Alan Irwin’s Blog

Last night (Saturday) my Improv Class put on a recital. It was great show and pretty well attended. I’ve got a much more extensive post in the Santa Barbara Improv Workshop Blog along with a bunch of pictures. This was the class recital, and so I just served as MC. Between putting on the show, [...]

Saturday, Harriet and I got a chance to stop by the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival. We’ve gone to this for several years now, and it just gets better and better. Eric Kelly from the Book Den is heavily involved, and this year it was across the street from his store, in the courtyard [...]

Friday night, Harriet and I ate at the Itsuki Restaurant on Calle Real, between Highways 101 and 154. Itsuki Restaurant 4020 Calle Real # 3 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 (805) 687-3838 It’s a really good Japanese restaurant that’s pretty small and informal. They have a wide variety of sushi and combo plates, but my preference [...]

I’ve been involved with the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center since 1985, serving on the Board of Directors, President of the Board, volunteer at fundraising events, computer nerd, and donor. Over those years, the agency has been at several locations, but for most of my active years it was at 111 North Milpas Street. It’s [...]

I haven’t yet talked about the Day Fire that’s burning in the area. As of Tuesday, the fire was up to 85,000 acres, and was only 30% contained. Until this weekend, it was just another brush fire in the SoCal area. But then, the offshore winds picked up, the size of the fire jumped up, [...]