Hello Karen,
Wow... I remember that evening vividly... yes, you were upset about your pizza not being hot enough. I has my pizzaiolo make you entirely new pie. I personally delivered the pizza to you at the bar and told you it was on the house. You still were not happy and complained. So NO... I "basically" did not tell you to get out.
Two years later... still a Karen.
Love the comments!
State Street and our City are being radically mismanaged. Our City officials do not understand people (locals or tourists). They evdiently have no idea how an economy works or thrives. Coast Village Rd, Linden Ave, Solvang, and San Luis Obispo having thriving downtown streets. We have the State Street Dump from the 400 block to the 1200 block - one long black hole. You can't tax your way to prosperity. As a local family, we don't go downtown anymore. It's a dump. The 500 block is a bunch of bars and restaurants. Terrific. How much alchohol can one small city and a group of college students consume in a week, every week? What about the rest of the inaccessible Street? State Street is a mismanaged abyss.
Re: travel guide I'd love to read that as always enjoy your recommendations. Make it available for download with a Siteline Plus subscription with the ability to disable comments/block commenters and it'll be a must-buy.
Might be worth looking at micro-distribution sites like Gumroad, I think they only take a 10% cut.
The website is Wordpress; the email newsletter is MailChimp, which I would not recommend.
Don't think that makes sense.
Erik, hello
What company do you use to prepare and release Siteline??? Please? Thanks
Bill
I go to Trip Advisor when researching travel since it covers a wide range of topics and includes user feedback (so is constantly being 'updated'). Even though creating another website isn't your first choice, I would think it would be the most popular since it's free, searchable and doesn't require a PDF download. Perhaps it could be an extension of this site since you already have a following and advertisers. Whatever you decide, local boots on the ground is always best since so many national publications covering Santa Barbara fall short with outdated or ill-informed advice.
Nonsense. The owner wanted a chain restaurant in that space not a mom and pop operation. That is what happened. We lost a great restaurant.
Oy vey.
My humble opinion as a 40-something DINK traveler: I Google blog posts for travel advice, ie “The Top 10 Desserts to Try in San Francisco” or “What to Do on a Day Trip to Nara” Wouldn’t have to be a separate site unless you think it would be off-brand to have a separate section dedicated to travel advice. The fact that it would be on a site for locals is a draw for many. Hope this helps. 😀
not sure on the accuracy but ChatGPT says that the owners of Rusty’s Pizza bought the property in the Funk zone.
I’ve looked at travel ebooks on amazon and kindle quite a bit; especially useful to get
A locals perspective that is more authentic than lonely planet.
E-books are pretty common nowadays… sometimes a pain on the small phone screen … but good start…
I'm a protein/salad gal so had to try the Tamar salad today. I couldn't decide on which dressing so chose both. OMG my new favorite salad in town!
And hold the presses I forgot my other fave-sea and earth mojcate at Los Agaves.
I have wondered for years about 1545 EVR. Does anyone know the history of the property?
My fave bites are Corazon’s Nortena taco and Sal de Mar tostada, Empty bowl’s chicken larb tacos and hangover noodles, Arigato’s soft shell crab and fluke ‘n crab, Bibi Ji’s Mysore bonda, chicken tikka and best dal and last but not least the avo jalapeño smashburger at Third window.
As I have written before, if the city had hired Rick Caruso to complete a plan for State Street it would have been completed by now. Why? Because the plan would have made sense for retailers, the public and tourists, retaining the beautiful and historic aspects of State Street with with restaurant expansion, safe walking paths and bike lanes. The plan would have been so good the city could have already raised the funds off it. Instead, the inept council has someone bring in ugly metal walkways to solve the problem? Let’s all work to vote the entire city council out asap.
Teddy’s from Carp
Irene Davis Bakery. I worked there.
Anyone know what’s going on across from Mackenzie park?
Susan Sullivan and Winston Sullivan ran Tutti’s and Susan was the brains and the chef of the whole operation. Unfortunately, Winston didn’t pay the rent timely and was a “screw-up” and that’s why Tutti’s was evicted and moved to Ventura, where Tuttini opened.
Maybe we get away from the district elections. This town is too small for that. We end up work uncontested, unqualified candidates that lack understanding of financial basics & pander to special interests.
It would be nice if the Noozhawk article mentioned the largest revenue generator on the Finance Committee's list of options: "Increase Waterfront Slip Fees to market rate" with a predicted increase of $1million-$3 million in revenue. This would have a big impact on how the harbor runs, which I don't think is fully understood.
