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Music Academy of the WestJennifer and Julia Choi tune

up for Brahms’ double concerto as competition intensifies, p. 26

One More TimeCast of “Our Town” prepares for

encore performance outdoors at Elings Park, p. 24

Firehouse FriendsSearch (and race) is on to add

two Montecito Fire Protection District Board members, p. 5

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 38 • MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 40

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5 Editorial Expansion of the Montecito Fire Board from 3 to 5 members would facilitate better

management oversight and the creation of a Finance Committee, among other positives6 Montecito Miscellany Chris McMullen stars in reality show; Kirsten Dunst in Montecito wedding; Diana

MacFarlane’s daughter-in-law receives makeover; Westmont’s Mary Collier honored; Andy Granatelli remembers longtime friend, Ernest Borgnine; Polo and Pageantry in Paradise event; Silver Screen Bash; Mertens Fine Art Gallery opening; MAW Summer Festival performances; Terry Gerratana’s Santa Barbara pottery book; Fiesta pre-party bash; Tangerine Dream at Granada; Queen Elizabeth’s fashion secret

8 Letters to the Editor Ralph T. Iannelli wants standards held; Leslie Nelson tells David McCalmont to unpack his

bags; Randolph Siple thinks the Supreme Court has turned to mush10 This Week in Montecito Summerland sidewalk soirée; YMCA hosts Parents’ Night Out; Kim Snyder paints on

the Kathryne Designs porch; Footloose at Goleta Valley Jr. High; MBAR and MPC meet; lecture and luncheon; Our Town returns for one night only; NAWBO hosts breakfast at Nordstrom; New Yorker discussion group; upcoming and ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the

beach12 Village Beat Montecito Café celebrates 25 years; Verizon project upsets residents; Fire Board possibly

growing from 3 to 5 members; Murray Ray elected president of Rotary Club14 Seen Around Town Courthouse clock tower and fountain dedication; South Coast Business & Technology

Awards banquet; final tour of Old Vic20 Your Westmont Professor becomes provost of King’s College; Tugce Canitez headed to Olympics21 Book Talk Gone Girl is suspense writer Gillian Flynn’s third novel23 Sheriff’s Blotter Residential burglary; incident on East Valley; car broken into at Cold Spring Trailhead;

vandalism at Lower Manning Park 24 Coming & Going Our Town returns to the Elings Park stage one final time26 Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition winners and sisters, Julia and Jennifer Choi; Daniel Sharp to

perform on Concerto Night; this week’s Summer Festival events28 The Way It Was Hattie and her husband board the Central Coast Flyer for a train ride back in time 30 Montecito Sportsman John Burk explores Morro Bay, from kayaking to an oyster farm to gazing upon 578-foot

Morro Rock33 Summerland by the Sea Leslie’s new houseguest is percussionist Ted Atkatz35 Our Town Meika and Colin McCrindle welcome first child36 State Street Spin Ooh La La! Lotustland event celebrates Ganna Walska’s time in Paris; SB Dance Center

wins top honors at dance competition; John Maloney crowned Chili King38 Calendar of Events Ongoing events; Vagina Monologues; Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays Lobero; Julie

Christensen performs in Ojai; Contemporary Arts Forum presents “From Dusk to Dawn”; Chatham County Line brings bluegrass to Lobero; Yanni at the Bowl; SOhO hosts Stephane Wrembel; The English Bride; Jacqueline Berger speaks

40 Guide to Montecito Eateries The most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito

restaurants, coffee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara, Summerland, and Carpinteria too

41 On Entertainment The 9th annual California Wine Festival has arrived Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week42 Real Estate Mark Hunt tours four new houses on the market43 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito44 Ernie’s World Ernie ruminates on the heaviness of art Legal Advertisements46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer

rentals to estate sales47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they

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Montecito depends on the courage and skill of its paramedics, firefighters, fire specialists, fire engineers, captains and chiefs to protect homes and lives from wind-driven wildfires and medical emergencies. We are

fortunate to have firemen who are not only friends and good stewards of public safety, but are also pancake chefs on the 4th of July, and drivers of big red fire engines loaded with junior firefighters in the Montecito parade.

May 30 marked the retirement of one of the most popular public persona in Montecito, the affable Kevin Wallace, former Chief of the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD). Chief Wallace began his firefighter career in 1981 as a Santa Barbara County "Hot Shot," followed by a stint in Greeley, Colorado as an engineer, before returning to Santa Barbara in 1983, and being named Chief in 2007. After six years as Montecito Fire Chief, Wallace turned over the reins of leadership to his former Battalion Chief, Stephen "Chip" Hickman, who was born and raised in the area, graduated from San Marcos High School and began his career at MFPD in 1990 as one of the District's first paramedic firefighters.

Fire Management in MontecitoFor the last 97 years, MFPD has been governed by three Board members.

The current Fire Board consists of the 37-year veteran, Roy Jensen, who joined the Fire Board in 1975; John Venable, who joined the Board in 2002; and Dana Newquist, who joined the Board in 2003. Together, they oversee the 21.7-square-mile independent Montecito Fire Protection District, established in June 1917 with its $15.2 million annual budget and 45 full-time employees.

MFPD is well-managed with a sound strategic plan and funded by a fixed portion of annual Montecito property taxes, which in 2011-12 amounted to $13.5 million. Additional funding comes from carryovers from the previous year and small amounts of federal reimbursements from out-of-district firefights and dispatch services for Carpinteria Fire. Salaries and benefits account for 72% of MFPD expenses. Fire Station 3 will be funded from an $8-million capital account. There is also a $1.2-million capital fund for replacement of fire vehicles and equipment. MFPD consistently operates within budget.

A ballot initiative will be presented to Montecito voters in November 2012 to increase the Fire Board from 3 to 5 members. If Montecito residents vote to expand the Fire Board, they will be asked to choose knowledgeable candidates who can make the tough choices between support for firefighters and concern for taxpayers. Expanding the Board by two members will facilitate better man-agement oversight. It allows the Board to have meaningful discussions, even when one member is absent. Expansion of the Board also provides an opportu-nity to create a Finance Committee, which could engage in collective bargaining agreements with the Montecito Firemen's Association for pension programs, compensation, healthcare benefits and work rules.

Challenges and ChoicesSo what kind of expertise might be needed on an expanded Fire Board? Every

California community is beginning to take a closer look at wages, benefits and pensions paid to public sector employees. Labor agreements adopted in good times have become unsustainable. California cities, counties and special dis-tricts are being pushed to the fiscal brink by rising public pension costs, explod-ing healthcare expenses and stagnant property tax revenues.

California voters in San Jose and San Diego in June approved measures to curtail public employee pension programs, but these efforts will be challenged in California courts. Three California cities have filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy; San Bernardino, facing a deficit of more than $45 million on a $135-million budget, doesn't have enough money in the bank to pay its police and firemen; Mammoth Lakes, facing a $43-million breach-of-contract judgment, can't pay its salaries and pension benefits; and Stockton, which was spending $13 million on public pensions 10 years ago, paid $30 million in 2010. Stockton's public pen-sion liability will double again in five years.

Montecito is not a city and its Fire District is currently well funded, but there are severe challenges and painful choices to be made in fire policy and in future funding. If we are to ever get the cost structure of government under control, provide public services at a reasonable cost and make the needed investments in education and infrastructure, conscientious citizens need to step up and volunteer for important public posts such as the Board of the Montecito Fire Protection District. •MJ

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Local bounty hunter Chris McMullen is looking for ratings!

Chris, who was raised in Montecito and attended at Montecito Union School and S.B. City College, stars in a new Discovery TV series, Bounty Wars, which premiered this month.

The show features three teams com-peting to capture the most fugitives, with each one having 100 hours to comb the greater Los Angeles area and arrest as many miscreants as pos-sible, ranging from violent criminals to simple traffic violations.

“I’m the leader of Team Santa Barbara, which is now known as Team Chris, with Frank Blackhorse from Santa Barbara and Duane Morris from Ventura,” says Chris.

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process with a number of interviews and did very well.

“They learned about my compa-ny through another local bounty hunter, Bob Burton, who now lives down in West Palm Beach, Florida. We both appeared on NBC’s Today show with news anchor Lester Holt last year.

“We have shot four episodes so far and they have been getting good viewing figures.

“It’s all real and everything is shot as you see it. There are no scripts, no retakes. It’s one hundred percent real life drama.”

The former marine, who was also a military police officer at Camp Pendleton near San Diego, was one of the first Eagle scouts in the Manning Park troop and later became the assis-tant scoutmaster.

“I always felt I needed to be in some kind of law enforcement after quitting the marines in 1992,” adds Chris. “I had been approached by Bob Burton in the eighties about being a bounty hunter, but didn’t think it was up my alley at the time.

“But in 2000, I changed my mind and got my bail and fugitive recov-ery licenses and started a company, Coastal Bail Bonds, with a good friend.”

Now Chris, who lives in Ojai, is looking to capture an audience!...

Never a Bridesmaid

For once in her life, top actress Kirsten Dunst had a supporting role at an event.

The 30-year-old Spider-Man star was maid of honor at the wedding of her best friend, Molly Hanrahan to Clint Stapleton, at a Montecito estate just a tiara’s toss from Butterfly Beach at the weekend.

Dunst, says my mole with the marti-ni, wore a full-length white and oyster pink dress and a wreath of lavender in her hair, while the bride looked stun-ning in a full length white gown with a bodice of vintage lace, carrying a bouquet of white lilies.

Kirsten Dunst acted as maid of honor in a wed-ding in Montecito over the weekend


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While we unfortunately have come to expect the worst from our politicians, the

performance of our current President and the Vice President and their surrogates during the beginning of the Presidential campaign has sunk to a new low. While one could expect the administration to try to deflect attention from their dismal record on all fronts during the first three and one half years, even the most cynical would not have expected this type of behavior. This nation was built on each of us wanting to be successful and in general rooting for the success of our fellow citizens.

A roar is made up of a thousand whispers and most of us could care less whose whispers contribute to the collective roar. It is for that reason the Obama Presidency is so flawed and in many ways works to destroy the very framework and value system that made our country the greatest in the world. Again based on the fact that they can’t run on their own record

they chose to attack Mitt Romney by using half truths and some cases out-right lies.

Everyone in politics should be held to the same standard. Mr. Romney’s exemplary record on creating jobs is challenged and misrepresented by an administration that has the worst record in recent memory on job cre-ation. This terrible record on job cre-ation is made even worse given the trillion dollars of stimulus that was made available to help people get back to work. Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden’s claim that Mr. Romney used outsourc-ing as one of his prime methods to become wealthy is absurd and just wrong. This, coming from a President who not only has presided over the outsourcing of jobs but has provided funding for those companies to whom the jobs have been outsourced.

Mr. Obama talks about how he “saved” the auto industry. He neglects to mention that he saved Chrysler and specifically General Motors by abro-gating contract law and trampling the

rights of the bondholders so he could enrich the unions.

Whether by design or by having a fundamental misunderstanding of what has made this country great, our President has decided to double down on the class warfare strategy. He promised to unite us regardless of our race, color, creed or political affilia-tion. It would certainly appear that he has been no more successful in bring-ing us together then he has succeeded in any of his other initiatives.

Ralph T. IannelliMontecito (Editor’s note: Romney’s best response

to Obama’s twisted and manipulative accusations has been aired, and that is Obama’s own words suggesting the kind of campaign he is actually waging and the kind of tactic one must take when one has no record to stand upon. It will get uglier and more depressing as the weeks tick off to November 6, but it is important to keep the faith. We believe Mitt Romney will be the ultimate though bloodied victor – J.B.)

Viva! John RobertsDavid McCalmont of Santa Barbara

(re: “Bags Are Packed,” Letters to the Editor MJ # 18/28) can relax, unpack his bags, and cancel his one-way Lisbon ticket – thanks entirely to Chief Justice John Roberts' wit and ingenuity. This is a history-making moment, shifting the balance of power from swing-voter Justice Kennedy to the Chief Justice himself. By correctly labeling ObamaCare as a "tax" and not a penalty, John Roberts has fundamen-tally changed the very dynamic (and outcome) of this vital election: from a nanny state to a merit-based society.

Oscar Wilde wrote over a century ago: “Let us call things by their prop-er names. It makes matters simpler” (and far less distorting). The scath-ing reaction of Justice Ginsburg (the little old lady w/the doily around her neck) profoundly reveals how irked the liberals were by this “tax” nomen-clature – pure poison to the 51% of the American population who are actual tax payers, as opposed to the 49% who are dependent and have no skin in the game. Was I the only one who noticed a lack of bounce in President Obama's step as he strolled down the very same “I killed Bin Laden” corridor in the White House to reach the microphone? Can you imagine the indignation and outrage he would have shown had ObamaCare been shot down by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling? Forget about the constant class-warfare mongering going on. Obama would be invok-ing the liberal Gore vs. Bush Supreme Court (5-4 in Bush's favor) debacle as morally unjust, biased and trés déjà vu.

Chief Justice John Roberts, through this one courageous bold move, has not only distinguished himself his-

torically for all time, but, in addition, has managed to remove the winds beneath Obama's sails. Bravo. Well done.

Viva! Chief Justice John Roberts. Viva freedom, Justice and the American Way of Life!

Leslie NelsonMontecito (Editor’s note: You must be one of those

“glass half-full” folks, because we see nothing in this decision that is positive for taxpayers or the country – J.B.)

Marco Rubio noThere is no doubt Senator Marco

Rubio would be an exciting and effective Vice Presidential candidate, but it cannot happen for one simple Constitutional reason: his parents did not become naturalized citizens until he was two years old.

That fact also disqualifies Mr. Obama as his father was not a citi-zen, unless he was actually Frank Marshall Davis and not Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama Sr. This would, of course make Mr. Obama “First Bastard,” hence all the funny business over birth certificates.

In the final analysis: Republicans must stand for principle, the Constitution, the flag and Rush Limbaugh.

The Rubios may have been in the process of becoming citizens at the time he was born, but that does not satisfy the Constitution unless Chief Justice John Roberts says it’s okay. Then anything can happen. Pigs fly. Nancy Pelosi is a real person. David Brooks says Sarah Palin would be a great President because of the sharp-ness of the pleats in her skirt.

Given Senator Rubio’s consider-able speaking skills, the clarity of his mind, that “uh” never passes his lips and he is free of a Harvard lisp, he could still serve as Vice President Consort; an “extra-Constitutional” office. So much has been done ex-Constitution by the current admin-istration that we should be able to swing this with an ex-post-facto Executive Order.

On the day of the inauguration, we will have George Washington’s writing desk on the stage, swear in Mitt Romney, have him sit at said desk, sign the Executive Order cre-ating the new office. Then, Senator Rubio swears in as “Vice President Consort,’ as a “missing man” for-mation of stealth F-17’s fly over, signifying “America, The Game" as the Marine Corps band plays The Washington Post march. (Pronounce the "p." It is politically correct now.)

In the event President Romney is unable to complete his term, Speaker Boehner becomes President after a good cry and an election is held in his district with Senator Rubio run-

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ning either unopposed or against Anthony Weiner or another smarmy Democrat. We will, of course, have given VP Consort Rubio an address in Speaker Boehner’s district in preparation.

This means VP Consort Rubio becomes Speaker of the House and we appoint Rush Limbaugh VP to give every liberal heart failure. He can broadcast daily from Blair House between attending funerals, the traditional VP duty. It is the per-fect plan to deal with the question, “?Rubio Si o' Rubio No?"

Adrian VanceSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: Marco Rubio was born

in the good old U.S.A., and as far as we know that is enough to qualify as a “natural born” citizen; besides, Senator Rubio’s personal story – and that of his parents – is not only compelling, but is one nearly every immigrant family can and will relate to – J.B.)

Single-Payer Right Approach

In a recent editorial response to a letter from Paulina Conn regard-ing “Improved Medicare for All Needed” (MJ # 18/28), you indicate that your editorial position is con-tingent on physicians responding to the current crisis and weighing in on how to fix it.

I think you miss the main point, which is that what Ms Conn is addressing is the way in which we finance health care, that is, pay for it, and not specifically how it is delivered, which is the purview of the providers such as physicians. It is very clear, from multiple U.S. studies and the real world experi-ence of other wealthy countries, that our hodgepodge system for paying for our health care not only does not work, but never will regardless of how many market fixes we throw at it.

A single comprehensive plan for all individuals with a single agen-cy paying all bills is the optimum solution for financing things like health care (and the military, for example). How the care is deliv-ered is another matter; suffice it to say that many improvements in this arena are enabled by the single-payer single-risk pool approach, and some improvements are impossible without it.

You might also be interested in how businesses perceive their stake in this. I can't speak for all business-es, other than to assert that if they knew the possibilities they would be completely on board, but I can speak for mine. An endorsement by my company of the California Universal Healthcare Act is attached.

Very truly yours,

Bart WoolerySanta Barbara(Editor’s note: The following was

sent to State Senator Mark Leno in Sacramento.

Dear Senator Leno:I am writing to express my busi-

ness’ support for SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare Act, which will cover every Californian with compre-hensive health insurance and give them the ability to choose their own physi-cian. This model of health care financing will save money for families, businesses, individuals and local governments.

