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Patio dining at the Pierre Lafond Bistro
and flowers too
the Mission Rose Garden
quiet plaza area, Santa Barbara, CAWatching for the Green Flash
Santa Barbara is the perfect place to go down to the beach every evening at sunset and watch for the green flash.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~astro/research/sandiego.html
The best bar for watching is the Brown Pelican on Henry's beach
http://www.sbparks.org/Scripts/ParksDetail.asp?ParkID=1
but I like the jog or walk through the Douglas Family Preserve nearby (also know as the Wilcox Estate) to watch from the cliffs overlooking Henry's.
http://www.santabarbara.com/activities/parks/douglas_family_preserve/ I have only seen the green flash once, and that was from the cliff overlooking Henry's beach. It was a very clear winter day just after a front had come through and the sun was so bright as it set that it was hard to look at it. Not like those days when the sun sets into a beautiful red soupe. Three of us were looking and the flash was very brief. My brother and I looked at each other as if to say 'did you see that', but the friend standing next to us had blinked at the wrong moment and missed the whole thing!
It also helps to be holding a glass of wine or a beer!!
