#Santa Barbara County California

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Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)

25/02/2024

Sideways is a film by director Alexander Payne, starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church and based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Rex Pickett.

Miles (Paul Giamatti) is an English teacher, recently divorced from his wife. As the wedding of his university friend, actor Jack Lapote (Thomas Haden Church), approaches, the two decide to take a week off traveling in the Santa Ynez Valley wine area, in Santa Barbara County, California. Arriving in the vineyard region, Miles and Jack meet Stephanie (Sandra Oh), a wibemaker who introduces them to Maya, a close friend of hers.

Miles, irritated, returns to the hotel alone, only to be woken up in the middle of the night by Jack, naked, who confesses to him that he was caught red-handed by the woman's husband returning from work and that he fled to the motel by running six kilometers without clothes.

Miles, who is also introduced to her husband, congratulates her, but decides to forgo the reception and instead returns to her sad San Diego apartment, where she picks up her most prized bottle of wine, a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc, which he jealously guarded it, and drinks it in a plastic cup at a fast food restaurant.

The Santa Ynez Valley, where most of the film is set, has seen an increase in tourism. With the exception of Paul Giamatti, who had already starred in critically acclaimed films such as American Splendor, the film launched the careers of relatively unknown actors. Both Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen received Oscar nominations. Giamatti received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Cinderella Man (2095). Sandra Oh, after breaking off her relationship with the film's director, Alexander Payne, starred in Grey's Anatomy, also winning a Golden Globe.

In the United States it was released in cinemas on 22 October 2004. In Italy, however, it was released on 16 February 2005.

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Santa Barbara County Court House was dedicated on August 14, 1929.

[corvidist]

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts

And I looked, and behold a pale horse

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Ostrichland, USA

Solvang, California

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Santa Barbara County

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Santa Barbara palms, 2023.

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Visiting Nojoqui Falls Park | Waterfall in Solvang, California

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Jeanne Umana biography: 13 things about Santa Barbara, California woman

Jeanne Terese Umana is an American woman from California, United States. Here are 13 more things about her: Jeanne Terese Umana

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STOP JUDGE DONNA D. GECK FROM HARMING CHILDREN, DENYING DUE PROCESS & VIOLATING OF CIVIL RIGHTS

STOP JUDGE DONNA D. GECK FROM DENYING DUE PROCESS Fit mother denied any contact for over 600 days with her 5-year-old twins, violating civil rights under the color of law, placing children with a Father with a prior murder conviction, 5 DUI arrests, history of domestic violence with 3 counts of battery charges. This is a Call to Action to remove Judge Donna Geck from the bench of the Santa…

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BREAKING NEWS: NOAA releases proposal for national marine sanctuary

Following input from the public, stakeholders, Indigenous communities, scientists, and federal and state agencies, today NOAA released its proposal to designate Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a 5,617-square-mile area offshore of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in central California.

NOAA invites the public to comment on the proposed sanctuary designation documents of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary by October 25, 2023.

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Santa Barbara County Court House was dedicated on August 14, 1929.  

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And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him

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What's the Bird?

Location: Santa Barbara County, California

Date: Fall

We ask that discussion under questions be limited to how you came to your conclusion, not what your conclusion was.

Happy Birding!

Keep the game alive! Submit a bird HERE

Bird-205 graciously submitted by @sixhole

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Highway 101 to San Luis Obispo

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Black Inventors

Steve Henson, the creator of Hidden Valley Ranch, was a skilled plumber turned entrepreneur. In the 1950s, while working as a contractor in Alaska, Henson perfected a creamy herb and spice dressing to please his crew. Later, he and his wife Gayle bought a ranch in California's Santa Barbara County, naming it Hidden Valley Ranch. There, they served the dressing to guests, and it quickly gained popularity. Recognizing its potential, Henson began selling packets of the dry seasoning mix by mail order, which eventually became the iconic Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, now a staple in households across America. And he was a BLACK MAN.