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The Way It WasLife on an outcropping called Point Piedras Blancas (“White Stones”) had its ups and

its downs, p. 29

Coming & GoingMontecito Bank & Trust’s Mary Ellen Tiffany off to Southeast Asia to begin

six-month sabbatical, p. 13

Village BeatVerizon Wireless puts “Cell on Wheels”

(COW) on Santa Angela Lane as temporary fix, p. 12

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 • MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 38 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42

The Voice of the Village S SINCE 1995 S

A&E green lights Ryan Seacrest’s Montecito reality show;

Abercrombie & Fitch turns to Bruce Weber and Butterfly Beach for upcoming catalog; Jay-Z and

Beyoncé eye Neverland, p. 6

Mineards’ Miscellany

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters says Caltrans’ failure to consider alternatives such as those proposed by the Montecito Association “could result in irreversible impacts to this beautiful area... Given all that could be lost,isn’t it worth another look?” she asks. (story begins on page 5)

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5 Guest Editorial Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters explains why consideration of Montecito Association’s CCAP is in best interest of Montecito

6 Montecito Miscellany Ryan Seacrest’s Montecito gets green light; Abercrombie & Fitch models pose on Butterfly Beach; Jay-Z and Beyoncé potential new owners of Neverland; Richard appears on CNN; Oprah’s house to get makeover; Julia Michelle Dawson’s first tome; OSB presents “An Affair to Remember”; farewell bash for Mary Ellen Tiffany; Hats Off! & Masks On!; Women’s Festivals at Bacara; Girls Inc. reception; Christian Tetzlaff entertains at Lobero; Steve Martin, first-time dad; Roberta Flack wows at Granada; Barnaby Conrad passes

8 Letters to the Editor Ms Louise Gray commends J.B. for responding; Robert M. Ornstein believes Caltrans abusing power; Ernie Witham receives helpful gift from reader; Rosslyn Ray reports on successful Rotary Club anniversary

10 This Week in Montecito MUS book club meeting; Cold Spring School’s Living Legends; Richard Salas speaks at SBMM; DRI reception; Robert P. Johnson’s multi-media talk at Tecolote; Simply the Best Wedding Showcase; Channel City Club Lecture & Luncheon; Michael Katz tells stories at Montecito Library; The New Yorker discussion group; book signing at Curious Cup; ongoing events

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

12 Village Beat Temporary “Cell on Wheels” erected on Santa Angela Lane; Southern California Edison prunes trees; Lotusland presents “Swarm: A Collaboration with Bees”; Dawn Lafitte joins LBS Board of Trustees; Montecito Historical Archives formed to honor David Myrick

13 Coming & Going Mary Ellen Tiffany embarks on six-month journey, inspired by Matt Mazza; Coast 2 Coast presents new men’s collection

14 Seen Around Town Cottage Hospital’s Tiara Ball honors Leslie Ridley-Tree; “Go Red for Women” Heart Fair and Luncheon at Bacara

20 On Entertainment UCSB Arts &Lectures launches Winter Festival; Steve’s Oscar picks; SBIFF news; violinist Leonidas Kavakos blows away audience

23 Sheriff’s Blotter Victim observes men burglarizing vehicle; woman caught after stealing silverware from home

28 Your Westmont President Beebe talks about effective leadership; orchestra presents spring concert; John Blondell directs world premiere; Michael Walzer speaks

29 The Way It Was Hattie visits historic Piedras Blancas Light Station near San Simeon

Coup de Grace Barnaby Conrad touched Grace’s life from the moment she met him

34 Our Town Artists Ethan Turpin and Jonathan Smith record sounds from live beehive for installation at Lotusland

36 Curious Traveler Jerry Dunn experiences Vancouver for the first time

38 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

40 Legal Advertisements42 Calendar of Events

UCSB’s Absolutely! (perhaps) ends this week; Air Supply plays Chumash; Santa Barbara Strings benefit concert; Westmont Orchestra’s Spring Orchestra Concert; Hat Check Girl returns to Trinity Backstage; Girls Rock SB! first spring benefit concert; Andrea and Neil Di Maggio perform at Faulkner Gallery; Nansie Chapman and J. Kahn & Friends celebrate album releases; Loggins family show at SOhO; Durango Songwriters Expo preview

44 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week

45 Real Estate View Today’s Heat score is 265, up 208% from this time last year

93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito

46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

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GUEST EDITORIALMs Peters served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 2006 to 2009.

Prior to that, she was a Sr. Vice President and National Director for Transportation Policy and Consulting for HDR, Inc. From 2001 to 2005,

Ms Peters served as the Federal Highway Administrator for the U.S. Department of Transportation; before that, she served as the Arizona Department of Transportation Director. She is currently

Principal of Mary Peters Consulting Group, LLC, an organization dedicated to finding new and bet-ter ways to address America’s infrastructure requirements. She currently serves on the Board of

Trustees for Rand Corporation and as a Member of the Board for HDR, Inc. Ms Peters was appointed to the Arizona Commerce Authority by Gov. Jan Brewer, and supports the nationally recognized BASIS

Schools as a School Board Member at the Chandler, Flagstaff and Peoria Campuses.

Another Look At Highway 101 Improvement Project

I was invited to come visit the Montecito-Santa Barbara area last week specifically to take a look at the roadway where the proposed widening is planned for the 101 Freeway. I met over lunch with several proponents

of the Community Coalition Alternative Plan (CCAP), who are advocat-ing for a simpler, more basic solution than what was proposed in the Draft Environmental Impact Review (DEIR) produced by Caltrans. We took a lengthy tour of the area looking at both the freeway and the adjoining inter-sections and streets. They explained what Caltrans had proposed as well as contrasting the alternative.

The 101 Freeway is part of a historic parkway: the first project of its kind west of the Mississippi River. I was awe-struck by the natural beauty of this area and the breath-taking views of the coastline as we drove both north and south on the 101 Freeway.

With all respect to Caltrans, the proposed complex urban-scale design pro-posed for the three-mile corridor in Montecito appears better suited to a city like Los Angeles. The Caltrans proposal would widen the freeway, add high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes in Montecito, and eliminate the left ramps at the Cabrillo and Sheffield interchanges. It would significantly expand the footprint of the 101 Freeway in this area, and would raise the profile of the southbound lanes, eliminating much of the beautiful view of the coastline from the northbound lanes.

Given the historic and scenic beauty of the area and the significant change to the area necessitated by the Caltrans plan, the members of the Montecito Association have offered an alternative plan; one that would accomplish the objective of increasing capacity and relieving congestion on the freeway as supported by local voters in Measure A, while preserving the natural beauty of the area. In developing the alternative plan, the Montecito Association examined safety data and found that the left on- and off-ramps are superior in terms of safety when compared to most of the existing right on- and off-ramps in the area. Also due to the 16 freeway entrances and exits in the 3-mile corridor, they recommend commencing the HOV lanes to the south of the Sheffield interchange.

Further, the alternative plan would, according to an examination by engi-neers, potentially shave two years off the time to complete the project and reduce the cost in excess of $50 million. For the Cabrillo-Hot Springs inter-change alone the alternative cuts the cost from $50 million for the Caltrans approach to $8 million for the Alternative. The alternative plan would be significantly less disruptive to existing traffic during construction, and could conceivably be built with an innovative design-build process, further acceler-ating project completion.

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than creating a scar on the environment

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The hour-long show, which I exclu-sively revealed in this illustrious organ last July, involves a number of women from our rarefied enclave, aged between 15 and 60, and the men who fulfill their dreams.

In this case, it’s not their husbands, but their ballroom dance instructors.

Among those involved in the pilot and now cast in the series, accord-ing to my mole with the martini, are Arlene Montesano, tennis ace Jimmy Connors’ wife Patti, realtor Andria Kahmann, events organizer

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The best little paper in America(Covering the best little community anywhere!)

Over the years, I’ve been read-ing the notes you add to vari-ous “Letters To The Editor,”

and want to say thanks for doing this and thanks for what you say.

Usually editors don’t reply, so this is unique and smart and appreciated. It’s wonderful to get some feedback from the editor.

Also, what you write is smart, cor-rect and important.

If you need an example, your Editor’s note to “Food Stamps Galore” (MJ # 19/4) is a good one. You responded to the letter writer, which isn’t seldom seen in other papers. Also, your response is correct, accu-rate, intelligent and true that all sub-sidies should be eliminated and we should have a flat tax.

In the case of food stamps, I have seen with my own eyes people pay-ing with food stamps here in Santa Barbara County and elsewhere in California, and then getting into their $30,000-plus cars, SUVs, mini-

vans, etc. These people were also quite healthy, dressed appropriately (not wearing rags, but wearing good clothes), nice purses, etc.

So thanks for what you’re doing and keep it up!

Sincerely,Ms Louise GraySummerland (Editor’s note: If you’ve been a regular

reader over these past years you prob-ably are aware that responding to letters is – to some – a controversial thing to do. I enjoy the give and take, and expect to continue responding, or more accurately, corresponding, with readers on subjects of import or inquiry; letters such as yours give comfort and encouragement, and I thank you for that. – J.B.)

Up To Each Of UsI congratulate, thank, and com-

mend the MJ for the excellent edito-rial and for printing the Community Coalition Alternative Plan (CCAP) by

the Montecito Association (“A Most Important Upcoming Decision” MJ # 19/7). I write from my perspective as a 27-year resident of Montecito, who has always valued and treasured the concern and continuing focus our community has on preserving what makes Montecito such a very special and unique place to live. The work of the MA and the Transportation Subcommittee in undertaking the effort to produce and advocate for the CCAP is an example of dedicated community service at its very best.

However, the “elephant in the room” in this situation is clearly the outrageously arrogant and insensitive attitude of Caltrans in abusing its role and power as a state agency that is funded, I understand, by public tax dollars. This attitude is unacceptable – and it is nothing new. Our com-munity experienced this institutional arrogance, and incompetence, when, a short while ago, Caltrans improperly and in violation of state law, basical-ly “rubber-stamped” the application for the cutting down of the many eucalyptus trees along Highway 192. Caltrans acted as if it had absolute power and authority and absolutely no need to involve the community in any fashion before it permitted this wanton destruction. We cannot per-mit this attitude to prevail. These are “public servants” and they must act in the public interest.

The Montecito Journal and the Montecito Association are taking important and positive action as guardians of our community to raise public awareness about the many problems with Caltrans’ 101 Widening Project. Unfortunately, there is much more to do, and the responsibility to become fully informed about these issues – and to weigh in on them – must ultimately fall on each and every resident of our community.

In that regard I was disappointed and disheartened by the attitude expressed by Sybil Rosen in her Letter to the Editor to the affect that “Caltrans and the Montecito commu-nity must come together to enhance and protect Montecito’s unique com-munity character... [and that] design modifications offered by Caltrans will achieve this when we all sit down at the table.” This kind of thinking is naive and disconnected from reality because Caltrans, by its actions and arrogant attitude, has given the back of its hand to Montecito; it has acted as an adversary. Example: Caltrans was forced by SBCAG to incorporate and evaluate CCAP’s suggested solu-tions in a revised EIR after flatly refus-ing to do so voluntarily when CCAP was presented to it with the identical request.

We must realize that this is not an “Aw, come on everybody. Can’t we all just get along?” situation. As it takes

“two to tango,” it also takes two to sit down at the table; Caltrans’ approach to the 101 widening project from the outset has unfortunately been to act as an 800-lb gorilla that believes it can do what it wants, when it wants, and how it wants.

We cannot allow this to happen. We have too much to protect, and it is up to every one of us who loves living in Montecito to become involved in pro-tecting and preserving it from those who would destroy it.

Robert M. OrnsteinMontecito

Press Power

Thought you might enjoy this “power of the press” moment. In my last piece (“Ernie’s World” MJ # 19/7), I discussed the recovery phase of my recent car accident, including a problem associated with the painkiller Percocet and its effect on the natural order of the lower intestines.

A few days later I came home from the store to find this can on my front step.

So, I offer a big “thank you” to my anonymous reader friend.

Ernie WithamSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: May your lower intes-

tines find comfort and joy in this generous gift – J.B.)

Gracious WinnersBob Marshall has clearly won the

parry with his riposte to J.B.’s riposte to Ernest Salomon (“Misinformed and Naïve” MJ # 19/7).

Citing the facts and the outcome of Minnesota’s problem and wise review process, clearly conveys convincing intelligence from a “well-meaning (Harvard educated) citizen” vs. the convoluted riposte from J.B., suggest-ing that we pass a law in order to

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prove it wrong.Thank you to Mr. Marshall from all

well-meaning citizens.Patricia MitchellSanta Barbara(and former Minnesotan)(Editor’s note: To repeat: you folks have

won. The unholy alliance between welfare recipients, their enablers in government unions, and academe, is strong and get-ting stronger, and people with a different point of view, such as mine, are now in the minority and likely to remain there for the foreseeable future, so congratulations to you and to the people who helped pass the Affordable Health Care Act [Obamacare] in order to find out what was in it. – J.B.)

Service Above SelfMany thanks for your article about

the Rotary Club of Montecito’s 60th Anniversary (“Coming & Going” MJ # 19/6) and the Club’s bestowal of a prestigious Paul Harris Award to Jim Buckley. Jim is a real treasure to our Montecito community, and we were delighted to be able to recognize his work.

Our 60th Anniversary Gala was a wonderful event on February 12. Peter Clark and friends Alan Thicke, Alan Porter, Paul Clay, David Gonzalez and Maitland Ward entertained us in their usual inimitable style, for which we thank them.

It was also great to recognize the tireless community work of Larry Crandell during the evening. Other great Rotary Club contributors for the evening’s preparations, aside from those mentioned previously, were Linda Melchiori and Joseph Kirkland.

“Service above Self,” the Rotary motto, is alive and well in the Rotary Club of Montecito.

Rosslyn Ray (Secretary)Montecito (Editor’s note: Yes, indeed it is. Another

person not mentioned in my piece but deserving of special praise is Jennifer Goddard, a Montecito Rotarian whose timely invite every year and scrupulous attention to detail has been noteworthy. – J.B.)

All ThumbsSorry, but these people who want

to keep the left-hand exit for Hot

Springs Road are idiots at best. 101 would have been widened 20+yrs ago if not for the same idiocy about what “Montecito wants.” Tell your people to – forgive me – get their thumbs out of everybody’s rears and let this proj-ect go forward.

The left-hand off-ramp is incredibly dangerous and if they keep it, it will be a major lawsuit for every accident there. If the Montecito Association will pay all the legitimate claims, all of them, let them make their changes. I’m so tired of your “we’re special” attitude and uncommon sense and that somehow you know better than the rest of us.

Again, you’ve screwed us with 101 traffic for the last 20+ yrs; it’s time to take your own medicine.

Joe LombardoSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: “Your people”? My peo-

ple? Hmmm. Mr. Lombardo is founder and former owner-operator of Captain Video on Coast Village Road. – J.B.)

Hating, Lying, Cheating, and Losing

It is really hard to know where to begin with regard to what is going on and has been going on within the Republican Party. Of course, the big loser is America because impor-tant problems and issues aren’t being addressed or even talked about.

So, now you have some idea of how the Dems felt in 2004 when Bush got a second term, with a few differ-ences: President Obama actually won his elections, and he is getting us out of those eternal, expensive wars that Bush just had to start, while at the same time reducing taxes. I cannot figure out why we are in such debt (Obama’s fault).

They had to play the Benghazi card even though there is no “there” there. More wasted time and money to make the Dems wrong. Did anyone play the 9/11 card on Bush and Condi even though they had been warned? I did wonder why Bush did not want to testify or even want an investigation of 9/11. Why would the President not want to investigate 9/11? Ah, but he finally did testify. He did it with his buddy Cheney, in secret. Wouldn’t want the President to have an unfor-tunate slip of the tongue.

You have the legit rape guys. Thank God they both lost. Americans do come thru once in a while. Although condemned, y’all still funded them. Anything to win a seat. Slam the low-I.Q. guys in, they will vote the right way. You got your own party telling you that you have to stop being stu-pid... You got your hate monger, liars Rush and Hannity. Where on the left is there such a group of people who go after the right 24/7, with such hate and lies? They do such a disservice to our country, with all the hate, espe-cially with 300 million guns floating around.

For that matter, where on the right is there anyone like Bill Moyers, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, or documenta-ry film makers like Oliver Stone or Ken Burns? People who are interested in important issues and the truth? I assume you all must really hate Michael Moore, even though all of his films have been spot on… Where is the Michael Moore of the right? Oh, all your guys must be locked up in your think tanks. All the right seems to have is some sort of failed ideology. You got your gerrymandering. Again, anything to get a seat in Congress... Where is the integrity in saying or doing anything to win?

You’ve got your war against women, blacks and Latinos. Where do you expect to get future votes??

What has happened to the Kenya, Muslim, Birther talk? Was that just a tactic to fool your ignorant base?

That was a rhetorical question. You hate, hate, hate, lie, lie, lie,

cheat, cheat, cheat, but you can’t seem to win, win, win. Right now you got the Young Guns, Rubio, Jeb, Ryan holed up in a room because they are trying to come up with a new way to speak that will fool the people even more.

Just one problem, America seems to be on to you... But a certain % of people will vote Republican no matter what. A Palin/Quayle ticket would be heroic.

Each election, you actively do all you can do to suppress the vote. An ideal people have died for. I guess that just doesn’t fit into those values you are always talking about. Those peo-ple whose vote you try to suppress,

These are the same folks the young guns hope to enroll... You have been suppressing their vote, but you hope to win their vote in 2016. You gotta figure a way to talk nice. As Bush tried to say once, “you can fool me once.”

