Someone asked me recently for recommendations for an upcoming trip to Santa Barbara.  I am always hesitant to put out recommendations, not only because I believe choices are so dependent on personal interests, budget and palate, but because, like Paris about which I have been asked as well, I don't consider myself to be anywhere close to an expert.  I am merely a product of my own whims, wanderings, predilections and obsessions, and happily so. … [Read more...]