SHOP TO IT
The new Boom Boom Bike Room has the brash attitude of a skate shop, but with “punk ass bikes” and “vintage sleaze.” Take a look around.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Southwest Airlines is said to be adding two more destinations to its Santa Barbara lineup.
••• Mollusk’s Funk Zone surf shop is moving.
••• Architect Jeff Shelton is working on a book about his Santa Barbara buildings.
••• Lotusland art exhibit and auction (above, “The Portals: An Entrance–Lotusland, 3.16.21” by Blakeney Sanford).
••• Why do online shoppers get prime parking spots?
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara County is now in the orange tier.
••• The parking situation around the Hot Springs Trailhead.
••• Figueroa Mountain wildflower update.
••• The washed-out stretch of Highway 1 near Big Sur reopens this Friday.
••• Profiles of artists Richard Schloss and Jane Gottlieb (above, Schloss’s “Warm Light, Santa Barbara”).
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FOOD STUFF
••• Wingman Rodeo is getting its own place.
••• Mesa Burger’s new chicken sandwich (above).
••• What’s up with the former Mackenzie Market space.
••• Backyard dinner at the forthcoming Rory’s Place restaurant in Ojai.
••• New tenant for the Coffee & Bean Tea Leaf shop in Carpinteria.
••• Pizza chain opening on De La Vina.
••• Profile of High Seas Mead.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Colin Valiante for correctly identifying where this photos was shot.
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