Tag: Old Mission Santa Barbara

June 8, 2025

Tourist for a Day

Mission Accomplished

The Old Mission Santa Barbara does an admirable job of providing context for what happened there, while taking great care to treat the Chumash history and culture with respect.

June 19, 2023

Odds & Ends

Should Montecito’s Upper Village Ban Chain Stores?

Plus: Ramp proposed for the Mission's entrance; another discussion about the De La Guerra Plaza revamp; new resale shop downtown; kickball has returned to Elings Park; Graham Nash and Jimmy Webb at the Lobero. 14

May 2, 2023

Odds & Ends

Sistine Chapel Exhibit Is Coming to the Mission

Plus: Quonset hut for rent; Loma Alta Drive reopens this week; renderings of The Lofts at the Mill; 2024 dates for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; abstract art at My Pet Ram; when the City Hall parking lot is open to the public. 6

May 11, 2021

Odds & Ends

A Visit to the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary

Plus: Covet is now open at the Montecito Country Mart; video of a bear's recent visit to a Montecito house; a beef with the Santa Barbara Bowl's ticketing platform; comedian Sebastian Maniscalco to perform here; a warning about oleander and eucalyptus.

March 26, 2021

Odds & Ends

New Biltmore Rumor: It’ll Stay Closed Till It Can Be Rebranded

Plus: Board & Brush craft studio opening on E. Canon Perdido; new multi-vendor space aiming to debut this fall; Maria Rendón's debut solo show at Sullivan Goss; an amusing sidewalk misspelling; charming detail inside the Mission's gift shop. 3

November 12, 2020

Odds & Ends

New Bike Shop in the Funk Zone

Plus: Checking in on two buildings under construction on De La Guerra; robust new dashboard for tracking Covid-19 data; the Mission reopened; someone is building a 17,334-square-foot residence with three outbuildings near Los Alamos; McMenemy Trail art dog. 1

January 3, 2020

Odds & Ends

Montecito Water Tank to Be Converted Into a Residence

Plus: A new boutique on Coast Village Road; four recent real-estate sales of note; your cremains can rest in eternal peace at the Old Mission; and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced its 2020 lineup.