GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
The Santa Barbara Culinary Experience announced the lineup for its first-ever festival. It benefits the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, with many events inspired by Child. There’s even a free map of her favorite local haunts.
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HAMMER TIME!
Another historic Montecito estate is headed to auction. Designed by noted architect Lutah Maria Riggs in the early 1930s, the 2.1-acre property has a Hollywood glamour—and a peachy exterior—reminiscent of the Hotel Bel-Air and Beverly Hills Hotel. It was most recently listed for $12.5 million.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A new boutique is about to open in Montecito…
••• But two Upper Village stores are closing (above).
••• Midcentury house in the Hedgerow sold.
••• Toro Creek Bridge is open to two-way traffic.
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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Lighthouse Coffee’s new downtown café is opening soon.
••• Pearl Social got heat for its patio.
••• Portion of Bettina pizza proceeds to be donated toward Australian wildlife.
••• Ojai Valley Inn pizza party.
••• Habit Burger’s local outposts excluded from the brand’s recent sale.
••• Culinary bright spots in Solvang.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• Rising seas will mean bad news for Santa Barbara.
••• State laws could allow for taller buildings.
••• How storms might impact neighborhoods below the Cave Fire burn area.
••• Two movie theaters get loop technology for the hearing-impaired.
••• Shooting ban extended in Los Padres National Forest.
••• The tree of the month.
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GOOD HOUSEPEEKING
Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: A welcome bit of Brutalism on Eucalyptus Hill; downtown Carpinteria house built by someone with a passion for historic design (above); Upper East Tudor that needs a redo; cute Montecito cottage in a rough location; and the Lutah Maria Riggs estate heading to auction.
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Recent Comments
Not to out-pedanticize you, but as someone who worked in specialty coffee for over a decade, I must point out that your pedantic paradoxical parable… — Par King
I walk past that mysterious little pied-à-terre on E. Carrillo almost daily with my dog. Happy to catch some photos of the interior and courtyard.… — Marc
Not many boutique health resorts being built for the middle class Im afraid. On the plus side lots of jobs from construction and operations.🙂 — Don
Hi Erik, listing agent for 411 E. Carrillo here. Thank you so much for the write-up. I really enjoy reading your work, and waking up… — Spencer Cole
I'm glad there is an animal crossing — HoratioP
With just a tiny bit of research, Rincon Farms is a regenerative organic farm , yay ! I’m excited to try Monte’s, and equally as… — Janie
Sounds exactly like the person you don’t want to meet at a bar… — Zeljko
Will this health resort only be accessible for the wealthy? Is this a resort that the working class can also afford? — Evie
2021? Are you stuck down there? Do you need help? We’re up here in 2026. — Jenna
Yeah, you're clearly not their target market. — Jefferson A.