I say you lost a huge bet and someone must pay. Y’all bet you could beat President Obama by not doing one thing he wanted to do. On the Republican watch (I’m being


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Art ExhibitMontecito artist Steve Gilbar displays his paper collages featuring Penguins (the books, not the birds)


Parent Book Club MeetingMontecito Union parents will discuss the book Raising Caring, Capable Kids with Habits of Mind by Lauren A. Camer and Angela Iadavaia-Cox. The book provides stories and examples for parents to their help children succeed and thrive in school as well as in life. There are practical tips that apply to daily life with children (everything from managing homework to resolving arguments between siblings to encouraging the reluctant child). When: 8:30 am to 9:30 amWhere: 385 San Ysidro Road, auditoriumInfo: 969-3249

Living Legends PerformanceCold Spring School second grade students take on the personas of historical charactersWhen: 10:45 amWhere: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road, auditoriumInfo: 969-2678

Lecture at SBMMRichard Salas speaks about sharks at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Most people think sharks to be feared, man eating killing machines that target anyone who comes into their world. Salas says that is not true; come hear the truth about these maligned beauties and understand the challenge we face because of how many we kill each year. Salas will be signing copies of his new book Blue Visions. An exhibit of Richard’s underwater photographs will open in

conjunction with this lecture.When: 7 pmWhere: 113 Harbor WayCost: free for members, $5 for non-membersRegister: www.sbmm.org

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22

Direct Relief Women is hosting a reception for Dr. Karen Lamp, medical director of the Venice Family Clinic, who will be speaking about women’s health care issues. DRI has been providing significant medical support to the Venice Clinic for over a decade. Comprised of members from Montecito, Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley, Direct Relief Women is an official volunteer organization within DRI. Through education, service, and financial giving, DRW supports the work of DRI in creating healthy families around the world and around the corner. New members are always welcome.When: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmWhere: Direct Relief International, 27 S. La Patera LaneInfo & RSVP: Hayley Jessup, 879-4954 or [email protected]: Free

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23

Book Signing at Tecolote Award winning author Robert P. Johnson will hold a multi-media talk on overpopulation and a book signing for his latest novel, The Momentum of Folly. Copies of the book are available at Tecolote, Chaucer’s and Book Den, as well

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail [email protected] or call (805) 565-1860)


Storytelling at Montecito LibraryMichael Katz will be offering six free storytelling performances at local libraries; tonight he’s at Montecito Library. At these performances he will be selling and signing his new DVD of storytelling, Storyteller Michael Katz Live at Freight & Salvage. When: 4 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road

MONDAY FEBRUARY 25

Lecture & LuncheonChannel City Club presents “The History and Future of Guerrilla Warfare” featuring Max Boot’s newly released book, Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present. As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz’s On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is the only complete account that assesses the impact of guerrilla uprisings

throughout world history. When: 11:30 am Where: Reagan Room, Fess Parker’s Doubletree Hotel, 633 East Cabrillo Blvd Cost: $35 members, $40 non-members Info & RSVP: 884-6636

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When: February through May, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pmWhere: Gallery 827, 827 State StreetInfo: 969-9857

MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS

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 Brain Fitness Program Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: Jackie Kennedy, 969-0859

TUESDAYS

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 Montecito Country Mart) Info: 565-7696

THURSDAYS

Adventuresome Aging ProgramCommunity outings, socialization, and lunch for dependent adultsWhen: 10 am Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: Jackie Kennedy, 969-0859 •MJ

21 – 28 February 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 11I am a red man; if the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place – Sitting Bull

LETTERS (Continued from page 9)nice) the economy blew up... Into a worldwide depression, housing bubble, Wall Street nightmare, and y’all decided that for the next four years you just were not going to help cooperate... How sweet of you. You spent four years saying no to governing, legislating, or doing the job you were sent to Washington to do. What if it was reversed? What if on the Democrat watch, the world blew up and for four years they did nothing… what would you be say-ing? First of all you would be saying that the Dems just can’t be trusted to govern, they let the world blow up.... Vote Republican! The Dems haven’t done that... So you placed a power-ful bet, a dangerous bet and you lost. America lost. When in the past when there has been a crisis has one party just decided not to play? I say Boehner, Cantor and McConnell must resign. Gonna happen? No. But it should... Whatever happened to falling on your sword?

Look up treason in the dictionary. 1. Betrayal of trust. 2. Treachery. 3. Overt acts to overthrow the govern-ment (Obama). I can’t believe this isn’t a bigger issue... But I can’t believe that illegal wars like Viet Nam and Iraq happen, with us just walking away like nothing happened either. I say we’ve got a lot of war criminals walk-ing around who need to go visit the Hague.

Reagan, Bush, Bush. Twenty years. What great sea change did we see in America, with regard to all these won-derful principles y’all talk about?? What great problems got solved? I recall billions being spent on Star Wars, a phony public works security shield program that will never work ($ still being spent on it today). You got away with Iran-Contra, somehow, which should have gotten the whole bunch of you impeached.

Can’t have America imploding while the Soviet Union is going down. When asked about what sort of won-derful vision he had for the future, post USSR, well, 41 didn’t have one...except the one we have now... Terror replacing communism. An eternal enemy, war, debt, hunger, hydrogen bombs, nuclear waste all around the country... But the last four years, the Republicans just couldn’t see any way they could help out. Reagan could have gotten rid of the nukes but he just could not get along with Gorby. Hey, but he did manage to dump all the mentally ill out on the street to help kick-start the homeless thing. You know, to keep company with the homeless Viet Nam vets. Can you name any issue the Republicans have solved of late? Even though Obama won the election by a wide margin and the American people want the government to work and get to work, the Republicans still have their heels

dug in, like the election didn’t matter, because they lost.

BTW, one quick question on Mitt. Since he knew how to make the econ-omy work, why was he keeping it secret till Jan. 20, 2013? Why didn’t he start telling us what to do four or five years ago? Then certainly he would have been elected in 2012. Oh, but Nixon had a secret plan for Viet Nam too... We know how well that worked. Another twenty thousand dead. Why doesn’t Mitt tell us now? Why does he want to keep these things secret from us?

McCain. We should have lost him because of the Keating Five. But he beat that rap just so he could come along later to give us Palin... Lets see, Quayle, Palin, Clarence Thomas, Spiro Agnew, Nixon, but Susan Rice isn’t good enough... The list goes on to infinity.

So, you still have this problem with Obama, and even though he won the election and the people spoke, there are no plans to govern with him. If you do and you actually accomplish some things, it will make him look good, and we can’t have that. Then Hillary will win in 2016 and on into 2020, and we can’t have that.

Here is the thing. Y’all seem to take all this insanity for granted. I guess it all seems normal to you. Now that is just weird. Has it come to this?? This is the new normal? We live in Santa Barbara where everyone is try-ing to get the job done, make it a better world. I see it all the time in the MJ. What is wrong with the Republicans? They seem so intent on going down this useless path.

So, I don’t see any change. It looks like the lies, hate and cheating are going to go on for the next four years. Which is a shame. Other countries are using their money to build for their future. We should rebuild America.

You know someone comes up with E=MC (squared) and pretty soon we have a way to ruin the whole world. Where is the Manhattan Project for world peace? What is wrong with us? We are the one species on this planet that is causing all the problems... We are ruining it. And we are moving fast. You Republicans want to win the future? Figure out a way to first get enlightened, then get into a serious competition with the Dems on how to make the world work for everyone, with no one left out... Bucky Fuller talked about moving humanity from killingry to livingry. Putting all our energy and money and thought into making this earth sing.

Glenn GriffithSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: You seem so at peace

with yourself that we’ll forego any response and offer no rebuttal to the many points you make. Thank you for your letter. – J.B.) •MJ

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Federal Highway Administrator and U.S. Secretary of Transportation has demonstrated the value of working closely with communities in developing freeway improvement projects. Doing so preserves the community social and environmental integrity and results in projects that blend with the fabric of the community they serve. Projects developed in this manner “lay easy on the land,” rather than creating a scar on the environment. Further, my experience has proven that we can accomplish these objectives and still meet the profes-sional engineering objectives of the project.

While I do not pretend to have a full grasp of all of the issues associ-ated with the project proposed for the 101 Freeway in the Montecito-Santa Barbara area, my nearly 30 years in the transportation field tell me that it would be a shame to forever alter the historic and scenic beauty of this area without fully considering the alternatives proposed by the Montecito Association.

It is my hope that the completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Review process be delayed or reopened to allow full consideration of the alternatives proposed. Last October the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) voted 12-1 to require that Caltrans conduct an Environmental Impact Report level study of the alternative plan. Fully complying with that vote would allow the opportunity to open a dialogue between the Montecito-Santa Barbara communities and perhaps a design review team comprised of county and city members working with Caltrans to define a project that meets the necessary engineering standards, but one that allows design exceptions where community conditions warrant.

Transportation projects are built to last over multiple decades. The failure to consider alternatives such as those proposed could result in irreversible impacts to this beautiful area – a legacy that no one desires. Taking a phased approach, by building something like the alternative proposal from the Montecito Association now, would not preclude further improvements in the future if they are warranted.

Given all that could be lost, isn’t it worth another look? •MJ

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we have zoning clearance, so notifica-tions to neighbors is not required,” she explained.

The emergency permit allows the operation of the COWs for 12 months, which should be enough time for Verizon Wireless to either resolve the appeal with neighbors or apply for a new location for the project. According to Lowery, Verizon Wireless has studied 13 other sites in the area, almost all of which have been deemed unsuitable for one reason or another. “After exploring over a dozen other options, we’ve pretty much exhaust-ed Montecito,” she said. However, an alternative location near Casa Dorinda has yet to be rejected, she said.

The federal government’s 1996 Telecommunications Act governs radiofrequency emissions, essentially taking the issue out of the hands of local government. The neighbors, who have publicly stated that RF emissions are a main concern, have instead appealed the Montecito Planning Commission’s approval of the project based on ver-biage from the Montecito Community Plan. The Plan takes a stand against projects that would be detrimental to the comfort, convenience and general welfare of the community. The appeal,

which is backed by the Montecito Association, also cites adverse effects on the business of ELMO preschool; several parents have reportedly threat-ened to send their children elsewhere if the antenna project is installed.

While Verizon Wireless tries to resolve the appeal with neighbors, design of the project moves forward. Lowery was in front of the Montecito Board of Architectural Review on February 11, and will be back on March 4. On the table at MBAR are different design alternatives, which might fit in better with Montecito aes-thetics. Instead of mounting the anten-nas behind a parapet wall on the Santa Angela Lane building, there is discus-sion about disguising the antennas on a pole that looks like a tree. The design is being discussed for the parking lot of 512 Santa Angela Lane, as well as a possible location at the intersection of Hot Springs Road and Olive Mill, in front of Casa Dorinda. “If MBAR doesn’t like that design, there is no sense in formally applying for that location,” Lowery explained.

The tree decoys are made to look like eucalyptus, pine or cypress trees. “While it doesn’t completely disguise it, the idea is that it won’t stick out like a sore thumb,” Lowery said. Examples of the “tree antennas” can be found at Tucker’s Grove in Goleta, as well as other select locations in Santa Barbara.

If MBAR gives conceptual review of the design, it will be up to Verizon Wireless whether to continue to fight the appeal or instead apply for the new Olive Mill location, which would like-ly end up back at Montecito Planning Commission.

The Board of Supervisors is expected to hear an update on the project on March 19.

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A temporary “Cell on Wheels” sits in the parking lot at 512 Santa Angela Lane; an antenna (seen on the left side of the picture) can be seen from neighboring homes. The appeal of a permanent antenna project continues.

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Verizon Antenna Update

Village Beat by Kelly Mahan

The controversial decision to place a Verizon Wireless antenna proj-ect near East Valley Road was

halted last summer, when neighbors and El Montecito Presbyterian parish-ioners and preschool parents appealed the county’s approval of the project, which includes the installation of nine Verizon Wireless panel antennas onto a building at 512 Santa Angela Lane. Although Verizon Wireless reps agreed to look at alternative sites in response to the appeal, it is likely the cell phone company will continue to pursue the Santa Angela Lane location, despite neighbor opposition.

The need for the project came about early last year after the owners of the QAD property on Ortega Hill Road decided not to extend the cell phone carrier’s lease; the majority of Verizon Wireless’ coverage of the Montecito area was provided by their antenna at QAD.

In November, we reported that a temporary antenna facility was erected on Ortega Ridge Road to provide tem-porary coverage until a suitable reloca-tion could be found. Called a “Cell on Wheels” (COW), the mobile telecom-

munications facility consists of three mounted antennas on a 35-ft lattice tower, which sits on the bed of a trailer. Residents on Ortega Ridge Road were notified by the county about the tem-porary facility.

A second COW facility was also positioned at 512 Santa Angela Lane, in the parking lot behind the switch station building that already exists on the property. According to neighbors, they were not notified about the tem-porary facility, which will be on the property for the next 12 months. “We are still living this nightmare,” resi-dents on the lane expressed in a recent letter to the Journal.

“Montecito’s land use and develop-ment code allows for these types of facilities when there is risk of a sig-nificant service shortage,” says Megan Lowery, the County planner assigned to the Verizon Wireless project. She tells us that the loss of the QAD prop-erty in December caused a problem not only for cell phone customers, but also for emergency personnel such as Montecito Fire Protection District, who use the Verizon Wireless network. “In these types of emergency situations,

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A Suitable Sabbatical

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Mary Ellen Tiffany’s plane to Thailand leaves (or left) Wednesday evening, 6 pm,

February 20, probably as this issue of Montecito Journal is/was being print-ed. You can read Richard Mineards’ “Montecito Miscellany” column, beginning on page six for details on her itinerary.

For those that don’t know her, Mary Ellen is Vice President and Business Development Officer with the Wealth Management Group at Montecito Bank & Trust. She’s the woman with the big, friendly, white-toothed smile and bright, intelligent eyes that announced a couple weeks ago she was about to fulfill at least half a lifelong dream.

“My oldest sister passed away at the age of fifty-four; my only brother died in 1997 at the age of fifty-nine, and they both died of sudden heart-related things,” Mary Ellen tells me during a leisurely conversation outside Pierre Lafond on a brisk Sunday morning, three days before she is scheduled to leave on what she hopes will be a six-month odyssey.

“I have three remaining sisters,” she continues, “so I thought, ‘What is it I want to do with my life before I die?’” That was in 1998; one of the things she wanted to do was move to California. She was working for Sun Trust Bank on Sanibel Island, Florida at the time. “The other thing,” she says, “was to take a year off and travel around the world by the time I was fifty-five.”

She says one of the reasons for thinking about taking a year off is that she has “been an adult forever. I married young,” she explains. She has three children; a daughter, Tammy Thibault, who lives with her son-in-law and grandchildren in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her eldest son, Rob Thibault, is a firefighter with Engine 43 in the Santa Barbara Ranger District. And, her other son is McLain Tiffany.

After a short bout of soul search-ing Mary Ellen did make the move to California that same year. “I had wanted to live in Santa Barbara ever since coming here on business in 1988. I just fell in love with it,” she says before adding that she was unable to find suitable work after she arrived.

“No one would hire me; I couldn’t find a position in Santa Barbara, so I headed to San Diego and took a posi-tion as Director of Marketing for a firm involved with donor recognition. That kept my hand in the non-profit field, which is what I was trying to get back into,” she explains. She had been an executive director to non-profits in Florida.

She spent a year and a half in San Diego and during that time made

some contacts in Santa Barbara, ulti-mately accepting a job as Director of Major Gifts for the SBCC Foundation.

Soon after starting there, however, “I learned that it would probably make sense for me to explore more oppor-tunities,” she says. Mary Ellen had met the president of Montecito Bank & Trust [at the time] Rod Brown, and also CEO and the bank’s owner, Mike Towbes. They asked her to come in and interview for a business develop-ment position in the wealth manage-ment group. “It was exactly what I had done for Sun Trust and Nation’s Bank in Florida,” she notes.

“I never thought I would go back into banking, but what they said to me was that ‘Montecito Bank & Trust is unlike any other bank you’ve ever worked for.’” That turned out to be the case, and Mary Ellen has been there ever since, going on twelve years.

Influenced by Matt Mazza

Curiously, even though it was one of her life’s ambitions to take a year off, she didn’t really begin to believe she could do it until she read a cover story that appeared in Montecito Journal’s twice-a-year glossy publication. “Leaving It All Behind,” was written by Matt Mazza, who closed up his law practice in Santa Barbara, left his cozy Montecito home, and took off for what was supposed to have been a year traveling around the world with his wife, Wendi, and their two girls Lily and Kate, six and four years old respectively.

Mary Ellen Tiffany, Vice President and Business Development Officer with the Wealth Management Group at Montecito Bank & Trust, has just embarked upon a six-month sabbatical; first stop: Bangkok, Thailand


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reminding us, “It was just one year ago when our new state-of-the-art hospital opened. It was better than could be imagined.” Because people in Santa Barbara gave so generously, the theme for the ball was “To Santa Barbara With Love,” complete with a film to show why we all love to live here. The evening was the most suc-cessful in the history of the Ball, rais-ing some $500,000 without an auction of any kind.

As President and CEO of Cottage

Health System Ron Werft said, “Your support for this annual gala is essen-tial to ensuring that the safety net of emergency, trauma and critical care service is available to everyone in our community. The cost of provid-ing these life-saving services is sig-nificant and no one in acute need is turned away. Whether the patient is a tiny infant weighing less than two pounds, or an active adult experienc-ing a stroke, Cottage Hospital is able to provide the highest quality care.”

Amidst all the tony tiaras, tuxes and glittering gowns were the new presi-dent of the board Bob Nourse and his wife, Alex (committee), Harold and Annette Simmons, Herb and Bui Simon (Annette and Bui were on the committee and both couples were Heart sponsors). Others on the highest Heart sponsor level were Bob and Marlene Veloz, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Chivaroli & Associates, Inc. and

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Seen Around Town by Lynda Millner

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Ms Millner is the author of “The Magic Make Over, Tricks for Looking, Thinner, Younger, and More Confident – Instantly!” If you have an event that belongs in this column, you are invited to call Lynda at 969-6164.Cottage Hospital held its Tiara

Ball honoring Leslie Ridley-Tree at Bacara Resort and Spa.

The accolades were many, like when Bui Simon called her, “The Queen of all Hearts,” and Leslie looked like one that evening. According to Jeff and Margo Barbakow, she is, “The crown jewel in Santa Barbara’s tiara.” I remember some years ago when her daughter told of the days before Leslie had treasure. They were living

in New York and she would give her time to help the down and out. She has always been a giver.

