We took a week to tool around the state, heading north along Route 1 on a lil' family vacation. But we didn't forget you, dear Fishbowl Fans. All along the way we shot pics of news boxes that, we think, tell a pretty clear story of what is right -- and wrong -- with the state of print today.

Here, for instance, are the side-by-side boxes of the beleaguered Santa Barbara News-Press and the far-more-respected Santa Barbara Independent. Guess which one still has readers.