn't really want to wind up in the slammer or at the receiving end of litigation for this guerrilla art installation. 

However, this concern was balanced by the desire to make sure nobody else took credit for the fork and the hope that a high profile and public enthusiasm for the fork would result it becoming an important part of Pasadena's cultural footprint.  Plus, he was interviewed by various media outlets, so the cat is really out of the bag anyway.

So, with much ballyhoo, those of us who appreciate the fork want to thank Ken Marshall, sometime partner with Bob Stane (the quirky birthday boy) at The Coffee Gallery Backstage for building and installing this off-the-wall giant eating utensil, and amazing us all.

The really amazing part is that he didn't do this all by himself - any wacko could do that.  He inspired a whole cadre of people to aid and abet his project, and managed to build  flexibility into the team that could deal with life's little missteps.  This proved to be essential  when real Cal Trans workers were at the fork site at an inconvenient time (when the Fork Gang had planned on pouring the concrete). The team in their fake Cal Trans Halloween costumes adjusted their schedules to wait until "the coast was clear", and didn't finish until after dark.

So thanks Ken and the Gang, for a wild ride.