The Tiara Ball Chair was Jelinda DeVorzon with co-chairs Anna Grotenhuis, Anne Towbes and Betsy Turner, plus many committee members who transformed the ball-room into a “palace” fit for a Queen. Leslie’s table was the highlight – a gazebo covered with bougainvillea. The three-feet-tall centerpieces were

Barry DeVorzon and Tiara Ball chair Jelinda DeVorzon on either side of honoree Leslie Ridley-Tree

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Go Red For WomenThe Bacara was bursting at the

seams with 500 guests for the “Go Red for Women” Heart Fair and Luncheon given by the American Heart Association. Red, red was everywhere including most of the outfits. All of the lobby and side room were filled with tables and various businesses in town touting their wares or services – the majority health related. My favorite was the one serving teeny cups of red wine, bits of dark chocolate and small pieces of bread to dip in olive oil. All heart healthy, of course.

The luncheon tables were centered with baskets of fresh vegetables and the first course was a Greek orzo salad compliments of Whole Foods Market. The entrée was a healthy salmon and prawn plate with no dessert to tempt us with extra calories.

Event chair Laura McIver and General Manager of the soon-to-be-opened El Encanto Hotel welcomed guests and told us, “This is the tenth anniversary of Go Red. Heart disease was still seen as a man’s disease and research for women lagged behind.

Funds raised today are spent in sup-port of life-saving education and groundbreaking research right here in our own community.”

Mayor Helene Schneider spoke, as did Dr. Joseph Aragon, president of the Board for the American Heart Association Central Coast Division. “This luncheon has grown every year from 100 to 500. Go Red for Women is a movement started by women, for women and most importantly, 627 lives have been saved over the past ten years.” There are 330 fewer women dying every day.

The passion speaker was Alethea Tyner Paradis, who told us of her near death experience because she ignored her symptoms. “I was a runner, did

Go Red honorees Betty Hatch and Janet Garufis at the American Heart Association luncheon


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yoga, ate healthy and had heartburn, so I thought.” When she finally went to the hospital she almost died on the table. Her advice, “Listen to your body.”

Keynote speaker Jenny Schatzle was full of energy making herself at home right away by taking off her heels. Her keys to success, “Be pres-ent, be positive and be confident.” Then she told us how to do it.

Entertainment news pioneer Rona Barrett presented the Community Leadership Award to Betty Hatch explaining that she, Rona, was wearing a heart monitor just to be sure her heart was healthy. For over 30 years, Betty trained thousands of young people at the modeling agency giving them self-esteem. I was with her for 17 of those years. Betty revealed, “I am recovering from a stroke and am so lucky to have my speech and walk back.”

Dr. Kurt Ransohoff gave Montecito Bank & Trust President and CEO Janet Garufis the Lifestyle Change Award. As she said, “I lost thirty pounds and became a runner. I’m not fast but I always finish.” She has completed her first marathon. No small feat.

Macy’s has been a national sponsor for ten years and has raised $40 mil-lion. Merck is another national. Other major sponsors were Sansum Clinic, Montecito Bank & Trust, Cottage Health System, Marborg Industries and The Towbes Group. There’s no room to list the 20 more.

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Festival Of Hearts Preview

Friendship Center had its 14th Annual Festival of Hearts, but the week before it had a preview party for the artists – this year 80 strong. The artists were asked to decorate a papier-mâché heart any way they chose. As Pali X-mano said, “The art-ists put all their hearts into it.” These are then auctioned off at the main event.

Renaissance Consignment next to La Arcada Court at 1118 State hosted the wine and cheese reception. It had been displaying the hearts in its store and window for several days.

The committee was Sue Adams, Joanne Talbot and Karolyn Hanna with board member Mark Jackson as chief wine pourer. You could get your

retail therapy at the same time and the dressing rooms were busy with ladies trying on the many designer duds.

Friendship Center’s Executive Director Heidi Holly spoke about H.E.A.R.T. (Help Elders At Risk Today) and how they rely on dona-tions for those dependent adults who come to their innovative programs. They enable families to continue to be engaged in their community, careers and commitments. Also there was board president Marty Moore and heart wrangler Sharon Morrow (in charge of getting the hearts for the festival). Among the celebrity heart makers were Jeff Bridges and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

If you didn’t get to this year’s event at Fess Parker’s, check out the website www.friendshipcentersb.org or call 969-0859. •MJ

Go Red key-note speaker Jenny Schatzle, Cottage Hospital board presi-dent Dr. Joe Aragon, pas-sion speaker Alethea Tyner Paradis and event chair Laura McIver

Friendship Center event chair Sue Adams with board mem-ber Mark Jackson and committee Joanne Talbot and Karolyn Hanna

Development Director for Friendship Center Justine Sutton checking folks in at Renaissance Fine Consignment for the Festival Of Hearts pre-view party

Heart artists Brooke Baxter and Jim Dowd at Renaissance Consignment

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MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 6)exploring their often unique relation-ships centered around David Alvarez’s Santa Barbara Dance Center – where they train for professional ballroom dancing competitions –, is being pro-duced by Seacrest’s production com-pany, which is also behind E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its many spinoffs, as well as Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset and E!’s Married to Jonas.

“It’s learning to do the dance of life,” says my source.

Given the shelf life of reality shows these days, hopefully it won’t be the Last Waltz.

Stay tuned...

Bodacious Beach Bods

Hoards of handsome hunks and a bevy of beautiful blondes and brunettes invaded Butterfly Beach when top photographer Bruce Weber focused his lens on the new Abercrombie & Fitch campaign.

The celebrity snapper, who shoots for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Vanity Fair, was easily spotted in his trademark bandana, surrounded by a large production crew, while the clean-cut, well-chiseled models, drawn from all across America, waited on the ter-race of the Coral Casino for their time in the flashlight.

Weber’s mannequins, who were

staying at the Biltmore and the Montecito Inn, were in our Eden by the Beach for a week, with the edgy lensman shooting further pho-tographs in wine country and other beaches further north.

“Bruce has shot here before and he couldn’t have had a nicer day when shooting on Butterfly Beach,” one of the crew tells me. “The weather and the conditions were perfect as the models frolicked in the ocean.

“As well as models, he is also using young up and coming actors and actresses in the shoot.”

Former Santa Barbara A&F model, Michael Oster, who shot with Weber in Florida some years, says: “Shoots normally last a week, with Bruce whit-tling down the number of models he uses as the week progresses, with the best ones surviving for the final couple of days of photography.”

The seven-day shoot concluded with a wrap party at Pierre Lafond’s Wine Bistro, with guests including Weber, Tab Hunter, Bo Derek and Allan Glaser!

A lot of positives from many thou-sands of negatives, to be sure...

New Owners for Neverland?Could the late Michael Jackson’s

shuttered 2,700-acre Neverland estate be in the hands of another top rocker in due course?

It may well be.Rapper Jay-Z and his wife, R&B

singer Beyoncé, toured the Los Olivos property with Santa Barbara Polo Club player, Tom Barrack Jr., who manages the sprawling spread, late last year it transpires.

The Jackson family, according to the New York Post, believes there is a real chance the 43-year-old hip hop impresario and part owner of the New Jersey Nets will make a play for the estate, which has been vacant

since Jackson fled to Bahrain in 2005 after winning acquittal of 13 criminal counts related to child molestation.

Jay-Z, who has sold 50 million albums and garnered 17 Grammys, can certainly afford it. Forbes estimates his wealth at around $500 million.

“If Barrack took them to the ranch himself... there has got to be some-thing to it,” says one source.

It is unclear what hurdles any poten-tial buyer would have to overcome because the ranch is mostly controlled

by the Barrack family’s L.A.-based private-equity firm, which acquired controlling interest in Neverland after taking over a $23.5 million loan on which Jackson defaulted in 2008.

Court documents show that his estate still owns a large stake in Neverland. The singer originally pur-chased the property in 1988 for $17 million after shooting a music video with former Beatle Paul McCartney on the site.

Barrack is refusing to comment about any potential sale to Jay-Z, who has the most Number One records by a solo artist.

John Branca, the executor of Jackson’s estate – who has been fierce-ly protective of the late pop star’s image –, is also declining to comment.

Jackson’s children, Prince, 16, Paris, 14, and Blanket, 10, stand to inherit Neverland when they turn 30, but that remains to be seen...

Abdicate? Absolutely Not

Pope Benedict XVI has done it, as well as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

But it is highly unlikely Queen Elizabeth will be following suit in abdicating her throne, as I told CNN anchor Deborah Feyerick when I appeared on the global TV network at the weekend.

At 86, Her Majesty is one year older than the retiring pontiff, but has essentially vowed to reign until death and has repeated that oath a number

An Abercrombie & Fitch model gets ready for his next shoot (photo by Priscilla)

Richard talk-ing about Her Majesty on CNN (photo by Priscilla)

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21 – 28 February 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 19Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world – Nelson Mandela

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of times during her illustrious 60-year reign.

After the unseemly imbroglio in 1936 when Edward VIII, the future Duke of Windsor, gave up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, “abdication” is a most unseemly word at Buckingham Palace.

Given the Windsor genes – the Queen Mother was nearly 102 when she died in 2002 – Prince Charles, 64, will undoubtedly have a very long wait to succeed to the throne and, con-sequently have a relatively short reign, much like Edward VII, the fun loving, debauched son of Queen Victoria.

Elizabeth really does put the “long” into “Long to Reign Over Us” and, in due course, will eclipse Queen Victoria’s record of 63 years, seven months and two days as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

No doubt I will be busier than ever when that momentous occasion arrives!

Mega Mansion Makeover TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey

is giving her 42-acre Montecito manse a major multi-million dollar make-over.

She wants to transform it from an ornate, impersonal mansion to a beau-tiful home with plenty of character over the next three months.

“The gilded mirrors, marble urns, the lavish carpet and sherbet palette – it was all very grand,” Oprah explains in the new issue of O Magazine, “But it wasn’t very true to myself.

“And there you have it: the thing that had been missing from all of the beautiful places I’d ever lived in was me!”

In a series of before photos, Oprah, who will be 60 next year, shows read-ers the elegant rooms as they stand right now.

Silk pillows, ornate candelabras and decorative antiques fill the 23,000-sq-ft space. But with the help of a pro-fessional designer, her home – which includes a 6,000-sq-ft guest house and a 2,000-sq-ft gatehouse – which she bought from Bob and Marlene Veloz

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UCSB A&L IntroducesWinter Festival

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.

If you see any UCSB Arts & Lectures staffers over the two weeks begin-ning Monday, tip your cap, maybe

put your hand on their shoulder in a gesture of support, or at least try not to yawn in front of them. That’s because the A&L team is trying something new – a two-week Winter Festival boasting a different event for 14 straight days, an arts marathon that will test the mettle of the troops.

“Everybody is excited about this,” said executive director Celeste Billeci. “You can’t work here if you don’t love what we do. The hours are extremely tough. So you have to be dedicated. So it’s a challenge, but we have a strong team that’s committed to doing this.”

The marathon isn’t just about testing endurance, however. The Winter Festival, which runs through March 10, is timed to coincide with the Campaign for Arts & Lectures, the first major fundraising endeavor in the history of the program in its 52-year history. The aim is to raise $20 million over five years, with the funds split evenly between annual operat-ing costs and creating a permanent endowment.

It turns out that UCSB A&L is the largest such university-related pro-gram not to have had any endowment at all, according to Billeci. “Of all of the ten to twenty top university arts programs in the country, we’re the only one that doesn’t,” she said. “For a program of this size, that’s unheard of.”

Still, the effort may not have been necessary if not for challenging eco-nomic situations that brought up some fear when the recession hit in 2008, Billeci said.

“The landscape shifted. Money from the California Arts Council dried up. Benefactors cut back. And most of that money is not coming back,” she said. “We’ve been scrimping and saving, but our costs are always increasing.”

The idea behind the festival is to get the message out that Arts & Lectures really does need the financial aid.

“Because we’re based at the univer-sity, people don’t realize we need sup-port just like all the private nonprofit arts organizations like the symphony, chamber orchestra, ballet and opera. The assumption is that we’re better off than CAMA, or Opera Santa Barbara. No, no, no. What we get from the uni-versity plus ticket sales only pays fifty percent of our budget. We’re a non-profit, and have to raise the money to pay for the rest ourselves.”

The program isn’t in trouble at the moment, according to Billeci, but the

issue arises when looking down the road.

“In a few years, without this, the quality of the program might be com-promised,” she said. “And I can’t live with that… The endowment is a safety net that allows planning for the future. We can look four to five years out and make commitments. It helps us commission new work, allows us to take risks, book the big names we like to bring as well as the new, unknown but emerging artists without having to worry about ticket sales falling short or having to put those costs on the backs of the ticket buyers. Those things don’t bring in a lot of money, but they’re a big part of our mission.”

So while the Winter Festival itself isn’t designed to raise funds, the series of events does display the program’s wide-ranging diversity and breath. Each night brings a different genre, from dance, to lectures, films, clas-sical music, jazz, and even a bilin-gual story teller, in venues ranging from the program’s home at Campbell Hall on campus to the Arlington and Granada downtown, and even the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

“The idea was to highlight the vari-

ety in a condensed way,” Billeci said. “Like saying: ‘Look at all we do!’”

As far as A&L staffers surviving the marathon, Billeci has a plan: “We’ll be seeing each other every night. I’ll be bringing lots of chocolate.”

Here’s the schedule for the Winter Festival. (All events at 8pm at Campbell Hall unless otherwise indi-cated.)

Monday, February 25: Physicist Brian Greene, Explaining the Elegant Universe ($20)Tuesday, February 26: Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars ($45)Wednesday, February 27 and Thursday, February 28: Best of the 37th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, 7:30 pm Arlington Theatre (see more details below)Friday, March 1: The African Children’s Choir ($35 general, $17 stu-dents)Saturday, March 2: PBS journal-ist Gwen Ifill, Politics, Policy, and Reality: What’s Really Going on in

Washington ($20)Sunday, March 3: Børge Ousland, Adventures in Polar Exploration, part of National Geographic Live series (3 pm; $20 general, $15 youths 18 & under)Monday, March 4: UCSB Reads author Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (free)Tuesday, March 5: Storyteller Antonio Sacre, Imaginations Soar: Bringing Fables and Family to Life (6 pm; Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; free)Wednesday, March 6: Author Abraham Verghese, M.D., The Search for Meaning in a Medical Life, part of the Speaking of Health series ($15)Thursday, March 7: An Evening with Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author ($15)Friday, March 8: Compagnie Marie Chouinard dance performance (Granada Theatre; $35-$45)Saturday, March 9: Jeremy Denk, piano recital ($20)Sunday, March 10: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (7 pm; Granada; $35-$75 general, $19 students)

Focus On Film: The SBIFF-Oscar ConnectionA solid seven different individuals are either strong favorites or a close second to win Academy Awards this Sunday, which would represent quite a haul for the festival. Herewith, my thoughts on some of the races, especially those that had representatives at SBIFF.

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis is a virtual lock to take home his third Oscar for disappearing so completely into his role as Lincoln in the film of the same name. He’s my pick, too. The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix was also here, hanging backstage while Amy

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill presents “Politics, Policy, and Reality: What’s Really Going on in Washington” on Saturday March 2 at Campbell Hall

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis per-forms at the Granada as part of the Winter Festival (photo credit: Frank Stewart)

Physicist Brian Greene kicks off UCSB Arts & Lectures two-week Winter Festival Monday, February 25 (photo credit: Lark Elliott)

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Adams received her tribute. (Favorite SBIFF quote from an Oscar nominee – Lewis on choosing his roles: “I feel like I have taken an oath… never to work except when [I] feel the personal compulsion and the artistic need to do so.”)

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence is in the lead to grab her first Oscar at age 22 for Silver Linings Playbook, out in front of the field in one of the more fascinating and hard-to-handicap cat-egories in recent memory. The five nominees represent both the oldest (Amour’s Emmanuelle Riva, 85) and youngest Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis, 9, who received one of SBIFF’s Vanguard Awards) in Academy history. My pick: Lawrence. (Wallis on whether she’d like to star in a musical: “Of coouurse!”)

Best Supporting Actor: SBIFF hosted none of them, although it’s worth noting that all five nominees save for Alan Arkin have received trib-utes and/or presented awards within the last several festivals. My pick: Lincoln’s Tommy Lee Jones.

Best Supporting Actress: The Master’s Adams and Lincoln’s Sally Field were at 2013 SBIFF, but Les Miserables’ Anne Hathaway has this sewed up. My pick: Helen Hunt for The Sessions. (Adams on how she got her Oscar-nominated role in Doubt: “I lied to play a nun.”)

Animated Film: We had representa-tives from four of the five nominees (directors, producers or both), and it’s something of a toss-up as to who will claim the Oscar. But the winner will have had one of its filmmakers grace the Lobero stage during SBIFF first: directors Mark Andrews (Brave) and Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph) and Frankenweenie producer Allison Abbate. My pick: Either “Ralph” or Frankenweenie. Loved them both. (Moore, on the game Disney invented for the movie: “We made an old-school cabinet version of ‘Fix-It Felix, Jr.’, about sixty of them we toured around the world. I’m as proud of those as I am of the movie. I’ve got one at home. It’s pretty good. And you don’t have to put a quarter in it.”)

Director: Being that Ben Affleck (Argo) was strangely snubbed – the smart money says that too many peo-ple thought he was a shoo-in to be nominated and spent their vote on a more esoteric nominee – this cat-egory might the biggest toss-up of the

night. The only one who has no shot is one of two to attend SBIFF: Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Benh Zeitlin, who made a marvel of a movie but truly had to be thrilled just to be nominated. Oscarologists say Ang Lee might win for helming the miraculous Life of Pi, or Steven Spielberg for his singular vision for Lincoln, or even Michael Haneke for Amour (which is a no-brainer for Foreign Film). But we think SBIFF favorite David O. Russell deserves the Oscar for coaxing such stunning, cohesive performances out of all four main actors (not to mention the rest of the cast) for Silver Linings Playbook. (Russell, responding to mod-erator Peter Bart’s barb about a now infamous incident with actor George Clooney on the set of Three Kings: “I obviously make the set a safe place for actors… How else would [all] four of my actors be up for awards?”)

