August 2007

Living By Kristina Kurasz

A Turtle’s Dream Come True

When the average person retires, they choose a place to relax and slow down. Jeanie Vaughan, founder of Santa Barbara’s Turtle Dreams-a rescue facility for certain four-legged shell inhabitants as well as other reptiles-seems to have done just the opposite. With more than 60 species in her care, Vaughan regularly works 12-hour days in the Santa Barbara summer sun along with daughter Christie and husband Dennis to care for the wide variety of reptiles that are the residents of her sprawling backyard.

Living By Indy Staff

Quiz: Heavy Petting

Briefs By Indy Staff

Brown Pelican Restaurant Looking for New Leaser

The Santa Barbara County Park Department recently announced that it is looking for a corporation, business, or individual to take

Film & TV By Indy Staff

The Ten

In 1989, the late, great Polish director Krzysztof KieÅlowski released a 10-part television series called The Decalogue, in which he addressed the lessons of the Ten Commandments in as many episodes. The series translated beautifully to the big screen and is considered one of the cinematic masterpieces of the last quarter-century.

Opinion By Barney Brantingham

Drunks and Subpoenas

Fiesta Drunkathon? So there are two Fiestas: one a delightful community block party, the other a drunkathon for people who hit town with no interest other than mass partying downtown.

Arts & Entertainment By Rachel Weight

Le Meu Le Purr

Ventura’s Le Meu Le Purr formed in October 2003 as the bandmates’ separate projects were ending. Robin dared Aaron to write 10 songs in a month, who in turn asked Scott to jam on the songs together, and it’s been indie rock love ever since. The 10 songs Aaron completed on his dare became the band’s first album, The Sweet Smell of Asphalt. I fell in love with LMLP at an impressive SOhO show in May, watching them burst off the stage with energy in a speaker-climbing, genre-bending rock show, producing a whole lot of sound and feeling for just three guys.

Arts & Entertainment By Indy Staff

Student Film Webcasts

The International Student Film Festival will be airing the award-winning films from its fifth annual jamboree at studentfilmfestival.org. The awards ceremony will also air in August on Santa Barbara’s Arts and Education Channel 21. The winners are broken down by genre, which include drama, comedy, documentary, animation, horror, experimental, and public service announcement.

Events By Indy Staff

ThisWeekinHistory

This Week in History

Food & Drink By Indy Staff

Water Filter System

Ban the bottle! Bottled water-which is officially a “food product” and therefore supervised by the FDA and not the EPA-is the marketer’s revenge on Earth. The bottles create unnecessary waste since they are often made from petroleum, and the water gets shipped great distances, which burns fuels and adds to global warming.

Food & Drink By Chryss Yost

City Chicken-ers

There is no food more simple and elegant than the humble egg. Each egg is a single, perfect cell, miraculously able to poof a souffle, smooth into a hollandaise sauce, or transform a dish of fresh salsa into huevos rancheros.

Month: August 2007