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Santa Barbara photo of the week by Bill Heller. (click to enlarge)
Ahh Christmastime in Santa Barbara, when everyone decorates their… umm.. rigging? Which of course makes the beautiful Santa Barbara Harbor even more enjoyable than usual. – Bill Heller
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{ As a business owner with a downtown shop I'd definitely put up a sign. I know a lot of shop owners on the first floor... } – Jun 19, 4:44 PM { Coffee...talk about a straw man. } – Jun 19, 1:12 PM { If some stranger asks me to buy them a cup of coffee, I will tell them NO. Why enable bad behavior? } – Jun 19, 1:00 PM { Don't distort the argument Walt. This is about conduct; not people. We have a right to expect certain conduct and prohibit certain conduct. That is... } – Jun 19, 12:59 PM
{ Giving meters may not convince people to give, unless the ADDED benefit is convincing. Would the donation just be substituted for taxes? Why not enable... } – Jun 19, 12:47 PM
{ I intentionally did not write about the homeless, but rather panhandlers, who may indeed be homeless, or just passing through. Homelessness has a myriad of... } – Jun 19, 12:34 PM
{ How dare the homeless be homeless in Santa Barbara. Don't they know we are entitled to not have to look at them on State Street,... } – Jun 19, 11:47 AM
{ Why are we asking the government to solve these problems? If it concerned so many people, why cant citizens ban together in numbers and take... } – Jun 19, 11:14 AM { Emergency call kiosks need to be installed on every block of downtown Santa Barbara. See something; say something. UCSB and SBCC use them and we... } – Jun 19, 10:59 AM
{ I just want to be able to go downtown with my family and not have to be hit on by multi.panhandlers....To say nothing of the... } – Jun 19, 10:52 AM { Put the emphasis on what is unacceptable conduct on our streets; not unacceptable people. } – Jun 19, 10:34 AM { We need to find out why this former "Real Change" program did not work. My guess is the vagrants themselves intimidated business owners who tried... } – Jun 19, 10:32 AM { Wife and I just got a Sonos and its really the coolest thing. Found out they are here in SB too. Get a bridge and... } – Jun 19, 2:09 PM { Detox? Poison? Cocaine? The junk science is ovewhelming. Just eat well and enjoy life and you'll be a lot happier than folks like this. } – Jun 19, 1:19 PM { Seriously. "Molecular structure akin to cocaine" shows a complete misunderstanding of science. While the two substances have almost no chemical similarities at all, the way... } – Jun 19, 1:18 PM
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My favorite place to be in Santa Barbara! Beautiful image Bill!
Thanks Bob! It’s definitely one of mine too!
One of the gorgeous places in all the world. Love the coloring
Thanks Anon! A nice long exposure really brought out the colors in the early evening.
Don’t rich people own boats? I thought the “rich” were the official bad news bears for 2013 and here we are celebrating the visuals of their excess. My, my what a confusing year 2013 is going to be. Unless this was intended to be an illustrated menu for the Eat the Rich Cafe.
Yes absolutely, only rich people own boats! You solved our whole economic problem JJ. Lets divide the debt by the number of boats in the country and make the owners pay up.
I sure hope you were trying to be funny and you don’t really believe everything the politicians tell you. It’s the politicians who are selling us out and trashing our economy.