
WALK WITH ME
With a proximity to several elementary schools, Montecito Oaks has long felt like an entry-level neighborhood for Montecito. That’s surely changing as the barrier to entry gets higher.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Contemporary swagger in Noleta; big 1940 house on the Riviera; Montecito winsomeness; midcentury bones in Hope Ranch; Biltmore-inspired cottage; West Mesa fixer; and more.
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SHOP TO IT
Found by Maja has blown into Summerland like a rich, fabulous aunt: Maja Lithander Smith, who has a shop in San Francisco, mixes colors and patterns and textures to exciting effect.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Debate rages over the 250-room Garden Street Hotel (above).
••• Debunked rumor that the Bidens bought in the Santa Ynez Valley.
••• District 1 candidate forum recap.
••• Funk Zone art gallery closed.
••• City councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez’s poor attendance.
••• Criticism for cannabis stink abatement plan.
••• Goleta library to close for up to two years.
••• Mission Creek restoration.
••• Cottage Health to create employee housing.
••• What’s next for Andersen’s Pea Soup in Buellton.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Recent Comments
Great trip report so far, looking forward to the South Island. We visited NZ a few years back and rented a camper van. This was… — Bill F
Great 🥝 🇳🇿 travel reportage Eric ! Love all your details as well as extensive photos ! — Mark
So wonderful to have this new shop there in the El Paseo. Hand crafted ceramics, plants both real and dried, art, books, candles, decorative glassware,… — Miguel
Sad to see McCormick House close up shop to sell off. I've taken a few wonderful art classes there over the years. It is such… — JD
It is absurd. — Laurie
Exactly! I have no words for anyone that could even think of approving such a design and In Buellton of all places. Ed St George… — Monica
Alessia Patisserie & Café, 134 E Canon Perdido Street, Entry mat — Tal
PS- the generated photo previously used was more hidious though — Christine!
If you read the city paperwork- they describe the current Pea Soup design as “art deco”. I don’t think what they think is our deco… — Christine!
Come again? — J