March 2012 was wet and cold in the northwest. I'd had enough so I booked a ticket to Santa Barbara. My sister, Beth had been there all winter and was gracious enough to let me stay at her place. We poked around town visiting delightful places that nourished my soul despite the fact that their dry warm spell broke into cool and slightly wet just before I arrived. 

 

A friend had recommended Superica on Milipas. Always a line and simply SCRUPTIOUS! We ate there three of the four days of my visit. 

Our Lady of Mt Carmel, a delightful little church on East Valley Road charmed me with folk art decor and banana leaf palms. 

The Santa Barbara City Hall stands tall with Santa Barbara mission style architecture and a tower that reigns over the city and affords a magnificent 360 view.

The Santa Barbara Museum hosted exhibitions on SB history and the Flying A studios of Charlie Chaplin and his crew. 

  

Musicians, Starbucks, pinkberry and pedestrians all delighted my soggy northwest soul. 

This was a sketch of a photo in an exhibition of Enrico Natali's photography at the Santa Barbara Art Museum.