Good idea LE! For lesser known local events it would help them with exposure while providing the SB community something we could be missing out on. I'm sure we'd all appreciate it.
Totally agree!
Your publication and approach is useful, interesting and candid. I love it. Today’s news is either so slanted or too bland ( save NPR). Your real estate reviews are my favorite, especially in this town, where so much celebrity and realtor hype is misleading. My “ideas” per your request are 1) Guide/ratings mini publications on local restaurants, real estate, hotels, entertainment , beaches, surrounding towns. Do them with your personal style and comments. It would be fun, a bit challenging for all, and a must read. Subscription. Siteline for explorers. $50 year or $10 each
2) Offer your past articles, posts, comments by year and category. A subscription. Get one per year $15
3) Siteline forum. Quarterly town hall ( via zoom or chat) on key issues in town ( pipeline, housing, state street, harbour/ cruise boats, et). Start with survey, do forum , Publish results
Yes, I started as a journalist at 14 ( sports for local papers) , MS journalism Northwestern Medill, PR, then MBA , Business , then CEO several large consumer corporations. Moved five times. Then author “ ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMIT TO MAYBE” . WSJ/USA TODAY best seller. Love your stuff, keep going, be yourself, it’s fun. No more maybes!
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Erik, I love your newsletter just as it is, and always recommend it to everyone. The information about local news, events, and real estate is great. We’ve gotten some great ideas about travel, local restaurants, and I have followed your steps in “Walk with Me”. Your writing style, humor, and snark are so fun and engaging - please don’t change a thing!
Thank you so much for this helpful article. My husband is taking his mom next week and was looking for some fun activities. I am expecting they will get similar looks about seniors on the thrill rides.
How about “musings from staring at the black line at 6AM”? Or maybe a “mind-numbing to mind-blowing” scale for the main sets? JK!!! Everyone at the pool loves Siteline!!!
Love Siteline...thank you!
Siteline is invaluable! We appreciate your point of view. Santa Barbara is better for your takes and observations. Your thoughtful writing is honest and true. Please keep it up!
You are a treasure and I love your aesthetics!
I’d pay for a subscription. And I don’t mind the marketing emails. Please keep up the good work. The complaints come from people who need Metamucil.
Happy Cat Eats doesn’t allow the public to use the handicap spot anyways. The owner parks her Telsa in the spot illegally daily
Our family loves, and reads your posts all the time. My daughters from out of town read it, so then know where to go when they visit. You are a fabulous resource!! I would be willing to support in anyway I can. Thank you!
Love your wit, honesty, and ability to stay on top of new retail/restaurants. We look forward to all
Your posts, and emails. I know it can be a grind, but keep grinding cuz you are making a difference !!
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Thank you for sharing personal insights and a peak behind what goes into Siteline. Your style of journalism and the manor you portray our beautiful town is both intellectual and compelling.
Any creative angle you decide to try out, will be gladly read by myself. Thank you for what you do!
Noleta? Where does Goleta start then stop and Noleta start and stop? I was born and raised here, off of Turnpike and Noleta was not a thing. Is it a new city?
Siteline is fabulous! Keep up the good work, for which we are grateful. SB needs a little snark!
I didnt see anything in the article about leaving the US.
They seem to be very successful investors driving significant economic benefit to the community.
Happy New Year Sami! I envision you slurping a giant, spicy Chik fil A today!
One cannot outrun the stench of their roots, nor their lack of class derived from generations of misery, failure and regret. That’s why you serve us and it's why we use you to do our bidding.
Erik, we followed you from Tribeca! Love the work you do!
Yo Dougie- today Sable SOC is at $12.08!!!!! Can you believe the luck that the Federal Gov't NOW HAS AUTHORITY over Sable opening the pipeline! HALLELUJAH DOUGIE!
If Vegas was suddenly swallowed up but the Earth or struck down from above like Sodom and Gomorrah the world would be immediately and significantly improved.
You may be having a bit of an identity crisis. You want to be kinda neutral but it's your opinions and snark that many enjoy. Your personal favorites are often 5 star as opposed to my 3 star hotels and restaurants but that's okay because that's who YOU are. It will be a hard column to sell with your personality being a prime calling card (think Herb Caen or Michael Musto etc.). I would like to see you go further and inject yourself into more posts, not hold back to be PC or whatever. Now you say you won't be mentioning the high flyers that buy real estate here because of personal fallout or moral quibbles. But you know you want to know, so why wouldn't others? Lastly, you cannot be all things to all people. Be yourself and let the site be just as much about you as the posts YOU curate. My 5 cents, and yes, I enjoy the site! Happy New Year.
