Finney's Crafthouse -- Santa Barbara, CA

On Friday, March 18th, 2022, Kenny and Sarah arrived at the Museum of Sensory & Movement Experiences. 11:00 am was opening and that was when we showed up - we were the only ones there for a while so that was pretty special. We've been to better interactive art museums, but this one definitely proved to be a good time.

Afterwards, Kenny and Sarah headed to the Santa Barbara pier jutting out over the harbor. We saw numerous boats, large seagulls and interesting people.

Sarah had just bought new heart-shaped sunglasses from Love Glasses Revolution and wanted to do a photo shoot to send the pictures to the company as promotional material (see reviews on website). She was ridiculous with the different types of outfits she wanted to plan to accent each of the accessories but settled on a basic outfit due to cooler temperature restraints. She did have a variety of scarves and hats to complement each of the different types and colors of sunglasses though. Lots of photographs were taken and some even showed up on the retailer's website, all labeled with Kenny's watermark!

After the photo session, we decided we should enjoy some delicious ice cream from the Great Pacific Ice Cream Co. While we were standing in line an unfortunate calamity occurred to the lady in front of us as her freshly scooped ice cream fell to the ground. Granted she was holding her cone sideways, but that's a different story for another time.  It was quite humorous in a horribly sad kind of way. We do not remember the fate of that woman's experience, but we did enjoy our own ice cream.

When we were done with our treat, we wandered down State Street checking out shops and stopping for Turkish coffee along the way. Then we walked for a while out of the main part of town to a brewery and were disappointed to find the kitchen was closing without time to order food. So we decided to walk back in the twilight and arrived to the main strip where there were plenty of eateries and people. We ended up eating at a crowded restaurant called Finney's Crafthouse. Here we had our third Santa Barbara pretzel.  

March 18th, 2022

Finney's Crafthouse -- Santa Barbara, CA

After looking at the picture we realized the regular shaped pretzel had a twisted
texture encompassing the whole pretzel. It was normally salted (neither light nor heavy) and accentuated the golden-brown colored appetizer. The doughy taste familiarly resembled a ball-park pretzel. 

The accoutrements included beer cheese, whole grain mustard, which was amazingly sweet, and a very rich, delicious caramel. The mustard and especially caramel made the whole snack pop!

3.0/5.0

Sincerely,

Kenny Muzzey & Sarah Love

Institution Ale Co. -- Santa Barbara, CA

On this day, in pretzel history, due to the unsatisfactory nature of the first tasting, we decided to set another pretzel record; we had two tastings in the same day! In addition, March 17th, 2022, was Saint Patrick's Day. We did not order any green beer, but we did order a pretzel off the menu.  

"Given that it was Saint Patrick's Day we had a taste for knowledge and a thirst for wisdom."
- Kenny Muzzey

As Sarah and Kenny deliberated what to write about for this post, they gravitated towards material relevant to Saint Patrick's Day. Sarah proclaimed that they would have to do a spot of research on the subject. Kenny, joking and none the wiser, said, "Or we can just make something up, like how Saint Patrick banished all the snakes out of Ireland." They laughed aloud together as Kenny opened a new tab on the web browser curiously. Much to their surprise, the search returned a blurb about Saint Patrick driving out the slithery serpents from Ireland. They looked at one another and jubilantly laughed once again.

Folklore has it that Saint Patrick was in the midst of a 40-day fast atop an emerald, green hill when he was attacked by the reptiles which prompted him to chase them out of Ireland and into the sea, banishing them from the country. The likeliest of scenarios. This could not be further from the truth according to National Geographic. There is currently no data that suggests snakes ever inhabited Ireland. If you're interested in what the data says definitely check out linked National Geographic article above.

March 17, 2022

Institution Ale Co. -- Santa Barbara, CA.

This particular pretzel was light in all aspects, from the color, to the texture, and the quantity of salt. The delectable snack was pale golden brown and shimmered with moist, buttery goodness. She was a regular pretzel shape but had an extra twist that joined the two sides. Having a soft, fluffy dough center similar to that of a lightly baked pastry.

The Institution Ale Co. served up a queso-like beer cheese and a ground stone yellow mustard to accompany her taste profile.

3.47/5.0

Shout out to Georgia O'Keeffe... in retrospect, her art was the inspiration for this pretzel snapshot.

Sincerely,

Kenny Muzzey & Sarah Love