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one of the region’s largest employers and philanthropists. This was the moviemaking capital of the world in the early 20th Century. This is where Charlie Chaplin built a hotel and Jimmy Cagney owned a wharf; where Laurence Olivier married Vivien Leigh and John & Jackie Kennedy honeymooned; where miles of palm lined beaches frame a moving canvass of white sailboats on crisp blue seas and magnificent sunsets silhouette the rich, red terra cotta rooflines that
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This is the home of six Nobel Prize winners; media celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Laura Schlessinger and Dennis Miller; entertainers Jeff Bridges, Carol Burnett, Kevin Costner, Bo Derek, Kirk Douglas, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dennis Franz, Kathy Ireland, Michael Keaton, Cheryl Ladd, Christopher Lloyd, Rob Lowe, Eva Marie Saint and Steve Martin; singers and songwriters Jeff Barry, Jackson Browne, Christopher Cross, David Crosby, Barry DeVorzon, Milt Larsen, Bruce Johnston, Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina, Peter Noone and Glen Phillips; TV/film producers and directors Bruce Brown, Chris Carter, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, Dick Wolf and Robert Zemeckis; bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Gayle Lynds; sports legends Jimmy Connors, Tommy Curren, Chuck Liddell; business titans Gene Montesano, Charlie Munger, Paul Orfalea, Fred Siegal, Herb Simon and Ty Warner; and, all of the rest of us who live, work and play in one of the world’s favorite destinations. Welcome to paradise. We’re glad you’re here. - Betty Carroll
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Holiday Shopping in Santa Barbara
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The Best Places to Find the Perfect Gifts!
Holiday shopping in Santa Barbara is a rewarding experience and there’s no greater reward than discovering the eclectic mix of locally owned boutiques, galleries and shops that are some of the best places to find the perfect gifts in paradise on the pacific. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and there’s no better place to begin your holiday shopping adventure than the legendary Farmer Boy Restaurant, Santa Barbara’s original diner at 3427 State Street, which is just the proverbial hop, skip and jump away from the Loreto Plaza at the corner of State and Los Positas streets, the home of the 33 Jewels at El Paseo iconic Chaucer’s Bookstore, Santa Barbara’s muchloved bookseller since 1974 where you can browse a selection of over 150,000 titles in 300 sections. From Loreto Plaza, we recommend you travel south on State Street to Downtown Santa Barbara, where you’ll find the area’s highest concentration of retail shopping treasures in the eleven blocks from Sola Street south to Highway 101 with abundant public parking off Chapala and Anacapa streets and open-air trolleys, electric shuttle buses and pedi-cabs available to help you navigate the most beautiful downtown on the California coast. As you enter the downtown area, be sure to browse the extraordinary inventory at Natasha, the contemporary women’s clothing boutique in Victoria Court at 1231 State Street that specializes in easy care, easy wear casual clothing in natural fabrics made in California as well as the area’s largest selection of Citron and Cutloose apparel and a wide selection of accessories, shoes, bags, jewelry and hats is a locals and visitors favorite. Since Natasha is just across the street from the box office at the beautifully restored Granada Theatre at 1214 State Street, may we suggest that tickets to the State Street Ballet’s December 21st or 22nd performances of The Nutcracker, the holiday family favorite set to the unforgettable music of Tchaikovsky performed by the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra or the Santa Barbara Symphony’s New Years Eve Pops Concert, the best New Year’s Eve celebration on the coast with Guest Conductor Bob Bernhardt directing a rousing program called “Women Rock!” celebrating the music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and more, would make memorable holiday gifts, especially if your Granada Theatre evening begins with dinner at Benchmark Eatery, Santa Barbara’s favorite Pre-Post 12
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33 JEWELS 814 State St., 957-9100 www.33jewels.com Visitors, enthralled with the charm of Santa Barbara, have often asked owner Diane Garmendia if there is a Santa Barbara charm available. Their wait is now over! Diane has commissioned a Santa Barbara charm featuring two dolphins engraved with ‘Santa Barbara California’. The charm is available exclusively at 33 Jewels in either 14k gold or sterling silver. This full service jeweler offers an extensive collection of diamonds & colored stones & a variety of precious metals.
