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9 – 16 October 2008 Vol 14 Issue 40
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Kirk Douglas says he “thought Westerns were over when John Wayne died,” but lauds Ed Harris’s “Appaloosa,” p. 39
COMMUNITY CALENDAR, P. 11 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 • GUIDE TO MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42
Nest Assured When you’re away, Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele’s home concierge service will pick up your mail, make sure the pool is cleaned and groceries are in the fridge the day you return (story on page 28)
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State Street Spin Maxine Albro’s “Fiesta of the Flowers” is one of at least two “lost” murals at the Biltmore, p. 22
Trail Talk Artist Ed Borein’s 140-foot long frieze is always on display at the Carriage and Western Art Museum, p. 24
Your Westmont Lit Moon’s John Blondell imports Bulgarian National’s all-male “Othello/Measure for Measure” p. 32
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Editorial
Tim takes an early look at the various propositions on this year’s election ballot
6 Letters to the Editor
Ron Pulice posits why he should care what happens to Montecito; Michael Armstrong wonders what will happen to Coast Village Road when Cabrillo onramp is closed; Victoria Algra says Sarah Palin should be exactly what feminists want
11 Community Calendar
Native Tree Care lecture by Dr. Klinger, live opera feed from the Met at Hahn Hall, MTF hike up Hot Springs Trail, Andy Granatelli at the Murphy Auto Museum, Marilynne Robinson’s new novel discussed at Montecito Library and MUS Jog-a-Thon coming up
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Third time’s the charm, Cold Spring Principal Bryan McCabe hopes, as he promotes Measure C; Montecito Union School Board has two openings and three candidates to speak at upcoming forum October 16; Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele are the brains and brawn behind Nest Assured home concierge service
14 Seen Around Town
Katie and Fred Williamson, along with artist Tom Mielko offer “A Taste of Nantucket”; LifeChronicles founder Kate Carter says “Thank you” to hundreds of volunteers at Lad Handelman’s hilltop home; Dr. Ken Kosik introduces Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies (CFIT) for combating Alzheimer’s
18 Our Town
Laguna Blanca owl gets a bunch of makeovers; Tara Broucqsault super-sizes it
Seasons change a little too fast for Ernie as he tries to buy a pair of swim trunks in October
20 Ernie’s World
22 State Street Spin 1273 Coast Village Road, Montecito CA 93108 805/969-0500
More on that unveiled mural inside Coral Casino’s members lounge; Debbie Reynolds pulls the trigger at the Granada; JoAnn Mermis goes the extra mile for a listing
23 Ward Connerly
Does anyone really believe this election hasn’t gone on long enough? Ward is peeved too with the idea of the vice-president being “ready on day one”
24 Trail Talk
Santa Barbara’s favorite artist, Edward Borein’s 15-inches-high, 140-feet long frieze on permanent display at the Carriage and Western Art Museum
26 Book Talk
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise,” and Richard Farina’s “Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up To Me,” are like “engraved curios found at an antique shop,” says Shelly
29 Sheriff’s Blotter
No crime to report this period and we’re pleased to report it!
32 Your Westmont
Actors from around the globe perform six different productions in 2008 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival; new college vice president Reed Sheard focuses on technology
33 Eye on Santa Barbara
Unitarian Church at Santa Barbara and Arrellaga Streets is one of the Upper East Side’s quiet landmarks
34 World of Wine
Wine Econ 101: California wines (especially those made along the Central Coast) continue to expand production and it is up to baby boomers to see that such expansion continues, says Dr. Judy
37 On Song
She has much to be blue about, but Christina Grimm says life is short and insists upon looking on the bright side
38 On Stage
Brian Eno didn’t join David Byrne on stage at the Arlington but it was all right anyhow; Glendon Association Suicide Prevention Concert coming up Oct. 12; Jolie Holland at SOhO too
39 On Film
Ed Harris receives Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Acting from award namesake Kirk Douglas at Coral Casino event
40 Calendar of Events
Jazz great Ahmad Jamal at the Lobero; Jeff Dunham brings Achmed the Dead Terrorist to the Arlington; Jonathan O’Brien brings screenwriting philosophy to Borders; Dancers Ball at Montecito Country Club; Live at the Met live at Hahn Hall too; Katona Twins at Museum of Art
41 Movie Show times
Why read anything else? Montecito Journal carries the tides and the movie clock so that both your days and your nights are fully covered in between...
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
... Eating in your favorite restaurant, gelateria, coffee shop, deli, or bakery; they’re all listed here, alphabetically
44 93108 Open House Directory
Looking to move to Montecito? A great way to begin that search is by attending some 93108-area Open Houses; meet the brokers; talk to neighbors; scope out the schools
46 Classified Advertising
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Editorial
by Timothy Lennon Buckley
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bsentee voting has changed many habits and we’d vote in favor of restricting absentee voting to only those legitimately out of the state on election day. But, since the law allows early voting, we feel we too must weigh in early. The following are some of our observations, opinions, and suggestions concerning the various propositions on this year’s ballot: Proposition 1A: Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train. Provides long-distance commuters with a safe (really? As if they would build an un-safe train.), convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices. Provides for a bond issue of $9,950,000,000 to establish high-speed train service linking Southern California counties, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Well, considering Amtrak is such a success I can’t wait to jump right into another ten billion dollars in debt. With a track record such as the government’s, by the time this project is finished we will have flying cars and it will have cost triple what was originally asked for. We love the idea of a high-speed train but this is neither the time to spend this kind of money, nor the organization that should be building it. Vote NO Proposition 2: Standards for Confining Farm Animals Requires that calves raised for veal, egg-laying hens and pregnant pigs be confined only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn around freely. Exceptions made for transportation, rodeos, fairs, 4-H programs, lawful slaughter, research and veterinary purposes. Provides misdemeanor penalties, including a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment in jail for up to 180 days. This is a tough one. Most of us are not for animal cruelty nor would we want any additional pain and suffering placed upon the animal before slaughtering it, but this proposition is a dangerous one. We cannot afford to convert all egglaying chickens to free-range chickens. California has a very strict code of conduct for people dealing with animals and slaughter. If we make it impossible for slaughterhouses and egg farms to stay in business, we will begin importing eggs from other parts of the country, including Mexico, where God only knows how animals are treated. Eggs prices will soar if Prop 2 is passed, and the likelihood is that markets will compete by buying eggs elsewhere where standards are lower. This is a potentially disastrous proposition. Vote No
Proposition 4: Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy Changes California Constitution to prohibit abortion for un-emancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent or legal guardian. Permits courts to waive notice based on clear and convincing evidence of minor’s maturity or best interests. Again, in principal this sounds like a good idea. Why shouldn’t parents be notified? They should, but this doesn’t accomplish that. Planned Parenthood, although publicly against this proposition, would most likely clog the court system with requests to waive notice in the “best interests” of the child, putting more of a tax strain on California and accomplishing little to nothing. Vote No Proposition 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation Allocates $460 million annually to improve and expand treatment programs for persons convicted of drug and other offenses. Limits court authority to incarcerate offend-
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Why do I care?
and that will, in some important way, define all of us. This perfect storm was created by a combination of factors, among them the poor leadership of the Montecito Association; business owners seemingly desperate for revenue; county planners pressured by a top-down organizational power surge and afraid for their jobs; and, finally, a group of well intentioned commissioners attempting to make sense out of project plans that continue to be delivered piecemeal, making full understanding of this complex project utterly impossible. Those plans, by the way, are still incomplete. I don’t think any of us expected to see this storm develop so soon in our little community. I may be delusional about the way things used to work here (never easily, always with lots of fuss, but always with good intentions), and maybe I’m just imagining that there’s a new minority that wants Montecito and Santa Barbara to look and feel more like Orange County. Maybe the majority of
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he citizens of Montecito and Santa Barbara have been vigilant for decades. They have built and safeguarded a community unlike any in the world. We have been privileged to have responsible officials who remained clear-headed about the kind of development that would preserve the integrity and vitality of our city and village. But this paradigm has been fractured and a wide crack has been driven into our community plan. Without any real public discussion, County government reversed course and decided for all of us that bed tax, any way that it is procured, is good enough for them. The “third man in” archetype may well allow construction of a new Miramar Hotel that will bring to mind the megamalls built by a developer who either has no idea or simply doesn’t care about the existing character of Montecito, but believes that with the purchase of real estate comes the right to dictate the image—the icon—that will appear forever at the gateway to Santa Barbara
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Montecito Real Estate News
Diana MacFarlane WHAT’S AN AUTOMATED UNDERWRITING SYSTEM? The AUS is a quick view of how qualified a borrower is for a loan. It pulls credit scores and also crucial public records. For example, bankruptcy filings or tax liens will show up in the AUS. This is not, however, an old-fashioned credit report, detailing your payment history—how often you’ve been late with a payment, whether you’ve missed payments, how timely and accurately you’ve paid your obligations over recent years. And that means your actual payment records generally aren’t reviewed by the people deciding to make you a loan—the very same people who used to pore over those reports to evaluate you. In other words, we’re now qualified, by and large, by computer programs which work with extensive databases. There are several benefits. One is that the biases of a human reviewer don’t come into play. The computer doesn’t much care which payments you may have missed or where you live or where you want to buy a home. On the other hand, we’ve lost a bit of the human touch. The computer’s work is no better than its programming and, as we’ve seen in recent years, changing market and economic conditions often mean that credit scoring and AUS programs need occasional tinkering. It’s also good, insofar as possible, to deal with human beings as you take out a loan—preferably someone with both hard-earned and native compassion. For
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the people in this area still believe that the semi-rural community that we live in is worth defending. And maybe—just maybe—we’re still being represented by men and women who recognize that we expect them to protect the community plan that the people in this village developed and voted into law. We didn’t vote for a plan that would allow the ”third man in” to conclude that the only answer to eight years of a blight is an oversized, mall-like hotel with a the two-story valet-parking garage, built on a flat 16-acre platform of land that would sit above the highway and the railroad tracks. In short, a hotel that abandons the law that requires cottage style architecture—and that dismisses its importance. Leaders who respect us and our laws would hold their ground against the pressure. They would insist that the developer deliver the hotel he promised: a lively new hotel with the old Miramar style, one that belongs in the community that welcomed him so heartily. Call me crazy, but if unanswered questions about traffic, parking, grading, flooding, drainage, water, FAR, easements, bulk and size are not enough reason for those who represent us to reconsider a project, why should I care? But I do. Ron Pulice Montecito
101 Impact on CVR I have a question about something that I have not seen addressed anywhere. Soon the southbound onramp to 101 from Cabrillo Blvd and Hot Springs Road will be permanently closed. Has anyone wondered about the impacts of this? It’s a long way from Milpas Street to the next onramp at Olive Mill. It seems to me that this will really add traffic to Coast Village Road, because all the people that used this onramp will
have to use CVR to get to the next ramp at Olive Mill. It also seems to me that CVR is already pretty overcrowded, has this additional impact been modeled? Thanks, Michael Armstrong Santa Barbara (Publisher’s Note: We editorialized our concern over the same scenario and discovered that Montecito was last on anyone’s list regarding freeway construction. When brought up at various meetings, Caltrans officials and County planners simply nodded that it may present a problem and that if it did, they would “study” ways to mitigate any negative effects of the closure. ~TLB)
Wow! First of all I loved your comments in the editorial last week. I was laughing out loud! Finally, someone’s got some pragmatic sense in this town. And speaks it. I think it’s hilarious how the left is so “stirred up” over this Republican V.P. nominee Sarah Palin. She’s frankly, a breath of fresh air. And worth taking a serious look at (and I don’t mean physically) although she’s fit and competitive (due to “Title 9”) – I’m from that same generation, Finally! The law changed so we can share the gym with the boys. Equality for all; it’s just the beginning! And she’s what women have fought for all their “First Feminist lives.” Maybe not quite the “package” they wanted, but nevertheless, a great “potential glass ceiling buster.” A great example for our daughters and an awesome person. But it’s interesting, yet sad, how women have turned against her. In my opinion, this is what they wanted all along. They just don’t recognize it. I couldn’t believe the mail received in the Journal last week. So emotional and irrational, and mean-spirited.
Personally, I think it’s the most brilliant, genius move by McCain, and the Republicans. And the Dems just can’t stand the new enthusiasm about this fresh, 21st century person that represents us all. And she has had a choice and so did her daughter. They made them. And we will continue to choose as women. No one will take our rights away. She’s doing everything we require of women in this 21st century and more, and we tear her apart. Shame on us! And furthermore throughout history, every female leader that has risen up in other countries has risen through the “Conservative” ranks to their position of leadership. For example, Angela Merkel (Germany), Margaret Thatcher (Great Britain), Indira Gandhi (India). Seems like conservatives aren’t the ones holding women back. Talk about a judgment call! (V.P. Clinton?) So, Ms Palin has just as much experience as every other Governor that has risen to Vice President or President of this wonderful country. Carter, Reagan and Clinton (Remember those smear campaigns?). And shouldn’t we lift each other up and not be so mean? And give credit where credit is due? As a matter of fact, I thought the” meanness” was reserved for the Republican Party? That’s all I’ve ever heard out of the mouths of the Democrats. It’s definitely an exciting, historic race. And at the end of the day, I think people are smart enough to see what’s going on. The people of this great nation will choose. Victoria Algra Montecito (Publisher’s note: They’ll choose all right, but we’re not sure conservatives are going to like that choice, as Senator Obama seems to be coasting to victory, despite the obvious appeal of Governor Palin – TLB) •MJ
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Community Calendar
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13
by Hattie Beresford
Andy Granatelli Speaks at Auto Museum The Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard will present Andy Granatelli with “Automotive Personality of the Year Award,” and Granatelli will speak about his days as a racecar driver, engine builder, and more. Docents will give tours of the collection of vehicles. Tickets available by reservation or at the door. When: 1:30 pm Where: Murphy Auto Museum, 2230 Statham Boulevard, Oxnard Cost: $20 Reservations and info: 805-487-4333
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1/4 mile west of Hot Spring Road Info: 568-0833 or www.montecitotrailsfoundation.org
FRIDAYS Farmers’ Market enlivens Coast Village Road with a mélange of color, aroma, and sound while featuring fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers When: 8 am to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: auditorium, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Music Academy of the West screens Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” starring soprano Karita Mattila in Montecito during live simulcast
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
Grief Recovery Workshop The fourth workshop of the 8-week series covers the topic “Embracing Our Sorrows”
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 The History and Practice of Native Tree Care For those interested in native oak trees, Dr. Lee Klinger, MA, PhD, a scientist who specializes in the ecology and care of trees and soils, offers a workshop that will teach participants how to insure oak tree health When: 9:30 am to 3 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $45 (Children accompanied by parents, $15) Info: 969-5031
performance of the Metropolitan Opera When: 10 am; Encore screening Sunday at 2 pm Where: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: $22 Tickets: 969-8787
When: 7 to 9 pm Where: El Montecito Presbyterian Church library, 1455 East Valley Road Info: Carol Bussell, 969-5041 ext. 241 or Nancy Warda, 682-4337
MTF Hike Join Montecito Trails Foundation for a 3.5-mile intermediate hike up Hot Springs Trail. Please arrive 10 minutes early for sign-in and release forms. Dogs welcome if leashed and owners bring clean-up supplies. When: 8:30 am Where: East Mountain Drive; trailhead is
Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road
Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu “Housekeeping” Book Discussion Jerry Pike will lead a discussion of the fall selection for Santa Barbara Reads, the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Marilynne Robinson When: 3:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
MUS K-3 Sings When: Group 1, 9:30 am; Group 2, 10:30 am Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249
Role of Religion in Politics “Reflections in the Midst of the 2008 Campaign,” a talk by Jessie Covington, assistant professor of political science, and Telford Work, associate professor of religious studies, will reflect on faith’s place in American politics and politics’ place in American faith. Sponsored by Westmont College, the discussion is free and open to the public. When: 5:30 pm Where: University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Info: 565-6051
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hird time’s the charm, so they say, and Cold Spring School Superintendent Bryan McCabe hopes that will be the case when Measure C 2008 is on the ballot in November. Described as a “baby bond,” the $2.44-million local school improvement measure is a pared down version of two previous ballot measures that were rejected by district voters. The school, which was founded in 1889, has five classrooms over 50 years old, and two that are over 80 years old. McCabe told us Measure C will allow for the renovation of 80-year-old restrooms, the repair and upgrade of electrical and mechanical systems to reduce energy use and lower utility bills, and the upgrade of the schoolwide alarm and communication system. Upgrades to flooring, cabinets and instructional surfaces will take place in both the 50-year-old and 80-year-old buildings, and repair and replacement of roofs will take place on the 80-year-old buildings. “This is absolutely essential renovation and repair,” McCabe said. Previous bond measures from the November 2006 election and the presidential primary election in February 2008, called Measure K and R respectively, failed to garner the necessary votes to pass; 55% is required. It is estimated that each ballot measure failed by about 50 votes. Measure K asked taxpayers for $14 million, and since its failure, plans were changed to lower the cost. Measure R was a revised measure, which cut out the addition of a larger auditorium, total replacement of playground equipment, and the construction of a brandnew office building. Measure R was an $8.75-million General Obligation Bond, which in addition to necessary renovations, sought to add new construction, new furniture, fixtures and
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equipment. The board had hoped to build four new classrooms to replace the portables currently being used and add four new bathrooms. Because some staff members have been using storage closets for their offices, part of Measure R was to build new offices. All new construction has been taken off the table however, in hopes that a less costly bond will persuade voters to pass the measure. Measure C will cost taxpayers significantly less than the previous measures; property owners are estimated to pay $5.20 per year per $100,000 of assessed value, compared to the $19.70 tax rate Measure R required. McCabe said the typical increase in cost to homeowners will be a few dollars per month. “We hope that the community sees Cold Spring School as an asset to this area,” McCabe said. If Measure C passes, California state law (Proposition 39) requires that the school district establishes a citizen’s oversight committee to ensure funds are used as promised. Annual performance and financial audits are mandatory, and the public will be notified if any abuse or waste of funds occurs. Also, the money will not be used for administrative purposes or for teacher salaries; funds will only be spent to improve Cold Spring School. “It’s common sense to take care of community assets, just like you would other agencies like the fire department and local infrastructure such as roads,” McCabe explained, “Every dollar of Measure C goes back to this school.” In other Cold Spring news: on October 24 a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to allow the children back onto the newly grassed play field. The sod was installed two weeks ago, and it takes time for the roots to take hold. As of now, students have been con-
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sliders with Russian Bear Premium Vodka served in drinks called Cape Codders and Boston Bullets. The late Dorothy Shea is the lady who donated a cottage on Pueblo Street where the BCRC began. She had spunk and was a great entrepreneur and philanthropist. Each year the Dorothy Shea Award is given to honor her legacy and
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plus costs for equipment and materials; the total can run from $3,000 to $5,000. Families are encouraged to pay what they can but no one is turned away. The majority the life chronicles are done for people unable to contribute because of financial hardship. There is also a new program for the Internet call Life Space that is being used in schools to educate students. For more information call 966-3411.
Brain Care for Life There will soon be a new center called Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies (CFIT) ,which will introduce a pioneer program addressing the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and slowing its course. It is located near Cottage Hospital on De la Vina and is the first in the nation. Executive Director Ken Kosik, MD, says, “Santa Barbara can lead the way nationally.” It is based on state-of-theart knowledge about the most effective interventions including medical expertise, cognitive training programs, exercise programs, diet, supplements, genetics and social services. CFIT held an open house in new home-like offices around a central courtyard. The reception desk had been converted into a bar serving wine and dee-licious stuffed mushrooms. Prior to the reception emcee Larry Crandell
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Laguna students were pleased to meet Matt Moreau and his pet owl Bubba
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for the school: a cute, cuddly owl for Lower School students, and a more scholarly, fierce version to represent Middle and Upper School. The project is ongoing with Delphine designing more owl mascots for the sports teams, and other school activities. The goal of these owl mascots is to increase school branding and pride among Laguna students. The “new owl” made its official debut at Lower School campus Friday, October 3 at a student assembly, with Headmaster Douglas W. Jessup presiding. Delphine talked to the students, faculty and guests about the project, and showed her latest designs (see photo). Tara Broucqsault, head of PR for Laguna had donned the Laguna Owl mascot costume “backstage” and came out to visit the students, who expressed glee to see their super-sized owl and ran to get a hug from the mascot while trying to figure out who was behind the huge mask! The next treat at the assembly was
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the visit by Owl Matt Moreau, owner of Airstrike Technologies, and his Eurasian Eagle owl named “Bubba.” Matt talked about Eurasian Eagle owls, known as being the largest of owls, with a wingspan up to 200cm (78inches), however they are known to be shy. Matt raised Bubba from its birth and claims to be its mother. He talked also about owls in general and their lifestyle and habits. He then walked around to each of the tables where the students were seated and invited them to pet Bubba. The students were very much amazed at the live owl, and most were brave enough to pet it. Matt owns an avian pest control company that uses owls to scare birds away from airports, fields, landfills, resorts and vineyards. Matt is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a degree in mechanical and oceanic engineering. After all the owling, the students were given owl mascot stickers and filled out entry forms to name the owl. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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In sunny Southern California the only physical indication you have that the season has changed is that teenage girls shed their flip-flops and begin wearing UGG boots with their bikinis When I got to the department store I immediately sought out a sales clerk and explained my dilemma. “Dude, have you tried selling those trunks on eBay?” he asked. I hadn’t, but it seemed like a good idea. “How much are Albert Einstein stains going for?” I asked. “I’m not sure, but a potato that looks like Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke just sold for like two hundred bucks.” I was tempted to run home and make sure my wife didn’t throw out my potential windfall, but first I needed to get new swim trunks and asked him where they were. “Long gone, dude,” he said, as he hefted a large plastic Santa. “But we have an end-of-the-year sale on fall fashion starting tomorrow if you need a sweater vest.” I grabbed a couple of fake wreaths and followed him toward a display that had pumpkins, a wooden turkey and giant paper snowflakes. “But fall just got here.” “When you’re a retail dude you have to think a season or two ahead,” he said. “Most people bought their fall wardrobe in like July. October first is the beginning of the winter season.” “When does summer start again?” He looked at his watch. “February.” Maybe it’s because I grew up in New Hampshire where the seasons are more pronounced and not rushed into. I can assure you, for instance, that no one is shopping for a bathing suit in February because everything containing water molecules is frozen solid, plus it’s hard to put swim trunks on over twelve layers
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UGG boots with their bikinis, and skaters let their ankle-length board shorts fall another inch so you can see their flannel choners. I helped the salesguy drag two sunglass-wearing elves over to the multiholiday display then we both stopped to wipe the sweat from our brows. “Surely you must have something resembling swim trunks,” I said. “It’s supposed to be in the eighties again this weekend.” He pondered a moment, then said: “Tell you what, you finish assembling ‘Santa’s Sweet Ride,’ and I’ll check the stockroom.” I was just finishing putting the spinner hubcaps and racing stripes on the sleigh-mobile when he returned. He was holding two pair of swim trunks – one with palm trees the other with giant parrots. “Wow. Cool. How much?” “Eighty bucks a pair,” he said. “Eighty bucks!” “Sorry dude, these are next year’s models. We just got them in. You’d be like buying pre-pre-season before any discount. The good news is you’d be the only one who’s ever paid full price, plus you’d be the first one with twothousand-nine summer fashion.” I took out my wallet and glanced at the lone twenty-dollar bill, then sighed and headed for the door to resurrect my Albert Einstein trunks. “Come back soon,” he yelled. “Yeah right. See you in February.” “Better make it early February,” he shouted after me. “Summer fashion sells out fast.” •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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unveil the remodeled and redecorated Biltmore. In the new “cocktail room,” there were at least two murals by Maxine Albro. Her murals were known for vivid, intense colors, and usually depicted Mexican themes, which were in vogue at this time. One of these at the Biltmore was called “Fiesta of the Flowers” and featured a peasant woman with a basket of flowers on her head. How many of you remember this one? (And what did the other one look like?)
