Can you believe we have lived in Santa Barbara for 3 and a half years now? It’s been such a dream coming back to this beautiful town that holds such a special place in our hearts! Now that we are officially locals we can fill you in on all the incredible dining options that Santa Barbara has to offer. The town may be small but the restaurant scene is really impressive so we’ve been doing all we can to try as many restaurants as possible.

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Hello friends and welcome back to the blog after quite a long hiatus! We are returning with our newest Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2024. Hoping you can find the perfect gift for the special woman in your life, we know that it can be difficult!

Our most recent post was published back in early 2023…which is wild. We’ve had a very busy year with renovating our home, staff changes, and so much more but we are excited and ready to be back on the blog posting our thoughts and ideas.

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Spring is such a special time for our family. Emma’s Birthday is quickly followed by Mother’s Day so gifts are on everyone’s mind. We love to welcome the season with fun feminine items that remind us of our favorite springtime elements. Here are a few ideas that any mom would love!

Gifts for Every Mom

Clean Burning Candle

I’ve found that candles are always a great gift for the women in my life.

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Hi everyone! Jeff and I wanted to round up some of our favorite gifts here on the blog for Father’s Day 2022! Jeff has SO many amazing options for any man in your life.. from a personal pizza oven (yummy!!) to outdoorsy options to great clothing. Hopefully you’ll find something for someone special in your life below.

All of our top picks for our Father’s Day Gift Guide are rounded up below! Let me know in the comments if you have any additional Father’s Day gift ideas!

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Hi everyone! Emma here. :) I wanted to sit down and provide an update on all the reading we’ve been doing over here at Casa Wicks. All of us have managed to read a bit this month and we wanted to share some of our FAVORITE books that we’ve picked up so far in 2022!

One of my resolutions this year is to read more – I read almost 40 books last year.

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