Paco el Estupendo is taken to the cleaners

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For the first time in the 2-1/2 years since we got him, Paco had a bath! He stays remarkably clean considering he’s almost all white but he wanted to get really spruced up for his summer adventures. So, we took him to the Hendry’s beach DIY dog bath machine where he…

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Noir on the lawn

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Stretching out on the grass in the Santa Barbara Courthouse sunken gardens with a picnic supper, listening to tunes spun by KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez, and then when it gets dark enough, watching Bogie at his hardest boiled. This Spade wasn’t there to do any gardening. He slapped around Peter Lorre, then…

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Summer Intensives

A happy group of State Street Ballet Summer Intensive participants 6/29/16 Gail Towbes Center for Dance

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How things have changed. Back in the day, summer vacation was a time for fun. Admittedly, summer camp could be trying at times, but it was supposed to be fun, and often it was. Now these things called Summer Intensives have taken over and you go to summer “camp” with…

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