WHAT SANTA BARBARA WEARS WENDY FOSTER – INFLUENCER OF SB STYLE FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND OWNER OF FIVE (COUNT ‘EM: FIVE) BOUTIQUES – IS A FASHION ICON, P. 18
NOT SO SILENT NIGHT
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, MILPAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ERECTED A TREE IN THEIR ROUNDABOUT – AND THAT WAS THE EASY PART, P. 12
THOSE WILY MARKETERS
ARTIFICIAL SMELLS & BRIGHT COLORS: HOW BIG BUSINESSES USE SCIENCE TO MANIPULATE CONSUMERS’ SENSES, P. 35
SANTA BARBARA
once a week from pier to peak
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A MISSED OPPORTUNITY WITH A TRUE DREAM JOB - ASIDE FROM THIS ONE, OF COURSE - WITHIN HIS GRASP, OUR ASPIRING GLOBE-TROTTER OF AN EDITOR FLUBS THE INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME WITH HIS TRAVEL IDOL
BOTCHING RICK STEVES
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botched it. I can’t believe I botched it; honestly, I can’t. But there’s no doubt about it. I completely and totally botched what could have been the single most important interview of my life, the one that could have conceivably made me a famous travel writer,
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trotting the globe, living the dream. But that’s all gone now. Because I botched it. Let’s start with the obvious: Rick Steves is the man. If you’ve traveled, or like to learn about travel, then you almost surely know what I’m talking about. Over the past roughly 35 years, the guy has single-handedly created a travel business empire that encompasses everything from informative public radio and television shows to guidebooks and travel services and consulting ...continued p.5
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