Mobile Post: Above the Tracks (photo)
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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.
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..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.
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I love Goleta.
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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.
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Interesting spot to watch the parade from. Something about the openness of the street and the relative lack of spectators makes it feel old.
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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.
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