Orphans Unite Our former county clerk-recorder Ken Pettit recently returned from his
Debbie Does Downtown Santa Barbara Debbie Reynolds was a hoot-and-ahalf at the recent Simply Ballroom at the Granada. (Perhaps a nice foil for Cloris Leachman on Dancing with the Stars?) First a segue: what’s up with the sound in the Granada? Our first concert – Natalie Cole - the sound was spectacular. Crystal clear and just fantastic (we sat under the balcony). For Carmina Burana, the sound was not clear (downstairs forward of the balcony). I thought perhaps the size of the orchestra and chorus had something to do with it, so I blew it off. Then for the musical Pazzazz (forward of the balcony downstairs) I was annoyed, if not astonished at how miserable the sound was. Loud enough – but many of the clever lyrics of Milt Larsen were muffled beyond recognition. For Forever Ballroom, the male singer-host had some degree of reverb on his mic, but not on his co-host. Why? That’s bizarre, but at least that could be handled at the soundboard. His voice was swallowed by the volume of the canned music. That’s still a soundboard issue. However, the sound itself was quite muffled. The male host must have thought he had a dead group as he was getting little response from the crowd to his commentary, even when asking questions. The truth was, we could not make out what he was saying. I asked a number of people at intermission where they were sitting and whether they could
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ots of interest in the article about the mural at the Coral Casino. I did make one boo-boo that I would like to clarify and expand on. I quoted the Los Angeles Times reporting on the opening of the new Coral Casino in 1937, and I meant to say the Biltmore. So here is the expanded version. The Biltmore first opened in 1927. Ten years later it was sold (November 1936) and the owners planned to close it a few months to refurbish it all. Instead they took 8 months, spending an exorbitant $100,000 to revamp it all (actually only about $1.5 million in today’s market). While in the process, they had the idea to add a pool and cabana for the hotel guests. The Coral Casino and its pool were built, start-to-finish in 4 months! I had a fine hubbub about this with Bill Medel (Santa Barbara native who is Project Manager for Ty Warner Hotels & Resorts). I suggested that today you could not get the permits for just the pool in four months, then he one-upped me and pointed out – only half joking! – that you could not even get the permits filed in four months. The Olympic-sized swimming pool long is actually one meter longer than regulation, so it could not be used for official games, thereby avoiding large tournaments and disruption to the club. Interestingly, Swedish-born Ernie Brandsten who took the American team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics was the advisor on the pool project. Fero Rota, formerly the manager of the Ambassador in Rome, became the manager of the new and improved Biltmore in 1937. In early July of that year, he hosted the celebration to
trip to upstate New York to attend a very special “family” reunion … of the orphanage where he grew up! His family included residents spanning many generations. The mutual orphanage experience meant immediate camaraderie for all ages and endearing fellowship with the gang that celebrated the stories and successes of their fellow residents.
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understand what was being said. Few could. A friend who had seen it Tuesday night, said up in the loge and balcony, people were blasted away by the volume of sound batted at them through those mega-speakers. A different problem altogether, but maybe also one that could be handled at the soundboard. Now, back to our original story. Debbie Reynolds is an old pro. She is so comfortable on stage, and provided color commentary on just about anything remotely connected with the show. (Not perfect, but she was easier to hear). Ms Reynolds said she had been performing over 60 years, and regaled us with stories about the old celebrity contract stars - “You know who Clark Gable is?” Debbie went on to do imitations of Betty Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, and Barry Fitzgerald. She intends to stay performing, she said, “until they come and stuff me like Trigger.” You know who Trigger is? Debbie asked the audience. Yes! Santa Barbara responded. “Of course,“ Debbie concurred, “Only in Santa Barbara would they know Trigger is a horse.”
Going Ape over Real Estate Listings
JoAnn Mermis, a realtor at Prudential, describes it as “driving for dollars.” This was what hardworking agents had to do – driving all over south county to meet potential clients for just the possibility of getting a listing. Some listings proved more difficult to get than others. There was the time some umpteen years ago realtors were vying to list a house up around Buena Vista. It was one of the three homes belonging to James Brolin, who was divorcing his wife, Jane. Ms Mermis went to the house to check it out and meet with the about-to-be ex-wife. Now the former Mrs. Brolin was not in a cooperating mood for a home sale, since James was paying the rent, so to speak, and she would have preferred to just stay on. To add to the sales dis-incentive, in the home were two mountain lions! And a wolf. Also a cheetah. Wait, there’s more! A Great Dane and a chimpanzee named Reggie who also had the run of the house – in diapers. Conversation started up; tea was served, and Reggie the monkey-in-diapers came over to each cup and saucer to stir the tea … with his finger. When not adding his bit to the tea service, Reggie was running back and forth in the living room and literally flinging the cat around through the furniture. However, JoAnn apparently won Jane over and got the listing. “I think it was because Reggie liked me,” JoAnn confesses. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
WARD CONNERLY Ward Connerly is president of the American Civil Rights Institute, recipient of the Bradley Prize for his defense of the American ideals of liberty and freedom and author of a newly-released book, “Lessons from my Uncle James: Beyond Skin Color to Content of Character”
The Never-Ending Campaign
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t sometimes seems as if the 2008 presidential campaign will never end. This campaign has tested the patience of most of us and the character of the candidates as well. Personally, I am tired of the partisan attacks from the candidates and their campaigns, the senseless slogans and goofy ads, the candidates’ “plans” to solve every problem that can be identified, the promises that we know will never be kept, and the analysts, consultants, pollsters and pundits who drone on ad nauseum. What bothers me most is the implication that the future of our nation and the survival of the planet depend on who we elect as the next president of the United States. I agree that the office of president is a very important one, but how have we come to believe that this office and the person who occupies it are so crucial to our very existence? Something is terribly wrong when we are told and start to believe that one person is essential to the strength of a country as vibrant and multifaceted as America. It was never intended that in our nation a single individual would wield power and command influence to such an extent that the wheels of our economy would grind to a halt without that person. Yet, this is the impression being conveyed by both candidates as they seek our votes. We, the American people, seem to forget that the American president is the CEO of our public corporation, not Superman, or a miracle worker, or king. Moreover, we have a system of private enterprise, checks-andbalances in government, and a system of federalism, all of which are
intended to – and in fact do – reflect a nation in which power is diffused among many individuals and sectors, instead of concentrated in the hands of a single individual. All of this means that our economy and
dates would be “ready on day one” to assume the responsibilities of president? Are they kidding us or do they take us for fools? It is not reasonable to believe that anyone can be ready on “day one” to exercise the duties of any major position, particularly that of president of the United States. I doubt that most vice presidents could be ready on “day one,” even after serving for several months, to take over the responsibilities of the presidency. Anyone who has ever studied organizations knows there is a learning curve and a period of adjustment for virtually every job. This stuff
Another cliché that I find troubling is the characterization of the vice presidency as a “heartbeat away” from the presidency
about the nation needing someone who can be “ready on day one” is just baloney. Another cliché that I find troubling is the characterization of the vice presidency as a “heartbeat away” from the presidency. While it is true that the vice president is the next in line in the event something happens to the president, the modernday vice president would not be expected to step in immediately and perform all of the duties of president without the assistance of a host of cabinet members, specialists and career staffers who would funnel issues and recommendations up to the president for decision. It is this latter fact that makes the implication that the vice president needs to be prepared to singularly and immediately assume the duties of president such a misleading issue. I pray never again will the American people be put through such a tortuous ordeal as the 2008 presidential campaign. It has been more than most of us can bear. •MJ
virtually all else in America are controlled by an assortment of interests and institutions instead of by one person at the top. As of December, 2005, the latest day for which I could find data relating to the number of federal employees, the federal government employed 2,720,462 people and had an annual payroll of $13,475,274,647. This workforce covers every function imaginable; and only a small fraction of this number includes political appointees, all of whom will be shopping their resumes with the change in administrations. Therefore, it is fair to assume the government would function quite well without a president at the helm. There are other equally annoying aspects of this campaign, some of which are as much the fault of the media as the candidates themselves. For example, how many times have we been told that specific candi-
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f the several fine museums located in Santa Barbara, one of the most unsung is the Carriage and Western Art Museum in Pershing Park, established in 1974. Anyone who has witnessed a Fiesta parade has seen its collection of carriages and wagons in action. Rolled out of storage, dusted and polished, hitched to teams of shiny horses, these old-fashioned wheeled vehicles carry dignatarios through streets lined with raucous spectators before returning to “stagecoach junction” just one block from the ocean.
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Most of those Fiesta spectators are completely unaware of the treasure trove held within the Carriage and Western Art Museum. “In addition to the wagons and Fiesta memorabilia,
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This 1904 photograph made with a glass-plate negative depicts classmates (left to right) Theo Cadwalader, Morris Cadwalader (playing a mandolin) and Silsby Spalding smoking pipes in a dorm room during their Pomona College days, long before Spalding went on to collect Western artifacts at his Tecolote Ranch (photo from the Boynton Collection of Early Claremont, courtesy of Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges)
there are dozens of saddles, bridles, and other examples of horse tack that depict the finest examples of leather and silver work made by well-known artisans,” said Tom Peterson, vice president of the museum’s board. Nor does the museum lack for Western art. One of the rarest and most valuable works held within the collection is the frieze by John Edward Borein (1872-1945), Santa Barbara’s favorite cowboy artist ever since he moved here in 1921. Ed Borein’s frieze is about 15 inches in height, and runs over 140 feet in length above the display cases in the main gallery. Created in 1931, the panel was commissioned by Silsby Morse Spalding (1885-1949) to decorate the elaborate tack room at his Tecolote Ranch, located outside Santa Barbara in Winchester Canyon. Silsby was a descendent of Albert Spalding, who in 1876 founded the Spalding sporting goods company in Chicago. After attending Pomona College, Silsby Spalding became an early real estate developer in the Los Angeles area and the first mayor of Beverly Hills. His daughter Deborah Pelissero, a resident of Hope Ranch, remembers her father as a keen collector of Western art, finely made saddles, and other equipment. Spalding’s extensive collection was showcased in the Tecolote Ranch tack room, and was featured in a full-color article entitled “Treasures of Tecolote” in a 1937 issue of Town & Country magazine. When Tecolote Ranch was sold after Silsby Spalding’s death, the Borein frieze was relocated to the private Museum of Western Americana, which was owned by Signal Oil founder Samuel B. Mosher at his neighboring Dos Pueblos Ranch. After Mosher died in 1970, the Borein frieze and
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many other accompanying items went into Bekins storage. There it sat until Leonard Kummer, one of the founders of the Carriage and Western Art Museum, convinced Mosher’s widow Margaret (Maggie) Mosher to give it to the museum in 1978 as a permanent loan. Maggie Mosher, who died in 2002, was pleased to see the collection made available to the public.
Borein Knew the Western Life
Ed Borein was born in 1872 in San Leandro, California, and by 1893 started working as a cowpuncher on ranches throughout the West and in Mexico. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1921, and maintained a studio in El Paseo until his death in 1945. Today Borein is recognized as one of the “Holy Trinity” of Western artists, alongside Frederic Remington (18611909) and his good friend Charles Russell (1864-1926). Borein’s firsthand knowledge of the working cowboy’s life, and his observations of the quickly changing American West, imbued his work with historical accuracy. A monochromatic masterpiece, the frieze is decorated with hundreds of figures in black set against the brown of a spruce wood background. There is not one hint of landscape, yet the arrangement of the figures conveys a sense of spatiality. Borein’s frieze includes vignettes of almost every aspect of the American West: herds of antelope and elk, an Indian encampment with all the features of village life, including decorated tipis, women tending children, horses with Indian-style saddles, pots of food cooking over campfires, meat drying on racks, Indians struggling with a recalcitrant pack mule, even dogs outfitted with packs on their backs (one tied to the tail of a horse), and Indians mounted on galloping 9 – 16 October 2008
This section of the Borein frieze depicts a stagecoach drawn by a team of six horses, as well as a couple of smaller carts drawn by oxen and donkeys (image courtesy of the Carriage and Western Art Museum)
Mark Your Calendar
Barn Dance and Western BBQ Saturday, October 18 Carriage and Western Art Museum 129 Castillo Street (inside Pershing Park) Open Bar starting at 4 pm Whitefoot Meat Market BBQ 6-7 pm Tickets $50 per person Dance to the music of The Rancheros
at this fundraiser for the Carriage Museum. Live and silent auctions will feature bronze sculpture by Bud Bottoms, vacation trips to Hawaii, Tahoe and Cabo San Lucas, Western gift baskets and wine. Reserved tables for ten available for $500. To donate items to the auction and for ticket information, call John Henigin at 2073522, or Ellen Harte at 967-2642. •MJ
Ed Borein relaxing outside his El Paseo studio in downtown Santa Barbara, circa 1930 (photo by W. Edwin Gledhill, courtesy of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
horses chasing a herd of bison, with a jackrabbit fleeing the scene. “The opposite panel is of a more local nature, with an oxcart in front of Mission Santa Barbara,” points out Peterson. There are also vaqueros chasing runaway steers as they round up cattle, a train of covered wagons drawn by teams of oxen, and a stagecoach drawn by a team of six horses. The longest section depicts a cattle drive, with hundreds of cattle and numerous cowboys on the trail, flanked by a water wagon piled high
with bedrolls and drawn by a team of four horses. Borein executed a similar frieze for Bradford Brinton (1880-1936) in Big Horn, Wyoming, whose home is now the Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum. With the ascension of Borein’s reputation among modern aficionados of Western art, his frieze in Santa Barbara can be appreciated along with the other treasures from the old Tecolote Ranch, fortunately now on permanent view at the Carriage and Western Art Museum.
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BOOK TALK
by Shelly Lowenkopf
The Old College Try: A Twofer
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he first college novel was probably “Philosophy 4,” Owen Wister’s tale of Harvard undergraduates trying to cram for final exams, published at the very beginning of the last century by the author who went on to fame as the author of “The Virginian.” Not to be outdone by the Harvards, Owen Johnson wrote of life in New Haven, first as a serial, then in book form by about 1911. “Stover at Yale” featured a more memorable title if not a more ambitious story arc. Dink Stover, in New Haven on an athletic scholarship, battled the conflict between education and social connections. Both of these are historical forebears of arguably the first novel to sensationalize the atmosphere of campus and the figures so often associated with it. March 26 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s steroidal appearance on the literary scene came with “This Side of Paradise,” a novel that put Princeton into play as the place for drama and experience. In most ways, Fitzgerald was writing not only of what he’d seen in his days at
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Princeton and World War I, but capturing the lightning in a bottle that was the age of flappers, of jazz, of the Volstead Act (Prohibition), and the shedding of innocence required for membership in the Twentieth Century. Fitzgerald’s protagonist in “This Side of Paradise” is Amory Blaine, a young man from St. Paul who is convinced of his talent and his destiny. There is much of Fitzgerald and his mother in Amory and Beatrice Blaine. As well, there is a close family friend Monsignor Darcy, who serves as a wise and intelligent father figure. Darcy has his roots in the persona of Monsignor Fay, Fitzgerald’s mentor and referee in his own ongoing battle with Catholicism. “This Side of
Paradise” is dedicated to Fay, but never as good a speller as a writer, Fitzgerald had the dedication read “To Sigourney Fay.” Never mind, it impressed the monsignor and became the name of a modern actress. “This Side of Paradise” simmered with ambition, awareness of social status, and the core questions of Fitzgerald’s growing talent, which he would expand upon in successive novels and a wide range of short stories. His fingers never left the wrist of the middle class and the ambitions he shared with it—leading a richer, fuller, less restrained life.
These two remarkable, overwritten, over-the-top novels form an x-ray of the American culture over a significant swath of the twentieth century At the end of “Paradise,” Amory Blaine is broken, dispirited, devastated by the death of Monsignor Darcy and the decision of his heart’s desire to marry a more suitable, wealthy man. “At least,” Amory rationalizes, “I know who I am,” an ironic ending if ever there was one, especially since Fitzgerald’s future work showed the effects of characters increasingly at odds with their understanding of themselves. There were underlying themes of belief, romanticism, and optimism in the fact of structure and tradition. One of his throwaway slick magazine stories, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” captures Fitzgerald at the top of his youngpeople-coming-of-age material. “Paradise” created a rush among writers to do their own version of Fitzgerald’s declaration of independence, but he had set the bar high. With the exception of a few brief flashes from others, it was 40 years until the next plateau was reached, first with John Williams’ “Stoner,” the achingly powerful story of a man who finds his unexpected calling as a teacher, early in his college career, then moves forth toward professor level. Then another brilliant burst of originality in 1966, as stunning in its own way as the Fitzgerald. Richard Farina had not published much before “Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me,” and he was dead in a motorcycle wipeout two days after the novel arrived on the scene. Like Fitzgerald, Farina put much of his young-but-energetic polymath learning into his novel, wanting it to be a dramatic confrontation between the desire of the young to discover, to encounter, and to confront the battle lines drawn by the Establishment. Farina’s protagonist has the near-grotesque name of Gnosis Papadopoulos
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who, as the novel begins, is returning from a wander year, a Jack Kerouacian tour of the country, working for his keep, listening to music, experimenting with drugs, and reading endlessly. With the impatience of a wellschooled, well-read young person, and some success already in the emerging folk music industry, Farina appears impatient to get everything into one book, his arguments and metaphors seeming to clank at times. Critics argue about his importance in relationship to Kerouac and I for one, vastly prefer him for his sense of humor and his ability to indicate individuals, such as Dean Magnolia, the quintessential university factotum, or his true nemesis, Dean Oeuf, as human and plausible antagonists. Guilt and mistrust play an important role in “Been Down So Long.” Troubled by the possibility that he was responsible for the suicide of a fellow student for having pursued and seduced his girlfriend, Gnossos takes elaborate steps to examine the consequences of his acts and as well stirs the uneasy waters of suicide among young students. The answers he achieves are not pat, but they are thoughtful and argued out. Farina was at Cornell along with Thomas Pynchon; both of them studied with Vladimir Nabokov when he taught there, Farina being awed by Nabokov’s use of language to create tension and suspicion, Pynchon intrigued by Nabokov’s ability to create highly personal landscapes. Some of Farina will remind today’s readers of Holden Caulfield and his aversion to phoniness, but, once again, opinion steers me into the belief that Farina – younger and more volatile than Salinger – has produced the more convincing sense of the quest Gnossos is on and what he makes of it. Taken alone, “Paradise” and “Been Down” – interesting, hefty, and thought provoking as they may be – are like engraved curios found at an antique shop, each bearing the particular patina of the age from which it came and the youth of the author. Taken together, however, these two remarkable, overwritten, over-thetop novels – cult favorites of their respective times – form an x-ray of the American culture over a significant swath of the twentieth century. Neither is like any college novel you will have read before, not the satire of Jane Smiley’s “Moo,” or the wrenching competition in Richard Russo’s “Fall Guy,” nor indeed the family-at-the crossroads college novel also reminiscent of Cornell, Allison Lurie’s splendid “The War Between the Tates.” In many ways, each of these other college novels mentioned here owe some debt to Fitzgerald and Farina, each of whom put all he had into his work. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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Thursday October 16 the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara Education Fund and Montecito Union School PTA will co-sponsor a Candidates Forum. The MUS Board currently has two seats up for election; this will be voters’ opportunity to learn about the positions and policy views of the MUS Board of Education Candidates. The following is a brief summary of each of the three candidates’ positions. Robert Kupiec, an architect and MUS parent for the past 5 years, was appointed to the School Board in 2006. He was Chairman of the National Institute for Architectural Education as well as the Van Alen Institute, and has taught on a collegiate level at both Pratt Institute and The NY School of Interior Design. According to his candidate statement, in his tenure at MUS he has promoted initiatives that reflect key priorities and stewardship goals. These include improving communications within the school community, creating a better methodology for assessment of student achievement and curriculum evaluation, incorporating state-of-the-art teaching tools, emphasizing holistic education, and actively supporting a Healthy Lunch and Garden program to “nourish the children and foster their local and global awareness of health and environmental issues.” Brett Matthews, a business executive and father of four, says he is committed to seeing that all MUS children have an exceptional education. While on the Montecito Education Foundation’s Executive Committee, Matthews focused on implementing a healthy lunch program while ensuring that future projects are supported by the community and are fiscally sound. Matthews says he has substantive
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experience in economics, and hopes to help with strategic planning to keep MUS financially strong. “I will continue working to better the communication between MUS stakeholders, and ensure all voices are heard,” he wrote. He and his wife Ginger Salazar recently received a PTA Service Award. “Excellence doesn’t just happen,” Mary Morouse wrote in her candidate statement. A retired business executive and mother of three, Morouse says she hopes to use her business skills to create strategic and financial plans one would expect from a $10 million business like MUS. Another clear goal Morouse outlines is that MUS attract, hire and retain the best teachers in California, and provide outstanding curriculum and enrichment opportunities. “I want to see happy, healthy and curious children who are excited about school,” she says. Morouse, who attended UC Berkeley and obtained her MBA at UCLA, hopes MUS is viewed as a “beacon of light” among California public schools. The MUS candidate forum will be held on Thursday, October 16 at the MUS auditorium, beginning at 6:30 pm. For more information contact candidate forum chair Jamie Ruffing at [email protected]
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While working at Four Seasons Biltmore Resort together a decade ago, Santa Barbara residents Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele realized that each had a special knack for service.