Although this is truly a non-partisan issue, I feel it necessary to mention that I am a registered Republican. My busi-ness supports SB 810 because the single greatest problem facing California’s healthcare system and California’s economy is the growing cost of health insurance. The number of uninsured Californians has now reached 20%. Most of the newly uninsured are from middle-class families. Our business is facing a minimum increase of 8% in our insurance costs – just this year alone.

If spent wisely through the single payer finance system under SB 810, we need no more money than is currently spent on health care.

1) It covers everyone;2) it’s affordable;3) It guarantees that the majority of

our money goes to actual health care;4) It provides real choice;5) It improves the quality of our

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Gubbmint Be Hurtin’Per your note on the cop waiting

to bust drivers non-stop at Coast Village and Middle Roads (“Record-Breaking Ticketing,” MJ # 18/27), he's not there for anyone wanting to speed and cut to the head of the line through the adjacent parking area, but to exploit people who might be rolling past the stop sign whenever the 101 south is backed-up, in anoth-er city-sponsored revenue enhance-ment scheme.

Gubbmint coffers are hurtin' and relying on these tix to ease their pain. On his show aired July 9th, con-sumer advocate Clark Howard said insurance companies are now in col-lusion with police departments, sup-plying them with free radar equip-ment to subsequently have their rates upped. Fight back by down-loading the Trapster app, which shows red light and speeding trap


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Luncheon & Lecture“Why Israel Is Important to the United States” is the topic at the monthly meeting of Santa Barbara Republican Women, Federated. The speaker will be Arie Lipnick, California Regional Director for the Republican Jewish Coalition, the national grassroots organization of Jewish Republicans. Mr. Lipnick will discuss the dangers of more countries in the Middle East choosing to be ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood and Shariah Law, the threat this presents to the U.S. and Israel, and reasons why the U.S. and Israel are critical to each other’s well being. Reservations for the buffet luncheon, which costs $30 pre-paid and $35 at the door, may be made by Monday, July 23, by calling or texting 805-699-6756 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Checks may be sent to SBRWF, P.O. Box 2248, Santa Barbara, CA 93120When: 11:30 am to 1:30 pmWhere: University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street

Breakfast & FashionsJoin NAWBO-SB and Nordstrom for an annual breakfast and shopping event to network with fellow business owners, see the latest fashions, get tips on makeup, and have an exclusive chance to shop early at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Breakfast in the Nordstrom Café starts things off, followed by a fashion show, style tips, and of course, shopping. When: 8 to 9:30 amWhere: Nordstrom, 17 West Canon Perdido Street

FRIDAY JULY 20

Parents’ Night OutMontecito YMCA will provide a night of fun for children including games, dinner, movies and more, while parents enjoy a night offWhen: 5:30 pm to 10 pmWhere: Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa LaneCost: $30 Info: 969-3288

SATURDAY JULY 21

Footloose Performance Get ready to kick up your heels this summer as Stage Left Productions presents Footloose. More than 80 local young performers, ages 10 to 16, will capture the look and sound of the 80’s with this American classic. Now in its 13th year, Stage Left Productions was created and developed by Shana Lynch Arthurs and Steven Lovelace. Shana Lynch Arthurs, a California credentialed teacher who teaches performing arts at Crane Country Day School, is also a trained and working professional in the performing arts. Steven Lovelace is choreographer and director of the Santa Barbara Dance Arts. Michael Eglin will provide musical direction and accompaniment, along with musical direction and vocal training by local music

instructor, Sarah Eglin. Inspired sets, sounds, lighting, and costumes are being created under the direction of Dave Guy, Andrew Sanchez, Spencer Michaels, Ellen Clark and Alice Matiosian. When: Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22, 2 pm and 7 pmWhere: Goleta Valley Jr. High, 6100 Stow Canyon RoadCost: $10 general admission, $25 reserved seatingInfo: [email protected]

MONDAY JULY 23

MBAR MeetingMontecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of MontecitoWhen: 3 pmWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

WEDNESDAY JULY 25

Montecito Planning Commission MeetingMPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressedWhen: 9 amWhere: Country Engineering Building,

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SATURDAY JULY 21

Painting on the PorchKim Snyder will be painting the wild horses of Return to Freedom, and will be joined by Board members from the non-profit Wild Horse Sanctuary, Return to Freedom. Kim and Kathryn Designs will donate 10% to the sanctuary for any of the “Return to Freedom” horse paintings sold. In her Chaparral Design Studio in Carpinteria, Kim

paints the beautiful surroundings of our area, and is especially gifted in painting the seabirds and seascapes, as well as landscapes. Kim’s works can be found in public and private collections around the world.When: 11 am to 3 pmWhere: Kathryne Designs, 1225 Coast Village Road, Suite A Info: 565-4700

THURSDAY JULY 19

Summerland PartyMediterranée hosts open house to celebrate summer and the opening of new sidewalks in Summerland. The fest kicks off Thursday, with a party on Saturday, July 21, from noon to 5 pm.When: 11 am to 5 pm, through Sunday

Where: 2500 Lillie AvenueInfo: 695-09108

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THURSDAY JULY 26

Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New YorkerWhen: 7:30 pm to 9 pmWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

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Sansum Diabetes Research Institute hosts its popular fundraiser, the 11th Annual Taste of the Vine & Auction, on Saturday, August 11, from 3 pm to 7 pm at the QAD, Inc. headquarters on the bluffs in Summerland. Event proceeds support medical research to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes. The event features a spectacular view, music by Society Jazz, and a live auction with auctioneers John Palminteri and Gabe Saglie. Attendees will be able to partake in food, fine wines and handcrafted beer from over 40 of the Central Coast’s best purveyors. There will be a silent auction with items including vacation packages and wines.Rabobank, N.A. and Bialis Family Foundation are the Estate Sponsors. Other top sponsors to date include Nancy and Thomas S. Crawford, Jr., Alfred Mann Foundation, James and Amy Sloan, Montecito Bank & Trust, Boyd Communication and Linda Boyd, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, the Inserra family, the Coeta & Donald Barker Foundation, Angelina Trujillo M.D., Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories and the Henry W. Bull Foundation.Tickets are $75 in advance and $85 at the door if not sold out. For more information call Pamme Mickelson Windhager at (805) 682-7638 ext. 210 or purchase tickets on-line at www.sansum.org.

Zoofari Ball XXVII: Spots & StripesDon your pith helmet, zebra stripes, or something in between to enjoy signature cocktails at the door, then “spot” some exciting items at the live and silent auctions. Then tear into dinner, prepared by Rincon Events, then shake your tail to the tunes of Jana and The One. When: August 25, 5:30 to 11 pm


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Our TownBack by popular demand, head to Elings Park to see UpStageLeft’s production of Our Town, written by Thomton Wilder and directed by Cheri Steinkellner; picnics welcome, dress warmly!When: 6 pmWhere: Godric Grove at Elings ParkCost: $15 per personInfo and tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door

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Art ClassesBeginning and advanced, all ages and by appt, just callWhere: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village RoadInfo: 695-8850

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

Adventuresome Aging Where: 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: 969-0859; ask for Susan

WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS

Live Entertainment at CavaWhere: Cava, 1212 Coast Village RoadWhen: 7 pm to 10 pmInfo: 969-8500

MONDAYS

Story Time at the LibraryWhen: 10:30 to 11 amWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

Connections Early Memory Loss ProgramWhere: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: Susan Forkush, 969-0859 x15

TUESDAYS

iPad LessonsBring your iPad and problems to Café Del

Sol, to attend the ongoing iPad Studies Group. Beginners and advanced learners welcome.When: Tuesdays at 1 pmWhere: 30 Los Patos WayCost: freeInfo: [email protected]

Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors welcomeWhen: 7:15 pmWhere: Scout House, Upper Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road

WEDNESDAYS

Story TimeStories read to little ones at Montecito toy store, Toy Crazy. All books are discounted 10% for purchase during story time mornings.When: 11 am to 11:30 amWhere: 1026 Coast Village Road (in Vons shopping center)Info: 565-7696

THURSDAYS

Casual Italian Conversation at the Montecito LibraryPractice your Italian conversation amongst a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all, and informative, too!

When: 1 pm to 2 pmWhere: 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

Pick-up Basketball GamesHe shoots; he scores! The Montecito Family YMCA is offering pick-up basketball on Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join coach Donny for warm-up, drills and then scrimmages. Adults welcome too.When: 5:30 pmWhere: Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa LaneInfo: 969-3288

FRIDAYS

Farmers’ MarketWhen: 8 am to 11:15 amWhere: South side of Coast Village Road

SUNDAYS

Vintage & Exotic Car DayMotorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles and as close as East Valley Road park in front of Richie’s Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty other autos to admire.When: 8 am to 10 am (or so)Where: 1187 Coast Village RoadInfo: [email protected] •MJ


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Montecito Café Celebrates 25 Years

Village Beat by Kelly Mahan

As a young couple just out of culinary school, Mark and Margaret Huston set their

sights on Montecito as the place to begin both their careers and family. Thirty years later, their two Santa Barbara restaurants are thriving with the help of their three children; this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Hustons’ first endeavor, Montecito Café.

“It’s definitely a family affair,” Mrs. Huston told us earlier this week, dur-ing a break between lunch and din-ner service. Margaret manages the Café, while her executive chef hus-band, Mark, plans and executes the menu. The duo opened the eatery on Christmas Eve, 1986, after working at the San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito Coffee Shop, Downey’s, and Brigitte’s. “We knew we wanted to open our own place, and this was the per-fect spot,” she says. Located inside Montecito Inn, the space was formerly Chaplin’s, more of a lounge than a res-taurant, Mark says. The hotel owner at the time was a friend of the Huston family, and gave the young couple the opportunity to turn the place around.

The bistro fare served at the popu-lar restaurant has evolved over time,

the Hustons say. And so has the fam-ily: Jane, Emma and Ben have all grown up helping out at the Café, and are now intimately involved with the Café’s “little sister” restaurant Jane, located next to the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara. “Jane has exceed-ed our expectations; it has had quite the reception from our customers,” says Margaret about the spin off res-taurant, which opened in 2008. The restaurant’s namesake and manager, oldest daughter Jane Chapman, has recently added a new generation to the family; Pearl Mae was born this summer.

The formula is pretty simple, Margaret says. Give people quality, value, and good service, and they’ll come back. “This is a casual place, and people feel comfortable here,” she adds, as the last of the lunch crowd disperses. The ingredients used at the Café are local, and almost everything is made in-house. The menu includes pastas, sandwiches, salads, and burg-ers, as well as seafood, lamb, filet and chicken entrées. Specials change daily, and feature the freshest fish, caught locally.

Husband and wife team Mark and Margaret Huston of Montecito Café, which celebrates its 25th anni-versary this year


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Friends of the Courthouse

The Courthouse has friends in Santa Barbara to the tune of $800,000; all donations were

raised by the Courthouse Legacy Foundation (CLF). That’s how much was needed to redo the crumbling Spirit of the Ocean sculpture fountain. Also completed was the restoration of the Seth Thomas Tower Clock and creation of the Bisno Schall Clock Gallery that includes a beautiful mural on the walls surrounding the clock works, telling the history of time. Thanks go to Dr. David Bisno and Fay, and Dick and Maryan Schall for this great addition to the docent tours.

CLF board of trustees chair Bill Mahan led the countdown to the clock chiming at 11:00 am. At the sound of the eleventh chime, everyone held their breath until the water came pouring into the fountain, right on schedule. The grass, however, didn’t grow on schedule so the plaque, which commemorates this day, was temporarily on the sidewalk and was unveiled there.

Bill Mahan gave a short speech and Salud Carbajal remembered Naomi Schwartz and how her office over-looked this very spot. It was aptly named the Spirit of the Ocean because Naomi cared about the environment. She was the founder of the CLF and its first president.

Former mayor Sheila Lodge told me, “The original Courthouse only cost $1.3 million when it was built in 1929.” The fountain alone cost nearly that much in 2011!

The board and members were beam-ing with the results of all their effort along with the event committee: chair Alice Van de Water, Herb Barthels, Keith Mautino, Bill Mahan, Carol

Fell, Sue Adams, Rodney Baker, Barbara Lowenthal and Jean Scheibe.

Our Courthouse is considered one of the most beautiful govern-ment buildings in America and is a National Historic Landmark. If you’d like to keep it that way (there are no funds for preservation), you can join the non-profit Friends of the Courthouse for as little as $40. Visit www.SBCLF.org for more informa-tion. As they say, “The Community built the Courthouse…Together we are creating the Legacy.”

Courthouse Legacy Foundation members and event committee Herb Barthels, Sue Adams, Barbara Lowenthal, Rodney Baker, Bill Mahan, Carol Fell, Alice Van de Water and Keith Mautino at the dedica-tion of the fountain and clock tower

Caroline Thompson and CLF board member Keith Mautino enjoying the new time mural at the Courthouse


Celebrating the BestThe South Coast Business &

Technology Awards (a benefit for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara) was founded in 1995 and honors those individuals and compa-nies who have shown extraordinary commitment to helping the economy of the south coast of Santa Barbara County. It not only honors, but also has raised $1.3 million for scholarships for more than 550 students who want to attend UCSB, SBCC and Westmont College.

There were about 800 folks who supported this event – the big-gest ever – which will raise more than $125,000. The rotunda at Fess Parker ’s Doubletree was full of people networking during cocktail hour. The ballroom was packed with tables for ten. As co-chair and presi-dent and CEO of American Riviera Bank Jeff DeVine said, “This awards dinner has it all. Honoring, net-working and supporting our future business leaders through scholar-ships.” Co-chair Danna McGrew from Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf, LLP echos, “My partners and I are proud

to be part of such a dynamic event.”A Steering Committee of 28 Santa

Barbara business leaders managed the event. The members vote to present the annual awards. This year’s win-ners were MIT Enterprise Forum for Excellence in Service presented by Lynda Tanner from Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care; Entrepreneur of the Year was Klaus Schauser presented by Bruce Willard; Company of the Year Mission Linen was presented by Dan O’Dowd from Green Hills Software; Executive of the Year Ron Werft pre-sented by Michael Mayfield from Santa Barbara Asset Management; and Pioneer Award Fred Gluck pre-sented by Fred Kavli. The presenters were all 2011 winners. The founding corporate sponsor is Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. Other sponsors were COX, Union Bank, Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf, Montecito Bank & Trust and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.

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Winner Klaus confessed, “I have more wet suits than business suits. In fact, I’m wearing my only suit I bought in 1993 for an interview.” Ron Werft responded, “I have only one wet suit and many business suits. We need to talk.” Karl Willig from Mission Linen told us, “The company began in 1930 with one truck and one plant. Now there are three thousand employees.” The dinner event will be back in 2013 to “Celebrate more of the Best.”

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The new Vic “It has long been my dream that

Santa Barbara have a beautiful, inti-mate theater in the downtown per-

forming arts district, and that it would become the new home for Ensemble Theatre Company,” wished Leni Fe Bland, campaign co-chair for the New Vic. Co-chair Derek Westen echoed, “The New Vic will be the ideal home for Ensemble Theatre Company, pro-viding extraordinary artistic freedom, and enriching the entire Santa Barbara community with a perfect, small venue for all the performing arts.” The Ensemble has graced our town for 33 years.

Invited guests met at the old Vic for one of several tours of the prop-erty prior to groundbreaking. With a glass of wine in hand, Derek began by telling us what was wrong with the old theatre: too high, too wide, audi-ence too separated, lobby too narrow, entrance too difficult, no stage left with bathrooms almost literally on stage, a labyrinth where the dressing rooms are, and more. Then we saw the architectural renderings and walked through the whole building.

The building will look the same on the outside (historically), but they will build a landing into the street where

Communications task force for the Old Vic Susan Gulbransen with campaign co-chair Derek Westen, board member Nancy Davidson and board president Christine Holland on the Old Vic tour

Mayor Helene Schneider helping tear down a wall in the Old Vic

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cars now park and all will be on one level for easy access for wheelchairs and people. The street is extra wide so the cars will park beside the landing. There is a lovely small courtyard that most of us have never seen that will be utilized on production nights. The 300 seats will all be together instead of separated by aisles. The rake will be corrected. The bathrooms will be near the box office at the entrance so there will once more be a stage left and everyone in the audience won’t know where you’re going. New dressing rooms will be added, and on and on.

As Derek explained, “The archi-tects are PMSM, who have an excel-lent reputation having done the air-port as well as Hahn Hall at the Music Academy. Everything is in place – all the permits, $8.29 mil-lion of the needed $10,550 million.” Some of the first major donors were Michael Towbes, Leni Fe Bland and Sara Miller McCune. Board president Christine Holland recognized that the board had unanimously donated as well. It is the culmination of ten years of work to find a permanent home. Most importantly, it will com-

plete Santa Barbara’s performing arts center with venues of every size from 2,000 seats at the Arlington to 1,600 at the Granada and 600 at the Lobero. Ensemble can rent the Vic out for much less than it costs for the larger venues.

The theatre is due to be finished in October 2013. There are still nam-ing opportunities, so call Director of Development Mehgan Fay Tanner at 965-5400, ext. 105 if you have ques-tions or are interested in donating.

A week later was the groundbreak-ing ceremony with about one hundred guests cheering while VIPs in hard hats pulled some ropes that brought down a wall amid a loud thud and much dust.

