Jesusita Fire - How to Support & Help

Jesusita Fire - LA Times photo gallery, click here

Please consider supporting:

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
http://santabarbarabotanicgarden.givezooks.com/

Santa Barbara County Firefighter Benevolent Foundation
http://www.sbcfbf.org/

Santa Barbara Fire Fighter Alliance
http://www.sbfirefightersalliance.org/

Santa Barbara Food Bank - for every $1 it receives, the Food Bank can buy $7 worth of food
http://www.foodbanksbc.org/donateonline.html

Santa Barbara Humane Society
http://sbhumanesociety.org/member.html

Santa Barbara Humane Society - donation page
http://www.firstgiving.com/sylviedogsb

Santa Barbara Red Cross
http://sbredcross.org/order/cart.php

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
http://www.sbwcn.org/

Wildflower or Bust!

SB Bikes To-Go had a blast for the 7th-year in a row at the annual Wildflower Triathlon held at Lake San Antonio in scenic Monterey Co., California. This strenuous swim, bike, run race has been around since 1983 and brings the likes of 7,500+ participants and over 30,000 spectators and campers each year.

Wildflower is truly an experience, not just an event. Good times all around hanging out with old friends like the Atkins family & Rich Strauss/Endurance Nation team and making new friends with the Pasadena Tri folks.

Pre-race

Race Morning

Long-Course Race: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike & 13.1 mile run

Joe O.

Carter A.

Post-Race Festivities

Hope you can join us next year!

Earth Day: Bike, Bus or Walk

The Community Environmental Council’s 39th Annual Earth Day Festival will take place next Sunday, April 19 at Alameda Park, 10am-5:30pm.

The Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival features: free bike checkups & valet, Green Car show, wine and beer garden, live music, food vendors, a kids' area with hands on activities and 2oo+ exhibitors.

Come to Earth Day 2009 car free, then stop by the Santa Barbara Car Free/Air Pollution Control District booth and enter to win prizes, including pairs of Amtrak Pacific Surfliner tickets and the Grand Prize, round-trip tickets for two including roomette accommodations from Santa Barbara to Portland or Seattle on the Amtrak Coast Starlight!

Bike:

• To plan your route, check out the online bike maps at www.trafficsolutions.info. Try linking up with the oceanfront bicycle path along Cabrillo Boulevard, or the bike lanes on Bath, Castillo and State Streets.
• FREE Community bike rides to to Earth Day from several locations including UCSB and Carpinteria.
• FREE valet bike parking at the Corner of Santa Barbara & Sola Streets, provided by Bici Centro.
• Get a FREE bike check up from local bike mechanics, provided by the Santa Barbara Bike Coalition.

Bus:

• Free Buses from all over town stop at the MTD Transit Center. From there you can either walk to Alameda Park (5 blocks) or take Line 2 to Santa Barbara Street (walk 2 blocks), or Lines 6 or 11 to State and Sola (walk 1 block).
  
• The electric shuttle also stops near Alameda Park.

Walk:

• Earth Day’s location makes it easy to get to without a car.
  
• Alameda Park is only a 30 or 40-minute walk from the Mesa, Upper State Street, or Milpas Street, and can be easily reached from lower downtown and the harbor either entirely on foot or with help from the MTD Downtown/Waterfront shuttle.
• Lace up your walking shoes and get some exercise while you make this a car-free day!

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3 Feet to Pass

The new Mission Street Bikelanes were dedicated here in Santa Barbara this afternoon, complete with a Ribbon-Cutting ceremony, sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara.

The new bike lanes now extend 3 blocks making for safer bike travel east & west on Mission St. between Castillo St. and Modoc Rd., including the highway 101 under crossing.

Cheers to the City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments and the Santa Barbara Bike Coalition for pursuing safer conditions for residents and visitors.

Mission Street bike lane / Taryn O. on bike heading East towards Castillo St.

Mayor Marty Blum cuts the ribbon

The Paseo Nuevo Trio

Paseo Nuevo is one of Santa Barbara's most distinctive collection of shops, restaurants and art venues. Here you'll discover Spanish-style courtyards, flowing fountains and winding paseos...

Yet, no trip to Paseo Nuevo would be complete without getting a glimpse of the famous Dog, Cat, Rat trio (AKA Booger, Kitty, and Mousey) that have been spreading their message of peace and tolerance for over eight years on State Street at E. De La Guerra Street.

Not your college brew

Every Monday-Friday from 4pm-7pm the Canary Hotel (31 West Carrillo) in the heart of Downtown Santa Barbara offers a killer Happy Hour at their restaurant & bar Coast.

The Canary chirped about their Wednesday Beer Tasting on twitter and these two seasoned UC Santa Barbara alums jumped on our bikes and had to check it out!

This is definitely not your college brew.

Allagash White Beer, Lost Coast Raspberry Brown, De Konick Pale Ale, He'brew Jewbelation

For $12 bucks each we ponied up to the bar for 4-30z. samples of flavorful and distinct beer served with a perfectly grilled jumbo shrimp & farmer's market greens appetizer.

We know what we're doing next Wednesday...hopefully we'll see you there.