Documentary Feature: Malik Bendjelloul – who had a grand time on the directors panel at SBIFF before collecting the award from the DGA a week later – has the inside track for the Academy Award for his upbeat, surprisingly lilting Searching for Sugar Man. It’s my pick, too. (Bendejelloul on whether he likes his subject Rodriguez’s music: “I’d heard so much about it from crazy fans that I didn’t want to listen to it at first because I knew I would be disap-pointed. Then when I finally did – wow! It’s so easy to get. I’m totally in love with his music.”)

Live Action Short: (see Short on Shorts below)

Original Screenplay: We had three of the five nominees at SBIFF (while Zero Dark Thirty’s Mark Boal missed his

flight). Quentin Tarantino of Django Unchained is the slight favorite here. If it was up to me, it would be Moonrise Kingdom, my favorite indie of the year. (Tarantino on writing mostly by long-hand: “I can’t write poetry on a com-puter, man.”)

Adapted Screenplay: Three nominees from this category also came to SBIFF – actually four if you count “Beasts” co-writer Lucy Alibar who sat on the Women’s Panel – but neither of the two who are neck-and-neck for the prize: Argo and Lincoln. Personally, I’d give it to Life of Pi if it weren’t for the annoying framing device, but I’m also not thrilled with the weirdly unneces-sary fictionalization in Lincoln (I still

don’t understand why Tony Kushner changed the votes of two Connecticut senators) and I could have skipped the overly dramatic runway chase scene at the end in Argo. So I’d vote for Silver Linings Playbook. (Alibar on the film’s four Oscar nominations: “It was like Christmas mixed with Thanksgiving mixed with everything good that’s ever happened to me.”)

Best Picture: Argo has built up phe-nomenal momentum since director/star Ben Affleck got left off the direc-tors list of nominees, picking up every major award it was eligible for since (SAG, PGA, DGA, BAFTA), and likely leaving Lincoln in its wake for the final award of the night. But we real-ly won’t know until the envelope is opened. My pick would be Silver Linings Playbook. But no matter which of the three claims the Oscars, SBIFF 2013 hosted the winner (Affleck, Lincoln producer Kathleen Kennedy, and Silver Linings Playbook Russell and producer Bruce Cohen). Kudos to us! (Affleck on rising out of tabloid hell: “I got overexposed and got sick of the paparazzi machine. The only thing I knew how to do was to take myself out of it. I went to Georgia and thought about who I wanted to be. Then I went off and quietly made [Gone Baby Gone].”)

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon at this year’s SBIFF; Affleck’s Argo is nominated for a Best Picture Oscar


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Victim Interrupts Thieves Tuesday, 5 February, 6:16 am – Deputies Padilla, Watkins and Maupin

responded to Virginia Lane on report of a vehicle burglary in progress. Prior to arrival, dispatch notified the deputies two male suspects were last seen running towards Danielson carrying a large container. When the deputies arrived, they spoke with the owner of the vehicle, who said she had parked her car in front of the home the night before. She had a lot of her personal belongings in her vehicle because she had just returned from a trip.

She went to her car the next morning, and saw a man standing beside her vehicle, and a second man sitting in the front passenger seat, rummaging through the vehicle. The victim was 20 feet away, hiding behind another vehi-cle. She pressed the unlock button on her key fob, which startled the men. They began running down the street, carrying a white laundry basket filled with the woman’s personal belongings, as well as a crowbar.

While deputies looked for the suspects, the victim spoke with her bank, which reported her debit card had just been used at a CVS pharmacy. The depu-ties advised the woman to cancel all her credit and debit cards, and to put alerts on her identity. About an hour later, the victim told Deputy Maupin she had received a call from Experian telling her that at least six significant transactions had taken place on her credit cards in the Los Angeles area that morning. The next morning, a suspect was detained at a Nordstrom in Glendale after attempt-ing to use the victim’s card to purchase merchandise.

Detective Sherbarth is following up with the case, as well as the arrest.

Burglary on Paso Robles Drive Tuesday, 5 February, 10:52 am – Deputies with the Santa Barbara County

Sheriff’s Department received a call of an interrupted residential burglary that occurred on Paso Robles Drive in Montecito. The victim told Deputy Padilla that he left his home that morning at about 10:15 am. When he arrived back home at 10:50 am, he saw a female walking down his driveway. She was car-rying a Trader Joe’s bag over her shoulder, which the victim recognized as belonging to him.

The victim approached the woman and asked her why she was on his drive-way and what she was carrying. After denying she had been in his house, the woman dropped the bag and began running down the street. The victim picked up the bag, and saw that it was filled with sterling-silver forks and spoons that belonged to him. He went inside to call 911, then went back in his vehicle to look for the suspect. Deputies arrived on scene to search for the suspect but were unable to find her.

It appears that the woman entered into the home through the front door, which was unlocked. Deputy Padilla suspects she had been there before, pos-sibly during a Realtor open house. The silverware she took was hidden in the master bathroom and a dining room closet. Other items of value were left untouched. The case was forwarded to detectives. The victim believes he would be able to identify the woman in a lineup, as he got a good look at her face. •MJ

compiled by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12)pruning to trees and vegetation. The area between Picacho Lane and Cold Spring Road, north of Highway 192 to Mountain Drive will be pruned for safety and reliability, Gladden tells us. If you see SCE crews elsewhere in the community, it may be a result of emer-gency work for restoration of service, Gladden says.

For more information visit www.sce.com.

Salon at LotuslandLotusland’s upcoming exhib-

it, “Swarm: A Collaboration with Bees,” has garnered a lot of buzz with the installation of Canadian artist

Penelope Stewart’s bas-relief bees-wax tiles. (See “Our Town” columnist Joanne Calitri’s piece on the exhibit, MJ #19/6.) At a Salon on March 9, three more contributors will be on hand, discussing their work and their artistic interpretations of bees and hive culture.

Los Angeles based photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher takes highly magni-fied black and white photos of bees and bee parts through a scanning electron microscope. Several of her stunning photographs are part of the Lotusland exhibit, which opens February 22. Her book of photographs, Bee, was named one of Discover maga-zine’s Best Science Art Books of 2012.

Autographed copies of the book will be available for purchase at the Salon.

Collaborators Ethan Turpin and Jonathan PJ Smith created “Bee Cell,” a hexagonal room with two doors, for “Swarm: A Collaboration with Bees.” Projections of oversized bees at their hive cover translucent panels within each of the six sides. Inside, the pro-jections become bold and immersive. Above, a mirror gives the illusion of extended space, which incorporates the viewer’s image into the hive struc-ture as speakers play the sound of the bee colony.

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and may be made by calling 805-969-9990. Directions to Lotusland will be provided upon receipt of reservations. Visit www.lotusland.org for more information.

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Laguna Blanca School has announced that Dawn Lafitte has joined its Board of Trustees.

Dawn and her family moved to Santa Barbara 13 years ago and are actively involved in the communi-ty. In addition to Laguna Blanca’s

Rose-Lynn Fisher’s highly magnified black and white photos of bees and bee parts will be on display at Lotusland


Educate. Entertain. Inspire. Sometimes one at a time, but mostly all three at once. That’s what UCSB Arts & Lectures has done for half a century and counting. A&L is widely respected as one of the nation’s premier university-based arts and cultural presenting programs.

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Gwen IfillPolitics, Policy and Reality: What’s Really Going on in Washington SaT, Mar 2 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Børge OuslandAdventures in Polar ExplorationSUn, Mar 3 / 3 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

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Educate. Entertain. Inspire. Sometimes one at a time, but mostly all three at once. That’s what UCSB Arts & Lectures has done for half a century and counting. A&L is widely respected as one of the nation’s premier university-based arts and cultural presenting programs.

Arts & Lectures has built a program of amazing breadth, quality and diversity on a budget that is tightly managed. We present more events, with fewer staff and a smaller budget, than any other university presenting program in the country.

Santa Barbara trusts A&L to present the best. We want to reach out more – to the campus, community and area schools – enabling more people to understand that arts and ideas are an essential part of human life.

Our Bold Step to Secure Our Future

Opportunities to Invest in Our Future

The Fund for Programmatic ExcellenceProvides flexible support, for use at the discretion of the A&L Miller McCune Executive Director, to ensure that our cultural programming–including performing arts events, lectures featuring public intellectuals, outreach and education activities–maintains the highest quality and relevance.

The Education and Outreach FundSupports residencies and educational programs such as master classes, lecture-demonstrations and hands-on engagement with students at UC Santa Barbara, in regional K-12 schools and in underserved communities throughout the Central Coast.

The Commissioning of New Work FundProvides support for the development and creation of new work by emerging to mid-career artists who are redefining their disciplines, as well as the presentation of new art forms that represent the future of the performing arts and ideas.

Please contact us at (805) 893-2174 or email [email protected].

The Campaign at a Glance

$20 million • $10 million for current operating support to sustain and expand the valuable work we’re already doing • $10 million for endowment to create a permanent base of financial support

That’s why we’ve launched our first-ever Campaign for Arts & Lectures.

Our development team is available to work with you to discuss options that will meet your philanthropic goals and address the

priorities of the A&L program.

W I N T E R F E S T I VA L

Brian GreeneExplaining the Elegant Universe Mon, Feb 25 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Juan de Marcos and the Afro Cuban All StarsTUe, Feb 26 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Best of the 37th Annual

Banff Mountain Film FestivalWed, Feb 27 & THU, Feb 28 / 7:30 PM / arlingTon THeaTre

The African Children’s ChoirFri, Mar 1 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Gwen IfillPolitics, Policy and Reality: What’s Really Going on in Washington SaT, Mar 2 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Børge OuslandAdventures in Polar ExplorationSUn, Mar 3 / 3 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Joshua FoerMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art & Science of Remembering Everything Mon, Mar 4 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall / Free

Antonio Sacre, storytellerImaginations Soar: Bringing Fables and Family to LifeTUe, Mar 5 / 6 PM / FleiSCHMann aUdiToriUM, Sb MUSeUM oF naTUral HiSTory / Free

Abraham Verghese, M.D.The Search for Meaning in a Medical LifeWed, Mar 6 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Lynda BarryTHU, Mar 7 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Compagnie Marie ChouinardFri, Mar 8 / 8 PM / granada THeaTre

Jeremy Denk, pianoSaT, Mar 9 / 8 PM / UCSb CaMPbell Hall

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisSUn, Mar 10 / 7 PM / granada THeaTre

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More SBIFF newsNo word yet on whether any inde-

pendent American films that pre-miered at SBIFF have signed distri-bution deals – the purview of SBIFF board president and Montecito resi-dent Doug Stone – but plenty of other movies that screened at the fest are on their way to general theatrical release.

Sound City, Dave Grohl’s winsome look at the historic recording studio in Los Angeles (Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush, Nirvana’s Nevermind, Tom Petty’s Damn the Torpedos), opened there (and on iTunes) at the beginning of the month. The Taviani brothers’ brilliant and riveting doc-umentary about prisoners perform-ing Shakespeare, Caesar Must Die, opened in major cities last Friday as did the Oscar-nominated Chilean film No, which had its official West Coast premiere at SBIFF. Fellow nominee War Witch arrives in big cities on March 8, the same day as Beyond the Hills, which won Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Ginger & Rosa, for which young Elle Fanning received one of SBIFF’s Vanguard Awards, and the fun fact-filled flick Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself both open March 15, while Sapphire, about an Australian aboriginal Supremes-like singing group, arrives March 22. Opening night’s Disconnect, the first fictional feature from the director of Murderball, hits theaters April 12, as does another Foreign Film Oscar hopeful, Kon-Tiki. South Korea’s bru-tal Pieta is due May 17.

My Awkward Sexual Adventure, a big audience favorite in its U.S. premiere at SBIFF and a hit in Canada, has inked with Tribeca and should be out by summer.

By the way, we’ll be shocked if Blumenthal, which had its world pre-miere here last month, doesn’t find a distributor. Written, directed by and starring Seth Fisher, a theater actor making his filmmaking debut, the film has a distinctively fast and funny tone – think of Woody Allen with extra

layers of meaning – and also features a gypsy-guitar/jazz score by Noah and the Megafauna who are also featured in Judd Apatow’s recent This is 40.

Short on ShortsHere’s one final chance to see all

five of the Oscar-nominated live action shorts up on the big screen just three days before the Academy Awards. The Carsey-Wolf at UCSB is bringing the five nominees – “Assad,” ”Buzhashi Boys” (which screened at SBIFF), “Curfew,” “Death of a Shadow” and “Henry” – to the state-of-the-art Pollock Theater on Thursday. Admission is just $5 (that’s $1 per short!) and students are free. My choice in this category is “Asad,” both for its searing subject matter of Somali youngsters coping with the pirates their society has created and the profound storytelling, but all are worth seeing.

Also at the Pollock this Week

“The Future of the Past – the Art and Philosophy of Film Preservation” series continues with Lawrence of Arabia on Tuesday at 7 pm. David Lean’s brilliant 1962 epic was restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment in 4K for its 50th Anniversary last year, and will be screened in that super high

quality digital DCP print followed by a Q&A session with Grover Crisp, Sony’s executive vice president for asset management and film restora-tion ($5)… And the CWC’s Script-to-Screen series resumes next Thursday, February 28, with the psychological thriller Hard Candy, featuring future Oscar-nominee Ellen Page (Juno) as a 14-year-old girl who agrees to meet a 30 year old she’s been flirting with online resulting in dynamic power shifts and plenty of moral ambiguity. Screenwriter Brian Nelson and pro-ducer Richard Hutton will discuss the details of making the movie and answer questions from the audience following the screening ($5).

Film Festival ReturnsSBIFF, of course, came to a conclu-

sion earlier this month, but fans of out-door adventure docs and environmen-tal films have plenty to look forward to as the Best of the 37th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival arrives at the Arlington two nights of screenings on Wednesday and Thursday. Think of it as a cross between SBIFF’s Reel Nature and To The Maxx sidebars, only more extreme and with a mountains-only focus. The annual fest draws some of the world’s best films and videos on mountain subjects, full of thrill-ing action and magnificent panora-mas shot on location in exotic locales around the globe.

The 15 films range from adrenaline-filled adventures across Antarctica (Crossing the Ice, which won the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award at the fest) and down Class 5 white-water rapids in New Zealand (Flow Hunters), to the debut downhill ski racing competition in war-ravaged Afghanistan (1st Afghan Ski Challenge), to a team of amputee climbers who take on Yosemite’s famously daunting El Capitan (The Gimp Monkeys. Get a glimpse at astonishing vistas up north in Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies, explore concealed corners of the Grand Canyon in Last of the Great Unknowns, and get down and dirty with Ernest Wilkinson, one of the last

of a vanishing breed of mountain men (Ernest). Tickets for each night cost $14, $11 for youngsters 18 & under.

Starting Over No one had ever seen it before. Not

Music Academy of the West president Scott Reed. Not MAW’s new Vice President Patrick Posey. Not anyone from UCSB’s Arts & Lectures, who sponsored the concert. Not even clas-sical music enthusiast-philanthropist Robert W. Weinman. Nobody could recall ever witnessing a professional recitalist stop playing in the middle of a movement. But there it was: violinist Leonidas Kavakos briefly glaring at a woman who had started coughing at his performance in Hahn Hall on Friday, then putting his head down as she made her hacking way out of Hahn Hall while the audience – and the slow movement of Beethoven’s No. 5 “Spring” sonata – waited.

Then Kavakos gathered himself, nodded slightly to pianist Enrico Pace, and began the movement from the beginning. It was a remarkable display of both self-awareness and respect for the music, because it was clear his concentration had been bro-ken, the ambience with the audience too, but even more importantly his own relationship to the piece had been compromised. And Kavakos, while technically brilliant, is also a deeply emotional player, even if his expres-sion and infrequent body movement indicate a more stoic approach.

This time the movement was deliv-ered deliciously delicately, and the three-Beethoven sonata program proceeded marvelously through the increasingly difficult works, Kavakos in perfect sympatico with pianist Pace, earning the thunderous applause and a virtually instant standing ovation that resumed after the encore of a dance from Stravinsky’s “Petrushka.” Oh, and there was no more coughing; nobody even dared breathe audibly. •MJ

Moonwalk will be shown as part of the Best of the 37th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Arlington on Wednesday, February 27 (photo credit: Mikey Schaefer)

Violinist Leonidas Kavakos received an instant standing ovation at his performance in Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West last week (photo credit: Yannis Bournias)

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Board of Trustees, Dawn currently serves as a Trustee at Lotusland and is a member of the National Charity League. She previously served on the boards of Knollwood Tennis Club, the National Charity League, and was actively involved with the Lobero Theatre Associates, Storyteller Children’s Center, and Santa Barbara Cotillions and Supper Club. Her hus-band, David, is a local attorney and board member at Crane Country Day School in Montecito.

Originally from New York City, Dawn was raised in Pasadena, CA and earned a Bachelors of Arts in Communications from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She contin-ued her marketing focused studies at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco, and has a varied professional back-ground in fashion, advertising, and marketing. Dawn served under Patty Fox, Saks Fifth Avenue’s long-time fashion director in Los Angeles, planning designer events, fashion shows, and assisting with editorial styling and studio relations. Dawn later served as Vice President of

Thompson & Company Insurance Services, Inc., marketing and placing insurance coverage for several music industry labels through Lloyd’s of London.

The three Lafitte daughters are part of the Laguna family, Allie (class of 2012) attends Texas Christian University, Caty is an 11th grader at LBS and Emily is in 9th grade at the school.

Corrections & Omissions

In last week’s Village Beat we made mention of a new non-profit formed to honor Montecito historian David Myrick and his extensive collections of Montecito memorabilia. Dana Newquist is president of the group, called Montecito Historical Archives, Inc. Guy Webb is treasurer, Marion Gregston is secretary, Scott Allen (David’s nephew), Tom Bollay, and John Venable are board members. Joanne Rapp is acting as an advisor.

