Holidays on Holly
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Holidays on Holly

Join us Thursday, November 16th and kick off your holiday shopping with the independent retailers of Holly Street, offering drinks, food, music and holiday cheer until 7pm.
Doo Dah Parade Pre-Party at Gold Bug
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Doo Dah Parade Pre-Party at Gold Bug

Doo Dah Parade Sunday, November 19, 202311:00am–2:00pm Parade kick-off is located just around the corner from our store at85 E. Holly StreetPasadena, CA 91103 Please join us at Gold Bug between 10...
16 Year Anniversary Celebration
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16 Year Anniversary Celebration

This October marks the 16th Year of Gold Bug in Old Town Pasadena, which means we are having a PARTY! Please join us Friday, October 13th from 4pm-8pm to celebrate our anniversary and enjoy a Trunk...
Invitation to opening reception for Kristina Drake's Apparel Exhibit on September 8, 2023 featuring a photo of the jean jackets that will be shown
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Opening Event for New Work by Kristina Drake

Kristina Drake debuts her first clothing collection at Gold Bug this evening, featuring hand embroidered jean jackets with bold, colorful and unique nature-inspired patches of her own design.
Iced beverage standing in front of brown bottle with French label describing bergamot flavored syrup with a lemon twist
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Holly Street Summer Block Party

The Shops on Holly, and Gold Bug, invite you to join them in celebrating the 2023 summer with the Holly Street Happy Hour, August 5.  The event starts at 4:00 pm with staggered closing hours from 6...
KTLA video segment "LA Revealed" on LA Unscripted: Gold Bug the Retail Shop
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KTLA video segment "LA Revealed" on LA Unscripted: Gold Bug the Retail Shop

This video aired on KTLA television Jan. 25, 2022 during a segment from LA Unscripted: a daily broadcast focused on the places, people and personalities that make up Los Angeles. 
Q & A with Voyage LA "Local Stories"
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Q & A with Voyage LA "Local Stories"

Gold Bug is perhaps most easily described as a Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities, a collection of notable specimens of human artifact through art and other found objects of natural history presen...