WALK WITH ME
El Sueno Road is just outside Santa Barbara city limits, but it feels farther away—and it makes for a quick, fun excursion.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The provenance of the blue vases atop the Presidio Plaza Building.
••• Goleta hotel to be rebranded (above).
••• Health warning lifted for Miramar Beach.
••• Vintage-and-makers collective opening on State Street.
••• Neighborhood art-studio tours in Ojai.
••• New show at My Pet Ram gallery.
••• Novelist Rachel Cusk in person.
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THE WAY IT WAS
The folks at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum went through the Gledhill Library collection to find old photos of Santa Barbara so we can play a game: can you identify which buildings these are?
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