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Together, they started Nest Assured, a home concierge service that provides property supervision and management to both multiple-home owners and frequent travelers from the Santa Barbara area. “There is a lot involved in taking care of a home, even when you don’t live in it!” Trotta explained when she discussed the services Nest Assured provides. From overseeing renovation projects to coordinating housekeeping and landscaping, Nest Assured offers customized packages dependent on the client. Home inspection, mail collection, pool and spa maintenance, car maintenance, rental car arrangements, groceries purchased prior to arrival, dinner reservations and private event coordination are just a few of the things Nest Assured will do for a client. Partly because they have worked in the service industry for many years, Trotta and Steele say they have an arsenal of vendors and contractors they call upon to do various jobs. “We act as a liaison between the client and the contractor, making sure everything gets done right in the homeowner’s absence,” Steele said. Originally, Nest Assured was designed to take on clients who own a second or vacation home in the Santa Barbara area; now, the company has evolved into helping any homeowner maintain their property. Nest Assured also has clients who want their home to be overseen while it’s on the market. While monthly and weekly rates are applicable to the majority of their clients, Trotta and Steele now offer hourly rates for less involved projects. Mary Jane Steele (no relation to Julie), a 9 – 16 October 2008
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e are pleased to say there were no crimes reported or incident reports filed in the previous week in the Montecito area. Lieutenant Eric Koopmans of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department tells us the area has been extremely quiet, and reports of common crimes such as thefts seem to be down. “Just a quiet week in Montecito, which is a good thing!” he said. •MJ Nest Assured client who resides in Fairfax, Virginia, and owns a second home in Santa Barbara, trusts the company to be her eyes and ears while she is away. “They were one of the reasons we decided to buy here in Santa Barbara,” she said about Nest Assured, “We know the house is being taken care of.” As co-owners of the company, Trotta and Steele bring years of experience and expertise to Next Assured. Trotta is a former Personal Assistant of business and entertainment leaders in Montecito, and spent seven years working for Four Seasons in Montecito and Austin, Texas. For the last five years she has been an Estate Manager throughout Montecito and Santa Barbara. Steele began her
management career in 1991, opening the Concierge Services Department for Sugar Bay Resort in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. After moving to Santa Barbara in 1993, she joined Four Seasons Biltmore Resort as Associate Director of Catering and Conference Services. For the last two years she worked for a marketing firm in Santa Barbara, organizing local events. The ladies decided to go into business for themselves once they observed the need for a reliable home concierge service. “Our goal is to make our clients feel like they never left home, like they’ve been here the whole time,” Trotta said. For more information visit www. nestassured.net or call Shannon Trotta directly at 805-705-0326. •MJ
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Plans are underway once again for Montecito Beautification Day. This annual event is held for neighbors to work together to clean up our community’s neighborhoods. The day will begin at 9:00 AM on the lawn across from the Upper Village Post Office. The Four Seasons Biltmore hosts a Continental Breakfast. When you return from your assigned clean-up project, our annual Beautification Award Winners are announced and our own Montecito Fire District hosts a hot dog and chili lunch. It is a great neighborhood day you and your family won’t want to miss! We would like for you to join us again this year and be a T-shirt sponsor. The T-shirt sponsorship program benefits on-going Beautification Committee projects in Montecito. For a minimum cost of $50.00, you and your family will have your name on this year’s T-shirt. Each sponsor receives two souvenir T-shirts. We hope you will sign up now and mark your calendars so you can join us on Saturday, November 1st for this fun family community event. BECOME A T-SHIRT SPONSOR
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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)
ers who commit certain drug crimes, break drug treatment rules or violate parole. Substantially shortens parole for certain drug offenses; increases parole for serious and violent felonies. We agree with the 2nd and 3rd part of this proposition: that punishment for drug users should be drastically reduced. But the money set aside to “improve and expand treatment programs” is just a jobs bill for shrinks and bureaucrats. We’d like to see this as a stand-alone proposition to reduce punishments for drug-related offenses with no strings attached. Vote No Proposition 6: Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws Requires minimum of $965 million each year to be allocated from state General Fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities. Some of this funding will increase in following years according to California Consumer Price Index. Makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law, many of which cover gangrelated offenses. Revisions create multiple new crimes and additional penalties, some with the potential for new life sentences. Increases penalties for violating a gangrelated injunction and for felons carrying guns under certain conditions. Hey, what’s another billion dollars among deadbeats? We disagree with provisions that would make a crime more heinous because one is affiliated with a gang. A felony is a felony. We believe laws like this are a slippery slope and should be avoided. Vote No Proposition 7: Renewable Energy Generation Requires utilities, including government-owned utilities, to generate 20% of their power from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable only to private electrical corporations. Raises requirement for utilities to 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025. Imposes penalties, subject to waiver, for noncompliance. The California Solar Industry Association is against this proposition and so are we. We agree with the principle behind it, but Prop 7 severely limits smaller solar companies’ ability to gain market share and mainly paves the way for large solar-alternative (electric) companies to dominate the market. This proposition excludes renewable power facilities that generate less than 30 megawatts, which would leave out almost all small-scale solar companies. There should be more renewable power in California but shafting the little guy is hardly the answer when, we believe, those little guys are the real key to creating self-sufficient and environmentally friendly living structures. Vote No 9 – 16 October 2008
Proposition 8: Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. You all know how you’re going to vote on this one, so we’re staying out of it! Proposition 9: Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole Requires notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole. Establishes victim safety as consideration in determining bail or release on parole. Increases the number of people permitted to attend and testify on behalf of victims at parole hearings. Reduces the number of parole hearings to which prisoners are entitled. Requires that victims receive written notification of their constitutional rights. Establishes timelines and procedures concerning parole revocation hearings. As we saw with the Duke Lacrosse team case, many of these “victims’ rights” laws are dangerous and often over-protect the victim or accuser even if the defendant is innocent and the accusations false. Protecting an accuser to a point where a proper defense can’t be mounted, is dangerous and a threat to civil liberty. If keeping a victim safe comes at a cost of severely reducing the rights of the accused, we feel it’s not worth it. Vote No Proposition 10: Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds Provides $3.425 billion to help consumers and others purchase certain high fuel economy or alternative fuel vehicles,
including natural gas vehicles, and to fund research into alternative fuel technology. Provides $1.25 billion for research, development and production of renewable energy technology, primarily solar energy with additional funding for other forms of renewable energy; incentives for purchasing solar and renewable energy technology. Provides grants to cities for renewable energy projects and to colleges for training in renewable and energy efficiency technologies. Total funding provided is $5 billion from general obligation bonds. What a boondoggle! Again, where are we going to get five billion dollars to fund this? I guess money really does grow on trees up in Sacramento. Vote No Proposition 11: Redistricting Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute - Majority Approval Required Changes authority for establishing Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries from elected representatives to 14-member commission. Requires government auditors to select 60 registered voters from applicant pool. Permits legislative leaders to reduce pool, then the auditors pick eight commission members by lottery, and those commissioners pick six additional members for 14 total. Requires commission of five Democrats, five Republicans and four of neither party. Commission shall hire lawyers and consultants as needed. For approval, district boundaries need votes from three Democratic commissioners, three Republican commissioners and three commissioners from neither party. Everything is so convoluted in government. Merely by insisting upon “five Democrats” and “five Republicans,” of which three must approve any redistricting, they’ve effectively kept the
power to draw districts in the hands of the Democrat and Republican parties. What happens if a Libertarian is elected? Or a Green Party candidate? We’re with whoever suggested blindly picking twelve names out of a phone book and letting majority rule dictate the shape of those districts. Vote No Proposition 12: Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008 This act provides for a bond issue of $900 million to provide loans to California veterans to purchase farms and homes. Appropriates money from the state General Fund to pay off the bonds, if loan payments from participating veterans are insufficient for that purpose. Unfortunately with our looming economic doomsday forecast, we feel it would be totally irresponsible for Californians to vote for any measure that drives our state further into debt. Besides, if these veterans are creditworthy, what is stopping them from taking out a loan? If they are not credit-worthy, no loans should be written since we’re already witnessing how that story turns out. Vote No •MJ
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Six male actors from The Bulgarian National Theatre performed “Romeo & Juliet” in a highly physical dance-like style that received standing ovations two years ago
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two of Shakespeare’s plays follows the notable success of Abadjieva’s “Romeo and Juliet,” which received a standing ovation at the 2006 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival. Performances will be in English at Center Stage Theatre Oct. 16 at 7 pm, Oct. 19 at 2 pm, Oct. 23 at 9 pm, and Oct. 25 at 7 pm. Blondell will moderate an informal discussion with Abadjieva about her work Oct. 23 at 4 pm at Center Stage Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. Blondell will direct an original adaptation of “Julius Caesar,” an all-woman co-production by Lit
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Moon, Westmont and the Young Open Theatre Festival of Skopje, Macedonia. Cast and crew have translated the archetypal political drama into contemporary terms by relating it to current events in the U.S. and the Balkans. The play will be in both English and Macedonian with English subtitles. Performances will be at Center Stage Theatre Oct. 18 at 7 pm, Oct. 19 at 4 pm, Oct. 23 at 7 pm, and Oct. 25 at 9 pm. A free reception with the artists will precede the Oct. 19 performance at 3 pm at Center Stage. Festival performers from Bulgaria, Finland and the Republic of Georgia will also be present. Members of the Young Open Theatre Festival, Skopje Drama Theatre, and Bitola National Theatre will discuss theater in Macedonia at a free lecture in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Friday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 pm. Local high-school students will attend free matinees of both performances through Westmont’s Found in Translation: Great Literature in the Theatre program. Last year more than 700 students attended free performances of “Jane Eyre” and “Anon(ymous),” a contemporary adaptation of Homer ’s “The Odyssey.” For more information about Found in Translation, please call (805) 5656889.
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Reed Sheard brings a wealth of high-tech knowledge to Westmont as new CIO and vice president of information technology
Reed Sheard, new vice president of information technology and CIO, joins the college’s executive team and oversees Westmont’s information systems. He comes from Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he served as vice president for technology services for five years. “As the college’s reliance on technology increases, it’s critical to have someone with Reed’s knowledge and experience who will work to improve the effectiveness of technology for our students, faculty, staff and alumni,” says President Gayle D. Beebe. Sheard graduated from University of Sioux Falls, earned a master’s of divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Seattle University. Sheard’s wife, Susan, and their two sons, Ben and Cooper, will move to Santa Barbara in January 2009. Susan is a native of Santa Barbara who graduated from San Marcos High School and UC Santa Barbara. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
Eye On Santa Barbara
Teachers, Community and Education Leaders Support Ed Heron for School Board
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“The key to strong schools in California today is strong leadership. Ed Heron is an experienced business leader - he will bring a lifetime of successful business management and thoughtful decision making to work for the students in Montecito, Santa Barbara and Goleta”. -- Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paid Political Advertisement • Ed Heron for School Board • PO Box 22557, Santa Barbara, CA 93121
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of everyday activity, Lockard chose to bring this space to the property’s prime location. The courtyard enables the church’s most important functions (that of the nave and the community gathering room) to be seen simultaneously upon arrival. This “outdoor room” is filled with chatter during the weekly after-service gatherings where parishioners share their fellowship, or with screams of joy and excitement where previously unrelated families welcome new sons and daughters during the joys of marriage, and where unbroken silence expresses the sorrows of passing. The building is grand in proportion but small in scale; it is a simple volumetric composition that expresses itself through the intimacy of detail, and is a prime example of how architecture can be integrated into the cityscape. •MJ Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye. ~ Anonymous
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World of Wine
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eginning a decade ago with the increased recognition of the quality of our wines and accelerating more recently as part of the “Sideways” effect, Santa Barbara County has been experiencing increasing sales, income, and vineyard planting. But what is happening in the rest of the state and country as we are in an economic slump? First, let’s look at vineyard planted acreage. California wines hit the international spotlight with a Napa Cab beating out the French in what has become known as “The Judgment of Paris,” a tasting by French and British judges that pitted California against Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignons on May 24, 1976. In that “slosh heard round the world,” a 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon scored higher than its French counterparts. There followed a boom in vineyard planting. Eventually, for parts of the state, supply exceeded demand about a decade ago and prices leveled out for many Northern California wines. Since 1998, 135,000 acres of vineyards have been removed from the San Joaquin Valley and replaced with almonds, pistachios, and even pomegranates. Fortunately, that is not the case here on the Central Coast where hundreds of acres of new vines have been going in. Here, the amount of acreage planted with wine grapes continues to grow, to the point that Santa Barbara County now has a $500-million wine industry.
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Morty was right during the recession and inflation periods of the 1970s. Wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson agrees. “The long-term trend for California wine is favorable,” he says, “with the U.S. wine market growing for 14 consecutive years, increasing 66% by volume from 1993 to 2007.” He believes too, that it “will continue to expand over the next decade.” Last year, California wines sales to the U.S. reached a record high 457-million gallons (192.1 million nine-liter cases), up 2% over the previous year with the total retail value increasing 6% to $18.9 billion, and with the strongest gains in sales of our premium wines. Total California winery shipments to all markets in the U.S. and abroad increased 4% to 745 million gallons last year. Of the wine exported by the US ($951 million in sales and 453 million liters in 2007), 95% comes from California. More than half our exports go to Europe, followed by Canada. California wine exports describe a steady growth, with the 2007 number representing a 77% increase in the income from wine exports in the last decade.
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our wine imports continue to grow at an even faster rate and take more market share. Several trends are suggested to explain this phenomenon, such as the increasing quality and availability of wines from new exporting countries, a growing preference in younger American wine drinkers for imports, and the increased purchase of imported wines by American restaurants. (Restaurant owners are finding lower priced imports increasingly selected by customers.) Wine sales may not be as resistant to the general economy as my dad may have believed. When our national economy began to slump in the fourth quarter of 2007, wine sales growth slowed. In addition, although the U.S. has became the world’s top wine purchaser in terms of total sales, per capita wine purchases are significantly higher in other countries, including Italy and France. Globalization is given as a driving force behind the rise in U.S. importation of wine as quality wines are being produced in more and more countries around the world. The trend to high value, good tasting wines with lower price tags from newer wine exporting countries like South Africa, Chile, and Argentina has been compared to the phenomenon of the drop in price that took place when wine from “Old World” countries like France or Italy was challenged by “New World” competitors like Australia and the U.S. several decades ago. People found wines they liked at lower prices and wine importation of New World wines increased.
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What is California doing to keep its stake in the world wine market and entice its citizens to spend wine dollars on “Made in America” and especially, “Made in California” wines? Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared September California Wine Month for the fourth consecutive year. In the proclamation, the Governor lauded the state’s wine community as one of the largest and most successful wine producing regions in the world. Governor Schwarzenegger also gave his support to a partnership between the Wine Institute and the California Travel & Tourism Commission (CTTC). In a national TV campaign, the Governor, First Lady Maria Shriver, and wine and culinary personalities are all featured promoting California as the “Capital of Culinary Travel” to attract national and international tourists. September also marked the height of this year’s wine harvest. The statewide predictions are for this year’s crop to be smaller than last due to 9 – 16 October 2008
an array of weather problems ranging from a dry spring, frosts, strong winds, an early heat wave, and a lack of irrigation water in parts of the state. A smaller crop can mean higher quality, and relative scarcity could keep prices up, but we can’t sell what we don’t have. In addition, farming costs are going up along with the price of oil.
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Help from the Boomers Recent supermarket sales reflect consumer shift to buying more expensive, premium quality wine. This is attributed to what the wine press calls “aging consumers.” The theory is that with 50% more adults over 40 than under 40, the baby boomer generation controls fully half of U.S. disposable income and will for at least the next ten to twenty years. The projection is that boomers’ preference for premium wines from California (compared to the younger purchasers growing preference for the new imports) will continue to support the California wine industry. I did my part today and purchased two bottles of Santa Barbara County premium wine. Never did doing my civic responsibility taste so good. In my next column, we’ll explore what is in store for us as wine consumers. •MJ
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9 – 16 October 2008
On Song
by Steven Libowitz
No Time To Be Blue
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f it’s true there are no accidents in life, no wonder Christine Grimm was riffling through the organic greens in Lazy Acres’ vegetable department after a chance meeting with fellow local singer-songwriter Peter Gallway when I reached her earlier this week. “Vegetable Man” is one of the songs on her brand new CD, her debut solo effort since she came to town back in 2000 to get her son into a good public school. Grimm, who created and produces the Santa Barbara Songwriter Showcase at Jensens Guitar Mainstage, has put a dozen of her favorite compositions on “No Time to Be Blue,” her mostly upbeat album that shows off her warm, strong vocals on a variety of styles. After 18 months of presenting a bevy of local talent on stage as producer, Grimm – who had a career as a country rock singer in Germany in the 1990s – headlines at Jensens for the first time at 7 pm next Thursday, Oct. 16. Tickets are $10 general, $5 for those under 21 and free for 12 and under.
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Singing Against Suicide While the energy from the Byrne show is still buzzing in our bodies, there are a couple of concerts slated for
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SOhO this week that might also evoke those good, good, good vibrations. The Glendon Association absolutely believes in the power of music to make a difference among those contemplating taking their own lives. The organization’s annual Suicide Prevention Concert at SOhO has drawn some major talent in the last three years, but the Oct. 12 show featuring singersongwriters Jill Sobule, Lili Haydn and Jonathan McEuen promises to be something special. Sobule is a quirky, topical poet-guitarist with a penchant for story-driven character studies and emotional confessional songs who had her own hit with a song called “I Kissed a Girl” while Katy Perry was still in grade school. Versatile violinist Haydn has a degree in political science from Brown and a résumé that included stints with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Porno for Pyros, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hootie & the Blowfish, Tom Petty and Robert Plant & Jimmy Page by the age of 28; she was in town just a month ago with funkmeister George Clinton at the West Beach Music Festival. And McEuen – the son of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John – is a country-inflected rock ‘n’ roller whose natural talent at making a wide variety of music look easy is kind of like what Manny Ramirez does in hitting home runs. The three will appear in the round, trading songs and stories and improvising with each other following a no-host dinner. Tickets are $50.
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Anti-folk: Texas-born singer-songwriter Jolie Holland always had a quirky approach to her craft, as evidenced by her days as a founding member of Canada’s decidedly left of center (and north of the border) Be Good Tanyas. Since departing the band, Holland has continued to obfuscate boundaries between folk, traditional country, jazz and blues and with her fourth solo effort, the forthcoming “The Living and the Dead,” she also embraces a more rootsy rock ‘n’ roll that gives her songs an even more atmospheric soundscape than the dusty environs of her previous brilliant albums. Opening the Oct. 14 show is Herman Düne, a French duo whose influences include the quintessentially American Lieber & Stoller, Chuck Berry, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Carole King. Tickets are $15. Call 962-7776 or visit www. sohosb.com. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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Out on the red carpet and again inside the ballroom, Douglas returned the praise Harris had sent his way. “I didn’t know who Ed Harris was, because I’d never met him, but I always thought he was a good actor,” Douglas told the audience after the sumptuous dinner. “But then he made four Oscar nominations, and I only have three. So now he’s not just a good actor, he’s a great actor!” Douglas also took on “Appaloosa.” “I thought that westerns were over when John Wayne died,” he said. But as he prepared to hand Harris the award, Douglas turned serious. “I never felt so proud to give this award to a man, (one) who other actors should study. Study him, study him closely. There’s none better.” Harris seemed genuinely moved. “If someone had told me when I was a kid watching ‘Spartacus’ that when I was 58 I’d sit next to Kirk Douglas at dinner before he gave me an award for acting….It really is a pleasure, and it touches me deeply.” Then he turned to the subject of acting, and his approach to his craft that mirrors his life view. “Being alive is such a gift. This very moment, it’s here, then boom it’s gone. I try not to take it for granted… But my acting has informed my life as much as my life has informed my acting. It’s when your senses are most open, when you are communicating as well as you ever do. You’re relating to people and the world around you at a heightened level, and you’re totally focused.” Hmmmm. No wonder he’s good. “Citizen McCaw,” the ever-evolving documentary about News-Press publisher Wendy McCaw and the goingson at the local daily newspaper in the last two years, gets another series of screenings this weekend when it hits a regular multiplex for the first time. The film plays Fiesta Five at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30pm on Sunday. Meanwhile, the DVD was released late last month and is available via the movie’s website, www.citizenmccaw.com. •MJ
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Ed Harris, whose second directorial effort, “Appaloosa” is in theaters currently, received the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Acting at Coral Casino
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t was a bit of a mutual admiration society when veteran actor and Montecito resident Kirk Douglas gave the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s award for Excellence in Acting (named after Kirk) to the terrific character actor Ed Harris last week at the Four Season Biltmore’s brand new Coral Casino. When I asked Harris on the red carpet what he admired most about Douglas, he didn’t hesitate for a moment. “His physique!” Harris said. “And his intelligence, his charisma, his physical prowess when he was younger. His stamina. His commitment and his passion. The guy is great. I’ve been watching him since I was a little kid. And he always blew me away. He’s bigger than life. He made so many great films, it’s going to be a real honor to receive an award from him.” Told that the qualities he listed have also been applied to his own career, Harris took a moment to ponder the compliment. “Well, I never had a body like Kirk, which he used in his younger days when he was doing his acrobatics. But I do like what I do. I enjoy it. I try to do the best I can and I like to think I’m getting better at it as years go by.” Indeed, nobody who has seen “Appaloosa” – the second feature film (after “Pollock”) written, directed, produced by and starring Harris, which opened last Friday, the day after the award ceremony – could argue that the actor is still subtly improving on what was already an enviable career. Harris plays city marshal Virgil Cole, who operates by a staunch code of ethics in this adaptation of Robert Parker’s novel that rivals last year’s remake of “3:10 to Yuma” as one of the finest westerns to come out of Hollywood in decades. Cole’s relationship to his deputy Everett Hitch, played by Viggo Mortensen, is etched by knowing glances and comfortable silences that reveal the their trust via their years together far better than any lines or action scenes would. “I just fell in love with these characters,” Harris told me. “I felt compelled to do the movie, just like I did with ‘Pollock.’ I like to keep things shook up a little bit. So I try to find things I haven’t done before, something within myself to explore in a character. Nobody wanted to hire me to do it, I figured I’d just do it myself.”
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Ending this week Creek Week – The mission of the Creeks Restoration and Water Quality Improvement Division of Santa Barbara’s Parks & Recreation department is to improve creek and ocean water quality and restore natural creek systems through storm water and urban runoff pollution-reduction, creek restoration, and community education programs. The 9th annual Creek Week offers a plethora of activities including receptions, explorations, tours, walks, clean-up gatherings and more. Get a complete schedule online at www. sbcreeks.com or call 897-2606 See the sound – “The Art of Seco: Music on Canvas” is comprised of 20 paintings created from sketches made while the artist, now 40, was a guest of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and New West Symphony. Seco created paintings based on sketches of the orchestras, using gestural brush strokes to capture the movement and energy of the musicians. “The men and women seem to move to music created by Seco’s linear conducting of form,” NY art critic Van Stokes wrote in a review. “It is possible to be consumed by these works in the same manner one is consumed by music.” All of the art on display is for sale, with a portion benefiting Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, which is hosting the exhibition through October 15. WHEN: 9am-5pm MonThurs., 9am-3pm Fri. WHERE: 524 Chapala St. COST: free INFO: 9571115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org
Ongoing Off Axis 2008 – Off-Axis kicked off its month-long celebration of contemporary art during 1st Thursday last week. But Off-Axis lasts for more
than one day, offering four full weeks of opportunities to explore ideas, concepts, and critical approaches to contemporary art practice in a community-wide setting. Events featured in this broadbased collaboration between civic organizations, individuals, nonprofits and commercial galleries include art exhibitions, public openings, artists’ interventions, VIP tours, lectures by renowned scholars, and several crossover events all around town. Schedule and details online at www.sboffaxis.org.