The non-profit can be reached at montecitohistoricalarchives@hot mail.com. •MJ

John Venable is a member of the board of the new Montecito Historical Archives, a non-profit honoring the memory of David Myrick, who passed away September 24, 2011

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Talk Probes ‘Shaping of an Effective Leader’

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Westmont president Gayle D. Beebe will draw on his own leadership experiences

in higher education and his book, The Shaping of an Effective Leader, in a free, public lecture on Thursday, February 21 at 5:30 pm at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. Tickets are not needed; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.

The lecture is part of “Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter,” which is spon-sored by the Westmont Foundation. The talk relates to the sold-out Westmont President’s Breakfast that features Retired Gen. Colin Powell speaking about “Leadership – Taking Charge,” on March 1.

Panelists Rick Pointer, Westmont professor of history, and Eileen McMahon McQuade, associate pro-fessor of biology, will respond to Beebe’s remarks and engage in dia-logue.

Beebe says he will explore the quali-ties of dynamic leaders such as Powell. “Leaders must possess both character and competence to succeed and seek what is best for their companies and organizations,” he says.

During his six years at Westmont, Beebe has overseen major construc-tion on campus, led rebuilding and recovery after the disastrous 2008 Tea Fire, and successfully raised funds for new facilities at the college.

Beebe came to Westmont from Spring Arbor University in Michigan, where he served as president for seven years. Previously he was dean at the Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University. He has also co-authored a book, Longing for God, with Richard J. Foster.

Pointer, who served as acting pro-vost at Westmont for three years, spe-cializes in American history. He holds the Fletcher Jones Foundation Chair in the Social Sciences, and has written two books, Protestant Pluralism and the New York Experience and Encounters of the Spirit: Native Americans and European Colonial Religion.

McQuade, who chairs the Westmont Biology Department, joined the fac-ulty in 2004. She conducts research on multiple sclerosis and the immune-mediated pathways of rheumatoid arthritis. She earned a doctorate in microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill and post-doctoral train-ing at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Blondell Stages a World Premiere Play

John Blondell, Westmont professor of theatre arts, directs a world pre-miere, Platinum Circle: A Play in Three One-Acts, February 22-23 and 28, and March 1-2, 8 pm in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and can be purchased online at westmont.edu/tickets or by calling (805) 565-7140.

Randy VanderMey, Westmont pro-fessor of English, spent more than a decade crafting the whole three-play sequence, “Cell Division,” “Fleas” and “Bluetooth Paternoster,” which probe the spiritual underside of our obses-sion with cell phones. “I’ve hardly made any changes to the initial drafts of any of the three plays,” VanderMey says. “When they came, they all came at white heat.”

The show features an experienced cast, including seniors Jackie Dressler and Shawnee Witt; juniors Paige Tautz, Mak Manson, Lauren White, Chris Wagstaffe and Ben Offringa; and first-year students Laura Shultz and Connor Bush. Most actors appear in one or more shows, and Manson

appears in all of them.“The plays are wild and eccentric

– mysterious and quite moving,” Blondell says. “They have a vivid, compelling use of language. We have made a show that’s contemporary, off-center, and also energetic and engag-ing.”

Blondell is staging one of the three acts utilizing Westmont’s new black-box theater, adjacent to Porter Theatre. The downside is it holds only 45 people, so Blondell recommends audi-ences get reservations early.

“I know John’s way of working with plays and actors, and I know better than to meddle,” VanderMey says. “I’m eager to see the play performed in order to learn what a brilliant director and talented actors will do with it.”

Orchestra to Feature a ‘Fanfare’ Premiere

The Westmont Orchestra, which just finished a tour from Southern California to the Sierras, presents its Spring Orchestra Concert in Santa Barbara on Friday, February 22, at 7 pm in Montecito Covenant

Church, 671 Cold Spring Road, and Sunday, February 24, at 3 pm in First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue. General admission is $10, and students are free. To pur-chase tickets or for more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.

The concerts, conducted by Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, will feature works by Edward Elgar, Giacomo Puccini, Jean Sibelius and Modeste Mussorgsky. The orchestra will also perform a world premiere, “Fanfare on the Hymn Tune Hamburg,” arranged by Westmont student-composer Daniel Gee and based on Isaac Watts’ hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”

“I hope my arrangement arouses in us the profound tension, mystery and triumph that this wonderful hymn of the church has brought to many who have found themselves at the foot of the cross in need of Christ’s transfor-mation,” Gee says.

Soprano soloist Emmalee Wetzel, a sophomore studying music and vocal

performance with Celeste Tavera, will sing “Musetta’s Waltz” from Puccini’s La Boheme.

The orchestra’s spring tour, February 15-19, included stops in Grass Valley, Yosemite, Mariposa, and Los Angeles.

Upcoming performances include the Spring Faculty Recital on Friday, March 1, at 8 pm in Westmont’s Deane Chapel and the Rising Star Concert, featuring world-renown guitarist Mak Grgic on Sunday, March 3, at 3 pm in Deane Chapel.

Event Tackles ‘War and Peace as Liberal Arts’

The 12th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “War and Peace as Liberal Arts,” features speaker and noted political theorist Michael Walzer on Thursday, February 21, at 3:30 pm in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The lecture, “What is Just War Theory About?” is free and open to the public.

The conference, February 21-23 at Westmont, is sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, which promotes the continued vitality of the liberal arts tradition in American higher education.

Walzer, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, has writ-ten more than two dozen books on political theory and the ethics of war, including Just and Unjust Wars in 1977.

“That book brought just war theo-ry back to prominence in American political thought and shaped pub-lic debates over the use of American military force for three decades,” says Gaede Institute director Christian Hoeckley.

This year’s conference will bring together scholars and academic lead-ers from around the world to address issues of peace and conflict and how a liberal arts education can equip stu-dents to address these critical social issues.

Other speakers include Sherman Jackson, noted scholar of Muslim thought, Duncan Morrow, Northern Ireland peace worker, and philoso-phers Jean Bethke Elshtain and Helen Frowe.

“As American higher education faces major changes, this conference offers scholars and academic admin-istrators a place to gather, to address challenges and opportunities facing liberal arts education,” Hoeckley says.

Past conference themes include “The Gendered Liberal Arts?” “The Liberal Education of Students of Faith,” and “Globalizing the Liberal Arts.”

For a complete schedule of lectures open to the public, please visit the conference program page at west mont.edu/gaede-conference. •MJ

President Gayle Beebe talks about effective leadership on February 21

Platinum Circle: A Play in Three One-Acts world premieres February 22 in Westmont’s Porter Theatre


On February 15, 1875, on a rocky promontory a few miles north of San Simeon, a bea-

con of light shone its warning for the first time at Point Piedras Blancas. Increased maritime traffic and numer-ous shipwrecks had highlighted the need for a system of 13 lighthous-es authorized by President Andrew Johnson in 1866.

For over 3,000 years, Native Americans had hunted and gathered, fished and constructed tools at this windswept point of land, leaving behind their middens for archeolo-gists to study. During the Spanish era, the land was part of the holdings of Mission San Miguel and was held in trust for the Indians. After Mexico won its independence, these lands were confiscated by the government and granted to loyal Mexican citi-zens. In 1840, Don Jose de Jesus Pico became the owner of Rancho Piedra Blanca, which was later acquired by Juan Castro.

Poor record keeping, conflicting claims, and fraud after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo caused the U.S. Government to insist that claimants to California land present proof and be issued a patent. Long story short, in 1876 Castro kept most of his land but lost out on the rocky promontory which, in the interim, U.S. surveyors had declared a “logical location for a 1st order lighthouse.”

Twenty-five to 30 workmen from the U.S. Corps of Engineers construct-ed the brick and steel conical tower in less than 10 months. It was painted white with black trim and sported Romanesque Revival features typical

of the Victorian Age.A first order Fresnel lens, a magi-

cal system of prisms that focuses a candle-like source of light into a far-reaching beam, was placed atop the 100-foot tower. The steady ray of light was punctuated by a flash every 15 seconds.

Life on the RockA two-story Victorian house was

built for the light keepers in 1876. A duplex, it was intended for two keep-ers and their families but three fami-lies had to share the home.

Working in shifts, the keepers labored each day to wind the clock-works that rotated the light, check the timing, trim the wicks, haul the lard oil, clean the lens and brass and regu-late the ventilation. Outside they were kept busy painting the buildings and keeping the site orderly.

Water was a problem and at times the well, windmill, and water tanks were not enough to sustain the fami-lies living on the point. Sometimes water was purchased and transported by wagon to the light station. In 1908 a water tower was built and other

Money won’t create success; the freedom to make it will – Nelson Mandela

Coup De Grace by Grace Rachow

Ms. Rachow says Barnaby Conrad was a character in the story of our seaside village for many chapters. We shall miss him.

Barnaby

Barnaby Conrad passed on to that great trompe l’oeil in the sky last week. The papers spoke of his

painting, his music, his literary career, and his love affair with bull fighting. They celebrated the art-filled casa on the Rincon where he and wife, Mary, and their many pets lived. It was the scene of great conversations over cock-tails and a life of constant creation.

I encountered this world myself via the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, where I was once a newbie writer seeking help with my craft. Over the decades there were thousands of begin-ners like me who benefited from the teaching of founder Barnaby Conrad.

On opening night in June of 1992, he cracked himself up reading a pur-posely awful first sentence. His nos-trils flared, and he pulled his lips tight, trying to gain composure. He couldn’t do it.

We students got the idea… write a really bad sentence and make Barnaby laugh. I decided then I’d go to his morning workshop the next day. I signed up to read my no good, rotten short story, and I hoped that if my opening sentence was not brilliant, at least it might make our fearless leader chuckle.

Any writer or artist knows how precarious one’s first attempts are, but I sensed I could trust my tender work to this teacher. He had a kindness in the way he offered comments, and the things he said rang true.

That morning there were thirty other writers who also wished to share their stories. My name was far down the list.

I listened to the others read. Each one continued until what Barnaby felt was a teachable moment. He stopped the nervous writer in his begging-your-pardon style and gave gentle feedback on what might be done to improve the work.

The second day my name was still at least twenty down on the reading list, so there was more listening and learning for me. I reworked my story that night, because, from comments to others, I realized things my story des-perately needed. I made my character a little more interesting. I put her in worse trouble. I was getting the hang of this writing thing.

On the fourth day, Barnaby saw me come in early and said, “You’ve been here every day. You should try the other workshops.”

I didn’t leave. I was determined to read my story for Barnaby. I wanted to know what he thought. There were

still two more days of the conference. Surely my name would make it to the top of the list.

My story was still unread on the fifth day, so I reworked it again that night.

On the sixth and final morning, at break, I shyly asked, “Is my name still on the list?”

Barnaby was wearing tennis shorts with a sport coat and a well-loved cowboy hat. Only he could pull off such an outfit and still look perfectly dashing. He plucked the dog-eared paper out of his jacket pocket and checked it. “Ummm.” He squinted a little and said, “Oh yes, it’s here.”

When there were only ten minutes left of that last session, he invited me up front to read. I figured I’d get about two paragraphs in before he stopped for that teachable moment. No one all week had read a story to the end. I looked up as I turned the first page. He gestured to keep going. Surely he was tired of teaching six days straight and was using my story to run out the clock.

But I was reading my work, and he listened intently. He let me read all the way to the pithy ending.

There was a pause then, one of those moments heavy with terror. It’s not easy to put your work in front of someone who knows a thing or two about story. I wanted my teachable moment, but I also wanted a hundred angels to swoop in and bless my wob-bly words. We writers are a weird lot.

After a second or two that felt like an hour he nodded, “That was good.”

Barnaby Conrad heard my whole tortuously rewritten beginner’s story and thought it was good?

The sky could have opened and dropped a Pulitzer on my head, and I could not have felt better about that moment.

When a great man dies, they talk of the marvelous things he did. When an extraordinary man goes, people speak of how he touched their lives.

This was the moment Barnaby Conrad touched mine. •MJ

Barnaby was wearing tennis shorts with a sport coat and a well-loved cowboy hat. Only

he could pull off such an outfit and still look perfectly dashing.

Piedras Blancas Lighthouse in 1894 shows the housing for the Fresnel lens and its surrounding walk. The Victorian Keeper’s house is a duplex. (Courtesy Piedras Blancas Light Station)

The Way It Was

by Hattie Beresford

Piedras Blancas Light Station

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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.

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MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 19)in 2001 for around $50 million, will look more livable than ornamental by mid-summer.

Oprah, who has been battling to boost the ratings of her eponymous two-year-old Los Angeles-based cable network, is particularly looking for-ward to redoing her library, which currently features color-coordinated books, embroidered pillows and a stiff white couch.

“It’s not easy to do an entire library that says, ‘Do not touch the books,’ but somehow I managed.”

Her living room will also undergo a complete upheaval in interior decora-tion.

“Maya Angelou once told me you can become either an old female or a wise woman. All I can tell you is that I’m evolving, my taste is too, and someday soon this room will repre-sent the person I’ve become.”

Rose Tarlow, the Los Angeles designer working with Oprah on the remodeling project, says: “One of the redo’s key goals is a living room that can actually be lived in.”

Tarlow, who has designed for enter-tainment tycoon David Geffen, TV newswoman Barbara Walters and the late fashion designer Bill Blass, explains the reasons behind the redec-oration.

“Oprah is very elegant and sophisti-cated. But she is also warm and play-ful. She likes to put her feet up... You will not have to put on heels just to walk into this house.”

Watch this space...

Engrossing Geneva Julia Michelle Dawson’s first book

Geneva is a real page-turner.The 275-page mystery, involving a

CNN correspondent chasing an inter-national story, took eight years to come to fruition after Montecito resident Julia visited an art exhibition at the Munch Museum in Oslo in 2004 with her then seven-year-old son, Thomas, and saw Norwegian Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream.”

The priceless artwork was stolen later that year and not recovered until two years later.

“That set me thinking,” says Julia, an international traveler – who has lived in Central and South America and climbed some of the world’s highest mountains –, told me at a launch bash at Tecolote, the bus-tling bibliophile bastion in the Upper Village.” I have based the book on that painting and the plot centers around the Swiss city of Geneva, although there’s a lot of globe trot-ting involved.”

She is now working on her second tome involving the CNN reporter, which is based in Kenya.

It will be called Nairobi and should be out in 2015...

An Affair to RememberIt was certainly an evening on a

high note when Opera Santa Barbara, which celebrates its 20th anniversa-ry next year, hosted “An Affair to Remember” at the Biltmore.

The glamorous Valentine’s Day gala, which featured a huge illumi-nated heart with 1,000 mini lights cre-

ated by director Steven Sharpe, had 150 guests dining chic to chic, raising around $160,000 in the process.

Entertainment was provided by soprano Michelle Johnson and Tongan tenor, Ta’u Pupu’a – a former football player with Super Bowl win-ners the Baltimore Ravens –, both of whom star in OSB’s latest production, Verdi’s wonderful 1871 work Aida, at

the Granada next month.The tony twosome also sang works

by Puccini and Verdi to the gloriously garbed guests that could be dedicated to friends or relatives.

Auctioneer Andrew Firestone was in typical firecracker mode as he sold off a host of vacation pack-ages, including getaways in Santa Fe, the Adirondacks, Umbria, Italy, and a stay at the Manhattan aerie of Mike and Anne Towbes, with its sweeping views of Central Park.

Among those checking out the musical magic were event chair, Sandy Urquhart, Roger and Sarah Chrisman, Brooks and Kate Firestone, Sara Miller McCune, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Joan Rutkowski, Jose Maria Condemi, Deborah Bertling, Marilyn Bernstein, Susan Scott and Pat Andersons.

Everybody was clearly in the right aria code...

Bon Voyage Anne Towbes hosted a socially grid-

locked farewell bash for Montecito Bank & Trust executive Mary Ellen Tiffany, who is off to travel the world for the next six months.

“It is not a bucket list, it’s a life list!” Mary, a member of the board of the SB Symphony and the Maritime Museum, told me at the hustling bash at Cava. “I have been there, done that

Julia Michelle Dawson pens her first novel

Sharon Cochran celebrated her birthday at the gala; the bidding won by her husband was the aria “La Donna è Mobile” sung to her by tenor Ta’u Pupu’a and also a surprise dance during the evening (photo by Priscilla)

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with Europe, but there’s a lot of world out there for me to explore.

“I have bought a one way ticket to Thailand and will go from there, returning here in August.”

Mary’s itinerary will include Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India, the Maldives, Dubai, Rwanda and the Seychelles.

“I’ve got maps, a backpack, a cell phone and will keep in touch by Skype, but other than that, I’m as free as a bird!”

Among those wishing her bon voy-age were Gretchen Leiff, Lois Rosen, Hiroko Benko, Karen Kerns, Sue Parker and the lone male among the Amazons, Mike Towbes...

Jazz BashA mélange of magnificent millinery

was on display, not to mention some very creative masks and a fascinat-ing flurry of fabulous feathers, at the Hats Off! & Masks On! lunch thrown by Lobero Theatre Associates at the Biltmore.

The all too theatrical Mardi Gras-style bash honored world renowned Grammy, Oscar and Emmy awards winning lyricist and longtime Montecito resident, Norman Gimbel, 85, famous for penning words for clas-sics like the “Girl From Ipanema” – the second most covered record in the world after the Beatles “Yesterday” – and “Killing Me Softly.”

He also penned the theme songs for many well-known TV series, includ-ing Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Wonder Woman.

“The best tribute to me is when you’re in the shower singing a song by me!” he quipped.

The jazz infused party, featur-ing Minneapolis vocalist Connie Evingson, who has nine albums to her credit, was a complete sell-out with the 220 guests getting into the spirit with beads and bangles, as well as the Cajun-inspired food.

Emcee was ventriloquist Rob Watkins, a regular performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, while

Janet McCann chaired the 41st annual event, with the $30,000-plus raised going toward the Lobero’s renovation project and the children’s programs, among others.

Among the millinery and masked masses were Jean von Wittenburg, Jane Burkemper, Milt and Arlene Larsen, Melanie Trent, mayor Helene Schneider, Mike and Anne Towbes, Karen Byers, Paige Beard, Judi Weisbart, Peter Clark and Harry Kolb...

