Hi Tad,
You have made several, seemingly outlandish, claims. Some are very interesting if true, however, you haven't provided any evidence to corroborate them. Your alternate history is moderately entertaining to read though.
What about the fact the fearless city leaders are ramming the 18th homeless/cagrant/drug addict center on the 600 block of CHAPALA without any input or concern about how they will destroy yet another downtown business block.
It will attract vagrants from all over CA. If you build it they will come.
Holy crap how are you so misinformed? Tell me about all these Saudi owners that I assume a friend of a friend who does your hair told you all about.
Speaking of pan Asian, I still mourn the passing of Empty Bowl’s Montecito restaurant on Coast Village. I love their food and it was nice to have a restaurant to go to and eat it rather than the hustle bustle of the Public market. We really need a great chinese restaurant, a bit disappointed that Oliver’s is going to become a French restaurant.
The two books are just full of lies & assumptions. The cousin had already written the history of the family she said, he was the only one she admired because he had made his own fortune. Then the author tacked on his collection of hearsay & the lawyers/caretakers bogus smokescreen of misinformation. While she did rent a room at the hospital & started sleeping there at night for safety (after what happened in 8W) when she was in town, she was picked up every day by Mr Gonzalez and was at home ~ they actually lived in the house they built on the roof to have higher ceilings, it was very Taos style minimalist as popularized by Georgia O’Keefe. That is why she was on the books at the hospital (who also lied) for so long. She spent every Summer in Santa Barbara & every Winter in Hawaii up until 2007. She was sad to see the Miramar had closed. It was because her Sister caught something fatal across the street at “the bird toilet” that they spent all the money to beautify the bird lagoon. She said Andree’ was the dynamo & focus of the family ~ “we were all sure she would be the first female President of the USA” ~ that’s why they were so devastated. She showed me where the hidden safe is in the house & how to open it, then she took me to a place on the property & said “we buried a tonne of gold here just in case,,, now only you & I know where it is.” The air charter, limousine service, and security company could all show her being there up till 2007. They generated their own electricity onsite, down by the cabana was a giant tuning fork thing that made it. Everyone should press the IRS to produce her True Will ~ she had such noble benevolent intentions for her properties, especially after the Miracle both she & rotten jon douglas witnessed in the cemetery in 1977 - a brilliant Light that became an Angel with her Mothers face! That’s when she retreated from the world to focus on the Spritual, so she could be an Angel too like Anna! May the Truth be unveiled after all this wretched mendacity . . .
We were regulars at Coast & Olive until they hired the new chef who dramatically changed the menu and increased prices. Looking forward to the next concept since we love that space. Big fans of Little Dom's so pleased to see them take over Oliver's. Lunched at Lilac and it's really good with lots of options and reasonable prices so our new favorite breakfast/lunch spot. Now if only someone would open a good pan-Asian restaurant!
As it relates to commercial real estate and SB landlords, you know not of what you speak. But it get it, when you're not well versed in subject the landlords are an easy scapegoat.
Apparently the $7m West Mesa house is the first listing where the selling agent won’t offer any commission to the buying agent (due to the recent federal ruling). Fits perfectly with the absurdity of that entire property listing. Did you see the thousands of river rocks they covered the yard in? Truly a bizarre situation
The Sama Sama-Lama Dog is definitely taking tooooo long! We are in San Roque and this will literally be our closest food to walk to, we seriously cannot wait.
I have to say, I miss cruising down State in the car on a weekend with the dog hanging out the window, then turning around at the dolphin fountain and cruising back up. But it's no fun if half the storefronts are empty and nobody's on the sidewalk to say hi to the dog.
Great points and I completely agree; it has less to do with cars or no cars and more to do with the types of businesses and lack of nearby housing. Satellite is a great example of a thriving restaurant on State that draws community together because of a great vibe, food, wine and music.
Good guess but nope. I posted the answer.
The Bosse Toy Train Museum?
I watched the ABR meeting today and I must say the project looks good from the outside. But there are two buildings that are four stories tall. That doesn't work for me, as a NIMBY. As I watched the meeting I question the man from the Housing Authority that said they have had their eyes on this property for some time. As a neighbor of twenty years I would say, chill.
They're shooting for this fall.
Nope!
Afraid not...
City parking lot #7?
That is quite the development for the area! I hope the ‘affordable’ housing is for the local families & current families that live there.
Tad,
Do you have any credible sources to back up any of your claims?
They are highly contradictory to all published facts regarding Huguette?
I would be very interested to learn more. Do you have pictures of your many interactions with her and visits to her properties.
The train crossing at Miramar?
Agreed, the “landscaping” is so sad! Every time I walk by it there are woodpeckers pecking at the house and a starling entering a giant hole in the siding
I live within sight of the proposed project at Montecito & Rancheria streets. And I've lived on the Ladera street side, that was more than twenty years ago. The buildings could use a facelift but a complete demo and almost doubling the number of units is not progress. It's greed. The Housing Authority seems to have the graces of the local boards like this one. I'll watch tomorrow to see the size, bulk, and scale of the project, and I'm mostly interested in the number of off street parking. Lastly, I work in Montecito on a property about this size, but there are only two people living there. Dang, 52 apartments sounds like a LOT of people living on this site.
Agreed! Let go of more cars, better State St. Such silliness ????
Amen. The lack of cars is not the cause of the change that started back in the 2010s and really games during Covid. Small retail is dead unless there is a critical mass of residence living within a couple blocks.
The reality is that what we need from our small town central areas is entirely different from what it had been historically. We don’t need to shop for day-to-day things, we need food and entertainment. That’s where the best areas of State Street and the fun zone really shine, they’re providing that. The tourists love it too is a plus and not a minus.
Also, would they just hurry up and open that Lama Dog and Sama Sama already? I’m dying of waiting.
