One of my favorite walks yet! I cant wait to check it out. Lots of funk and charm. Do those chickens have a view out their window? Love it!
Delightful as always — I have loved this neighborhood for years and now realize why because of something you described, the hints of Fire Island architecture. I never made the connection, but now totally see it. Best of all, there are even more weird nooks and corners you didn't cover — I encourage readers to go on a walk of their own and discover this great Santa Barbara neighborhood for themselves.
Bonus: Wander across cliff and discover a completely different world in the neighborhoods that wander up the hills in between Miegs and Elling's Park. :-)
I love these little ambles that you take us along on. Thanks for sharing.
Looks beautiful! Can’t wait to check it out. I already see several things I want to buy :)
Fabulous! Can't wait to check it out, we've been in need of a store like this for years.
I Love the rainbow skates! And the name, so eighties…
Star Rug Cleaners 26 E Cota St
Go Val! Smart opening an accessory store next to the new rink??
Aloha Fun’s skating ring seems to be complete from peering into the window. Not sure what’s going on there.
It is our one complaint and that is why is it so hard to have a nice market in Montecito? Vons may have nice folks but it is simply depressing. The upper village store is much nicer but just a tad small.
While on the topic of date palms… question for Siteline + readers…
Anyone know why Hope Ranch appears to be replacing Canary Island Date Palms with the less majestic Medjool? I just drove Las Palmas and Marina and it seems multiple Canary Island Palms that probably died or had issues are being replaced with Medjool palms. I might not have my ID exactly correct, but these do not seem to be Canaries. Bad decision! Am I wrong? The trees are sparse, skinny, and have foliage that’s more blue. They won’t grow to match the size of the Canaries, either. Have I gotten my ID wrong and these will in fact grow up to match? Poor decision if not.
In 30 years in Montecito, I only use Von if I have an extreme emergency. Dark and inferior products. I drive over to tri county, Trader Joe’s and Gelsons…would be nice to have a good neighborhood market.
Tom, the manager of Vons is working to keep the store stocked with good merchandise that we shoppers request . They have a terrific meat department, great floral and always fresh produce and a helpful liquor department and they keep the store clean and organized. The supply issues are annoying for all. I am told the conversion to Pavilions is due to some landlord demands. These people are frustrated . They are so accommodating and will bring in almost anything I request. I for one look forward to the conversion to happen sooner than later. I am a daily shopper and they treat be so well.
Anne, no, the city owns none of the property. Huguette Clark left her home to a private foundation, not to the city. (There has been some, um, confusion, about this in the local press. The foundation has asked for city approval of a permit that would allow it to open the home to regular tours.
There is a lot of fantastic open space/lawn at The estate. It would be nice if at least the grounds were more open to the public.
Does the City own the entire property?
I thought the same!
But what happened to the common good? It is still a shared resource as noted in a previous post. In the time of an historic drought, Oprah chooses to plant grass on the former 26 acre Semair horse property. It looks like a golf course. This property is far away from her house. So disappointing.
Wowza, awesome! Congratulations and happy days ahead. ?
Here's a video if you missed the exhibition of paintings by Huguette Clark, ending June 26, 2022, at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. I spoke at the museum to mark the opening, and here's a link to that presentation on March 16, 2022, including photos you haven't seen before.
https://www.emptymansionsbook.com/blog
The video was produced by TV Santa Barbara. The paintings were on loan from the Bellosguardo Foundation, which is seeking city permission to open the Clark home in Santa Barbara to the public for tours. Also on view at the Santa Barbara museum is a collection of Fiesta costumes owned by Huguette and her mother, Anna Clark, the widow of Sen. W.A. Clark. All are featured in our nonfiction book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune.
It's still a scarce shared resource no matter how someone procures an outsize portion of it. Being rich and able to legally pay to monopolize something everybody needs is kind of an out of touch/out of date excuse for someone who normally strives for leadership. It's also a failure of imagination. Oprah has the resources and access to creative professionals to do something sustainable there that still honors the history, sets an example, and helps move the world to better paradigms and fashions. As she has done in the past with other things. Water is a leadership issue now.
Well- at least that building won’t change the look of Santa Ynez proper
I forgot. I’ll add in later, or feel free to add the link in a comment
Noticed that the golf story uses quotes from the SB Independent but that the article is not linked. Is there any reason every other publication has a link except for Indy
You about gave me a heart attack using that photo of the girls above your headline about the Clark estate. I thought the photo was from inside Bellosguardo. . . .
The whole state is in aridification. You can't take water from one area and not have it seriously affect that area. And, for what...watering gardens?
"...these crafty, wealthy folks figured out some big-time workarounds, like calling a polo field an agricultural area and having water trucked in from nearby towns.
...Since the water generally comes from neighboring areas, the trucking doesn't help with the drought any, it just skirts local regulations."
https://la.curbed.com/2014/8/25/10056410/oprah-shipping-in-drought-water-to-massive-montecito-estate
