FOOD STUFF
••• Validation Ale is opening a second location (above).
••• The Nook is branching out into pizza.
••• The Veranda at San Ysidro Ranch.
••• Outstanding in the Field dinner with Mattei’s chef Rhoda Magbitang.
••• Cajé is working on a café in Ventura.
••• Gipsy Hill Bakery is baking on a regular basis again.
••• Soul Bites profile.
••• Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley is coming up.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Downtown penthouse with tower for $3.6 million; new construction by the 101 in Montecito; 1930 Mission Canyon house with a cool roof deck; 1963 Hope Ranch three-bedroom in need of updating; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The San Ysidro roundabout has opened.
••• The design of new hotels in West Beach and on State Street (above).
••• Sol Seek Yoga has changed hands.
••• Free screening of 2008 documentary Citizen McCaw.
••• Interior designer Marc Normand Gelinas’s shop moves this week.
••• Architectural Foundation art exhibit.
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