From the Pen of Our New Poet Laureate
An ode to Santa Barbara from its newly anointed supreme scribe
George Yatchisin
Recent Stories
Book Review | ‘Nobody’s Empire’ by Stuart Murdoch
The debut novel by Belle and Sebastian bandmember chronicles a life much like his own.
Book Review | ‘Our Beautiful Boys’ by Sameer Pandya
Family and violence take the field in a new novel by UC Santa Barbara associate professor of Asian American Studies.
Lodestar Whiskey Launches in Santa Barbara
Have an Old-Fashioned with your men’s fashions at The Optimist at the Post in Montecito.
The County’s Finest One-Off Food Night | Clean Slate’s Just 8
Solvang’s Clean Slate Wine Bar offers intimate pairings from the cellar of Matt Kettmann.
Book Review | ‘99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life’ by Adam Chandler
An exploration of the myth of hard work as a way to meet your destiny.
Mission City Serving Sandwiches by the Santa Barbara Seashore
The Mesa’s newest hangout features Simandle’s signature sandos.
Book Review | ‘The Harder I Fight the More I Love You’ by Neko Case
‘Case gets well past just the me in memoir, instead underlining the our in it.’
Book Review | ‘Rental House’ by Weike Wang
From Cape Cod to the Catskills, there’s more to marriage and adulting than first meets the eye.
Book Review | ‘Didion & Babitz’ by Lili Anolik
Anolik’s literary take on two icons is cultural criticism served up in deliciously dishy fashion.