A distinct & unique bridal selection is available as well as fine watches & vintage jewelry. Open 11am-6pm daily, Noon-5pm Sunday & closed on Tuesdays. CHAUCER’S BOOKSTORE 3321 State St., 805-682-6787 (In The Loreto Plaza Shopping Center) chaucersbooks.com Santa Barbara’s much-loved bookseller since 1974 invites you to browse their selection of over 150,000 titles in over 300 sections. Open Mon-Sat 9am-9pm & Sun 9am-8pm. (Continued on page 20)
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show destination at the corner of State and Anapamu streets. Just around the corner at 11 Anapamu Street, Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery at offers a collection of more than 3,000 works of American artists including paintings, water colors, drawing, prints and sculptures from the 19th century to the present: and, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Store at 1130 State Street on the lower level of the SBMA in downtown area’s charming cultural district offers a variety of merchandise unique to the Museum of Art’s permanent collection and special exhibitions, including the area’s finest selection of art books, music and dvds. You’ll find distinctive art objects, jewelry and apparel by local artists, as well as beautiful SBMA signature products, and educational children’s books and toys. The Museum Store proudly supports fair-trade merchants from around the world, and, all proceeds support the Museum of Art’s exhibitions and extensive education programs. The historic La Arcada Courtyard at 1114 State Street is a popular place to capture a photo in front of the statues, and fountains or to savor the European cuisine and Danish pastries at The Andersen’s Danish Bakery & Restaurant that has been a family owned State Street landmark for more than 40 years. The Yes Store At the corner of Carrillo and State streets, Wendy Foster State Street, one of downtown Santa Barbara’s premier shopping destinations for more than two decades, features an extensive inventory of clothing and accessories. 33 Jewels at 814 State Street in the historic El Paseo, California’s first shopping center, is a popular, full service jeweler that proudly features a diverse collection of wearable treasures from Santa Barbara jewelry artists and international jewelers that include an extensive collection of diamond, colored stones, and, a variety of precious metals. The Yes Store, the nation’s longest running seasonal artisans’ cooperative, located next to Nordstrom’s at Paseo Nuevo, is celebrating their 52nd season through Christmas Eve; and, if you’re holiday shopping on a Sunday, be sure to visit the Sunday Arts & Crafts Show where over 200 resident artists display their own original work in a beautiful outdoor setting under the palms on Cabrillo Boulevard from Stearns Wharf to Chase Palm Park. You’ll find more exquisite one-of-a-kind holiday gifts at the Santa Barbara Art Glassblowing Studio at 706 East Mason Street, where master glass artist Saul Alcaraz will help you design your own vases, bowls, bottles, lamps, platters and handblown ornaments shaped or cut-out by hand and assembled into a form that ensures no two finished pieces are the same. If all this downtown shopping has whet your appetite for some world class cuisine, we recommend lunch or dinner at The Natural Café at 508 State Street or 18
the great Mexican food and adult beverages at Casa Blanca Restaurant & Cantina at 330 State Street. There’s no better gift than the gift of knowledge and there’s no better place enjoy the gift of knowledge than MOXI, the hands-on science museum at 125 State Street, the city’s newest destination for families and curious minds of all ages where you can exlore, ask questions, seek answers and have a blast. If your travels have taken you closer to the Pacific, we suggest lunch or dinner at the Santa Barbara Fishouse at 101 East Cabrillo Boulevard for the finest seafood from exotic distant nets to the freshest local catch; and, if you’ve wandered near the Harbor, we invite you to enjoy classic Santa Barbara dining by the boats, under the sails, at Chuck’s Waterfront Grill, the casual dining atmosphere on the patio at the Breakwater Restaurant or the fresh seafood, fun and beautiful views at Brophy Bros Seafood Clam Bar & Restaurant. Jellyfish Pendant Light, Before we leave Santa Barbara for the lush coastal Santa Barbara Art Glass community of Montecito where celebrity residents like Oprah Winfrey, Kirk Douglas, Rob Lowe and numerous other famous entertainers, artists and writers are often spotted in the area’s upscale boutiques, galleries, fine restaurants and world class hotels; we recommend a visit to the Santa Barbara Zoo that is known as one of the world’s most beautiful zoos and is home to 160 species of mammals, reptiles, birds and insects exhibited in open, naturalistic habitats overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Andree