Scurry SB in a Sweet Surrey

February 5, 2009 by

Just imagine it: You're coasting down a hill, wind in your hair, sunset over you shoulder as you whiz down the road with five of your friends. No, it's not the pitch for a cheesy Super Bowl ad (I've s...
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Flutter By Ellwood Preserve

January 29, 2009 by

Butterflies. Not exactly what people think of when they think of Goleta. The average person is more likely to picture the beer-swilling, good looking, brilliantly scholastic UCSB student. In spite of ...
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Hike Up SB’s Seven Falls

January 22, 2009 by

The Santa Ynez mountains above Santa Barbara mean several different things to people. They stand for wealth, for the massive homes that peer over our fair city and out to the ocean. They stand as a co...
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Hanging Out in the SB Harbor

January 15, 2009 by

This week, I set out to the city for which our humble university takes its name. It’s worth the time to get to know Santa Barbara itself and not just State Street. One of the easiest — alt...
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Escape the Isla Vista Bubble

January 8, 2009 by

I'm just back from Scotland and settling into my old routine. I moved about six feet to the apartment next door, applied for my old job and last, but certainly not least, returned to this little oppor...
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Escape From I.V. – The Extreme Edition

October 1, 2008 by

Editor's note: Jimmy Fremgen, the "Escape from I.V." columnist, really escaped - to London. He will be writing a weekly online column, "Escape from I.V.: Extreme Edition," documenting his foreign adve...
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