If you want to dress up your noble lima bean, you can do so by adding even more essences of the season. Do not for a minute think this succotash will make like the beginning of its name. You’re using fresh ingredients-you’re not pouring stuff from a who-knows-how-old can. There is nothing milky or creamy involved, not even milk or cream (good for the weight-conscious person, too).
When I got into the office last Monday, I was greeted by one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. And, as a UCSB alum, recovering deadhead, and Indy staffer, I’ve seen some truly bizarre stuff in my days. This, though, this takes the cake. Perched on my desk sat a cardboard box filled with wigs.
From My Little Pony and sea-monkeys to ant farms and Pound Puppies, there are few things kids love more than fluffy, slimy, and creepy-crawly companions. This Sunday, August 12, from noon-1:30 p.m., Hearts Adaptive Riding Program (4420 Calle Real) welcomes Thumbelina, the world’s smallest horse. Standing a proud 17.5 inches tall, Thumbelina will stop by as part of her national tour in support of organizations that work with disabled and special-needs kids.
Congressmember Lois Capps voted against the expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act sought by the Bush administration. The act
It was a close-run thing, but in the end, internal strife at HBO torpedoed the potential first Santa Barbara Comedy Arts Festival.
Putumayo’s Americana: Impossible to categorize but reflective of our country’s cultural diversity, the musical genre Americana means many things to many people. But this collection by Putumayo-whose partial proceeds go to the Second Harvest food bank network-shows that we should all love it.
Results of an autopsy performed on the body of Sandra McFarlane, 45, have ruled out the possibility that she died
FADE TO BLACK: Losing both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni on the same midsummer’s day came as a stunning one-two punch, a cruel twist of fate. On further reflection, though, maybe it carries a beautifully poetic resonance, having to do with a rite of passage, and the waning of an era.
EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN VELTEXAS: Look no further than SOhO on Thursday, August 9, when Isla Vista’s Veltexans will take no prisoners with new material from their debut album, Everything’s the Matter, released on August 7. Hailing originally from the action-packed lands of Idaho, the trio only recently made the move to Santa Barbara, leaving behind their residency at one of the biggest clubs in the state.
A pilot and one passenger were aboard a single-engine plane when it crashed into the coast two miles from El
