Thanks to the creators of the Happy Cow app (and website), we’re having an easy time pegging the locations of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants as we make our way up the California coast. That’s how we find Bliss, the “Good Karma Cuisine and...
The Madonna Inn is a Highway 1 icon, built in a pseudo-Swiss style by architect Alex Madonna. (You were hoping it was owned and operated by Madonna, the singer, weren’t you?) Each of the 110 rooms has a different and elaborate theme...
Drive northeast of Santa Barbara, and you’ll reach Solvang, a little bit of Denmark smack in the middle of California: Even on Sunday morning, the faux Danish streets are bustling with tourists. most of whom are chasing down an aebleskiver...
While our night at the sincere but dingy Glen Tavern Inn didn’t quite meet expectations, our next stop, the Sandpiper Lodge in Santa Barbara, exceeds them. Outside, the parking lot, dotted with potted flowers and set in the shadows of tall...
