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On Fridays, Whole Foods in Santa Barbara has a pizza deal.
Buy 2 pizzas at regular price, and a third pizza of equal or lesser value is free.

We were hungry, and planned a quiet night in watching videos. What better meal to hunker down on the sofa with than some yummy pizza.
The pizzas ordered were ham […]

Check out these awesome blistered almonds, from the Saturday farmers market.
What was nice touch, wrapping them in little wax paper bags and tying them up with brown string.
They come in a variety of flavors, and the Chinese 5 Spice is nice, but I like the plain salted ones the best.
Just $5 for a big scoop.
Fat […]

Whitefoot is probably the last remaining mom and pop butchery in Santa Barbara. So I am very conflicted to hear that a Fresh and Easy grocery store chain is moving into Whitefoot’s space, along with a row of other mom and pop businesses in that block.
Ironically, F&E is supposed to be a neighborhood market that […]

I have to give a big shout out to Shepherd Farm, who sets up shop in the middle of the Saturday farmers market, the first aisle along the Cota side. I believe he comes to the Tuesday evening market, but I’ve lately only been going to the Saturday market.
This time of year he has a […]

I took the day off to celebrate my birthday without the hassles of work taking up my attention. For lunch we went to Metropulos to eat a gyro. Theirs are the best in town, made from scratch, and only served Fridays at lunchtime. Since I no longer work in this area, my only hope to […]

The French Press is a great place to stop off on the First Thursday tour of galleries downtown. There is always interesting (and often affordable) art on the walls, there is sometimes musical entertainment, and more often than not, there’s some nibble or sip to sample.
This evening, they had all three - art, music and […]

It’s Risa’s birthday event, and she wanted to visit wineries in the Urban Wine Trail. I joined for the Jaffurs portion.

I have to say, Jaffurs doesn’t overwhelm me, or even whelm me. The less expensive wines are in the $20 range, and most others are quite a bit more. I don’t have that kind of […]

Post-market coffee and nibbles with Nicky, we hit up le French Press for a change of pace. Ran into Ove in the back patio seating area and had an invitation to join him and his daughter for a pastry, but we opted to sit out front and discuss massage plans.

I had a cappuccino, […]

Saturday at the market is a highlight of the week. Not only is it an opportunity to do the weekly shopping, but it’s a social hub as well. Many of my friends go to the market, and every Saturday morning I expect to hear my phone bleep with “Market @ 10?”
When gasoline prices went up […]

We’d just been wine tasting in the Funk Zone and needed to walk off the effects and soak up some of the alcohol with food. Poked our heads into the Bay Cafe just around the block and saw Wendy working at the bar. It was also just before 7 pm, so we made it in […]