Clark Bird Refuge and the Santa Ynez Mountains. Montecito is divided into the two areas shown on the map on page 16 of this magazine. The Upper Village near the corners of East Valley Road and San Ysidro Road is bordered by the historic San Ysidro Ranch, the luxury resort that is considered to be one of the most romantic hideaways in the world. The Lower Village on Coast Village Road between Olive Mill Road and Hot Springs Road is bordered by the palatial Four Seasons Biltmore that combines the glory of historic California with legendary Four Seasons service. We’ll begin this phase of our holiday shopping adventure in the Upper Village at Wendy Foster in the Plaza del Sol at 516 San Ysidro Road, the flagship of four stores that this local fashion icon owns in the greater Santa Barbara area. The Plaza del Sol is also home to the Pierre Lafond Montecito Market where you’ll find a wide array of unique gift baskets, olive oil, vinegar and other culinary treats. Our holiday shopping adventure concludes in the Lower Village, where we suggest you visit the elegant Montecito Inn that was built in 1928 by the legendary Charlie Chaplin on the corner of San Ysidro Road and Coast Village Road before you explore the mix of high fashion and casual beach elegance at Angel, the younger and more hip of the four Wendy Foster stores at 1221 Coast Village Road. Happy Holidays! 19
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NATASHA 1231 State St., 965-4542 This contemporary women’s clothing boutique specializes in wash & wear easy clothing in natural fabrics made in California. A fun place to shop, Natasha offers a wide selection with personalized service, and daily shipments of new merchandise. Natasha also has the largest selection of Citron silks and rayons and wonderful, cozy, colorful sweaters. Great jewelry, shoes, handbags and belts by Hobo make Natasha your onestop boutique and they can ship your purchases home for you! 20
SANTA BARBARA ART GLASS BLOWING STUDIO 706 E. Mason Street, 965-1541 sbartglass.com Inspired by the amazing works of Tiffany, Steuben and Loetz, owner Saul Alcaraz has formed one vision and that is to make the finest art glass the world has ever known! Each design requires specialized touches that make it a stunning “one of a kind masterpiece!” From custom lighting pieces to vases to intricate bowls, the scope and breadth of his works are unsurpassed. Visit his studio, shop (Continued on page 26)
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Hotel on Sola Street which was built to accommodate the burgeoning motion picture industry during the years when famous directors like D.W. Griffith and William Desmond Taylor deposited $1500 weekly paychecks in local State Street banks and entertained the rich and famous from around the world. By 1921, motion picture audiences favored films with themes that focused on life in the big city and the “Flying A” studios were moved south to Hollywood to be closer to the urban backgrounds that became the most common setting for the t was the Golden Age of movie- next era of movie-making. Ironically, the making and Santa Barbara was same contractor who poured the concrete forEl the “big glass studio” in 1913 won the center of the celluloid33uniJewels at Paseo verse. From its humble beginnings in 1910 the contract to demolish the facilities in as the location for early Western thrillers, 1948 leaving the office building at 2012 Santa Barbara quickly became the movie- Chapala Street which was D.W. Griffith’s making capital of the world and the loca- private garage and the buildings at the tion for over 1,200 major motion pictures corner of Mission and Chapala Streets that housed the “Green Room” where that were produced from 1910 to 1921. In 1913, the American Film Company thousands of actors rehearsed their lines converted an ostrich farm on the corner of and the private dressing rooms of the State and Islay Streets into a movie lot and first superstars of the American screen. began construction of the world’s largest Some remain among the few architectural movie studio on the property bordered by reminders of Santa Barbara’s place in the Mission, State, Padre and Chapala Streets history of the motion picture industry. Today, Santa Barbara’s favorable yearwhich was commonly referred to as the “big round climate and lush, tropical terglass studio” by the local population. For the next 8 years, up to 14 production com- rain bordered by mountains and ocean panies simultaneously used the “Flying A” attracts film-makers, television producers facilities to create many of the most popular and fashion photographers to the hunfilms of the period and stars like Marion dreds of historic settings that blend the Davies, Lottie Pickford and Wallace Reid architecture of the city’s past and present kept suites in the Edgerly Arms Apartment into idyllic, eclectic locations.
