Brilliant news about Stella Mare. It’s a great restaurant in a lovely building that deserves to stay right where it is.
It’s atop the building on the corner of Santa Barbara and Yanonali Streets in the Funk zone. Home of the old Castagnola’s fish market.
I'm certainly aware of that. I'm at the mercy of when I find out about things (often at the last minute) and the frequency with which I run relevant website posts and the email newsletter. One way to be aware of events sooner is to check this website daily; another is to follow Siteline on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and now Threads), although some of those aren't great about showing you everything.
Another possibility would be increasing the frequency of the email newsletter, but twice a week feels right to me, and I'm not sure I can make enough content to justify three newsletters a week. Or I could conceivably start a weekly email dedicated to events, but I'm not super excited about taking that on (or having to tell people that their event doesn't merit inclusion).
Always...frustrating as many events I would attend!
Hook & Press are doing raspberry cardamom sufganiyot (jelly filled doughnuts). Not sure if you have to preorder them.
Hi! There is a community menorah lighting tonight at the green space in front of Pierre Lafond. I remember seeing something about this group making challah every week- perhaps they would be a good resource for you to inquire about food?
https://www.jewishmontecito.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/6107641/jewish/Chanukah.htm
This email arrived too late (this morning) for some events that happened yesterday.
Thank you for highlighting local businesses!
Also the AbFab reference *chef's kiss*
Hello, Is the new housing in the RV storage going to be rental units or homes for sale? Thank you
It has always paid off being a "it pays to seek information" vs "take what they give you " type. Twitter is free!
I know that X post the launches, but everyone it seems that 50+ people post on Nextdoor, Facebook, Reddit.. what was the boom? Being a tourist city some have no clue and other can’t keep track of the (postponed) launches. 911 claims to receive tons of calls from unexpected residents.
Uh- or read facebook- in fact Twitter has a great system already doing that- try it!
Check out the @SpaceX hiring page- tons of great jobs at VSFB with 500 more approaching! I bet that really gets Salud Carbajals armpit sweaty- love how he’ll act like it was him that made it happen vs Elon Musk et
all!
So glad all the ecoidiots who were so happy to proclaim the demise of the monarch are now eating their words. It’s heart warming!
Second Coast to Coast for gifts… often there is 15 % off storewide.
Imagine in the Upper Village has the most interesting gifts plus clothes
Space X / Vandenberg need to create a text alert system notifying residents minute before take-off within 100miles of a rocket launch and sonic boom.
Please please please keep the lovely pool and fountain! Fire pits are a dime a dozen, and the pool is part of Santa Barbara.
Hopefully with the new roundabout near The Post, they will landscape the area on E Cabrillo and Channel Rd (it used to look so nice).
Nice items- love the hammered metal bowl from the cheese shop!
Please consider doing a Valley list- so many wonderful shops just over the hill.....
Thank you for the context, Councilmember. I am excited to witness the revitalization of Old Town, though the Hollister Restriping project has me concerned about traffic, specifically coming off the 217. I recognize that there are plans to create additional east-west thoroughfares, but I cannot reconcile reducing the already-busy Hollister to one lane. Please make sure that traffic is not too impacted, even in the short term.
Appreciate the author highlighting some of the great companies in Goleta! Here are a few reactions in no particular order.
The hotel was approved with an art deco design, though I would have preferred color choices that highlight the architectural elements better.
The hotel is along Hollister Avenue which extends from State Street all the way to the Ritz Carlton Bacara hotel. The areas connected to the road were mostly agriculture once you got past the little towns of La Goleta (now Old Town Goleta) and La Patera (the areas around and past the airport and train station).
The arrival of the airport, the 101, UCSB and Lake Cachuma significantly influenced Goleta. They led to the arrival of major employers like Delco and Raytheon, major housing tracts on land formerly tied to large ranches. And the corresponding need for services and amenities being planned in a car friendly way.
Goleta was planned by the County of Santa Barbara primarily through major efforts in the late 1960’s and early 1990’s.
The area you traversed is in flux. Mostly you walked around a Research Park planned by the county, with important technology companies. The hotel was approved in the early 2010’s by the council and is at an intersection shared with a regional shopping center, The Marketplace planned by the County in the early 1990’s. A workforce housing project, Cortona Pointe Apartments was approved by the Goleta City Council around 2014 and was completed a couple years ago.
The Villages at Los Carneros is at a site that was debated for decades - office parks had once been the destiny for the Hollister/Los Carneros area but then Towbes built the Willow Springs Apartments in two phases over more than a decade.
These developments do badly need on site/near site services - a legacy of piecemeal planning because it was developed by different owners over two decades in processes led by the county (1993) and later Goleta (2006).
Lastly you finished in Old Town at Oat Bakery, and there is a lot happening in Old Town. Legacy businesses like Goleta Barber, Santa Cruz Market and Goleta Bakery have been joined by Old Town Coffee, Santa Barbara Gift Baskets and CrossFit Santa Barbara. There are plans to repair this stretch of Hollister, add buffered bike lanes, angled parking and reduce the share of the road dedicated only to cars which should create a more walkable and pleasant downtown. A business park and an RV And Boat Storage are being transformed to new housing which will bring more vibrancy and customers for businesses while addressing the need for more housing.
I like your list but also think that the BEST gift shop in Santa Barbara is Coast 2 Coast. It is located in La Arcada Court. They have gifts in all price points and for every occasion and they wrap SO Beautifully ❤️❤️❤️ They ship too if you would like!
There's a legend about a stash of unclaimed gold buried right there. Don't know if that's so true, but it goes nicely with the fact I have run into multiple friends and strangers alike who are happy to share about how haunted that section of the parking lot and the fountained courtyard behind it are! I find only charm in stories like these — but I wonder if anyone knows where all this folklore comes from — and why this seemingly ignored spot has so many stories?
Could not agree more, Penelope! Clarke's is great — and they do a lobster roll right. (Among other great things). I think this will be a wonderful additional to Coast Village!
Noooooo!! The fountain is beautiful!!
Why don't the developers understand that we need those services? There are many medical offices they're that can't just relocate for more clothing stores that nobody cares about.
