Light Blue Line Project Worries Developers, Realtors
Santa Barbara’s Historic Landmarks Commission approved plans to stripe a 1,000 foot-long Light Blue Line throughout downtown Santa Barbara, depicting
Month: August 2007
Saying So Long to the Summer
Summer vacation is to students what weekends are to working adults-an agreement about time off so seemingly universal that it’s hard to imagine life without it. But the current, standard American school year of 180 school days and nearly three months of summer vacation is a relatively recent development, and not something often observed in other parts of the world.
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Former Goleta Water District Attorney Dies
Robert Goodwin, a leader in the Goleta water wars of the 1970s, died this week in Livermore. Goodwin served as
Raspberry Lime Rickey
If you, like me, had too many limes on hand after Fiesta and don’t want to keep making margaritas, here’s a cocktail with a very different profile that takes advantage of the raspberries available now, too (even TJ’s has decent organic ones). Muddle 12 raspberries in a cocktail shaker.
George Lopez. Star. Spanglish. Banter.
“‘Member? You ‘member.” The rallying cry for George Lopez was introduced to me a little over a year ago when my roommate and I sat down to watch Why You Crying?, Lopez’s 2005 standup show. Since my roommate’s a first-generation Mexican-American, it made sense that Lopez would have her cracking up; I, on the other hand, was pretty certain Lopez’s humor would go right over my Caucasian head.
Style Phile
Subscribing to Style: Lower State Street style mecca beca:christian (432 State St.) just launched its Boutique Membership program, which should give fickle, commitment-phobic, and shopaholic stylephiles reason to celebrate: For a monthly fee, members score a 20 percent storewide discount (reason enough to enlist), as well as the services of personal shoppers; “concierge shopping,” wherein the store’ll front for the goods you’re eyein’-even if you don’t wind up plunking down your credit card; exclusive access to new collections before they hit the store’s racks; Girls Night cocktail parties; fashion shows; trunk shows; food and wine tastings; spa parties; aaaaaand free use of the shop’s hottest accessories.
Stardust
Stardust is based on Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name, which is based on his illustrated story, which is loosely based on the fantasy works of Lord Dunsany, though it has more kinship with the great William Goldman satire, The Princess Bride. And if that’s not confusing enough, try the opening of the film.
Journey to the Flames: 8 Years of Burning Man
For the lucky few waiting with anticipation for this year’s Burning Man festival-and for everyone else who can’t make the trek-HopeDance FiLMS will screen Journey to the Flames: 8 Years of Burning Man at the Faulkner Gallery this Thursday, August 16, at 7 p.m.
UC Students Arrested for Assault in I.V.
Six UC students – Timothy Amarasingue, Adarsha Shetty, Tauliayat Siddique, Asanka Wickramarach, Lanka Wickramarach, and Supul Wickramarach – were arrested
