SKETCHBOOK
Take a look at the gorgeous watercolors of JJ Avrutin, who recently moved back after spending time on the East Coast. “I love finding new ways to capture the magic of this place,” she says.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Handlebar Coffee Roasters has a third café in the works (above).
••• A Christmas-themed pop-up at Pearl Social.
••• Choppa Poke on State Street is turning into a different restaurant.
••• Eureka! is back after a remodel.
••• Kyle’s Chicken House has opened in Isla Vista.
••• The most Ojai thing I’ve ever seen.
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JUST LISTED
This is the best batch of new listings in a long time, including Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House; a wild mash-up of old and new in Hope Ranch; walls of windows in Toro Canyon; the artsy, funky “Hope Ranch Barn”; a historic compound near the Mission; and many more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Bellosguardo released specifics about proposed tours and events.
••• American Indian Health & Services makes progress on the old Army Reserve Center.
••• Athleta opening date.
••• Preliminary maps for state redistricting.
••• The Natural History Museum’s Folk & Tribal Arts Marketplace is coming up.
••• A new yoga studio in Goleta.
••• Hitchcock Cinemas reopens next week.
••• The Four Seasons hotel in New York City is said to be reopening, so maybe there’s hope for the Biltmore.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Vidal for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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