Artistic Director Jonathan Fox reminded us, “We wouldn’t be here without attorney Derek Weston, who navigated the many legal matters in the long project.” Jonathan has also raised the bar on the Ensemble’s repertoire. He is so highly thought of that friends of his from New Jersey who have never been to Santa Barbara gave $l mil-lion to the campaign. Construction will begin this month. •MJ

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“Kirsten also carried a small lavender bouquet, as did the bridesmaids, but she clearly didn’t want to upstage her friend on her big day. She looked quite demure and clearly enjoyed being part of the event, chatting with everyone.”

Makeover Madness

Montecito realtor Diana MacFarlane is a great fan of NBC’s Today show, particularly after her son, Dan, and his family vacationed in Manhattan earlier this month.

Dan, a firefighter, was with his sub-stitute teacher wife, Teri, and their three sons – Griffin, 15, Logan, 11, and Tanner, 10 – and went to a broad-cast of the top-rated morning show at Rockefeller Center and immediately made friends with one of the NBC organizers, a retired New York fire-fighter.

“Within a few minutes of arriv-ing, Teri was approached and asked if she’d like to be part of the show’s ‘Ambush Makeover,’ which airs on the segment hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb,” says Diana. “She volunteered and was whisked away to begin her transformation.

“The good news was she was getting a makeover, the bad news was she had reluctantly got up at the crack of dawn to be there, planning to return to their hotel for the rest of their adventures that day. Teri was not too thrilled with her ‘before’ photo because that is really not how she usually goes out in public, but she was a good sport.”

The family, who were blindfolded, also had the opportunity to be in the studios as Teri was transformed by

celebrity crimper, Louis Licari, and top stylist, Enid O.

“She loved everything that had been done to her and was given the formula for her new hair color and makeup, as well as the Maggy London designer dress she wore. My grandsons never expected to be on national TV, so they had a thrill they will never forget.”

Diana is now following in Teri’s footsteps.

“I can’t wait to go to Louis Licari’s salon when I travel to New York for Fashion Week in September!” she tells me...

Quite an Honor

Longtime Montecito French teacher, Mary Collier, is receiving quite an accolade for her services to the coun-try of France.

Mary, who has been a language coach at the Music Academy of the West for 27 years and at Westmont for more than three decades, is being knighted as a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French Consul General in Los Angeles, David Martinon, at a ceremony at the Miraflores campus next month.

“I was nominated by Fred Sidon, the former president of Opera Santa Barbara, for promoting the language and literature,” says Mary. “I have always had this connection to France and studied at the University of Paris. For the past forty years I have lived there a great deal on summer vaca-tions and sabbaticals, particularly in Paris, where I have a lot of friends.

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“We will miss Dave very much and congratulate him on this marvelous new opportunity,” says Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe. “He has made a significant contribution to our economics and business depart-ment, establishing himself as a national expert in the study of entrepreneur-ship. In particular, he has been a pio-neer in blending entrepreneurship with liberal arts education.”

Newton’s most recent book, Crisis of Confidence, utilized the research of seven Westmont economics and busi-ness students who graduated this year.

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In 2010, Newton co-authored Job Creation: How it Really Works and Why Government Doesn’t Understand It with Andrew Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants Inc.

Newton has also been featured on Fox News, talk radio programs, and at Young America’s Foundation, the Reagan Ranch Center, as well as cham-bers of commerce and venture forums.

He is a member of the Board of Directors for The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, a prestigious national educational organization. Previously, the foundation honored Newton with its Leavey National Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education.

Newton directed the Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.) National Collegiate Venture Forum, which he launched in October 2003.

He earned an MBA in finance at the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in Boston and a doctor-ate in entrepreneurial finance at the Graduate School of Business at United States International University in San Diego.

Olympic-Bound ‘Tooch’Westmont’s Tugce Canitez will com-

pete in the 2012 Summer Olympics, representing her native Turkey in women’s basketball. She becomes the

third Westmont student-athlete to compete on the Olympic stage.

“I am so excited for Tugce and the opportunity she has to represent her country,” says Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore. “I can think of no greater honor as an athlete than to rep-resent your country at the Olympics.”

Turkey earned a berth into the Olympics by defeating Argentina 72-58 on June 29. Canitez scored 11 points and had seven rebounds in 29 minutes of action in three qualifying games.

“The day that she qualified was the day that I was giving birth, so I didn’t get to watch that game, but I did watch the first two games,” Moore says. “Every time she had an oppor-tunity she helped her team and was a difference maker.”

Moore’s baby, Alexis Renée Moore, was born June 29, weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.

Turkey’s first Olympic game is against Angola on Saturday, July 28, at 6:30 a.m. (PDT) in London.

“I am so proud of her,” said Westmont team captain Jillian Wilber. “She has worked so hard and I am thrilled for her. It is great for our pro-gram to have someone representing us in the Olympics. It is something she really wanted because she didn’t get to play for the national team in the past.”

Canitez will return to Westmont this fall for her senior season of collegiate play.

Westmont alumnus Paul Herman represented the U.S. in 1964, placing fourth in the decathlon, which was the best showing by an American that year.

Westmont sprinter Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa of Madagascar com-peted in three Olympics. In the 1964 Tokyo games, he ran in both the 100 and 200 meters, but did not reach the finals. In 1968 he competed in Mexico City in the same events, reaching the finals of the 100 meter race and placing eighth. At Munich in 1972, Ravelomanantsoa reached the semifinals of the 100 meters and also competed in the 4 x 100 meter relays. •MJ

Dr. David Newton to leave Westmont to become provost at King’s College in New York City

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The Café is well known for home-made desserts, including its popular cheesecake, lemon tart, and coconut cake. Pastries are made daily in the kitchen located in the charming bar area across the Inn’s driveway; the Hustons acquired that space about 15 years ago. The Bar is a casual lounge, featuring menu items including burg-ers, house-made pizza and cocktails.

Montecito Café is a local favorite, but Margaret says the location just off the 101 freeway lends itself to travel-ers who make the 60-seat eatery a des-tination. “We meet people who often travel from L.A. to the Central Coast, and always stop in for lunch or at least a slice of cake,” Margaret says. “When you’ve been here this long, people start putting you on their routes,” she laughs. The place is also popular with young families – they offer a kids’ menu – and the retired crowd, which enjoys the large tables and cushioned seats.

The restaurant features a full bar and extensive wine list, with wine spe-cials changing monthly. All year long

the Hustons are celebrating their 25th year; champagne toasts are offered with dessert. The eatery is open for lunch every day from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, with dinner every night from 5:30 pm to 10 pm.

Residents Upset over Verizon Wireless Project

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Ben BurnedMontecito(Editor’s note: You are correct; there

is no traffic back-up at 9:30 pm, so the patrol car is there to ticket vehicles that don’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign on Middle Road at Coast Village Road. I’m still okay with that. – J.B.)

Just The Facts, Ma’amFor months, we waited on the nine

Justices of the Supreme Court. On Monday, June 25, like King Solomon, they divided the immigration issue in two. Part for Arizona and part for the Federal Government. They did not address the failure of the Federal Government to carry out its Constitutional duties. Instead of a message, they – like the ladies who tempted Odysseus – sang a Siren’s song, drawing our Ship of State on to rocks.

Recently, they once again stepped up to the plate, and struck out. On National Health, as in Immigration, they divided the baby into parts. Unlike Solomon, they failed. Wisdom is not theirs. Once again the majority failed to take the bit by the teeth and run. Given a chance to clear the table and follow the Constitution they sidestepped, like Matadors. We are the animals in the ring. It is our blood they let. Their failures are a grievous wound to our Founders and our Republic.

Why has the Court turned into this mush face, soft soap, do nothing serious, overpaid bunch of compro-misers? The answer is simple: if you can accept the fact that our country is badly divided. There are those who want to enforce the Constitution and those who do not. Take a deep breath. Yes, about half of Americans do not want a United States. For a variety of reasons these people want something that has always failed to protect the individual. They want a

Supreme power that tells them when to wake, to work, to make love, to die and what child can be born. Our House of Representatives is now controlled by Constitutional types. The Senate is not. The President is so far out, his orbit is beyond reality. However; most polls continue to tell us Obama is admired by about one half of the population.

What we have is a deep, deep divi-sion in our Country. Only one side can win. Coexistence is not possible. Surrender and subjugation is This means either the Constitutionalist win and we preserve our Republic and its limits on power, or we lose, and become subjects rather than citi-zens. Losing means we exist at the whims of a Supreme power. No controls.

The options are a civil revolution now, with no bloodshed, or a chaotic revolution, (just like our founders fought against King George III), with great loss of blood and property. Your choice.

Congress can change the game. In Art II, section 2, the President’s Constitutional power is limited to nominating the Justices of the Supreme Court. The Senate must advise and consent and failing that, his nomination goes nowhere. Congress has the power to set the stage, and direct who plays what role. They could easily say that his appointments, must come from Federal Appellate judges, or State Supreme court Justices only. They could take from him the ability to nominate lesser judges, or add other rules to judge qualifications.

To make any changes to protect our Republic, we need a landslide win by Constitutionalist in November. No real victory, means our children will inherit the wind of chaos. This Election is it. Win or lose is up to you.

Randolph SipleVentura(Editor’s note: The glass you are hold-

ing is definitely half-empty; fill it with something, quick! – J.B.) •MJ

Shelly Lowenkopf blogs @ www.lowenkopf.com. Shelly Lowenkopf has been reviewing books for metropolitan and national publications since 1965, for the Montecito Journal since 2005.

BOOK TALK by Shelly Lowenkopf

Peeling the Onion of Character

Wilkie Collins (1824-89), a popular thriller writer and friend of Charles Dickens

during the hurly-burly of Victorian-era publishing, achieved an admirable degree of suspense and tension in his work through the use of a multiple point-of-view narration.

In one of his most memorable titles still in print, The Moonstone, the reader has bought into the reliability and sincerity of his first narrator, the hand-some young Franklin Blake, who con-fides in us his intention to ask Rachel Verinder to marry him. As the open-ing segment ends, the Verinder fam-ily treasure, the moonstone of the title, has gone missing, and Rachel Verinder not only accuses Franklin of stealing it, “I saw you take it” she says, “with my own eyes.”

By the time he’d come to The Moonstone, Collins had learned well the value of visions of the same event seen through differing perspectives, at the same time leaving the matter to his readers to assess game points for reliability. What, after all, is a reliable narrator? Whom do readers trust and how much? What elephants are being shoved under convenient rugs?

In her third novel, Gone Girl, from Crown, Gillian Flynn one-ups her previous works and Wilkie Collins with an intriguing study of a mar-riage, big town versus small town, and a dazzling dance of reliable ver-sus unreliable narrator.

The set-up is immediate and clean. Today is the fifth wedding anniver-sary of Nick and Amy Dunne. Amy is already making Nick’s favorite break-fast crepes. Nick is thinking what to get her for a present and where to make reservations for dinner later that night.

“When I think of my wife,” Nick Dunne tells us straight off, “I always think of her head. The shape of it, to begin with. The very first time I saw her, it was the back of the head I saw, and there was something lovely about it, the angles of it.”

The next chapter sets the format in place; it is a diary entry from Amy, dated back in early January of 2005. “Tra and la! I am smiling a big adopt-ed-orphan smile as I write this. I am embarrassed at how happy I am… I met a boy!” Of course the boy is Nick. Now Nick and Amy are married, and we have some tangible background on how it is they have come from Manhattan to this small Missouri town on the Mississippi River. How and why they’ve come, and what the effects are on each – Nick through

his observation of the present, Amy’s diary notes, describing the events before she is gone.

Until the recent financial bubble burst, Nick was a successful maga-zine journalist. Amy was among other things, a trust fund baby, daughter of an highly successful husband-wife psychologist-writing team who’d pro-duced a series of books in which their Amy was the lead character. Now, Nick is jobless, co-owner of a bar with his twin sister, Margo. The bar was paid for by Amy, who at the time had close to three-quarters of a million dollars.

Nick’s father, with whom he has never enjoyed a close relation-ship, is in a care facility, the victim of encroaching Alzheimer’s. Nick’s mother, diagnosed with Stage 4 can-cer, has recently died.

After a phone call from a neighbor, who notices unusual activity at Nick and Amy’s home, and a subsequent series of unanswered calls to Amy’s cell phone, Nick decides to check. “She wasn’t on the water, she wasn’t in the house. Amy was not there. Amy was gone.”

That was page 24; there are 375 pages left in which the onion of character is peeled and the intrigu-ing buffer zone between points of view is given a thorough workout. A throwaway cell phone in Nick’s pocket buzzes, but he refuses to answer it. Because of her drop-dead beauty and bubbly personality, Amy has had a history of being objectified by both male and female hangers-on. Someone Nick could never stand proclaims herself to have been Amy’s best friend. Several thousand dollars worth of purchases have been racked up on credit cards of which Nick claims no knowledge.

Before it comes to an end, we have solid dramatic reason to root for and then against all the major play-ers, including the cops and significant individuals in Nick and Amy’s life.

Gone Girl is a bravura performance in which style, voice, and dramatic intensity meet in a compelling traf-fic collision. You’ll have no choice in the matter; you’ll be called in as a witness. •MJ


so elegant. But I also love the country-side, particularly around Normandy and Brittany.”

A tale of two cities, without a doubt...

Longtime FriendsFormer Montecito racing ace Andy

Granatelli has been remembering his friend of four decades, veteran actor Ernest Borgnine, who died earlier this month at the age of 95.

Andy and his wife, Dolly, first met the Oscar winner at a local culinary event and they became fast friends.

“To know him was to love him,” says Andy. “He always had time for the little guy. He was quite happy to sign a thousand autographs, whether it was for the president or a janitor.

“He was the most down to earth celebrity you could meet. A regular John Doe. Friendly, happy go lucky, good natured.”

Ernie, as he liked to be called, vis-ited the Indianapolis 500 a number of times with the Granatellis and also stayed at Andy’s vacation home at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, holiday retreat for top fash-ion designer Oscar de la Renta, and the site of Michael Jackson’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.

“I used to see him once a month and we’d have dinner together. We loved each other. The last time was about a month ago and he promised he’d come up from Beverly Hills for my ninetieth birthday party next March.”

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Bunch of Beauties Santa Barbara Polo Club hosted a

bevy of beauty queens, part of a Polo and Pageantry in Paradise event.

Fifty contestants, including Miss Santa Monica and Miss Teen California, sashayed around the grounds, while Natalie Pack, Miss California, and Brook Lee, a former Miss Universe, presented trophies to the winning teams.

Maureen Atwell, brand consultant for the Miss Universe organization, which is owned by New York tycoon Donald Trump, describes the event as “a turbo boost on debutante schools for girls.”

Actress Chelsie Hightower of ABC’s hit show, Dancing With the Stars, actor David DeLuise of The Wizards of Waverly Place and choreographer Suri Serano added to the celebrity quotient, with more to come as the Carpinteria club’s high goal season, with the world’s number one player, Adolfo Cambiaso, ramps up...

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Nearly 700 guests attended the boffo beano, sponsored by lynda.com and emceed by KEYT-TV anchor Shirin Rajaee and meteorologist Alan Rose, raising more than $30,000 for free children’s education and community outreach programs.

“We wanted to charge it up a bit,” says fest board member David Edelman. “It’s a great locale and everybody attending loves film and the city’s festival celebrating it. The perfect combination!”

Faux snapperazzi shot the guests as they arrived on the red carpet, includ-ing SBIFF executive director Roger Durling, Mindy Denson, Chuck and Margarita Lande, Chris Lancashire, Janet Garufis, Mary Beth Larkin, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Merryl Brown, and Lois Rosen.

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SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

heard by the Board of Supervisors on August 21.

“Verizon snubbed this board and the community,” said Mike Dobreski, an education consultant and a mem-ber of the church, located directly across the street from the proposed antenna site. “What we are asking for is for you to side with this community, side with the children, and side with the adults who live here,” he asked the board. While the project’s appeal was not listed as a consent item on the MA board’s agenda, the Land Use Committee will discuss the issue at next month’s meeting.

The proposed wireless facility includes the installation and opera-tion of nine panel antennas, to be located on a Spanish-style switch sta-tion building that already exists at 512 Santa Angela Lane. The antennas will be mounted behind a parapet wall near Cingular Wireless anten-nas that already exist on the building. According to county staff, the project will increase cellular service in the area; Verizon Wireless’ current lease on the QAD property in Summerland expires next month.

The 30-page appeal calls into ques-tion Verizon Wireless’ need to locate the antennas on the site, which is located in close proximity to the pre-school. Sarah Eglin, who lives and works on the church’s grounds, told the MA board that Verizon had looked into other possible sites, including on the Montecito Water District property, but the Santa Angela Lane property was the least expensive. “Why not err on the side of being conservative on whether it is safe or not? Why not look at other sites away from a preschool?” she said.

Along with opposition letters from residents, the appeal contains two let-ters from environmental consultant Cindy Sage, who says the electro-magnetic field at the site is “off the charts.” Local government is not per-mitted to deny a project based on EMF issues; the FCC regulates radio-frequency emissions for such proj-ects, and Verizon Wireless has sub-mitted a study showing the project complies with the FCC’s standards. The Montecito Planning Commission agreed that the project has little visual impact on the surrounding area.

