The Heritage Goods and Supply book for children is fantastic. I just reordered after receiving my first one. Going to give as Mothers Day gifts for my daughters to share with my grandchildren. Also they do have a second store in Solvang.
What a nice and clever bunch of people associated with the business.
The rendering of the Los Carneros Roundabout mixed-use structure can be found on the first page of a book called ‘Architects Who Tried to Kill California’. It is a lazy clump of boxes with absolutely no respect for the city, or the land. Its initial sin is facing away from the street (the demonic sign of a Strip Mall). But it is compounded by no attempt for rhythm or unity. Low cost construction does not have to be hideous. There are vernaculars with Industrial, folk, and Farm designs that are inexpensive. This architectural firm should be sent to Houston where no one cares ‘bout nothin’!
Glad to hear that Handlebar will stay open later. They were one of my go to (pre-pandemic) places for an afternoon cup and cookie.
You are free to spend your time and money buying land, hiring architects, procuring permits, and contractors to build an apartment building and then rent them out at below market rates to low income households. How many people do you think will build something they know they would lose money on?
Why are they building a bunch of high rent one bedrooms when we are trying to find space to build a bunch of housing and low income housing for the shortage we are facing? This blows my mind yet we say we don’t have space to build. This is proving We have plenty of spots like this and bigger throughout Goleta and Santa Barbara, if we are going to start popping up apartments like this!
The handheld menu lists the items in Spanish on one side and English on the other.
Thank you for the cheerful thoughtful walk along the paths and roads below APS. Santa Barbara is my hometown and I have not lived there since 1960 but I have roots! Deep roots! I'm looking forward to traveling with you more! When I do visit, I drive all over because, as a child in SB and growing up I walked absolutely everywhere and I never get tired of returning to ant part of SB! And the trees! Oh my! I remember when the El Paseo and Dela Guerra Plaza with its shops really did exist - don't get me started!
Costra is a thin layer of cheese that is cooked on a griddle (plancha) on both sides until it's crisp. It is then placed on a tortilla and topped with whatever meat or vegetable choices available.
It still amazes me how many people get triggered by Spanish language menus or Spanish language commercials on English speaking channels in SB (36% latino pop in the city and 47% majority in the county). However, it's applauded when we travel abroad and find menus in English and see English speaking shows or tours.
I agree that the English translation should be on the menu and prices displayed. I'm bilingual and bicultural and while I get the creativity and sense of wanting to be different that may be driving their choice, it doesn't make much business sense to me to have your customers asking the staff to speak into the google translator or have to study a menu ahead of time as if there will be a quiz (which I guess there will be at the counter). Wouldn't you want people to take less time to order and have a faster checkout time?
I love taco bell, but I also love all Mexican food, especially all the food from Carlos.
Looking for a retired architect, or retired builder who would be able to oversee construction of new home being built in Santa Barbara area..
We (my friend and I) went to one of the tours of the estate as well. We didn't get tosee the outer strustures, jus the ground floor of the main building and the adjacent grounds.
I just wanted to second the opinion that the estate should be turned into a park. It is such a waste to have it available for the handful of people only!
Perfect stone!
Perfect home????
There is no official language in the U.S.
415 E De La Guerra St. Nona’s Italian Deli
Sounds like a good menu. I really love some of those street tacos, especially Lengua.
I am the individual presented as being confused as to whether Soledad Ave is really a private street, a flatter of tires and basically unwelcoming to those who wish to stroll up our street. We posted a private street sign and the city illegally replaced it with their own sign and changed the name from North Soledad Ave to Soledad Ave. Your suspicion s are therefore support but I have the legal description on my Grant Deed. We have always welcomed strangers who just want to stroll, chat and look around. Your frantic camera “ on a mission” performance stood out from what seems natural and normal, and hence I engaged you. Life sometimes is not as unwelcoming as some people choose to paint it.
Thank you as always - exploring Santa Barbara by foot is truly the best. And yes, the Ab Fab reference reminded me why I enjoy your writing behind these walks.
Great spot for kids/family camps - Mr Kessler also owned Zaca Lake- and never spent a penny on any type of up-keep whatsoever….we’d drink beers with his #2 and beg him to improve the situation there…..
Wow. Tough crowd. I don’t think I’ve ever posted a comment to something like this before. We went for our first time earlier this week and liked it so much we went back the next day. The habanero salsa is so good that we took our little cup home with us. And the roasted pineapple salsa is amazing. Great salsa options that are different than Los Agaves. Enjoy the experience for what it is. Figure out the menu. Google it if you need to. Ask about the prices before you order if you choose. We sound like a bunch of lazy Americans wanting to be spoon fed our Mexican food experience in English and without any challenges on our path to shoveling large volumes of it into our mouths. For those folks, there are still some Taco Bells in SB. This place is great, and we will be back often to try new things on the menu. There’s a line out the door already for good reasons, and my guess is that will continue. There is no other good Mexican food within a mile of that place, and no Rudy’s and Chipotle don’t count. Tons of foot traffic from the office buildings there and all the new housing about to go in. Smart move by Carlos and the crew.
Agree that the highest and best use for "Circle K Ranch" is commercial/institutional, however it is not zoned for that. It's AG zoned so it may indeed have to wait for that special cult leader who needs room for lots of (non-paying) guests. This ranch has been on the market for ~ 2.5 years and a few days ago dropped it's asking price from $26,950,000 to the current $18,000,000.
While this roam is a favorite of mine I would say the star of this point is the diversion to Ab Fab....there is never enough Patsy in one's life. Thanks for the chuckle.
Siteline, you’re the best Sunday read!
It has already been implemented in the unincorporated parts of the county (which has a different contract with MarBorg). From a February post: "A MarBorg Industries executive explained the recent rate hike for non-curbside service. The contract with the county was renegotiated to help more customers pay less: everyone’s “basic service” charge (before extras such as larger containers) was lowered by 10 percent, which is being financed by charging more for the “concierge service” of retrieving containers from customers’ properties. Evidently, this change was already in place in other unincorporated parts of the county, such as the Goleta Valley; Montecito was the last area to get the bad news." https://www.sitelinesb.com/the-las-aves-developer-has-taken-over-more-of-los-patos-way/
I so enjoy these little jaunts with you, Erik. Thank you for taking us along!
