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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Nov 08, 2009 |
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The Golden Artichoke - The Golden Artichoke: Taking a bite out of this decorative artichoke would surely crack your teeth … or break your fingernail if you tried to pull off one of its leaves. In fact, it is made of iron.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Oct 11, 2009 |
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Dolls and Teddy Bears - Dolls and Teddy Bears: If you looked at the Sunday Edhat today, you're sure of a big surprise. If you are looking for the Where It Was, you'd better go in disguise.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Sep 27, 2009 |
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Horseshoe Walk - Horseshoe Walk: These particular parallel rows of used shoes are arranged in a random pattern. In the crosswalk, ninety-degrees to the left the shiny shoes spell out the word, WHOA.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Sep 06, 2009 |
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We Forget - We Forget: Once upon a time, there were fewer department stores in Santa Barbara. Two of them were at La Cumbre Plaza. One of those was Sears, and the other was Robinsons.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Aug 23, 2009 |
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Old Rusty - Old Rusty: The statue is an abstract representation of a sailing ship under the control of the mythical god of the winds, Aeolus, set within reflecting pool with water jets.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jul 26, 2009 |
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Ping Pong Park - Ping Pong Park: While rooftop basketball at the Old Carrillo Gym is totally old school, the outdoor ping-pong table at Pelican Park on Del Playa in Isla Vista is a piece of art in itself.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jul 12, 2009 |
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Bell and Trash - Bell and Trash: We know that when most people see trash and mission bells in the same picture they think Taco Bell, but this particular combo deal can be seen from a parking lot off of Santa Barbara Street.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jun 28, 2009 |
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Where's Mickey? - Where's Mickey?: It is not very often that you can say Mickey Mouse and City Hall in the same sentence, without upsetting a few people. We just did. And we'll do it again.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 30, 2009 |
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Forgotten Pillars - Forgotten Pillars: 2009 March Edness ended in the same way it started. The first two pictures of the month were Circuit City and Bee's Wing Art - two businesses that are no longer in business. The picture shown here is cut from the same cloth
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Bear Market - Bear Market: You would not think that Bear Markets are something that would be advertised in a storefront window on State Street.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 27, 2009 |
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Dragon on a Drainpipe - Dragon on a Drainpipe: This whimsical dragon face adorns a drain pipe that comes from a property in Hope Ranch down to the beach between Hendry’s and Hope Ranch Beach.
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Clear As Stained Glass - Clear As Stained Glass: If a two-paned window has only one pane that is stained glass, is the glass half full or half empty? You might be entertaining deep philosophical questions like this one.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 26, 2009 |
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Trains - Trains: This picture was taken next to the train tracks. Duh. Those of you with a one-track mind might think that there is only one train game in town.
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State Building - State Building: The sign in the picture clearly states that the building is in the State of California. We all know that California is a state of mind – an altered state, somewhere between paranoia and ecstasy.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 25, 2009 |
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Sun Flower - Sun Flower: Dan Chrynko is probably the most celebrated artist on Edhat. We’ve highlighted his lizards by Rocky Nook Park, his works for Phoenix House, and his bar at the old Sevilla Restaurant.
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Cone Roof - Cone Roof: Back in the day, when you saw a cone, you would scream for ice cream. And if you would scream, I would scream. And then, before you knew it, we would all be screaming.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 24, 2009 |
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New Cottage - New Cottage: Development on the new Cottage Hospital started back in 2005, and continues today. One of the first buildings to be completed was at the corner of Junipero and Bath Streets.
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On The Roof - On The Roof: The bird in the picture shown yesterday in our March Edness contest is not real. Otherwise, Ed admits, the picture would have been too hard.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 23, 2009 |
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Peacock - Peacock: This article might have been about the mosaic peacock above the State Street entrance to Macy’s in Paseo Nuevo.
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Barrel - Barrel: While you might expect to find this great big wine barrel at one of the great big wineries in the Santa Ynez Valley
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 20, 2009 |
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Haunted House - Haunted House: Yesterday, looking for the location of the Where Is It pictures became a lot like looking for a ghost.
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Door to the Stars - Door to the Stars: Zodiac signs are more than just idle conversation at single bars. They are the elements of a celestial coordinate system that dates back to ancient Babylonia.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 19, 2009 |
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The Other Mural - The Other Mural: There is a famous mosaic mural facing Victoria Street, on the side of the old Vons Supermarket. It's a six-panel tile piece by Joseph Knowles.