Thursday, October 9 Jazz giant returns – Ahmad Jamal may be one of the last living titans of jazz’s so-called Golden Era, but he also continues to redefine modern jazz with each new album and every dynamic concert. It was half a century ago that Jamal shattered jazz conventions with “But Not for Me,” unleashing his revolutionary piano technique during jazz’s heyday of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, and influencing such jazz luminaries as Miles Davis (who credited Jamal with “all my inspiration.”) Now 77, the pianist remains an innovator; his latest CD, “It’s Magic,” released earlier this summer, offers that patented Jamal blend of energy, originality and finesse that still has critics buzzing. Jamal performs with his trio – bassist James Cammack, drummer James Johnson and percussionist Manola Badrena – in the inaugural concert of the ’08-’09 Jazz at the Lobero Series, which will also bring Charlie Haden-Carla Bley, Kurt Elling-Ernie Watts, and the Ron
Carter Trio to the historic theater this season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: $38 & $48 (patrons $103) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
Say what? – Comedian-ventriloquist Jeff Dunham uses a variety of puppets to voice his take on issues timeless and
Ongoing Ron Carter Trio to the historic theater this season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: $38 & $48 (patrons $103) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
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and a non-traditional delivery system to electrify audiences and generate a maelstrom, an epidemic of word-ofmouth and website hits, then those who write the checks will seek you out, subsidize you and let you create,” says O’Brien, who is a graduate of the UCLA Film School, a former CBS program executive, and a creator and former cohost of NPR’s “Beyond Words.” “It’s the new way to break into show business.” O’Brien will discuss these concepts in a free presentation at the open monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Screenwriters Association, with local humor writer and MJ columnist Ernie
Friday, October 10 Dancers Ball – This annual benefit event for the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance youth scholarship program grew out of another popular presentation: the post-performance reception at BASSH, where audience members mingled and cut a rug (so to speak) with local dancers who had just finished their routines on stage. Now the Ball has grown into a very well attended event on its own, a participatory benefit that just keeps growing in tandem with the surge in ballroom dancing around town (and on TV with such programs as “Dancing with the Stars.”) At the Dancers Ball, exhibition ballroom dancers – who perform during short breaks in the music by DJ Mike Loeza – join guests on the dance floor for quick turns in swing, salsa, tango, waltz and more. The Ball has hunkered down at the Montecito Country Club, which offers a more than ample wood floor for strutting one’s stuff as well as the enviable ambiance including marvelous views of the Santa Barbara Channel at night. Activities include no-host bars, tasty hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. WHEN: 8pm-12midnight WHERE: 920 Summit Rd. COST: $65 ($400 VIP patron tickets include prime table seating for four, a private group dance lesson, a bottle of champagne, and a swag bag) INFO: 966-6950 or www.sbdancealliance. org
the Arlington tonight. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $46 INFO: 963-4408
Witham serving as emcee. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Borders Books, 900 State Street COST: free INFO: 698-2025
Screenwriting outside the page – SBCC screenwriting instructor Jonathan O’Brien isn’t advocating career suicide when he suggests in a screaming email that “ALL SCREENWRITING TEACHERS MUST DIE!” It’s just that he believes that the road to success no longer consists of simply composing a terrific script and then waiting for someone to turn in into a film. Rather than looking for experts to help create a media hit, aspiring writers need to invent it themselves. “Find a new way
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Saturday, October 11 Swans on State Street – Befitting its move three blocks up the street to the grand newly renovated Granada Theatre, State Street Ballet kicks off its new season with perhaps the most ambitious undertaking in its 15-year history: “Swan Lake,” Tchaikovsky’s great masterpiece of classical ballet. SSB founder-artistic director Rodney Gustafson adapted the 1895 version of the timeless tale of love and betrayal by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, considered by many to be the “standard” of all traditional romantic ballets, for his expanded company that imported two dancers from Russia to play the main roles. For this production, State Street’s dancers will also be joined by a live orchestra in the pit and full sets of intricate scenery designed in and shipped from Moscow. A rigorous rehearsal schedule has resulted in a synchronous production that earned raves in a recent preview at the Redlands Festival. WHEN: 8pm today, 2pm tomorrow WHERE: 1216 State St. COST: call INFO: 899-2222
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Four-handed Music Club benefit – Zeynep Ucbasaran, a local resident and member of the Santa Barbara Music Club, and Sergio Gallo, a faculty member at Georgia State, team up to play four-hand piano pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Dvorak, excerpts from the program of their upcoming 10-city European tour this fall. The concert is a benefit for the Santa Barbara Music Club annual scholarship awards for resident students of Santa Barbara County. WHEN: 4pm (coffee social at 3) WHERE: FeBland Forum on SBCC’s West Campus, 800 Cliff Dr. COST: $25 INFO: 252-3877 or www. sbmusicclub.org Book Boogie Woogie – The Ventura Jazz Orchestra plays a special outdoor performance entitled “Autumn Shades of Swing” in Ojai’s Libbey Bowl in a benefit concert that supports the purchase of books and other materials for Ojai, Meiners Oaks and Oak View libraries. Dance the night away to a big band dedicated to recreating the music from the 1940s – including Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, and the Glenn 9 – 16 October 2008
Miller Band – as closely as possible in sound, style, aesthetic, ambiance and showmanship. The concert is also the last event at the venerable bowl before renovations are to begin at Libbey Park. WHEN: 7-10pm WHERE: Ojai Ave., downtown Ojai COST: $15, students $10, children $5 INFO: 646-4064
Monday, October 13 Evolutionary Spirituality – Montecito resident Barbara Marx-Hubbard is president of The Foundation for Conscious Evolution, author of five influential self-help books and producer of Gateway to Conscious Evolution, a guided evolutionary curriculum reaching a worldwide audience. As the next presenter in the Adult Ed Mind & Supermind series, she will lecture on The Next Stage of Consciousness Now Emerging, offering insights into the new spirituality, its roots in traditional religion, and its contribution to conscious evolution and how to deepen spirituality in our lives. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: free INFO: 687-0812 Natural wonder – Author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams was born in Salt Lake City within sight of the Great Salt Lake and raised a fifthgeneration Mormon. Her dedication to the natural world has earned her accolades as “a citizen writer,” one who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward the land – and life in general. Best known for her book 1991 “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place,” which is both memoir and natural history, Williams will read from her latest work, “Finding Beauty in a Broken World,” which
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shattering,” while The New Yorker called it “a dream performance … as if [the role] had been written for her.” The “Live in HD” transmissions are in high definition, and employ robotic cameras and other advanced technologies. Viewers can see the onstage action from striking angles that enhance the narrative effect, and the simulcasts also include behind-the-scenes features, live interviews with cast and crew, and short documentaries. The new Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West is one of about 70 nonprofits hosting the screenings. WHEN: 10am today (live), 2pm tomorrow WHERE: 1070 Fairway Rd. COST: $22 INFO: 969-8787
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continues her crusade for protection of the nation’s wilderness with impassioned and lyrical prose. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: SB Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Rd. COST: $10 ($2 discount for museum members) INFO: 682-4711 or www.sbnature.org or 893-3535, www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
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Katona Twins – One of the classical world’s best-known guitar duos, Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán
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Katona have given recitals throughout the world since their New York debut 10 years ago at Carnegie Hall. The Katona Twins’ wide repertoire spans from Scarlatti to Piazzolla’s tango music while Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and several other contemporary composers have written for and dedicated works to the duo. Tonight’s concert kicks off the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s 2008-09 recital series at the intimate Mary Craig Auditorium. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: 1130 State St. COST: $19 ($4 discount for museum members) INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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Montecito Café 1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392)
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CAVA $$ 1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500) Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking combine to create Latin cuisine with a great vibe – from tapas and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunflower-colored interior is accented by live Spanish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive fireplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor people-watching front patio. Open daily 11 am to 11 pm. Saturday and Sunday brunch from 8 am to 1 pm. China Pavilion $$ 1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380) Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant is known for generous portions, clean and modern décor and prompt take-out service, as well as elegant surroundings. (Montecito Journal staff is especially fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Pavilion also has an outdoor patio. Open Monday through Saturday 11:30 am to 3 pm for lunch, and seven nights for dinner 5 pm to 9:30 pm. Four Seasons Biltmore Bella Vista $$$ 1260 Channel Drive (565-8237) Offers guests a view of the ocean from both the restaurant and the dining terraces. Updated features and enhanced décor include two double-sided sculptured stone fireplaces, a garden fountain, custom wooden wine wall, gas lanterns and Italian stone flooring. The floor of the restaurant and outdoor terraces is heated by a hydronic heating system, enabling guests to dine comfortably in any weather. Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vista’s ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef Martin Frost has created an innovative menu, featuring California cuisine inspired by the fresh local bounty and regional produce. Open for breakfast Monday-Saturday, 7 am to 11:30 am; Sunday from 10 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday, 11:30 am to 5 pm; Sunday from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Dinner every day from 5 pm to 10 pm. Giovanni’s 1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)
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Los Arroyos 1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059)
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Little Alex's 1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)
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Lucky’s(brunch) $$(dinner) $$$$ 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540) Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steakhouse in the heart of America’s biggest little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enormous wine list are featured, surrounded by rich mahogany, white tablecloths, fine crystal and vintage photos from the 20th century. The bar (separate from dining room) features large flat-screen TV. Open nightly from 5 pm
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Pane é Vino 1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)
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Peabody’s $ 1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834) Open daily from 7 am to midnight, with breakfast served all day, and daily specials featuring fresh fish, pastas, a large variety of salads and burgers. Peabody’s specialty are its unique fish tacos. Cozy fireplace, full bar, and two HD flatscreens to catch the latest news or sporting event. Happy hour from 3 – 6 pm. Piatti Ristorante 516 San Ysidro Road (969-7520)
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Plow & Angel $$$ San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Enjoy a comfortable, convivial atmosphere in this locals’ favorite. Famous for its mac ‘n cheese and melt-in-your-mouth ribs. The cozy ambiance is enhanced with original artwork, including stained glass windows and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore, hanging above the fireplace. Dinner is served from 5-10pm daily with bar service extending until 11pm weekdays and until midnight on Friday/ Saturday. Sakana Japanese Restaurant 1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014) Stella Mare’s 50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)
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Sesto Senso 1026 Coast Village Road (565-1956) Monday through Saturday 5pm to midnight
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A real Italian boite, complete with small but fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany, soft lighting, large b&w vintage photos of mostly famous Italians from the 1950s and ‘60s, and a menu that features both comfort food like mama used to make and more adventurous Italian fare. Open for lunch from 11:30 am to “2:30 or so,” dinner from 5:30 pm. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am daily, serving basically the same breakfast menu as D’Angelo Bakery downtown. Tsunami 1014 Coast Village Road (969-7565)
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Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria 1483 East Valley Road (565-9393)
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Delis, bakeries, juice bars Blenders in the Grass 1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611) Here’s The Scoop 1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) (969-7020) Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises. Open seven days a week from 11 am to 9 pm, 10:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, and now open at 8:30 am Monday through Friday serving a full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roasting Company coffee and pastries, breads, and scones from Santa Barbara Bakery. Also serve lunch items including sandwiches, salads and soups. Jeannine’s 1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878) Montecito Deli 1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717) Open six days a week from 7am to 3pm. (Closed Sunday) “We Proudly Brew” Peet’s Coffee and Tea. This eatery serves homemade soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its specialty, “The Piadina” a homemade flat bread made daily. Owner Jeff Rypysc and staff deliver locally and cater office parties, luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving breakfast (7am – 11 am).
Stonehouse $$$$ San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Located in what is a 19th-century citrus packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a lounge with full bar service and separate dining room with crackling fireplace and creekside views. Owner Ty Warner ’s personal art collection adorns the stone walls. One can also dine under the stars on the ocean-view deck; a woodburning fireplace and heated stone flooring provide year-round comfort. Chef John Trotta’s regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. The extensive wine list includes 16 unique wines by the glass housed in a copper-faced cruvinet. Open for dinner from 6-10pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.
Panino 1014 “C” Coast Village Road (565-0137)
Trattoria Mollie 1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381)
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Tre Lune 1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646)
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Cantwell’s Summerland Market $ 2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894) Deli sandwiches, picnic fare, beer, wine, goodies; open Mon-Fri 6:30 am to 8 pm; Sat 7 am to 8 pm; Sun 7 am to 7 pm
Pierre Lafond 516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502) Village Cheese & Wine 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815) Xanadu Bakery 1028 Coast Village Road (969-3550)
In Summerland / Carpinteria Beach Grill at Padaro 3765 Santa Claus Lane 566-3900
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Nugget 2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)
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Stacky’s Seaside 2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)
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Summerland Beach Café 2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)
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Tinkers 2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
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Chamomile Café $$ 915 Linden Avenue Carp (566-5954) Comfort foods with an emphasis on organic and a purists dedication to “made-fromscratch.” Vegan dinner five nights a week offering new twists on old favorites. Open for breakfast and lunch on weekends serving a traditional menu with some vegan options. Bakery features many vegan items as well as those made with free range eggs. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row Coast 31 West Carrillo Street at Hotel Canary (884-0300)
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Andersen’s Danish Bakery & Gourmet Restaurant $ 1106 State State Street (962-5085) Established 1976, the best in Danish & European cuisine in Santa Barbara serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more. Experience Andersen’s Gourmet Food Parade with a European interior or dine on the sidewalk patio. Bay Café $$ 131 Anacapa St. (963-2215) Open 7 days/wk 11am- on. LIVE MUSIC ON Fri/Sat 6:30pm. V/MC/Amex. A locals’ favorite since 1985. Come see what everybody’s talking about. SB’s best kept secret. Enjoy a fun relaxing atmosphere for a quick lunch or romantic warm ambiance for dinner. Fresh Fish selections from our Fish Market & Live Tank with lobster & abalone. Happy Hour M-Th 4-6pm. Full Bar & Variety of Wine selection. Private banquet facilities for up to 30; beautiful heated patios w/2 fireplaces. www.sbbaycafe.com Bistro Eleven Eleven $$ 1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111) Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the bistro serves breakfast and lunch featuring all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Café Buenos Aires 1316 State Street (963-0242)
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Elements $$ 129 East Anapamu Street (884-9218) This chic downtown eatery offers a variety of fusion foods for lunch and dinner. Enjoy its upscale, but charming atmosphere with
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M O N T E C I T O E AT E R I E S . . . A G u i d e expansive view of the historic Santa Barbara Courthouse across the street from the patio. Open for lunch, 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and dinner from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. Weekend dinner until 10 pm. Brunch is offered on weekends starting at 11 am on Saturday and 9 am on Sunday. Reservations are recommended and catering is also available by contacting Bernadette at 259-9279. Enterprise Fish Co. $$ 225 State Street (962-3313) Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lobsters served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm. The Harbor Restaurant $$ 210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311) Ocean views await you at the historic Harbor Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. The Harbor recently introduced David Cecchini as Executive Chef, who has created new menus for lunch and dinner. Enjoy prime steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned Wine Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excellence for the past six years and a full cocktail bar, all while overlooking the Pacific. Breakfast is served 8 am to 12pm (Sat and Sun). Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:20 pm and Dinner is served 5pm to 10 pm. Miró $$$$ 8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa (968-0100) Miró is a refined refuge with stunning views, featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a toprated chef offering a sophisticated menu that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown ingredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6pm to 10pm. Moby Dick Restaurant $$ 220 Stearns Wharf (965-0549) Sitting right on Stearns Wharf, Moby Dick’s offers fish, lobster, clam chowder, fish and chips and a plenty more. A great place to watch the sun set over the ocean. Open 7 days a week from 7 am to 8:30 pm. Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$ 17 West Victoria Street (899-2699) Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery featuring Italian food of the highest order. The dining room sports some of the best acoustics in town, enhancing the dining experience by making it conversationfriendly. Don’t miss the eggplant soufflé, pappardelle with quail, sausage and mushroom ragù, or the fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellencewinning wine list. Open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm). Private dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also available. Petit Valentien $/$$ 1114 State St, (966-0222) Delectable French/Modern American cuisine very reasonably priced. Petit Valentien’s eclectic menu features small plates such as the artichoke pancake and the roast quail with figs. Seasonal salads and savory entrees are also amongst the ever changing menu,
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which is tailored weekly. The wine list is comprised of the Central Coast’s finest vineyards. Divine desserts and a charming atmosphere make a meal at Petit Valentien a sweet experience. Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 11:30am to 3pm. Dinner is served Monday through Saturday from 5pm to close. Closed Sunday. Renaud’s $ 3315 State Street, (569-2400) Located in Loreto Plaza, Renaud’s is a bakery specializing in a wide selection of wholesome French pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and salads and represents Renaud’s personal favorites. Our brewed coffees and teas are proudly 100% Organic.
Stateside Restaurant & Lounge $$ 1114 State Street (564-1000) Located in the heart of downtown State Street area in La Arcada Court. (Formerly Acapulco) Offering lunch, dinner, a nightlife bar and lounge. The menu exhibits California and Asian cuisine. Perfect for private parties, corporate events, weddings or just a nice night out. Every Tuesday is comedy night! www.state8sidesb.com The Bistro $$/$$$ 8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort (968-0100) Ocean vistas set the stage for The Bistro’s Mediterranean atmosphere. Fresh, simple meals served al fresco with an ocean breeze.
“A little loose, a little luxurious, a lot to look forward to,” is what they tell us. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 7am to 10pm. Wine Cask $$$$ 813 Anacapa Street (966-9463) Wine Cask offers seasonal menus, refined service, elegantly designed spaces, and a wide range of wines. A few steps away from Wine Cask Restaurant, just across the courtyard, is Intermezzo Café, Wine Bar and Bar. Intermezzo is open daily until late and offers traditional wine bar fare; food, cocktails, and wines, with over forty wines by the glass. Monday through Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm for Lunch, Monday through Sunday 5:30 to 9 pm for dinner. •MJ
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Rodney’s Steakhouse $$$ 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554) Deep in the heart of… well, deep in the heart of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on East Beach in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal, halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines, pleasant service, elegant surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends. Quantum $$ 201 West Carrillo Street (884-0885) Quantum is a sleek and modern, quiet and comfortable restaurant that offers, just to mention a few, gourmet burgers, steaks, fresh fish along with a full bar. Unique to Quantum are its spiked milkshakes. Quantum offers boxed lunches (fine food to go) for quick pick-up and also have a full catering service. Open for lunch Monday thru Friday 11 am to 3 pm and dinner Tuesday thru Thursday 5 pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday 5 pm to 11 pm. Ruth’s Chris Steak House $$$$ 3815 State Street (963-5674) Open for dinner: Monday thru Friday 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday 4:30 to 10 pm, and Sunday 4:30 to 9:30 pm When asked what her favorite menu item is at what has become America’s favorite steak house chain, Ruth’s Chris Administrative Assistant Jamie Garbisch says that, “All of [the menu items] are really good,” but her favorite is The Cowboy Ribeye. “It’s a very large portion,” she says, adding, “and it’s really good.” She prefers this cut because “It comes with the bone,” an element Jamie believes “adds more flavor.” Other attractions of this elegant eatery at the newly revived La Cumbre Plaza include an extensive wine list with a healthy representation of Santa Barbara County wines. Bottle prices start at $30; by the glass at $10. Private dining is available; reservations are recommended (call anytime during the day), and the attractive outdoor patio has plenty of heaters upon request. SpiritLand Bistro $ 230 E Victoria (corner of Garden) (966-7759) Open 7 days for lunch; dinner every day except Tuesday. Organic global cuisine, a feast for all senses. Sophisticated, eclectic food in a casual atmosphere. International specials each week. Wine & Dine theme dinners last Wednesday of every month.
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Your Westmont Lit Moon’s John Blondell imports Bulgarian National’s all-male “Othello/Measure for Measure” p. 32
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Editorial
Tim takes an early look at the various propositions on this year’s election ballot
6 Letters to the Editor
Ron Pulice posits why he should care what happens to Montecito; Michael Armstrong wonders what will happen to Coast Village Road when Cabrillo onramp is closed; Victoria Algra says Sarah Palin should be exactly what feminists want
11 Community Calendar
Native Tree Care lecture by Dr. Klinger, live opera feed from the Met at Hahn Hall, MTF hike up Hot Springs Trail, Andy Granatelli at the Murphy Auto Museum, Marilynne Robinson’s new novel discussed at Montecito Library and MUS Jog-a-Thon coming up
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Third time’s the charm, Cold Spring Principal Bryan McCabe hopes, as he promotes Measure C; Montecito Union School Board has two openings and three candidates to speak at upcoming forum October 16; Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele are the brains and brawn behind Nest Assured home concierge service
14 Seen Around Town
Katie and Fred Williamson, along with artist Tom Mielko offer “A Taste of Nantucket”; LifeChronicles founder Kate Carter says “Thank you” to hundreds of volunteers at Lad Handelman’s hilltop home; Dr. Ken Kosik introduces Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies (CFIT) for combating Alzheimer’s
18 Our Town
Laguna Blanca owl gets a bunch of makeovers; Tara Broucqsault super-sizes it
Seasons change a little too fast for Ernie as he tries to buy a pair of swim trunks in October
20 Ernie’s World
22 State Street Spin 1273 Coast Village Road, Montecito CA 93108 805/969-0500
More on that unveiled mural inside Coral Casino’s members lounge; Debbie Reynolds pulls the trigger at the Granada; JoAnn Mermis goes the extra mile for a listing
23 Ward Connerly
Does anyone really believe this election hasn’t gone on long enough? Ward is peeved too with the idea of the vice-president being “ready on day one”
24 Trail Talk
Santa Barbara’s favorite artist, Edward Borein’s 15-inches-high, 140-feet long frieze on permanent display at the Carriage and Western Art Museum
26 Book Talk
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise,” and Richard Farina’s “Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up To Me,” are like “engraved curios found at an antique shop,” says Shelly
29 Sheriff’s Blotter
No crime to report this period and we’re pleased to report it!
