Word Crimes, Book Reports, Works Cited
Weird Al Yankovic is performing in LA Sat. Oct 29 at the Shrine Auditorium as part of the Supreme Festival, so this morning, KCRW played his 2014 hit “Word Crimes” which not only parodies “Blurred Lines” brilliantly but also teaches some great grammar lessons!
Which also ties right in with a certain hashtag and memes related to last night’s debate: #TrumpBookReport
Here’s one example:
Here’s another:
Got a favorite to share? Did you compose one?
https://twitter.com/kamerontyler/status/789118485096005632
Here’s one more to inspire you; read a collection of funny #TrumpBookReport tweets here:
https://twitter.com/nick_lindquist/status/789118163707363328
Calling all whimsical gents and lasses!
Time to don your goggles and finest tweed,
to climb astride your trusty steed,
and peddle or ride to this year’s
Heritage Square Steampunk Fest in Oxnard CA!
It’s a beautiful day
for Steampunk–HOORAY!
Jump on your airship and cast away to Oxnard CA for this weekend’s Steampunk Festival as Heritage Square celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Heritage Square with all that’s whimsical: music, costume contests, workshops, vendors, and more PLUS beer and wine tasting!
The Oxnard Steampunk Fest Crew,
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Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Lit
With Desert Trip aka Oldchella happening last weekend and this, no surprise that the esteemed artists performing there are on my mind–and on my favorite radio station, KCRW.
Living just north of Los Angeles, we would have definitely attended if we could have gotten tickets; we’ve attended Coachella twice (2002 and 2003) and we have tickets for 2017. Even with 70,000 other fans, it would have been worth it to experience these bands, some of them for the first time for me.
At the last minute, last Thursday, we were able to score tickets to see The Who at the 4500 seat Santa Barbara Bowl, my first time seeing The Who. I never thought I’d see them and then in such an intimate beautiful venue as the Bowl, just a quick 30 minute drive up the coast. I could have gotten a Who Desert Trip t-shirt but in the end went for one that listed the show in Santa Barbara and that celebrates their 51 years.
Today I had two more Desert Trip aka Oldchella surprises: Read more…
On Friday, my son’s assistant principal pulled him aside to ask: “Have you really been to Burning Man? What’s it like?”
My 12-year-old son might as well as said it’s “MAGIC” because that’s the closest explanation there is: it’s almost like opening your eyes and finding out that you’re really a wizard and that you’re attending Hogwarts and not the middle school across the street. Read more…
Santa Barbara County Wine Country Celebrates Harvest 2016
This weekend Santa Barbara Celebrates Harvest 2016!
Silent auction items at Santa Barbara Wine’s Celebration of Harvest 2015
We are in the midst of a four day Celebration of Harvest in Santa Barbara Wine Country this weekend from today October 7 through Monday October 10. While Santa Barbara is getting famous for its grapes, it offers much more agricultural wealth than just the kind you drink!
Special Santa Barbara Wine Country Events this weekend include dinners, open houses, seminars, Vintners Visa, and the highlight of the Celebration of Harvest Weekend, the Festival’s Grand Tasting on Saturday, October 8th with noon for early entry ($125) and 1:00 for general admission ($90).
Saturday’s events begin
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Regenerative Agriculture: Now in a beer can near you!
Revolutionary and regenerative agriculture in a can from Patagonia Provisions! Coming to Whole Foods near you!
Did you know Patagonia, the revolutionary clothing company, is now trying to revolutionize food?
Just as Patagonia got people to think about the life cycle of clothing, and to get businesses to donate 1% of profits to the planet, Patagonia is now taking on FOOD. Because, as Yvon Chouinard shared last spring in Ventura, clothing companies are too slow in changing and the planet needs our help desperately. He argues that since food production is causing so many problems for climate, we need to change what we eat.
And not just what we eat, but what we drink too!
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Vin Scully Calls His Final Dodger Game
photo by Jim Friedman who flew up to San Francisco yesterday from SoCal to see the Dodgers play the Giants. The Dodgers lost but he was lucky enough to be sitting right below the Press Box. He briefly chatted with and took a few pictures of the greatest broadcaster ever!
To one of the greatest story tellers in baseball, in sports, and from the past 100 years… VIN SCULLY
by Ron Wells
What a difficult, joyous, emotional day. Vin Scully began broadcasting about the time I was born, and now he has left the broadcast booth forever. Fade to Dodger blue… Read more…
Happy Hallowine and A Toast to Ghost Wineries
Happy Ghost Hunting Day! Cheers!
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You might think of the month of October as Ghost Hunting Month, with the penultimate night of the month the perfect day to go out hunting for ghosts.
But actually the first day of October is National Ghost Hunting Day. (Who knew?)
Goals of National Ghost Hunting Day include raising public awareness of best practices and professionalism in paranormal investigation, increasing appreciation of local history and landmarks across the nation, and uniting and organizing a network of ghost hunting teams in common cause to benefit local Humane Societies and non-profit animal shelters throughout the country.
When I saw that haunted pumpkin wine label (above) for Flora Springs on Twitter, I was instantly entranced and knew exactly what wine would be perfect for Ghost Hunting: one from a Ghost Winery!
A Ghost Winery? What’s a Ghost Winery?
By 1920, California wineries numbered 700; by the end of Prohibition, in…
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The other day driving through my hometown of Ventura, which also happens to be the hometown of Patagonia, I saw my favorite bumper sticker of this election cycle, but didn’t get a chance to get a photo. Fortunately, thanks to a Facebook search, I found a sighting in Seattle: Read more…
A Taste and a Toast to Local!
A taste and a toast to local food, farmers, and beverages! Join me Sunday 9/25 and Weds 10/5! Details below!
How can people connect their food from field to fork?
More and more events around the country and indeed the world seek to do so
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