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selection BARBARA of over 150,000 titles in over SANTA WINERY 300 sections. Open Mon-Sat 9a-9pm 202 Anacapa Street • (805) 963-3633 & Sun 9a-8p. sbwinery.com Sea breeze and sun complement a charming patio tastInG setting at rooM the Santa lafonD cIty 111 East Yanonali (805) 845-2020 Barbara Winery •tasting room site that The renowned LaFond Winery single doubles as a production facility where varietal bottlings of vineyard and Sta. their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and Rita Hills Chardonnay and Pinot Noir other memorable varietals bottled. are poured at the LaFond Cityare Tasting Open 10:am-6pm until 7pm Fr/Sat. Room daily next to the Santa Barbara Winery 20 26
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Kehinde Wiley, Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan (detail), 2015 Oil on canvas, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART 1130 State St., 963-4364, www.sbma.net A remarkable permanent collection featuring ancient art: 19th C, American, French & English, 20th C, European, North American & Latin American, as well as a vast collection of works on paper and highly praised Asian art. Kehinde Wiley: Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan on exhibition thru Mar.22nd is an extension of the artist’s Rumor of War series, which takes the form of historic equestrian portraiture. The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art on exhibition thru Feb.16th, explores a diverse range of artistic representations of the cosmos roughly coinciding with the ‘Space Age’ of the last sixty years. And don’t miss a visit to the children’s gallery, café & gift store. Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. & 11am-8pm Thursdays.
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SULLIVAN GOSS An American Gallery 11 E. Anapamu St., 805-730-1460, sullivangoss.com Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery is located in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Historic Arts District, across the street from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Sullivan Goss has represented the work of American artists since 1984. With an inventory of over 3,000 works, including paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and sculptures, Sullivan Goss is the primary West Coast gallery positioned to help build private and public collections of important American art. The gallery is constantly seeking to acquire works by significant American painters and sculptors including those artists referred to as modernist, impressionist, surrealist, tonalist, and expressionist. Our downtown location offers approximately twenty exhibitions each year. The gallery is also involved with scholarship and research for American artists.
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effort to create an environment where there is something for everyone, including forced interaction by manipulating seating to engage patrons, staff and passers-by, mirroring the philosophy of co-owner John Bennett, whose Genuine Restaurant Concepts mantra is the foundation for the success of the family’s seven distinct and popular restaurants in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Goleta. BENCHMARK’s dishes range from Braised Short Ribs to Burrata to Fish Tacos. The drink menu allows customers to have anything from an Artisan cocktail to a local micro-beer or a glass of local wine. Happy Hour happens daily from 4pm-6pm with an ample variety of craft beers, fine wines and other adult beverages. BENCHMARK eatery is open Sunday-Wednesday, 11:30am-9pm and Thursday-Saturday, 11:30am-10pm. Visit benchmarkeatery.com or call (805) 845-2600.
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is made with delicious home cooked corned beef, and there’s still more to be discovered. Scrumptious salads include traditional Crab or Shrimp Louie’s, Cobb and Chef or enjoy a flavorful Chicken Fajita salad. Flavorful fresh local fish dishes are available both lunch and dinner. Breakwater’s dinner menu has many satisfying choices. You’ll find chicken, seafood, steaks and pastas. For example there is Chicken Piccata, a choice Sirloin Steak and center cut Pork Chops. A very popular choice for both lunch and dinner are the Fish Tacos. For dessert there is a variety of delicious ice cream flavors and pies. Their ice cream cone sign has become a local landmark; many stop by to get an ice cream cone to take on their walk along the breakwater. Breakwater also features a list of select wines and beers to be enjoyed while taking in the ambience of the harbor. You’ll find the Breakwater Restaurant at the scenic Santa Barbara Harbor, 107 Harbor Way. 805-965-1557. sbbreakwater. com. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served seven days a week. Celebrate your special occasion with the Breakwater! Group accommodations available.
