ok so we got Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria...all nice places with separate realities..and with each passing year the separation is more evident...as are the gulls!
in Santa Barbara, you have two classes: the tourists and the homeless ..and two resident groups trying to protect each...in other words, the residents have pitted the tourists and the homeless against each other..and the tourists and the homeless are the ones who could care less! why? because other than the obvious money gap, tourists and homeless folks are very much alike..
think about it while we visit Montecito next...Montecito..the king's mountain, or little mountain or something...Montecito..the moneyshot...there are more
cokeheads per capita here than any other place world..and botox boutiques..but it wasn't always like this..Montecito used to be like Carp, casual and fun...with working class families until disco hit..that's right disco...suddenly, in the 80s, Montecito was overrun with drugged out trustfunders who like to disco...Nipper even opened a disco champagne bar called Nippers that was rumored to be cocaine central for a while.....it went out of business quickly but the dust never settled, and soon coke parties were in vogue in the mansions...when Hollywood heard about that, a bunch of celebs moved in and fucked it all up....as it stands today....I call Montecito "little Monaco" now...Summerland....back before the "Cottages" were built, Summerland was a place to crash, rents were cheap, you worked at the Big Yellow House with lovely young waitresses..it was a fun place...a place for individuals, poets, hippies, hippie chicks, musicians, students and moms and dads....all hanging out together..there was no class separation....the hilly terrain made living in the old Victorians fun..and you could stay fit just walking to the store...but of course, things change..the usual suspects moved in..wine boutiques, Republicans, botox boutiques..the celebrity wannabes....it got crowded, the Lillie Ave "improvements" were horrendous....Summerland has become the self-conscious step-child of Montecito....
ok, now we come to Carpinteria..or Carp....working class, casual, fun, live and let live..a big agriculture tradition ( Mexican gulls are HOT!!) has kept growth in check....over the years, Carpinteria has struck a near perfect balance among historical, business, recreation and residential interests....homes can be had for as little as $100000 or as much as $20,000,000....recently, the City of Carp announced a budget deficit that required reducing the number of cops in town...the News-Press asked councilman Joe Armendariz, who voted against the cop reduction, about the situation..Joe said the council was "polishing turds" ...obviously Joe knows a lot about polishing turds but really Joe..you represent the City of Carp..clean your act up dude and leave the satire to me!! and I know where the money went...it went to nonprofits..I asked the finance director to give me a figure of how much the city has given to nonprofits..I'm waiting for a reply....nevertheless, as I gaze out on the Salt Marsh and see some kites flying high, I see the gulls on the beach are so out of reach...
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Ah, those California gulls. They steal your fries and crap on your car. Stay away from them, Mick. They're almost as bad as redheads.
if anyone would know about red headed gulls, I guess a squid would!
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