32 Your Westmont
Actors from around the globe perform six different productions in 2008 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival; new college vice president Reed Sheard focuses on technology
33 Eye on Santa Barbara
Unitarian Church at Santa Barbara and Arrellaga Streets is one of the Upper East Side’s quiet landmarks
34 World of Wine
Wine Econ 101: California wines (especially those made along the Central Coast) continue to expand production and it is up to baby boomers to see that such expansion continues, says Dr. Judy
37 On Song
She has much to be blue about, but Christina Grimm says life is short and insists upon looking on the bright side
38 On Stage
Brian Eno didn’t join David Byrne on stage at the Arlington but it was all right anyhow; Glendon Association Suicide Prevention Concert coming up Oct. 12; Jolie Holland at SOhO too
39 On Film
Ed Harris receives Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Acting from award namesake Kirk Douglas at Coral Casino event
40 Calendar of Events
Jazz great Ahmad Jamal at the Lobero; Jeff Dunham brings Achmed the Dead Terrorist to the Arlington; Jonathan O’Brien brings screenwriting philosophy to Borders; Dancers Ball at Montecito Country Club; Live at the Met live at Hahn Hall too; Katona Twins at Museum of Art
41 Movie Show times
Why read anything else? Montecito Journal carries the tides and the movie clock so that both your days and your nights are fully covered in between...
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
... Eating in your favorite restaurant, gelateria, coffee shop, deli, or bakery; they’re all listed here, alphabetically
44 93108 Open House Directory
Looking to move to Montecito? A great way to begin that search is by attending some 93108-area Open Houses; meet the brokers; talk to neighbors; scope out the schools
46 Classified Advertising
Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales
47 Local Business Directory
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Editorial
by Timothy Lennon Buckley
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Proposition 4: Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy Changes California Constitution to prohibit abortion for un-emancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent or legal guardian. Permits courts to waive notice based on clear and convincing evidence of minor’s maturity or best interests. Again, in principal this sounds like a good idea. Why shouldn’t parents be notified? They should, but this doesn’t accomplish that. Planned Parenthood, although publicly against this proposition, would most likely clog the court system with requests to waive notice in the “best interests” of the child, putting more of a tax strain on California and accomplishing little to nothing. Vote No Proposition 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation Allocates $460 million annually to improve and expand treatment programs for persons convicted of drug and other offenses. Limits court authority to incarcerate offend-
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and that will, in some important way, define all of us. This perfect storm was created by a combination of factors, among them the poor leadership of the Montecito Association; business owners seemingly desperate for revenue; county planners pressured by a top-down organizational power surge and afraid for their jobs; and, finally, a group of well intentioned commissioners attempting to make sense out of project plans that continue to be delivered piecemeal, making full understanding of this complex project utterly impossible. Those plans, by the way, are still incomplete. I don’t think any of us expected to see this storm develop so soon in our little community. I may be delusional about the way things used to work here (never easily, always with lots of fuss, but always with good intentions), and maybe I’m just imagining that there’s a new minority that wants Montecito and Santa Barbara to look and feel more like Orange County. Maybe the majority of
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Diana MacFarlane WHAT’S AN AUTOMATED UNDERWRITING SYSTEM? The AUS is a quick view of how qualified a borrower is for a loan. It pulls credit scores and also crucial public records. For example, bankruptcy filings or tax liens will show up in the AUS. This is not, however, an old-fashioned credit report, detailing your payment history—how often you’ve been late with a payment, whether you’ve missed payments, how timely and accurately you’ve paid your obligations over recent years. And that means your actual payment records generally aren’t reviewed by the people deciding to make you a loan—the very same people who used to pore over those reports to evaluate you. In other words, we’re now qualified, by and large, by computer programs which work with extensive databases. There are several benefits. One is that the biases of a human reviewer don’t come into play. The computer doesn’t much care which payments you may have missed or where you live or where you want to buy a home. On the other hand, we’ve lost a bit of the human touch. The computer’s work is no better than its programming and, as we’ve seen in recent years, changing market and economic conditions often mean that credit scoring and AUS programs need occasional tinkering. It’s also good, insofar as possible, to deal with human beings as you take out a loan—preferably someone with both hard-earned and native compassion. For
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the people in this area still believe that the semi-rural community that we live in is worth defending. And maybe—just maybe—we’re still being represented by men and women who recognize that we expect them to protect the community plan that the people in this village developed and voted into law. We didn’t vote for a plan that would allow the ”third man in” to conclude that the only answer to eight years of a blight is an oversized, mall-like hotel with a the two-story valet-parking garage, built on a flat 16-acre platform of land that would sit above the highway and the railroad tracks. In short, a hotel that abandons the law that requires cottage style architecture—and that dismisses its importance. Leaders who respect us and our laws would hold their ground against the pressure. They would insist that the developer deliver the hotel he promised: a lively new hotel with the old Miramar style, one that belongs in the community that welcomed him so heartily. Call me crazy, but if unanswered questions about traffic, parking, grading, flooding, drainage, water, FAR, easements, bulk and size are not enough reason for those who represent us to reconsider a project, why should I care? But I do. Ron Pulice Montecito
101 Impact on CVR I have a question about something that I have not seen addressed anywhere. Soon the southbound onramp to 101 from Cabrillo Blvd and Hot Springs Road will be permanently closed. Has anyone wondered about the impacts of this? It’s a long way from Milpas Street to the next onramp at Olive Mill. It seems to me that this will really add traffic to Coast Village Road, because all the people that used this onramp will
have to use CVR to get to the next ramp at Olive Mill. It also seems to me that CVR is already pretty overcrowded, has this additional impact been modeled? Thanks, Michael Armstrong Santa Barbara (Publisher’s Note: We editorialized our concern over the same scenario and discovered that Montecito was last on anyone’s list regarding freeway construction. When brought up at various meetings, Caltrans officials and County planners simply nodded that it may present a problem and that if it did, they would “study” ways to mitigate any negative effects of the closure. ~TLB)
Wow! First of all I loved your comments in the editorial last week. I was laughing out loud! Finally, someone’s got some pragmatic sense in this town. And speaks it. I think it’s hilarious how the left is so “stirred up” over this Republican V.P. nominee Sarah Palin. She’s frankly, a breath of fresh air. And worth taking a serious look at (and I don’t mean physically) although she’s fit and competitive (due to “Title 9”) – I’m from that same generation, Finally! The law changed so we can share the gym with the boys. Equality for all; it’s just the beginning! And she’s what women have fought for all their “First Feminist lives.” Maybe not quite the “package” they wanted, but nevertheless, a great “potential glass ceiling buster.” A great example for our daughters and an awesome person. But it’s interesting, yet sad, how women have turned against her. In my opinion, this is what they wanted all along. They just don’t recognize it. I couldn’t believe the mail received in the Journal last week. So emotional and irrational, and mean-spirited.
Personally, I think it’s the most brilliant, genius move by McCain, and the Republicans. And the Dems just can’t stand the new enthusiasm about this fresh, 21st century person that represents us all. And she has had a choice and so did her daughter. They made them. And we will continue to choose as women. No one will take our rights away. She’s doing everything we require of women in this 21st century and more, and we tear her apart. Shame on us! And furthermore throughout history, every female leader that has risen up in other countries has risen through the “Conservative” ranks to their position of leadership. For example, Angela Merkel (Germany), Margaret Thatcher (Great Britain), Indira Gandhi (India). Seems like conservatives aren’t the ones holding women back. Talk about a judgment call! (V.P. Clinton?) So, Ms Palin has just as much experience as every other Governor that has risen to Vice President or President of this wonderful country. Carter, Reagan and Clinton (Remember those smear campaigns?). And shouldn’t we lift each other up and not be so mean? And give credit where credit is due? As a matter of fact, I thought the” meanness” was reserved for the Republican Party? That’s all I’ve ever heard out of the mouths of the Democrats. It’s definitely an exciting, historic race. And at the end of the day, I think people are smart enough to see what’s going on. The people of this great nation will choose. Victoria Algra Montecito (Publisher’s note: They’ll choose all right, but we’re not sure conservatives are going to like that choice, as Senator Obama seems to be coasting to victory, despite the obvious appeal of Governor Palin – TLB) •MJ
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Andy Granatelli Speaks at Auto Museum The Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard will present Andy Granatelli with “Automotive Personality of the Year Award,” and Granatelli will speak about his days as a racecar driver, engine builder, and more. Docents will give tours of the collection of vehicles. Tickets available by reservation or at the door. When: 1:30 pm Where: Murphy Auto Museum, 2230 Statham Boulevard, Oxnard Cost: $20 Reservations and info: 805-487-4333
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1/4 mile west of Hot Spring Road Info: 568-0833 or www.montecitotrailsfoundation.org
FRIDAYS Farmers’ Market enlivens Coast Village Road with a mélange of color, aroma, and sound while featuring fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers When: 8 am to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: auditorium, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Music Academy of the West screens Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” starring soprano Karita Mattila in Montecito during live simulcast
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Grief Recovery Workshop The fourth workshop of the 8-week series covers the topic “Embracing Our Sorrows”
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 The History and Practice of Native Tree Care For those interested in native oak trees, Dr. Lee Klinger, MA, PhD, a scientist who specializes in the ecology and care of trees and soils, offers a workshop that will teach participants how to insure oak tree health When: 9:30 am to 3 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $45 (Children accompanied by parents, $15) Info: 969-5031
performance of the Metropolitan Opera When: 10 am; Encore screening Sunday at 2 pm Where: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: $22 Tickets: 969-8787
When: 7 to 9 pm Where: El Montecito Presbyterian Church library, 1455 East Valley Road Info: Carol Bussell, 969-5041 ext. 241 or Nancy Warda, 682-4337
MTF Hike Join Montecito Trails Foundation for a 3.5-mile intermediate hike up Hot Springs Trail. Please arrive 10 minutes early for sign-in and release forms. Dogs welcome if leashed and owners bring clean-up supplies. When: 8:30 am Where: East Mountain Drive; trailhead is
Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road
Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu “Housekeeping” Book Discussion Jerry Pike will lead a discussion of the fall selection for Santa Barbara Reads, the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Marilynne Robinson When: 3:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
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MUS K-3 Sings When: Group 1, 9:30 am; Group 2, 10:30 am Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249
Role of Religion in Politics “Reflections in the Midst of the 2008 Campaign,” a talk by Jessie Covington, assistant professor of political science, and Telford Work, associate professor of religious studies, will reflect on faith’s place in American politics and politics’ place in American faith. Sponsored by Westmont College, the discussion is free and open to the public. When: 5:30 pm Where: University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Info: 565-6051
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Caregiver Education and Resource Group All caregivers of elder and dependent adults are invited to come learn more about caregiving for those with Alzheimer’s disease. Free. Respite care during the group may be arranged for free by calling Eryn Eckert. When: 10 to 11:30 am Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Info: 969-0859
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Candidates Forum Montecito Union School hosts a forum on local candidates for office When: 6:30 pm Where: auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249
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hird time’s the charm, so they say, and Cold Spring School Superintendent Bryan McCabe hopes that will be the case when Measure C 2008 is on the ballot in November. Described as a “baby bond,” the $2.44-million local school improvement measure is a pared down version of two previous ballot measures that were rejected by district voters. The school, which was founded in 1889, has five classrooms over 50 years old, and two that are over 80 years old. McCabe told us Measure C will allow for the renovation of 80-year-old restrooms, the repair and upgrade of electrical and mechanical systems to reduce energy use and lower utility bills, and the upgrade of the schoolwide alarm and communication system. Upgrades to flooring, cabinets and instructional surfaces will take place in both the 50-year-old and 80-year-old buildings, and repair and replacement of roofs will take place on the 80-year-old buildings. “This is absolutely essential renovation and repair,” McCabe said. Previous bond measures from the November 2006 election and the presidential primary election in February 2008, called Measure K and R respectively, failed to garner the necessary votes to pass; 55% is required. It is estimated that each ballot measure failed by about 50 votes. Measure K asked taxpayers for $14 million, and since its failure, plans were changed to lower the cost. Measure R was a revised measure, which cut out the addition of a larger auditorium, total replacement of playground equipment, and the construction of a brandnew office building. Measure R was an $8.75-million General Obligation Bond, which in addition to necessary renovations, sought to add new construction, new furniture, fixtures and
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equipment. The board had hoped to build four new classrooms to replace the portables currently being used and add four new bathrooms. Because some staff members have been using storage closets for their offices, part of Measure R was to build new offices. All new construction has been taken off the table however, in hopes that a less costly bond will persuade voters to pass the measure. Measure C will cost taxpayers significantly less than the previous measures; property owners are estimated to pay $5.20 per year per $100,000 of assessed value, compared to the $19.70 tax rate Measure R required. McCabe said the typical increase in cost to homeowners will be a few dollars per month. “We hope that the community sees Cold Spring School as an asset to this area,” McCabe said. If Measure C passes, California state law (Proposition 39) requires that the school district establishes a citizen’s oversight committee to ensure funds are used as promised. Annual performance and financial audits are mandatory, and the public will be notified if any abuse or waste of funds occurs. Also, the money will not be used for administrative purposes or for teacher salaries; funds will only be spent to improve Cold Spring School. “It’s common sense to take care of community assets, just like you would other agencies like the fire department and local infrastructure such as roads,” McCabe explained, “Every dollar of Measure C goes back to this school.” In other Cold Spring news: on October 24 a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to allow the children back onto the newly grassed play field. The sod was installed two weeks ago, and it takes time for the roots to take hold. As of now, students have been con-
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sliders with Russian Bear Premium Vodka served in drinks called Cape Codders and Boston Bullets. The late Dorothy Shea is the lady who donated a cottage on Pueblo Street where the BCRC began. She had spunk and was a great entrepreneur and philanthropist. Each year the Dorothy Shea Award is given to honor her legacy and
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Brain Care for Life There will soon be a new center called Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies (CFIT) ,which will introduce a pioneer program addressing the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and slowing its course. It is located near Cottage Hospital on De la Vina and is the first in the nation. Executive Director Ken Kosik, MD, says, “Santa Barbara can lead the way nationally.” It is based on state-of-theart knowledge about the most effective interventions including medical expertise, cognitive training programs, exercise programs, diet, supplements, genetics and social services. CFIT held an open house in new home-like offices around a central courtyard. The reception desk had been converted into a bar serving wine and dee-licious stuffed mushrooms. Prior to the reception emcee Larry Crandell
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introduced the Board chaired by Tom Harriman. Its members represent a cross section of the community: Glen Adams, Sarah Argyropoulos, Sheryl Barnard, Dr. Ursula Henderson, Dr. Paul Erickson, Alice Gillaroo, Dan Herlinger, Roy Martinez, William Mowry, Jerold Pollock, Tonia Donnelly Simon, Matthew Tirrell, David Wong and Michelle Woodhouse. According to UCSB’s Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas and Cottage Hospital’s Executive Vice President and COO Steve Fellows, there is a “town and gown” relationship with UCSB, Cottage Hospital, and CFIT. Since there is no “pill for every ill,” he says, pharmaceutical companies haven’t found a cure for Alzheimer’s and the population is ageing; they believe it is imperative that research be done in non-pharmaceutical techniques. Their slogan is “Brain Care for Life.” For further information call 899-7777. •MJ
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aguna Blanca has long been identified with the owl mascot. The owl represents wisdom, bravery, power, and intelligence, all values taught at the school. This year the school decided to update its owl mascot logo. Laguna Blanca School Art Instructor and Illustrator Delphine Louie was appointed to design an updated and branded owl mascot logo for the school. Delphine is a former Disney Studios Artist and she worked on projects there that included interactive children’s cartoons. She is working on two owl mascots
Laguna students were pleased to meet Matt Moreau and his pet owl Bubba
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for the school: a cute, cuddly owl for Lower School students, and a more scholarly, fierce version to represent Middle and Upper School. The project is ongoing with Delphine designing more owl mascots for the sports teams, and other school activities. The goal of these owl mascots is to increase school branding and pride among Laguna students. The “new owl” made its official debut at Lower School campus Friday, October 3 at a student assembly, with Headmaster Douglas W. Jessup presiding. Delphine talked to the students, faculty and guests about the project, and showed her latest designs (see photo). Tara Broucqsault, head of PR for Laguna had donned the Laguna Owl mascot costume “backstage” and came out to visit the students, who expressed glee to see their super-sized owl and ran to get a hug from the mascot while trying to figure out who was behind the huge mask! The next treat at the assembly was
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the visit by Owl Matt Moreau, owner of Airstrike Technologies, and his Eurasian Eagle owl named “Bubba.” Matt talked about Eurasian Eagle owls, known as being the largest of owls, with a wingspan up to 200cm (78inches), however they are known to be shy. Matt raised Bubba from its birth and claims to be its mother. He talked also about owls in general and their lifestyle and habits. He then walked around to each of the tables where the students were seated and invited them to pet Bubba. The students were very much amazed at the live owl, and most were brave enough to pet it. Matt owns an avian pest control company that uses owls to scare birds away from airports, fields, landfills, resorts and vineyards. Matt is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a degree in mechanical and oceanic engineering. After all the owling, the students were given owl mascot stickers and filled out entry forms to name the owl. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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In sunny Southern California the only physical indication you have that the season has changed is that teenage girls shed their flip-flops and begin wearing UGG boots with their bikinis When I got to the department store I immediately sought out a sales clerk and explained my dilemma. “Dude, have you tried selling those trunks on eBay?” he asked. I hadn’t, but it seemed like a good idea. “How much are Albert Einstein stains going for?” I asked. “I’m not sure, but a potato that looks like Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke just sold for like two hundred bucks.” I was tempted to run home and make sure my wife didn’t throw out my potential windfall, but first I needed to get new swim trunks and asked him where they were. “Long gone, dude,” he said, as he hefted a large plastic Santa. “But we have an end-of-the-year sale on fall fashion starting tomorrow if you need a sweater vest.” I grabbed a couple of fake wreaths and followed him toward a display that had pumpkins, a wooden turkey and giant paper snowflakes. “But fall just got here.” “When you’re a retail dude you have to think a season or two ahead,” he said. “Most people bought their fall wardrobe in like July. October first is the beginning of the winter season.” “When does summer start again?” He looked at his watch. “February.” Maybe it’s because I grew up in New Hampshire where the seasons are more pronounced and not rushed into. I can assure you, for instance, that no one is shopping for a bathing suit in February because everything containing water molecules is frozen solid, plus it’s hard to put swim trunks on over twelve layers
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UGG boots with their bikinis, and skaters let their ankle-length board shorts fall another inch so you can see their flannel choners. I helped the salesguy drag two sunglass-wearing elves over to the multiholiday display then we both stopped to wipe the sweat from our brows. “Surely you must have something resembling swim trunks,” I said. “It’s supposed to be in the eighties again this weekend.” He pondered a moment, then said: “Tell you what, you finish assembling ‘Santa’s Sweet Ride,’ and I’ll check the stockroom.” I was just finishing putting the spinner hubcaps and racing stripes on the sleigh-mobile when he returned. He was holding two pair of swim trunks – one with palm trees the other with giant parrots. “Wow. Cool. How much?” “Eighty bucks a pair,” he said. “Eighty bucks!” “Sorry dude, these are next year’s models. We just got them in. You’d be like buying pre-pre-season before any discount. The good news is you’d be the only one who’s ever paid full price, plus you’d be the first one with twothousand-nine summer fashion.” I took out my wallet and glanced at the lone twenty-dollar bill, then sighed and headed for the door to resurrect my Albert Einstein trunks. “Come back soon,” he yelled. “Yeah right. See you in February.” “Better make it early February,” he shouted after me. “Summer fashion sells out fast.” •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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State Street Spin by Erin Graffy de Garcia
More on the Coral Casino Mural
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Ms Graffy is author of “Society Lady’s Guide on How to Santa Barbara,” is a longtime Santa Barbara resident and a regular attendee at many society affairs and events; she can be reached at 687-6733 Fiesta of the Flowers by WPA muralist Maxine Albro for the Biltmore in 1937
unveil the remodeled and redecorated Biltmore. In the new “cocktail room,” there were at least two murals by Maxine Albro. Her murals were known for vivid, intense colors, and usually depicted Mexican themes, which were in vogue at this time. One of these at the Biltmore was called “Fiesta of the Flowers” and featured a peasant woman with a basket of flowers on her head. How many of you remember this one? (And what did the other one look like?)
Orphans Unite Our former county clerk-recorder Ken Pettit recently returned from his
Debbie Does Downtown Santa Barbara Debbie Reynolds was a hoot-and-ahalf at the recent Simply Ballroom at the Granada. (Perhaps a nice foil for Cloris Leachman on Dancing with the Stars?) First a segue: what’s up with the sound in the Granada? Our first concert – Natalie Cole - the sound was spectacular. Crystal clear and just fantastic (we sat under the balcony). For Carmina Burana, the sound was not clear (downstairs forward of the balcony). I thought perhaps the size of the orchestra and chorus had something to do with it, so I blew it off. Then for the musical Pazzazz (forward of the balcony downstairs) I was annoyed, if not astonished at how miserable the sound was. Loud enough – but many of the clever lyrics of Milt Larsen were muffled beyond recognition. For Forever Ballroom, the male singer-host had some degree of reverb on his mic, but not on his co-host. Why? That’s bizarre, but at least that could be handled at the soundboard. His voice was swallowed by the volume of the canned music. That’s still a soundboard issue. However, the sound itself was quite muffled. The male host must have thought he had a dead group as he was getting little response from the crowd to his commentary, even when asking questions. The truth was, we could not make out what he was saying. I asked a number of people at intermission where they were sitting and whether they could
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ots of interest in the article about the mural at the Coral Casino. I did make one boo-boo that I would like to clarify and expand on. I quoted the Los Angeles Times reporting on the opening of the new Coral Casino in 1937, and I meant to say the Biltmore. So here is the expanded version. The Biltmore first opened in 1927. Ten years later it was sold (November 1936) and the owners planned to close it a few months to refurbish it all. Instead they took 8 months, spending an exorbitant $100,000 to revamp it all (actually only about $1.5 million in today’s market). While in the process, they had the idea to add a pool and cabana for the hotel guests. The Coral Casino and its pool were built, start-to-finish in 4 months! I had a fine hubbub about this with Bill Medel (Santa Barbara native who is Project Manager for Ty Warner Hotels & Resorts). I suggested that today you could not get the permits for just the pool in four months, then he one-upped me and pointed out – only half joking! – that you could not even get the permits filed in four months. The Olympic-sized swimming pool long is actually one meter longer than regulation, so it could not be used for official games, thereby avoiding large tournaments and disruption to the club. Interestingly, Swedish-born Ernie Brandsten who took the American team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics was the advisor on the pool project. Fero Rota, formerly the manager of the Ambassador in Rome, became the manager of the new and improved Biltmore in 1937. In early July of that year, he hosted the celebration to
trip to upstate New York to attend a very special “family” reunion … of the orphanage where he grew up! His family included residents spanning many generations. The mutual orphanage experience meant immediate camaraderie for all ages and endearing fellowship with the gang that celebrated the stories and successes of their fellow residents.
