Tuesday, February 3, 2009

You know you're from Santa Barbara when...


Just for you locals.....
- You say Santa Barbara with a silent T
- You get ocean views from the mountains.
- Fiesta eggs!
- Santa Barbara hates San Marcos, San Marcos hates Santa Barbara. They both hate Dos Pueblos and Bishop is completely forgotten about.
- You know which theater to sneak into.. duhhhh stadium seating!
- Two words... Lazy Acres.
- You know the pit, the wall, hams, the cove, conch, r beach and everywhere in between.
- When you've seen the van with the mirrors, tiles and stuff all over it.
- There's rain on fiesta friday.
- Knowing a "mission" with your friends, isn't visiting the SB Mission.
- You've seen State Street's snake people and that old black guy with the lap bongo! He's so cool!
- You see a million people you know just driving around town.
- You go to mansion house parties.
- Frescos. Flourless chocolate cupcakes. MMM.
- NATURAL CAFE!
- You drive up to the snow that one week of the year.
- You have snuck into Bacara and Biltmore.
- You've been to secret bonfire locations and the non-secret spots too.
- You've walked the journey to R beach in the dark.
- You know everyone in SB through somebody else.
- You see whole families wearing rainbow sandals.
- You know the music academy's password to avoid traffic.
- Finding sea glass at Hope Ranch Beach.
- You've attended the Hope Ranch Beach campout.
- Volleyball at East Beach.
- You've visited Circle Bar n B.
- You leave to try and make enough money only so you can move back.
- You miss Mason B. Mason
- You know the EXACT time it takes to get from Montecito to the other side of town.
- You know who "Jesus" is, and also know that he has the best weed.
- State street is so overrated, and you drive to Ventura to get some quality shopping done.
- You graduated high school and yet you come home and still see everyone you know.
- Being star-struck is not cool.
- The cars in the high school parking lot are worth more than the school itself.
- The average price of your house is higher than any other zipcode.
- Hangover breakfasts at Mesa Cafe are a must.
- Goleta is soo not the same.
- You flash your brights at people parked at the sunset lookout/makeout point near the Pit.
- You go to the beach every day in summer, and almost every day the rest of the year.
- Summertime means having to take APS everywhere.
- You know where the best (and cheapest) Mexican food place is in town.
- You feel really cool when you hang out on the wall and get to talk to all the sleaze balls that graduated a million years before you did.
- Friday means HABIT day.
- You go to In N' Out after every single SM vs. SB game in hopes of watching a fight.
- You don't look twice at the Picasso hanging on the wall of your friend's mansion.
- You know where Super Cucas #1, #2, and #3 are, and love going to #2 because Hector works there.
- Ice blocking and glow bowling is something you do when you're bored on a Wednesday night.
- You wore your rocket dogs and Juicy jumpsuit to Zelos on Sundays.
- You miss Be-Bop-Burgers and Hot Spots!
- Homeless people and Bentley's can live together in harmony.
- You can point out a tourist in a millisecond.
- You see 10 year olds wearing Juicy.
- You think the SB vs. SM game is the biggest thing of the year.
- Alll your friends from out of town love IV and your OVER IT.
- You took prom pics at the Mission rose garden.
- You've hiked at Cold Springs and 7 falls.
- You miss the crooked neck giraffe...RIP :(
- No one understands why you laugh out loud at the San Marcos Pass scenes in "The Graduate" and "Austin Powers 2."
- You know what "El Nino" is and what it did to Santa Barbara.
- You've seen Oprah walking around in her sweats in Montecito and Britney on State just cruisin.
- You've seen Paul Walker at the SB Bowl or surfing at Butterfly Beach.
- You can order at Cajun without looking at the menu.
- You get off and then back on the freeway at Garden and Milpas to avoid the bottleneck.
- When you were younger, Kid's World was the greatest thing on earth. And your handprint is still there.
- You know how many times the cow has been painted.
- You know or recognize at least two people who show up on this front page...
- You don't necessarily recognize the people on the front page, but you know their siblings.
- Living in a non beach town just doesnt cut it, you always come back.
- You hate Chipotle and Jamba Juice because you have Freebirds and Blenders.
- It drizzles and the 101 backs up.
- You search high and low for a Rusty's in other cities but then realize that only in SB will you find such a treasure.
- You're late for school because of traffic from Michael Jackson's trial.
- You get pulled over and searched in IV because "your headlight is out" when you know for a fact it isn't.
- Your run down shack goes for over a million easily.
- You've seen what happens to the dolphin fountain when you put soap in it.
- You've walked up and down the La Playa stadium steps to workout in the morning.
- You've been at a sports field and heard/seen the homeless spectators heckling the players.
