Other than the famous Courthouse, there were some other things you can do or see in Santa Barbara.
除了法院,聖塔芭芭拉還有一些地方可以晃晃。

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Friends say, “Oh, yeah, I read your blog; the food looks delicious!”
看我部落格的朋友常常第一句話就說,「對呀,那些菜看起來很好吃!」

I argue that I also post other MEANINGFUL things, not just food.

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It took me three days. A very long “three days.”
開了三天,好長的三天

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When I lived in Santa Monica, I parked my car on the street side. The only time you are not supposed to park is between noon and 2 pm on Thursday for street cleaning. Well, I had to work anyway, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.
Santa Monica 時,車子是停在馬路邊的,除了每週四中午至下午兩點要清掃街道,不能停外,其他時候都沒問題,反正我都要上班,所以也沒特別注意。


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It started out with bears . . .
一切緣起於熊 . . .

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What we called Sea Elephant is a seal, belonging to the same Pinnipeds relatives with Sea Lion and other kinds of seals.

海象應該叫象鼻海豹,屬海豹科,跟海獅與其他種海豹歸於鳍脚目
(海豹跟海狗、海獅最大分別在於海豹沒有外露的耳朵)

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I just moved - yes, again, the 9th time in the past 10 years. 2 weeks ago, my new landlady Carolyn said that if I started to move boxes over, I would be able to see Cereus blossoms.
最近搬家
(沒錯過去 10 年中第 9 次搬)新房東 Carolyn 說後院 Cereus 開花她說如果我那一星期開始搬東西過去就可以賞


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Mission San Fernando, named after St. Ferdinand, King of Spain (1217-1252), is the only mission named after a Spanish king. This was the 17th in the CA-Mission Chain and was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen.

聖弗南多傳道院 以西班牙的聖弗南多國王 (1217-1252) 為名,也是唯一以西班牙國王之名來命名的傳道院;這是第 17 座加州傳道院,在 1797 9 8 日由 Fermin Lasuen 神父負責完成, 這也是他個人負責的第四座。

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To see goats at the Getty? Are you sure? Not art pieces?

到蓋提博物館看山羊?有沒有搞錯呀?不是去看藝術品?
我實習的博物館是蓋在坡地上,往東及東南看洛杉磯市區,往南及西南是聖塔莫尼卡,天氣好時,往西可看到太平洋上的安娜卡帕島
(Anacapa Island)

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這一天剛好早起,上網看新聞,預報小小郭要先發;上班時,我問老闆可不可以提早一小時下班,以後再補,我說我們臺灣球員要先發,我非去不可
Hong-Chih Kuo would start Dodgers’ game and I really wanted to watch him pitch, so I asked my boss whether I could leave an hour earlier and make it up later.

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We boarded the 9 am boat for whale watching (there would be one at noon and one at 3 pm on Sunday – although every company has different schedules for weekday and weekend)

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The CA state flower is California poppy, which is also called Eschscholzia californica. Antelope Valley Californian Poppy Reserve is only an hour and a half away, so I really wanted to check it out during its peak season: March-May.

聽說加州州花是 poppy 知道它的保留區距我住的地方只要一個半小時便想趁著花季時 (March – May)去瞧瞧

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原本上網查了一家叫 Il Dolce Cafe 的早餐店,看好要點的 Omelet 平常要上班早餐都隨便, 想在到聖塔芭芭拉之旅前,來頓好的

結果竟然換了店名,大概老闆換了;既然都進了店門,也不好意思走出去,就坐下來。

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Do you know that a painting could avoid slaughter?

一幅畫救許多生命嗎

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有一天, 大表哥帶著在美國出生的妹妹出去散步

妹妹說: 爸爸, 那個人是走狗

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Father Junípero Serra built first mission in San Diego in 1769.Until 1823, there were 21 missions in total in California along El Camino Real – roughly Highway 101 today. Harsh weather and earthquakes certainly don’t help the reservation of the 21 California Missions but most of them are still functioning – church services, weddings and funerals.

西班牙傳教士
Father Junípero Serra1769年起,在聖地牙哥蓋了一座傳道院,之後沿著太平洋北上到Sonoma (舊金山北邊一點) ,一路 興建傳道院,到1823年止,共建了21座;經過兩百多年的風吹日曬雨淋加地震,大致上是保留下來,現在統稱 21 California Missions

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We went to Pam’s Place for Thai food. The exterior didn’t look appealing at first glimpse - we heard good comments about it so we went.

這一天吃泰國菜
到一家叫 Pam’s Place 的餐廳。評論多說它的外觀不起眼,不過很不錯吃。

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One of my best friends Kelly visited me in LA and we went out to several restaurants. This was Café Brasil. The outdoor looked great but it was too chilly for us to have dinner outside.

好友淑宜來美國找我玩,一起去吃了好幾家餐廳。先到這家一位德國實習生推薦的巴西小餐廳。外面露天看起來還不錯,可是晚上還是太涼了室內還開暖氣

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Did you know that in 1500s, people thought the current state of California was an island?

您知道在西元1500年代時,人們以為現在的加州是一個獨立的島嶼嗎?

The proof is on the mural in the Law Library inside the Santa Barbara Courthouse.

有圖為証: 在聖塔芭芭拉法院內的法律圖書館中,有一面牆壁上畫有當時的地圖

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My college buddy Flora visited me at the Getty and I took her to an Italian restaurant, Giovanni’s Trattori & Pizzeria. My roommate liked it; I also heard good thing about it from other’s blog.
佩頭來參觀 the Getty晚上帶她去吃一家叫Giovanni’s Trattori & Pizzeria 義大利餐廳看網路上部落格的介紹應該不錯


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