THE GERMANS ARE COMING
Oktoberfest is back. Get all the beersoaked details right here, then get out there and do your wurst, p. 9
FROM FRESH FOODSTUFFS TO GOLDEN GRUB Alchemy Arts Center Café Chef Erik cooks up eclectic (eccentric?) dishes that nourish your inner haute hippie, p. 22
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INTO THE WILD
by Matt Mazza
The Grudge
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ROCKY WAS MY BABY, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, Hindu monastics FATHER THE WIND BENEATHSCHOOLED MY WINGS;BY ROCKY WAS MY OF resistance RESULTs MOUNTAIN BIKE flexibility UNTIL IT WASget MAULED, MANGLED THAT EVEN AGNOSTICS ACKNOWLEDGE AND MURDERED ON THEMUST HIGHWAY OF DEATH… 8 DAYS A WEEK PAGE 10
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y father-in-law destroyed my single most prized possession last year. It wasn’t his fault, really, and he certainly meant no harm – he was actually generously trying to do me a favor – but nevertheless the fact remains. My father-in-law, truly wonderful man that he is, killed my baby. And I just haven’t been able to get over it. It’s worth pointing out that, from a big picture perspective, I’m really not much for harboring ill will. It’s not my style. Stuff bothers me, of course, but I don’t let it get too far under my skin. It’s not worth it, man, holding all that negativity is bad form. And it wreaks havoc on my emotional wellbeing. I mean, sure, I could have stayed bitter about that time in college a few friends stiffed me on a jaw-dropping and hugely irresponsible credit card bill I shouldered for an entire (hugely irresponsible) weekend at Mandalay Bay in Vegas. Or the time a friend smashed his car into mine while making what quickly became a futile attempt at automobile-based sexual humor. (I’d say more but it’s mostly inappropriate for these pages.) Or the time my wife blatantly cheated – thinking I didn’t know any better – and beat me in an ...continued p.12
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