Pathways of Peace

When: Saturday, Dec. 19, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Franklin Elementary School, 1111 E. Mason St., Santa Barbara

Cost: $5 - $10

Age limit: All ages

Pathways of Peace is a replica of the National Tree exhibit near the ellipse of the White House during the holidays. Our version will bring together the community and incorporate the students from classrooms at Franklin Elementary School, Santa Barbara Junior High, and Santa Barbara High School to provide the tree decorations and artwork needed to produce the replica. There will be 56 trees placed at Franklin Elementary School. They will represent the 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia. This community event will also feature various food, games, and music. Te event is a fundraiser to support the Diabetes Resource Center and Franklin Elementary School programs. The Diabetes Resource Center of Santa Barbara County is now piloting a model prevention program: the Eastside Childhood Obesity Prevention and Wellness Initiative. The program is being implemented at Franklin with support from the Cottage Hospital and the Santa Barbara City School District to take preventative action to forestall the development of adult onset diabetes in our youth. The event will take place on both Saturday, December 19th and Sunday, December 20th from 4:00pm – 10:00pm.

Phone: 805-963-4283

Free Electronic Collection Event

Friday and Saturday, December 11th and 12th from 9 am to 4pm, at the Sears parking lot, 3845 State St. See the flyer in English or Spanish for details.

Carl's Cookie Dough Milk Shake

Go here for a $1.00 off Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Shake & Malt coupon!

Scolari's $5.00 coupon

Sign up for the Scolari's newsletter and receive a $5.00 off of $25 coupon via email.

222 N Milpas St
Santa Barbara, California 93103

(805) 963-2377

Carl's Jr. Coupon

Go HERE to print your $1.00 off the purchase of a Parmesan Chicken Sandwich at Carl's Jr.

Event TODAY at El Musico

[Today], Maria, the owner of El Musico, is hosting an event to have
Dale Francisco come speak to the Eastside. Maria was at the Marijuana
Mile march a week ago, and heard Dale speak on this issue, and liked his
stance. She said the Eastside is getting bombarded with ads and signs,
but candidates haven't been doing much to woo the neighborhood. Now that
it is being overrun with dispensaries, it's time for a change.

Dale has been taking a strong stance on medical marijuana during the
ordinance committee meetings, stating that dispensaries are in conflict
with state law, and either need to be true collectives, or banned.

The Eastside is often neglected by candidates due to low voter turnout
statistics. Yet this neighborhood has strong concerns from both
residents and businesses. Since a candidate for mayor is willing to come
talk to us about what he would do for us if elected, I think we should
put him to the test by coming to the event and asking questions. Maria
is encouraging everyone to attend.

Please send this on to as many Eastside folks as you like, and encourage
them to come. Ricardo, this would be a good opportunity for outreach
from the Franklin Center Advisory Committee, and a chance to represent
yourselves to a sitting council member. By making our names, faces, and
concerns known to a current councilman and candidate for mayor, we are
only helping our neighborhood.

Event details:
Dale Francisco talks with the Eastside
Wednesday October 21, 2009
4:00 PM
El Musico
514 Milpas St

Thanks,
Sharon Byrne

Star Photo

Star Photo is offering 15% off for the families who participated in the Eastside Free Family Photo Event in June!

Star Photo
11 S Milpas StSanta Barbara, CA 93103-3305
(805) 965-1064

Located next to Carl's Jr. in the Trader Joe's shopping complex.

Thanks, Micheal!!

Long time no blog!

Just a quick note to let you know that I haven't abandoned my little Eastside blog. I've been out of town with my family for over a month and just returned last week. It's been a long while and we're VERY glad to be home. I'm sitting at our kitchen table with all the doors open admiring the beautiful Riviera views (as in, the homes on the Riviera), enjoying the cool night breeze and listening to neighborhood kids playing in the pool across the street ("MARCO!" "POLO!").

Yeah. It's good to be home.

Our summer travels continue thru August and part of September but I have some hard-hitting topics in mind for the upcoming months including:

* Eastside gang activity

* The homeless situation

* The RV parking problems

* Community building activities

I'd love to have the perspective of others on this blog. If anyone is interested in Guest Posting, please contact me at Eastsidesb@gmail.com.

Many blessings and Viva la Fiesta!

Eastside Restaurant Review: Saigon In and Out

I'm so excited to introduce a new feature to Santa Barbara's Eastside Blog! I'll be asking residents and neighbors to write reviews of their favorite Eastside restaurants. This post comes from Cara -- who happens to be my darling baby sister and neighbor.

