2 hour guided kayak tour of the Santa Barbara Harbor. Experience California's most beautiful harbor on this fun and easy tour. Our professionally guided tour includes a kayak lesson/briefing, and all kayaking gear. Your tour starts at the boat launch, winds through the harbor, under Stearns Wharf, and out to the one mile buoy. Chances are good the locals will show up to greet you. Dolphin, California sea lions, and harbor seals may cruise by to say hello. $35 12:00 daily Venue: Boat Launch (S.B. Harbor).  Email   Website

Captain Jack's Tours is extending a special $75 rate for their Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tasting Tour for Sunday, July 15. Tour includes door-to-door transportation, 3 stops for wine tasting, and an olive and vinegar tasting. Visit our website www.captainjackstours.com for more details. Minimum 2 guests.  Email   Website

Captain Jack's Tours is extending a special $75 rate for their Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tasting Tour for Sunday, July 15. Tour includes door-to-door transportation, 3 stops for wine tasting, and an olive and vinegar tasting. Visit our website www.captainjackstours.com for more details. Minimum 2 guests.  Email   Website

Captain Jack's Tours is extending a special $75 rate for their Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tasting Tour for Saturday,Oct. 6th. Tour includes door-to-door transportation, 3 stops for wine tasting, and an olive and vinegar tasting. Visit our website www.captainjackstours.com for more details. Minimum 2 guests.  Email   Website

Captain Jack's Tours is extending a special $75 rate for their Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tasting Tour for Sunday, July 15. Tour includes door-to-door transportation, 3 stops for wine tasting, and an olive and vinegar tasting. Visit our website www.captainjackstours.com for more details. Minimum 2 guests.  Email   Website

Danuta Bennett is an artist who specializes in semi realistic drawings, oil paintings and digital art. Born in Poland during communist times, she moved to United States in 1999, and currently lives and works in Santa Barbara, California. Her work as a graphic designer led to showcasing her digital art on CNN television. Danuta's artwork has also been featured in online scientific magazines (New Scientist, The Epoch Times and World Environment News). To see recent creations, visit: http://danuta-bennett.artistweb ”Flowers are not just a group of petals arranged together; flowers speak a story. They may represent innocence, seduction or powerful emotions. The energy that constructs each flower is lively, ever-changing, constantly reinventing itself. In this series, that dynamic energy, captured by camera, will be reviled in one space: an unusual opportunity to contemplate the ephemeral beauty of nature.” Reception FRIDAY, JUNE 8th 2012 3-6 PM features original photographs and digital creations by Danuta Bennett. First 25 people will receive signed by artist mini print. Venue: IL FUSTINO.  Website

Captain Jack's helped me to organize a wine tasting trip in Santa Ynez for 20 guests for my wife's 50th birthday. The day was unbelievable, could not have been better, and Donna was the perfect guide sharing the right amount of information on the bus without coming across as an overbearing tour guide. She was so accomodating that we quickly adopted her as part of our group and thoroughly enjoyed her company throughout the day. Donna was efficient and professional making sure that each winery we visited was ready for us and gave us excellent attention and service. As an added bonus Captain Jack himself even met us at one of our stops (an olive oil tasting that I highly recommend). I'm sure you can imagine the stress involved in organizing a weekend away for twenty adults for my wife's birthday. Captain Jack's made it completely stress free and enjoyable from the initial call to the actual event. Allen, Aliso Viejo  Email   Website

Join us for our introductory Discovery Wine Tour Event. This two-day wine tour includes all meals including dinner prepared by Chef Leonardo Curti of Trattoria Grappolo, lots of wine tasting, an overnight stay in Los Alamos, and all transportation. First tour is June 26 - 27. Check out www.CaptainJacksTours.com for full details.  Email   Website

Experience the "Tastes of Santa Barbara"! This tour starts with a cooking class demonstration by a famous Santa Barbara Chef. At the end of the demonstration you will be the beneficiaries of the Chef's hard work as you enjoy the best of what Santa Barbara has to offer, our culinary delights! After lunch you'll be escorted to Chocolats du CaliBressan where chocolate becomes “art”. Here Chocolatier Jean-Michel Carre' will conduct a demonstration. Tastings will be included! Next, a short drive and you will meet Saul Alcaraz who will delight your senses as he demonstrates the ancient art of glass blowing, passed down from generation to generation. This is an experience you will not soon forget! Visit www.CaptainJacksTours.com or call us at 805-564-1819 for more information.  Email   Website