The MA board suggested to the group of residents that they attend next week’s MPC meeting, to voice their concerns during the public com-ment period.

Montecito Fire District Latest

At last week’s Montecito Association meeting, Fire Chief Chip Hickman reported that candidates interested in applying for a position on the Montecito Fire District Board

of Directors can find a filing guide online at montecitofire.com. The application is due before August 10. In November, a measure will be on the general election ballot to increase the number of board members from three to five.

“There are a number of things you can do with a five-member board, and a plethora of things you can’t do with three of us,” said MFPD board member Dana Newquist. He said having so few board members makes it impossible to have special commit-tees, including a finance committee, due to the fact that two board mem-bers represent a quorum.

The Montecito Association will take formal action on the board member increase at next month’s meeting.

Ordinance Amendments on Special Events

Next week, Montecito Planning Commission will take action on advising the Board of Supervisors whether or not to adopt provisions in Montecito’s Land Use Development Codes regarding special events at pri-vate homes.

The intent of the ordinance amendments is to close a loophole that allows for commercial, short-term rental of properties for large events and weddings. The amend-ment would require permitting for such events, but would not affect charitable events or familial wed-dings.

The MA board voted to send a let-ter to MPC, commenting on the ordi-nance language and suggesting that the County add more “meaningful penalties” to policy violators.

Montecito Rotary news

Murray Ray has been elected presi-dent of the Rotary Club of Montecito 2012-2013. The club began in 1953, is the only service club in Montecito, and celebrates its 60th anniversary on next February.

Mr. Ray has been a member of Montecito Rotary for thirteen years, formally a charter member of Glenhaven Rotary Club, Sydney,

Australia. Mr. Ray has a Science Degree, majoring in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Western Australia. He has also completed the advanced manage-ment programs at the Australian Management College, Mt Eliza and

the University of Hawaii. He has been employed by QAD Inc. for sixteen years and is presently Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer.

Serving with Mr. Ray on the Rotary of Montecito’s board of direc-tors are John Glanville (president-elect), Rosslyn Ray (secretary), Phil Palmquist (treasurer), Carolyn Brown (past president), Aaron Clark, Mark Magid, Robert Mislang and Lynda Nahra.

Rotary Club of Montecito meets every Tuesday for lunch at the Montecito Country Club. For further information, please call Les Esposito at 963-7339. •MJ

Murray Ray, Montecito Rotary’s new president

Montecito Fire Chief Chip Hickman reports to the Montecito Association board that Montecito residents inter-ested in apply-ing for the MFPD board of directors must do so before August 10

Burglary on Butterfly LaneFriday, 13 July, 9:36 pm – Deputy Maupin responded to a home on Butterfly

Lane for report of a burglary. The owner of the home said he had left that morn-ing for work. He made an appointment with a local cable company to do some work at his home, and had arranged for his two house cleaners to be present when the cable technician was in the home. When the owner arrived home, he found his iPad was missing from the kitchen. When he questioned the house cleaners, they said they had left the home before the technician left. The deputy made several attempts to call the technician and question him; there was no response. The incident was forwarded to detectives.

Incident on East MountainTuesday, 10 July, 4:47 pm – Deputy McFarlin was dispatched to assist Montecito

Fire and AMR paramedics with an intoxicated male on East Mountain Drive. The man was intoxicated and making statements that he was planning on com-mitting suicide. The man’s family was there, trying to get the man to agree to go to Cottage Hospital for psychiatric treatment. Eventually, the man agreed to get in the ambulance to go to the hospital. As the deputy was following behind the ambulance, it suddenly stopped, and the AMR paramedic waved the deputy down. The deputy ran to the ambulance, and saw two paramedics struggling with the subject. The deputy placed his handcuffs on the man to restrain him. An incident report was filed.

Burglary at Cold Spring TrailheadMonday, 9 July, 9:44 am – Deputy Gallaher responded to 900 East Mountain

Road for a report of a theft from vehicle. The victim said she parked at the trail head about 8:45 am; when she returned she found her vehicle’s window was smashed and her purse was missing. Her purse contained her phone, several credit cards and $800 in cash, which she was planning to deposit later in the day. About three hours later, the victim found her credit cards had been used online. A report was taken.


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One More Chance

An event took place Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, July 1, 2, and 3 in Godric Grove’s

outdoor amphitheater at Elings Park that anyone within driving distance should not have missed, and that was the remarkable production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, Our Town. It was directed by former Cheers writer-executive producer Cheri Steinkellner and performed by a dizzying array of superlative young talent.

I didn’t get a chance to write about it after its brief run (although we did run a feature piece on it beforehand), but we received a note recently from the production’s co-producer (along with Carolyn Ross), Jessica Hambright, informing us that there was one – and only one – more chance for anyone who missed it to experience Our Town in the great outdoors at Elings Park.

“Due to our success (no doubt a testament to the Montecito Journal’s article),” Jessica writes vie email, “we have decided to put on an encore performance of Our Town! It's a one-night-only event,” she continues, “and there were so many people who were bummed they missed it, so we want to let them know!”

The date is Wednesday, July 25, beginning at 6 pm. The place is Godric Grove at Elings Park. Remember: it is outdoors so don’t forget a sweater and perhaps even a blanket. You are encouraged to bring a picnic and enjoy this moving, funny, sad, poignant play with friends and neighbors.

Our Town isn’t a sad play by any stretch, but there is some sadness in it, particularly near the end when the heartbreaking loss of a boy’s first love tears the heart muscles of even the most steely audience member. There is time, however, to dry those eyes before the sun goes down and the effect is one of a good, satisfying, old-fashioned cry. The residual effect will reverberate for a long time afterwards.

The Director’s Note on the one-page playbill is the first indication that you are in for something special:

Instead of reading another note from another director, please take the next min-ute or two to notice…

Notice our community in its bigness down there, and closeness up here.

Notice that tree onstage. And the dirt and the boulders.

Notice the birds providing background music for today’s performance.

And the breeze. And the light as it changes and softens.

And the sun as it goes down and cools.Notice all the things that only you

would notice.

Now save all that for a little bit.By the end of the third act, it’ll be com-

pletely different.

The effervescent cast: Albee Rothman, Emma Steinkellner (Cheri’s daughter and a brassy pres-ence who seems destined for a film-stage career), Clayton Barry (song-writer Jeff Barry’s son and another natural), Xeni Tziouvaras, Addison Clarke (the young lady who tears the heart out of your breastplate), Phillip Hodgson, Ray Cothern (the charis-matic star in this year’s Dos Pueblos production of Tarzan), Allison Lewis, Kevin Herald, Abi Savage, Evan Bell, Cole Petersen, Corinne Ruth, William Harvey, Sofia Ross, Cameron Wells, and Nanda Douglas.

We’ve singled out some of the standouts, but really, the play works because everybody works well togeth-er. This production flows like a relent-less tide as characters drift in and out on the sea of life.

Go. You will be uplifted.Tickets are $15 and available at Elings

Park (signage will direct you) or online at: brownpapertickets.com. •MJ

Allison Lewis, Xeni Tziouvaras, and Corinne Ruth as Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Webb, and Mrs. Soames gos-siping after choir practice in Act One of Our Town (photo by: Emilio Madrid-Kuser)

Kevin Herald, as George Gibbs, grieves at his boyhood sweetheart’s and now late wife Emily’s grave; in the background is Evan Bell and Clayton Barry, grieving neighbor and father (photo by: Emilio Madrid-Kuser)



Music Academy of the West Sisterly Love

by Steven Libowitz

Cellist Ahyoung “Julia” Choi and violinist Yunyoung “Jennifer” Choi not only are

the first siblings ever to win a coveted slot on Music Academy of the West’s Concerto Night, they’re also the first sisters ever to perform together at the summer festival. The Chois, who were born in Seoul, Korea, both began playing at age 5, were accepted to Juilliard’s Pre-College Division as pre-teens, and are currently undergraduates at the prestigious conservatory.

Now they’re both also Concerto Competition winners at MAW, where they’ll perform the first movement of Brahms’ rarely heard Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, the composer’s final work for orchestra. Separately, you can see Julia in the special string quartet concert on July 27, and Jennifer in the Brahms’ piano quintet at the Chamber Music Marathon on July 28. We caught up with Julia, 20, and Jennifer, 18, on a break on the new patio outside Weinman Hall. As you might expect from such siblings, they finish each other’s sentences.

Q. Are your parents musicians? You started young – did they force you to play?

Julia: Our mom is a pianist. She started us both on our instruments… She’s not as bad as a tiger mom, but she pushed us a lot when we were younger and now that we look back on it –

Jennifer: We’re very grateful. Have you always done lots of things

together?Julia: We’re really close, so we do

everything together. We’ve always been there for each other.

Jennifer: We go to the same school, live in the same house.

Julia: A lot of our friends have come here and…

Jennifer: They recommended this program to us. We’re really excited.

So what would have happened if only one of you had got in? Would you have come?

(Both laugh) Jennifer: Yeah. It would have been, “I’m going to Santa Barbara and you’re not.”

Julia: That would have been bad. And actually we were worried for a moment, because we found out that we got in on different days. We didn’t realize there wasn’t one date for that.

What can you tell me about the Brahms’ double concerto? I know it was met with mixed reviews when it came out.

Jennifer: It’s amazing, and very complicated. And there’s a lot of heart.

Julia: It’s been a lot of work. It requires a lot of ensemble work. It has chamber music, orchestra and solo incorporated in one piece. It’s difficult but it’s fun.

Jennifer: We’ve been wanting to do the piece for a while, but never had a chance to because it’s not a piece you normally learn for your repertoire. But it was perfect for here, because we wanted to win the competition. And it’s a good piece to work on during the summer when you have some time.

Julia: It’s very romantic and every-thing is so lush. It’s big and grand and the orchestra is big, too… Some people don’t’ like it, but –

Jennifer: We both love it. That helps a lot. We’re very excited to play it… We’d love to have the opportunity to play the whole thing somewhere.

Which brings up the question of what happens after you’re done with school. Do you think you’ll be able to play together?

Jennifer: We both love chamber music, especially piano quintets. We’re doing a group next year togeth-er at Julliard.

Julia: But we have to keep all our options open because the classical

music world is more and more dif-ficult.

•••Daniel Sharp has studied previ-

ously with both flute faculty mem-bers, earning his graduate degree in San Francisco with Tim Day, who he calls, “one of the coolest cats out there.” Sharp, who is also readying the Villa Lobos wind quintet and a newer work by Esa Pekka Salonen (the latter might be ready for the Chamber Music Marathon), will play Jolivet’s Flute Concerto on Concerto Night. He also performs each week in the flute master class.

Q. Tell me about the piece. What makes it special for you?

A. It’s a shorter work, just thirteen minutes, and it’s very much in the style of late ‘40s, early ‘50s French jazz. It was written at end of WWII, which had a huge influence on Jolivet, because he stayed in France during the war. There’s a lot of violence but also a love of life... It’s extremely dif-ficult to play, but the challenge was more for me to be able to play it well, because the piece plays itself… I chose it because it’s rarely performed and I absolutely fell in love with it.

Can you talk about your experience here so far?

It’s been different coming back into the school environment after being out and about in the world. You have lessons and classes and orches-tra rehearsals and it’s not like you’re being paid where you don’t have to stand for some things and you have other rights as a player. It’s a different world. But it’s been a privilege. I’ve met some amazing musicians here and I’ve really enjoyed collaborating with them.

What’s the future hold for you? What are your hopes and dreams?

It would be nice to be a soloist, but it’s a very hard and lonely career. More stable is a position with an orchestra. I play piccolo in the Symphony in C based in Jersey outside Philadelphia. It’s a dream to have a full-time pic-colo position (rather than flute) in an orchestra. If done correctly, it can be the brazen bold solo that has a real impact on the audience rather than the tootie flute section.

Andrew Grams – who has guest con-ducted with the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Melbourne Symphony, and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia – makes his MAW debut leading the Academy Festival Orchestra for 2012 Concerto Night at the Granada Saturday. The other soloists are flut-ist Gina Hughes (Nielsen Concerto), vio-linist Zachary Spontak (Stravinsky D

Major) and pianist Jie Yuan (Tchaikovsky No. 1 in B-flat Minor).

This Week @ Music Academy

Thursday, July 19: Visiting artists Miró Quartet are the coaches for a second string chamber master class in three days this afternoon (1pm; Lehmann; $13 & $12)… Also, the Academy Brass Ensemble presents its annual concert, as Mark Lawrence, former principal trombone of the San Francisco Symphony, leads the 20-member strong brass and percus-sion fellows in a program featur-ing Revueltas’ Sensemaya, Anthony DiLorenzo’s A Little Russian Circus, and works by Delibes, Bach, Gabrieli, and Bruckner. Even though they do put the backdrop down for this con-cert in Hahn Hall, be prepared for some volume in this show (7:30pm; Hahn Hall; $29).

Saturday, July 21: The annual Marilyn Horne Song Competition features every one of the 22 vocal fellows paired with a member of the vastly talented vocal piano fellows offering three selections from the art song repertoire in a daylong con-test. The famed soprano is joined in the audience by Met Opera assistant director (and MAW faculty) Carrie-Ann Matheson, Fort Worth Opera general director Darren Woods, LA Opera artistic administrator Joshua Wingrade, and Barbara Hocher, a consultant to the Marilyn Horne Legacy at Carnegie Hall. They’re all serving as judges to determine the winners, one each from among the singers and pianists, with the results being announced from the stage short-ly after the competition ends (10am & 1pm; Hahn Hall; $16 & $24).

Sunday, July 22: The Miró Quartet, which has become one of the coun-try’s best-regarded chamber groups less than two decades after form-ing at Oberlin Conservatory, winds up its MAW residency with an after-noon recital. Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award as well as top prizes at the Coleman, Fischoff, and Banff competitions, the Miró has been credited with possessing “explosive vigor and technical finesse” by the New York Times, and lauded by other critics across the country. The ensem-ble will play Mozart’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Dutilleux’s Ainsi la Nuit string quartet, and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”) at the chamber music-friendly Hahn Hall (4pm; $41).

Monday, July 23: Here comes anoth-er free special event as MAW prepares to mount a new production of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. Alan Chapman, a host and producer at classical radio station KUSC, delves into the composer’s life and work in

Sisters Julia and Jennifer Choi (sitting at the forefront of the picture) with the remaining Music Academy Concerto Finalists (from left) Zachary Spontak, Gina Hughes, Daniel Sharp, and Jie Yuan (photo by David Bazemore)

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Tuesday, July 24: More progress toward Stravinsky’s “Progress”: voice and vocal piano fellows team up for a special sing-through of the entire The Rake’s Progress libretto, a part of the understudies’ preparation to possibly step into a principal role as need-ed, otherwise known as the Covers’ Concert. Previously only open to invited guests, the concert this year is free and open to the public. Even more good news: it’s in English, so you’ll actually be able to follow along… Big names but a small roster for this week’s Tuesdays@8 concert: collaborative pia-nists Natasha Kislenko and Margaret McDonald play Rachmaninoff, cel-list Alan Stepansky and collabora-tive piano chair Jonathan Feldman perform Poulenc, and Stepanksy, vio-linist Kathleen Winkler and vocal piano head Warren Jones play Dvorak (8pm; Hahn; $40).

Wednesday, July 25: Collin Currie,

who was the star of the Santa Barbara Symphony’s last percussion festival 4 and a half years ago, finally returns to town for a brief residency at Music Academy of the West. One of the driving forces behind new percus-sion repertoire since the late 1990s, Currie joins the percussion faculty and fellows for the annual Academy Percussion Ensemble concert at Hahn Hall (7:30pm; Hahn; $40). Currie also conducts the weekly percussion mas-ter class Thursday, July 26 (3:15pm; Hahn; free). •MJ

The Miró Quartet winds up its Music Academy residency with a second string chamber master class on Thursday, and an after-noon recital on Sunday

Percussionist Collin Currie returns to town for a brief residency at MAW, performing in the annual Academy Percussion Ensemble concert on Wednesday, July 25 and conducting the weekly percussion master class Thursday, July 26


Though Bill first dabbled in model railroading, the urge to work with the “real thing” was fostered by his grandfather’s 2-inch-scale railroad that wended its way through his home. It was large enough to ride on, and Bill was hooked. After a train trip to San Diego, he knew he wanted to be involved specifically with passenger cars.

Passenger trains, however, had been in serious decline for years as air trav-el lured away the business and tourist market. When Amtrak was created in 1971, it was intended to revitalize train travel. In so doing, it built new cars and sold off many of the older cars for scrap or allowed them to lie derelict. A few were snapped up by wealthy collectors, who converted them for private use.

Rod and Ellen Fishburn, own-ers of Colonial Crafts, purchased their car from the estate of a man in Pennsylvania who used it as his vacation home. Rod said, “It takes a small fortune to restore one of these cars. The best thing is to start with a large fortune, and you’ll end up with a small fortune.”

The Colonial series of cars were designed for the Pennsylvania

Railroad and ran overnight routes between New York and Chicago and New York and St. Louis. Rod and Ellen had been avid railroad fans and volunteers at the railway museum in Pittsburg before purchasing their car and bringing it to Los Angeles.