Health and Wealth

The 6th annual International Women’s Festivals at the Bacara went global for the first time this year with its theme “Health, Wealth and Soul.”

“We live streamed all day across the world,” says co-founder, Montecito’s Patty DeDominic.

“We received tremendous feedback from eastern and western Europe, Iceland and even Kenya from women who loved watching the Santa Barbara activities. Technology is wonderful in

Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com and Patty DeDominic at the Women’s Festival (photo by Priscilla)

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The event, which was sponsored by Lynda.com, New York Life and Montecito Bank & Trust, among oth-ers, also presented its annual Gutsy Gals Inspire Me award to artist and event organizer Judi Weisbart and author Laurie Polich-Short, with previous recipients including Kathy Ireland and Sara Miller McCune.

“It was undoubtedly one of the most awesome events ever,” conclud-ed Patty...

Girls Inc. Luncheon

Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara threw a thank you reception for major supporters at the Montecito aerie of Michael and Kathy McCarthy.

The popular non-profit’s next major event will be its annual lunch to be thrown at the Montecito estate of aviation enthusiast Tom Wathen – he even has his own airport – and his wife, Carol.

Jazz singer Connie Evingson, who hours earlier had performed at the Hats Off! fundraiser, reprised her show, including songs from her latest album Sweet Happy Life, which cel-ebrates the lyrics of Norman Gimbel.

Among those quaffing the vino and

noshing on the copious canapés were Caroline Thompson, Anne Towbes, Mindy Denson, Paige Beard, and Ginni Dreier...

Tantalizing TetzlaffTwo of the world’s top violinists

were in our tony town this week mes-merizing classical music lovers.

German Christian Tetzlaff thor-oughly entertained at the Lobero as part of CAMA’s Masterseries with works by Ysaye, Bach, Kurtag and Bartok, played on a ten-year-old instrument from German maker

Stefan-Peter Greiner.He is no stranger to Santa Barbara,

having given an all-Bach solo recital in 2008 and returning to the Lobero stage with his string quartet in 2011.

Four days later at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall it was time for Greek-born Leonidas Kavakos to shine as part of UCSB’s Arts & Lectures series, with Italian Enrico Pace accompanying on piano.

Kavakos, who has worked with many of the world’s major orches-tras and conductors, played his 1724 “Abergavenny” Stradivarius to great effect in the one hour and 20 minute all-Beethoven program,

featuring Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Sonata No. 5 in F Major, wrapping with Sonata No. 9 in A Major.

It was an evening to savor...

Steve’s a Dad

My congratulations to Montecito funnyman, Steve Martin, who has become a first time dad at the age of 67.

The It’s Complicated star and his wife, Anne Stringfield, 41, welcomed the child in December, but kept the arrival under wraps, literally and fig-uratively, until now.

The twosome married in 2007 at Steve’s L.A. home in a surprise cer-emony where guests, including Tom Hanks and Diana Keaton, were told it was a party.

Steve, winner of Emmy and Grammy awards, is seen here on occasion per-forming at the Granada with his banjo playing Bluegrass music.

The perfect accompaniment for get-ting a new baby to sleep, no doubt...

Roberta CroonsGrammy-winning songstress

Roberta Flack literally had them danc-ing in the aisles at the Granada when she sang a selection of her hits, as well as a medley of Beatles-inspired tunes.

Given that she has lived across the way from the late John Lennon at the Dakota building in Manhattan for many years, the songs clearly had a particular resonance for the 76-year-old chanteuse.

The show, part of the theater’s con-certs series, featured all her popular songs, including “Kissing Me Softly”

– lyricist Norman Gimbel was sitting in the audience just a tiara’s toss from my aisle seat –, and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”

Her interaction with the audience was constant and her asides about life, love and culture insightful.

It was an enriching evening from a real classic singing her classics...

Rest in PeaceOn a personal note, I mourn the

passing of Barnaby Conrad, one of the most delightful and erudite people I have ever met.

Barnaby, who has just died at the age of 90, first touched base with me when I co-hosted a travel show on Santa Barbara News-Press radio with co-pub-lisher, Arthur von Wiesenberger, six years ago.

I would often see him and his wife, Mary, on “locals night” at the Nugget in Summerland and he was as thor-oughly entertaining as ever, regaling me with his Hemingway-esque stories of bullfighting in Spain and his early career working with famed novelist Sinclair Lewis.

We also had another connection, given we were both friends with leg-endary San Francisco Chronicle colum-nist, Herb Caen, who I would often have drinks with at Wolfgang Puck’s eatery, Postrio, when I would fly out from New York every couple of weeks to appear on the ABC affiliate, KGO’s a.m. show Good Morning Bay Area.

Three years ago Barnaby was kind enough to give me a book on Herb that he had edited in 1997.

He inscribed it: “Best wishes to Richard - Our Herb Caen South.”

It is an accolade I will truly treasure from a man I much admired...

Sightings: Desperate Housewives Marcia Cross shopping at Rooms & Gardens on State Street... Oprah Winfrey holding court at Lucky’s with friends... Oscar winner Jeff Bridges checking out the Coral Casino

Pip! Pip! for now

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

Connie Percy, Connie Evingson and Leslie Snyderman at the Girls Inc. bash (photo by Priscilla)

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff entertained at the Lobero (photo credit: Alexandra-vosding.de)

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Barnaby Conrad passed away at 90

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water systems were attempted over the years.

Light keepers and their families grew vegetables when water was available, raised chickens and rabbits and had a ready supply of fish and shellfish nearby. Tenders anchored off shore sent their lighters to the tiny wharf clinging to the cliff where they off-loaded supplies. The general stores at San Simeon and Cambria were about six and 13 miles away. Before the automobile, a trek to Cambria and back was an all day affair. Tenders also delivered portable libraries in boxed bookcases. The families were given a selection of books to read which were due when the next tender arrived and

exchanged the library with a new one.L.V. Thorndyke served as head

light keeper from 1879 until 1906. He retired to San Simeon and operated the general merchandise store known today as Sebastians. Nineteen hun-dred and six saw significant changes at the light station. An extra keeper was added after the construction of a new keeper’s cottage, and a brick sig-nal house was added which produced a loud whistle on foggy days.

Kerosene had replaced lard oil for lamp fuel many years previous. It being highly volatile, a new fuel house was constructed in 1908 to prevent the lighthouse from going off like a giant Roman candle.

Coast Guard YearsIn 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard

assumed management of the sta-tion. On the last day of 1948, an earthquake severely damaged the top of the tower necessitating the removal of the top floor with its ornate wrought iron balcony and brick eaves. No longer could the tower support the ancient lens, and it was replaced by an electric beacon.

The Fresnel lens was carefully dis-assembled and all parts, down to the screws, numbered. It was loaned, according to Bert Breedlove, who was the officer in charge at Piedras Blancas at the time, to the Lion’s Club of Cambria for 99 years. Today, the lens is still on display on Main Street.

In 1960, the Coast Guard, appar-ently weary of living in Victoriana, decided to demolish the two histori-cal homes. They offered the homes to anyone who wanted to move them. The single story keeper’s cottage was purchased for one dollar and moved off Moonstone Drive in Cambria where it serves as a vacation rental. No one wanted the two-story home, so it was reduced to kindling. In their stead, the Coast Guard built four modern rectangular cinderblock units as housing for their staff.

In 2001, the Coast Guard turned over the management of the light station to the Bureau of Land Management, and a new 25-inch Vega Rotating marine beacon was installed. The BLM made it a prior-ity to return the site to its historic origins and to open it to the public. Working with dozens of volunteers over a period of nearly two years, the BLM was able to offer its first tour in 2003. In 2008, structural res-toration of the site began.

The light station in 1940 shows the second keeper’s cottage next to the duplex, many outbuildings, the wharf with its hoist and the latest attempt to secure water, a fenced concrete catch basin for rainwa-ter. Unfortunately, the birds that gave the rock its name also white washed the catch basin. (Courtesy Piedras Blancas Light Station)

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The Swarm Exhibit

“Swarm: A Collaboration With Bees” is opening at Lotusland on Saturday, February 23. The

exhibit is the work of three women: Lotusland Executive Director Gwen Stauffer, Director of Public Programs Dorothy Shaner, and artist Nancy Gifford. The three of them have been working together for a year to create the multi-discipline exhibit of artists, musicians, filmmakers, photographers and dancers, which centers on the concept of the bee and its relevance to both the human and the natural world. In my interview with them, Gwen shared, “Public awareness of human dependency on plant species – and their pollinators – is a part of Lotusland’s educational mission. We have been talking about the plight of honeybees and the importance of them to agricultural success. Since we have beehives at Lotusland, ‘Swarm’ is the perfect exhibit for us to provoke concern about the significant benefit of honeybees and their critical role in human survival.” Guest curator Gifford, added, “We were so encour-aged when we began our searches that so many artists derive creative inspira-tion from the honeybee. The diversity of expressions made it possible for us

to develop a truly multimedia exhibi-tion and a total immersion experience for the viewer.”

Interactive video artists Ethan Turpin and Jonathan Smith invited me to join them last Friday at their “secret” live beehive location, where they’ve been recording natural bee

sounds for their art installation for “Swarm.” Ethan explained, “This is a beautiful, six-foot-tall hive that has hung in a private grove of trees for over ten years.” When I arrived, the artists were setting up a sound record-ing microphone on a C-stand that telescoped into the middle of the hive. Respectful not to harm the bees or intrude on their “city,” the artists were nonetheless spotted by the defend-ers of the hive, and Ethan was stung a number of times. Decidedly, we all took a break to talk about their col-laboration and artist statement for their Bee Cell project.

The Bee Cell is a six-sided chamber that measures 6 x 9 feet (floor to ceil-ing). The structure, molding and paint mimic those of the gallery room’s interior. Inside the cell is an over-head mirror that gives the illusion of extended space and incorporates the viewer’s image into the hive structure. Speakers play the sounds of the live bee colony they recorded and three ceiling mounted “short-throw” (a.k.a. fisheye) projectors continuously loop video of “oversized” bees over the six translucent cell panels from the outside. The cell holds three people at a time, and carpenter for the structure is Van Granaroli.

Q. Tell us how you came together as artists to create the Bell Cell installation for ‘Swarm.’

Jonathan: We’re interested in the idea of video textures; one idea is insects. I told Ethan about this beehive when I was working at this location, it’s a wonder of the world, and we decided to do some footage of it, the incredible texture of the hive and the bees as they swarm across the hive. We did this without knowing where it would lead. We learned that bees have to keep the hive between 94 and 98 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the grubs alive, and bees are cold blooded, so they vibrate their wing muscles with-out moving their wings to create heat. So we borrowed a thermal camera to film the bees; what we saw is that the beehive has exactly the same heat energy and size as a single human being. For ‘Swarm,’ we are projecting

the bees on a segmented dimensional screen.

Ethan: We have been collaborating on video projects for five years, often immersive installations. At the same time Jonathan told me about the bee-hive, we were invited to participate in a show at the old Peace Store on State Street. We took our bee video and projected it on the frosted glass of the dressing rooms in the store, as the rooms were yellow and six sided, a hexagon like a beehive. Nancy Gifford attended that show, saw our piece and invited us to do a project for ‘Swarm’ at Lotusland.

What draws you into doing this type of art?

Jonathan: Truthfully, what we are looking for when we are trying to cre-ate something, is the ‘WTF’ factor… It’s really fun to inspire wonder in people, to take them into a different realm. With our project, when one walks into our Bee Cell, it takes one to a different world. We are both into light, dimension and time.

•••Ethan Turpin uses cameras, optics,

and found materials to challenge and inform our view of the world. His creative practice spans across old and new media to experiment with visual and societal perception. In the year 2000 he founded Bright Eye Cinema to create documentaries, promotional content, and video environments.

Jonathan Smith’s large-scale instal-lations involve combinations of light, sound, and video projection within constructed environments, often inviting viewers to activate the work themselves. Events and exhibits fea-turing Smith’s work have included Coachella Arts and Music Festival, Lucidity Festival, Standard Deviation, Insomniac Festival, Lightning In A Bottle, and Electric Daisy Carnival. He is currently in negotiations with the Omani Cultural Department to bring major video installations to the 2014 Muscat Cultural Festival.

The “Swarm: A Collaboration With Bees” Lotusland Exhibit will be on display from February 22 through May 4. •MJ

Ethan and Jonathan will use the beehive record-ings in their Bee Cell at the “Swarm” exhibit

Artists Ethan Turpin and Jonathan Smith setting up video and sound record-ing of a live bee-hive for their instal-lation at Lotusland

The creators of the “Swarm” exhibit: Dorothy Shander, Gwen Stauffer and Nancy Gifford, in front of a 9 x 10 foot ink drawing on Mitsumata tissue by Penelope Stewart titled, “La Grande Ruche”

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“What was interesting, Mary Ellen relates, “was that I looked at his blog and sent him a note on it and told him that I was thinking about doing something like that myself someday and I signed my name. He e-mailed me back right away and said, ‘Is this the same Mary Ellen that works for Montecito Bank & Trust?’

“It turned out that Matt was in the office when I delivered a bottle of wine to a client and it was Matt that I gave the wine to. I hadn’t seen him in years, but his article was inspirational.

“I thought to myself, ‘If they could do it with two children… I’m single; there’s no reason why I can’t do it too.’”

Mary Ellen won’t be blogging though.

“I wasn’t born with a chip in my finger,” she jokes, “so I’ve hired some-body to teach me Facebook, Skype… I find it hard enough just to keep up with e-mail.”

She does plan to log onto a Facebook page so that at least her friends can follow her adventures.

Both Mike Towbes and his wife, Anne, have been supportive.

“Mike Towbes just wanted to know when I’d be back in the office,” Mary Ellen laughs, “so I told him I would be back on August 12.”

So, she leaves Wednesday at 6 pm. She has rented her house, friends have afforded her a spot in their garage for her car, and she has left some signed checks with a friend.

The first part of her trip is the 14-day tour to Thailand with her friend, Monica Kline, “to acclimate myself.” She’ll fly China Air to Taipei and, then to Bangkok. They’ll tour north-ern Thailand, and Cambodia. “From there I’ll decide whether to fly back to Bangkok with the tour and then head out, or say good-bye to everybody in Angkor Wat and continue on.”

She has made no reservations. There are no hotels lined up. She does have friends in Cambodia, Thailand, and the United Emirates; she also has a cousin that lives in Dubai. “I’m pretty social,” she says, “so I’ll probably meet people along the way, but still, I’m sure there’ll be days when I’m lonely. The longest I’ve ever been away is five weeks and I’ve usually traveled with people.”

If you would like to friend Mary

Ellen on her new Facebook page in order to share in her travel adventure, you can get in touch with her at: sani [email protected].

Coast 2 Coast Men’s Collection

We have written about Coast 2 Coast, the super little shop in La Arcada, right around the corner from SB Arts and catty corner from El Cielito in the best little shopping mall in Santa Barbara, but we haven’t mentioned Coast 2 Coast’s new men’s collection.

We are about to right that wrong.Coast 2 Coast plays a crucial role for

me during the Christmas season, as there is always something both unique and fun to be found as a gift for a wife or a friend. While most of their inventory is directed towards women, before Christmas, owners Bob and Holly Murphy always carry what seemed to me to be a secret stash of items with a visceral appeal to the most manly of men. Short steel knives with mahogany handles, humidors, compasses, globes, playing cards, and the like are displayed and for sale on a couple shelves near the back, away from Coast 2 Coast’s specialties such as silver tea trays, Christofle silver-ware, ceramic specialties, dishes, fab-

rics, and so much more.But, the little corner of masculine

items had its fan base and apparently that fan base demanded more, and Bob has responded by expanding the offerings greatly. Now, while your wife, girlfriend, or mistress shops for more frilly items, you can enjoy perusing a rather large collection of

sports memorabilia. Coast 2 Coast’s “Men’s Collection”

now contains items such as Waterford Crystal barware, vintage cufflinks, Christofle & Lalique silver cufflinks, flasks, pewter beer steins and hand-some desk accessories.

In addition to that, there is a large supply of autographed baseballs from the likes of Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial and many others. Footballs signed by Peyton Manning, basketballs signed by Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, LeBron James, and football helmets signed by Heisman Trophy winners. Golfers aren’t left out either, as signed Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer pho-tos are available, as are baseball bats signed by Duke Snider and Steve Garvey; there’s a jersey signed by Dodger great Sandy Koufax, Wayne Gretsky’s hockey puck…

So, if you’re a guy you’ll enjoy perusing this collection while your better half loads up on Coast 2 Coast’s other specialties. If you are a woman searching for a gift for your boyfriend, husband, or lover, well, there’s plenty to choose from.

Coast 2 Coast Collection (805-845-7888) is located in La Arcada Courtyard, 1114 State Street. The shop is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, and Sundays from noon to 5 pm. •MJ

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First-Timer in Vancouver(Or, I’m Taking the Bus Tour So You Don’t Have To)

by Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.

When you visit a place for the first time, how do you get a feel for it? I have two

sensible – even obvious – recommen-dations. (And yet, the more sophis-ticated a traveler you are, the more likely you’ll ignore these tips. Sigh.)

Tip #1: Take a tour. Whether you’re on a canal boat in Amsterdam or a tram on the Las Vegas Strip, a tour gives you a sense of the place and its layout. You’ll also spot the attractions you’d like to visit later, on your own.

Even a boring guide can be a foun-tain of facts and pointers. “Drone drone (nugget of information), blabbity blah (cool discovery).” A really good guide will add local history or even throw in funny jokes (which you can recycle later when telling friends about your trip).

Tip #2: Ask local residents for rec-ommendations: a hidden beach, off-beat museum, hiking trail, vegetarian café, or whatever interests you.

On my virgin visit to Vancouver,

British Columbia recently, I followed my own advice. I took a “hop-on, hop-off” trolley tour on a circuit of the city’s main points of interest. The first stop was Canada Place, on the waterfront – a perfect spot to take in the grandeur of Vancouver’s natural setting. Like San Francisco and Seattle, this city is bordered on three sides by water. Forested mountains form a scenic backdrop, with snowy peaks beyond.

