So I’ve often wondered just what is available in the way of Tours for Locals and visitors alike. So I hit the Search Engines and found Capt. jacks. Here’s a Quote from their website:

Small intimate/private events/tours include: Wine tasting tours, Coastal Sailboat cruises starting at $30, horseback rides & kayak tours $35, guided hikes & glider airplane flights. Captain Jack’s Tours offers these tours individually or prepackaged in a full day tour. See a full list of these and other choices on our “Tours and Rates” page..

This post is in the hopes that things can change on this planet earth! Not really having specific things about Santa Barbara California. But let’s get real people…. Working together, it is possible to create a more sustianable human existance — wouldn’t you agree?

A buddy of mine, Robert Klinger snapped these images below and the First Video is by myself followed by Roberts Videos spliced together. Enjoy!

Santa Barbara isn’t the only place where you can enjoy the Beach! Today we headed to the beach, or rather drove, with baby in tow to Santa Claus Lane. I didn’t know he had his own Beach. Accessed by crossing over the railroad tracks, through a few big rocks…and what a view. The castle Home is amazing. I’d like to get more information about it!

Well Solstice is tomorrow, and I headed on over to Alameda Park to check out the Friday festivities. Here’s a look at what you can expect to find tomorrow after the Parade – that’s if you can manage your way through the crowds! Now you can be prepared by knowing what kind of food, clothing and water (the sign Says”Support Solstice Buy REAL WATER” – Just what other kind of Water is there I have to wonder!) .

So I’ve been wanting to know when the Fiesta Poster Competition was going to be held. About a month ago I called the Fiesta Offices and was told that it was up to the Fiesta President to decide whether or not there would actually be a contest, I and a few other artists were interested in entering a piece for consideration.

So I emailed the fiesta office today as a follow up and the President Anthony Borgatello to find out what’s [...]

Do you Twitter? Are you fashionably on time with all that’s happening in and around your world? Twitters’ just taking the world by storm and it’s not just for waving ‘HI’ anymore.

There are discussions taking place these days about the possibilities of Twitter becoming a place where rallies could be formed, and not just peaceful rallies. Over at FORA.TV there are 10 videos under the Twitter Search Term.

Meanwhile, SantaBarbaraLocal has just started to get into the fray! Join us at [...]

So, here’s the days catch of photographs from the iMadonnari festival this Memorial day over at the Santa Barbara Mission. The crowd was plentiful and everyone was abuzz looking and chatting it up. Meanwhile I got some fairly decent snapshots of the Artwork and here they are. Page may take a little while to load as there are over 50 images there.

Nice little video about Santa Ynezs’ Wine Valley as it ties into the Movie ‘Sideways’ Five years later.

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Where do you go on vacation when you already live in a destination spot? For residents of Los Angeles, a day trip to Disneyland or Universal Studios may not scratch the itch. The quick getaway options around the City of Angels — particularly those on a budget — are plentiful. There are mountains, desert and, of course, a plethora [...]

Summer is almost here, which means ripe time for B-B-Qing. and that means Tri-Tip in Santa Barbara County.

Quoted from Wikipedia.org:
The tri-tip is a cut of beef from the bottom sirloin primal cut. It is a small triangular muscle, usually 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. (675 to 1,150g) per side of beef.

In the United States, this cut was typically used for ground beef or sliced into steaks until the late 1950s, when it became a local specialty in Santa Maria, California, rubbed [...]