You’re invited to the DIANI Annual Friends + Family Event in store and online with 20% off everything, including sale items. Event runs through Sunday, November 27.
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This holiday season, make an effort to spend your money here—because If you want wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. I’ve done some advance work, picking out possible gift items at Westward General and Folly.
Other recent news: Santa Barbara Cemetery wants to add 2,358 more crypts; the county sets its sights on Carpinteria for housing; the Surfliner Inn ballot measure inches closer to failing; the 7-Eleven on Milpas was looted by teenagers and will close soon; the children’s library at the Central Library has reopened; “social media superstar” bought on Mission Canyon Road; Carpinteria water-purification facility in the works; the tree of the month is the weeping fig.
Plus: Santa Barbara Bowl Christmas tree lot isn’t happening this year; Hermosillo Road finally gets advance Highway 101 signage; the Music Academy of the West shortened its name; new clothing store coming to State Street; Inn at Mattei’s Tavern will open in February; updated rendering of Santa Barbara High School’s forthcoming VADA building; golf store changes hands (and brings in pickleball equipment).
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Last week’s sales also include spec reno near San Antonio Creek; 1904 house on E. Pedregosa for 30 percent off the initial asking price; three-bedrooms on the Mesa and in Samarkand; and more.
More food news: First impressions of the new Tyger Tyger; Buellton In-N-Out makes progress; Motley Crew Ranch has opened a shop; Secret Bao vacation break; jars of “the sauce” at this week’s Na Na Thai pop-up; profile of Good Land Wine Shop.
People often ask me for restaurant advice, and I can certainly give some, but I get more enthusiastic when I recommend specific dishes.
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Noteworthy new listings also include a terrific 200-year-old downtown adobe on the National Register of Historic Places; East Coast vibes in the Upper East; contemporary renovation in West Mesa; and more.
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