Cheesy Peeps
Certain food-and-beverage combos are so perfectly, deliciously right together, they just shouldn’t be messed with: cookies and milk, toast and coffee, steak and martini(s).
Month: August 2008
Trouble the Water
Beginning the OjaiDocs’ Summer Documentary Film Series is Trouble the Water, winner of the 2008 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Slightly Stoopid
Reggae has most definitely evolved since Bob Marley.
Swing Vote
In the new Kevin Costner film, Swing Vote, about a small-town schlub thrust into the global spotlight by a voting glitch, the obvious Capra-esque quality has eluded nobody.
vol. 22, no. 134, Aug. 7-14, 2008
Although the writing process differs for everyone, a book taking 30 years to get published is outside the norm.
Bucatini
Bucatini’s spacious heated patio sits comfortably on the corner of State and Haley streets, and the relaxed atmosphere provides the perfect venue to graze through your meal in a European manner.
Blenders in the Grass
A review of this Santa Barbara-based chain that’s replaced the word smoothie around town.
Law and Disorder 8-7
This year’s Fiesta celebration passed without stabbings or shootings and with minimal apparent gang activity, though police noted increased felony arrests-33, up from 21 last year-as well as increased misdemeanors-104, up from 97.
Summer Dances, presented by UCSB’s Department of Theater and Dance.
Some of the best artists are untrained, yet training is one of the best ways to become an accomplished artist.
Lotusland’s Namesake in Bloom
Few places on the planet offer as much natural magic and biodiverse beauty as Lotusland, the 37-acre Montecito estate on Sycamore Canyon Road that opera legend Madame Ganna Walska’s transformed into a legendary garden.
