There's a California college town midway between Santa Barbara and Big Sur that was described to me as, "equal in charm to Montecito, but as laid-back as Santa Cruz." San Luis Obispo, or SLO, to Golden Staters, is really just a few square blocks, but they are full of Spanish colonial architecture, funky coffee shops and a general, honeysuckle-scented air of calm. As befits SLO, the boutique Granada Hotel (pictured above), in the center of town, is housed in a 1920's brick building that formerly ...
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