And in other food news: Eater LA updated its questionable list of best Santa Barbara restaurants; chef turnover at the Four Seasons Biltmore; Café Ana has a new baker; Vicenta’s in Goleta has closed.
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Also newly reduced: Midcentury Mesa home near the Douglas Family Preserve; Eighties-style manor on Pepper Hill; Craftsman house used as a film set; the terrific house across from the Mission.
Five newly listed properties that don’t quite warrant posts of their own, including the largest property in Birnam Wood; a redone ranch house in Hope Ranch; a Montecito white box on a nice piece of land; and a Mesa mystery.
And in other local news: The Montecito Motor Classic is this Sunday (in Carpinteria); Ashley Road bridge should be finished in December; what various Montecito-related acronyms mean; the forthcoming renovation of the Montecito YMCA.
Thank goodness for the interesting choices that homeowners make—without them, housepeeking would be a lot less fun.
And in other news: Insurance algorithms cause consternation; new womenswear boutique on E. Haley; Funk Zone mural debate; Milpas Street improvements.
And in other recent news: Montecito bridge delays; U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill banning new offshore drilling; looking back at when people wintered in Montecito; the Tree of the Month.
And in other food-related news: Jeanine’s has opened a fourth location; Rascal’s pop-up schedule; and Bettina’s peach-and-poblano pizza.
Five newly listed properties that don’t warrant posts of their own, including a veritable resort in Montecito; a 1930s San Roque charmer; an outdoor entertaining haven off Milpas; and a vacant lot in Hope Ranch.
And in other recent news: Santa Barbara’s second pot shop has opened; more development coming to the Funk Zone; comparing the sites for a new police headquarters; hikers saved by putting a message in a bottle.
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?
Recent Comments
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