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Whether you?re a coffee aficionado or just a guy who likes a good ?ol cuppa Joe, Santa Barbara has got you covered! To get you going in the right direction, we made a list of our favorite java spots in SB. Because sometimes you just need a good jolt of caffeine before you go on…

You haven?t lived until you?ve been to Imperial Bar in Old Town Goleta. This place looks like Austin Powers and Three?s Company got together to decorate and the drinks are just as good if not better than anything served up on The Love Boat. The Eastern inspired d

One of our favorite stops on our Funk Zone food tour in Santa Barbara is Cutler’s Artisan Spirits. Our good pal, Ian Cutler, is a fourth generation distiller. (Yeah, you heard us right! FOURTH generation, folks!) He knows a thing or two about creating top shelf liquors and his apple pie liqueur is no exception!…

Confession: we are picnic junkies! Any given weeknight you can catch anyone of us in a park just lounging on a blanket, soaking up the rays, and enjoying a homemade dinner. One of our favorite places to picnic is in the rose garden near Old Mission Santa Barbara (or the SB Mission, as we locals…

Every time we go to the Funk Zone we feel like we’re surrounded by our buddies. Running these tours may be a job for us, but it sure feels an awful lot like fun! The other day, on the way to the start of our food tour, we discovered a sweet hole in the wall…

Are you as addicted to amazing cupcakes as we are? If you’re human, then the right answer here is “Uh..yeah! Of course!” Well, we happen to be friends with Alison Riede, winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and owner of Sugar Cat Studio. Anyway, we recently visited her kitchen to ask her some questions… Q:…

If you haven’t heard, we just launched a new walking wine tour in downtown Santa Barbara that passes by El Presidio de Santa Barbara. On the wine tour we walk through parts of Santa Barbara’s historic neighborhood for small bites of food and large sips of wine, plus we visit a few buildings of the…

We have been LOVING the two food stops on our new wine tour through the Santa Barbara Presidio and El Paseo neighborhoods. Seriously. We can’t get enough of these cheeses from around the world! And did you know that Hoffmann Brat Haus has their own signature house recipe for the Hoffmann brat? It’s been a…

The wait is over. Our big secret is out in the open. We now have a second tour route and it’s all about delicious Santa Barbara wines! Join us for small bites and sips of wine while strolling through downtown Santa Barbara’s historic El Paseo. Along the way, learn a thing or two about history…

Hey, readers! Boss Lady, here. There is nothing I love more than Sundays. It’s my day of rest. Sometimes. Ok, rarely. But when I do get a day to just relax and that day happens to be Sunday, then you can bet your buns I’ll be at brunch. Brunch is probably the most creative way…