FIRST LOOK
More big changes are coming to the Biltmore: the plans call for a second restaurant and two new family pools—with sand beaches, rock waterfalls, and an island bar. Plus: Nobu is pretty much confirmed.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1929 Mary Craig hacienda getting the spec-reno treatment; modern farmhouse on 20 acres southeast of Los Olivos; 1955 Hedgerow compound fixer off market; contemporary interiors in West Mesa; Hidden Valley cul-de-sac; and a San Roque three-bedroom. See what sold—and for how much. (Photo by Jason Rick.)
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Is even more high-end retail coming to Montecito?
••• British fashion brand Sunspel is opening in the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Zegna debuted at the Miramar.
••• Highway 154 update.
••• Summerland block party.
••• Clairo to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Lotusland at night (above).
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GET OUT OF TOWN
A non-city destination sounded like just the thing after two weeks in Paris, so we rented a villa outside the Corsican town of Bonifacio and reveled in the natural beauty of the island’s southern tip.
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