Carpinteria, California

On September 30, 2012 the New York Times’s Travel Section ran an article by Danielle Pergament about her recently revisiting Carpinteria. As you may already know Carpinteria is one of Santa Barbara’s truly beautiful coastal communities.

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Revisiting Mexican Flavors in a California Surf Town

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Painting by local Santa Barbara artist Chris Potter

Carpintería, meaning “Carpentry“) is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast of California, it had a population of 13,264 at the 2020 census. Carpinteria is a popular surf destination; the city embraced the slogan “World’s Safest Beach” in 1912, which it still uses today

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