Taste the sea breeze, the good food,
and the rare flowers...

Cooled by sea breezes from the nearby Pacific, quiet Lompoc draws visitors from all over the world to see their extensive collection of murals downtown. The Mural Society’s major fundraiser, the annual Brushes & Blues event takes place Sunday, August 20th at La Purisima Mission.  

Sissy’s Uptown Cafe
Sissy’s is a favorite with gourmets and wine lovers all over Santa Barbara County who come for the excellent food and wine and deliciously decadent desserts.  For wine tasting, visit Sissy’s Wine Bar, located behind the restaurant. You’ll find one of the largest selections of wines on the Central Coast!
  The bright decor and friendly service create a cheerful, relaxing mood for diners, and the wine list has an extensive selection of local labels, as well as local beers. You can taste Palmina, Sea Smoke, Longoria and many other outstanding wines produced in the “Lompoc Wine Ghetto” (lompocwineghetto.com.) For dinner, Chefs DaveSpringer and Janan Byork prepare gourmet entrees including fresh salmon, fresh halibut, colorado lamb chops. black angus filet mignon, ribeye steak, pork chops, walnut encrusted chicken,  pasta with chicken and mushrooms.  Light eaters can enjoy sandwiches and salads, and vegetarians can feast on eggplant roulade, pasta with house-made marinara sauce, pasta primavara and fresh salads.  
  Lunch items include some delicious choices, from a bacon and spinach quiche that melts in your mouth to a hearty portabello mushroom sandwich. The lunch menu varies daily, and sandwiches are served with fresh soup or salad, not  fries or chips.
  Desserts here are always outstanding–save room for coconut cream pie–or a dreamy berry trifle!
  Then head east from Lompoc six miles and watch carefully for Campbell Road; you don’t want to miss Chaotic Exotics Orchid Ranch!

Chaotic Exotics
www.chaoticexotics.biz
Tucked away on Campbell Road off Highway 246 is Rancho Chaotica, home of Chaotic Exotics, where you’ll find some of the most exotic flowers in the world. The main greenhouse of Chaotic Exotics contains 3,000 square feet of exotic flora, with over a thousand varieties of orchids, dozens of different bromeliads and an assortment of ferns. An orchid can last forever, and Chaotic Exotics ships plants anywhere, even in bloom, any time of the year, so this is an ideal gift for any occasion, and will always be a big hit.
  Many of their orchids are unique hybrids available exclusively through Chaotic Exotics. There are flowers that smell like chocolate, vanilla, anise, jasmine, cinnamon and coconut.
  Rancho Chaotica is open to the public Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 am to 4 pm, or by appointment. Owners Jim Kotsybar and John Seykoski are happy to conduct tours–just call 805-736-0040.