There is no neighborhood called Noleta. Silly new-be. BTW, I live in SoMontOliveville.
You can't go wrong with ranunculi!
Why do you think so many businesses on Coast Village Road are closing? Raised rents? Retirement? Too high end to sustain business financials? Wrong demographic for SB?
Oh brother, here we go again. I keep forgetting that you were Huguette's confidant, personal advisor and privy to so many secrets that only you know.
Beautiful city but too many crowds.Just hope my wallet is enjoying its extended stay .Watch out ..thieves are every where and the police don't care.
Huguette had 3 Wills ~ the two bogus ones w/ forged signature & her True Will she left w/ the IRS for safety ( she thought ) it leaves everything to her & her Mothers friend, to do the noble deeds she had planned. Incidentally she owned Madison Square Gardens & the entire building at 905 5th Avenue, along with Clark’s Shoes, her favourite house in Hawaii - across the street from Doris Duke’s Shangri-la, and the Paris apartment where she grew up. It is a Tragedy that they ignored her wishes and confiscated her $6Billion Fortune she had such high hopes for! . . .
"The Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky wrote a travel book about Venice, called “Watermark,” published in 1992. “I would like to live my next life in Venice,” he wrote. “To be a cat there, anything, even a rat, but always in Venice.”
FROM NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/travel/venice-in-winter-joseph-brodsky.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU4.jshC.kUVkph9XJ_MT&smid=url-share
One of my all-time favorite cities in the world 🌎 is Venice and its surrounding towns and villages, with lace… ! glass, …! gastronomical, delights, sipping a glass of wine while sitting in Saint Mark Square ………! and listening to the musicians 🎻🎷🎼magical… secrets of the hotel Cipriani & Daniele, just a magical place…! thank you for sharing all those exquisite photos, it’s takes me right back, and now I can’t wait to go back ! Ciao , and milligrams 🙏
My dream is to spend a week in Venice, revisit the same places and discover new ones, including a night at the opera! Some dreams can come true.
I have another fantastic idea. Let’s have banks stay open late. I sometimes like to do my banking after I get off work and they always close at 5pm.
My first of five visits to Venice was as a college student in 1968. The mystic, charm, warmth, beauty and uniqueness have not diminished. Go sample it's magic while you can!
Great article! It is possible to kayak the canals of Venice. I’d be happy to share the tour company info if you are interested—it was absolutely a highlight.
What a wonderful article,I am travelling there with my two sons in September and having read your article I can’t wait. Gracie mile.
Wonderful post! It’s been way too long since I was last in Venice. For sure, the best part of a well-planned trip is the surprises that one discovers. Thank you!!
The reality is there are not sufficient qualified line cooks and reliable staff in SB to run these restaurants
You'd be surprised at the number of people in 10M homes that are overextended with mortgages. One job away from a forced sale.
Tri-County Produce, 335 S. Milpas
Are you asking me who is going to staff the 31 restaurants planning to open?
Amen
Imagine the legislative and staff man-hours spent on the trash bin law. Apparently our State thinks it's already solved all our important issues so we they have free time to spend making laws about the standard color of trash cans throughout the state. I'll never understand why people in our state think our government needs to make and control every little mundane decision. ESPCAILLY, when we're fumbling housing, education, homelessness, infrastructure, and fire preparedness.
The trash bin law is bizarre. First, trash bin colors are not something we need statewide laws about. C'mon. And second, why is MarBorg replacing them all at once? What a waste, and we're all paying for it somehow. Under the law - dumb as it is - they have until 2036 to replace them. Why not replace them as they wear out?
LOL! Was I commenting to you? Why are you angry? Your assumptions about me are laughable. Maybe you aren't fun to work for?
Oku has an uninviting, cold atmosphere. Food was forgettable too. Won't go back. I miss Piranha!
I'm not sure people buying $10M+ houses care much about the cost or availability of fire insurance. That one in particular looks pretty defensible.
Aside from the high price, I'd go with the assumption that the compound on San Roque Rd is uninsurable. As are a number of hillside properties currently on the market. Retaining insurance is a serious problem that is going to hit SB real estate hard in the coming months.
