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just nailed it to boot. (Thanks Muzzys for getting us there.) Second, Wendi and I took the kids to Hahn Hall at the Music Academy last Sunday for Green Eggs and Hamadeus with the incomparable Rob Kapilow for one of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra’s Musically Engaging Experiences. It was a lot of fun and the girls – including my wife – loved it. Definitely worth checking out the MEE series and the Chamber Orchestra going forward (www.sbco.org). Third, I love Spencer the Gardener, and he’s playing Reds in the Funk Zone on Black Friday and SOhO on Saturday, November 30. See you there for some post-turkey day fun. Finally, I like photog Corey Sanders quite a bit. He’s really stepped up for us in the past few weeks as we’ve tried to focus more on quality imagery, and we appreciate his time and effort. Embarrassingly, we forgot to give him credit for his terrific cover shot of the Granada a couple weeks back (Vol. 2, Issue 44), and wanted to be sure that there was no confusion there. I secretly took this shot of Corey up in the whirlybird as he was hanging out the window, endangering his life for a few more photos (see right). Thanks Corey, you’re appreciated, man, seriously. If anybody is interested in seeing more of his work – you should be – then go to www.coreysandersphotography.com. Peace y’all, I’d better get going. My wife’s
Corey Sanders. The man with the photographic plan.
(impatiently) calling… apparently, we’re late on hanging the damned Christmas lights and I have to dig through the basement for all those plastic candy canes and frickin’ luminous Santas and reindeer and snowmen. Where in the hell did we put the Elf of the Shelf last year, anyway? Oh whatever. Here we go again!
SANTA BARBARA’S BEST BREAKFAST RELAX & ENJOY
GREAT FOOD FRIENDLY SERVICE SINCE 1928
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FOOD
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BBQ PORK QUESADILLA $5 MINI BURGER $4 (Add Cheese $.50)
GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH $5 With Gruyere Cheese, Bacon, & Carmelized Onions
The Bowl. What a wild geography we all share. Love it.
would, obviously, make for a unique date.) But that’s enough from me. I promised Publisher Tim that I’d keep it under a thousand words so we could use more of Corey’s photographs to tell the story right. Sorry Tim, I’m just cresting the maximum now. Let’s get to those pictures.
STUFF I LIKE
I really like Dan Casey and Santa Barbara Helicopter Tours. The experience was super easy and truly amazing, and I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity. (Thanks Dan!) I repeatedly thought about what a cool gift this would be for any local couple – did I mention
that you can bring wine up in the chopper? – with even the slightest sense of adventure and general appreciation for this wonderful place we live in. Check out www.helicoptertoursofsantabarbara.com or call (805) 845-4500 and ask for Dan. He’s pretty much always available – unless he’s flying – and will get you all set up. Happy heli-ride. I like music and thought I’d briefly mention three things in that regard. First, Ben Harper absolutely destroyed the Granada on Friday, November 15. It was an awesome show. Better than I expected, in fact. The Granada felt intimate and warm, almost like a tiny venue with a bunch of your friends, and the crowd was only bettered by the acoustics. Ben
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FRINGS $5 (Fries & Onion Rings) ONION RINGS $5
ZUCCHINI STICKS $5
MINI DOG $4 NY Style….Mustard & Sauerkraut REGULAR GRILLED DOG $4 Chopped Onion & Relish CHILI CHEESE DOG $4.50
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OUR FAMOUS STIFF WELL DRINKS & HOUSE WINES $5