Referenced In

Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley

"DeWitt Albright slumped over his steering wheel just north of Santa Barbara; it took him that long to bleed to death."

Ask The Dust
by John Fante

"I took long rides along the blue coastline, up to Ventura, up to Santa Barbara, down to San Clemente, down to San Diego, following the white line of the pavement."

Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion

"she was sure that she had met him three years before, at someone’s house in Santa Barbara."

The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac

"It was a local and I intended to sleep on the beach at Santa Barbara that night and catch either another local to San Luis Obispo the next morning..."

The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac

"after hitchhiking the rest of the way from Santa Barbara in one long zipping ride"

The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac

"The local went to Santa Barbara where again I went to the beach, had a swim and some food over a fine woodfire in the sand"

Mecca
by Susan Straight

"I made a little sign that said Santa Barbara because that sounded beautiful."

Mecca
by Susan Straight

"“I never been to San Francisco, never been to Santa Barbara.”"

The Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle

"He lives near Santa Barbara, California."

Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis

"the couple from Santa Barbara, who were sitting across from me in first class, had gotten pretty drunk."

The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner

"We ended up in Santa Barbara, and slept on the beach and dumpster dove for food."

The Sellout
by Paul Beatty

"along the coast from Santa Barbara to Orange Counties"