After a spectacular debut last year, the Palm Tree Music Festival Montecito is returning to the Santa Barbara Polo Fields & Racquet Club—and it’s expanding to two full days. Tickets are on sale now.
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Noteworthy new listings also include a tall drink of water on Buena Vista Drive; next-level backyard entertainment pavilion; 1926 house on E. Mission Street hidden from the street; funky fixer from 1912; 780-acre spread with UTV track; and more.
This modern farmhouse on a charming street blends timeless character with thoughtfully curated design and an effortless connection to the Santa Barbara lifestyle. Come take a look at this week’s open houses.
Other recent news: The Biltmore appears to have been pushed back again; possible names for Calle Cesar Chavez; new housing at Santa Barbara Zoo could thwart Highway 101 pedestrian bridge; Modoc Multi-Use Path opened; county moves forward with workforce housing on Carrillo Street; speed-limit reductions on Santa Claus Lane and San Antonio Creek Road; Target launched next-day delivery in Santa Barbara; Ojai tastemaker’s art and antiques recommendations.
Plus: Free People is opening a second store on State Street; Palm Tree Music Festival doubles down on the area; Chapala Street gym moving; Ingrid Michaelson to play the Lobero Theatre; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows; San Ysidro Debris Basin signage.
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Situated on a private, corner lot, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence is filled with natural light and designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living. Come see for yourself at this week’s open houses.
The spectacular David Geffen Galleries building at LACMA aims to reinvent the museum-going experience, which it does with varying success.
Last week’s sales also include Christopher Lloyd’s compound on W. Mountain Drive; off-market floops of an Ennisbrook casita; 1977 three-bedroom near Montecito Union School; upside-down layout in the Lower Village; fire-damaged property above Cathedral Oaks Road; stylish San Roque; and more.
Plus: Yoga studio opened on the Mesa; two new retail tenants on State Street; Muna to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore has begun accepting donations; Hunt Slonem show; beige new buildings.
Burning Questions
- How Come the Gaviota Rest Areas Are Closed So Often?
- Why Is the Cliff Drive Overlook Closed?
- Who Installed This Security Camera in Montecito?
- Why Are the Railroad Tracks Being Expanded Along Padaro Lane?
- Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
- Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
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Thank goodness its not here, Ricks taking the hideous architecture on tour, it should fit in nicely in TO, they'll just have to paint it… — Alan
I’ve long thought the golf course is ripe for redevelopment. Though I do agree with the slippery slope concerns. That said, I am shocked to… — BW
Thanks for digging in. Seems the issues are all water related. I’m wondering if a preferred design context given the obvious constraints would be composting… — Daniel Meisel
True. But remote, if you want to be in a more urban part of SF. Remind me to tell you about the Kabuki in Japantown,… — Thomas Reynolds
I see you've been slumming it in our old town. The Huntington must have created more rooms; previously it was mostly suites, having formerly been… — Thomas Reynolds
The Presidio hotels in the Presidio are hands down my favs Erik! Big rooms (former army barracks), quiet - fantastic art installations in the hiking… — Leslie Westbrook
Who designed the rediculous improved street/parking configuration on Santa claus lane...there isn't enough room in the north bound lane to drive a car through...parked cars… — BeckyGallup
Their needs to be a better answer then just closing the rest stop. I do the drive almost daily and the amount of people I… — Derek
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