Canada Place itself is a complex of white buildings topped with five immense white “sails.” It’s a city landmark, something like Australia’s Sydney Opera House. Canada Place is also Vancouver’s cruise port, where ships as big as whole city blocks steam off to Alaska, carrying more than 670,000 passengers a year.

On the seawall pedestrian prom-enade, which nearly encircles the city, I spotted one of Vancouver’s many pieces of public art, a sixty-foot-high blue raindrop slanting onto the pave-

ment – possibly a humorous comment on the amount of rainfall in British Columbia. Later, on sidewalks all over the city, I saw tall terra cotta war-riors painted by artists in imaginative ways, from blue-and-white Chinese porcelain to robot silver. You’ve got to like a city that turns its streets into a museum.

From Canada Place the tour trol-ley took me through the compact downtown and across False Creek to Granville Island, an urban oasis devoted to art and food. On this tiny island, industrial wharf buildings have been “repurposed” as galler-ies, theaters, shops, restaurants, and a popular food market.

The island serves Vancouver as a kind of town square, where people gather to eat and have fun. I struck up a conversation with an older woman who had wet hair and a wet dog. “We come here to swim,” she explained with a laugh, nodding toward False Creek.

She pointed me in the direction of the public market, a maze of stalls under a vast roof. The air was filled with the aromas of fresh bread and pies. The whole world of vegetables was laid out, from asparagus to zuc-chini. Atop huge tubs of raspberries was a sign: “Picked this morning, $4.99.”

Cheeses, smoked salmon, Italian olives, “Hot Honey-Dip Donuts,” fresh flowers, coffee beans, sausage from a fifth-generation European maker, bagels, spices – I was get-ting dizzy. Suiting a city with a large Asian population, there were baskets

of unfamiliar fruits like kalamansi, a thumb-sized citrus used to flavor dip-ping sauces in the Philippines.

Hmm… suddenly I was hungry. So I followed my own Tip #2 and asked a local resident for a recommenda-tion. The friendly girl at a candy stall didn’t miss a beat. “Walk over to the Dockside Restaurant,” she said, “inside the Hotel Granville, at the edge of the island. Amazing view, and incredible salmon benedict!” She was right, and I ate a delicious lunch look-ing across the water.

Afterward I strolled the island, wandering into studios and shops where artisans sold everything from hand-dyed silk shawls to handmade wooden boats, from ceramic lamps to landscapes painted in luminous egg tempera. I left Granville Island feeling fulfilled in body and soul.

Gassy Jack and Liquid Sunshine

Next stop on the trolley tour was Gastown, the area where Vancouver began in the 1860s and one of the few neighborhoods where this young city has preserved its heritage buildings. Here I joined a walking tour offered by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. (Tip #1 again.)

Our student guide explained that the neighborhood takes its name from an amiable gasbag named Jack Deighton, who arrived in 1867. The story goes that “Gassy Jack” offered workers from a nearby lumber mill free whis-key if they’d build him a saloon – and they did. Today Gastown’s stone and

Edged on three sides by water, Vancouver offers both scenery and civilization, along with a port for Alaska cruises

On arty Granville Island, shoppers at the public market pick up everything from fresh flow-ers to fresh-baked bread

How suite it is: The conveniently locat-

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brick buildings are filled with shops, restaurants, and trendy bars.

Back on the bus, we headed for Stanley Park, an urban greenbelt stretching out into English Bay. At one thousand acres, it’s bigger than New York’s Central Park. We saw rose gar-dens and lawns where Canada geese flocked. Tall western fir trees came in two formats: swaths of forest, and totem poles, carved by First Nations people into colorful thunderbirds, eagles, and bears.

We also passed the “Girl in a Wetsuit” statue, sitting on a rock in the water and looking much like Copenhagen’s famous “Little Mermaid” – but Vancouver’s version sports a diving mask and swim fins.

The weather had turned to what the trolley driver called “liquid sun-shine,” suspiciously resembling a light drizzle. The next day, though, the skies cleared, and with the sun out Vancouver was transformed from black-and-white to Technicolor – from Kansas to Oz. The whole city sparkled.

Abandoning the trolley, I toured myself over to the Vancouver Art Gallery, which occupies a 1906 pro-vincial courthouse renovated by Vancouver-based Arthur Erickson, Canada’s most celebrated architect. On the stairs outside, locals were eat-

ing lunch from brightly painted food trucks. “Feastro, the Rolling Bistro” offered crab cakes and fish tacos, reflecting Vancouver’s abundance of seafood, while Pig on the Street served all things porky (and humane-ly raised).

The Art Gallery prides itself on its photography holdings and the most extensive body of work by Canadian painter Emily Carr. Luckily, I was in town for an exhibit based on the collection of Baltimore’s Cone sis-ters, two Victorian ladies who dared to embrace European modernist painting in the early 20th century and became friends with the Paris avant-garde, buying work from Gauguin, Picasso, and especially Henri Matisse. (They owned 600 of his works, including the famous “Large Reclining Nude.”) A remark-able interactive computer simulation reproduced the sisters’ apartment, allowing visitors to “walk” through and see the works of art hanging in their original places, crowding every wall and hallway.

In early evening I strolled down nearby Robson Street, which calls itself “Vancouver’s Runway” and is dotted with high-end retailers. I saw that Vancouverites move at an easy pace. They’re lively yet relaxed, a wonderful combination. I chatted

with people in stores and asked for directions. They were unfailingly gra-cious, with a combination of western friendliness and English good man-ners. At last I grasped something I’d sensed since my arrival, but hadn’t been able to put my finger on: People in Vancouver seem just plain happy, no doubt because they get to live in this beautiful city. Follow my Tip #2, talk to some local residents, and you’ll see for yourself.

COMPASS POInTSGetting There:

Only 24 miles north of the U.S. bor-der, Vancouver is a three-hour drive from Seattle, or a three-hour flight from Los Angeles.

Visitor Information: www.tourismvancouver.com

Where to Stay: The following two hotels are popu-

lar with celebrities; British Columbia is home to about 250 movie and tele-vision productions annually – e.g., The Twilight Saga – and is nicknamed “Hollywood North.”

Pan Pacific (300-999 Canada Place; 604-662-8111 or 800-937-1515: www.panpacificvancouver.com) With a stunning view of the water and mountains, this airy hotel over-looks the cruise ships and even sort of looks like one, all sleek white with panoramic windows. (Novel service: Departing cruise passen-gers can take an elevator from their room directly to the termi-nal, while bellmen deliver luggage to their cabin.) Bright rooms have comfy beds with white linens and Italian marble bathrooms. My room had wraparound windows with a knockout view, easy to appreciate from a thoughtfully provided chaise lounge. A rooftop heated pool also has spectacular views. Dining options include Five Sails, serving modern West Coast cuisine. Rooms $250-$5,000, suites $350-$7,500.

Four Seasons (791 W. Georgia St.; 604-689-9333 or 866-223-9333; www.fourseasons.com/vancouver) This relaxed but luxurious hotel – gleaming glass, marble pillars, Asian art accents – is all pluses. One boon is a down-town location convenient to every-thing. Another is warmly personalized service, including special programs for kids; for instance, a baking class with the hotel pastry chef, a wagon full of toys that a desk clerk brings out for eager tots, even a lounge filled with games. There’s 15-minute room service, a life-saver if you arrive late and hungry. Vancouver’s only indoor-outdoor swimming pool has a garden sunbathing deck. YEW Restaurant fea-tures local seafood, served in a stun-ning room with 40-foot high ceilings. Rooms $295-$515, suites $335-$2,750.

Note: My retail spy (aka wife, Merry) strayed from the hotel to the adjacent Holt Renfrew, an arty Canadian department store filled with the couture creations of Chanel, Prada, and Marni – and, I’m told, “fabulous shoes.”

Where to Eat: CinCin (1154 Robson St.; 604-688-

7338: www.cincin.net) Handy to the Four Seasons hotel, an open-kitch-en dining room serves imaginative, contemporary Italian food. The gar-den terrace is a relaxing retreat from the city. My delicious dinner: golden and chioggia beet salad; hand-rolled gnocchi with rosemary, parmesan, and bread crumbs; and oven-roast-ed salmon. Wine Spectator award of excellence.

Hapa Izakaya (909 W. Cordova St.; 604-420-4272; www.hapaizakaya.com) Across the street from the Pan Pacific hotel, this sexy black-and-brown din-ing room and bar serves a kaleido-scope of creative Japanese tapas, sushi, and cocktails. Great choices: edamame and ricotta ravioli with yuzu brown butter and truffle oil; chowder with British Columbia halibut, scallops, bacon, and cream. •MJ

Rooftop sunbathing is popular at the Pan Pacific hotel, located right on the waterfront

In thousand-acre Stanley Park stand totem poles carved by First Nations people to honor the region’s heritage


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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WAY IT WAS Page 444

TodayOn a brisk January morning with

the ground fog misting the air, my husband and I drove to the appoint-ed meeting place, the former Piedras Blancas Motel on Highway 1. By 10 am a small group of people had congre-gated, and volunteer Carole Adams and BLM intern Molly Nilsson broke us into two groups to caravan to the station.

Once there, tour guide Tom Parsons led us on a one-half mile interpretive trail which featured not only the his-tory of the light station but also the flora and fauna of the region. Bins of binoculars (available for those of us who left ours at home) helped us see la piedra blanca close-up. In the magnified view, swarms of sea lions sprawled precipitously on the steep slope of the rocks and a peregrine fal-con perched on a rock below his cave. Three pelicans held court in a sunny nook and scores of cormorants and seagulls mingled, it seemed, compan-ionably.

Since 2001, volunteers have removed 19 acres of ice plant (planted by the Coast Guard) in order to rees-tablish flora historically found at the

station. Their success was phenom-enal and warranted President George W. Bush’s designation of the site as an Outstanding Natural Area. With the return of the native vegetation, much of it lying dormant underneath the heavy succulent cover, came the return of native animal life as well. Today, the landscape is rich with the promise of springtime’s blue seaside daisies and orange poppies, purple hedge-nettle and blue and white bush lupine.

On the southern side of the point, the cove was noisy and crowded with birthing, mating, and fighting sea ele-phants. Otters napped on their backs, rocked by the gentle swells while sea birds flew overhead and dove into the ocean.

The path wound past the arranged bones of a gray whale that had died on a beach nearby and up to the old storage house, the center of which was built in 1876. It has been restored and renovated and serves as the gift shop. Tom showed us the plans for rebuild-ing the old water tower and then led us into the lighthouse itself to show

The signal house at Point Piedras Blancas, where various fog-penetrating whistles and horns were employed over the years

Michael Beresford, Montecito Journal in hand, trails the group heading toward the lighthouse


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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tap Locksmith, 111 N. Milpas St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Barret Cameron Bowman, 5566 Paradise Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 8, 2013. 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. 2013-0000435. Published February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Channel City Development Company, 6870 Del Playa Drive, Isla Vista, CA 93117. Bruce Murdock, 6870 Del Playa Drive, Isla Vista, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 14, 2013. 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. 2013-0000126. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Elements Consulting, 1725 Chino St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Renee Barsa, 1725 Chino St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 5, 2013. 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 Melissa Mercer. Original FBN No. 2013-0000389. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Aromatics, 2745 Torito Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Seana Meagan Sears, 2745 Torito Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 10, 2013. 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2013-0000099. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Kabuki Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, 485 Alisal Road Suite 285 & 286, Solvang, CA 93463. Bluewater Restaurant & Sushi Bar LLC, 485 Alisal Road Suite 285 & 286, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 16, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. Original FBN No. 2013-0000186. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Whodidily By Wendy, PO Box 1224, Carpinteria, CA 93014. Wendy Lee Jones, 1023 Lavender Ct., Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2013. 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. 2013-0000202. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Clear Pools, 315 Meigs Rd, Suite A257, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Josh Walker, 2942 Verde Vista Drive, Unit A, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 31, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. Original FBN No. 2013-0000364. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Avanté Events, PO Box 1913 Buellton, CA 93427. Cori Lassahn, 210 Valley Station Circle, Buellton, CA 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 28, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. Original FBN No. 2013-0000310. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013.FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing

business as: M N M Property Sales, 809 Tabitha Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Mary Morton, 809 Tabitha Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 31, 2013. 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 Dionne Ruiz. Original FBN No. 2013-0000359. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Martha Wilkins R.D., 1704 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Martha Wilkins, 1704 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 22, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. Original FBN No. 2013-0000247. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Accelerated Building Contractors, 1300 N A St., Lompoc, CA 93436. Stephen Michael Galanis, 9175 San Gabriel Road, Atascadero, CA 93422. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 23, 2013. 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 Juanita Spitzer. Original FBN No. 2013-0000267. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Retro Republik Bike Rentals, 1260 Channel Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Retro Republik, Inc, 30 West Constance Avenue, Unit 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 18, 2013. 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2013-0000229. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of

Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday,

March 5, 2013, during the afternoon session of the meeting,

which begins at 2:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall,

735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is regarding

Municipal Code Amendments for the Nonresidential Growth

Management Program. In December 2011, the City Council

adopted General Plan policies that limit new nonresidential

growth to 1.35 million square feet for the next 20 years. The

nonresidential growth limitations are similar to what was

previously known as “Measure E” and specify the allocation

categories and process by which lots can develop additional

nonresidential square footage. The purpose of the hearing is

for the Council to consider proposed amendments to the

Municipal Code for implementation of the Nonresidential Growth

Management Program and introduce the ordinance

amendments for subsequent adoption. If the Council

introduces and subsequently adopts the Ordinance, it will

become effective 30 days from adoption.

Santa Barbara Municipal Code (SBMC) §28.87.300 will be

revised and replaced with SBMC Chapter 28.85. Council

Resolution No. 12-075 is also proposed to be replaced.

Amendments are also proposed to sections of the Transfer of

Existing Development Rights (TEDR) Ordinance Chapter 28.95.

The amendments include a new Traffic Management Strategy

identifying Development Areas and specific categories of

nonresidential development and transfer of square footage that

would be available for allocation within each Development Area.

The proposed implementing ordinance is addressed by the

2011 General Plan Program EIR and Addenda, and no further

environmental review is required.

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal

comments to the City Council. Written comments are also

welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be

addressed to the City Council via the City Clerkʼs Office, P.O.

Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.

On Thursday, February 28, 2013, an Agenda with all items to

be heard on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, will be available at 735

Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff

Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov;

under Quick Links, click on Current Council Agenda & Packet.

Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and

rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and

on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. These

meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at

www.santabarbaraca.gov. In compliance with the Americans

with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain

access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please

contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5305 or inquire at

the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting. If possible,

notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the

City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

(SEAL)

Deborah L. Applegate

Deputy City Clerk

February 10, 2013

Published February 20, 2013

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. 5211

DUE DATE & TIME: MARCH 7, 2013 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Supply and Install Permeable Pavers at Mackenzie Park

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on February

28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., at Mackenzie Park Parking Lot,

located at 3111 State 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 A, C-27, C-29 or C-61

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. 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: February 20, 2013 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

21 – 28 February 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves – Henry Kissinger

PUBLIC NOTICES

ORDINANCE NO. 5608

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA BARBARA GRANTING AN EXCLUSIVE TEN-YEAR

FRANCHISE FOR CITYWIDE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

AND DISPOSAL SERVICES TO MARBORG INDUSTRIES,

INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION AND APPROVING

AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO

EXECUTE, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

BETWEEN THE CITY AND MARBORG INDUSTRIES, INC.

PROVIDING FOR MARBORGʼS WAIVER OF CERTAIN

COMPENSATION UNDER THE EXISTING ZONE ONE AND

ZONE TWO FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS IN

CONSIDERATION OF THE GRANT OF THE NEW CITYWIDE

FRANCHISE TO MARBORG.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a

regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council

held on February 12, 2013.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant

to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa

Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original

ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the

City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

California.

(Seal)

/s/_____________________

Gwen Peirce, CMC

City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 5608

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

)

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

)

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was

introduced on February 5, 2013, and was adopted by the

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

February 12, 2013, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Frank

Hotchkiss, Grant House, Randy Rowse,

Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES: Councilmember Cathy Murillo

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and

affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on February

13, 2013.

/s/

Gwen Peirce, CMC

City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 13,

2013.

