Hey There, Pink Cheeks!
Corktree Cellars Wine Bar and Bistro (910 Linden Avenue, Carpinteria, 684-1400) has recently nestled in downtown Carpinteria.
Month: June 2008
Quiz: On the Radio
1. What year was the first audio radio broadcast playing the first record transmitted?
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The Strangers
In Bernardo Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty, the director trained his camera extensively on Liv Tyler’s then-teenaged countenance, to the point where the film seemed a meditation on the elusive nature of beauty, the bridge between innocence and experience, and the contours of this particular woman’s face.
The National’s
The Virginia EP: The sonic accompaniment to director Vincent Moon’s rockumentary A Skin, A Night, The Virginia EP is a welcome gift to old National fans-and a nice little bonus trinket for those who fell in love with the band following last year’s breakthrough album, Boxer.
Norton’s Pastrami
A review of the Santa Barbara restaurant “to get your New York sandwich” fix.
Showy Hues
It’s a familiar sight all over town as a small street tree or a decorative shrub in commercial planters. Home gardeners love it as well, probably because the flowers are so showy and come in myriad warm colors.
This Burg’s Best Burger
Summer’s here and the time is right for grilling. But if you’re too lazy, don’t have a yard to grill in because this is real estate-impacted Santa Barbara, or you just prefer dining out, our panel of food writers has immodestly decided to name Santa Barbara’s Top 5 Burgers, one of which, in true S.B. style, doesn’t even have meat but still passes muster.
Pick Up the Park
The City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department, the Franceschi Park Advisory Committee, and the Riviera Homeowners Association are hosting a Franceschi work day Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m.-noon.
Sex and the City
In the big-screen version of Sex and the City, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) tells her husband, Steve: “I changed who I was for you.” Viewers will no doubt relate, but fortunately for those eager to reconnect with Miranda, Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) four years after the hit HBO series went off the air, the film remains mostly true to the spirit of the show, with clever writing and characters who struggle with their own failings but never give up on their friends.