- You're pissed about Santa's new location in the ghetto of Oxnard.
- You remember eating at Fresh Choice on State Street.
- You know that Hope Ranch is great to drive through at two in the morning, because the police pretty much never go there.
- You know where to find a Farmers' Market almost any day of the week.
- A winter wardrobe consists of jean skirts and Uggs.
- You know where Periwinkle Lane is and what you can find there.
- You remember when the 101 had a stop-light to cross State Street.
- No one from the other states know where your city is but everyone in France knows exactly and laughs when you try to explain that it's close to LA.
- The football jocks have 4.0's and are accepted to most ivy league schools.
- You remember Orchid Bowl, Powell Skate Park, and the Living Room.
- Your english teacher asks, "Why is your car worth 10,000 more than mine?".
- You abbreviate the shit out of everything....whatev.
- Traffic backs up along the beach by the cemetary, so you take the "short cut" and everyone hates you.
- You spent most of your childhood in the huge wave in Be Bop Burgers.
- You know about the crazy house that seems to be made out of marble and the dog on Garden that is dressed up for every damn holiday.
- You know who really decorates that big tree in off San Ysidro every year in the middle of the night.
- Your city concert bowl has quiet hours at 10:30 pm.
- Forget Zodos, it was all about the Old San Marcos Bowl.
- You have been in the Hope Ranch newspaper for doing something stupid.
- You dressed as a freak for Summer Solstice.
- You, or someone you were close to, played AYSO as a kid.
- You know where and what More Mesa is.
- You and your house almost get blown away during winter break.
- Jack Johnson's wife was your math teacher, and he performed at your high school's talent show.
- You walk into a bar and you realized you played spin the bottle with the bartender about 8 years ago.
- You've tipped the guy who makes the sand sculptures by the wharf.
- You've tried to take a picture of that same guy, and got yelled at.
- You meet your friends in front of CPK but never go in.
- You know who the guy with the lip piercing that works in the shoe section of Nordstroms is.
- You've seen the whale skeleton, the giant squid on ceiling, the wave simulator and that topless Chumash woman diorama.
- Seeing Mission creek when it's full after rains.
- Rocky Nook Park.
- The old BMX jumps they used to have down in the gully next to the mission lawn.
- If you're a Royal, you hate the way they repainted all the traffic lights by school for some lame senior gift after you graduated.
- You know where Francesci Park is and go there regularly with your friends at night to look at the INSANE view of the city.
- It's 85 degrees on Valentines Day.
- There are more than 10 stores in town that sell jeans for more than $250.
- Your Halloween isnt just one night, its a whole weekend.
- Everyone thinks Carp is the ghetto.
- Everyone knows who the "back flip for a dollar guys" are.
- You've laughed at the weird bellydancer on State.
- You know which kids are tweakers, cokeheads, stoners, and alcoholics just by looking at them.
- You called Mona when you were kids...966-6969...at the sound of moan, the time is...
- You've never stayed in a hotel in SB, but you sure have swam in their pools.
- You've kissed someone on "the wall."
- You remember the earthling.
- You've eaten at main squeeze.
- At one point of your life you've waited out in front of CPK to be picked up.
- You make fun of all the junior high kids congregated at Camino... but remember doing it yourself.
- Your friends had birthday parties at Skating Plus and you thought it took forever to get there.
- You always thought your house was kind of small until you realized that you have mountain and ocean views and it's worth over a million.
- You complain that SB is getting more like L.A. everyday, but never want to leave and still want to raise your family here.
- You can honestly say that your parents burnt down the Bank of America in IV during the summmer of ’69.
- You rent snowboards at Mountain Air instead of at Mammoth.
- You go to a party in Hope Ranch and Montecito (the kind of places people dream about) in the same night.
- The parties are broken up usually by 9:30.
- 5 cops cars show up to one high school party.
- You show up to class and see half the students with Starbucks.
- Your idea of bad traffic is a 10 minute wait at Milpas.
- You drive around the Milpas round-about at 1 AM at least 6 times going over 50 mph.
- You drive down Haley after 10 to awkwardly look at the hookers.
- The girl you meet in line at Freebirds ends up in Playboy the next month.
- John Cleese has almost run you over at least once.

This list has been compiled from a bunch of Santa Barbara kids- most of these items I agree with, others could go kick rocks and go back to Goleta. HA ! Nah, I am not a hater now that I work in the Goodland, but yeah. That's all.

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