JUST LISTED: TWO UPPER EAST GRANDES DAMES
The centenarian houses of the Upper East don’t come on the market all that often, but last week, we got two: 2014 Garden Street, built in 1895, and 16 E. Pedregosa Street, built in 1918. Let’s compare and contrast….
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THE FOOD SCENE
••• The Los Agaves spinoff on Cabrillo has opened.
••• Checking out the old-school Onus Donuts on State Street.
••• The former Breakfast Culture Club café may have been sold to another coffee shop.
••• Fosters Freeze in Carpinteria is reportedly for rent.
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SHOP-LOCAL GIFT GUIDE, PART 2
If you want Santa Barbara to have wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. So this holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to spend your money here. In this installment: Mate Gallery and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• George Lucas has now spent $47 million on Padaro Lane.
••• Santa Barbara Airport finally got a Gate 3.
••• Photos of the Cave Fire burn area.
••• Downtown apartment buildings can now be three feet taller.
••• Another lawsuit over the city’s vacation-rental ban.
••• Revised plans for Montecito Street hotel.
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GOOD HOUSEPEEKING
Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: A pair of brand-new houses in San Antonio Creek; 40 acres on Spyglass Ridge Road; Montecito midcentury mini-compound; 1895 Upper East house with a surprise upstairs.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Mate Gallery’s men’s shop debuts this week (above).
••• MarBorg’s new textile recycling drop-off program.
••• How to help the Los Padres Forest Association keep roadways clean.
••• Montecito Planning Commission to meet in Montecito for the first time.
••• Names as destiny.
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