ODDS & ENDS
••• Shops have begun opening at The Post (above).
••• Big vacancy at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Clare V.’s expanded shop opens soon.
••• Allora by Laura will be closing.
••• Opening date for Faherty on Coast Village Road.
••• The Butterfly Lane pedestrian undercrossing will be off-limits for three weeks.
••• New Jeff Shelton project downtown.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Picacho Lane Mediterranean off-market for $17 million; Hedgerow renovation; 2019 Mesa four-bedroom; San Roque midcentury; 1972 fixer in More Mesa Shores; likely spec reno in Mission Canyon; shingled quirk on the Mesa; Lower Riviera bungalow; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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FAVORITE THINGS
This holiday season, let’s make an effort to spend our money here—because If we want wonderful independent shops, we need to support them. Besides, it’s fun! The Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 1: Folly, The Eddy, and Domecíl.
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Recent Comments
Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
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
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Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
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