FIRST LOOK
Another hotel is in the works for State Street: the former Forever 21 building could be converted into a 22-room hotel with a rooftop pool and bar.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Is Peasants Feast thinking of starting dinner service (above)?
••• Rumored tenant for former downtown McDonald’s.
••• We Want the Funk profile.
••• The Women Winemakers Celebration is coming up.
••• The inaugural Ojai Food + Wine event is this fall.
••• Yoga and wine at Frequency Wines.
••• Appealing menu at Good Lion/Sama Sama collaboration in Ventura.
••• Any Easter brunch suggestions?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Hope Ranch compound with room to move for $22.5 million; Riviera new-build with mesmerizing views; geometry gone wild in Montecito; 1930s cottage in Coast Village; and a sweet little getaway up near the Botanic Garden.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A big new gym is opening downtown (above).
••• The Santa Ynez Valley is getting an adventure park with ziplining.
••• The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up.
••• Father John Misty, the Head and the Heart, and Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• An Instagram account for local history buffs.
••• Are neighbors getting annoyed by pickleball?
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again on Saturday.
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