SB hikes

Photo by Anne:

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SB living

We stayed on the second floor of this cool place, three blocks off of State Street, which made it really easy to walk to coffee shops and restaurants. The beach was only eight blocks away too.

The inside was spacious but less unique. The living area was kind of dark and not great for photos, so I guess I didn't take any. But here are the bedrooms:

There was this odd day bed too. Omri slipped and hit his head on the floor before this photo was taken. I think he was enjoying the attention:

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SB eats

After seeing friends, our next priority for this trip was to hit our favorite restaurants. The Boathouse on Hendry's Beach was our first stop once we got off the plane:

The Padaro Beach Grill is a must:

Omri and I hit the Habit Burger on State Street while the ladies went to a middle school play:

We went to a different coffee shop each morning. Here Veronica is drinking a latte from Dune  Roasters (formerly known to us as The French Press):

TAP Thai has moved out to Goleta (the third location that we followed them to):

We went to the Shoreline Cafe twice. Omri had a rootbeer float both times:

Just a great smile:

There were other restaurants too, but you know what, I didn't capture them all and that's okay.

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Old friends in SB

Sorry it has been taking me a bit to get my photos from Santa Barbara together. I only had the bare bones of camera gear with me and didn't take as many shots as on previous trips, but of course I do have a few to share.

The last time we went to Santa Barbara as a family was during the pandemic and didn't get to hang with many of our old friends, so this time we made a point of reconnecting with them. We even had a 15-year reunion with the Newcomers club that we belonged to. We met up at the Mission's rose garden where there just happened to be an actual Newcomers meet-up happening, so we borrowed their sign for this photo:

 

These girls have grown up and have little brothers now:

Here's another guy Omri's age. These two were born after we moved away, but they still have known each other a long time.

And who could forget our old neighbors.

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Dolphin riding return

We are back from Santa Barbara and off to the races with a busy spring. More to come.

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V's new headshots

All photos here are by Emily John Photography, who did an amazing job at capturing Veronica's beauty! 

V will be trying out for a 5-week acting program this summer, and she needed some new headshots. These are great!

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Return to Broadway

One of my fondest memories from last year was the trip I took to New York City with Veronica. Well, the girl's obsession with Broadway is still going strong, so we should have known she'd want to go back. This time R was able to take her, and they upped the ante by adding a third night, meeting up with friends, seeing four plays (three for R), getting a backstage tour of V's favorite show, getting a bunch of autographs/selfies with stars, and doing some touristy things too (Statue of Liberty, a Taylor tour/exhibit). It was quite the whirlwind weekend for them!

All of these photos were of course taken by R or Veronica.

Yes, they saw Moulin Rouge again:

These three girls have done some acting together themselves at one time:

On stage at the Al Hirschfield theater (where Moulin Rouge plays) with the actor who took over the lead from Aaron Tveit:

They did see Aaron again too, who is now acting in Sweeney Todd.

This is V's PlayBill from & Juliet. Look at all those signatures!

Breakfast at Jane, a favorite spot in the West Village.

Empire State building:

They have a ton more photos, but I think you get the idea. Lots of memories made!

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