Oil Meets Girl
Irecently had a brief but torrid love affair with a beautiful woman. That is, she seemed attractive-I didn’t actually get a good look at her.
Month: August 2007
SBCC’s Adult Ed Offers Learning Opportunities for All Ages
New backpacks and new clothes-the ritual of back to school is playing out all over the country. But in Santa Barbara, it’s always time to go back to school. It’s part of our city’s unique culture: We love our food and wine, we love our land and sea, and we love to learn.
Talented Chefs Keep Santa Barbara Kitchens Creative
With a new cooking reality show popping up virtually every week on television, a Whole Foods coming soon to upper State Street, and interest in cooking and greenmarkets at an all-time high, we decided to take a look inside the workings of two of the most happening restaurants in town-Downey’s, a Santa Barbara institution, and the Hungry Cat, a new restaurant started by a celebrity-chef couple from Los Angeles and run by some young potential rising stars in the Santa Barbara culinary firmament. George Yatchisin sat down with John and Liz Downey to discuss their legendary restaurant’s 25th anniversary, while Charles Donelan chased the crew from the Hungry Cat through the Farmers Market and then ate the consequences.
Six Things Your Band Must Send Us Now
Who said there’s no live music scene in Santa Barbara? We believe our region’s got a bounty of quality musicians, so at the end of September, The Indy is celebrating with an issue devoted to music and bands from Santa Barbara. So we want you, South Coast musicians, to send the following to arts@independent.com or The Independent, Music Issue, 122 W. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Drop-dead due date is Friday, September 7.
Helper’s Help
Nonprofit organizations in the City of Santa Barbara employ approximately 10 percent of the workforce, bringing aid to people in need, schools, the environment, and community services.
S.B. Art: A View from Here.
Let’s accept the claim-and it’s no small claim-that, in mounting the show S.B. Art: A View from Here, East/West Gallery offers us a survey of contemporary art in Santa Barbara. What do things look like from here? In a word: attractive.
Sci-Fi Skies
FIRE ON THE FRINGE: Few positives can be wrung out of the prolonged incendiary scenario and the lurking dread of the Zaca Fire, apart from the realization that it’s all perfectly in sync with nature’s clearing process. But, as we slink and cower beneath the sci-fi skies of orange hue and snowy ash, certain clarifying ideas hit home. There comes with the picture a sense of solidarity and awareness of the greater forces of the landscape that surrounds our urban coastal outpost.
Bakin’ in the Sun
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” Solar chefs might add, “And take your oven with you!” Solar ovens have come a long way from the tinfoil-wrapped box, but the principle remains simple: collect energy from the sun, cook food.
Child-proofed: Song & Dance
For kids looking to stay fit, have fun, or become the next Hilary Duff, Santa Barbara offers a slew of music-related activities, programs, and events geared toward tykes.
New Beach Stairs for IV
Three new stainless steel staircases are being built in Isla Vista.
