Chef Ramon is just killing it with his new restaurant. the dishes have a vibrancy and finesse that elevates them above your usual Mexican cuisine. His PASSION for providing the very best food that he can, and enjoying doing it, it so very clear and he is a wonderful host!!
Ellen seems like way too savvy of a business woman to settle at this Padaro property - just because it seems like there’s tons more $$$ to make there. I don’t intend to sound cynical…
We had the most wonderful lunch at the Counter at Dutch Gardens: everything was fantastic including the service.
Erik, Thank you for a most comprehensive and enjoyable tour of some of our most beautiful architectural treasures of downtown Santa Barbara. I am trying to find out the history, someone to contact whom might know the information, of the Two Blue Vases atop the Presido Plaza building Roof adjacent to the Main Post Office, one building in from Anacapa Street. As a forty-one year resident these have always intrigued me and I have never been able to obtain their history, please! Thank you!
Mācher and Field Trip are two of my favorite shops in town. Both have unique and sustainable finds!
There were several outrigger canoe paddlers at the meeting. Personally, I don't like seeing the ships. It always startles me when I am expecting to see clear blue sky, water, and islands and instead see a floating edifice blocking the view.
I attended the meeting and the air quality expert reported that cruise ships create significantly higher amount of numerous pollutants than the same number of passengers driving from LA to SB.
Is Hope Ranch annex enlarging? I think of Encore Dr. more as Southern Pacific/Amtrak Annex.
Cruise ship are a disaster! These ships burn up to 250 tons of fuel in a day. Cruise ships dump toxic waste into the waters, fill the earth with carbon dioxide and kill marine wildlife. Visit any deep sea port in Europe that allows cruise ships and you will see first hand their destruction on the local coastline and horrendous affects on the quality of sea life.
I hope Dutch Garden will bring back the Herring salad soon! Yum!
Paddle club memberships also available from Channel Islands:
https://www.paddlesportsca.com/psc-memberships/
Yes, yes! I would love a post on delectable food gifts :)
I so love Lewis & Clark, especially around Christmas.
Paseo Nuevo entrance off State near the old Macys building and Men’s Wearhouse.
Who doesn’t want a moongate?
San Simeon! You’re right, it’s a great spot too.
Good grief
my personal fav place to stay is a hotel run by the nicest Sri Lankan family in San Simeon- love all the beachcombing one can do there!
I saw Kristen Sneddon post on Facebook about the cruise ships meeting, obviously they are curse ships to her. I would never go on a cruise ship but I like to see them. I think they are marvels of engineering that they float. Yes they dump sewage in the water, as do we. Since 1994 I have paddled outrigger canoes off our coast, many times near the outfall pipes a sheen. . . a ribbon of nasty has been on the water surface. I never jumped in when I saw it. Fast forward to this meeting. I'm willing to bet the people that raised their hand against cruise ships have probably never seen the sheen. Even worse is the local water after these rains. Ben Pitterle can test the local waters before and after the rain last weekend and this coming Sunday. Then compare the readings to those a month ago, when the ships were here.
Cayucos Is an awesome little town. Good luck to its new motel!
I hope I am not the only person who sees on one hand you are bashing the boat, but jumping up and down at new hotels TO DRIVE TO? WHAT A JOKE ?
who has the nerve to attack guests on a cruise ship stopping for the day? A short sighted nincompoop who never drives across town for a new coffee shop, who never drives to SYV to wine taste, who never desires a steak one day and fish the next….every single person here has traveled and enjoyed it- whether it be a day trip to Morro Bay or a summer in Iceland. Get off your pompous chair and let people live. You think cruise ships are “dirty”? Go spend a week on a live aboard dive boat, a boat floating off East Beach- see how they dispose of their unsightlys. VIVA TO ALL WHO VISIT!
And there will be a third one on the other side of the 101, where Cabrillo intersects with Los Patos Way.
Dueling roundabouts for such a small confluence of streets/onramp seems like overkill, no?
It looks like Restoration Hardware goes away, reduce a reason to attract tourists. Then reduce a bar that draws all the foreigners to downtown. Then build a hotel with 1/4 of the necessary parking spaces. Yup seems perfectly logical, Knell is a nice guy, but this is a bad idea. Now if the hotel maintained both locations then I would say go for it. Keep the retail space and the local favorite spot or integrate them in. Please everyone.