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here’s something for everyone at the Santa Barbara City Waterfront, the breathtaking span of palm-lined beaches along Cabrillo Boulevard that border the world-famous Stearns Wharf and California’s oldest – and most beautiful - working harbor with the Santa Ynez Mountains backdrop that ensures plenty of photo-worthy moments as you stroll or peddle down the Cabrillo Bike path. The Waterfront is blessed with three picturesque, golden sand beaches. east Beach, at 1440 Cabrillo Blvd., offers picnic facilities and more than a dozen volleyball courts on the beach. West Beach between Stearns Wharf and the harbor offers a picturesque sandy area for sunbathing, swimming, kayaking, wind surfing and beach volleyball on eleven acres adjoined by the wide palm tree lined walkway and bike path. The familyfriendly Leadbetter Beach between the harbor and Shoreline Park offers grassy picnic and barbecue sites and attracts windsurfers, catamaran pilots, surfers and walkers. We recommend that you begin your waterfront adventure with a visit to the Santa Barbara Region of Commerce Visitor, open daily at the corner of Cabrillo Blvd and Garden Streets, where you can make reservations at hotels and restaurants and get directions and information about the area’s attractions and visitor-serving businesses. The Waterfront offers a variety of ocean-going activities like coastal cruises, sailing, whale watching, fishing, kayaking, surfing and parasailing. And for those who prefer spend more time on land, the amphibious Land shark operated by Land & sea tours departs from State Street at Stearns Wharf at 12PM, 2PM and 4PM daily for a 90-minute fun-filled, narrated tour of historical landmarks that includes a cruise around the harbor and waterfront. The santa Barbara Zoo, just off Cabrillo Blvd at East Beach, is home to 160 species of mammals, reptiles, birds and insects on its 30 hilltop acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean. On Sundays, up to 200 resident artists display their original works under the palms along Cabrillo Blvd at the arts & Crafts show that is the only continuous, non-juried arts festival of drawings, paintings, graphics, sculpture, crafts and photography in the world. The historic stearns Wharf – the longest and oldest working wooden wharf in California- is the most popular visitor attraction in the Santa Barbara area. Built in 1872 (Continuedononpage page30) 58) (Continued
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waterfront guide Land and Sea Tours THE LAND SHARK View Santa Barbara by both land and sea, on this “boat with wheels!” Designed for comfortable cruising, the amphibious Land Shark offers fully narrated 90-min. tours departing from 99 W. Cabrillo Blvd at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm, winding thru the streets of Santa Barbara and its historical landmarks, and splashing down into the blue waters of the Santa Barbara harbor. $30 Adults, $15 kids; Private Charters also avail. Call (805) 683-7600; or visit www.out2seeSB.com
Harbor & Stearns Wharf Off of Cabrillo Blvd. on Harbor Way, tour one of the oldest working harbors on the West Coast, dine with the best view of the fisherman unloading their catch at Brophy Bros. Clam Bar & Restaurant and visit the exciting Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. East of the Harbor, at the end of State St., lies Stearns Wharf, built in 1872 as the first working wharf in California. Today, the Wharf caters to visitors with shops, restaurants, fish market, boat charters and the Sea Center.
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ARROYO BURRO BEACH Referred to as “Hendry’s Beach,” this beach off Cliff Drive, near Los Positas, is known for its sunsets and “The Boathouse” restaurant. Butterfly Beach In front of the Four Seasons Biltmore on Channel Drive, this quiet beach is convenient for those staying in Montecito.
Boating & Whale Watching Condor Express Climb aboard the Condor Express, a jet powered catamaran, for a spectacular whale watching trip, sportfishing or island excursion. The Captain and his crew are knowledgeable about the whales, islands & sea. The Condor Express has a spacious galley with food and cocktail service. Call (805) 882-0088 or 1-888-77-WHALE or visit: condorexpress.com 54
EAST BEACH This popular beach offers volleyball, beach grill, children’s playground, & arts center. On East Cabrillo Blvd., across from the Cabrillo Inn. Goleta Beach Near UCSB, this large beach hosts a restaurant, grass picnic & BBQ areas & fishing pier. Sandspit Rd., off Hwy 217. Leadbetter Beach A favorite family beach, this area is good for windsurfing & surfing and boasts a full restaurant, grass picnic & BBQ areas. Shoreline Dr., across from City College.
