Travel letters: Santa Barbara and Montecito hotel rates, like summer temps, are way too high
(LA Times Anaheim Ducks)

I cannot believe that the great loss of the Miramar in Montecito, Calif., for middle-class family vacations has morphed into an $850-a-night property [`Posh Playground,` by Rosemary McClure, Aug. 12]. On a teacher`s salary with a couple of kids we could go there for a few nights and enjoy the heck...