Santa Barbara Magazine 4/22/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/22/25

Handle With Care

Inspired by French surrealism and California in the 1970s, the work of ceramicist Alison Andersson also has an ocean undercurrent.

Mike Lipson 4/21/25 Mike Lipson 4/21/25

Beachy Keen

In his turn as a fixture on Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorators, JEFFREY ALAN MARKS became a household name in the interior design community…

Santa Barbara Magazine 4/19/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/19/25

Tropical Tribe

Pack your passport for prints and patterns

Santa Barbara Magazine 4/9/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/9/25

Image Maker

The popular impression of Santa Barbara owes a lot to photographer J. WALTER COLLINGE, who arrived in 1918 and shot local architecture and Montecito estates, gardens and beaches, and the city’s cultural life.

Santa Barbara Magazine 4/9/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/9/25

Sunny-Side Up

The garden-to-table ethos of JACKIE JOHNSON McBRIDE’s cooking style has led to a personal metamorphosis for the former national weathercaster.

Santa Barbara Magazine 4/8/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/8/25

Stem Punk

The advent of spring at Lotusland, Montecito's lavish botanical garden, is always worth celebrating, and this year's Spring Equinox Extravaganza was an occasion that Ganna Walska, the eccentric founder of Lotusland, would surely have relished.

Santa Barbara Magazine 4/8/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 4/8/25

Post Modern

Santa Barbara does everything its own way—including shopping. Although it’s a stretch to call the newly opened collection of 13 curated shops that fill out THE POST a mall, there’s a buzzy sense of purpose that harkens back to early ’90s mall culture as community gathering places.

Santa Barbara Magazine 3/27/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 3/27/25

A Greek Invitation

Mykonos is known internationally as one of the best nightlife hotspots in the world. But cultivating a global reputation as an epic party town doesn’t mean that’s all this Greek island has to offer.

Santa Barbara Magazine 3/26/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 3/26/25

An Artful Staycation

The fifth iteration of Desert X, a biennial exhibition in California's Coachella Valley, is now open with 11 site-specific artworks. Since 2017, artists have been invited from around the world to visit and select a location to present and construct their work in the context of the American Low Desert.

Santa Barbara Magazine 3/26/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 3/26/25

Back to Nature

Designer, decorator, and hospitality expert Nathan Turner has clients all over the world, but he never forgets his California roots. For his latest fabric collection—nostalgic patterns printed on linen—he leans into natural themes that defined his childhood.

Santa Barbara Magazine 3/25/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 3/25/25

Shell Game

Born and raised in Santa Barbara, architect Jeff Shelton is the mastermind responsible for the renovation of the building that houses CLARK’S OYSTER BAR, a new addition to Coast Village Road. “We didn’t even give it a face-lift; we gave it a new face,” he says.

Santa Barbara Magazine 3/24/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 3/24/25

Trunk Show

Gray Malin X Orlebar Brown in Montecito

Santa Barbara Magazine 2/12/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 2/12/25

Art for the Soul

On Sunday, February 9, The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) and Paseo Nuevo, with many local organizations and individuals, presented heART Heals, an event that helped bring the community together to heal and regain strength after the fires in L.A.

Santa Barbara Magazine 2/12/25 Santa Barbara Magazine 2/12/25

SBIFF Celebrates 40

Long an important fixture on the local cultural calendar, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival lives up to its international status in more than one way, as a festival respected around the world, and with international cinema as one of the strongest components of the program

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RH Reimagines Montecito’s Historic Firehouse

RH Reimagines Montecito’s Historic Firehouse and Celebrates Its Unveiling

Santa Barbara Magazine 12/10/24 Santa Barbara Magazine 12/10/24

Sublime Stays

Extraordinary experiences that feel more like new worlds than luxury hotels

Santa Barbara Magazine 12/9/24 Santa Barbara Magazine 12/9/24

One to Watch • Merlette

Marina Cortbawi, founder of Brooklyn-based atelier Merlette, hosted an intimate dinner on December 4 to celebrate the launch of the brand’s first boutique at The Post in Montecito.