Both Rod and Ellen and Bill ben-efited tremendously from the Pullman Company archives, which were very complete with text, photos, and draw-ings of each of the cars designed by the company through the 1980s. Utilizing these records and others, both sets of owners restored and/or recreated the cars to resemble the originals as closely as possible. And restoration continues; Rod and Ellen just replaced shutters in the sleeping berths with blinds that use the original hardware.

Restoration of this nature does not come inexpensively, so both cars must work for a living and are chartered to various individuals, groups and orga-nizations. The South Coast Railroad Museum has scheduled a series of these unique journeys back in time utilizing a variety of vintage rail cars.

Riding the Gap The Southern Pacific Railroad

reached Santa Barbara from Los Angeles in 1887 and then stopped. Construction from San Francisco halt-ed as well. To bridge the gap between the two ends required two bridges, 10 viaducts, and several fills in Santa Barbara County alone. By 1895, the line pulled through to Guadalupe and in 1897 it reached Surf. Between 1896 and 1898, construction began on tres-

The Way It Was

by Hattie Beresford

Choo Choo, Ch’Boogie to SLO

Ms Beresford is a retired English and American his-tory teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

Saturday, June 30 found us down by the station early in the morning. A picnic hamper

replaced packs on our backs, but we were in high spirits when we parked our “hacks” in the Santa Barbara train station parking lot. Soon, we heard that lonesome whistle blowin’ and it was time for people to get ready, the train was a’comin’.

As the Amtrak train shushed into the station, those of us signed up for the South Coast Railroad Museum’s Central Coast Flyer excursion to San Luis Obispo lined up behind our guide, Terry Remick, to board our respective cars: the restored 1949 Overland Trail, a 39-seat Pullman club lounge, or the 1949 Colonial Crafts, a Pullman first-class lounge with deluxe sleepers.

Conductor Bill Hatrick, owner of the Overland Trail, welcomed us aboard, and with a shout of “All Aboard” we were whisked to Goleta to pick up the rest of our fellow passengers. As we settled into our colorful club chairs or at one of the four dining tables in the Streamline Moderne salon, we were transported to the 1950s. Burled end tables with magazine racks support matching table lamps, and drink tables resem-bling flying saucers dot the aisle. At one end, a quarter-circle bar is surrounded by etched, diamond-pat-terned mirrors. Though covered with snack trays, a writing desk with a handy mail slot once accommodated business travelers and tourists alike.

Vintage Car HistoryThe Overland Trail was one of six

club lounges commissioned by the Southern Pacific Railroad after WWII. Originally, it ran the Overland Route along the path of the historic trans-continental railroad of 1869 between Chicago and Oakland. Its passengers tended to be businessmen, and to accommodate their needs, the deluxe club car featured a barbershop, com-plete with shower and clothes press-ing services, all of which can be seen today. It also included a two-berth room used by stewardesses who served the patrons of the club car.

Bill Hatrick’s grandfather was a rail-road man with the Santa Fe Railroad.

Headin’ for the station with my pack on my backTired of transportation in the back of a hackI love to feel the rhythm of the clickety-clackAnd hear the whistle blown’ in the smoke from the stack,…Take me right back to the track, Jack!

The author and her husband, Mike Beresford, have tickets in hand for the Central Coast Flyer departing Santa Barbara station

Owner/conductor of the 1949 Overland Trail club lounge welcomes us aboard

The 1949 Colonial Crafts, which once

ran the rails between Chicago and New

York, joined the Central Coast Flyer for

the excursion to San Luis Obispo (Photo

courtesy of Rod and Ellen Fishburn)

Point Arguello and the cluster of historic buildings that service its lighthouse on a rocky escarpment below the cliff


tles at ten canyons. Cañada Hondo was the tallest at 94 feet and Gaviota the longest at 811 feet. On December 31, 1900, the gap was closed and pas-senger service was instituted in March 1901.

The Central Coast Flyer travels the 116-mile, 113-year-old route across the bridges and trestles and through ranch and farmland not accessible by public roads. Noses pressed to the windows, we pass Refugio and El Capitan State beaches, both chock-full of campers and swimmers on this brilliantly blue day. It all seems very far away from the days of the Ortega family’s remote ranchos, Nuestra Senora del Refugio, Canada de Corral and (via a granddaughter who married grantee Nicolas Den) Dos Pueblos, which once extended along the coast from Goleta nearly to Point Conception.

The Gaviota pier holds hope-ful anglers, and the beaches of the Hollister and Bixby ranches lie serene

and mostly empty under the blaz-ing sky. We round Point Conception, where the cold current from Alaska meets the warm current from Mexico. The train sways across the trestle at Jalama Beach, jammed with park-ing lot style camping of recreational vehicles and surfers. In the distance, a dark line of pewter gray defines the horizon.

To the east lies Vandenberg Air Force Base, once the launch site of the U.S. space shuttle program, but still opera-tive for launching of military test rock-ets. Canyon after canyon descends the golden hills: Espada, El Jolloru, El Marida, Los Sauces, Del Rodeo, Agua Vina. Then Point Arguello, and the cluster of historic buildings that service its lighthouse until we reach Honda and Point Pedernales where 7 destroyers ran aground in 1923, the largest peace time disaster in U.S. Naval history.

By the time we reach Surf and Ocean Park Beach, we have entered the misty gray and don’t emerge again until we turn inland where sand dunes and wetlands and fresh fields of vegetables dominate the landscape. We pause briefly at the historic ranching town of Guadalupe, officially founded in 1873 when Scotsman John Dunbar became post-master after opening a general store two years earlier. Once the area’s agricultural trading center, it boasts a multi-cultural history that includes Swiss and Portuguese dairy farm-ers and Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, and Hispanic vegetable farmers and farm workers. We continue through the fields and pass Oceano’s vin-tage rail station and pause at Grover Beach. Several passengers disembark here where there are many eateries close by, but the rest of us continue through the Edna Valley wine region to San Luis Obispo. Since we only have a 45-minute layover before the train reverses itself, we set up our picnic on the train and enjoy our

elegant repast in ‘50s splendor.On the return, passengers are

encouraged to switch sides of the car, and we roll back to Santa Barbara while Rick Reeves sings Choo Choo, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie accompanied by the strum of his acoustic guitar, the sway of the train and the clickety-

clack of the tracks. All in all, a most enjoyable day into the past.

For next departures of the Central Coast Flyer, visit goletadepot.org.

For information about the vintage railcars and other trips, visit LARail.com and www.colonialcraftsrailcar.com. •MJ

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child’s delight added to your own, this is happiness – J.B. Priestley

Left to right: Mike Beresford and Marshall and Heidi Rose spread out the contents of the picnic hamper during our layover in San Luis Obispo

Vistas of golden hills dotted with oaks are framed by the train’s windows

The fertile lands behind the sand dunes are given over vegetable farming near Oceano

Wetlands and dunes where no roads, except the railroad, venture

On the return trip, Rick Reeves entertained us with songs of the rails accompanied by the strum of his guitar and the clickety-clack of the wheels on the track


CONCERTO NIGHTAndrew Grams will lead the Academy Festival Orchestra and soloists – winners of the 2012 Concerto Competition –in a performance that is a beloved Music Academy tradition. Program at musicacademy.org.

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A New Production ofSTRAVINSKY THE RAKE’S PROGRESSLibretto by W.H. Auden and Chester KallmanAlexander Lazarev conductor • David Paul director

“No opera could be more timely.” – New Statesman

This masterpiece of 20th century opera traces the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell, the devotion of Anne Trulove, and the devilish maneuverings of Nick Shadow. Singers are Fellows in the Academy’s acclaimed voice program, Marilyn Horne, director. Former director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Lazarev, conducts the Academy Opera Orchestra in Stravinsky’s scintillating score.

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To gaze upon Morro Rock on a sunny day is like hearing a 3-piece band suddenly become

a symphony. Instead of being shrouded in fog, which is often the case in summer, this magnificent rock rises 578 feet out of the ocean silhouetted against a powder-blue sky drenched in light and color, a sentinel guarding the harbor of Morro Bay. No wonder it is said to

be the 3rd most photographed object west of the Mississippi. If you follow roads down to the water’s edge to the rock’s base itself and look up, you instantly gain a completely different perspective of its size and might even spy one of several peregrine falcon nests.

Just 12 miles west of San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay is known for its “rock,” white sandy beaches, fishing

and seafood eateries, but perhaps less known is:

The Rookery – lying south of town within Morro Bay State Park besides The Inn at Morro Bay. April and May are the best months for gazing high into the Eucalyptus and Cypress trees where you can see a network of branches decorated with bowling ball-size nests, each cradling a Cormorant, Snowy Egret or Blue Heron. Periodic

chatter and honking rise from the guarded nests as the feathered partner swoops in returning from foraging nest fodder or seafood for the young. These same trees hang heavy with the thousands of Monarch butterflies that come in winter.

Morro Dunes – a three-mile white sandy spit that is actually a thin pen-insula hooking back across the main-land, creating the harbor, bay and estuary. No vehicles are allowed, so a short kayak ride can bring you to shore where sandals are stowed and bare feet on clean warm sand adds to the feeling of freedom and adventure as you explore. Within five minutes, you can walk to the far side of the dunes, where waves crash on shore in contrast to the calm waters bayside.

Morro Rock, standing 578 feet tall, guarding the entrance to Morro Bay as water sport enthusiasts play around its margins

Parasailers at Morro Strand Beach at Cayucos, ten minutes north of Morro Bay, skim over the water under stiff winds

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Oyster farms – The Grassy Bar Oyster Company that operates within the estuary attests to the quality of its clean water. Long rows of oysters bundled in nets lay quietly out-of-sight in the shallows of the bay, filter-feeding and growing. These delicious mollusks are the smaller variety called Pacific Oysters, which come shucked and chilled upon the plates of sea-food lovers from San Diego to San Francisco and can be had at their freshest, raw or grilled, in Morro Bay restaurants and fish markets. If you are lucky, a worker testing the farmed oysters might offer you a fresh one as you kayak by.

Water Sports, Hike & Bike – Winds that help clear out any fog also propel para-surfers, sailboats and windsurf-ers over the protected bay and along the strand beaches just offshore. On a clear day, one can take a short trail

up to Black Hill, which begins at the campground at Morro Bay State Park. The destination is the hilltop at 661 feet that provides a spectacular 360-degree view of the entire area. Or, on a foggy day, visit the natural History Museum in the same park that is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Morro Bay can also provide a nice “basecamp” for side trips to the sea-side town of Cayucos, with its broad beaches ten minutes to the north, or Cambria, another 15 minutes north. Travel inland and visit some of the fine vineyards of Paso Robles, or trav-el south of Morro Bay’s estuary and you arrive at Montana de Oro State Park with its endless beach trails and vistas.

For a nice getaway, go north to Morro Bay, “standing hard against the wind with sun upon its skin, Like a Rock.”

If You Go: – Bring binoculars, hat, sunglass-

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– Don’t Miss: Inn at Morro Bay (lodging), Central Coast Outdoors (kayaks, bikes), Morro Bay State Park (rookery, museum, Black Hill, golf course and campground), Morro Bay National Estuary, Dockside Restaurant and Tognazzini Market, Giovanni’s Restaurant and Fish Market, the Harbor Walk out to Morro Rock, Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay Dunes, and Virg’s Landing for fishing •MJ

Kayaking up to an oyster farm structure, where oysters are sorted in the Morro Bay estuary. A few fresh ones on the half-shell were passed out.

Kayaks beached on Morro Dunes spit across the bay, where a five-minute hike brings you to crash-ing waves


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Summerland by the SeaLeslie Westbrook is an author, freelance writer, book coach, memoirist and chief bottle washer at LeslieWestbrook.com. Her latest book the “Insiders’ Guide to Santa Barbara” (5th edition) has just been released by Globe Pequot Press.

by Leslie A. Westbrook

Percussionist Ted Atkatz teaches Music Academy of the West fellows how to bang on a drum,

soothe a marimba, coerce vibes, and generally improve their playing on whatever else is around for summer merry music making.

My love affair with the Music Academy of the West began more than three decades ago. In those days, as now, I would spend my mornings writing before breaking for lunch and then reviewing and revising my work in the afternoons. In those IBM Selectric typewriter days, the crowds at the Music Academy were smaller and, as I recall, the Master Classes were all free. I would bring my morning’s labor, along with a red pen, honing my craft while the high-ly accomplished young musicians (who were, and remain, light years ahead of me) polished theirs. Since then, I have attended the picnic con-certs with some degree of regularity – where time and budget permit-ted – as well as additional Master Classes and other performances. A good portion of my wee house by the sea has even been furnished with items discovered at May Madness, the Academy’s annual mother-of-all-rummage sales. I have donated and consigned to the Treasure Shop as well, so you see, my relationship with MAW includes more “scores” than musical ones.

Luckily this summer, quite by chance, I have a true Music Academy treasure residing in my house: a per-cussionist and teacher just finishing up his session. Ladies and gentlemen (drum roll): Please welcome “visiting Summerlandian” Ted Atkatz!

Q. Ted, welcome to Summerland and to your second summer teaching at the Music Academy. I know that you were principal percussionist with the Chicago Symphony before decamping to Los Angeles with your wife to try your hand a rock and roll. What inspired that turnaround? (You even have writ-ten a song titled, “The Lonely Girls of Summerland”!)

A. It’s great to be spending another summer at the Music Academy. My wife, Jill, and I have lived in Los Angeles for the last four years, after we both quit our jobs. I left the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to pursue being a songwriter, and leaving the orches-tra made it possible for Jill to get a job at UCLA. We love California and we haven’t looked back.

I have attended two of your free Master Classes and was very impressed by your teaching style, as well as your students. It seems like listeners tend to gravitate towards strings, piano and voice, but they are really missing out. How can we lure them to the next free percussion Master Classes in Hahn Hall (now being taught by Mike Werner)? I understand the percussion concert on August 25 is sold out.

We’ve got a small but devoted group of supporters of the percus-sion program at MAW, and generally most newcomers react with surprise at what they are hearing in our Master Classes. For those that are looking for a different view of music, and an introduction to what we do at the Music Academy, a percussion master class is where it’s at!

I’ve attended percussion concerts

before and the percussion presenta-tions at the picnic concerts have been some of my favorites. Can you tell us what will be on the program that night?

On the program for our percussion ensemble concert is music by Paul Lansky, “Threads,” Toru Takemitsu, “Rain Tree,” and Steve Reich, “Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ,” to name some of the major works.

You mentioned to me that percussion-ists are “the most fun musicians.” Can you elaborate?

Percussionists are definitely a differ-ent breed than your average orchestra musician. We play a lot of different instruments, and end up playing a lot of different styles of music. But when you get made fun of, for playing the triangle, it’s important to have a good sense of humor!

How are you enjoying Summerland?

Can you “chime in” on what you’ve enjoyed about residing in Summerland during your teaching session?

This is my first time staying in Summerland, and I love it. My favor-ites are Café Luna and The Nugget. The beach is great, and the view from my (your) place is fantastic. I’ve already written a bunch of music this summer from here, looking out at the Pacific for inspiration.

Can’t wait to hear your new music, Ted. Anything you’d like to add? Feel free to riff...

I hope that you can put in a plug for my band NYCO (www.nycomusic.com) and for our gig at SOhO on July 28th at 6 pm. Dinner reservations rec-ommended.

You just did it! [Rim shot, cymbal clash, and triangle jingle] •MJ

Former principal percussionist of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ted Atkatz now teaches dur-ing summers at the Music Academy of the West


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Montecito’s Own (Almost) new Year Baby

Meika Morgan McCrindle is best known in our town as the teacher at El Montecito

Early School, who, in 2010, initiated local and global service projects that her pre-school kids worked on as part of their learning experience. “My teaching philosophy is to foster relationships among students, teachers, families, and community,” Meika explains, adding, “Children are capable learners at any age and I always set high expectations for my students. I seek to educate the whole child through the cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical domains.”

Her first project, called “Make-A-Difference: Children Helping Children,” focused on the kids fulfill-ing daily needs for the families of the Transition House. Meika believes that schools need to put a strong emphasis on moral development, character and community building and it can start early on and be easily implemented into classrooms. For Transition House, each child had a tote bag they filled with items used every day: shampoo, lotion, first aid items, sheets, pillows, blankets, socks, books, and so forth. The kids then delivered their bags to Transition House along with a letter to the family they supported.

From there, something clicked with everyone at the school as fel-low teachers, pre-schoolers and their parents joined the annual project. In 2011, Meika decided that each year there would be a different ben-eficiary, and directed the project for Storyteller, a pre-school in Santa Barbara that provides a safe place for the kids of homeless parents during the day while they work. Storyteller's children need the same activity items for learning that children from ELMES use on a daily basis, but were lacking them. Meika had her students make up a brown shopping bag filled with these items to bring to the kids at Storyteller. This year the school helped the Treasures of Africa Children's Center in Tanzania, Africa. Each class “adopted” 4-6 children and sent them a box filled with per-sonal letters, supplies and toys.

Given all the care, love and educa-tion that Meika has brought to her young students and our town, it is most happily announced that she and her husband, Colin, are now parents!

Meika gave birth to their first child, Elle Morgan McCrindle, this year on April 30 at Cottage Hospital (weight: 8 lbs 14 oz, height: 20.5 inches).

