At the post. Across Ospi, the swinging duck.
Rozzi’s pizza wants us to believe that it is NY Pizza. So sorry Rozzi, your crust is much too thick for NY pizza. Thinner, please.
The post. Under the kid ride animals.
The music at the now Barbara Beach Club is loud. I go to the beach to relax and listen to the waves. Please turn it off.
Hi Maryanne Miss you.
I was so happy to hear you had your first beautiful visit to RoseStory Farms and met Dani Hahn 💐. I was able to observe the Hahn's development of their incredible 'walking' Rose Farm and their amazing growth of knowledge on the planting and care of the most fragrant and lush roses. It is such a treat to have a walking tour and smell and learn about their special roses. She sells the bouquets at Pierre La Fond's as well...
Excited for Rozzi
I didn't see your Happy Hour Cocktail/Food menu?? Please carry on the old Beachside tradition, and we can go back to get those weekly weekend apps and incredible cocktails! Fish Tacos were a WINNER!! Sliders could be an option, $20/ 1/2 lb burger will never go over well where the sliders would! Make them "Your own"! Possibilities are endless, but we went every Sunday and the bar area was packed with old and young, UCSB people, etc.
Let’s see how long these new places last. With super high rent rising labor and food costs. I give them 1 year each.
Sorry
So glad to receive the hopeful news about Fairview Gardens! Glad to know that visionary Michael Abelman is leading the project! The Garden, during its several vibrant years, was a wonderful, inspiring place for community events, gatherings + education. I’m sending my check today!
Backroads runs trips in Santa Barbara. They use to stay at the Four Seasons Biltmore when it was open, they now stay at The Ritz Carlton, Bacara.
I traveled to New Zealand last year for about three weeks, split up between both North and South Island. I used a travel agency that arranged all of my transportation and housing. I rented a car in the North Island, but used the bus service on the South Island. I highly recommend the intercity bus service. The bus drivers act as tour guides, narrating most of the rides. The buses are comfortable, but have no bathrooms so the buses stop frequently at little roadside cafés. You get to meet a lot of interesting people and see out-of-the-way places on these bus trips. I actually ate some really great food in some of these little cafés. Highly recommend you consider that next time. The travel agency helped me find great hikes and places to visit that were tailored to my interest and needs. I think the highlight was walking in Tangariro National Park. First Light Travel
Nothing has been announced for the bank space. And for the Coast Village Walk strip mall, the seating areas are only outside Sakana and Drybar. More here: https://www.sitelinesb.com/update-on-the-case-of-the-murdered-montecito-resident/.
Do you know what is going into the former bank next to Vons at Montecito Country Mart? Also, looks like the outdoor sitting areas are finally being added to the shops on south side. Will this new seating area be built out all the way down to the Starbucks location from the Japanese restaurant above?
Ospi is delicious and staff and design are great. Only flaw is the opening from dining room and bar I to kitchen and storage. It doesn't seem like kitchen was designed to be open to dining area.
Nothing has been announced for the former gym space. Stella Mare's will become Bogavante, a Mexican seafood restaurant from Alejandro Marin, a co-owner of Loreto and La Cha Cha Chá in L.A. (There's more info at https://www.sitelinesb.com/first-look-inside-clarks-oyster-bar-opening-tomorrow/.) It won't be ready till later in the year.
Erik- Do you know what is going in the old Montecito Athletic Club space or the status of the Stella Mare building?
Thank you! Hopefully the city works with the developer of The Post to make the Los Patos abandoned exit engaging and beautiful.
No, they don't own the Magic Castle building or the apartments behind it, but they do own everything else on the block.
Do The Post owners own the apartments and magic theatre land? It seems like they are doing a great job and hope they can make the entire area feel like The Post. Great work!
Whatever you popped, refrain from ingesting it again. Hope you don’t give advice in the real world
I surely hope that this new facility is open to city residents that do not attend SBCC, done we're paying for it. Send that SBCC is more interested in recruiting or of state/ country students, rather that the actual purpose of a community college. Note to everyone screaming about the housing crisis, SBCC is not your friend.
The South island certainly has some great scenery and small towns.
We are primarily independent travelers for the reasons you stated but we have gone on the occasional guided trip. Sometimes it is nice to let someone else take care of the driving, parking, and hotels especially where language or cultural differences make those trickier. We have not traveled with Backroads but have gone with Overseas Adventure Travel and Gate 1 Travel. On all the trips we found the activity level to be way less than described. When there were longer hikes or walks many of the other guests would opt out. Sometimes the guides would let us go out on our own (once they realized we could find our way) but usually they prefer that the whole group stay together. We are not fitness freaks (we are in our late 60s) but we do walk or hike or bike nearly every day in Santa Barbara and while traveling you can see and experience so much more on foot than on the bus or sitting in the hotel bar.
Christine - the economy today is the legacy Biden’s policies. Further, the only reason the market is up is because Trump tanked it to make the wealthy richer, at the expense of the common American.. Are you really that blind?
Is it just me, or does that bathroom in the hedgerow house remind you of See's candy? Maybe it's because Mother's Day is next Sunday....
