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it's a local tradition....go see local politicians, big wigs and personalities flip flapjacks for you. It's a deliciously great FUNdraiser! This Saturday at Alameda Park 7:00 a.m. - noon. 

The Kiwanis 62st Fiesta Pancake Breakfast will be coming alive. 62 years of serving delicious pancakes dripping in butter and syrup. Buy your tickets online now for $7.00. Kiwanis pancake breakfast is as much a part of Santa Barbara Fiesta as Noches de La Ronda, El Rodeo and Los Mercados. - Kiwanis Club

 

Labels: Fiesta, Fun, pancakes, Santa Barbara

Viva La Fiesta!

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1. Loud noises can spook horses. When you are around horses don't yell, scream, set off noise makers.
2. Unknown and/or strange movements can spook horses. Don't go throwing things at horses, don't take off shirts and whirl them around over your head whooping it up. Don't zig zag down the street on a skateboard. Don't start blaring your boombox. Don't run across the street right in front of an oncoming horse. Don't make sudden, quick motions toward horses.
3. Horses, like humans, have a natural fear of fire and when they smell smoke...it raises a red flag. So...duh...don't smoke around horses.
4. Horses have a different visual of their surroundings than we humans do. They can't see a portion right in front of them and a portion right in back of them. If you make sudden sounds or movements that come from a part of their "blind spot", you just might spook them.
5. Horses can "talk" but with body language. They will let you know if they are jittery, calm, angry, curious...etc. You just have to know how to read their language. Don't expect to walk up to a horse and pet them when they have their ears pinned to the back of their head. Ask the rider or handler if you can "pet" them, preferably not on the face.
   
6. Crowds can be stressful for both horses and humans and their actions may be ampliefied due to stress.

Labels: Fiesta, horses

Viva La Fiestaware!


Fiestaware Rainbow
Originally uploaded by Miss Anthropology.

Yes...Fiesta Dinnerware (a.k.a Fiestaware.) The colorful plates produced by the Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, West Virginia were developed by a one-time Santa Barbarian, Frederick Hurten Rhead, perhaps inspired by the color and spirit of the Santa Barbara Fiesta!

Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880-1942) was born in England to an artistic/potter family but he spent most of his working career in the United States. He emigrated to the States in 1902 and found work in various pottery studios and universities, eventually landing in California at the Arequipa Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Marin County where he instructed patients in the art of pottery.

Rhead moved down the coast in 1913 and started his own pottery studio, The Read Pottery Studio, in Santa Barbara in 1914. He kept the studio open until 1917.

In 1927, Rhead was hired as art director of the Homer Laughlin China Company in Newell, West Virginia. And, in the 1930s, Rhead designed an extremely popular line of glazed dinnerware for the company he named Fiesta. He based his design on an Art Deco style and it originally came in five vivid colors (including a very radioactive red.) He wanted the consumer to have the ability to use pieces of different colors to mix and match according to their taste. Rhead, perhaps with a nod to his studio pottery roots, also wanted it to look handcrafted and designed concentric circles inside and out as if they were thrown on a potters wheel.

Looking for a little colorful addition to your Fiesta soiree? Stop by Macy's and pick up a new piece of Fiestaware! or look for some vintage pieces up on eBay

Labels: Art, Fiesta, Santa Barbara

I'm thinking of how to properly celebrate.

The SB Museum of Natural History is kicking off the Fiesta Week with a Tequila Tasting on Friday, July 31st. Don't know if I could do a full celebratory week, though....but, I could try.

Labels: Fiesta, food holidays, Museums, tequila

is still up for sale according to the posting up on BizBen.

The El Paseo Restaurant Is One Of Santa Barbara’s Oldest And Most Beloved Restaurants Going Back For Many Decades. With Its Type 47 Liquor License, Mexican Theme And Central Location In The Historic El Paseo District Of Downtown Santa Barbara, It Has Been The Hot Spot For So Many Years. Young And Old Enjoy The Dramatic Indoor/Outdoor Setting In One Of Santa Barbara’s Oldest Buildings. Not Only Set Up For Restaurant Use, It Is An Ideal Venue For Special Events With Convenient Parking Nearby, And Also Catering With Its Large And Very Efficient Kitchen.

Labels: BizBen, Fiesta, For Sale, Restaurant, Santa Barbara

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