Peeps
A Very Indy Christmas
Holiday Peeping
You know you’re in for a wild night when you’ve been doused with a full glass of red wine before you even make it to the party. Read story.
Peeping (Red)
AIDS Benefit at the Coral Casino
What a week! Last Monday found me overwhelmed by a sweet, nervous-yet-excited sense of anticipation reminiscent of how I’d feel as a kid on Christmas Eve. Read story.
Savory Peeps
Crush Café Opens for Business
Why, if you were comfortably perched at the helm of one of the hottest, sweetest, most recession-proof businesses in town, would you consider expanding into the notoriously tricky restaurant biz? Read story.
The First Ladies of the Dream Foundation Fundraiser
Dreaming Big
Last Friday evening found me at the Bacara, decked out for one of my favorite annual events, The First Ladies of the Dream Foundation Fundraiser—a lady’s dream affair, featuring amazing clothes, excellent food, and a side order of tear-jerking emotion. Read story.
Charmed Peeping
Film Festival Honors Ed Harris
Last Thursday night was one of those fabulous evenings that make me really love my job. Read story.
Crafty Peeps
Jill of all Trades Scores Again
Traditions are worthy of their upkeep for reasons beyond whatever the tradition itself entails. Read story.
FrancFest at Buttonwood Farm
Peeping Frankly
As a decision-phobe, I love it when fate insinuates itself upon my life, offers up some coincidences to illuminate a path, and leaves me securely aware that, of course, this is what I should do—no decision necessary! Read story.
West Beach Music & Arts Festival Peeps
Sand and Sun and Tunes, Oh My
Last weekend marked the triumphant return of the ambitious Twiin Productions’ West Beach Music & Arts Festival to a wide swath o’ harbor-side sand—not to mention the culmination of a certain weekly rag’s Road to West Beach battle of the bands. Read story.
Spicy Peeps
Salsa Night at Ruby's
I've read all this stuff recently about how important it is to bust out of your routine—any routine—if you want to keep your brain in shape. Read story.
Peeping Carr Winery
Friday Night Flights
Once upon a time, on a delightfully warm (if uncommonly swampy) weekend night, a very talented young winemaking couple invited the public at large to swing by their downtown digs to enjoy a three-vintage flight of their prized pinots, straight out of their no-longer-for-retail library. Read story.
Cheesy Peeps
Strange Bedfellows at C’est Cheese Beer and Cheese Tasting
Certain food-and-beverage combos are so perfectly, deliciously right together, they just shouldn’t be messed with: cookies and milk, toast and coffee, steak and martini(s). Read story.
Peeping the Greek Festival
It’s Greek to Me
If we were to believe the headlines, “staycations”—bumming around close to home in lieu of actually traveling—would be every bit as fabulous as the real McCoy. Read story.
From Trash to Treasure at Art From Scrap
Scrappy Peeps
It’s a rare and special gift, being able to make something from nothing. Read story.
Santa Barbara Pride Peeps
All Is Full of Love
Almost two months to the day after the California Supreme Court overruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, Santa Barbara’s Pacific Pride Foundation hunkered down in Chase Palm Park for a day-long celebration of love and acceptance in honor of Santa Barbara Pride Week. Read story.
MoveOn Bake Sale Peeps
“Did you know a cookie could change the world?” read the email in my inbox. Read story.
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