Destinations
Executive & aspirational travel for the Central Coast
Summer tourism numbers are up across the Central Coast
The Tri-Counties fought off June gloom and signaled disaster recovery resilience with a strong pulse for the tourism industry as summer travel winds down. Although overcast skies in June and July may have dampened tourism, especially from Los Angeles driving markets, destination marketing officials in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all reported Read More →
Read More →Presqu’ile winery has one of top 10 tasting rooms in U.S.
Presqu’ile, a winery in the hills of Santa Maria, announced Aug. 23 that for the second year in a row it was honored by USA Today’s 2019 National Readers Poll of the top 10 Best Tasting Rooms in the U.S. Presqu’ile is the only winery on the list from Santa Barbara County, a region with more than 200 wineries and tasting rooms. “It’s always Read More →
Read More →Stonehouse wine collection recovery remarkable
The mudslides that devastated Montecito in January of 2018 ruined one of the top 100 restaurant wine collections in the world at the Stonehouse, San Ysidro Ranch. The restaurant lost its inventory of nearly 12,500 bottles of fine wine when mud and rocks from nearby San Ysidro Creek crashed through the back door of the Read More →
Read More →Julia Child’s legacy lives on in Santa Barbara
The late Julia Child is getting some overdue love from her adopted hometown of Santa Barbara. City officials designated Aug. 15, her birthday, as Julia Child Day to go along with celebrations across the nation. She would be 107 if still alive. Along with the festivities came an announcement of the Julia Child Foundation for Read More →
Read More →Tommy Tutone to headline Stone Soup Music Festival
Tommy Tutone will headline the 29th Annual Stone Soup Music Festival, Food, & Street Fair on Aug. 24-25 in Grover Beach in Ramona Garden Park and the surrounding streets. This festival draws thousands of people each year and admission to the festival and all concerts is free. Two stages will provide continual live music during Read More →
Read More →Santa Barbara County vineyards celebrate anniversaries
Sunstone Vineyards & Winery is celebrating 25 years since the 1994 opening of its tasting room. It is one of the first organic vineyard estates in Santa Barbara County and will host a “Wine & Swine” reception at the Sunstone Estate from 4-6 p.m. Aug. 17. The reception will feature a pig roast, live ’90s Read More →
Read More →Rosewood Miramar Beach hosts celebrity wedding
Nobody likes a shiny new object more than a luxury wedding planner. The Sunday New York Times on July 28 devoted a half page to recent nuptials at the newly opened Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort. The couple was YouTube sensation Giselle Lazzarato aka Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty, the daughter of Getty heiress Ariadne Getty. Read More →
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