We continued our fun in Santa Barbara by having Stella andParis, two standard poodles, jumping into bed with us. These two think they arepeople, as most dogs do. At fifty pounds they make big lap dogs, but they tryanyway.
We met friends for lunch at Brophy’s at the marina. Brophy’sis yet another great place to eat. I know it sounds like all we do is eat, butwhen we find a good place to eat we like to pass it on to friends so they canenjoy them is they are in the area. Anyway, I have known Bruce and LindaPickard since living in northern Virginia and working for Martin Marietta inthe District of Columbia. They are absolutely great people. They came to SantaBarbara for Bruce’s 45th HS reunion the weekend before meeting themfor lunch, and the following weekend they were off to a niece’s wedding at alocal winery. It was a great coincidence that allowed us to get together.
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| Bill, Linda, Barbara and Bruce |
After lunch we said our goodbyes to Bruce and Linda andwalked the beachfront and pier. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed having achance to work off some of the calories we have been packing in. We have been verylucky to have terrific meals on this trip, and the best was yet to come.
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| Barbara and friends |
Randy took us to the Santa Barbara Community College fine dining facility. Randy isthe head of the culinary arts program there, and one of the courses involvesrunning a fine dining restaurant. The students order and prepare the food,provide the dinning room service, and handle the management of the enterprise.They do this under the supervision of a chef/professor. Actually, the culinaryarts students also operate the cafeterias and a coffee house on campus. I have to say, they do a great job. If you are in Santa Barbara while classes are insession, contact the community college and inquire about reservations. They serve Thursday and Friday evening. Come prepared for a two-hour, four course fine dining experience with a wine included. You will not be disappointed.
Tomorrow we are off to Corona del Mar south of LA.
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