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It’s a short trip by foot, bike or water taxi from Stearns Wharf to the picturesque santa Barbara Harbor, where you can stroll out on the breakwater, savor the smell of the sea, view the boats in the marina, and watch the local fisherman unload their catch on the dock. The Harbor is home to several restaurants, boat charter services, yacht brokerages, shops, and the santa Barbara Maritime Museum that brings the area’s rich maritime history to life with a variety of exhibits set inside nearly 8,000 square feet of museum space. There are a variety of excellent restaurants in the Waterfront area. At the back of Stearns Wharf, you can enjoy spectacular views of the mountains, harbor and Channel at the santa Barbara shellfish Company that has been a favorite destination for fresh shellfishStearns for over 25 years or savor some of thethecentral finest fresh seafood andget up between Wharf and the harbor, provides fastestcoast’s and most comfortable way to ocean-side diningwith withthese patiomagnificent seating formarine lunch mammals. or dinner at the santa Barbara fisHouse close and personal It’s short tripBlvd by foot, bike or water from Wharf to the Santa Barbara onaCabrillo across from East taxi Beach andStearns Stearns Wharf. Atpicturesque the Harbor, Sunset Harbor, where you canthe stroll out oninspired the breakwater, the smell of theone sea,ofview Magazine has named surfing endless savor summer Bar CafĂŠ thethe tenboats best in the marina, and watch the local fisherman unload their catch on the dock. The Harbor is spots around the West to enjoy seafood along with a seaside view; Chuck’s Waterfronthome toGrill several restaurants, boat charter services, shops, and a Maritime offers memorable waterfront dining yacht by thebrokerages, boats on their architectural award-Museum. And right open in front the Museum, yousails can board the Sunset KiddatSailing Yacht forto anhelp intimate winning airofterrace, under the with radiant warmth your feet, glass sailing experience without the crowds on a memorable Coastal Cruise or Sunset Sail hosted by block the breeze, and flames dancing nearby from three firepits; and the Breakwater a captain with a lifetime of sea stories. restaurant is a locals favorite for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There are a variety of excellent restaurants in the Waterfront area. At the front of Stearns From dining andclass shopping biking, diving,and fishing, kayaking, running, Wharf, the world cuisine,tofirst class service spectacular viewsparasailing, of the mountains, harbor sailing, skating, surfing, swimming, volleyball, walking, whale watching, wind and Channel Islands have made The Harbor Restaurant and Longboard’s Grill surfing are two of andarea’s more, you’ll want places to puttoa visit Santalunch, Barbara Waterfront at and, the top the most popular enjoytoa the relaxing or City a romantic dinner, the of fresh yourchildren’s list of things do in paradise prices on thefor pacific! fish, menutoand reasonable breakfast, lunch or dinner have made Moby Dick Restaurant near the back of the Wharf a Santa Barbara tradition for young and old. At 30 Â5the 8 original Sambo’s Restaurant on Cabrillo Blvd., you can begin the day with a hearty breakfast or lunch. The surfing inspired Endless Summer Bar CafĂŠ at the Harbor was recently
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Calendar of Events NOVEMBER Ongoing SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART Presents Highlights of the Permanent Collection, featuring some of the most celebrated works of art from the permanent collection as well as several of the most exciting gifts & acquisitions in the areas of modern & contemporary art, photography & the arts of Asia. And don’t miss a visit to the children’s gallery, café & gift store. Open Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm & 11am-8pm Thursdays. Nov 1 & 3 OPERA SANTA BARBARA Presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Granada Theatre, 1213 State St., 899-2222 for tickets & information Nov 22 CHUMASH CASINO Presents Southern rock band, 38 Special. Visit chumashcasino.com for tickets & information.
DECEMBER Dec 2 SANTA BARBARA ZOO Presents the Snow Leopard Festival! You & your kids will delight in all the festivities including sledding down the Zoo’s ‘mini-Himalayan’ mountains! Just off Cabrillo Blvd. at East Beach.
