WALK WITH ME
With its hillside location, streets that split, marvelous stonework, and oodles of quirk, the Lower Riviera is a quintessential Santa Barbara neighborhood—and yet few visitors explore it.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Stately Padaro Lane beachfront for $46.9 million; an interior designer’s weekend retreat in Birnam Wood; Ennisbrook casita for $6 million; a piece of history in Hope Ranch; the West Mesa house that looks like a homestead; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Studio X’s second Pilates studio opens this week.
••• Update on Sonoma Fit’s downtown gym.
••• Local hotel occupancy and rates dipped in August.
••• Asher Market has expanded to Santa Ynez.
••• Belong Church leased a State Street space.
••• Cabrillo Boulevard improvements.
••• John Gibson paintings at Caldwell Snyder (above).
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Recent Comments
I hope the new Pascucci will offer affordable lunches for those of us working in the area! — Kathie
A lot of price cuts on these higher priced properties. — Don
Not even a real name, absolutely nothing to help - I couldn't even finish this bot's diatribe. Yuck — Chet
Pickle Ball - for the people who can't play tennis or ping pong — Chet
The roads are horrible all over the city. I live on the Mesa and it is a joke. De La Vina is pothole breeding ground.… — Chet
Agreed. How about they ask, "would like to add a living wage tax above and beyond the tip?" Shameless — Chet
I agree. Idt these desert colors look good at all + they look out of place. The design standard seems to be morphing from Spanish… — John
Failing to plan is planning to fail. The resident population of SB is not the driving factor in planning to preserve our community nor how… — KG
Having toured the building I can confirm the section in question is an elevator. — Tom Wilson
Backside of Cliff Room! — Elliott