One of the best little spots for lunch or dinner in town!

Their menu is full of flavorful vietnamese dishes. You have to try the fresh coconut juice! Amazing!

Wonderful curry chicken. Fresh ingredients. And if you are in the mood for food with a kick, they have some amazing spicy dishes. It's perfect for a low key, quick, affordable dinner. They have such a friendly wait staff (Hi Patricia :). And with their new location on State, its difficult to keep my Saigon obsession in check. Stop in next time your in the neighborhood. You won't be disappointed.

Saigon In and Out
318 N. Milpas St.
Phone: (805) 966-0916
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-9pm & Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
www.saigoninandout.com

Free Family Photo Event

Working together with Specialty Color Services, the Franklin Neighborhood Center Advisory Committee and the Santa Barbara Art Alliance Project we are pleased to announce the first ever Free Family Photo Event!!

This is a 100% FREE event to honor the families of Santa Barbara's Eastside.

Local photographers will be donating their time and talents to provide families with these high-quality precious keepsakes. Specialty Photo Printing, located at 230 E. Cota Street, has generously offered to provide a free portrait to each family which will be available for pick up after the event.

Saturday, June 13th
11AM - 5PM

FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
1136 E Montecito Street

Questions in Spanish: call Ricado at 805.963.7605
Questions in English: contact Chrystal at 805.252.5084 or eastsidesb@gmail.com

Clean-Up Stats!

I received this email from Lorraine with Looking Good Santa Barbara today. Thank YOU, Lorraine, for coordinating such a great event!!

Good Afternoon!

I want to thank you all for the incredible Eastside Community Clean-Up event last Saturday. We had a great turnout and have the following statistics to be proud of.

450 - # Volunteers {YAHOO!!!!}
56 - # City Blocks cleaned-up
5.26 Tons collected at courtesy dumpsters to discourage illegal dumping
2.63 Tons of Green Waste Collected
7.87 Tons of Trash collected
10.5 Tons of TOTAL WASTE COLLECTED that would have otherwise been on City streets
88 People removing hundreds of small graffiti tags throughout the neighborhood
1000 Door Hangers (with information on parkway maintenance, illegal dumping, abandoned shopping carts and graffiti) distributed

1 - Creek Restoration at Punta Gorda & Liberty
1 - Park Maintenance Project at Sunflower Park {LOOKS GREAT!!}
51 - Trees Planted (Note: Randy Fritz, Tree Inspector said, "with the quality of volunteer tree planters that showed up we could have planted another 20 trees.")

1 - Private Property at 301 N. Soledad Street cleaned-up, including window replacement, hauling away old, piled up items and, weed abatement and laying wood chips

1 - Large bee hive removed from private property courtesy of JP's Bees {YIKES}
1500Lbs. of Electronic Waste Collected
4 - Areas where weeds were abated
2 - Bridges repainted

All done in 3 hours! {SO GREAT!}

Of course all of this could not be done without the help of many including:

All of the Church Groups (list below) with Calvary Chapel and New Life Church taking lead to proviide top notch volunteers, planning assistance, lunch and donations for supplies for the event.

JP's Bees for removing a very large beehive from a private property residence in preparation of clean-up.

MarBorg Industries for their generosity in providing portable bathroom units, refreshments, courtesy dumpsters, rolling trash carts and manpower for the event.

Franklin Advisory Committee for their support and large attendance at the event.

Larry Cassidy & ABS Glass for providing a window replacement at 301 N. Soledad Street.

Kristina Brumbaugh & Los Prietos Boys Academy for weed abatement work and providing much needed equipment.

Tri-County Produce for providing healthy snacks.

Kathi King with Choose to Reuse for providing free canvas shopping bags to all who made a pledge to make the switch from paper and plastic bags. {Read a little bit about Kathi's campaign here on page3. I'm super excited about her program and hope to devote a post to her soon!! Thanks for the Chico Bag, Kathi!}

Don's Net Café for providing students to help with event logistics.

City staff including the Streets Division for all their work preparing for and help running the event, Ricardo Venegas/Community Services for their help in coordinating the private property projects and translation assitance, Parks for running the Sunflower Park and tree planting projects, Creeks for organizing the creek restoration (and George Thomson for his follow up volunteer work on Monday), Environmental Services for running the E-Waste Collection and assisting with event preparation and the Police Department for making staff available to ensure a safe event.