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Dec 6 66th ANNUAL DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY PARADE More then 65,000 spectators line State Street from Sola to Cota Streets from 6:30pm-8pm to cheer on local marching bands, floats, performance groups & culminating in Santa’s arrival! Dress warmly & don’t miss out on Santa Barbara’s only nighttime parade. Dec 6th SOLVANG’S JULEFEST STREET LIGHTING CEREMONY & PARADE. Tree lighting starts at 5pm & the parade starts at 11am Sat. Celebrate the Danish way with music, dancing & singing. Special Guest: Santa! Visit solvangusa.com for further information. Dec 6 CHUMASH CASINO Presents 98 Degrees. Visit chumashcasino.com for tickets & information. Dec 7 LOS OLIVOS OLDE FASHIONED CHRISTMAS From Noon-7pm the community welcomes the holiday season with hundreds of luminaries, local chorale groups, food, 63
Calendar of Events fun & Santa! Holiday Market open Noon-7pm. Visit losolivosca.com for further information. Dec 8 33rd ANNUAL PARADE OF LIGHTS Watch as 20-30 boats motor, sail & paddle the coastline starting at 5:30pm followed by fireworks at 7pm. Santa’s Village activities begin at 3pm at the Santa Barbara Harbor & the Waterfront. Dec 8-9 STATE STREET BALLET Santa Barbara’s only professional ballet company performs the quintessential Christmas tale of adventure & fantasy, The Nutcracker. Performances 2pm & 7:30pm Sat, 2pm Sun. Granada Theatre, Call (805) 899-2222 Dec 9 TUBA! TUBA! TUBA! Since 1993 the local musicians of Tuba
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Christmas have performed songs & music to celebrate the holidays. Bring your chair & enjoy 90+ minutes of superb music. Storke Placita, across from De la Guerra Plaza. Dec 13 UNA NOCHE DE LAS POSADAS (The Inns) The procession commences at he the Presidio chapel & then across to Casa de la Guerra. Join in this rich cultural tradition & experience first-hand the way in which our city’s Spanish founders celebrated Christmas in the l8th century. Plenty of food to warm your cockles! 7pm-9pm. Call (805) 965-0093 for further information. Dec 31 SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE POPS CONCERT Ring in the New Year with a pop! Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street.
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JANUARY Jan 15-25 35th ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Santa Barbara rolls out the red carpet & pulls out all the stops for film lovers & food fans with over 200 films, tributes & symposiums ranging from American indie films to world cinema & everything in between. For further information & full schedule visit sbiff.org Jan 16, 17 & 18 CHUMASH CASINO Presents the Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo. Visit chumashcasino.com for tickets & information.
FUTURE EVENTS Mar 13-15 75TH ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL ORCHID SHOW More than 70 exhibitors from the United States & around the world will display hundreds of different orchid species & named varieties at the Earl Warren Showgrounds. Visit sborchidshow.com for further information.
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ONGOING ACTIVITIES WHALE WATCHING Whale watching aboard the Condor Express. Witness gray whales & humpbacks Dec-Apr; humpbacks & blue whales May-Nov. Call 882-0088 or toll free (888) 77-WHALE.
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AREA AIRPORT SERVICES Atlantic Aviation SBA (805) 964-6733 Roadrunner Shuttle (800) 247-7919 Santa Barbara Airport (805) 683-4011 Santa Barbara Aviation (805) 967-9000 Santa Barbara Executive Transportation (805) 568-5466 Santa Barbara Chauffeuring & Tours (805) 563-5132 Santa Barbara Airbus (805) 964-7759 Super Ride Shuttle (805) 683-9636
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PERFORMING ARTS Arlington Theatre (805) 963-9589 Centre Stage Theatre (805) 963-0408 Ensemble Theatre (805) 965-5400 Granada Theatre (805) 899-2222 Lobero Theatre (805) 966-4964 Music Academy of West (805) 969-4726 Opera Santa Barbara (805) 898-3890 Santa Barbara Symphony (805) 898-9386
VISITOR INFORMATION Santa Barbara Visitor Center 1 Garden Street (805) 965-3021 Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau (805) 966-9222
HOSPITAL Goleta Valley CottageHospital 351 S. Patterson (805) 682-7111 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Pueblo at Bath Street (805) 682-7111
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