Sep 26th	Things to Do in Santa Barbara, California – The Mission District
2008	Categories: Mission Canyon Neighborhood, Santa Barbara Local / Things to Do, The Upper East Neighborhood

Whether you are a local, in town visiting family and/or friends, or here on vacation in Santa Barbara, California, there is never a lack of activities and things to do in our wonderful seaside resort community.  Here below is the second installment in a series of articles that point out some of Santa Barbara's most prominent local attractions.  Some of these will be cultural, some dining, some active pursuits and some I am still deciding on.  This second installment will be focusing on... Santa Barbara Mission District: The Mission District is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Santa Barbara and is home to the... Read more

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Feb 22nd	Santa Barbara CA Neighborhoods – Mission Canyon
2008	Categories: Mission Canyon Neighborhood

Mission Canyon - Santa Barbara Mission Canyon, which with the Old Mission complex and the area bounded on the south by Mission Street, making up Santa Barbara's "Mission District," is unique. No residential neighborhood in the city boasts a richer historical background, or offers more relics and landmarks of Old Spanish Days Fr. Junipero Serra, when he helped found the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara in 1782, intended Santa Barbara's Franciscan mission to be built in El Montecito near the present site of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on East Valley Road. But four years later, when his successor, Fr. Fermin... Read more

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