Santa Barbara Harbor
Here is Santa Barbara Harbor, the home of Santa Barbara's rich fishing industry. It's also home to Brophy Brothers Clam Bar and Restaurant, which might be my new favorite restaurant. A full review on Brophy Bros. to come—it definitely deserves its own post, written when I'm fresh.Here is a shot of the harbor traffic around noon. While you can watch fishermen unload their day's catch every morning, on Saturdays they hold a seafood market where you can buy whatever they caught that morning. I unilaterally loved Santa Barbara seafood, but the clams, oysters and tuna are out of this world. Apparently, Santa Barbara is also known for their sea urchin—90% of which is exported to Asia, where urchin is a delicacy. Crazy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Eqr6Mj_EB0M/R4hJ47iPUxI/AAAAAAAAABU/UzhtiW5AO7E/s1600-h/IMGP1018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Eqr6Mj_EB0M/R4hJ47iPUxI/AAAAAAAAABU/UzhtiW5AO7E/s200/IMGP1018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154451015928337170" /></a>Below, see the Santa Barbara Harbor around dusk. This view is from an outdoor table at Brophy Bros. I got to watch two different fishermen unload their catches (urchin and bay shrimp), plus a sweet almost-fight yelling match between fishermen over dock rights that had to be mediated by the dockmaster some ten minutes after the argument started.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Eqr6Mj_EB0M/R4hLdriPUyI/AAAAAAAAABc/HZgwNS1mUnU/s1600-h/IMGP1083.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Eqr6Mj_EB0M/R4hLdriPUyI/AAAAAAAAABc/HZgwNS1mUnU/s200/IMGP1083.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154452746800157474" /></a>
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