Posted by ws1 on: September 02 2010
Vons aka soon to be million dollar condos. :)
Posted by ws1 on: August 25 2010
My brother has been nursing a hummingbird since it smacked into a window at my parents house (near Goleta). Here are a few shots my dad just sent of him holding it up to get some nectar. It's currently camping out in a little shoebox with some sugar-water. So hopefully the little guy recovers, though his wing looks pretty smashed up.
Posted by ws1 on: August 24 2010
..rattled the roof and walls of my office today. I grabbed a quick shot of
one as it passed by. Flying metal never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by ws1 on: August 22 2010
I love Goleta.
Posted by ws1 on: August 08 2010
Unexpected awesomeness last night (video at bottom of post).
Around 11:30pm on Sat (last) night, as my wife and I were walking home after an art show and a movie at Paseo Nuevo, we heard music coming from De La Guerra Plaza. We'd missed most of Fiesta this year for various reasons, so we walked over towards the noise hoping we might catch a few minutes of live tunes and a churro.
Though the vendors were starting to pack up, there was a sweet latin band playing in the old Casa (De La Guerra) courtyard behind the beer garden fence. To our surprise, only a few people were dancing in the center of the crowd. After standing there for only a few minutes we noticed that the small crowd doing the dancing was growing, and, before we knew it (zombie attack?) there was a full-blown (impromptu) group dance of at least 50-60 people going off on in the middle of the street outside the beer garden wall. It was like stars - and a dude with a whistle - aligned perfectly.
Easily the best fiesta moment I've had in years.
Here's a video (it gets good towards the 1/3 point) I took with my iPhone of the last song. It only partially captures the collective upwelling of happiness and spontaneity from the crowd.
Anyway. Watch it. And try not to smile.
Posted by ws1 on: August 05 2010
Decorations going up everywhere. Locals, brace for impact ( I'll be taking evasive maneuvers myself). I am now fresh out of pathetic Star Trek fiesta isms. Have a good day.
Posted by ws1 on: July 10 2010
I just snapped this picture of a partial rainbow over Santa Barbara. If you don't know why I'm typing in all caps about a rainbow..It's because you probably haven't seen the (below) video making the rounds on YouTube this week, where a guy, possibly high on a little more than life, has a meltdown when a rainbow appears in front of his house. It's gone viral enough to have been re-mixed into various songs - embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
Original Double Rainbow Video. I kind of envy how deeply he feels it. Though there may be a little more than a little medication involved.
Here's the Double Rainbow Song (awesome).
Posted by ws1 on: June 25 2010
For some reason, I'm imagining this sign being made hastily at 5am, without coffee.
Posted by ws1 on: June 03 2010
Class of 2010. Walking now.
Posted by ws1 on: June 03 2010
What do you make of this?
According to Wikipedia, "Gnosis (from one of the Greek words
forknowledge‚) is the spiritual knowledge of a saint, or mystically enlightened human being". So my question is, what's
with the archetypal devil outfit? Maybe there's a historical context
to his getup that I am missing? I was too intimidated to ask.
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