In front of the Sunset Motel on State Street?
Did you send that note to google maps too? Or zillow?
It’s not an unknown reason, it’s an opinion which he shares on his own platform…. Why so salty? Was one of them your house? Lol
I was just talking to a gardener in my neighborhood from Ecolawn as he was using an electric blower. It had a backpack battery that powers all there equipment. Said it lasts all day and he prefers it to gas powered equipment.
It’s part of his lifestyle. If he swung a different way people would just think he’s an A-hole.
I thought the same thing!!!
The “lox and bagel” is actually a delicious, large portioned salmon filet entree. There is no bagel involved.
Really epic Pulitzer level reporting. Ridiculing people’s homes for unknown reason? Publishing photos of people’s homes ? Why?
To be fair, Mother Dough's website is a tad confusing. Yes, the Santa Barbara Street number is right below the large bagels photo next to the hours, but if you click on its contact page, the address is shown as "1505 Olive St., Santa Barbara 9301". I suggest that it would be best to update as soon as possible.
No kidding. A $24 cheeseburger?
This was such an enjoyable article. All of these streets were my old neighborhood haunts. Thank you for bringing back some terrific memories.
The clearing at Hot Springs/101 interchange.......almost slammed my brakes on thinking I took the wrong exit the other day. Yikes . Talk about a buzz cut!
Im on my morning walk and passing by gardeners using leaf blowers. I love the smell of 2 stoke oil in the morning! I can literally taste it in my mouth. Its so nasty.
I would think if OSHA really looked at it would ban the use as an occupational hazard.
That oil is landing on your plants, trees and garden vegetables and fruits.
A few years back I bought one for my gardeners to use around my house because of the noise and pollution.
I like Dan's idea of going after the homeowners.
Ultimately, the advancements in battery tech has easily made it easier and less expensive. Charging each night and in the trucks is more efficient that trips to the gas station and electricity so much cheaper.
As I was driving by mother Doughs on Sunday I saw a group of people on the sidewalk, as I passed I realized the group on the sidewalk was the end of the line of about 30 people waiting to get in to buy their bagels! I’ve been wanting to try it I guess I’ll have to go early
Very popular place
We hear gas powered leaf blowers constantly. Each homeowner has a different gardener and their schedules vary so it seems like there is almost always a blower blasting away around our neighborhood. So much for peace and quiet. We can’t fix schedules but we can require battery powered blowers which are much quieter. Our gardener uses an electric blower and it substantially reduces the noise. Life would be better with electric blowers.
I mean…he’s not wrong. It would have been faster for you. Just saying.
Bistro Amasa because they can. Coke, $6; Lox & Bagel, $40: Steak Frittes, $57. Wow.
Very nice to see the watercolor art, and landscape photos.
If you continue to put art in the web edition, it might help local artists like me, and it makes for a good read. Siteline could be a sort of rolling art gallery online.
A simple solution to noisy gasoline powered leaf blowers as to simply purchase a rechargeable battery powered leaf blower. I have an 80V blower that lasts 45 minutes on one charge and is extremely powerful.
Noise problem solved…
Very good article
Unfortunately as part of Tyler's closing for remodel, they laid off all their employees with zero notice. Showed up to work and were told to go home. I won't be going there when they reopen.
That’s the abominable snowman from the classic Rudolph cartoon
Well said Dan. A nice addendom to the ban would be to require the user to NOT wear hearing protective devices or wear a mask.
I've been working as a gardener in Montecito and SB since Ronald Reagan was president. And as a working gardener I voted for the gas leaf blower ban by the city of SB. Having worked at San Ysidro Ranch, The Biltmore, and El Encanto I always used a blower on the lowest setting so I didn't bother the guests by noise or dust. I think I'm the exemption.
This proposed ban will do nothing, as the residents of Santa Barbara know. Even back in the day when residents would call the cops on someone using an illegal blower, the cops wouldn't write a ticket unless they saw the poor sap using the blower, or the reporting party filed a report. I know this because I was the poor sap on several occasions. And guess what? I never paid fine. I showed up to court four times and every time either the reporting party of the cop that wrote the ticket didn't show. Case dismissed.
If the Montecito Association wants to do something they should go after the homeowners, the property owners that allow their gardeners to use leaf blowers on ear splitting volumes. And they could start with Oprah W., speaking for myself.
I work next door to her and every Friday morning from 9 to 12 there are three or four gas leaf blowers going full blast. How about we start at the top? Then work down to the poor saps that honestly, don't even have a clue how annoying their use of leaf blowers is. . . .
The ad in the Independent is correct. I was also on the non-human designed craft with Barney Hill of New Hampshire and can confirm that there were no buckle down charirs!
Beautiful watercolor!
