Tag archives: ice skating

Skating Stars Hit the Ice in Orange County
By Steven Libowitz   |   May 4, 2026

The Winter Olympics in Italy that transfixed sports fans in February is but a distant memory with basketball, hockey, baseball currently in action, football just completing its annual draft, and the World Cup heading to North America in just two months. But those still wishing to see some of the stunning ice skaters in exhibition […]

Events at Montecito Country Mart
By Montecito Journal   |   July 29, 2025

Hudson Grace now features designer Peter Dunham with an exclusive collaboration in his new collection of tabletop and home essentials. Dunham, “I’ve been dreaming of doing a tabletop line for ages. Entertaining at home is a big and happy part of my life. So it was with a lot of excitement that a friend put […]

Rinkside Cafe Serves Slamming — and Fresh! — Favorites
By Claudia Schou   |   November 2, 2021

With sporting venues on a welcome rebound, Ice in Paradise recently reopened in Goleta and is now in the swing of winter sports such as ice hockey and figure skating. But that’s not the only reason crowds are returning to the rink. Mysael Val Valerdi and Sean Bentley, the visionaries behind Ice in Paradise’s newest […]

Ice in Paradise
By Lynda Millner   |   March 1, 2018

Everyone says we live in paradise, but there is another paradise in Goleta at the state-of-the-art ice skating rink called Ice in Paradise. It’s located not far from Costco at 6985 Santa Felicia. The rink’s main donor (more than $1 million) was Ed Snider, who owned the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. In […]