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The Ultimate Santa Barbara Weekend

All Photos by Samantha Demangate The Pandemic has chained everyone to their households. The insatiable itch to visit far off destinations full of adventures and life-changing experiences has reached a new intensity. People are looking forward to exploring the world around them like never before. When the pandemic finally ends and humanity can carry on living out their wildest fantasies, many people will book a flight to somewhere far away and exotic. Others will stay…

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Santa Barbara During the Pandemic: Reflecting On Our Hardships, Uniqueness, and Bright Future Ahead

My alarm goes off at 5:30am, on what normally would be an average Saturday. I get up, hydrate, stretch, and run out the door with my surfboard and coffee in hand. Feeling refreshed by the early morning sunrise, I rush down the steep stairs hugging the cliff at my favorite springtime surf break and enter the water, in the present moment, without a care in the world. Immediately, I am reminded that this is not…

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