Your sense of humor, attitude and well snark I guess keeps me coming back.
No room for right wing homophobes on this lovely site. Back to Bakersfield you go Christine
YOU LOVE ME DOUGIE! YOU REALLY LOVE ME!
My advice on Sable is great advice- DO IT!
Keep up the fantastic work, dear Erik! You do such a service for the community and I am so grateful for my regular dose of Siteline. As I mentioned to you, Siteline made me feel more at home and more connected to the community when I first moved here. Thank you for doing the hard work and delivering the goods!
We absolutely love Siteline, thank you! An idea for keeping it fresh in reaction to you saying you love the community connection Siteline creates, what about more showcasing more local happenings / events? sort of like Time Out does for bigger cities. So many creative people doing cool things but there’s not a good place to know what’s on. Indy events cal is flooded with a lot of reoccurring events from big organizations, I’d love to see the lesser known stuff like Galavant concerts showcased!
what sets Siteline apart is that it's personal and professional. one voice, one perspective on a myriad of topics. way better than canned journalism on behalf of a board's perspective. thank you! T
Erik - I find your candidness interesting and refreshing. Yes opinions we all have them but yours are thoughtful and intelligent- please don’t stop sharing them. Your Siteline is the best resource we have for our tiny town to keep us current and relevant. Many of us in the community rely on it for valuable information and your tasteful feedback. Personally the comment section I read for pure entertainment, people take themselves so seriously. The day Siteline isn’t available is a super sad day. Thank you for your behemoth lifting at my great pleasure. I think your Aces.
LOVE Siteline! Thank you for your well-placed efforts and refreshing POV. We always look forward to the next read.
Site is great, enjoy the local coverage and your jaunts. Also based on that anecdote I’d just turn off comments entirely, nothing of value would be lost.
Love your newsletter! It’s great!!! Please keep writing and sharing! I so appreciate your candor and insight and humor! 😊
And the winner this year in the category of "Commenter who can turn any Siteline post into a right-wing talking point" goes to.... Christine!
And I would also like to personally thank Christine! for her excellent investment advice - please see her comment posted 3/2/2025 when she confidently claimed "Now is the time to invest in Sable stock!" (Sable Oil is down 69% since that date thru yesterday).
Awkward pastry (Ventura)! Just ordered her 8-10 person coffee cake for Christmas and it was a HUGE hit. So good!!
Thanks so much for all your hard work in putting together Siteline. Love the combination of local news, real estate and restaurant info! Comment section has definitely heated up in the last year but hey it’s the internet…Happy new year and again thanks for one of my favorite “sites”.
Agree ……the cinnamon raisin bread in Oat Bakery is good. I’d like to add pecans rather than walnuts though. Pain D’avignon in Chatham MA has one like that. It’s amazing! Also ….. trying to score bread at Oat Bakery before Cmas was an huge ordeal. Ran out in Goleta, and Montecito …. huge lines in town.
Birthday cakes are super from Jeanine’s, especially the Chocolate Heaven !
Thank you Erik I love your newsletter! I’d continue to include ideas for how to improve some of the quirks you call out at properties or restaurants so it’s helpful vs. just negative. Also lots of interesting changes coming to residential permitting process next year could be interesting to include as a profile. Keep up the great work!
Fascinating to get a peek behind the curtain. Thank you for being candid and vulnerable, and for all you do. I speak for many others when I say this site is Santa Barbara culture core. It feels both necessary and like a decadent treat. Can’t wait to see where you go from here.
Siteline is our “go to” for all things interesting happening in town. We love your commentary as well. Keep up the great work Erik!!
The wine cake at Pierre Lafond is sublime.
I absolutely agree with this and thank you, Ken, for 'saying' it...and thank you, Erik, for all of the work! We do realize that it's extremely labor-intensive.
Makes a great babka which is a coffee cake to me… https://www.doughbydoug.com/
You can order online and he’s at: at DEUX Bakery 824 Reddick Street.
Love the website and newsletter. Thanks for all you do. Keep it up!
Keep it up Erik! Happy New Year!
P.s. let me know if you find out how to keep everyone happy . . .
Nobody can get thru a month (if that long) without disappointing people. People's expectations are unrealistic, and often unwarranted.
The site is great, thanks for doing it.
Number 1 story is Ellen and her wifie dumping the US because of TDS? HAHAHAHAHA! Please post the current Ellen photo of her 3 stooges Moe cut- I dare you!
