GET OUT OF TOWN
The Dolomites are a prime example of how certain destinations appear to become wildly popular overnight. But don’t let that discourage you: our self-guided hiking trip from hotel to hotel was one of the best trips we’ve ever taken. Plus: Milan for the first time, and testing out an all-business-class airline.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Hope Ranch fixer floopsed for $800,000 loss; off-market Montecito charmer; 1998 six-bedroom in Hope Ranch; Via Clarice for a loss; West Mesa spec reno for nearly $4.4 million; floopses of a Las Alturas project and a Riviera mini-compound; 40-acre avocado farm in Casitas Pass; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Montecito is getting a public pickleball court (above).
••• Landscape designs for the Coast Village Road medians.
••• New gym in the Funk Zone.
••• One hundred trees to be removed for the reconfiguration of the Los Patos Way off-ramp.
••• Vandenberg Space Force Base’s launch alerts are no longer useful.
••• How to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages.
••• Rainbow Kitten Surprise returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
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Recent Comments
If you're asking about the Huntington Hotel, the Big Four is indeed the only restaurant and it looked the same to me (but has probably… — Erik Torkells
It's next on the list. — Erik Torkells
I feel compelled to mention that the property owners here all say their gardners can do better with a broom- why AREN'T THEY OUT THERE… — Christine!
V e r y interesting- thanks. Is there more than one dining room? Is the iconic restaurant decor as before? — Greg
Have you tried Hotel Drisco in Pacific Heights? We love it! — Ann Capogrosso
ha the coffee movement was my neighborhood coffee shop when they first opened. they were always quite friendly, surprised to hear about any uppityness, but… — bailey debruynkops
Taco Bell on Milpas is closed. Fence around the property. I'm hearing, they're remodeling to upgrade the restaurant — Robert Goluck
Oh yes, let's add more super unaffordable boutiques that no one shops in and they eventually close hahahahahah. Your entitlement is showing. — CW
The Only in Santa Barbara store is at 633 State (a different location than this). — Erik Torkells
Bombay Station is great! It might be worth noting the glass of OJ could be in a super large glass, or more in the foreground,… — Michael