The Independent staff would like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who attended Backyard Brunch this past Saturday, April 18. The community and Independent staff spent a beautiful spring day in the sun with family and friends in tow at the Rancho La Patera and Stow House. The day was filled with lawn games, grabbing prints at the photobooth, making masks and art, trying our luck at giveaways, devouring delicious local sips and bites, and enjoying the live music of Dom Lawarence and Miles Julian, closed out by the Brasscals!
The sunny spring day was the perfect setting for day filled with delicious brunch from Renaud’s Bakery and Bistro, Third Window Brewing, Cristino’s Bakery, McConnell’s Ice Cream, Dune Coffee Roasters, Welcome Coffee Cart, Sama Sama Kitchen, The Blue Owl, Santa Barbara Cider Co., Maria’s Tacos, Sunstone Winery, Clementine Carter Wines, and Draughtsmen Aleworks.
As attendees filled up, they also enjoyed giveaways from The Closet Trading Company and The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara, along with State of Mind Café, which did a coffee grounds art project, and Ice in Paradise, which also set up a hockey activity for the kids. Summer Solstice helped attendees make masks and draw elephants while Brighten Solar Company brought an interactive dollhouse. Family and friends also played a few rounds of cornhole, ring toss, and ladder ball on the lawn to round out the afternoon…