I love the quintessentially Santa Barbara approach as one drives down Mesa Lane toward the beach. Eucalyptus trees stand in a row along the center median, and surfers beeline toward the beach with boards under their arms while dog walkers leisurely stroll in the same direction. The closer you get to the Steps at Mesa Lane, the less likely you’ll find a parking spot, especially when the sun is out or the surf is up. But it’s all good.
The only thing that could make this scene more stereotypically Santa Barbara would be a Beach Boys tune playing in the background, and maybe the smell of suntan lotion wafting on the breeze.
I didn’t smell Coppertone last week when I visited the property for sale at 101 Mesa Lane, but I sure heard Beach Boys songs playing in my head. 101 Mesa Lane is a magical estate once owned by Mike Love of the Beach Boys. With over two hundred feet of private oceanfront bluff top, and over two-and-a-half acres of coastline, there is literally nothing else like it.