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Article: Santa Barbara perfection; Climate, wine, beach among the delights.(TRAVEL)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2005
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Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "Welcome to the American Riviera," said our host, Jean Paul de Craemer as he gestured at the setting for a very Californian al fresco lunch of white asparagus, snapper and white wine set elegantly on the rooftop of the Andalucia Hotel. It was not much of an exaggeration. California seems to produce everything, and have everything.
From the Andalucia's roof - where the swimming pool sparkles in the noonday sun and the potted lemon trees rustle in the breeze - the red tiled roofs and whitewashed villas of Santa Barbara, spilling down the hills to the ocean 10 blocks south of ...