Churches Involved:

1. Bethany Church
2. Calvary Chapel
   
3. Community Covenant Church
4. Free Methodist Church – Pura Vida Church
5. Hope Community Church
6. Montecito Covenant
7. New Life Church
8. New Life Church - Español
9. Santa Barbara Coast Community Church of the Nazarene
10. Santa Barbara Community Church
11. Santa Barbara Mission

I will send a link to photos in a separate e-mail. MANY THANKS AGAIN! Looking Good Santa Barbara!

DID YOU KNOW!: Redbox

I've had this unfinished post sitting around for a few months now and figured it was HIGH time I publish it...

We love redbox! I'm not sure how long the redbox vending machine was sitting in Scolari's before we decided to try it out but I think it was several months. Back at that time there was NEVER a line at the redbox stand. I'd notice it and think, "Wonder what the deal is with this?" and move on.

Well, last night I realized that I am not the only one in town to have fallen in love with redbox! Last night I stood in line for probably 20 minutes waiting to return my movie (before the 9PM dealine) and to check out another one. The line was to the door when I arrived. What's a girl to do?!
So, I waited patiently. And in the process, agreed to return movies for 2 other people. That's neighborly, right??

Here are a few things that occured to me as I waited...patiently...

1. I should have 'reserved' my movie ahead of time. On the website, you can create an account, put a hold on your desired movie and pick it up at the redbox location of your choice.

2. When scrolling for movies, use the helpful buttons on the left of the screen. If you are looking for kids movies, select the "genre" button and search for only children's films. If you know the name of the movie you want, try using the alphabetized listing. This saves time and is less annoying the people waiting behind you!

3. I wish I had a free coupon code on me! There are a few ways of getting these...

* First time users get a free coupon code when they sign up for redbox emails.
* Every Monday I get a coupon code sent to my phone via text message. Sign up here.
* Keep an eye on the redbox blog, redblog. In April, they offered a coupon code every Wednesday!

Thanks, Scolari's for having redbox. And thanks, redbox for giving us an option besides Blockbuster!

Neighborhood Clean Up!

Today was the Eastside Neighborhood Clean-Up! Tons of people turned out to support the event. From what I could tell, every street was touched by the team. It was a great community event. Thank you to Lorraine Cruz Carpenter from Looking Good Santa Barbara and her team for coordinating the event. And thanks to the many volunteers who turned out to help clean our blocks, educate our community and get DIRTY for the cause -- with smiles on their faces! :)

New Life Church and Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara accounted for a large portion of the volunteers. Pura Vida Church and Santa Barbara Community Church also had volunteers in attendance. So thrilled with the church involvement!

Many of the volunteers were Eastside residents who are familiar with the Adopt-A-Block program or received the LGSB news letter. What a great neighborhood we live in! And so nice and clean. Yahoo!

Pretty Parkways

A few more examples of some really pretty parkways on the Eastside. I love the lush green lawns but I also like the rustic bricks! Both are simple and well done. It takes a lot of work (and water) to keep a parkway green but the curb appeal is GREAT! I also love the fruitless olive tree in the third photo! So cute!

Tree Trimming!

Well, it only took 2 months and about 5 (unreturned) phone calls but we finally got the parkway trees trimmed on our street!! They were hanging so low that the street sweep had to drive completely aroud them. Every day, my neighbors could be seen sweeping up their own streets.

I don't have an 'After' picture but they are now nice and clean and leave plenty of room for the street sweep truck.

I'm still not sure I should have been calling the Street Sweep deparment or the Tree Trimming department? Or if my calls mattered at all? Maybe the trimmers would have come anyway because it was that time of year? Regardless, I do want to encourage everyone too take action! Whether it's a cracked sidewalk, massive tree or garbage...you are able to report these things and have every right to expect them to be managed by our city.

Tree Problems 805.564.5434
Street Sweep 805.897.1903

Free Family Photo Event RESCHEDULED

Due to the Jesusita Fires the Free Family Photo Event scheduled for Saturday, May 9th has been rescheduled for June 13, 2009 from 11AM - 5PM.

Be safe and have a blessed Mother's Day weekend

Jesusita Fires

Does every neighborhood respond the way ours does? Since about 3:3PM today -- when the fires started back up -- we've been having a sort of horrified block party. Neighbors all standing around outside staring at the sky in wide-eyed panic and wonder. Visiting with each other and sharing the developing news as they get it from the various mediums: TV, radio, Ed Hat's Facebook page, etc.

