By
Ken Scrudato
May 05, 2008
If you get past the rather twee moniker and plunk down a rather pretty penny (well, 30,000 of them), you may lay claim to the considerable charms of Santa Barbara’s newest boutiquer, the Canary Hotel (opened in late April). Luckily, the place is not a bright riot of birdy yellow. Michael S. Smith’s interior scheme actually draws upon the inviting aesthetic blitheness of Spain’s Canary Islands, with Spanish-tiled bathrooms and Moroccan accents.
