WALK WITH ME
The streets around Diana Road and Diana Lane, where quintessential Santa Barbara architect Alex D’Alfonso built a microneighborhood, make for some of the city’s most rewarding walking.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Exuberantly decorated Hope Ranch villa for $12.8 million; Hope Ranch flip; Santecito Drive house that could use another bathroom; midcentury in upper San Roque; three-bedroom Casitas de la Riviera condo; small Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Apartment building proposed on the Los Carneros roundabout.
••• What’s happening at the former barre studio on De La Vina.
••• A new music store in Goleta.
••• Figueroa Mountain wildflower tip (photo by L.).
••• Ikat and Pearls has opened a Carpinteria boutique.
••• Cove House’s next renovation project.
••• Heritage Goods & Supply wrote a book for kids.
••• Ryan Adams and the Cardinals in concert.
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Recent Comments
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo