Follow California's central coast just 35 minutes from Santa Barbara and you'll find this little Danish town of windmills, wineries and pastry. With a population in the entire Santa Ynez Valley of about twenty thousand, this is a place where you run into people you know everywhere you go.
Here are a few of my ramblings on life in this small town.
Old-fashioned fun at a fundraiser for historic Ballard School
Beachcombing
An afternoon of collecting shells
The Gingerbread Singers
Christmas fun in Solvang
Afternoon at Hendry's
Our favorite Santa Barbara Beach
Another Beginning
Starting the school year, starting to write
Best Party Ever!
Meeting Shaun Cassidy and celebrating a 40th birthday
Star Struck and Stupid
Fangirl for local author/screenwriter Gerald DiPego
4th of July in Solvang
Earth, Wind and Fire
Thoughts on the Jesusita Fire
Lance Armstrong in my Backyard
Amgen's Tour of California bike race comes to Solvang
Up in Flames
Solvang's annual Christmas tree burn
Reading for the Masses
Reading in Ballard's little red schoolhouse
Friends and Faces
Small town connections--do men or women do it better?