On my street, if you accidentally leave your car parked on the street-sweep side of the street, 1207 comes to your house to remind you to move it. If you leave for a week, you can ask any one of your neighbors to water your lawn for you while you're gone or pick up your mail! The kids play together. The families bar-b-que together. We don't call the cops on each other if a party goes a little later than 11PM :) It's really what community is all about.

Eastside Santa Barbara Blog is praying for the families affected by the fires and for the team of firefighters working so hard to control it.

Blessings and stay safe!!

Pretty Parkways!

A couple of neighbors have been busy relandscaping their parkways recently. Both are on corner lots so their work covers two sides of their property. And they both look really great!!

They obviously put A LOT of work into these project which means, I think, that they obviously take A LOT of pride in their homes. As a result they have not only increased the beauty (and value) of their properties but also helped to beautify this community!

In the coming weeks and months, I'll be highlighting Pretty Parkways as a way to THANK the community members who are going above and beyond in efforts to make the Eastside more beautiful. It definitely inspires me to want to beautify our own parkways!!

Please let me know if there are other Pretty Parkways that deserve recognition.

Mother's Day Portrait Event -- FREE

Working together with Specialty Color Services, the Franklin Neighborhood Center Advisory Committee and the Santa Barbara Art Alliance Project we are pleased to announce the first ever MOTHER'S DAY Free Family Photo Event!!

This is a 100% FREE event to honor the mother's of Santa Barbara's Eastside. We hope that families take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate their mothers!

Various local photographers will be donating their time and talents to provide families with these high-quality precious keepsakes. Specialty Photo Printing, located at 230 E. Cota Street, has generously offered to provide a free portrait to each family which will be available for pick up after the event.

Saturday, May 9th
11AM - 5PM

FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
1136 E Montecito Street

More details to come!

Questions in Spanish: call Ricado at 805.963.7605
Questions in English: contact Chrystal at 805.252.5084 or eastsidesb@gmail.com

Did You Know: Wescom's Change Machine

You can use the change machine at the Wescom Credit Union on Milpas at Gutierrez for free?! Scolari's Coinstar charges $0.9/dollar but not at Wescom! My $9.91 in change was converted to cash dollars on site. No fees. Check it out!

I'll be doing a post on the credit union soon. Stay tuned!

"Los Sembradores" - Art Alliance Dedication

I was so proud to be a part of the dedication of the Eastside park murals!

The dedication was held to honor the murals created by the Santa Barbara Art Alliance.

The Santa Barbara Arts Alliance Project provides participants with ongoing training centered on the creative arts.

Participants assisted City Staff with special projects including Community Services Annual Holiday Dinner & Toy Drive, 4 Neighborhood Clean-Ups, and with food distributions through the Franklin Neighborhood Center's Mobile Pantry.

A total of 22 young adults between the ages of 14 and 21 have just finished a four-month art program that included the creation these 4 AMAZING murals as well as 4 equally amazing murals at the Westside Boys and Girls Club.

This year’s project is being made possible thanks to a generous grant (in the amount of $15,120) from the Santa Barbara Foundation-funded by the Orfalea Fund.

This piece was done to honor the local farmers who have plots at the Yanonali Community Gardens. Here is a neat post over at Edhat.com about the local gardens.

Overall, the Santa Barbara Arts Alliance Program offers a great opportunity for OUR youth to “give back” to their communities. And the results are brilliant.

Please stop by the Eastside Park on Soledad and Yanonali to check out their great work!

Project Completed!

I'm am so happy to report that the city has finished fixing the crumbled curb across the street!! YAHOOO!! They actually finished last Thursday and can I just say...it's beautiful. If you told my 20 year-old self that I would one day be so excited about a repaired curb that I was actually considering throwing a celebration ceremony (much less keeping an online journal dedicated to recording every stage of it's completion)...I'd have laughed in your face.

But here I sit. Staring at the beautiful curb across the street feeling slightly jealous that I don't have such a pretty curb on my property. And...it took everything in me to not etch www.eastsidesb.blogspot.com into the wet concrete! Thankfully, everyone restrained themselves and the result is a perfectly perfect sparkly new curb w/handicap access. Hip Hip Hurray!Thank you, City People for taking care of this dangerous & ugly spot - and for giving my Little Guy a pair of ear plugs of his very own! We know the list is long and appreciate you putting this project at the top of the list.

