1. Santorini
(LIFE/Latest)

.... Perfume. Lunch. Fish. How to eat the brain of a lamb. Customs. Rolling cigarettes. Wine. Ouzo. Renaissance men indeed! Movies. This first one clearly illustrates why we did not take the boat to...

2. Things We Do and Say
(EAT/DRINK/Foodie Research)

I love my vineyard. It's a beautiful patch of land outside Santa Rita hills near Buelleton. A great place to invite friends and have weekend picnics. Okay, it's not really my vineyard and those

3. a piece of heaven
(EAT/DRINK/Flavor Spot)

... fantastic and know what it tastes like, which in this case would be the taste of Renaud's almond croissant from Renaud's Patisserie & Bistro in Santa Barbara. ...

4. Where do i begin?
(EAT/DRINK/Flavor Spot)

Call me crazy but i can't stop myself from trying every new (or old) restaurant in this city! Did some one say "best burrito?"; well, yeah, "Super Something" was quite good. O

5. Christmas and New Years
(LIFE/Latest)

My brother came to visit over Christmas break, which incidentally was the first time i could take a real holiday since leaving "that other place." I took the liberty of spending the entire t

6. Don't Stop Believin' (by Journey)
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

...hris Whitley to Air Supply. I think i was the only one singing to that one, but hey - life's short and Santa Barbara sorta makes me want to sing "Don't Stop Believin' at the top of my lungs while...

7. Catching-Up Before New Years
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

... end with a short movie of Diva at the Beach. I should also mention that i've fallen in love with Santa Barbara - the great weather, nice beaches, killer restaurants, and endlesss opportunities t...

8. Walking On Sunshine!
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

Yes. I really am this much of a dork. But whoo-hoo - I'm moving to Santa Barbara to take a great job and this ebullient song by Kartina and the Waves hits the nail on the head!

9. The Big Blue Marble
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

... And from Morford's latest column referring to a different speech by the Mayor of San Diego. The speech actually expresses one of the most precious and endangered ideas in ...

10. The Time is NOW!
(LIFE/Latest)

If you don't know who Aung San Suu Kyi is - here's your chance. I also encourage you to read more about her and the struggle for human rights, freedom, and democracy for Burma. 

11. What happens in Santa Barbara - stays in Santa Barbara.
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

Especially if it involves horses. I rode Hersey who needed encouragement in the form of a stick on the bum. It was a lovely time, gorgeous scenery, beautiful ranch... but after five hours of riding

12. There Was A Time
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

...vists, and the passionate tree-hugging people of my past -- for Bonnie, Nilak, MT, Norma Jean, John, Susanna, Bobcat, Leeann, and Stars. But i still remember... i was zola976. i was planet-peace...

13. Garden of Love
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

...lame. I marvel at the tiny fruits, their beginnings and natural spiral upward towards the sky. The thousands of moments which make up their journey; the thousands of moments which make up mine -- to r...

14. Two Girls and a Lobster
(EAT/DRINK/Flavor Spot)

...fe aren't free. Some of the best things in life require driving through the arm-pit of Hell-Ay to the San Gabriel valley, into the heart of the nations largest Asian American community to indulge a...

15. Yashica Mat 124
(LIFE/Wildly Facinating)

Sweet isn't she?! This Yashica Mat is a twin-lens reflex camera made from 1968-1970, manufactured in Japan. I scored this gorgeous old camera w/lenses, filters and capro off ebay last month.

16. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
(LIFE/Esprit d\'escalier)

In The Quiet Land (By Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) In the Quiet Land, no one can tell if there's someone who's listening for secrets they can sell. The informers are paid in the blood o

17. Good times in SB
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

..., Barb, and Rob at Brophy's. They are all so cute in this photo! I always have a great time visiting Santa Barbara. ...

18. Old Friends...
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

...see my old friend Don. It's been twelve years and he hasn't aged a bit! Amazing. We worked together in San Diego and played together in Vancouver, BC while attending university. Great guy and i was ha...

19. Midnight Bikram
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

Playing in the ice plant in Santa Barbara. Silly fun ensued after much wine and talking and a great sunset.

20. Tiffin Lunch Box
(EAT/DRINK/Foodie Research)

...es. I love them! I was inspired to find out more about them after reading how dabbawallas delivery thousands and thousands of hot lunches daily and nary ever lose one. I would pay to have a hot lunch ...

21. Solo For Saturday Night Guitar
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

..., light as a bubble, a blossom, or a finger or a wisp of hair never forgotten. -- CARL SANDBURG ...

22. day twelve, class nine
(LIFE/Joie de Vivre)

... a spec-tac-ular journey so far! June 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm Update: on Wednesday after the asana Rabbit Pose, SASANGASANA… i had the most incredible euphoric feeling. It was the firs...

23. You Know She's Funny
(Archived/LIFE/Daily)

    Something tells me she's probably doing the exact same dance in Santa Barbara!