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Wine tasting tour - Wednesday 10/26
Please sign up before 4pm today, Tuesday 10/25! Send an email to mski@uw.edu.

We are going to drive into the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley and stop at two wineries / vineyards. The schedule is 1:30 pm Meet at KITP common's room, drive to Santa Ynez Valley, 3:00 pm Winery tour and tasting at first location, 4:30 pm Wine tasting at second location.

Seven Falls Hike - Monday 9/5
Information is here: [] The trailhead is at the end of Tunnel Road, roughly here:[| end of tunnel rd] Although google maps seems to be a little confused around this area so here are the directions: From the Santa Barbara Mission, take Mission Canyon Road north towards the mountains for 0.6 miles to Foothill Road - turn right. Drive 0.2 miles to Mission Canyon Road and turn left. Continue 0.3 miles and bear left at a road split onto Tunnel Road. Drive 1.1 mile and park along the right side of the road near the road's end.

Let's meet at the trailhead at 10:30am. Bring water, food and sturdy shoes (that is no flip-flops, running shoes should be fine.) Parking is a premium, so car pooling is best. Also you could bike to the trailhead. Sign up here (so I know who to wait for): - Tom Faulkner, + 1 car containing Nabil and Vijay. Can pickup 2 more from downtown area. - Hong Liu, needs a ride (from UCSB campus) - Andreas Karch will join if he can get a ride (from UCSB campus) - Eric Perlmutter can drive four people from campus to the hike. Meet outside KITP at 10:00?

Whale Watching - Sunday 9/10
They are organized by http://www.sealanding.net/Pages/Home.asp Every day a half-day expedition starts at 10am and lasts 4.5 hrs (directions on the website).The price is $80. I (G. Policastro) would suggest to go on Sunday. If you're interested add your name here, or write me a message or tell me in person or let me know in whichever way you prefer, and I'll call to make a reservation, preferably by Friday.

=Weekly "Tea" time - 5:30 pm @ the Ocean tower= Participate in the consumption of "[|"tea"], a weekly tradition at the KITP, on Fridays at 5:30pm in the Ocean tower. See you there, Vijay

=Group Dinner=

We will meet either at 7:15 pm at [|Zaytoon] restaurant near the downtown in Santa Barbara, or at 6:30 PM at the KITP. **If there are not enough cars, we will take the 24X bus leaving at 6:35.**
 * Last group dinner! Thursday November 17**

To sign up write your name below here (click on Edit in the upper right hand corner and then Save), indicating: -if you have a car and how many extra seats you can offer -if you need a ride -the number of additional people coming with you
 * Please sign up before Thursday at 4 pm**

Nabil Iqbal is coming, no car. Cindy Keeler is coming Julian Sonner is coming. Koushik Balasubramanian is coming. David Vegh is coming, meeting there. Alejandra Castro is coming. Eric Perlmutter is coming. Vijay Kumar is coming + 1. Xi Dong is coming, will need a ride. Tom Faulkner is coming. John McGreevy is coming. Loganayagam is coming.

**Previous dinners:**
Meet either at 7:00 pm at Carlitos restaurant on lower State Street, or at 6:30 pm at the KITP.
 * Thursday September 1**

Spice avenue
 * Thursday September 8**

We will meet either at 7:00 pm at [|China Pavilion] on Chapala Street downtown, or at 6:30 PM at the KITP.
 * Thursday September 15**

We will meet either at 7:00 pm at [|La super-rica taqueria] on Milpas, or at 6:30 PM at the KITP
 * Thursday September 22**

Galanga
 * Thursday September 29**

Enterprise Fish Co.
 * Thursday October 6**

We will meet either at 7:00 pm at [|Spice Avenue] on State street, or at 6:30 PM at the KITP.
 * Thursday October 13**

We will meet either at 7:00 pm at [|Sojourner Cafe] off State street, or at 6:30 PM at the KITP.
 * Thursday October 20**

Bucatini
 * Thursday October 27**

Carlitos
 * Thursday November 10**

Jazz & Folk Music SB has but one place that features jazz and folk: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club. They have decent food if you want to eat before/during a performance.

= **Hiking around Santa Barbara** =

=Sport Activities= //**SAMPLE:**// Anyone interested in swimming/running (maybe biking if nice bikes available for renting) or playing some sports like table tennis or soccer at the Rec.Cen. of UCSB !? Drop a line here or pop up at my office.