Last Night in Santa Barbara

Another Blackberry Post (well started on Blackberry ...

So, this is my last night in Santa Barbara. I have never traveled to a city that I loved being in until I first came here 14 months ago. Don't get me wrong, being home with my wife and kids on a lazy Sunday afternoon is the 7th layer of heaven. But, when you travel for work, being in a city you love can make the loneliness of travel more bearable.

So, what do I love and not love about this city...

Santa Barbara's beauty is second only to the faces of my three girls bathed in the glow of their bedside desk lamps. The city is a mellifluous cacophony of sounds, smells and sights. There are homeless people begging, credit-card hippies serenading passerbys with songs by Phish, U2 (no band sucks more than U2), Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, etc., people walking dogs, sponsored bike riders peddling down the street and skaters traversing through this maze. State Street (the main throughfare) is brimming with restaurants of all types. You can smell fresh Danish pastries, Italian pastas, Indian non, Greek pitas, etc... Plus, they have a Seinfeld deli!

All of this is captured on the canvas of the main street of what is a college town, a vacation spot and a celebrity magnet. The city is surrounded by the Santa Ynez mountains and the Pacific ocean. It is a city that is blessed with Mediterranean temperatures in the 60's and 70's all year round.

Ok... I wanted to capture the essesence of the city and I may be too tired to stay focused. Well, I guess it is all right, unless I decide to sell my story... LOL