The proud parents state that Elle has been a happy baby since birth and sleeps peacefully through the night. Feeling blessed, Meika shares that, “Nothing could have prepared me for the happiness Elle brings to our lives. Being a mother feels extremely natural to me and Elle fits seamlessly into our family.”

During her pregnancy, her stu-dents had a lot to say. They wanted Meika to continue to be their teacher, so they informed her she could come to class right after her delivery and that they would help take care of the baby while she taught them. They gave her a surprise baby shower and wrote her a book, "What I Want to Teach Miss Meika's Baby," where each student drew a picture and wrote something that they would teach the baby.

Meika will be returning to work at ELMES in August as office manager. Director Suzy Dobreski is graciously letting her bring Elle to work and Meika’s mother will help out as well. Meika grew up in Montecito and is the daughter of Tom and Britt Mosby, who still live in the same house where Meika grew up. She attended MUS, SBHS and received a degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley. She found her love of teaching kids while working in San Francisco. Husband Colin, originally from Iowa, works in town as a consultant. •MJ

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.” – Carl Sandburg

At the Biltmore where they had their wedding reception are Meika and Colin McCrindle with new baby, Elle Morgan


Opera diva Ganna Walska had a penchant for pendants. Also rings, brooches and earrings.

And pearls. And gemstones. And she liked Paris. Really liked Paris.

So this Sunday, July 22, the annu-al event-of-the-season at Lotusland (Walska’s famed 37-acre garden) will celebrate the city that Madame Ganna Walska called domicile for two decades. This was the era of artists, art deco, and delightful decadence.

And in that spirit, Silverhorn Jewelers was commissioned to create a dazzling pair of art deco earrings for the live auction.

The pendant earrings created by Silverhorn were actually inspired by a pair Madame Ganna Walska owned while she lived in Paris during the ‘20s and ‘30s. In fact, the stones set in the Silverhorn design were all handpicked in Europe by storeowner Michael Ridding. When he spotted the aquamarine stones in Europe, he immediately saw their art deco appeal and snatched them up as the final pièce-de-can’t-résistance.

With the vision of Walska in mind, the earrings were handmade in Silverhorn’s own old-world work-shop; the earrings are made of 18-karat white gold, aquamarines, diamonds and pearls.

Wooden this be Your Hang-Up?

Gary Smith, the talented mega-voice cantor at Mt. Carmel Church, recently made a startling discov-ery: those simple wooden coat hangers cost a lot of money!

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Dancing Machine Does it Again

Our local Santa Barbara Dance Center won First Place Top Studio at the 2012 Emerald Ball Dancesport Championships in Los Angeles.

Owner David Alvarez and instructors Nigel Clarke and Felipe Castaneda presented their students in the Pro/Am divisions (students dance with their instructors). Their entries covered various skill levels, and various age levels in “International Standard, International Latin, American Smooth, and American Rhythm,” which are fancy ways of saying they know how to cut the rug. The studio was also represented by several amateur couples that train at the studio with David Alvarez, Nigel Clarke, and/or Derrick Curtis.

Anywho... this is a National Dance Council of America annual event, and is one of the big ballroom competi-tions in the United States, so congrats! (In 2009, 2010, and 2011 David Alvarez also won First Place Top Teacher at this event... so methinks he really knows his strut.)

Local Songbird Sings with the Eagles...

I heard from local songbird Lois Mahalia (remember that incredible voice? she was the young singer sen-sation originally with The Musical Family) that she is now on tour with Joe Walsh from the Eagles. Lois is one of his three featured back-up singers and the group was recently on Good Morning America. Turns out the former Eagles superstar just released his first new album in 20 years and he is tour-ing away.

(And I could add that probably not

too many people realize that local tune man writer-producer Barry De Vorzon co-wrote the Eagles’ hit “In the City” with Joe Walsh.)

Irishman Cooks All-American Chili

Every year on the 3rd of July, Scot and Lisa Burns hold their annual Chili Cook-off and invite a zillion friends for a festive fracas foreshad-owing the Fourth.

Part of the potluck picnic is the sampling of eighteen different bowls, crock-pots and pans of homemade chili, which are all taste-tested by sev-eral judges who have the stomach for this kind of thing. There is also “the People’s Choice” award, presented to the cook whose concoction is finished first. I always aim for the chili that has no icky beans in it and is not in the least spicy. (Yes, yes, I know...)

At any rate – it was time for the Big Reveal. Our host Scot stood up and said, “Well being that my wife does all of the work and I am the One in Charge – well, somebody has to be in charge of picking the date – I would now like to reveal the winner for this year!”

As big John Maloney was pro-nounced the winna-winna-winna, he roared delightedly and announced to the crowd his secret ingredient: “I used a half bottle of pinot noir!”

To which one of his friends shouted out, “What happened to the other half?” •MJ

Scot and Lisa Burns with John Maloney, the Chili King of 2012

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The social crowd was out in force when Alexander and Maria Mertens hosted the opening of their Coast Village Road gallery’s latest exhibition featuring the work of top artists Alex Katz and Donald Sultan.

The large scale work of New York-based Katz, who celebrates his 85th birthday this week, is known for its bold style and heightened colors, and is in the collections of innumer-able top institutions, including the Smithsonian, the Met and MOMA in New York, the Tate in London and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris.

It has even been featured on 80-foot high billboards in Manhattan’s Times Square.

Sultan’s still life work is also known for its size, and is also in the collec-tions of the Met and MOMA, as well as the Whitney and the Guggenheim.

Among those checking out Mertens Fine Art Gallery, which also exhib-its works by Jasper Johns, Warhol, Picasso, Chagall, Renoir, Matisse and Miro, were Michael Armand Hammer, Brian King, Patricia Hinds and Charles Ward...

Music to Everyone’s EarsThe Music Academy of the West’s

Summer Festival had a busy weekend, filling the theaters at the Lobero and the Granada within hours of each other.

Three music directors, John Churchwell, Jonathan Kelly and Carrie-Ann Matheson – all facul-ty artists – took their places for the “Opera Scenes” performance at the Lobero, featuring popular acts from six venerable operas, including Verdi’s La Traviata and Falstaff, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Puccini’s Suor Angelica.

Fabrizio Melano, an established fig-ure on the international opera scene having overseen 21 productions at New York’s Met, was stage director for the thoroughly entertaining show.

At the Granada, it was time for the Academy Festival Orchestra, under conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier, to shine.

Tortelier, principal conductor of Brazil’s Sao Paulo Symphony, used

his considerable skills to good effect with Ravel’s Suite from Ma Mere l’Oye and Dutilleux’s Metaboles, closing the performance with Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

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Terry spent six years writing her 256-page, beautifully illustrated tome, Santa Barbara Ceramic Design: Art Pottery from America’s Riviera, which is the definitive history of the move-ment, with an introduction by owner and founder Ray Markow, a ceramic arts major from UCSB.

“This really dates back to the seven-ties when my husband and I first vaca-tioned in Santa Barbara,” she explained at a book bash at Tecolote, the bus-tling bibliophile bastion in the Upper Village. “I fell in love with the pottery.”

A lot of pottery production was migrating to Japan in the latter part of the twentieth century and Santa Barbara ceramic designs were some-thing of anomaly – a homegrown stu-dio producing unique decorative and functional ceramic art.

“This is a story of how a studio pottery with one man evolved into a full-blown production facility with abstract colors, shapes and designs.”

Terry, a state senator in Connecticut, researched her subject thoroughly with travels here, Colorado, South Carolina and Texas, as well as innu-merable phone calls to former artists and workers in Hawaii and Australia.

“Many former employees are still alive and even the company itself still exists, although under a different name and mission,” she says. “Pottery and politics do mix!”

Over the years, Terry, who illus-trates her book with more than 400 photographs, has also built up a most impressive collection of California pottery at her home in New Britain...

Presidio Pre-partyTo celebrate the annual Fiesta Finale

gala at the historic El Paseo restaurant next month, the Profant Foundation for the Arts hosted a cocktail soirée at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, a tiara’s toss from the El

Presidio Chapel.Forty guests, many dressed in

Spanish garb, partook of the heav-ing buffet of Mexican cuisine, while being entertained by dancers wear-ing giant folkloric skull masks, dating back more than half a century.

Among the invitees were honorary chair Patricia Hinds, legendary local pianist Gil Rosas, Judy Hill, Mary Ellen Tiffany, William Thompson and Patricia Perry.

A delightful appetizer for the fina-le’s main course in August…

Tangerine DreamIt was a sensory explosion of light

and sound when seven-time Grammy nominee Tangerine Dream, lauded as the best synth band in the world, hit the stage at the Granada.

The German electronic sextet, founded by Edgar Froese in 1967, played for more than two and half hours against a continually changing psychedelic backdrop, above the earth and below the seas.

The group has made more than 60 film soundtracks, including Risky Business, Legend and Miracle Mile, and their music is akin to Vangelis, the Greek composer best known for his Oscar-winning score for Chariots of Fire, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Jarre, whose album sales exceed 80 million, including his 1976 hit, “Oxygene.”

No wonder they have such interna-tional appeal...

The Queen’s Secret WeaponIn the earlier years of her 60-year

reign, not even Queen Elizabeth was immune from the dreaded wardrobe malfunction in windy conditions.

But nowadays the royal hemline remains elegantly in place whatever the weather – thanks to a secret weap-on.

Sewn inside the hem of each hand-made outfit are a couple of circular lead curtain weights, costing $2.50 for a packet of four, according to her 45-year-old dress designer Stewart Parvin.

The weights measure just over an inch across and weigh less than an ounce. Yet they are surprisingly effec-tive.

“The beauty of a handmade out-fit is that it hangs just right, but, of course, we have a few tricks up our sleeve,” says Parvin, who has been designing for Her Majesty since 2001.

“I just pop a couple of weights into the hemline of the dresses and coats and it makes them hang beautifully.”

Even at the age of 85, the Queen still takes a keen interest in fashion.

“She knows exactly what she wants and what suits her, and yet also man-ages to move with the times. I send over sketches and fabric swatches, she picks out what she wants, we have just one fitting at Buckingham Palace and that’s it. Done.”...

Sightings: Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt shopping on State Street... Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall noshing at opal... Opera legend Marilyn Horne perusing the colorful wares at Objects on Coast Village Road

Pip! Pip! for now

Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmin [email protected] or send invita-tions or other correspondence to the Journal •MJ


Terry Gerratana authors definitive book on Santa Barbara ceramic design

Center is legendary pianist Gil Rosas and wife, Susan, with members of the Profant Foundation for the Arts (from left) Malia, Mignonne, Marie, and board member Mary CollierArtist Patricia Hinds and Michael Armand

Hammer at the Mertens Fine Art Gallery opening


ONGOING

Concerts in the Park – One of Santa Barbara’s favorite free summer soirées is going strong, with crowds packing Chase Palm Park for musical performances and the pleasures of friends and community under the sun and stars. Week 4 (July 19) brings Hot Club Sandwich, who play acoustic swing and gypsy jazz music. Next week (July 26): Reggae and other music from the Carribbean with Upstream. WHEN: 6-8:30pm WHERE: Cabrillo Blvd. at Calle Cesar Chavez INFO: 897-1946 or www.sbparksandrecreation.com

FRIDAY, JULY 20

Brotherhood back in the ’hood – The Chris Robinson Brotherhood is all-American rock powerhouse of a band, fueled by Southern rock and blues crunch alongside classic rock ‘n’ roll of generations (think a cross between Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Grateful Dead). Led by the Black Crowes singer-guitarist and featuring that band’s keyboardist Adam MacDougall with guitarist Neal Casal and drummer George Sluppick, the CRB woodshedded during a three-month residency in spring 2011 at several SoCal clubs, including our very own SOhO for half a dozen biweekly gigs. Now having honed their sound, the band is out on a full summer tour, and drops by the Lobero – still an intimate venue for such a rockin’ outfit, for what may be the American rock concert of the season. Expect psychedelic guitar solos, hypnotically entrancing instrumental section, and good ‘n’ gritty vocal. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $24 INFO: 963-0761, www.lobero.com or www.clubmercy.com

Julie, at home – Considering Julie Christensen’s c.v. – she’s vocalized with a list of singer-songwriters that would make up a very fine Pandora playlist, including Leonard Cohen, Todd Rundgren, Robben Ford, Iggy Pop, Van Dyke Parks, John Doe, Exene Cervenka and k.d. lang – it seems almost provincial to think of her as our own. But Christensen’s been a longtime resident of Ojai, and pays frequent visits to SOhO and other area clubs, sitting in with the likes of Headless Household and other area acts. The iowa-born singer-songwriter has just released Weeds Like Us, her third recording for Santa Barbara-based Household Ink following jazz- and folk-oriented CDs. The album plants her even further in Americana/roots music, or as it’s been put “Great Plains soul.” With no specific Santa Barbara date on the horizon, here’s your chance to see her sing in her hometown. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio (Ojai YES), 316 East Matilija COST: $20 INFO: 646-4300 or www.ojaiyes.org

From Dusk to Dawn – The title of Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum’s third annual benefit is actually a misnomer. The community event and fundraiser is more than a simple all-nighter, as it actually takes place over a period of 24 hours. Working artists draw side-by-side with dabblers and future professionals, providing a unique laboratory for sharing, creating and participating in a community art experience. “Drawing” is broadly interpreted and works by artists of all

C ALENDAR OF EVENTSNote to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to [email protected])

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ONGOING

Summer cinema series – “ROBOTS! SPACE ALIENS! BODY SNATCHERS! Science Fiction Film Classics of the 1950s,” the free film series from UCSB A&L and the City of Santa Barbara, screens It Came from Outer Space, outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden on Friday. Based on a story by Ray Bradbury, the 1953 film promised, “Amazing sights the human eye has never before seen!” on its original

poster. No one believes an amateur astronomer has spotted an alien spaceship until people in the desert town of Sand Rock begin disappearing. When they start to reappear, acting a bit strange, only then do townsfolk suspect extraterrestrials might have landed, but they’re not sure if they’re harmful or benevolent creatures. Next week: The War of the Worlds, the Oscar-winning screen adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel about a devastating alien attack on Earth. Set right here in Southern California, the fast-paced, suspenseful film pits the human race against Martian invaders, with moments critics have said are “still so enjoyably unnerving” almost 60 years after its debut. It screens Wednesday at UCSB’s Campbell Hall and Friday (July 27) at the Sunken Gardens. WHEN: 8:30pm Fridays, 7:30pm Wednesdays (series continues through August 24) INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

THURSDAY, JULY 19

Talk about it – The Vagina Monologues might be more than 15 years old, but Eve Ensler’s episodic play about “the feminine experience” is certainly not dated. Just last month, several thousand people thronged the Michigan state capitol lawn to protest the treatment of a female legislator who was barred from speaking on the house floor following an emotional debate over abortion in which she used the word “vagina.” Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown participated in a performance of the “Monologues” along with other lawmakers, actresses and the play’s author. Now the political theater company Dijo Productions, which has brought The Exonerated and Frost/Nixon to the Center Stage, is bringing the popular and award winning if still controversial play about female empowerment

to the same venue. Jerry Oshinsky and E. Bonnie Lewis are co-directing, with Carol Metcalf, Maia Mook and Ivy Vahanian performing alongside Lewis. In deference to our family audience, we’ll not list the title of some of the episodes, but be aware that previous viewers will hear something new as every year a new monologue is added to highlight a current issue affecting women around the world. Tomorrow’s performance is a benefit for Planned Parenthood, and features a wine reception with the cast from 7-8pm WHEN: Previews 8pm Thursday, plays 8pm July 20, 21, 22 and 28, and August 3, plus 3pm July 29 WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $20 INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

disciplines, skill levels, and ages are created and then immediately featured on gallery walls throughout the 24-hour event. All drawings made on-site will be sold to the public at one of four set prices ($25, $75, $150 and $300); the proceeds are divided among the artists and CAF. Multiple visits are encouraged in order to browse one-of-a-kind work being shown and sold. A live video feed of the event will be viewable online allowing attendees to keep tabs on the event remotely in between successive visits. Visitors can also join in the fun by sketching on a community drawing scroll. Come back on Sunday (4-6pm) for a reception to celebrate the artists’ efforts and show off the remaining artwork. WHEN: 6pm Friday to 6pm Saturday WHERE: 653 Paseo Nuevo COST: $5 INFO: 962-1421 or www.sbcaf.org

SATURDAY, JULY 21

One strum over the line – The North Carolina bluegrass band Chatham County Line was discovered by producer Chris Stamey, who got ‘em signed to Yep Roc Records where they’ve released five studio albums to general acclaim. Now, just this month in fact, they’ve put out their first live recording, Sight and Sound, which captures the high-energy but efficient stage show that has led to sold out gigs both here and overseas. The quartet – singer-guitarist-writer Dave Wilson, mandolinist John Teer, banjoist Chandler Holt and standup bassist Greg Readling – is playing indoors in Santa Barbara, but you’ll get the feeling you’re in the Blue Hills when that fine, fine bluegrass comes

a tumbling down. Opening the Sings Like Hell series concert is Freebo, the bassist/singer known primarily for his work with Bonnie Raitt and sessions for a whole host of Americana artists, including John Hall, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Willy DeVille, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, plus Brits Ringo Starr and John Mayall. But Freebo is also a singer-songwriter and has put out four solo albums in his own right, including Something to Believe in 2011. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $30.50 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