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Barn Dance - Barn Dance: If you’ve heard the chants from the opposing crowds at Dos Pueblos High School games, you might think that the Farmer image is something about which Goleta is ashamed.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 18, 2009 |
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Sun Sign - Sun Sign: Sun Time Tanning in Goleta has a very cool sign. It is neon, and it includes a palm tree, much like the palm tree used in the March Edness logo.
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Bar-b-que - Bar-b-que: Shaded by huge sycamore trees, this large group picnic area can host a group of approximately 80 people and has a large stone barbecue.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 17, 2009 |
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Friends Of Ed - Friends Of Ed: If you have been around Edhat for a bit, you must have realized that we don’t have a ton of advertisers.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 16, 2009 |
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De Forests For The Trees - De Forests For The Trees: Lockwood De Forest was a world-famous landscape architect who designed many of the famous gardens of Santa Barbara.
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Property Of - Property Of: The sign shown for Friday’s March Edness picture says, “US Property, No Trespassing”.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 13, 2009 |
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Drug Stores - Drug Stores: Ed has also liked the Rx sign out in front of the drug store on State Street just up from downtown.
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Statue Esq - Statue Esq: This is the tale of three statues. One of the statues was the one featured on March Edness.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 12, 2009 |
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Oh Deer - Oh Deer: It’s been more than two months since Rudolph and the gang drove the guy in the big red suit all over the world at midnight.
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Cigar Store Indian - Cigar Store Indian: A little tiny history lesson: A long time ago, more people couldn't read than could.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 11, 2009 |
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Let there be Light - Let there be Light: This retaining wall art is on the beach between Fernald Point and Summerland Beach.
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Mural - Mural: Well, spring has almost sprung in Santa Barbara, and the lovely spring colors in the photo can be found on the outside of UCSB's recently completed California NanoSystems Lab.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 10, 2009 |
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White Trees - White Trees: They stand like the ultimate Rorschach test. The question comes to mind...what do you see? A dog? A reindeer?
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The Golden Arch - The Golden Arch: A long long time ago, Santa Barbara was a kingdom.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 09, 2009 |
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Tre Bon - Tre Bon: At first glance, Santa Barbara isn't a town full of large and similar
apartment buildings.
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The End - The End: So, say you're headed out to UCSB, and you're in a hurry, and you turn right onto Calle Real from 154, and you think you'll just hop on the freeway and...oh my!
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 06, 2009 |
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Sandy Turtle - Sandy Turtle: This turtle looks like he just crawled out of the sea, but had he done that, it would have been a long trip up the hill to his resting place in the playground at Shoreline Park.
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Shimmery Steelhead - Shimmery Steelhead: This shimmery steelhead statue is swimming in the air in front of the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro/Hendry's Beach Park.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 05, 2009 |
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Showgrounds Electric - Showgrounds Electric: Gate B is a little less conspicuous these days, but it is one of the best viewing locations of the Showgrounds fancy new electronic sign.
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Blank Sign - Blank Sign: As they say in the movie, everything is related to Greek in some way. Well, that holds true of the Mackenzie Market.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 04, 2009 |
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Brick Display - Brick Display: The display arrow is still pointing, but whatever it was pointing to is past its pointing prime.
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Habit Dome - Habit Dome: The newest burger bistro with the addictive name in Santa Barbara is at La Cumbre Plaza, behind Vons, where the natural food store used to be.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 03, 2009 |
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Helmet Heads - Helmet Heads: To Ed, nothing says Circuit City like the helmet-head trees in the parking lot shown in yesterday's Where Is It picture.
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Bee Gone - Bee Gone: The store, as they say, became a has-been. They didn't remove their State Street facing sign, and they didn't paint over the bee mural on the side of the building that faced the notorious Longs Drug Store parking lot
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 02, 2009 |
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Back Door Facade - Back Door Facade: The crisscross, green facade shown on last week's Wednesday Where Is It was on the backside of a building that people might not have been able to identify if they had seen a picture of the front side of the building.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 23, 2009 |
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Picture Perfect Day - Picture Perfect Day: The dedicated staff of edhat.com was among those lucky Santa Barbarians at the beach on Saturday. We started out doing some serious work just off of Coast Village Drive in Montecito.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 16, 2009 |
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Drive By Shooting - Drive By Shooting: One day last year, Ed was driving the dedicated staff of edhat.com down State Street in the old green car. Out the window, the sky was overcast, and the light was the same color as a laser lemon Crayola Crayon.
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