November 29, 2025
This holiday season, let's make an effort to spend our money here—because if we want wonderful independent shops, we need to support them. Besides, it's fun! In this edition: Domecíl, The Daisy, Chicken Little, Italian Pottery Outlet, and Art Essentials.
December 11, 2024
The ridiculous, the sublime, and everything in between: gift-worthy suggestions from 18 more shops around town. 2
December 2, 2023
This holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to support Santa Barbara's wonderful independent shops. I’ve done some advance work, but get out there and have a look for yourself! 2
December 10, 2022
To wrap up this year's Shop Local Gift Guide: a cornucopia of other highly giftable stuff. 3
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Can’t wait to get an R2! It will be great to have a service center here — LS
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"everything should be enforced" except immigration laws apparently. — Not Christine!
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With the R2 coming out this year they will need the infrastructure for sales and service. Im hoping the R2 does well without taking too… — Don
Always great to see that people see more on photos than any inspector ever saw on-site and in person… Where can we book those remote… — Zeljko
Interesting development about the Rivian outpost since that company doesn't do traditional dealerships for sales or service and most of the existing showrooms are in… — arosales
The dispensary in Los Alamos? The land it was being built on - next to Plenty- is for sale…again. Goleta has so many pot shops… — Christine!
Brick and Mortar establishments pay a lot in this city to follow all of the rules, pop ups should be taxed at double/ triple the… — Greg
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Can’t wait to get an R2! It will be great to have a service center here — LS
You don't need to drive all the way to SY to get excellent lasagna. Thario's in Carp (Santa Claus Lane) has the best lasagna!! One… — Carrie
Thank you!!! I am so sick of her hate-fueled garbage comments! — Liz
"everything should be enforced" except immigration laws apparently. — Not Christine!
Thank You Eric 🙏. She tries to spread nothing but hate. I applaud you for stopping her nasty comments on your fun, informative, lovely site. — Zeeann
With the R2 coming out this year they will need the infrastructure for sales and service. Im hoping the R2 does well without taking too… — Don
Always great to see that people see more on photos than any inspector ever saw on-site and in person… Where can we book those remote… — Zeljko
Interesting development about the Rivian outpost since that company doesn't do traditional dealerships for sales or service and most of the existing showrooms are in… — arosales
The dispensary in Los Alamos? The land it was being built on - next to Plenty- is for sale…again. Goleta has so many pot shops… — Christine!
Brick and Mortar establishments pay a lot in this city to follow all of the rules, pop ups should be taxed at double/ triple the… — Greg