We had a nice day trip to Santa Barbara. I did not take many pictures. The weather was beautiful. Blue skies with white clouds and in the 70s with just a bit of a chill in the air. The coastline between the city of Ventura and Santa Barbara is very scenic. We like to stop in Carpenteria, a town on the way up, for bagels and Pete’s coffee at a little breakfast place. The 101 takes you past a few other towns on the way like Summerland and Montecito.
Summerland was started in 1883 by H.L. Williams, a spiritualist and real estate speculator. He sold land parcels to other spiritualists and they even had a community séance hall.
Montecito is nearby with expensive real estate and some celebrity residents such as Jeff Bridges and Opra Winfrey. Lotus Land is in Montecito. This is the estate of Madame Ganna Walska an opera singer who owned the property from 1941-1984. She created an exotic botanical garden which you can tour by appointment. The Montecito Inn was built by Charlie Chaplin in 1928.
There are many beautiful sights to see all around the Santa Barbara area. Above Santa Barbara is the Santa Ynez Valley. Solvang in located here. It is a Danish American town with lots of shops and restaurants and a few windmills. You can get Danish pastries and apple skivers. The film Sideways was made around here. There are wineries around Santa Ynez Valley and beautiful rolling hills with oak trees.
We took a long walk around State Street in Santa Barbara and peeked into a few shops and a new bookstore. We could smell the sea air. Below are a few photos taken near and around State Street.
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Oh so beautiful! Looks you had a lovely time… The photos make me dream of warm weather! I get a kick out of seeing Christmas trees and people wearing short sleeves! I’ve only celebrated Christmas in cold climates… Maybe one day I’ll do so in the warmth!
Have a lovely rest of your weekend!
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Thanks Lia. I know we are so lucky. But more rain expected this week. 🙂
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I would probably miss the snow if I ever moved to a warm climate!
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We have snow here too in the mountains. I would like to see New York as well. All the history on the East coast and Broadway! And Fall. I think you do have a beautiful Fall back east. 🙂
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Definitely the East Coast is gorgeous too… If you come to NYC, look me up and we’ll paint the town red!:)
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Would love to. 🙂
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Lovely, Deborah. Happy day for you and the hubby!
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Thanks Mark. 🙂 Nice to get out of our daily routine.
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Sounds like a perfect day!
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It was very nice. Reminded me that I need to do this more often.
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What a pleasant day — I’m glad the weather cooperated for you! I always think of the show “Psych” in connection with Santa Barbara b/c it was set there supposedly (but mostly filmed in British Columbia).
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That’s funny. I did not realize that about Psych. I had not watched it very often though. Yup we were lucky with such nice weather. 🙂
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So glad you had a wonderful l day!
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Absolutely beautiful! It sounds like it was a nice day. I’ve only been to California twice and I loved it both times.
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So beautiful. Looks like you had a perfect day trip 😊
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Thank You.We were pretty lucky to have a chance to see the beautiful scenery again and enjoy some mild weather in November. 🙂 Between the rain storms.
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