Bryan and I took off for a drive this morning. We didn't have a map. We ended up in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. My grandfather was a sociologist and he believed that one of the most interesting things you can learn about a society is how it deals with its dead. I can remember many trips to cemeteries with my grandfather. My mother liked to have our family take paper and crayons to cemeteries and do headstone rubbings. I learned early in life that some of the best real estate houses graveyards. This is true in San Diego on Point Loma and it is true in Santa Barbara.
We ate lunch at Crush Cakes. Their motto is: "Make cupcakes, not war." We planned our whole meal around the red velvet cupcake we shared for dessert. It was so good we bought a few to go. This is the Peace Cake. I don't know whether to eat it or admire it.
Our next stop was the Santa Barbara Courthouse. What an amazing place. It was built in 1929 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. On the front of the building it says in Spanish: God gave us fields, but the skill of humanity built cities.
We went up 85 feet to the clock tower. It helped us better understand the layout of Santa Barbara. We could see our hotel, the mission, the mountains and the ocean.
Tonight we drove up Highway 154 in search of the Painted Cave. We found it but by the time we arrived it was too dark to climb up to it and be able to see anything. Note to self: "Don't head to the Painted Cave at sunset."
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