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Viva La Fiesta!

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It’s FIESTA time this week in Santa Barbara!

 We are enjoying absolutely gorgeous weather for it too.  The atmosphere downtown is appproprately heightened and the streets are swelling with all the Swells :)  My favourite  Maitre’D With No Equal, Eric of the infamous Lucky’s in Montecito  tells me business is booming and judging from the valet line of cars on Coast Village Road  these fine summer evenings, it’s obvious Eric speaks the truth. It’s also obvious that Josh Holloway, aka “Sawyer”, is being a tad lackadaisical (you have no idea how long it took me to spell that) about stalking me at Lucky’s.  We celebrated my father’s 80th birthday there just the other night. Lord Almighty they shake a mean vodka martini. Just not quite mean enough to conjure a Sawyer sighting.

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But back to La Fiesta;

It’s all guac, salsa, chips, chile rellenos, margaritas, & peach sangria all the time…. Friday is the big parade on State St. The children all dressed up just melt your heart.  It brings a salty tear to my eye to remember Older Son in his full fiesta attire taking part in the parade many, many margaritas ago… (just to clarify those would be my margaritas not his :) )

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If I were going, which I’m not, as I have other obligations that day, I might be tempted to pull out my cherished Giorgio di Saint’ Angelo velvet shawl, a little piece of 70′s perfection that I bought at auction  several years ago. So very Jerry.  It came with a halter top that’s smaller than a kleenex. Single ply.  God bless you The 70′s.

Mika Ninagawa

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A vintage Fiesta poster

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oh so pretty!

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Dransfield & Ross cocktail napkins from The Picket Fence, Ketchum Idaho

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Elliott Mann Bag (link below)

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via The Loaded Trunk

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Moschino crocheted lantern

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Steven Meisel

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Table Throw  from Etro.

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John Conroy Images

Elliott Mann bag

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Pillow from The Loaded Trunk

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This is a rather special Fiesta as it also marks the 225th anniversary of our beautiful Santa Barbara Mission

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I love these little individual “Mexican Trifle”s – Double dip to your heart’s content!

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Watermelon Sangria

(via Allrecipes.com)

Directions

  1. Place 9 cups of watermelon cubes in a blender; blend on high until very smooth. Strain juice through a mesh strainer into a large pitcher. Pour the wine, vodka, triple sec, and simple syrup into the pitcher. Stir to combine. Mix the remaining 3 cups of watermelon cubes, the lime quarters, orange sections, and blueberries into the sangria. Chill for 4 hours before serving..
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“Goth Fiesta”   It’s a look.
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Have you read Conquistadora yet?? It’s receiving wildly mixed reviews but I must say I’m tempted.
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Viva La Fiesta!!

On the rocks with salt please :)

For  schedule of events & more info click here

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