Plus: New art studio for kids downtown; Sirena women’s boutique has moved; a wasted Funk Zone parking lot; tape on the trail; the answer to last weekend’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”; the return of Tomatomania!; overhear anything interesting lately?
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Last week’s sales also include a Pepper Hill contemporary in need of updating; Hope Ranch Mediterranean; 2023 four-bedroom in the Boulders community; Campanil midway through a gut reno; Park Highlands spiffer-upper; Hidden Valley for over $3 million; and more.
More food news: Likely tenants of the Maritime Museum’s two restaurant spaces; Chick-fil-A on Calle Real faces pushback; Petra Cafe in flux; more on Beau, the “storytelling bar”; Easter provisions at Carpinteria’s forthcoming gourmet market; Santa Barbara line etiquette.
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Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: The house wins.)
Noteworthy new listings also include a 31-acre equestrian property east of Toro Canyon; Hot Springs Road hacienda complex; mountain views in Pepper Hill; the Riviera house that Alex D’Alfonso built for himself; 1915 Craftsman with extra land on a swell Upper East block; San Roque Tudor; and more.
Other recent news: Costco is looking into the possibility of a Goleta gas station; a quartet of interesting homes; inside Montecito’s Pig House; could Isla Vista become a city?; self-storage with social aspect coming downtown; the tree of the month.
Plus: Big Yellow House sold; Bob Dylan and Jungle return to the Santa Barbara Bowl; what’s next for the little stone building on Cabrillo Boulevard?; surprises on the Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival lineup; more on the sale of The Post; Neighbor Neighbor consignment shop opened downtown; free mosquitofish; magical realist art; “La La Land” production-design show.
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Last week’s sales also include a Birnam Wood one-bedroom with guest house; handsome finishes on Camino Viejo; two on Eucalyptus Hill; two in Hope Ranch; the Samarkand one that tried asking $8 million; San Roque new-build; Cielito midcentury; and more.
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Apparently we’re an AI-driven storytelling bar. Which is wild because AI still hasn’t shown up for a single bartending shift. For the record, ChatGPT has… — Starr Hall
FWIW - Metro Theaters usually posts showtimes on Tuesdays for the upcoming week beginning on Fridays. Hopefully will see new showtimes posted tomorrow. — Tom