Art Alliance Dedication - March 27, 2009

Mural Dedication for Santa Barbara Arts Alliance Project on Friday, March 27

The City’s Parks & Recreation Department and the Franklin Neighborhood Center Advisory Committee have planned a dedication ceremony for a mural created by the Santa Barbara Arts Alliance on Friday, March 27, 3:30pm, at the Eastside Park and Yanonali Community Garden (Yanonali & Soledad streets). Santa Barbara Arts Alliance program participants will dedicate one of four recently completed murals, "Los Sembradores," dedicated to those who garden. The public is invited to attend along with the Mayor, City Council members and department/city staff.

This ceremony culminates a four-month Parks & Recreation art program including the creation of 4 murals at Eastside Park, 4 murals at the Westside Boys and Girls Club, a silk-screening design t-shirt project, and a digital art graphics project. Twenty-two Alliance participants between the ages of 14 and 21 benefited from the hands-on opportunity, learning creative ways to express themselves while receiving community service hours for their participation. In addition, Alliance members assisted with a Community Services Annual Holiday Dinner & Toy Drive and the Franklin Neighborhood Center's Mobile Pantry. In coming months, mural projects and digital arts classes will continue at the Franklin Neighborhood Center.

Clean-Up Save the Date - May 30th

SATURDAY MAY 30TH; 9AM - 12PM

What an awesome opportunity to take part in cleaning-up the Eastside!

Click on the image for more details.

We meet at the Eastside Park (Soledad & Yanonali) at 9AM.

The event is sponsored by Looking Good Santa Barbara (thank you!) and is to be the BIG clean up of the year. Please mark your calendars to be a part of this event!!

Graffiti Removed

Last week I cleaned up three trash cans that had been tagged several weeks ago. Thanks to my handy-dandy Graffiti Removal Kit from Looking Good Santa Barbara I was able to completely remove all of the paint in about 3 minutes. The kit included gloves, a paint-remover solution in a spray bottle, a paint brush and a clean rag.

You simply spray the solution, agitate it with the brush and wipe it clean with the wet rag. Done and done! I was so pleased I walked the block looking for more graffiti. I didn't find any. That's a good thing...but I was still disappointed that I didn't get to use my kit anymore for the day.

DID U KNOW! -- Recycling Guide

DID YOU KNOW! about the Santa Barbara County Residents and Businesses to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Guide?

For a complete online copy go here. Or to request your own hard copy, call 805.882.3600. I picked up my free copy at the Eastside Library.

Somehow, over the past 4 years, we've collected a healthy collection of prescription medications. We've been holding on to them for one reason....we've been too lazy to research where we can take them for proper disposal. So, I grabbed my guide and searched 'medication' (non-controlled substances). I learned how to safely dispose of all in the garbage and even better - I can take them to UCSB's Hazardous Waste Collection Center [805.882.3602]. Jackpot!

Ever wondered exactly which plastics can be put in the recycle bins? Answer: any plastic marked with a 1-7 triangle. Basically, everything but Styrofoam (why is this stuff still being made??)

Please visit WWW.LESSISMORE.ORG for more on recycling in Santa Barbara county. A BIG THANKS to them for the great publication!

Curb News

The curb across the street has been a crumbled mess for about 30 years. The nearby tree has gotten so big that the roots are kicking up the concrete. It's a mangled mess and extremely dangerous. I asked my neighbors if they'd ever called the city to request repairs? They hadn't.

Last week the city guys actually marked the curb! That's a different story from actually FIXING the curb but I think it's a start. They said that it was going to be a handicapped curb which is even more exciting! For some reason, some of the curbs on the Eastside are a good two feet off the street. It makes lifting a double stroller onto sidewalk a clean-and-jerk type action. Not fun.

The curb was marked on Thursday and it still sits in disrepair. I'll be keeping everyone aware of the progress. Hopefully we'll see fast results!! And I am really looking forward to posting before/after pictures!

Update 3/11/09 - Work has started!! The corner is a big mess right now but we are all very excited about the action. Looking forward to the finished product!

If you have broken streets or curbs, call the Pothole & Sidewalk Hotline at 805.897.2630

Green Mommies

Scolari's now sells cholorine-free, environmentally-sensitive diapers by Full Circle. Oh, happy day! An affordable option for green(er) diapers.

They are obviously not as green as going with cloth diapers or even with the hybrid options available (like www.gdiapers.com). BUT they are tons better than the popular disposable diapers.

Why does it matter?

