birds of paradise
mountains across the street from larisa's apartment complex - delia and i set off for our walk
can almost see the mountains
i've only seen these flowers in blue
we get a little sidetracked - the mountains are calling to me - walkway past dorms towards the mountains
funky fern
cool plant... not sure what it is
tree feels nice
no.. i'm not stretching
i'm just being camera happy
lavender and oranges
orange blossoms
me with some flowers - time to turn around or we will never make it to the beach
forgot what these flowers are called
succulents... my favorite
wild flowers
bottle brush... i think
and we are at the shore
if only it was warmer
oh the beach
pretty flowers
funky house
cool house
chilling at zoro's
zoro's
the happy couple
delia on goleta pier
goleta pier
macy's
downtown santa barbara
alberqerque restaurant
larisa, lou and ramin
do i have something on my nose
midnight ice cream
ride to hearst castle
would have been nice if it was sunny
where is the sun?!
wine tasting on our way to Herst Castle
view from the winery
what the hell am i doing
our dinner location - the ambience was better than the food
its raining and cold
pretty
roman pool-hearst castle
statues 'floating' on water
my attempt at taking a picture at Herst Castle without a flash - needless to say i left it to lou
ceiling panels
guest bedroom
forgot what its called
in the entertainment room
too bad
awesome fireplace
dining room tapestry
dinning room
library
office ceiling
office once more
her bed
too many good shots, can't pick
his closet
pool room
indoor pool
bottom of indoor pool
exit from the shallow section
tour is over
chinese theater, LA
on rodeo drive
sidestreet
sidestreet again
eliphant!
self explanatory (Lou's feet)
must have celine dion
the harp
whose handprints are those?
delias only wish
chinese theater
isnt that cute
at the farmers market - gotta have those sweet peas
saw this sign on the way to Solvang and just HAD to stop
ostrich farm
too funny
watcha doing
very surreal
the roofline is amazing
year round christmas store
if only the car wasn't there
Solvang
want to walk a duck? for $10
some building
wisetria
what can i say... we really liked the wisteria
hotel
statue in front of one of the motel bungaloes
part of a motel
a building... didn't quite come out the way i wanted
windmill - looks like its going to rain.. again
a diner i guess
i'm too short for this
larisa looks too happy
delia, on the contrary, does not look happy
in and out
drive back from solvang
towards santa barbara
guess it didn't rain afterall
hmmm
the Santa Barbara mission
houses across from the mission
one end of a big loundry basin
an attempt by authorites to forstal grafity in the restrooms
water fountain in front of the mission
too much algea
water lilies in that water fountain
my favorite plant
backside of the mission
Santa Barbara courthouse
alcove in the loby
main archway of the courthouse
light on the wall of the courthouse - i love the morrocan influence
larisa under a very cool lantern
first floor hallway
one of the lanterns in the hallway
courtroom
ceiling of stairwell
a huge lantern above a stairwell
fuzzy picture... but you get the idea
view from an observation deck on the courthouse tower towards the ocean
view from the same place towards the mountains
fancy shmancy hotel on Santa Barbara waterfront
by the fancy hotel
in the lobby
yup
setting off the motion detector
view from the top of a fancy shmancy hotel at the santa barbara beach
view from fancy hotel
beach
people doing the asian thingly
isn't that sweet
bike path along the Santa Barbara beach
dolphin fountain
marina
