07-24-2017, 03:12 PM
I think that Phogge is referring to the Overlook Cafe at the old Santa Barbara airport, which was upstairs and outside of security. I used to take my son planespotting on the outside patio there, starting when he was three years old. Back then, SBA served 5 or 6 regional airlines plus the private planes and jets. Now, in our spanking new state-of-the-art facility we are down to 3 airlines with minimal decent eats outside of security. Still OK for private-jet watching, however upstairs viewing is through security so you have to watch from the sidewalk outside the terminal.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)