These Environmentally-Sensitive Diapers claim to be chlorine-free which means that these diapers do not contain some of the harmful chemicals that are found in the major-brand disposable diapers. While it's not protecting our planet from the billions of soiled diapers that will sit in our landfills for hundreds and hundreds of years, it is a step toward protecting our children.

These Environmentally-Sensitive Diapers by Full Circle are made with renewable resources derived from corn!

* Bio-based absorbent materials reduce the use of petroleum based gels
* Inner liner & outer cover made using annually renewable resources (corn)
* Premium fit with full stretch side panels
* Soft and comfortable leg gathers for maximum leak protection
* Fragrance and dye free for baby's sensitive skin

They are priced competitively and work just as good as the the other guys. Eastside Mommies, try these diapers!! We've been using them for the past month and are very satisfied.

I'm so glad that Scolari's offers these diapers. It saves me a trip to Lazy Acres!

Update: I spoke to Manager Ron at Scolari's who assured me that these diapers will stay on the shelves...as long as people are buying them!

Eastside Library

One of our favorite things to do is to got to the library. It's two blocks from our house so we go every week. We absolutely love our Eastside library!

My Little Guy likes to spend the first 20 minutes playing on the computers set up in the kids section. They have great programs for kids and full internet access if you want to visit out www.pbskids.org, for example. While he is having computer time, I like to catch up on some magazine reading, go thru the coupon box (love this!!) or hunt down some specific kids books to take home. Sometimes I'll take this time to check out the new arrivals & Express books section for adults.

Occasionally they will have a neat activity-time or guest entertainer for the kids. You can pick up a calendar specific to the Eastside Library on location each month or go here for a list of activities for all of the city librarys.

After computer time, we usually read a book or two and decide if we want to take them home.

Then we head to the movie section. Thank you, Public Library, for FREE movie rentals!! And you get a whole week! They have a ton of great VHS & DVDs available for kids and adults. You might scoff at the VHS option but listen....DVD's scratch. Easily and quickly. We are happy to borrow VHS tapes - they are in good shape and durable!

There is a lot to praise about the Eastside library so I'll probably talk about them often. For this post, I wanted to touch on just a few of the reasons we love visiting. Go ahead - "check them out"! :)

If you're interested in obtaining a library card, go here for the requirements. And be sure to check out the city library website. It is a wealth of information!! http://www.sbplibrary.org/index.html

1102 East Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 963-3727

Adopt Your Block

My family recently took responsibility of our little slice of the Eastside by Adopting our Block!

The Adopt-A-Block program is offered through an organization called Looking Good Santa Barbara. LGSB is a City Council-mandated program with the goal of providing citizens with free supplies in the efforts to keep our neighborhoods graffiti and litter-free. They promote recycling practices, eliminate visual pollution and keep Santa Barbara 'looking good'! I think it should be 'lookin' good'. Either way.

They gave me a cool little trash picker-upper which my 4 year old loves (this makes the trash collecting process take a bit longer but I think the lesson is well worth it). And a white bucket that includes a safety vest, gloves, safety glasses, a bottle of graffiti remover, paint brush, trash bags and materials to invite your neighbors to join the program. Information is in English and Spanish.

To sign up, call LGSB at 805.897.2526 and request a registration form and information packet or visit their website at www.lookingoodsb.com to download the forms.

Thank you, Lookin' Good Santa Barbara! Good work!

Why?

The Eastside kinda gets a bad wrap in Santa Barbara. We "Eastsiders" know that we live in a remarkable part of town that has so much to offer!

The goals of this blog are:

(1) To call to attention the Beauty of the Eastside and publicize the ongoing efforts and organizations which work hard to continually beautifying the neighborhood

(2) To Build community by advertising the local group activities and neighborhood events

(3) To Bring more Business to the present establishments and to encourage new businesses to come our way!

We hope our neighbors are encouraged by this blog and find it helpful and useful in accomplishing these goals.

We want to share the charm of the Eastside to those families and individuals who might be interested in moving into the Eastside. Our neighborhood has history. Our neighborhood offers a ton of family oriented activities. Our neighborhood is a throwback to the days when you knew all of your neighbors and trusted them to keep an eye out for your home and your family.

There is a movement among the residents, local businesses and city committees to make the Eastside the most desirable and cutest neighborhood in town. This blog hopes to make that movement a little more recognizable.

Please feel free to comment with questions or blog topics of particular interest. We will do our best to address all comments within 24 hours.

We'd love to highlight your events on our blog! Just leave a comment and someone will contact you for the details.