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Santa Barbara: Stearn's Wharf and the Art Walk
I'm having some trouble trying to decide if this article is about Stearn's Wharf and the Ty Warner Sea Center, or traditionalist Santa Barbara Residents' proclivities of pronunciation. It's too bad you didn't stop by La "COOM-bra" plaza while you were here, instead of La Cumbre. But I digress. Now let's clear up the many misconceptions the author has written about: The State Street exit from Southbound 101 (So signed because U.S. 101 is primarily a north-south route. It's signed the same way in the San Fernando Valley) takes you to the only State Street in town. State Street does not become Hollister until after the Union Pacific Right-of-Way crossing, just before Modoc Road, west of the offramp. State Street then travels due east to Calle Crespis, where it turn 45 degrees in a southeast direction, ending at Stearn's Wharf. There is no part of Hollister nor State that enters Hope Ranch. La Cumbre Road is the official entrance to Hope Ranch, where it becomes Las Palmas Drive. There is a west beach. It's the small part of sand between Stearn's Wharf and Harbor. East beach is anywhere between Stearn's Wharf and the Childs Estate. Finally, the author's tongue-in-cheek assessment of Santa Barbara traffic further belies their lack of local knowledge. For any given weekday rush hour, or any time between 5 and 10 pm on a Sunday, you can expect to sit in at least 10 to 20 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic between Santa Barbara and Mussel Shoals, on two southbound lanes. Having commuted myself, I can personally tell you it can take over an hour to make the 35 mile drive from Santa Barbara to the Ventura city limit, construction nothwithstanding. That being said, I'm still confused whether this article was an endorsement or critique of Santa Barbara life. But at least we've cleared a few things up.— June 23, 2009 10:42 a.m.