State Street in Santa Barbara
This is State Street in Santa Barbara, it is the main drag of town.
This is the street you must take a few hours to walk up and down from one end of town to the other. It is full of interesting shops and things to see (even for me). There are many shops full of diverse items, there’s even a fossil shop with fossils from all over the world. Now believe me, I am not a ‘window browser’ or someone who enjoys shopping…. I go to a store when something breaks and I need new baling wire and duct-tape.. or if I’m hungry and need some food. I get what I need and I leave… so when I say this is a fine street to stroll and look at things…. it really is something… I compare it to San Antonio’s ‘Riverwalk’ or Santa Monica’s ‘Promenade’ in some respects….. but really, you just can’t beat the ‘Riverwalk’.
Victoria Street in Santa Barbara
Victoria Street in Santa Barbara
Vickie’s name is actually Victoria, and this is her street, Victoria Avenue in Santa Barbara
Any trip to Southern California MUST include the requisite visit to Santa Barbara. SB has kept much of it’s Spanish Mission Days past alive with zoning laws that require the Spanish architecture, as a result it is a very pretty city, comparable to any world city I have seen.
A church in Santa Barbara
A church in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara has a lot of really nice stone work.
There were a lot of stone masons who came from Italy in the early 20th century,
and settled in the Santa Barbara area.
They did a lot of really fine stone work that exists to this day.