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understand what was being said. Few could. A friend who had seen it Tuesday night, said up in the loge and balcony, people were blasted away by the volume of sound batted at them through those mega-speakers. A different problem altogether, but maybe also one that could be handled at the soundboard. Now, back to our original story. Debbie Reynolds is an old pro. She is so comfortable on stage, and provided color commentary on just about anything remotely connected with the show. (Not perfect, but she was easier to hear). Ms Reynolds said she had been performing over 60 years, and regaled us with stories about the old celebrity contract stars - “You know who Clark Gable is?” Debbie went on to do imitations of Betty Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, and Barry Fitzgerald. She intends to stay performing, she said, “until they come and stuff me like Trigger.” You know who Trigger is? Debbie asked the audience. Yes! Santa Barbara responded. “Of course,“ Debbie concurred, “Only in Santa Barbara would they know Trigger is a horse.”
Going Ape over Real Estate Listings
JoAnn Mermis, a realtor at Prudential, describes it as “driving for dollars.” This was what hardworking agents had to do – driving all over south county to meet potential clients for just the possibility of getting a listing. Some listings proved more difficult to get than others. There was the time some umpteen years ago realtors were vying to list a house up around Buena Vista. It was one of the three homes belonging to James Brolin, who was divorcing his wife, Jane. Ms Mermis went to the house to check it out and meet with the about-to-be ex-wife. Now the former Mrs. Brolin was not in a cooperating mood for a home sale, since James was paying the rent, so to speak, and she would have preferred to just stay on. To add to the sales dis-incentive, in the home were two mountain lions! And a wolf. Also a cheetah. Wait, there’s more! A Great Dane and a chimpanzee named Reggie who also had the run of the house – in diapers. Conversation started up; tea was served, and Reggie the monkey-in-diapers came over to each cup and saucer to stir the tea … with his finger. When not adding his bit to the tea service, Reggie was running back and forth in the living room and literally flinging the cat around through the furniture. However, JoAnn apparently won Jane over and got the listing. “I think it was because Reggie liked me,” JoAnn confesses. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
WARD CONNERLY Ward Connerly is president of the American Civil Rights Institute, recipient of the Bradley Prize for his defense of the American ideals of liberty and freedom and author of a newly-released book, “Lessons from my Uncle James: Beyond Skin Color to Content of Character”
The Never-Ending Campaign
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t sometimes seems as if the 2008 presidential campaign will never end. This campaign has tested the patience of most of us and the character of the candidates as well. Personally, I am tired of the partisan attacks from the candidates and their campaigns, the senseless slogans and goofy ads, the candidates’ “plans” to solve every problem that can be identified, the promises that we know will never be kept, and the analysts, consultants, pollsters and pundits who drone on ad nauseum. What bothers me most is the implication that the future of our nation and the survival of the planet depend on who we elect as the next president of the United States. I agree that the office of president is a very important one, but how have we come to believe that this office and the person who occupies it are so crucial to our very existence? Something is terribly wrong when we are told and start to believe that one person is essential to the strength of a country as vibrant and multifaceted as America. It was never intended that in our nation a single individual would wield power and command influence to such an extent that the wheels of our economy would grind to a halt without that person. Yet, this is the impression being conveyed by both candidates as they seek our votes. We, the American people, seem to forget that the American president is the CEO of our public corporation, not Superman, or a miracle worker, or king. Moreover, we have a system of private enterprise, checks-andbalances in government, and a system of federalism, all of which are
intended to – and in fact do – reflect a nation in which power is diffused among many individuals and sectors, instead of concentrated in the hands of a single individual. All of this means that our economy and
dates would be “ready on day one” to assume the responsibilities of president? Are they kidding us or do they take us for fools? It is not reasonable to believe that anyone can be ready on “day one” to exercise the duties of any major position, particularly that of president of the United States. I doubt that most vice presidents could be ready on “day one,” even after serving for several months, to take over the responsibilities of the presidency. Anyone who has ever studied organizations knows there is a learning curve and a period of adjustment for virtually every job. This stuff
Another cliché that I find troubling is the characterization of the vice presidency as a “heartbeat away” from the presidency
about the nation needing someone who can be “ready on day one” is just baloney. Another cliché that I find troubling is the characterization of the vice presidency as a “heartbeat away” from the presidency. While it is true that the vice president is the next in line in the event something happens to the president, the modernday vice president would not be expected to step in immediately and perform all of the duties of president without the assistance of a host of cabinet members, specialists and career staffers who would funnel issues and recommendations up to the president for decision. It is this latter fact that makes the implication that the vice president needs to be prepared to singularly and immediately assume the duties of president such a misleading issue. I pray never again will the American people be put through such a tortuous ordeal as the 2008 presidential campaign. It has been more than most of us can bear. •MJ
virtually all else in America are controlled by an assortment of interests and institutions instead of by one person at the top. As of December, 2005, the latest day for which I could find data relating to the number of federal employees, the federal government employed 2,720,462 people and had an annual payroll of $13,475,274,647. This workforce covers every function imaginable; and only a small fraction of this number includes political appointees, all of whom will be shopping their resumes with the change in administrations. Therefore, it is fair to assume the government would function quite well without a president at the helm. There are other equally annoying aspects of this campaign, some of which are as much the fault of the media as the candidates themselves. For example, how many times have we been told that specific candi-
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A Borein Carriage Museum Masterpiece
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f the several fine museums located in Santa Barbara, one of the most unsung is the Carriage and Western Art Museum in Pershing Park, established in 1974. Anyone who has witnessed a Fiesta parade has seen its collection of carriages and wagons in action. Rolled out of storage, dusted and polished, hitched to teams of shiny horses, these old-fashioned wheeled vehicles carry dignatarios through streets lined with raucous spectators before returning to “stagecoach junction” just one block from the ocean.
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Most of those Fiesta spectators are completely unaware of the treasure trove held within the Carriage and Western Art Museum. “In addition to the wagons and Fiesta memorabilia,
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This 1904 photograph made with a glass-plate negative depicts classmates (left to right) Theo Cadwalader, Morris Cadwalader (playing a mandolin) and Silsby Spalding smoking pipes in a dorm room during their Pomona College days, long before Spalding went on to collect Western artifacts at his Tecolote Ranch (photo from the Boynton Collection of Early Claremont, courtesy of Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges)
there are dozens of saddles, bridles, and other examples of horse tack that depict the finest examples of leather and silver work made by well-known artisans,” said Tom Peterson, vice president of the museum’s board. Nor does the museum lack for Western art. One of the rarest and most valuable works held within the collection is the frieze by John Edward Borein (1872-1945), Santa Barbara’s favorite cowboy artist ever since he moved here in 1921. Ed Borein’s frieze is about 15 inches in height, and runs over 140 feet in length above the display cases in the main gallery. Created in 1931, the panel was commissioned by Silsby Morse Spalding (1885-1949) to decorate the elaborate tack room at his Tecolote Ranch, located outside Santa Barbara in Winchester Canyon. Silsby was a descendent of Albert Spalding, who in 1876 founded the Spalding sporting goods company in Chicago. After attending Pomona College, Silsby Spalding became an early real estate developer in the Los Angeles area and the first mayor of Beverly Hills. His daughter Deborah Pelissero, a resident of Hope Ranch, remembers her father as a keen collector of Western art, finely made saddles, and other equipment. Spalding’s extensive collection was showcased in the Tecolote Ranch tack room, and was featured in a full-color article entitled “Treasures of Tecolote” in a 1937 issue of Town & Country magazine. When Tecolote Ranch was sold after Silsby Spalding’s death, the Borein frieze was relocated to the private Museum of Western Americana, which was owned by Signal Oil founder Samuel B. Mosher at his neighboring Dos Pueblos Ranch. After Mosher died in 1970, the Borein frieze and
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many other accompanying items went into Bekins storage. There it sat until Leonard Kummer, one of the founders of the Carriage and Western Art Museum, convinced Mosher’s widow Margaret (Maggie) Mosher to give it to the museum in 1978 as a permanent loan. Maggie Mosher, who died in 2002, was pleased to see the collection made available to the public.
Borein Knew the Western Life
Ed Borein was born in 1872 in San Leandro, California, and by 1893 started working as a cowpuncher on ranches throughout the West and in Mexico. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1921, and maintained a studio in El Paseo until his death in 1945. Today Borein is recognized as one of the “Holy Trinity” of Western artists, alongside Frederic Remington (18611909) and his good friend Charles Russell (1864-1926). Borein’s firsthand knowledge of the working cowboy’s life, and his observations of the quickly changing American West, imbued his work with historical accuracy. A monochromatic masterpiece, the frieze is decorated with hundreds of figures in black set against the brown of a spruce wood background. There is not one hint of landscape, yet the arrangement of the figures conveys a sense of spatiality. Borein’s frieze includes vignettes of almost every aspect of the American West: herds of antelope and elk, an Indian encampment with all the features of village life, including decorated tipis, women tending children, horses with Indian-style saddles, pots of food cooking over campfires, meat drying on racks, Indians struggling with a recalcitrant pack mule, even dogs outfitted with packs on their backs (one tied to the tail of a horse), and Indians mounted on galloping 9 – 16 October 2008
This section of the Borein frieze depicts a stagecoach drawn by a team of six horses, as well as a couple of smaller carts drawn by oxen and donkeys (image courtesy of the Carriage and Western Art Museum)
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Barn Dance and Western BBQ Saturday, October 18 Carriage and Western Art Museum 129 Castillo Street (inside Pershing Park) Open Bar starting at 4 pm Whitefoot Meat Market BBQ 6-7 pm Tickets $50 per person Dance to the music of The Rancheros
at this fundraiser for the Carriage Museum. Live and silent auctions will feature bronze sculpture by Bud Bottoms, vacation trips to Hawaii, Tahoe and Cabo San Lucas, Western gift baskets and wine. Reserved tables for ten available for $500. To donate items to the auction and for ticket information, call John Henigin at 2073522, or Ellen Harte at 967-2642. •MJ
Ed Borein relaxing outside his El Paseo studio in downtown Santa Barbara, circa 1930 (photo by W. Edwin Gledhill, courtesy of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
horses chasing a herd of bison, with a jackrabbit fleeing the scene. “The opposite panel is of a more local nature, with an oxcart in front of Mission Santa Barbara,” points out Peterson. There are also vaqueros chasing runaway steers as they round up cattle, a train of covered wagons drawn by teams of oxen, and a stagecoach drawn by a team of six horses. The longest section depicts a cattle drive, with hundreds of cattle and numerous cowboys on the trail, flanked by a water wagon piled high
with bedrolls and drawn by a team of four horses. Borein executed a similar frieze for Bradford Brinton (1880-1936) in Big Horn, Wyoming, whose home is now the Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum. With the ascension of Borein’s reputation among modern aficionados of Western art, his frieze in Santa Barbara can be appreciated along with the other treasures from the old Tecolote Ranch, fortunately now on permanent view at the Carriage and Western Art Museum.
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BOOK TALK
by Shelly Lowenkopf
The Old College Try: A Twofer
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he first college novel was probably “Philosophy 4,” Owen Wister’s tale of Harvard undergraduates trying to cram for final exams, published at the very beginning of the last century by the author who went on to fame as the author of “The Virginian.” Not to be outdone by the Harvards, Owen Johnson wrote of life in New Haven, first as a serial, then in book form by about 1911. “Stover at Yale” featured a more memorable title if not a more ambitious story arc. Dink Stover, in New Haven on an athletic scholarship, battled the conflict between education and social connections. Both of these are historical forebears of arguably the first novel to sensationalize the atmosphere of campus and the figures so often associated with it. March 26 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s steroidal appearance on the literary scene came with “This Side of Paradise,” a novel that put Princeton into play as the place for drama and experience. In most ways, Fitzgerald was writing not only of what he’d seen in his days at
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Mr. Lowenkopf is a Montecito resident who teaches writing, editing, and publishingrelated courses at USC’s Professional Writing Program Shelly blogs @ www.lowenkopf.com
Princeton and World War I, but capturing the lightning in a bottle that was the age of flappers, of jazz, of the Volstead Act (Prohibition), and the shedding of innocence required for membership in the Twentieth Century. Fitzgerald’s protagonist in “This Side of Paradise” is Amory Blaine, a young man from St. Paul who is convinced of his talent and his destiny. There is much of Fitzgerald and his mother in Amory and Beatrice Blaine. As well, there is a close family friend Monsignor Darcy, who serves as a wise and intelligent father figure. Darcy has his roots in the persona of Monsignor Fay, Fitzgerald’s mentor and referee in his own ongoing battle with Catholicism. “This Side of
Paradise” is dedicated to Fay, but never as good a speller as a writer, Fitzgerald had the dedication read “To Sigourney Fay.” Never mind, it impressed the monsignor and became the name of a modern actress. “This Side of Paradise” simmered with ambition, awareness of social status, and the core questions of Fitzgerald’s growing talent, which he would expand upon in successive novels and a wide range of short stories. His fingers never left the wrist of the middle class and the ambitions he shared with it—leading a richer, fuller, less restrained life.
These two remarkable, overwritten, over-the-top novels form an x-ray of the American culture over a significant swath of the twentieth century At the end of “Paradise,” Amory Blaine is broken, dispirited, devastated by the death of Monsignor Darcy and the decision of his heart’s desire to marry a more suitable, wealthy man. “At least,” Amory rationalizes, “I know who I am,” an ironic ending if ever there was one, especially since Fitzgerald’s future work showed the effects of characters increasingly at odds with their understanding of themselves. There were underlying themes of belief, romanticism, and optimism in the fact of structure and tradition. One of his throwaway slick magazine stories, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” captures Fitzgerald at the top of his youngpeople-coming-of-age material. “Paradise” created a rush among writers to do their own version of Fitzgerald’s declaration of independence, but he had set the bar high. With the exception of a few brief flashes from others, it was 40 years until the next plateau was reached, first with John Williams’ “Stoner,” the achingly powerful story of a man who finds his unexpected calling as a teacher, early in his college career, then moves forth toward professor level. Then another brilliant burst of originality in 1966, as stunning in its own way as the Fitzgerald. Richard Farina had not published much before “Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me,” and he was dead in a motorcycle wipeout two days after the novel arrived on the scene. Like Fitzgerald, Farina put much of his young-but-energetic polymath learning into his novel, wanting it to be a dramatic confrontation between the desire of the young to discover, to encounter, and to confront the battle lines drawn by the Establishment. Farina’s protagonist has the near-grotesque name of Gnosis Papadopoulos
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who, as the novel begins, is returning from a wander year, a Jack Kerouacian tour of the country, working for his keep, listening to music, experimenting with drugs, and reading endlessly. With the impatience of a wellschooled, well-read young person, and some success already in the emerging folk music industry, Farina appears impatient to get everything into one book, his arguments and metaphors seeming to clank at times. Critics argue about his importance in relationship to Kerouac and I for one, vastly prefer him for his sense of humor and his ability to indicate individuals, such as Dean Magnolia, the quintessential university factotum, or his true nemesis, Dean Oeuf, as human and plausible antagonists. Guilt and mistrust play an important role in “Been Down So Long.” Troubled by the possibility that he was responsible for the suicide of a fellow student for having pursued and seduced his girlfriend, Gnossos takes elaborate steps to examine the consequences of his acts and as well stirs the uneasy waters of suicide among young students. The answers he achieves are not pat, but they are thoughtful and argued out. Farina was at Cornell along with Thomas Pynchon; both of them studied with Vladimir Nabokov when he taught there, Farina being awed by Nabokov’s use of language to create tension and suspicion, Pynchon intrigued by Nabokov’s ability to create highly personal landscapes. Some of Farina will remind today’s readers of Holden Caulfield and his aversion to phoniness, but, once again, opinion steers me into the belief that Farina – younger and more volatile than Salinger – has produced the more convincing sense of the quest Gnossos is on and what he makes of it. Taken alone, “Paradise” and “Been Down” – interesting, hefty, and thought provoking as they may be – are like engraved curios found at an antique shop, each bearing the particular patina of the age from which it came and the youth of the author. Taken together, however, these two remarkable, overwritten, over-thetop novels – cult favorites of their respective times – form an x-ray of the American culture over a significant swath of the twentieth century. Neither is like any college novel you will have read before, not the satire of Jane Smiley’s “Moo,” or the wrenching competition in Richard Russo’s “Fall Guy,” nor indeed the family-at-the crossroads college novel also reminiscent of Cornell, Allison Lurie’s splendid “The War Between the Tates.” In many ways, each of these other college novels mentioned here owe some debt to Fitzgerald and Farina, each of whom put all he had into his work. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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fined to the sandboxes and have had to stay off the grass. Cold Spring School has had to deal with the unsafe lawn for several years. The annual jog-a-thon has been held at Westmont College for the past few years, due to a great amount damage caused by gophers. The renovation of the field was a significant priority on the list of Measure R improvements, but because of its failure the Cold Spring School Foundation board decided to fund the renovation itself. “We couldn’t wait to see if voters would pass the newest bond measure,” McCabe said. The foundation is mainly funded by parents and families through a series of fundraisers in the fall and spring. “As parents, they agreed with the school board that the field was the number one priority,” McCabe said. The last day to register to vote in the November 4 election is October 20.
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Thursday October 16 the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara Education Fund and Montecito Union School PTA will co-sponsor a Candidates Forum. The MUS Board currently has two seats up for election; this will be voters’ opportunity to learn about the positions and policy views of the MUS Board of Education Candidates. The following is a brief summary of each of the three candidates’ positions. Robert Kupiec, an architect and MUS parent for the past 5 years, was appointed to the School Board in 2006. He was Chairman of the National Institute for Architectural Education as well as the Van Alen Institute, and has taught on a collegiate level at both Pratt Institute and The NY School of Interior Design. According to his candidate statement, in his tenure at MUS he has promoted initiatives that reflect key priorities and stewardship goals. These include improving communications within the school community, creating a better methodology for assessment of student achievement and curriculum evaluation, incorporating state-of-the-art teaching tools, emphasizing holistic education, and actively supporting a Healthy Lunch and Garden program to “nourish the children and foster their local and global awareness of health and environmental issues.” Brett Matthews, a business executive and father of four, says he is committed to seeing that all MUS children have an exceptional education. While on the Montecito Education Foundation’s Executive Committee, Matthews focused on implementing a healthy lunch program while ensuring that future projects are supported by the community and are fiscally sound. Matthews says he has substantive
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experience in economics, and hopes to help with strategic planning to keep MUS financially strong. “I will continue working to better the communication between MUS stakeholders, and ensure all voices are heard,” he wrote. He and his wife Ginger Salazar recently received a PTA Service Award. “Excellence doesn’t just happen,” Mary Morouse wrote in her candidate statement. A retired business executive and mother of three, Morouse says she hopes to use her business skills to create strategic and financial plans one would expect from a $10 million business like MUS. Another clear goal Morouse outlines is that MUS attract, hire and retain the best teachers in California, and provide outstanding curriculum and enrichment opportunities. “I want to see happy, healthy and curious children who are excited about school,” she says. Morouse, who attended UC Berkeley and obtained her MBA at UCLA, hopes MUS is viewed as a “beacon of light” among California public schools. The MUS candidate forum will be held on Thursday, October 16 at the MUS auditorium, beginning at 6:30 pm. For more information contact candidate forum chair Jamie Ruffing at [email protected]
In Business: Nest Assured
While working at Four Seasons Biltmore Resort together a decade ago, Santa Barbara residents Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele realized that each had a special knack for service.
