Best of Santa Barbara®: Romance
Beauty and the beaches — find the most romantic places to take a first date, get married, or celebrate an anniversary.
Ethan Stewart
Recent Stories
High Times on the White Mountains
Studying the stars, sky, oxygen deprivation, and more at 14,000 feet.
Rancho Marino Reserve
A largely untouched seaside paradise in the woods west and south of Cambria.
Paddle with a Purpose
Activists take to Platform Holly in the name of safer drilling.
First-Ever Carpinteria Sea Glass Festival
Inaugural gathering of the glass brings aficionados, jewelers, and more to Linden Avenue.
Kayak v. Shark Along Gaviota Coast
Local fisherman thrown from kayak by attacking shark.
Wiz Blows Smoke at the Bowl
The hip hop artist’s loud, redundant beats filled the air, the bass visibly pulsating through a cartoonishly thick haze of marijuana smoke.
New Stoke Clubhouse for Santa Barbara
Surfboard shaper Ryan Lovelace’s Trim Shop opens on August 15 on Parker Way.
Summer Surfari with the Coffin Brothers
Young surf stars team with Surf Happens to put on Surf Out at Jalama Beach on August 8.
Some of the Best Tacos in Town
Find delicious, unique Mexican tacos from Milpas to Downtown to upper State Street.