19 Reasons Santa Barbara is So Good for the Soul
There are plenty of reasons why Santa Barbara endears itself to visitors. Take your pick—it's getting to stroll down our grand palm lined Cabri...
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Favorite's List Round-up #2! Tajiguas Beach, Alacrity and Other Favorites.
It seems funny that Summer Solstice comes so early in the summer and yet it marks the longest day of the year. Doesn't it feel like August nights...
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You know the expression, “everyone loves a parade”? Well Santa Barbara LOVES a parade. It seems like every holiday, between holidays and most any d...
Read moreSanta Barbara Favorites List. Round-up #1!
If your Memorial Day weekend was anything like mine, you're probably having difficulty shaking off the leisure and sheer glee of it all. Between hi...
Read moreChalk It Up: I Madonnari Street Painting Festival
The Queen of the Missions, Mission Santa Barbara, is lovely in its own right. With a backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the abundant blooms o...
Read moreGranada Theater: A Tall Tale
The Granada Theater is (and continues to be) the only 8 story building in Santa Barbara and is the anchor for our vibrant downtown arts district. H...
Read moreDiscover La Arcada
Santa Barbara has no shortage of paseos, or ambling, often artistic, passages and promenades that connect spaces. The prevalence of our Spanish Col...
Read moreDiscover Elings Park of Santa Barbara
The City of Santa Barbara boasts an impressive 360 acres of developed parkland and 1,183 acres of open space parkland. Pocket parks dot our neighbo...
Read moreWest Beach and The Black Skimmers
Locals know that the best time on the beach can be winter time, when most of the visitors have left, the Channel is crisp and clear, and the water ...
Read moreHiking Saddlerock
Santa Barbarans and our visitors are blessed by a myriad of trails weaving their way through what we refer to as the Front Country, the ocean-facin...
Read moreWalk on the Wild Side: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Looking up at the stony face of the Santa Ynez Mountains, one sometimes gets the impression that the mountains are impenetrable. But studying a goo...
Read moreAn Insider's Guide to the Courthouse
The beloved Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most photographed buildings in the country. T...
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