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Together, they started Nest Assured, a home concierge service that provides property supervision and management to both multiple-home owners and frequent travelers from the Santa Barbara area. “There is a lot involved in taking care of a home, even when you don’t live in it!” Trotta explained when she discussed the services Nest Assured provides. From overseeing renovation projects to coordinating housekeeping and landscaping, Nest Assured offers customized packages dependent on the client. Home inspection, mail collection, pool and spa maintenance, car maintenance, rental car arrangements, groceries purchased prior to arrival, dinner reservations and private event coordination are just a few of the things Nest Assured will do for a client. Partly because they have worked in the service industry for many years, Trotta and Steele say they have an arsenal of vendors and contractors they call upon to do various jobs. “We act as a liaison between the client and the contractor, making sure everything gets done right in the homeowner’s absence,” Steele said. Originally, Nest Assured was designed to take on clients who own a second or vacation home in the Santa Barbara area; now, the company has evolved into helping any homeowner maintain their property. Nest Assured also has clients who want their home to be overseen while it’s on the market. While monthly and weekly rates are applicable to the majority of their clients, Trotta and Steele now offer hourly rates for less involved projects. Mary Jane Steele (no relation to Julie), a 9 – 16 October 2008
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e are pleased to say there were no crimes reported or incident reports filed in the previous week in the Montecito area. Lieutenant Eric Koopmans of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department tells us the area has been extremely quiet, and reports of common crimes such as thefts seem to be down. “Just a quiet week in Montecito, which is a good thing!” he said. •MJ Nest Assured client who resides in Fairfax, Virginia, and owns a second home in Santa Barbara, trusts the company to be her eyes and ears while she is away. “They were one of the reasons we decided to buy here in Santa Barbara,” she said about Nest Assured, “We know the house is being taken care of.” As co-owners of the company, Trotta and Steele bring years of experience and expertise to Next Assured. Trotta is a former Personal Assistant of business and entertainment leaders in Montecito, and spent seven years working for Four Seasons in Montecito and Austin, Texas. For the last five years she has been an Estate Manager throughout Montecito and Santa Barbara. Steele began her
management career in 1991, opening the Concierge Services Department for Sugar Bay Resort in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. After moving to Santa Barbara in 1993, she joined Four Seasons Biltmore Resort as Associate Director of Catering and Conference Services. For the last two years she worked for a marketing firm in Santa Barbara, organizing local events. The ladies decided to go into business for themselves once they observed the need for a reliable home concierge service. “Our goal is to make our clients feel like they never left home, like they’ve been here the whole time,” Trotta said. For more information visit www. nestassured.net or call Shannon Trotta directly at 805-705-0326. •MJ
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Montecito Association
Beautification Day Saturday, November 1, 2008, 9AM Upper Village Green
Honoring Montecito Historian David Myrick T-Shirt Sponsorship
Plans are underway once again for Montecito Beautification Day. This annual event is held for neighbors to work together to clean up our community’s neighborhoods. The day will begin at 9:00 AM on the lawn across from the Upper Village Post Office. The Four Seasons Biltmore hosts a Continental Breakfast. When you return from your assigned clean-up project, our annual Beautification Award Winners are announced and our own Montecito Fire District hosts a hot dog and chili lunch. It is a great neighborhood day you and your family won’t want to miss! We would like for you to join us again this year and be a T-shirt sponsor. The T-shirt sponsorship program benefits on-going Beautification Committee projects in Montecito. For a minimum cost of $50.00, you and your family will have your name on this year’s T-shirt. Each sponsor receives two souvenir T-shirts. We hope you will sign up now and mark your calendars so you can join us on Saturday, November 1st for this fun family community event. BECOME A T-SHIRT SPONSOR
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Select a Sponsorship Level: Founder $500.00 Historian $100.00 Scholar $50.00
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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)
ers who commit certain drug crimes, break drug treatment rules or violate parole. Substantially shortens parole for certain drug offenses; increases parole for serious and violent felonies. We agree with the 2nd and 3rd part of this proposition: that punishment for drug users should be drastically reduced. But the money set aside to “improve and expand treatment programs” is just a jobs bill for shrinks and bureaucrats. We’d like to see this as a stand-alone proposition to reduce punishments for drug-related offenses with no strings attached. Vote No Proposition 6: Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws Requires minimum of $965 million each year to be allocated from state General Fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities. Some of this funding will increase in following years according to California Consumer Price Index. Makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law, many of which cover gangrelated offenses. Revisions create multiple new crimes and additional penalties, some with the potential for new life sentences. Increases penalties for violating a gangrelated injunction and for felons carrying guns under certain conditions. Hey, what’s another billion dollars among deadbeats? We disagree with provisions that would make a crime more heinous because one is affiliated with a gang. A felony is a felony. We believe laws like this are a slippery slope and should be avoided. Vote No Proposition 7: Renewable Energy Generation Requires utilities, including government-owned utilities, to generate 20% of their power from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable only to private electrical corporations. Raises requirement for utilities to 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025. Imposes penalties, subject to waiver, for noncompliance. The California Solar Industry Association is against this proposition and so are we. We agree with the principle behind it, but Prop 7 severely limits smaller solar companies’ ability to gain market share and mainly paves the way for large solar-alternative (electric) companies to dominate the market. This proposition excludes renewable power facilities that generate less than 30 megawatts, which would leave out almost all small-scale solar companies. There should be more renewable power in California but shafting the little guy is hardly the answer when, we believe, those little guys are the real key to creating self-sufficient and environmentally friendly living structures. Vote No 9 – 16 October 2008
Proposition 8: Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. You all know how you’re going to vote on this one, so we’re staying out of it! Proposition 9: Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole Requires notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole. Establishes victim safety as consideration in determining bail or release on parole. Increases the number of people permitted to attend and testify on behalf of victims at parole hearings. Reduces the number of parole hearings to which prisoners are entitled. Requires that victims receive written notification of their constitutional rights. Establishes timelines and procedures concerning parole revocation hearings. As we saw with the Duke Lacrosse team case, many of these “victims’ rights” laws are dangerous and often over-protect the victim or accuser even if the defendant is innocent and the accusations false. Protecting an accuser to a point where a proper defense can’t be mounted, is dangerous and a threat to civil liberty. If keeping a victim safe comes at a cost of severely reducing the rights of the accused, we feel it’s not worth it. Vote No Proposition 10: Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds Provides $3.425 billion to help consumers and others purchase certain high fuel economy or alternative fuel vehicles,
including natural gas vehicles, and to fund research into alternative fuel technology. Provides $1.25 billion for research, development and production of renewable energy technology, primarily solar energy with additional funding for other forms of renewable energy; incentives for purchasing solar and renewable energy technology. Provides grants to cities for renewable energy projects and to colleges for training in renewable and energy efficiency technologies. Total funding provided is $5 billion from general obligation bonds. What a boondoggle! Again, where are we going to get five billion dollars to fund this? I guess money really does grow on trees up in Sacramento. Vote No Proposition 11: Redistricting Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute - Majority Approval Required Changes authority for establishing Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries from elected representatives to 14-member commission. Requires government auditors to select 60 registered voters from applicant pool. Permits legislative leaders to reduce pool, then the auditors pick eight commission members by lottery, and those commissioners pick six additional members for 14 total. Requires commission of five Democrats, five Republicans and four of neither party. Commission shall hire lawyers and consultants as needed. For approval, district boundaries need votes from three Democratic commissioners, three Republican commissioners and three commissioners from neither party. Everything is so convoluted in government. Merely by insisting upon “five Democrats” and “five Republicans,” of which three must approve any redistricting, they’ve effectively kept the
power to draw districts in the hands of the Democrat and Republican parties. What happens if a Libertarian is elected? Or a Green Party candidate? We’re with whoever suggested blindly picking twelve names out of a phone book and letting majority rule dictate the shape of those districts. Vote No Proposition 12: Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008 This act provides for a bond issue of $900 million to provide loans to California veterans to purchase farms and homes. Appropriates money from the state General Fund to pay off the bonds, if loan payments from participating veterans are insufficient for that purpose. Unfortunately with our looming economic doomsday forecast, we feel it would be totally irresponsible for Californians to vote for any measure that drives our state further into debt. Besides, if these veterans are creditworthy, what is stopping them from taking out a loan? If they are not credit-worthy, no loans should be written since we’re already witnessing how that story turns out. Vote No •MJ
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Six male actors from The Bulgarian National Theatre performed “Romeo & Juliet” in a highly physical dance-like style that received standing ovations two years ago
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estmont actors will perform in two world premiere productions in the 2008 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival, spearheaded by Westmont professor and Lit Moon Theatre Company artistic director John Blondell. The festival, which runs October 16-26, will feature professional theater artists from around the globe in six productions. Tickets for each performance are $22, $17 for students and seniors, and available through the Lobero box office at (805) 9630761. Lilia Abadjieva of the Bulgarian National Theatre will direct a new Westmont and Lit Moon co-production of “Othello-Measure for Measure.” This all-male hybrid of
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Mitchell Thomas’s performance as King Richard II in the 2006 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival received rave reviews and played to sold-out houses
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Moon, Westmont and the Young Open Theatre Festival of Skopje, Macedonia. Cast and crew have translated the archetypal political drama into contemporary terms by relating it to current events in the U.S. and the Balkans. The play will be in both English and Macedonian with English subtitles. Performances will be at Center Stage Theatre Oct. 18 at 7 pm, Oct. 19 at 4 pm, Oct. 23 at 7 pm, and Oct. 25 at 9 pm. A free reception with the artists will precede the Oct. 19 performance at 3 pm at Center Stage. Festival performers from Bulgaria, Finland and the Republic of Georgia will also be present. Members of the Young Open Theatre Festival, Skopje Drama Theatre, and Bitola National Theatre will discuss theater in Macedonia at a free lecture in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Friday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 pm. Local high-school students will attend free matinees of both performances through Westmont’s Found in Translation: Great Literature in the Theatre program. Last year more than 700 students attended free performances of “Jane Eyre” and “Anon(ymous),” a contemporary adaptation of Homer ’s “The Odyssey.” For more information about Found in Translation, please call (805) 5656889.
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Reed Sheard, new vice president of information technology and CIO, joins the college’s executive team and oversees Westmont’s information systems. He comes from Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he served as vice president for technology services for five years. “As the college’s reliance on technology increases, it’s critical to have someone with Reed’s knowledge and experience who will work to improve the effectiveness of technology for our students, faculty, staff and alumni,” says President Gayle D. Beebe. Sheard graduated from University of Sioux Falls, earned a master’s of divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Seattle University. Sheard’s wife, Susan, and their two sons, Ben and Cooper, will move to Santa Barbara in January 2009. Susan is a native of Santa Barbara who graduated from San Marcos High School and UC Santa Barbara. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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of everyday activity, Lockard chose to bring this space to the property’s prime location. The courtyard enables the church’s most important functions (that of the nave and the community gathering room) to be seen simultaneously upon arrival. This “outdoor room” is filled with chatter during the weekly after-service gatherings where parishioners share their fellowship, or with screams of joy and excitement where previously unrelated families welcome new sons and daughters during the joys of marriage, and where unbroken silence expresses the sorrows of passing. The building is grand in proportion but small in scale; it is a simple volumetric composition that expresses itself through the intimacy of detail, and is a prime example of how architecture can be integrated into the cityscape. •MJ Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye. ~ Anonymous
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eginning a decade ago with the increased recognition of the quality of our wines and accelerating more recently as part of the “Sideways” effect, Santa Barbara County has been experiencing increasing sales, income, and vineyard planting. But what is happening in the rest of the state and country as we are in an economic slump? First, let’s look at vineyard planted acreage. California wines hit the international spotlight with a Napa Cab beating out the French in what has become known as “The Judgment of Paris,” a tasting by French and British judges that pitted California against Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignons on May 24, 1976. In that “slosh heard round the world,” a 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon scored higher than its French counterparts. There followed a boom in vineyard planting. Eventually, for parts of the state, supply exceeded demand about a decade ago and prices leveled out for many Northern California wines. Since 1998, 135,000 acres of vineyards have been removed from the San Joaquin Valley and replaced with almonds, pistachios, and even pomegranates. Fortunately, that is not the case here on the Central Coast where hundreds of acres of new vines have been going in. Here, the amount of acreage planted with wine grapes continues to grow, to the point that Santa Barbara County now has a $500-million wine industry.
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Morty was right during the recession and inflation periods of the 1970s. Wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson agrees. “The long-term trend for California wine is favorable,” he says, “with the U.S. wine market growing for 14 consecutive years, increasing 66% by volume from 1993 to 2007.” He believes too, that it “will continue to expand over the next decade.” Last year, California wines sales to the U.S. reached a record high 457-million gallons (192.1 million nine-liter cases), up 2% over the previous year with the total retail value increasing 6% to $18.9 billion, and with the strongest gains in sales of our premium wines. Total California winery shipments to all markets in the U.S. and abroad increased 4% to 745 million gallons last year. Of the wine exported by the US ($951 million in sales and 453 million liters in 2007), 95% comes from California. More than half our exports go to Europe, followed by Canada. California wine exports describe a steady growth, with the 2007 number representing a 77% increase in the income from wine exports in the last decade.
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our wine imports continue to grow at an even faster rate and take more market share. Several trends are suggested to explain this phenomenon, such as the increasing quality and availability of wines from new exporting countries, a growing preference in younger American wine drinkers for imports, and the increased purchase of imported wines by American restaurants. (Restaurant owners are finding lower priced imports increasingly selected by customers.) Wine sales may not be as resistant to the general economy as my dad may have believed. When our national economy began to slump in the fourth quarter of 2007, wine sales growth slowed. In addition, although the U.S. has became the world’s top wine purchaser in terms of total sales, per capita wine purchases are significantly higher in other countries, including Italy and France. Globalization is given as a driving force behind the rise in U.S. importation of wine as quality wines are being produced in more and more countries around the world. The trend to high value, good tasting wines with lower price tags from newer wine exporting countries like South Africa, Chile, and Argentina has been compared to the phenomenon of the drop in price that took place when wine from “Old World” countries like France or Italy was challenged by “New World” competitors like Australia and the U.S. several decades ago. People found wines they liked at lower prices and wine importation of New World wines increased.
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What is California doing to keep its stake in the world wine market and entice its citizens to spend wine dollars on “Made in America” and especially, “Made in California” wines? Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared September California Wine Month for the fourth consecutive year. In the proclamation, the Governor lauded the state’s wine community as one of the largest and most successful wine producing regions in the world. Governor Schwarzenegger also gave his support to a partnership between the Wine Institute and the California Travel & Tourism Commission (CTTC). In a national TV campaign, the Governor, First Lady Maria Shriver, and wine and culinary personalities are all featured promoting California as the “Capital of Culinary Travel” to attract national and international tourists. September also marked the height of this year’s wine harvest. The statewide predictions are for this year’s crop to be smaller than last due to 9 – 16 October 2008
an array of weather problems ranging from a dry spring, frosts, strong winds, an early heat wave, and a lack of irrigation water in parts of the state. A smaller crop can mean higher quality, and relative scarcity could keep prices up, but we can’t sell what we don’t have. In addition, farming costs are going up along with the price of oil.
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Help from the Boomers Recent supermarket sales reflect consumer shift to buying more expensive, premium quality wine. This is attributed to what the wine press calls “aging consumers.” The theory is that with 50% more adults over 40 than under 40, the baby boomer generation controls fully half of U.S. disposable income and will for at least the next ten to twenty years. The projection is that boomers’ preference for premium wines from California (compared to the younger purchasers growing preference for the new imports) will continue to support the California wine industry. I did my part today and purchased two bottles of Santa Barbara County premium wine. Never did doing my civic responsibility taste so good. In my next column, we’ll explore what is in store for us as wine consumers. •MJ
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On Song
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Singing Against Suicide While the energy from the Byrne show is still buzzing in our bodies, there are a couple of concerts slated for
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SOhO this week that might also evoke those good, good, good vibrations. The Glendon Association absolutely believes in the power of music to make a difference among those contemplating taking their own lives. The organization’s annual Suicide Prevention Concert at SOhO has drawn some major talent in the last three years, but the Oct. 12 show featuring singersongwriters Jill Sobule, Lili Haydn and Jonathan McEuen promises to be something special. Sobule is a quirky, topical poet-guitarist with a penchant for story-driven character studies and emotional confessional songs who had her own hit with a song called “I Kissed a Girl” while Katy Perry was still in grade school. Versatile violinist Haydn has a degree in political science from Brown and a résumé that included stints with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Porno for Pyros, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hootie & the Blowfish, Tom Petty and Robert Plant & Jimmy Page by the age of 28; she was in town just a month ago with funkmeister George Clinton at the West Beach Music Festival. And McEuen – the son of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John – is a country-inflected rock ‘n’ roller whose natural talent at making a wide variety of music look easy is kind of like what Manny Ramirez does in hitting home runs. The three will appear in the round, trading songs and stories and improvising with each other following a no-host dinner. Tickets are $50.
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Anti-folk: Texas-born singer-songwriter Jolie Holland always had a quirky approach to her craft, as evidenced by her days as a founding member of Canada’s decidedly left of center (and north of the border) Be Good Tanyas. Since departing the band, Holland has continued to obfuscate boundaries between folk, traditional country, jazz and blues and with her fourth solo effort, the forthcoming “The Living and the Dead,” she also embraces a more rootsy rock ‘n’ roll that gives her songs an even more atmospheric soundscape than the dusty environs of her previous brilliant albums. Opening the Oct. 14 show is Herman Düne, a French duo whose influences include the quintessentially American Lieber & Stoller, Chuck Berry, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Carole King. Tickets are $15. Call 962-7776 or visit www. sohosb.com. •MJ 9 – 16 October 2008
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t was a bit of a mutual admiration society when veteran actor and Montecito resident Kirk Douglas gave the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s award for Excellence in Acting (named after Kirk) to the terrific character actor Ed Harris last week at the Four Season Biltmore’s brand new Coral Casino. When I asked Harris on the red carpet what he admired most about Douglas, he didn’t hesitate for a moment. “His physique!” Harris said. “And his intelligence, his charisma, his physical prowess when he was younger. His stamina. His commitment and his passion. The guy is great. I’ve been watching him since I was a little kid. And he always blew me away. He’s bigger than life. He made so many great films, it’s going to be a real honor to receive an award from him.” Told that the qualities he listed have also been applied to his own career, Harris took a moment to ponder the compliment. “Well, I never had a body like Kirk, which he used in his younger days when he was doing his acrobatics. But I do like what I do. I enjoy it. I try to do the best I can and I like to think I’m getting better at it as years go by.” Indeed, nobody who has seen “Appaloosa” – the second feature film (after “Pollock”) written, directed, produced by and starring Harris, which opened last Friday, the day after the award ceremony – could argue that the actor is still subtly improving on what was already an enviable career. Harris plays city marshal Virgil Cole, who operates by a staunch code of ethics in this adaptation of Robert Parker’s novel that rivals last year’s remake of “3:10 to Yuma” as one of the finest westerns to come out of Hollywood in decades. Cole’s relationship to his deputy Everett Hitch, played by Viggo Mortensen, is etched by knowing glances and comfortable silences that reveal the their trust via their years together far better than any lines or action scenes would. “I just fell in love with these characters,” Harris told me. “I felt compelled to do the movie, just like I did with ‘Pollock.’ I like to keep things shook up a little bit. So I try to find things I haven’t done before, something within myself to explore in a character. Nobody wanted to hire me to do it, I figured I’d just do it myself.”
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Does Religion Belong in Politics? Reflections in the Midst of the 2008 Campaign Telford Work
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Jesse Covington Political Science Professor
5:30 p.m., Thursday, October 16, 2008 University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Call 565-6051. Religion has reemerged as a theme in the election in both the Democratic and Republican campaigns for the presidency this year, raising old and new questions of its proper role in politics. Two Westmont professors, one a theologian and the other a political scientist, will reflect on faith’s place in American politics and politics’ place in American faith. What is off limits, what is fair game, where are connections unavoidable — and what is changing in this old relationship?
Sponsored by the Westmont Foundation
...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at. ~ Ludwig Von Mises
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Ending this week Creek Week – The mission of the Creeks Restoration and Water Quality Improvement Division of Santa Barbara’s Parks & Recreation department is to improve creek and ocean water quality and restore natural creek systems through storm water and urban runoff pollution-reduction, creek restoration, and community education programs. The 9th annual Creek Week offers a plethora of activities including receptions, explorations, tours, walks, clean-up gatherings and more. Get a complete schedule online at www. sbcreeks.com or call 897-2606 See the sound – “The Art of Seco: Music on Canvas” is comprised of 20 paintings created from sketches made while the artist, now 40, was a guest of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and New West Symphony. Seco created paintings based on sketches of the orchestras, using gestural brush strokes to capture the movement and energy of the musicians. “The men and women seem to move to music created by Seco’s linear conducting of form,” NY art critic Van Stokes wrote in a review. “It is possible to be consumed by these works in the same manner one is consumed by music.” All of the art on display is for sale, with a portion benefiting Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, which is hosting the exhibition through October 15. WHEN: 9am-5pm MonThurs., 9am-3pm Fri. WHERE: 524 Chapala St. COST: free INFO: 9571115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org
Ongoing Off Axis 2008 – Off-Axis kicked off its month-long celebration of contemporary art during 1st Thursday last week. But Off-Axis lasts for more
than one day, offering four full weeks of opportunities to explore ideas, concepts, and critical approaches to contemporary art practice in a community-wide setting. Events featured in this broadbased collaboration between civic organizations, individuals, nonprofits and commercial galleries include art exhibitions, public openings, artists’ interventions, VIP tours, lectures by renowned scholars, and several crossover events all around town. Schedule and details online at www.sboffaxis.org.
