Plenty on Bell for coffee

We have been to Plenty on Bell plenty of times and to me it never gets old. It was a great place to go for afternoon coffee and as a lagniappe they had the best peanut butter cookies we've had in a long time. Sitting outside under a red umbrella created the interesting effect below.

Pani Puri

Probably the most adventurous food out there is what they call "street food". This was definitely the case with Pani Puri. Imagine a line of shot glasses full of peculiar spices ("Tangy Water")  with which you fill crispy balls full of chopped vegetables and stick in your mouth with your fingers. It sounds interesting, it looks interesting, but for me the whole business crosses the line into weirdness, and the taste causes me to make funny faces. At Masala Spice in Santa Barbara.

 

Masala Spice revisited

Our second visit and always a culinary adventure!

Shoreline Park

As part of the birthday festivities we stopped at Santa Barbara's Shoreline Park, where both owls and cormorants were nesting in different trees. 

shamrock potato chips?

This curiosity, found at the local British store, actually contains shamrock.

Happy Bee-Day

Sea Fresh revival

As a great way of kicking off her birthday month, Mrs. suggested going to Ojai's Sea Fresh - a place we tried once years ago and never went back. This time however was a winner: excellent fish tacos, slaw, clam chowder, grilled artichoke and fries. I admit I was hungry. Looking at the menu, we realized that this is a place that could get more play.