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today's pictures | rules | standings | prizes | map   Mar 30, 2009 NEWS FROM EAST SIDE 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   Mar 30, 2009 NEWS FROM STATE STREE Bear Market You would not think that Bear Markets are something that would be advertised in a storefront window on State Street.   Mar 27, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 27, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 26, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 26, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 25, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 25, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 24, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 24, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 23, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Peacock This article might have been about the mosaic peacock above the State Street entrance to Macy’s in Paseo Nuevo.   Mar 23, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Barrel While you might expect to find this great big wine barrel at one of the great big wineries in the Santa Ynez Valley   Mar 20, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Haunted House Yesterday, looking for the location of the Where Is It pictures became a lot like looking for a ghost.   Mar 20, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 19, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 19, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 18, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 18, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 17, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 16, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA De Forests For The Trees Lockwood De Forest was a world-famous landscape architect who designed many of the famous gardens of Santa Barbara.   Mar 16, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Property Of The sign shown for Friday’s March Edness picture says, “US Property, No Trespassing”.   Mar 13, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Statue Esq This is the tale of three statues. One of the statues was the one featured on March Edness.   Mar 13, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Drug Stores Ed has also liked the Rx sign out in front of the drug store on State Street just up from downtown.   Mar 12, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 12, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Cigar Store Indian A little tiny history lesson: A long time ago, more people couldn't read than could.   Mar 11, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 11, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Let there be Light This retaining wall art is on the beach between Fernald Point and Summerland Beach.   Mar 10, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA The Golden Arch A long long time ago, Santa Barbara was a kingdom.   Mar 10, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA White Trees They stand like the ultimate Rorschach test. The question comes to mind...what do you see? A dog? A reindeer?   Mar 09, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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!   Mar 09, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Tre Bon At first glance, Santa Barbara isn't a town full of large and similar apartment buildings.   Mar 06, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 06, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 05, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Blank Sign As they say in the movie, everything is related to Greek in some way. Well, that holds true of the Mackenzie Market.   Mar 05, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 04, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA 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.   Mar 04, 2009 NEWS FROM SANTA BARBARA Brick Display The display arrow is still pointing, but whatever it was pointing to is past its pointing prime.   Mar 03, 2009 NEWS FROM WHOLE FOODS 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.   Mar 03, 2009 NEWS FROM MIDDLE STATE 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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