Thursday, October 9 Jazz giant returns – Ahmad Jamal may be one of the last living titans of jazz’s so-called Golden Era, but he also continues to redefine modern jazz with each new album and every dynamic concert. It was half a century ago that Jamal shattered jazz conventions with “But Not for Me,” unleashing his revolutionary piano technique during jazz’s heyday of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, and influencing such jazz luminaries as Miles Davis (who credited Jamal with “all my inspiration.”) Now 77, the pianist remains an innovator; his latest CD, “It’s Magic,” released earlier this summer, offers that patented Jamal blend of energy, originality and finesse that still has critics buzzing. Jamal performs with his trio – bassist James Cammack, drummer James Johnson and percussionist Manola Badrena – in the inaugural concert of the ’08-’09 Jazz at the Lobero Series, which will also bring Charlie Haden-Carla Bley, Kurt Elling-Ernie Watts, and the Ron
Carter Trio to the historic theater this season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: $38 & $48 (patrons $103) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
Say what? – Comedian-ventriloquist Jeff Dunham uses a variety of puppets to voice his take on issues timeless and
Ongoing Ron Carter Trio to the historic theater this season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: $38 & $48 (patrons $103) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
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topical, personal and political. Grumpy old man Walter complains incessantly about his wife and speaks brashly and sarcastically about just about everything else while Achmed the Dead Terrorist – a skeleton suicide bomber who sports a beard and a white turban – is used by Dunham to tackle terrorism from an equally unyielding attitude that has become a fan favorite (an Achmed video on YouTube has received 70 million views, among the most on the popular website). Then there’s José Jalapeño, a talking jalapeño pepper on a stick and an unusual superhero named Melvin. Laugh through the anger at
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and a non-traditional delivery system to electrify audiences and generate a maelstrom, an epidemic of word-ofmouth and website hits, then those who write the checks will seek you out, subsidize you and let you create,” says O’Brien, who is a graduate of the UCLA Film School, a former CBS program executive, and a creator and former cohost of NPR’s “Beyond Words.” “It’s the new way to break into show business.” O’Brien will discuss these concepts in a free presentation at the open monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Screenwriters Association, with local humor writer and MJ columnist Ernie
Friday, October 10 Dancers Ball – This annual benefit event for the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance youth scholarship program grew out of another popular presentation: the post-performance reception at BASSH, where audience members mingled and cut a rug (so to speak) with local dancers who had just finished their routines on stage. Now the Ball has grown into a very well attended event on its own, a participatory benefit that just keeps growing in tandem with the surge in ballroom dancing around town (and on TV with such programs as “Dancing with the Stars.”) At the Dancers Ball, exhibition ballroom dancers – who perform during short breaks in the music by DJ Mike Loeza – join guests on the dance floor for quick turns in swing, salsa, tango, waltz and more. The Ball has hunkered down at the Montecito Country Club, which offers a more than ample wood floor for strutting one’s stuff as well as the enviable ambiance including marvelous views of the Santa Barbara Channel at night. Activities include no-host bars, tasty hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. WHEN: 8pm-12midnight WHERE: 920 Summit Rd. COST: $65 ($400 VIP patron tickets include prime table seating for four, a private group dance lesson, a bottle of champagne, and a swag bag) INFO: 966-6950 or www.sbdancealliance. org
the Arlington tonight. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $46 INFO: 963-4408
Witham serving as emcee. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Borders Books, 900 State Street COST: free INFO: 698-2025
Screenwriting outside the page – SBCC screenwriting instructor Jonathan O’Brien isn’t advocating career suicide when he suggests in a screaming email that “ALL SCREENWRITING TEACHERS MUST DIE!” It’s just that he believes that the road to success no longer consists of simply composing a terrific script and then waiting for someone to turn in into a film. Rather than looking for experts to help create a media hit, aspiring writers need to invent it themselves. “Find a new way
Saturday, October 11
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Digital opera – Four years after her bravura performance in Richard Strauss’s “Salome” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, soprano Karita Mattila reprises her stunning interpretation of the title role in the Met’s first “Live in HD” simulcast of the 2008-09 season. The New York Times raved in 2004 that Mattila’s “is born to this daunting role” delivering a performance that was “vocally blazing and dramatically 9 – 16 October 2008
Saturday, October 11 Swans on State Street – Befitting its move three blocks up the street to the grand newly renovated Granada Theatre, State Street Ballet kicks off its new season with perhaps the most ambitious undertaking in its 15-year history: “Swan Lake,” Tchaikovsky’s great masterpiece of classical ballet. SSB founder-artistic director Rodney Gustafson adapted the 1895 version of the timeless tale of love and betrayal by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, considered by many to be the “standard” of all traditional romantic ballets, for his expanded company that imported two dancers from Russia to play the main roles. For this production, State Street’s dancers will also be joined by a live orchestra in the pit and full sets of intricate scenery designed in and shipped from Moscow. A rigorous rehearsal schedule has resulted in a synchronous production that earned raves in a recent preview at the Redlands Festival. WHEN: 8pm today, 2pm tomorrow WHERE: 1216 State St. COST: call INFO: 899-2222
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Four-handed Music Club benefit – Zeynep Ucbasaran, a local resident and member of the Santa Barbara Music Club, and Sergio Gallo, a faculty member at Georgia State, team up to play four-hand piano pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Dvorak, excerpts from the program of their upcoming 10-city European tour this fall. The concert is a benefit for the Santa Barbara Music Club annual scholarship awards for resident students of Santa Barbara County. WHEN: 4pm (coffee social at 3) WHERE: FeBland Forum on SBCC’s West Campus, 800 Cliff Dr. COST: $25 INFO: 252-3877 or www. sbmusicclub.org Book Boogie Woogie – The Ventura Jazz Orchestra plays a special outdoor performance entitled “Autumn Shades of Swing” in Ojai’s Libbey Bowl in a benefit concert that supports the purchase of books and other materials for Ojai, Meiners Oaks and Oak View libraries. Dance the night away to a big band dedicated to recreating the music from the 1940s – including Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, and the Glenn 9 – 16 October 2008
Miller Band – as closely as possible in sound, style, aesthetic, ambiance and showmanship. The concert is also the last event at the venerable bowl before renovations are to begin at Libbey Park. WHEN: 7-10pm WHERE: Ojai Ave., downtown Ojai COST: $15, students $10, children $5 INFO: 646-4064
Monday, October 13 Evolutionary Spirituality – Montecito resident Barbara Marx-Hubbard is president of The Foundation for Conscious Evolution, author of five influential self-help books and producer of Gateway to Conscious Evolution, a guided evolutionary curriculum reaching a worldwide audience. As the next presenter in the Adult Ed Mind & Supermind series, she will lecture on The Next Stage of Consciousness Now Emerging, offering insights into the new spirituality, its roots in traditional religion, and its contribution to conscious evolution and how to deepen spirituality in our lives. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: free INFO: 687-0812 Natural wonder – Author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams was born in Salt Lake City within sight of the Great Salt Lake and raised a fifthgeneration Mormon. Her dedication to the natural world has earned her accolades as “a citizen writer,” one who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward the land – and life in general. Best known for her book 1991 “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place,” which is both memoir and natural history, Williams will read from her latest work, “Finding Beauty in a Broken World,” which
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shattering,” while The New Yorker called it “a dream performance … as if [the role] had been written for her.” The “Live in HD” transmissions are in high definition, and employ robotic cameras and other advanced technologies. Viewers can see the onstage action from striking angles that enhance the narrative effect, and the simulcasts also include behind-the-scenes features, live interviews with cast and crew, and short documentaries. The new Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West is one of about 70 nonprofits hosting the screenings. WHEN: 10am today (live), 2pm tomorrow WHERE: 1070 Fairway Rd. COST: $22 INFO: 969-8787
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continues her crusade for protection of the nation’s wilderness with impassioned and lyrical prose. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: SB Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Rd. COST: $10 ($2 discount for museum members) INFO: 682-4711 or www.sbnature.org or 893-3535, www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
Tuesday, October 14
Katona Twins – One of the classical world’s best-known guitar duos, Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán
The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism. ~ Ludwig Von Mises
Katona have given recitals throughout the world since their New York debut 10 years ago at Carnegie Hall. The Katona Twins’ wide repertoire spans from Scarlatti to Piazzolla’s tango music while Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and several other contemporary composers have written for and dedicated works to the duo. Tonight’s concert kicks off the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s 2008-09 recital series at the intimate Mary Craig Auditorium. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: 1130 State St. COST: $19 ($4 discount for museum members) INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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Montecito Café 1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392)
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CAVA $$ 1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500) Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking combine to create Latin cuisine with a great vibe – from tapas and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunflower-colored interior is accented by live Spanish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive fireplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor people-watching front patio. Open daily 11 am to 11 pm. Saturday and Sunday brunch from 8 am to 1 pm. China Pavilion $$ 1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380) Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant is known for generous portions, clean and modern décor and prompt take-out service, as well as elegant surroundings. (Montecito Journal staff is especially fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Pavilion also has an outdoor patio. Open Monday through Saturday 11:30 am to 3 pm for lunch, and seven nights for dinner 5 pm to 9:30 pm. Four Seasons Biltmore Bella Vista $$$ 1260 Channel Drive (565-8237) Offers guests a view of the ocean from both the restaurant and the dining terraces. Updated features and enhanced décor include two double-sided sculptured stone fireplaces, a garden fountain, custom wooden wine wall, gas lanterns and Italian stone flooring. The floor of the restaurant and outdoor terraces is heated by a hydronic heating system, enabling guests to dine comfortably in any weather. Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vista’s ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef Martin Frost has created an innovative menu, featuring California cuisine inspired by the fresh local bounty and regional produce. Open for breakfast Monday-Saturday, 7 am to 11:30 am; Sunday from 10 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday, 11:30 am to 5 pm; Sunday from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Dinner every day from 5 pm to 10 pm. Giovanni’s 1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)
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Lucky’s(brunch) $$(dinner) $$$$ 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540) Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steakhouse in the heart of America’s biggest little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enormous wine list are featured, surrounded by rich mahogany, white tablecloths, fine crystal and vintage photos from the 20th century. The bar (separate from dining room) features large flat-screen TV. Open nightly from 5 pm
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Pane é Vino 1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)
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Peabody’s $ 1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834) Open daily from 7 am to midnight, with breakfast served all day, and daily specials featuring fresh fish, pastas, a large variety of salads and burgers. Peabody’s specialty are its unique fish tacos. Cozy fireplace, full bar, and two HD flatscreens to catch the latest news or sporting event. Happy hour from 3 – 6 pm. Piatti Ristorante 516 San Ysidro Road (969-7520)
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Plow & Angel $$$ San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Enjoy a comfortable, convivial atmosphere in this locals’ favorite. Famous for its mac ‘n cheese and melt-in-your-mouth ribs. The cozy ambiance is enhanced with original artwork, including stained glass windows and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore, hanging above the fireplace. Dinner is served from 5-10pm daily with bar service extending until 11pm weekdays and until midnight on Friday/ Saturday. Sakana Japanese Restaurant 1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014) Stella Mare’s 50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)
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Sesto Senso 1026 Coast Village Road (565-1956) Monday through Saturday 5pm to midnight
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A real Italian boite, complete with small but fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany, soft lighting, large b&w vintage photos of mostly famous Italians from the 1950s and ‘60s, and a menu that features both comfort food like mama used to make and more adventurous Italian fare. Open for lunch from 11:30 am to “2:30 or so,” dinner from 5:30 pm. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am daily, serving basically the same breakfast menu as D’Angelo Bakery downtown. Tsunami 1014 Coast Village Road (969-7565)
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Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria 1483 East Valley Road (565-9393)
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Delis, bakeries, juice bars Blenders in the Grass 1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611) Here’s The Scoop 1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) (969-7020) Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises. Open seven days a week from 11 am to 9 pm, 10:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, and now open at 8:30 am Monday through Friday serving a full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roasting Company coffee and pastries, breads, and scones from Santa Barbara Bakery. Also serve lunch items including sandwiches, salads and soups. Jeannine’s 1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878) Montecito Deli 1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717) Open six days a week from 7am to 3pm. (Closed Sunday) “We Proudly Brew” Peet’s Coffee and Tea. This eatery serves homemade soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its specialty, “The Piadina” a homemade flat bread made daily. Owner Jeff Rypysc and staff deliver locally and cater office parties, luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving breakfast (7am – 11 am).
Stonehouse $$$$ San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Located in what is a 19th-century citrus packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a lounge with full bar service and separate dining room with crackling fireplace and creekside views. Owner Ty Warner ’s personal art collection adorns the stone walls. One can also dine under the stars on the ocean-view deck; a woodburning fireplace and heated stone flooring provide year-round comfort. Chef John Trotta’s regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. The extensive wine list includes 16 unique wines by the glass housed in a copper-faced cruvinet. Open for dinner from 6-10pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.
Panino 1014 “C” Coast Village Road (565-0137)
Trattoria Mollie 1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381)
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Tre Lune 1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646)
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Cantwell’s Summerland Market $ 2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894) Deli sandwiches, picnic fare, beer, wine, goodies; open Mon-Fri 6:30 am to 8 pm; Sat 7 am to 8 pm; Sun 7 am to 7 pm
Pierre Lafond 516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502) Village Cheese & Wine 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815) Xanadu Bakery 1028 Coast Village Road (969-3550)
In Summerland / Carpinteria Beach Grill at Padaro 3765 Santa Claus Lane 566-3900
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Nugget 2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)
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Stacky’s Seaside 2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)
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Summerland Beach Café 2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)
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Tinkers 2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
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Chamomile Café $$ 915 Linden Avenue Carp (566-5954) Comfort foods with an emphasis on organic and a purists dedication to “made-fromscratch.” Vegan dinner five nights a week offering new twists on old favorites. Open for breakfast and lunch on weekends serving a traditional menu with some vegan options. Bakery features many vegan items as well as those made with free range eggs. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row Coast 31 West Carrillo Street at Hotel Canary (884-0300)
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Andersen’s Danish Bakery & Gourmet Restaurant $ 1106 State State Street (962-5085) Established 1976, the best in Danish & European cuisine in Santa Barbara serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more. Experience Andersen’s Gourmet Food Parade with a European interior or dine on the sidewalk patio. Bay Café $$ 131 Anacapa St. (963-2215) Open 7 days/wk 11am- on. LIVE MUSIC ON Fri/Sat 6:30pm. V/MC/Amex. A locals’ favorite since 1985. Come see what everybody’s talking about. SB’s best kept secret. Enjoy a fun relaxing atmosphere for a quick lunch or romantic warm ambiance for dinner. Fresh Fish selections from our Fish Market & Live Tank with lobster & abalone. Happy Hour M-Th 4-6pm. Full Bar & Variety of Wine selection. Private banquet facilities for up to 30; beautiful heated patios w/2 fireplaces. www.sbbaycafe.com Bistro Eleven Eleven $$ 1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111) Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the bistro serves breakfast and lunch featuring all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Café Buenos Aires 1316 State Street (963-0242)
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Elements $$ 129 East Anapamu Street (884-9218) This chic downtown eatery offers a variety of fusion foods for lunch and dinner. Enjoy its upscale, but charming atmosphere with
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M O N T E C I T O E AT E R I E S . . . A G u i d e expansive view of the historic Santa Barbara Courthouse across the street from the patio. Open for lunch, 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and dinner from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. Weekend dinner until 10 pm. Brunch is offered on weekends starting at 11 am on Saturday and 9 am on Sunday. Reservations are recommended and catering is also available by contacting Bernadette at 259-9279. Enterprise Fish Co. $$ 225 State Street (962-3313) Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lobsters served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm. The Harbor Restaurant $$ 210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311) Ocean views await you at the historic Harbor Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. The Harbor recently introduced David Cecchini as Executive Chef, who has created new menus for lunch and dinner. Enjoy prime steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned Wine Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excellence for the past six years and a full cocktail bar, all while overlooking the Pacific. Breakfast is served 8 am to 12pm (Sat and Sun). Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:20 pm and Dinner is served 5pm to 10 pm. Miró $$$$ 8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa (968-0100) Miró is a refined refuge with stunning views, featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a toprated chef offering a sophisticated menu that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown ingredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6pm to 10pm. Moby Dick Restaurant $$ 220 Stearns Wharf (965-0549) Sitting right on Stearns Wharf, Moby Dick’s offers fish, lobster, clam chowder, fish and chips and a plenty more. A great place to watch the sun set over the ocean. Open 7 days a week from 7 am to 8:30 pm. Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$ 17 West Victoria Street (899-2699) Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery featuring Italian food of the highest order. The dining room sports some of the best acoustics in town, enhancing the dining experience by making it conversationfriendly. Don’t miss the eggplant soufflé, pappardelle with quail, sausage and mushroom ragù, or the fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellencewinning wine list. Open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm). Private dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also available. Petit Valentien $/$$ 1114 State St, (966-0222) Delectable French/Modern American cuisine very reasonably priced. Petit Valentien’s eclectic menu features small plates such as the artichoke pancake and the roast quail with figs. Seasonal salads and savory entrees are also amongst the ever changing menu,
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which is tailored weekly. The wine list is comprised of the Central Coast’s finest vineyards. Divine desserts and a charming atmosphere make a meal at Petit Valentien a sweet experience. Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 11:30am to 3pm. Dinner is served Monday through Saturday from 5pm to close. Closed Sunday. Renaud’s $ 3315 State Street, (569-2400) Located in Loreto Plaza, Renaud’s is a bakery specializing in a wide selection of wholesome French pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and salads and represents Renaud’s personal favorites. Our brewed coffees and teas are proudly 100% Organic.
Stateside Restaurant & Lounge $$ 1114 State Street (564-1000) Located in the heart of downtown State Street area in La Arcada Court. (Formerly Acapulco) Offering lunch, dinner, a nightlife bar and lounge. The menu exhibits California and Asian cuisine. Perfect for private parties, corporate events, weddings or just a nice night out. Every Tuesday is comedy night! www.state8sidesb.com The Bistro $$/$$$ 8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort (968-0100) Ocean vistas set the stage for The Bistro’s Mediterranean atmosphere. Fresh, simple meals served al fresco with an ocean breeze.
“A little loose, a little luxurious, a lot to look forward to,” is what they tell us. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 7am to 10pm. Wine Cask $$$$ 813 Anacapa Street (966-9463) Wine Cask offers seasonal menus, refined service, elegantly designed spaces, and a wide range of wines. A few steps away from Wine Cask Restaurant, just across the courtyard, is Intermezzo Café, Wine Bar and Bar. Intermezzo is open daily until late and offers traditional wine bar fare; food, cocktails, and wines, with over forty wines by the glass. Monday through Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm for Lunch, Monday through Sunday 5:30 to 9 pm for dinner. •MJ
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Rodney’s Steakhouse $$$ 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554) Deep in the heart of… well, deep in the heart of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on East Beach in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal, halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines, pleasant service, elegant surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends. Quantum $$ 201 West Carrillo Street (884-0885) Quantum is a sleek and modern, quiet and comfortable restaurant that offers, just to mention a few, gourmet burgers, steaks, fresh fish along with a full bar. Unique to Quantum are its spiked milkshakes. Quantum offers boxed lunches (fine food to go) for quick pick-up and also have a full catering service. Open for lunch Monday thru Friday 11 am to 3 pm and dinner Tuesday thru Thursday 5 pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday 5 pm to 11 pm. Ruth’s Chris Steak House $$$$ 3815 State Street (963-5674) Open for dinner: Monday thru Friday 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday 4:30 to 10 pm, and Sunday 4:30 to 9:30 pm When asked what her favorite menu item is at what has become America’s favorite steak house chain, Ruth’s Chris Administrative Assistant Jamie Garbisch says that, “All of [the menu items] are really good,” but her favorite is The Cowboy Ribeye. “It’s a very large portion,” she says, adding, “and it’s really good.” She prefers this cut because “It comes with the bone,” an element Jamie believes “adds more flavor.” Other attractions of this elegant eatery at the newly revived La Cumbre Plaza include an extensive wine list with a healthy representation of Santa Barbara County wines. Bottle prices start at $30; by the glass at $10. Private dining is available; reservations are recommended (call anytime during the day), and the attractive outdoor patio has plenty of heaters upon request. SpiritLand Bistro $ 230 E Victoria (corner of Garden) (966-7759) Open 7 days for lunch; dinner every day except Tuesday. Organic global cuisine, a feast for all senses. Sophisticated, eclectic food in a casual atmosphere. International specials each week. Wine & Dine theme dinners last Wednesday of every month.
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Seaton Court: COMING SOON! $3,800,000 Isaac Garrett 563-4051 Unique new 7-unit condominium complex on the upper westside of Santa Barbara.
The Jacaranda House $3,595,000 Joyce Enright 570-4965 Wonderful Monterey-style family home on 1.25 level acres.
1631 Posilipo $17,750,000 Dahl/Winter 886-2211/451-4663 Montecito Beachfront! Beautifully remodeled vintage Mediterranean with guest house on a half acre with a generous 75’ of beach frontage. www.MontecitoBeachfrontEstate.com
2259 McNell Road $5,800,000 Dahl/van Wingerden 886-2211/570-4965 Villa De La Rouche. www.2259McNell.com
New Listing: Wine Estate $5,499,000 Hurst/Hoffman 680-8216/448-0632 Impeccable view estate in SYV. 6500sf Res + GH on 6.65 ac. www.LaVillaDelSol.com
6-Acre Montecito Estate Site $4,000,000 Dan Encell 565-4896 Premier Oak Creek Canyon estate site w/ panoramic views! www.danencell.com
Gated Montecito Estate $3,850,000 Paul Hurst 680-8216 Imposing Mediterranean home on a flat acre, near the Lower Village.
1920s Montecito Gem $3,450,000 Dan Encell 565-4896 Charming, 1920’s 4bd + guest cottage in MUS. www.danencell.com
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1920s Montecito Mediterranean $12,500,000 Dan Encell 565-4896 Spectacular gated estate on 2.7 landscaped acres w/ ocean & mtn views. 4bd, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, 5 FPs, & lrg guest apt. Quality craftsmanship. www.danencell.com
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HEALTH SERVICES ACCELERATED HEALING & GENERAL WELLNESS – Hyperbaric chambers (mild). New and used-for sale or lease. Heal yourself at home. Call for information 805.452.8083 Senior caregiver experienced- Trained – Screened –Compassionate- Nurturing. Elizabeth 805 259-7191 $45/hr, minimum 3 hrs. CAREGIVER-companion-errands-appointments. Let me help! 10 years experience. References on request. Call Meghann 805 636-4130 Caregiver available; big heart, positive attitude, excellent references. 20 yrs experience. Please leave message: 969-5350.
COUNSELING/GUIDANCE Remove any Fear, Trauma, or Stress, and create Peak Performance and Peace with Emotional Freedom Technique. EFT Specialist J. Paul 962-4104 TREAT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THROUGH ART THERAPY America’s finest impressionist artist, author in art therapy; MSW UCBerkeley, LCSW, MFCC. specialist w/families, children, adults. Experienced in successfully treating problems in: autism, learning, depression, acting out, marriage, disabilities.. Please call Arden Rose rather then email 805-962-8865 WWW.ARDENROSE.COM
TUTORING/CLASSES SANTA BARBARA PLAYHOUSE WEST. SB branch of the prestigious Playhouse West School of Acting. Ongoing classes for young adults who are serious about entering the field of acting. Audition technique and seminars with noted industry professionals. Private audition coaching available. Contact: Pamela Dillman at 565-3273; email [email protected], or visit www.sbplayhousewest.com PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS? Learn the language with a native. Exam prep, conversation, translation, trip planning etc... Contact Bénédicte Wolfe 455 9786 or [email protected] FIREARMS INSTRUCTION- .45, .32, .06, 7. SINGING LESSONS Broaden your range, sing without a break, fine your true voice. Certified teacher of world famous Speech Level Singing technique, used by 120 Grammy winners such as Josh Groban and Natalie Cole. All styles, ages and levels. Call Kathleen (805) 758-2814 www.notablevoicestudio.com
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TRAVEL SERVICES AAA Travel and Cunard Cruises invite you to experience a legendary Transatlantic crossing aboard Queen Mary 2. Spend six unforgettable days relaxing in the Canyon Ranch Spa, and indulging in afternoon tea. Departures April, May, June, July 2009 Call 898 2870 – AAA Travel Santa Barbara
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES EXCELLENT QuickBooks Set-up’s, Lessons & Troubleshooting. Contractor Specialist Call Monica 805-560-1384
ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES ESTATE & MOVING SALE SERVICES: I will handle your estate moving sale for you; efficient, experienced, knowledgeable. Call for details— Elizabeth Langtree 733-1030
HOUSE/PET SITTING SERVICES On call house/pet sitter, quiet, experienced, caring with integrity. Available most days or evenings. Call Karen 805 403 3584. Brilliant, experienced and responsible home/pet sitter available for short and/or longer term positions. References ready and available. Contact Audrey at 805.729.0066
POSITION AVAILABLE Top-Notch Housekeeper Lovely couple needs full-time housekeeper for Montecito Estate. Keep house immaculate, care for antiques and art, do fine hand laundry and ironing, and care for plants. Run errands, supervise indoor vendors and oversee assistant housekeeper. Some cooking a plus. Experienced preferred, but will train right person. Good salary and benefits. Please fax resume to 805-969-1693.
PERSONAL/SPECIAL SERVICES PHOTO RESTORATIONS- Karen Gaines. Professional retoucher. Call for appt. & free est. Old & new photos repaired, restored & preserved. B/W, color & oil tinting. 569-2269 CHAUFFEUR: $25/hr. Call 805-452-7200. Experienced bartender/server. Call Joe 805 570-5945 Do you need help around the house? Shopping, errands, pet care, Dr. appts, escorting. Contact 805 451-9704 & leave message. The simple joy of feeling amazing… the re-discovery of you. Whether a new fashion identity, an update for the season, a wardrobe for the cultural calendar or just for Santa Barbara glamour-fun. New-to-thearea celebrity fashion stylist accepting new clients. Fashion and life styling. ring: 805.682.2602. Life-changing, your dream self.
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HOUSING WANTED Award winning author /French resident seeking guest cottage/separate quarters in exchange for home/pet sitting or partial rent. Personal shopper, travel companion, private conversational French lessons. Contact Karen 453-0408 Quiet, responsible Montecito woman seeking a rental approx. under $1350/mo. Montecito estate management experience if desired. N/S. References. 565-4998 / 729-0752 or [email protected] (Also, seeking a separate piano practice studio)
INVESTORS WANTED Must Sell Land Development Project in Oil Rich Booming Beaumont Texas (near Houston) 255 acres, 4,000’River Frontage . Approved for apts, single family, Shopping Center. Consider Joint venture. Fantastic Investment for very high return. B’rks protected. References available Leon 805-569-5402. INVESTMENT IN UNDERGROUND WINE STORAGE FACILITY. Own a part of a state of the art facility centrally located in Santa Barbara County and earn a preferred return of ten percent plus profit sharing. For preliminary prospectus call 805-928-7520 $100K minimum investment.
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MISCELLANEOUS COINS WANTED! Bring your collection for my cash offer. I also buy Scrap Gold, Dental Gold, and Silver. Bill’s Coins. 4939B Carpinteria, Ave. Carpinteria CA TEL 805 566 0455
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ART TREASURE/ANTIQUES Magnificent “Miniature Museum Exhibit” (scale 1”= ft). Forty-two years collection of World’s finest miniature artisans. (90” x 34”) 35% of items are antiques. Priced at $300,000. (below cost). Elizabeth (805) 733-1030.
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