New age in an old venue – He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, so to speak, but there’s no denying Yanni’s popularity. The self-taught Greek keyboardist-composer has seen more than a baker’s dozen of his albums hit No. 1 on Billboard’s New Age chart, and his recordings have sold more than 20 million copies around the world, 35 platinum and gold albums in all. He’s performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries, often at historic monuments and buildings (including India’s Taj Mahal, China’s Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates’ Burj Khalifa, and Russia’s Kremlin), with his show at the Acropolis yielding the second best-selling concert video of all time. Most recently Yanni brought his passionate, soaring melodies and lush orchestrations to the historic 16th-century Castillo San Felipe Del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico – the first electronic musical performances at the site; the shows were recorded for what became Yanni’s 10th PBS concert last March. So our little gem of an amphitheater seems like

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Wrembel on – Gypsy-jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel’s career certainly received a boost when notoriously musical film director Woody Allen (who plays clarinet in a jazz band weekly whenever he’s home in New York) recruited him to score the theme for last year’s Oscar-nominated hit film, Midnight in Paris. It also didn’t hurt when the Academy tapped Wrembel to play his catchy original song “Bistro Fada” live during the 2012 Oscar show. The French-born guitarist-composer learned his craft among the gypsies at campsites in the homeland’s countryside before relocating to Brooklyn, and that old world flavor still permeates his sound. But Wrembel’s fifth album, Origins, blends his myriad influences into a hybrid that transcends his roots as a follower of the iconic Django Reinhardt, touching upon everything from blues to flamenco to rock. Wrembel likes to think of himself as an Impressionist with a guitar. WHEN: 8:30pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $20 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

Pre-world premiere – New Jersey playwright Lucile Lichtblau taps into modern international intrigue with The English Bride. The play, based on real events, features three characters: an Englishwoman lonely for companionship as she sees her life passing by; a terrorist whose confidence and charm spark a love affair between him and the

Englishwoman; and a Mossad agent on the trail of both, who believes no one and nothing can be trusted. The action takes place following a failed bombing attempt on an El Al flight out of London. Director Ed Giron, who worked with the playwright in an early reading of the work, also plays Dov, the Mossad agent. Eileen, the working class woman from Leeds and bride to be who is eager for vindication, is portrayed by Leslie Gangl while William Waxman portrays the charming and manipulative terrorist. The play won the Centenary Stage Company’s Susan Glaspell contest, and is set to be performed in November at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia as part of a “rolling world premiere” that culminates with its official opening at the Centenary Stage in New Jersey in April. Dijo is presenting a full production of the piece as a Writers’ Workshop, where it is running basically in repertory with Dijo’s production of The Vagina Monologues (see page 38). WHEN: 8pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday, and Aug. 4-5 WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $20 general, $17 students/seniors INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

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THURSDAY, JULY 26

The First Ladies Lady – Author and historian Jacqueline Berger has been dubbed “The First Ladies Lady” because of her authority on the subject of presidents’ wives. With more than 25 years of research and experience, she brings these dynamic women from history to life, revealing both the scandals and false rumors surrounding them. Berger’s nonpartisan presentation is full of humor, knowledge and personal enthusiasm

for this “sorority of women,” and has been highly acclaimed by both men and women. The California native – who has been invited to share her knowledge to standing room-only audiences at Presidential Libraries, universities, conferences, political clubs, and other organizations across the country – has also completed the first two volumes of her nonfiction trilogy “Loves, Lies, and Tears: The Lives of America’s First Ladies,” covering all the White House occupants through Jackie Kennedy. She speaks tonight as a fundraiser for Jewish Family Services of Santa Barbara. WHEN: 11:45am-1:30pm WHERE: La Cumbre Country Club, 4015 Via Laguna COST: $50 INFO: 957-1116 ext. 115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org •MJ


Bella Vista $$$1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)

Cafe Del Sol $$30 Los Patos Way (969-0448)

CAVA $$1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking combine to create Latin cuisine 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-wat ching front patio. Open Monday-Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm.

China Palace $$1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380)

Giovanni’s $1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)

Los Arroyos $1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059)

Little Alex’s $1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)

Lucky’s (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$ 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540)Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak-house in the heart of America’s biggest little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enormous wine list are featured, with white tablecloths, fine crystal and vintage photos from the 20th century. The bar (separate from dining room) features large flat-screen TV and opens at 4 pm during the week. Open nightly from 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday & Sunday brunch from 9 am to 3 pm. Valet Parking.

Montecito Café $$1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392)

Montecito Coffee Shop $1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)

Montecito Wine Bistro $$$516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520Head to Montecito’s upper village to indulge in some California bistro cuisine. Chef Nathan Heil creates seasonal menus that include fish and vegetarian dishes, and fresh flatbreads straight out of the wood-burning oven. The Bistro of-fers local wines, classic and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches and aged cognacs.

Pane é Vino $$$1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)

Plow & Angel $$$San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine on traditional dishes such as mac ‘n cheese and ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original artwork, including stained glass windows and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore, hanging above the fire-place. Dinner is served from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extending until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

$ (average per person under $15)$$ (average per person $15 to $30)$$$ (average per person $30 to $45)$$$$ (average per person $45-plus)

M O N T E C I T O E AT E R I E S . . . A G u i d e Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014)

Stella Mare’s $$/$$$50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)

Stonehouse $$$$San Ysidro Ranch900 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. Chef Matthew Johnson’s regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in America by OpenTable Diner’s Choice. 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards: 1 of 50 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, 1 of 50 Restaurants With Best Service in America. Open for dinner from 6 to 10 pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.

Trattoria Mollie $$$1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381)

Tre Lune $$/$$$1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646)A real Italian boite, complete with small but fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany and large b&w vintage photos of mostly fa-mous Italians. Menu features both comfort food like mama used to make and more adventurous Italian fare. Now open continuously from lunch to dinner. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am daily for breakfast.

Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$1483 East Valley Road (565-9393)

Delis, bakeries, juice bars

Blenders in the Grass1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611)

Here’s The Scoop1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) (969-7020)Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises. Open Monday through Thursday 1 pm to 9 pm, 12 pm to 10 pm Friday and Saturday, and 12 pm to 9 pm on Sundays.

Jeannine’s1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878)

Montecito Deli1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717)Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm. (Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home-made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its specialty, The Piadina, a homemade flat bread made daily.

Panino 1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)

Pierre Lafond516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)This market and deli is a center of activity in Montecito’s Upper Village, serving fresh baked pastries, regular and espresso coffee drinks, smoothies, burritos, homemade soups, deli salads, made-to-order sandwiches and wraps available, and boasting a fully stocked salad bar. Its sunny patio draws crowds of regulars daily. The shop also carries specialty drinks, gift items, grocery staples, and produce. Open everyday 5:30 am to 8 pm.

Village Cheese & Wine 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815)

In Summerland / Carpinteria

Cantwell’s Summerland Market $2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5893)

Garden Market $3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505)

Jack’s Bistro $5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)Serving light California Cuisine, Jack’s offers freshly baked bagels with whipped cream cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers, sal-ads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an extensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along with wine and beer. They also offer full service catering, and can accommodate wedding receptions to corporate events. Open Monday through Fri-day 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.

Nugget $$2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)

Padaro Beach Grill $3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800)A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery its charm and makes it a perfect place to bring the whole family. Its new owners added a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with fireplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill options, along with salads and seafood plates. The Grill is open Monday through Sunday 11 am to 9 pm

Sly’s $$$686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)Sly’s features fresh fish, farmers’ market veg-gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate Specials and vintage desserts. You’ll find a full bar, serving special martinis and an extensive wine list featuring California and French wines. Cocktails from 4 pm to close, dinner from 5 to 9 pm Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Friday and Saturday. Lunch is M-F 11:30 to 2:30, and brunch is served on the weekends from 9 am to 3 pm.

Stacky’s Seaside $2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)

Summerland Beach Café $2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)

Tinkers $2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)

Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row

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 tradi-tional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Open Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 6:30 am to 10 pm.

Cielito $$$1114 State Street (225-4488) Cielito Restaurant features true flavors of Mexi-co created by Chef Ramon Velazquez. Try an an-tojito (or “small craving”) like the Anticucho de Filete (Serrano-chimichurri marinated Kobe beef skewer, rocoto-tomato jam and herb mashed po-tatoes), the Raw Bar’s piquant ceviches and fresh shellfish, or taste the savory treats in handmade tortillas at the Taqueria. It is located in the heart of downtown, in the historic La Arcada.

Chuck’s Waterfront Grill $$113 Harbor Way (564-1200)Located next to the Maritime Museum, enjoy

some of the best views of both the mountains and the Santa Barbara pier sitting on the newly renovated, award-winning patio, while enjoy-ing fresh seafood straight off the boat. Dinner is served nightly from 5 pm, and brunch is offered on Sunday from 10 am until 1 pm. Reservations are recommended. 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.

Los Agaves $600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, using only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner, with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-tures traditional dishes from central and south-ern Mexico such as shrimp & fish enchiladas, shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to 9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 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 top-rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown ingredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$ Olio Pizzeria $ 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. Of-ferings include eggplant soufflé, pappardelle with quail, sausage and mushroom ragù, and fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also available. It is open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm).Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired by neighborhood “pizzerie” and “enoteche” in Italy. Private dining for up to 32 guests. The Pizzeria is open daily from 11:30 am to close.

Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro $516 State Street (962-1455)The Wine Bistro menu is seasonal California cuisine specializing in local products. Pair your meal with wine from the Santa Barbara Winery, Lafond Winery or one from the list of wines from around the world. Happy Hour Monday - Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The 1st Wednesday of each month is Passport to the World of Wine. Grilled cheese night every Thursday. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner; catering available. www.pierrelafond.com

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, hali-but, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines, elegant surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends. •MJ

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On Entertainmentby Steven Libowitz

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to Montecito Journal for over ten years.

Ask most folks and they’ll tell you that in their view the economy is still tanking, things

are getting more expensive and they have less discretionary income than ever. Yet somehow the California Wine Festival, which enters its 9th year this weekend, just keeps growing.

The wine-and-dine event that began as a single-day beachside festival in 2004, added a second evening event featuring rare and select wines sev-eral years ago, tacked on a Spanish-themed gathering to kick off the week-end a couple of years back, and then last year appended an exclusive wine glass seminar on Friday afternoon for true connoisseurs.

While there’s no new event for 2012, the festival is ratcheting up the entertainment factor, tapping Emmy Award-winning comedian, travel and foodie expert Mark DeCarlo to host a humorous cooking challenge at the main festival on Saturday. Also, a few select wines from wineries from Oregon will join California vineyards pouring on Saturday afternoon, rep-resenting the festival’s first foray into out-of-state vintages. Meanwhile, the festival production company expand-ed into a third territory earlier this year, and found success with a new festival in Orange County.

“I think we’re growing because we’ve demonstrated that we know what we’re doing,” said Emily Kaufmann, recently appointed the California Wine Festival’s Vice President of Festival Operations. “Wineries know we have a formula that works. And at the same time, we’re trying to make it fresh and new every year. There are a lot of wine events out there so we try to offer new elements to create a different experi-ence and keep the loyal attendees coming back.”

The Main EventsIndeed, while the line-up of elite

wineries, gourmet food manufactur-ers and top restaurants doesn’t appear unique on the surface, there are some aspects that separate the CWF from other local tasting festivals. Each of the four events has a very specific theme: Old Spanish Nights Wine Tasting (6:30-9pm Thursday at the De La Guerra Adobe Courtyard) is held on the site of the original Spanish Fiesta in downtown Santa Barbara, and was created “to celebrate the history of the city,” Kaufmann said. Accordingly, many of the wines being poured have a Spanish flavor, and the spicy array of appetizers include tapas and other Latin delights, while Flamenco danc-ers accompanied by guitars provide

the musical entertainment. The Reidel Wine Glass Seminar

& Tasting (4:30-6pm Friday at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort) is an inti-mate “glassware journey” (limited to 180 people) where visitors get to explore how the shape and size of a glass affect the perception of wine on the palate. An expert from the glass-ware company will take participants through tasting four different wines (sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, pinot noir and cabernet) in varietal spe-cific glasses, pointing out how each changes the way the wine tastes and breathes.

“It’s amazing how important it is to taste a certain type of wine in the right glass. It almost seems like your mind is playing tricks on you,” said Kaufmann, who was as surprised as most of the participants who had their eyes (and noses) opened when the seminar debuted last year. “It’s great to provide that educational aspect so people can learn a little more about appreciating wine, how to get the true flavors and scents, and all the attributes of a wine.” As an added attraction, guests can keep the tast-ing vessels, a four-piece boxed set of Riedel Vinum XL wine glasses, valued at $123.

Friday’s Sunset Rare & Reserve Wine Tasting (6:30-9pm at Chase Palm

Mark DeCarlo, Emmy Award-winning comedian and former host of Travel Channel’s Taste of America, will host the “Great Guacamole Throw Down” cooking challenge on Saturday at the California Wine Festival

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3095 Eucalyptus Hill Road – $1,895,000

This three-bedroom, three-bath home offers spacious grounds, pri-vacy and is also in the Cold Spring

School District. Located on a little over three-quar-ters of an acre, this 2,100+ square foot home has been completely updated. Each room is elegantly finished and the floor plan flows exceptionally well. There is a newer gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, chef-inspiring appliances, breakfast bar and built-in desk. French doors from both the master bedroom and living room lead to a vine-covered outdoor din-ing area, deep grassy yard and pleasant gardens.

302 Woodley Road – $4,495,000

This dramatic Tuscan-style villa is well situated on prestigious Pepper Hill with privacy and “close-in” panoramic ocean and island views. This “mini castle on a hill” is a Hochhauser-Blatter AIA

designed home and offers four bed-rooms and six bathrooms in 4,400+ square feet of living space. There is a very solid integration of interior and exterior space that creates seamless indoor-outdoor living, including large entertaining terraces, a handsome pool and spa, and top ocean views, all on a just-over-one-acre lot, min-utes from the Coast Village area and the upper village we well. The for-mal circular driveway and dramatic

staircases inside and out lend support to my “castle on a hill” description. Additionally, like all other listings fea-tured today, this home is in the Cold Spring School District.

•••For more information on these proper-

ties, contact your realtor. If you are not working with anyone, and would like more information or would like to see other list-ings available in Montecito, please feel free to contact Mark or Sheela Hunt through their website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com. •MJ

One of my favorite things about being involved in the real estate business is that I

get to attend the broker open house tours that mostly feature new listings or properties that are asking agents to take another look... The fact that my job requires that I visit and tour unique properties, mostly new to the market and exciting to see, in my own neighborhood, while I am sometimes offered lunch as well, is a fun perk.

During the broker open houses, this is often the moment when the agents present a home to the sales community for the first time, and everyone heats up, talks about it, and evaluates the listing. Most often, especially in recent years, when a property hits the market, people often choose to look at it as either: “Let’s wait and see if they come down in price” or “We better grab this deal before someone else does.”

In the past few years, many buy-ers have been doing the “Let’s wait and see if it comes down in price” approach, and sometimes saving sig-nificantly by waiting for price drops. However, as well-priced properties begin to move quickly into escrow during a market turnaround, buy-ers must start to prepare for serious action when making an offer, if they want the house to be theirs.

This week, while on the broker open house tour, I liked everything I saw. From a small family home on Chelham with a studio in back, to a Tuscan mini castle with substantial ocean views on Woodley, to a mid-century home on Arcady, with pool and tropical grounds, to a remodeled home on Eucalyptus Hill Road offer-ing fine finishes, off-street parking and expansive grounds.

Here is a look at 4 of the great properties I viewed this week on our broker open house tour, all of which are new on the market.

684 Chelham Way – $985,000This recently updated home is

in the Cold Spring School District and rests on a sunny, 60’x120’ lot in the Montecito foothills. The house includes three bedrooms and two baths and the remodeled kitchen features maple cabinets, granite counters and an adjoining laundry area. Additional upgrades include a skylight in the hallway, remod-eled bath, and hardwood floors. The backyard opens up to a large wood deck with built-in bench seat-ing leading to a grassy yard area and trees beyond. In the back of the property, above the detached 2-car garage is a separate, large studio with views. There is lower-main-tenance landscaping, and the vast open area of Westmont College as your neighbor to the east, can give the feeling of a much larger lot.

933 Arcady – $1,595,000This 1974 home offers two bed-

rooms, a sunroom/den and two and a half bathrooms. The A-frame beamed living room windows offer nice treetop and mountain views, while being private at the same time. The home sits up a driveway, on a nice north-facing one-acre lot, offering mature, tropical and local landscaping. There is a walking

Three-bedroom, two-bath home in the Cold Spring School District featuring a remodeled kitchen and a studio above a detached garage for sale under one million dollars makes this Chelham Way home very inter-esting indeed

933 Arcady is a mod-ern 2-bedroom home situated on a one-acre lot in the Cold Spring School District of Montecito

The “castle on a hill” at 302 Woodley Road features 4,400+ square feet of living space along with panoramic views

The kitchen at 3095 Eucalyptus Hill Road is big enough to comfort-ably handle very large dinner parties; as is the outdoors patio area

new On The Market

Real Estate by Mark Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are in the real estate business. They live in Montecito with their daughter Sareena, a freshman at SBHS. His family goes back nearly one hundred years in the Santa Barbara area.

Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

19 – 26 July 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43There are people who the more you do for them the less they will do for themselves – Jane Austen

This year’s wine festival includes the first foray into out-of-state vintages, and each of the four main events has a different theme

Shandra [email protected] #0078525

www.ShandraCampbell.com

13 Seaview Drive • Montecito

Ultimate Beachfront PenthouseWith soaring ceilings and whitewater views up and down the coast, this

3 bedroom Montecito Shores penthouse stands alone. From its top floor vantage point the views and sunsets from this 2,670 +/- sq ft. home are

unsurpassed. Behind private gates, next to the Santa Barbara Four Seasons Biltmore with tennis court and pool, this is an unparalleled destination.

www.13SeaviewDrive.com Offered at $4,995,000

EnTERTAInMEnT (Continued from page 41)

Park) is limited to 500 people and fea-tures the festival’s “highest level of wines,” Kaufmann said. California’s best winemakers dust off their bottles of the good stuff, some of which you can’t buy anymore, either because the production is for private sale or no longer shipping due to end-of-vintage situations. After a sparkling cham-pagne reception, guests can taste Napa trophy cabs, and rare bottles from Sonoma, the high Sierras, California’s Central Coast, and more, while local chefs create gourmet appetizers as pal-ate cleansers, and the Donna Greene & the Roadhouse Daddies provides the tunes for listening and dancing in the plaza in front of the carousel.

Saturday’s main event, the Beachside Wine Festival (12noon-4pm at the ocean side of Chase Palm Park) is a larger smorgasbord similar to the typical wine-and-tast-ing events, with scores of wineries and a couple of dozen food providers covering the lawn amid craft booths and more. But even here, the sheer size of the event allows for grouping via region, Kaufmann explained, which gives visitors an opportunity to organize

their tasting experience. “It’s the best to get your feet wet. You have a chance to discover which varietals or regions you prefer. There are large groups to sample so you get a lot of information. It can open your eyes to styles and varietals that you might enjoy.”

Every major wine region in California is represented, Kaufmann said. “They come from all over the state. You can taste from Napa Valley to San Diego in one location on the beach in Santa Barbara all in one after-noon. You can’t really beat that.”

For more information, tickets and other details about the California Wine Festival, visit www.californiawinefestival.com. •MJ

If you have a 93108 open house scheduled, please send us your free directory listing to [email protected]

93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY SATURDAY JuLY 21 ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY670 Hodges Lane 2-4pm $5,875,000 3bd/3.5ba Emilie McMinn 689-2726 Village Properties1 Seaview Drive By Appt. $4,650,000 3bd/3ba Bob Lamborn 452-9291 Sotheby’s International Realty1415 School House Road 2-4pm $4,295,000 4bd/4.5ba Peggy Olcese 895-6757 Sotheby’s International Realty1940 East Valley Road 1-3pm $3,495,000 6bd/7.5ba Katinka Goertz 708-9616 Sotheby’s International Realty1444 School House Road 2:30-4:30pm $3,486,000 5bd/5ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty2198 Veloz 2-4pm $2,850,000 4bd/4.5ba Dudley Kirkpatrick 403-7201 Village Properties751 Via Manana By Appt. $2,300,000 1bd/1ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sotheby’s International Realty1119 Alston Road By Appt. $1,795,000 Lot Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties1029 Monte Cristo Lane 1-4pm $1,695,000 3bd/2ba Liana Decierdo 729-2991 Prudential California Realty655 Coyote Road 2-4pm $1,425,000 3bd/2.5ba SiBelle Israel 896-4218 Prudential California Realty548 - B San Ysidro Road 12-3pm $825,000 2bd Elisa Atwill 705-9075 Coldwell SUNDAY JuLY 22ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY706 Park Lane 1-4pm $9,800,000 4bd/5.5ba Julian Michalowski 760-717-4281 Sotheby’s International Realty945 Park Lane 2-4pm $8,980,000 5bd C. Scott McCosker 451-1721 Coldwell1821 Fernald Point Lane By Appt. $5,950,000 3bd/3ba Ron Dickman 689-3135 Sotheby’s International Realty670 Hodges Lane 2-4pm $5,875,000 3bd/3.5ba Sandy Stahl 689-1602 Sotheby’s International Realty13 Seaview Drive 2-4pm $4,995,000 3bd/3.5ba Pippa Davis 886-0174 Village Properties2170 Ortega Ranch Lane 2-4pm $4,995,000 4bd/3.5ba Cristal Clarke 886-9378 Sotheby’s International Realty1 Seaview Drive By Appt. $4,650,000 3bd/3ba Bob Lamborn & Jennifer Burrows 452-9291 Sotheby’s International Realty703 Park Lane 2-4pm $4,300,000 5bd/8ba Nancy Kogevinas 450-6233 Prudential California Realty1415 School House Road 2-4pm $4,295,000 4bd/4.5ba Peggy Olcese 895-6757 Sotheby’s International Realty2749 Sycamore Canyon Road 2-4pm $3,995,000 5bd/3.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sotheby’s International Realty1444 School House Road 12-2pm $3,486,000 5bd/5ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty2198 Veloz 2-5pm $2,850,000 4bd/4.5ba Gregg Leach 886-9000 Village Properties2893 Hidden Valley Lane 2-4pm $2,799,900 5bd Teddy Meyer 451-4321 Coldwell751 Via Manana By Appt. $2,300,000 1bd/1ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sotheby’s International Realty1720 Mission Ridge Road 1-4pm $2,210,000 3bd/3ba Francie Berezo 705-2561 Sotheby’s International Realty1119 Alston Road 1-4pm $1,795,000 LOT Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties2775 Sycamore Canyon Road 2-4pm $1,775,000 1bd/1.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sotheby’s International Realty1029 Monte Cristo Lane 1-4pm $1,695,000 3bd/2ba Sherry Zolfaghari 386-3748 Prudential California Realty655 Coyote Road 1-4pm $1,425,000 3bd/2.5ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty1515 East Valley 1-4pm $1,195,000 3bd Maurie McGuire 403-8816 Coldwell165 Cedar Lane 1-4pm $999,800 3bd/1.5ba Greg Jacobson 302-0692 Sotheby’s International Realty548 - B San Ysidro Road 12-3pm $825,000 2bd Tom Atwill 705-0292 Coldwell1220 Coast Village Road 213 1-3pm $715,000 2bd/2ba Jeanne O’Brien 696-8613 Prudential California Realty


PUBLIC NOTICESCITY OF SANTA BARBARA

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310

E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

BID NO. 5170

DUE DATE & TIME: August 6, 2012 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Digital Microwave Project

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on July 26,

2012 at 9:00 a.m., in the Laguna Multi-Purpose Room,

Water Resources Building located at 625 Laguna Street,

Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field

conditions. Bid Documents are available at the Purchasing

Office and at the pre-bid meeting.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California General B or Class C-7 Low

Voltage Systems Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: July 18, 2012 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KG Business Consulting, 1200 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Katrin Grienitz, 1200 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001982. Published July 18, 25, August 1, 8, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Music By Bonnie & Company 3229 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Bonnie Hope, 3229 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 13, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Catherine Daly. Original FBN No. 2012-0002039. Published July 18, 25, August 1, 8, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: European Iron Work, 5663 Oxford Place, Goleta, CA 93117. Mireille Masbanji, 15 Camino De Vida #110, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 6, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Catherine Daly. Original FBN No. 2012-0001975. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mocean Ventures; Paddle Sports Imports; SUP Imports, 86 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Mark Olson, 86 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 11, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison. Original FBN No. 2012-0001735. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sam’s 2 U, 5979 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. Azi Monro, 175 Kinman Ave #129, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 26, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2012-0001891. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Private Equity Group, 4533 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Joel S. Silverman, 4533 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001793. Published July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Orpheus Books, 2804 Miradero Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Robert Liebman, 2804 Miradero Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 28, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Ashlee Hensley. Original FBN No. 2012-0001910. Published July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSSTATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name: Sam’s To Go, 5979 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. Hassan Lohrasebi, 4053 Foothill Road #A, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 26, 2012. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2004-0001822, filed on 6/11/2004. Published June July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following

Ernie’s World by Ernie Witham

For more “heavy” humor pick up a copy of Ernie’s book: A Year in the Life of a “Working” Writer, available at Chaucer’s and at erniesworld.com.

I’ve had a rocky couple of weeks. First we went to Los Angeles to

see “Levitated Mass,” the largest thing ever moved by man.

Levitated Mass is a work of art, according to people who obviously know a lot more about art than I do. Basically it’s a great big rock, sitting on top of a pathway, which they call a slot, that slowly descends below the rock and ascends back out the other side, so that you can walk under the thing, admire its bottom, and say clever things to each other like:

“Long time no see. Where you been, living under a rock?”

And: “Look, I just went from Los Angeles to Boulder and back in five minutes!”

Apparently, the artist, Michael Heizer, got the idea for his creation in 1969. I, too, had a lot of interest-ing thoughts in the late ‘60s, but I’ve pretty much forgotten most of them by now, not counting the occasional flashback:

“You know I don’t mind the patchouli incense, or the tie dye, but if you insist on wearing those bell bot-toms, we need to let them out about forty years worth.”

Heizer held onto his big thought, though, until he finally discovered an appropriate boulder decades later in 2007 in Riverside County, California. Then it took him five years to figure out how to move the 340-ton granite behemoth and how to get someone to pay for it. In 1969, he probably could have found a bunch of guys with VW vans willing to try it.

“Far out, man. I was levitating myself just last night.”

“How trippy, me too.” “I say group transcendental medita-

tion, man.”“Righteous!”But in 2012, things are more com-

plicated and it took 11 days to move the thing 105 miles to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on a massive trailer that could only move 5 miles per hour through a bunch of cities and counties that all required large-rock-moving permits.

“Megalith relocation? You’re gonna need, like, Forms Nineteen A though Eighty-Seven F... Is that a picture of it? Hmm. You know, I may have medi-tated at that thing once...”

Anyway, it’s not just the rock or the “slot” but the creative use of negative space that makes it worth the ten mil-lion bucks it costs to create it. A gift of rich art patrons that decided this was more important than offshore bank-

ing. And I did feel a certain bond in that we traveled about 105 miles to descend and un-descend with hoards of other curious folks, some of whom were texting the entire time and prob-ably wondered why it got dark for a second. Plus, I strained a lower back muscle trying to get a photo of it, which added to the heaviness of the experience.

So, full of inspiration and the need to support rock art, my wife and I took on a mini-megalith project of our own when we purchased some very heavy steppingstones for our new bonsai garden. Our art only had to travel a few miles from the stone store. And we hired our friend Mario and his crew to maneuver them into position. Unfortunately, the only way to see the bottoms of them now is to be reincarnated as an earthworm, but they are nice looking from the top and very natural.

“We need to put sealer on them.”“What?” I took off my rose-colored

glasses and beaded headband and looked at my wife. “Michael Heizer didn’t have to put any sealer on his rock.”

“True, but he won’t have any wine-drinking, hot-dog-eating friends walk-ing on it either.”

So, one hour and two Advil later, my rocks were sealed and I sat down to admire them when my wife handed me a card and said: “Happy Birthday.”

“Wow! Really! I’d almost forgotten.”“Your gift is in the back of the SUV.”Holding my lower back, I shuffled

out to the driveway only to find... “It’s a bag of rocks.”

“Yes, but look, they’re polished jade. They’ll look great under the Japanese Maples.”

I hefted the bag. It weighed almost as much as the “Levitated Mass.” Next inspirational exhibit I visit will involve feathers, I hope. •MJ

Heavy, Man. Heavy.

“Levitated Mass” by Michael Heizer

19 – 26 July 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45Anyone can tell the truth but only very few of us can make epigrams – W. Somerset Maugham

NOTICE OF DATE FIXED FOR SUBMITTING ARGUMENTS FOR/AGAINST THE MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT – MEASURE

F2012 INCREASE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Presidential General Election to be held in Santa Barbara County, State of California, on November 6, 2012, the following measure will be submitted to the voters of the Montecito Fire Protection District:

MEASURE F2012

Shall the Montecito Fire Protection District increase its number of directors from three to five?

Yes No___________

Arguments for or against this measure may be submitted to the office of the Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters, 4440-A Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, no later than July 25, 2012 during normal office hours as posted. This time has been determined by the County Registrar of Voters to be a reasonable period based upon the time necessary to prepare and print the arguments. The governing board of the district or any member or members of the board, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of such voters and associations may file a written argument for or against any measure. No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. Arguments may be withdrawn by the authors at any time prior to and including the final date for filing arguments fixed by the County Registrar of Voters. All arguments shall be typed and in paragraph form using upper and lowercase format. All arguments shall be signed, have the printed names and signatures of the persons submitting the argument or, if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers. No more than five signatures are allowed on the argument. The argument shall be accompanied by the following form statement: The undersigned author(s) of the argument in favor of/against Ballot Measure F2012 at the Presidential General Election to be held on November 6, 2012, hereby state(s) that such argument is true and correct to the best of his/her/their knowledge and belief. Printed Name: Signature: Following the filing deadlines, the full text of the measure, arguments, rebuttal arguments, impartial analysis and the tax rate statement will be posted for a ten-day public examination period beginning August 7, 2012 and ending August 16, 2012. Date: July 10, 2012

Publish: July 18, 2012

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Joseph E. Holland Clerk, Recorder and Assessor

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3663 for the MCKINLEY SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled “MCKINLEY SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, BID NO. 3663.” The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a finished pedestrian improvement project, including curbs, gutters, sidewalk, access ramps, existing access ramp retrofitting, cross gutters, drainage improvements, landscape improvements, conforms, pavement delineations, and retaining curbs. This work includes but is not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, traffic striping, clearing and grubbing, surveying, vegetation trimming, concrete ssaw cutting, removal of hardscape, placing asphalt concrete, clean up, public notices, and incidentals per the project plans and specifications. The Engineerʼs estimate is $27,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. The plans and specifications for this Project may be viewed online at CyberCopyʼs Website (www.cybercopyusa.com) under the City Of Santa Barbara Plan Room. To obtain a copy of the plans and specifications for this Project and become a registered plan holder, download a Bid Package Request Form from the City Of Santa Barbara Plan Room site above by clicking on the Project or by calling Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The Cityʼs contact for this project is Danielle Salt, Project Engineer, 805-560-7522. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the Cityʼs website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 3247, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashierʼs check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder. GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED July 11 & 18, 2012 Montecito Journal

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received

by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310

E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on

the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened,

read and posted for:

BID NO. 5169

DUE DATE & TIME: August 2, 2012 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

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Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa

Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and

conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all

forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in

person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or

by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for

bid package and specifications.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority

and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full

opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will

not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40),

ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender

identity and expression, marital status, medical condition

(cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race,

religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.

____________________

William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: July 18, 2012

General Services Manager Montecito Journal

person(s) is/are doing business as: Lucky Blue, Lucky Blue Photo Booth Company, 106 Kinman Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. Ashlan Taylor, 106 Kinman Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 13, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Ashlee Hensley. Original FBN No. 2012-0001753. Published June 27, July 4, 11, 18, 2012.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402392. To all interested parties: Petitioner Leila Radia Jirari filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Leila Radia Clark. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 26, 2012 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 30, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402662. To all interested parties: Petitioner Kathleen Marie Lazard-Cronin filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Kathleen Marie Lazard. The Court orders that all persons interested in this

matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 6, 2012 by Penny Wooff, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: September 13, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402540. To all interested parties: Petitioner Carol Michiko Blake filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Michi Blake. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 3, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 23, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1385791. To all interested parties: Petitioner David Valencia Delgadillo filed a petition with

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to David Delgadillo Valencia. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated

below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection

at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the

petition without a hearing. Filed May 25, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 26, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 7/18


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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Do you love Reagan history? The Reagan Ranch Center is seeking volunteers who would be interested in serving as docents for the Exhibit Galleries. Docents

Help Save Threatened Shorebirds!Coal Oil Point Reserve is looking for volunteers to help protect Western Snowy Plovers on Sands Beach. We are looking for volunteer docents to spend 2 hours a week on Sands Beach, teaching the public about the importance of protecting the snowy plover habitat. You can make a difference! Interested parties should call (805)893-3703 or email [email protected].

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Picture Perfect Window Cleaning

will have the opportunity share the history of President Reagan and his “Western White House.” For more information or to apply, please contact Danielle Fowler at 805-957-1980 or [email protected].

LOOKING FOR GREAT TENANTS ?... Couple looking for long term place to call home.

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Property care-taking considered. Please call: Carmen, 805 451 9978

or email: Justin, [email protected] credit and references

ARTCLASSES

beginning to advanced681-8831

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1101 State StSanta Barbara

CA 93101State and Figueroa

805.963.2721

a fine coffee and tea establishment

“Better than climbing Gibraltar”

LUCKY’S steaks /chops /seafood /cocktails

Dinner & Cocktails Nightly, 5 to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday & Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm. Montecito’s neighborhood bar and restaurant. 1279 Coast Village Road Montecito CA 93108 (805)565-7540

www.luckys-steakhouse.comPhotography by David Palermo

BRUNCH SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 9 AM TO 3 PM