/s/

Helene Schneider

Mayor


NOTICE TO BIDDERS



BID NO. 5214

DUE DATE & TIME: March 13, 2013 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Drive Two Timber Piles in Harbor

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 A 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: February 20, 2013 General Services Manager Montecito Journal


NOTICE TO BIDDERS



BID NO. 5213

DUE DATE & TIME: March 14, 2013 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Interior Painting of City Parking Lot 7 A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on February

27, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., at Lot 7 located at 1115 Anacapa

Street, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications

and field conditions. Plans and specifications 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 C-33 Painting and

Decorating 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: February 20, 2013 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

doing business as: Isabel’s Private Tutoring , 309 Mohawk Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Isabel Esparza , 309 Mohawk Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was fi led with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 31, 2012. This statement expires f ive years from the date it was fi led in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on f i le in my off ice. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN No. 2012-0003684. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Local Artisans Market; Santa Barbara Local Artisans Market, 7711 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. Catherine Moss, 7711 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 25, 2013. 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. 2013-0000300. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Palmera, 1317 De La Guerra Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Lisa Gandy, 1317 De La Guerra Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Lisa McGill, 400 West Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 18, 2013. 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2013-0000234. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2013.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1415258. To all interested parties: Petitioner Debra Joan Stasio filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing

name to Dove Joans. 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 February 8, 2013, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: March 21, 2013 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6


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Yeah, sure – Explore the nature of truth as UCSB’s Department of Theater & Dance presents Absolutely! {perhaps}, a modern adaptation by Martin Sherman of Luigi Pirandello’s widely-known play Right You Are (If You Think So). Simon Williams directs the fast moving comedy that takes place in a small town destroyed by an earthquake where the townspeople become fascinated with a family of three that just moved in. The work examines a commu-nity’s fascination with other peoples’ lives, explores reality and illusion and asking the teasing questions about who we are and what we seem. Can more than one version of events be true? But what’s more amaz-ing is that the original was written in 1917 during World War I and introduced themes that were to become central to modern European drama. “The audience will be highly entertained, but disturbed as well,” director Williams said in a press release. “It is a play that invites a very ambivalent response.” WHEN: 8pm February 19-22, 2pm February 23 WHERE: Performing Arts Theater, UCSB campus COST: $17 general, $13 students-seniors-UCSB INFO: 893-7221 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Westmont’s ‘Fanfare’ premiere – The Westmont Orchestra, which just fin-ished a tour from Southern California to the Sierra, presents its Spring Orchestra Concert in two off-site church locations around town, including tonight at Montecito Covenant Church, The concerts, conducted by Michael Shasberger, Adams profes-

sor of music and worship, feature works by Edward Elgar, Giacomo Puccini, Jean Sibilius and Modeste Mussorgsky as well as a world premiere, “Fanfare on the Hymn Tune Hamburg,” arranged by Westmont student-composer Daniel Gee and based on Isaac Watts’ hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” “I hope my arrangement arouses in us the profound tension, mys-tery and triumph that this wonderful hymn of the church has brought to many who have found themselves at the foot of the cross in need of Christ’s transformation,” the composer said in a press release. The concert repeats on Sunday at 3pm in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: 671 Cold Spring Rd. COST: $10, students free INFO: 565-6040

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

You go, Girls! – Girls Rock SB! hosts its first spring benefit concert, called “Requisition”, tonight at the Luke in what looks to be a superlative showcase featuring unusual collaborations of song and dance created especially for this event. Musicians includ-ing veteran Santa Barbara performance artist Jennifer Terran, Jamey Geston, Kate Graves and the group Technical Difficulties are paired with dance compa-nies Airealistic, Nebula, Aliana and La Petite Chouette, a special performance by rising star Meg Myers, a singer-songwriter raised in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The benefit also features a silent auction and raffle, with proceeds ear-marked toward the after-school music edu-cation program and summer camp for girls ages 7-17. The Girls Rock SB! nonprofit

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])

by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Thinner ‘Air’ – The British-Australian soft rock duo of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock – better known as Air Supply – return to the area for another concert not quite six months after playing at the Granada. This time the purveyors of heavily orchestrated power ballads that resulted in eight Top Ten stateside hits and total sales in excess of 100 million copies in the early 1980s are coming in for a landing up over the hill at the Chumash Casino. Unlikely “Every

Woman in the World” will be there (the place only holds about 1,600), but those that come – along with their dates – are hopefully “Lost in Love,” not all of out it. Happy memories! WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $25-$45 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

String angels – Violist Basil Vendryes, cellist Andrew Smith and pianist Cynthia Darby join pianist and Santa Barbara Strings artistic director Mary Beth Woodruff for an unusual concert benefiting Santa Barbara Strings. The performers for “The Artistry of Strings” are noted artists as well as music educators, and the performance serves to help fund and promote the nonprofit classical music education program that’s currently training almost 60 young area musicians through sophisticated multi-tiered orchestras and a chamber ensemble. The foursome will chamber music by Mozart, Faure, Handel/

Halvorsen and Beethoven, preceded by a lecture from Linda Shaver-Gleason, a doctoral candidate in musicology at UCSB, and followed by a wine reception created by Treasured Estates and Palmina Winery. WHEN: 7:30pm (Pre-concert lecture 6:45pm) WHERE: Lehmann Hall on the campus of the Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $40 general admission ($250 gold circle patron includes premium seating) INFO: 688-7423 or www.santabarbarastrings.org

organization empowers the young women through music with the aim of boosting self-esteem through workshops, lessons, group activities and performances. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre at SB Junior High School, 721 Cota St. COST: $20 gen-eral, $10 students and children 12 & under INFO: 861-8128 or www.girlsrocksb.org

And here’s to you, the Di Maggios – Looking through the performance calendar for Andrea and Neil Di Maggio, you’ll find several individual church gigs and school-related performance, and also quite a few wedding receptions, which is about the only joint performances on the schedule. So it’s a rare treat for the couple – who play flute and piano, respectively – to be able to play a concert of classical music in public. Leave it to the Santa Barbara Music Club to arrange this gift for them and us, with the Di Maggios performing the Variations on “The Last Rose of Summer,” Op. 105 by the German-born Danish composer Friedrich Kuhlau, which is based on an Irish Folk Song, followed by the vastly different 1968 Sonata for flute and piano by the Russian composer Otar Taktakishvili, who composed the Georgian national anthem while still a student. The only other piece on the program is Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16, a masterpiece of the romantic era, which will be performed by pianist Pascal Salomon. WHEN: 3pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery, Downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: 687-5537 or www.sbmusicclub.org

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

All things Loggins – Nearly all of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter

Kenny Loggins’ kids – Crosby, Cody, Bella and Luke, and Crosby’s wife, Brooke – gather at SOhO tonight for an evening of acoustic folk and live hip-hop. Crosby – who took home the top prize in the 2008 reality show Rock The Cradle (yes, it was all about the offspring of famous musicians) – and Bella open the show followed by the whole gaggle in various combinations a whole bunch of styles including – in Bella’s words on her Facebook page – phat beatz. Watch out for the gripping young guitarist Gradon Lee, himself the scion of another local legend, beach volleyball player-coach-referee Brant Lee. And perhaps Kenny – a former longtime Montecito resident – will be able to reprise joining the gang as he did last December at the club, since it looks like his touring schedule with his new band, Blue Sky Riders – whose Finally Home CD just came out late last month – don’t have any shows scheduled for a few days before and after. You know what they say: The family that plays together… WHEN: 7pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Durango Songwriters Expo – SOhO is once again the southward site for this year’s installment of the spring expo, which brings some of most successful song-writers from Nashville and Los Angeles together with aspiring artists and bud-ding composers from around the country. Tonight’s sneak preview features short sets from a smattering of the singer-song-writer who will attend the full expo that


The Knights with Wu Man, pipa SAT, FEB 23 / 8 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL

Program

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat (“Dumbarton Oaks”)Lou Harrison: Concerto for Pipa with String OrchestraDebussy: Prélude à “L’Après-midi d’un faune”Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit, op. 58 (The Ox on the Roof )Wu Man: Blue and Green

“A chamber music experience in orchestral form.”

– Yo-Yo MaA leading ambassador of Chinese music, Grammy-nominated Wu Man fosters projects that give the pipa a new role in today’s music world. She’ll join The Knights, a “talented and vivacious” (The New York Times) ensemble of adventurous musicians from the New York music scene in an unforgettable evening of orchestral wonder.

All Students only $10

(805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

Featuring the artists of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Hat Check Girl at Trinity – Acoustic duos rarely come any more experienced or elemental than Hat Check Girl, comprised of NYC-born Peter Gallway and Michigan-bred Annie Gallup. Greenway’s career dates back more than 40 years to the Greenwich Village music scene and a band called the Strangers that he formed just out of high school which made three records for Warner Brothers. Moving between Los Angeles, New York and Maine, Gallway went on to record lots

more albums and produce even more; among his 50-plus credits are recordings by Aztec Two-Step, Laura Nyro, Rosanne Cash, Patty Larkin, Chrissie Hynde, Marshall Crenshaw and Suzanne Vega, among many others. Gallup’s album history only goes back to 1994, but she’s made a full dozen CDs in that much shorter time frame, and has a terrific ear (and pen) for songwriting. Collaborating as Hat Check Girl, the duo – who relocated to Santa Barbara in 2009 – have just released a third album in three years, Road To Red Point, with all but one of the 10 literate songs co-written together, and between them they play everything from guitars, banjo, dobro, lap steel, baritone guitar, accordion and keyboards. Comparisons invariably are all over the place as this is quite an eclectic combo, with frequent mentions of Daniel Lanois, Tom Waits and Robbie Robertson. They return to Trinity Backstage for a third go-round at the intimate coffeehouse. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street COST: $10 INFO: 962-2970 0r www.trinitybackstage.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Double CD-release day – The national attention on our local music scene might have waned a bit from its Toad the Wet Sprocket/Dishwalla heyday, but there are still plenty of Santa Barbara artists making music independently, financing their own self-produced CDs and periodically playing for friends, family and others in club gigs. Two of them are celebrating the release of a new album today with concerts at SOhO, each featuring an impressive line-up of local luminaries in support roles. Nansie Chapman unleashes Fading Memories this afternoon with a jackpot

of jazzers as her band: keyboardist John Douglas (well known as the musical director for myriad high school musicals; he also co-wrote several of the new songs), guitarist Maitland Ward, bassist Eje Lynn-Jacobs, drummer Kevin Winard and backup vocalist Rose Linehand, with special guests Justin Claveria on sax and Michael Morse on guitar. Things turn a bit more toward folk-rock tonight, when J. Kahn & Friends mark Man Walks Into a Bar, the friends being keyboardist George Friedenthal, bassist Randy Tico, guitarist Greg Leroy, drummer Tom Lackner, harmonica player Tom Ball, string wizard David West and singer Kate Wallace. WHEN: Chapman 12:30-3pm; J. Kahn 7:30pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: Chapman $10, J. Kahn $5 INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com

runs Thursday-Saturday at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott in Buellton. The evening never fails to produce several surprisingly rewarding moments, a few discoveries and a chance to catch up with some old if somewhat obscure favorites. Then on Saturday night, the public is also invited to the final concert at the Marriott, with

this year’s line-up featuring James Otto (co-wrote Jamey Johnson’s “In Color” and Zac Brown’s “No Hurry,” scored ACM No. 1 Top Country Hit of 2008 with “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”), Jill Sobule (had a novelty hit with “I Kissed a Girl” while Katy Perry was still in grade school, and is a frequent visitor to SOhO herself), Chuch

Cannon (wrote Toby Keith’s “How Do You Like Me Now,” and has also played Sings Like Hell at the Lobero), Danny Myrick (wrote Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country” and Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”), Tim Fagan (wrote Grammy-winning song “Lucky” recorded by Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz), and others performing in

the round in the hotel’s grand ballroom. (7:30pm Saturday; 555 McMurray Rd., Buellton; 688-1000; $20). WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or www.clubmer-cy.com •MJ


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the clockworks and fuel system and other artifacts. Eight canisters of lard oil fueled the lighthouse for a year.

From there we visited the 1908 fuel house built for the volatile kerosene and the original and beautiful brick signal house which stands next to an exact replica of the watch room.

And then I was given a tour of the library. Volunteers have assembled an amazing collection of documents, photos, and oral interviews that reveal the long and rich history of Piedras Blancas Light Station and illuminate and give meaning to this restored and preserved relic of the past.

Today’s Piedras Blancas Light Station is a wonderful example of what dedicated volunteers and a will-ing governmental agency can accom-plish. Tours of the station are offered Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until June 14 when they are offered every day except Sunday. For more information go to http://piedrasblan cas.org/tours.html

(Many thanks to Carole Adams for fact-checking and leading the way to sources such as the Arcadia book Images of America: Point Piedras Blancas and various pamphlets as well as a tour of the library. What a tremendous amount of research! Thanks also to volunteers Tom Parsons and Cheryl Lewis.) •MJ

Two of the knowledgeable and devoted volun-teers, Cheryl Lewis and Carole Adams, in front of the old storage house, now the gift shop

The tour takes visitors into the lighthouse

The spiral staircase ascends to a truncated tower

One of the boxed portable libraries is on display in the lighthouse

The author takes a break to catch up on Montecito Journal articles

ARLINGTON

1317 State Street - 963-4408

PLAZA DE ORO371 Hitchcock Way - S.B.

PASEO NUEVO8 W. De La Guerra Pl. - S.B.

RIVIERA2044 Alameda Padre Serra - S.B.

Information Listed for Friday thru Thursday - February 22 - 28

FIESTA 5Features Stadium Seating

916 State Street - S.B.

CAMINO REALFeatures Stadium SeatingCAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE

Hollister & Storke - GOLETA

METRO 4Features Stadium Seating


FAIRVIEWFeatures Stadium Seating

225 N. Fairview - Goleta8 Academy Award Nominations

including Best Pictureand Best Actress -Jennifer Lawarence

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK1:30 4:15 7:00 (R)

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES1:45 4:30 7:30 (PG-13)

ESCAPE FROMPLANET EARTH (PG) in 2D: 2:00 4:45 7:15

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture andBest Foreign Language Film

AMOUR (PG-13)Fri & Mon-Thu - 4:45 7:45Sat/Sun - 1:45 4:45 7:45

Kerri Russell DARK SKIES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:45 4:20 7:00 9:40Mon-Thu - 2:45 5:30 8:00

BLESS ME, ULTIMA (PG-13) Fri-Sun - 1:10 3:40 6:30 9:10Mon-Thu - 2:20 4:50 7:25

ESCAPE FROMPLANET EARTH (PG)

in 3D: Daily - 7:35in 2D: Fri-Sun - 12:45 3:00

5:20 9:45Mon-Thu - 3:00 5:20

Jeremy Irons (PG-13)BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

Fri-Sun - 1:00 3:50 6:40 9:30Mon-Thu - 2:10 5:00 7:55

John MalkovichWARM BODIES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:10 6:50 9:20Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:10 7:45

Dwayne Johnson SNITCH (PG-13)

1:30 4:10 6:50 9:30

A GOOD DAY TODIE HARD (R)

1:50 3:10 4:30 5:457:10 8:15 9:40

Playing on 2 Screens

IDENTITY THIEF (R)1:20 4:00 6:40 9:20

SAFE HAVEN (PG-13)2:30 5:15 8:00

THE IMPOSSIBLE (PG-13)1:10 6:30

SIDE EFFECTS (R)Fri-Wed - 3:50 9:10Thu 2/28 - 3:50

Thursday 2/28 - 10:00 pm JACK (2D or 3D) (PG-13)

THE GIANT SLAYER

The Man! The Mayor!The Movie!

KOCH (Not Rated)Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:15 7:45Sat/Sun - 2:15 5:15 7:45

11 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture and

Best Director - Ang LeeLIFE OF PI (PG) in 2DFri & Mon-Thu - 5:00Sat/Sun - 2:00 5:00

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture!

DJANGO UNCHAINED (R)7:30


Fri-Tue -2:45 5:15 7:45

Wed/Thu - 2:45

8 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture

and Best Director!SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R)1:40 4:30 7:30

Maggie Smithin A Dustin Hoffman Film

QUARTET (PG-13)2:00 4:40 7:15

Rooney Mara......Jude LawCatherine Zeta-JonesSIDE EFFECTS (R)

2:15 5:10 7:45


Best Actor - Daniel Day-LewisLINCOLN (PG-13) 4:50


ZERO DARK THIRTY (R)1:30 8:00


Fri-Sun -2:00 4:40 7:20 10:00

Mon-Thu - 2:40 5:20 8:00

Bruce Willis (R)A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARDFri-Sun - 1:20 4:00 6:40 9:15Mon-Thu - 3:20 5:45 8:15

Josh DuhamelJulianne HoughSAFE HAVEN (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:10 6:50 9:30Mon-Thu - 2:10 4:50 7:30

Jason BatemanMelissa McCarthyIDENTITY THIEF (R)

Fri-Sun - 1:40 4:30 7:10 9:50Mon-Thu - 2:25 5:10 7:45

Courtyard Bar OpenFri & Sat - 4:00 - 8:00

Denotes ‘SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT’ Restrictions

Thursday - March 28 - 7:30 pm

A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE

ARLINGTON THEATRE

877-789-MOVIE www.metrotheatres.com

THE MET Opera 2013

Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 amWagner’s PARSIFAL

Arlington Theatre

ARLINGTON

1317 State Street - 963-4408

PLAZA DE ORO371 Hitchcock Way - S.B.

PASEO NUEVO8 W. De La Guerra Pl. - S.B.

RIVIERA2044 Alameda Padre Serra - S.B.

Information Listed for Friday thru Thursday - February 22 - 28

FIESTA 5Features Stadium Seating


CAMINO REALFeatures Stadium SeatingCAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE

Hollister & Storke - GOLETA

METRO 4Features Stadium Seating


FAIRVIEWFeatures Stadium Seating

225 N. Fairview - Goleta8 Academy Award Nominations

including Best Pictureand Best Actress -Jennifer Lawarence

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK1:30 4:15 7:00 (R)

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES1:45 4:30 7:30 (PG-13)

ESCAPE FROMPLANET EARTH (PG) in 2D: 2:00 4:45 7:15

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture andBest Foreign Language Film

AMOUR (PG-13)Fri & Mon-Thu - 4:45 7:45Sat/Sun - 1:45 4:45 7:45

Kerri Russell DARK SKIES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:45 4:20 7:00 9:40Mon-Thu - 2:45 5:30 8:00

BLESS ME, ULTIMA (PG-13) Fri-Sun - 1:10 3:40 6:30 9:10Mon-Thu - 2:20 4:50 7:25

ESCAPE FROMPLANET EARTH (PG)

in 3D: Daily - 7:35in 2D: Fri-Sun - 12:45 3:00

5:20 9:45Mon-Thu - 3:00 5:20

Jeremy Irons (PG-13)BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

Fri-Sun - 1:00 3:50 6:40 9:30Mon-Thu - 2:10 5:00 7:55

John MalkovichWARM BODIES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:10 6:50 9:20Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:10 7:45


1:30 4:10 6:50 9:30


1:50 3:10 4:30 5:457:10 8:15 9:40

Playing on 2 Screens

IDENTITY THIEF (R)1:20 4:00 6:40 9:20

SAFE HAVEN (PG-13)2:30 5:15 8:00

THE IMPOSSIBLE (PG-13)1:10 6:30

SIDE EFFECTS (R)Fri-Wed - 3:50 9:10Thu 2/28 - 3:50

Thursday 2/28 - 10:00 pm JACK (2D or 3D) (PG-13)

THE GIANT SLAYER

The Man! The Mayor!The Movie!

KOCH (Not Rated)Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:15 7:45Sat/Sun - 2:15 5:15 7:45


Best Director - Ang LeeLIFE OF PI (PG) in 2DFri & Mon-Thu - 5:00Sat/Sun - 2:00 5:00

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture!

DJANGO UNCHAINED (R)7:30


Fri-Tue -2:45 5:15 7:45

Wed/Thu - 2:45


and Best Director!SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R)1:40 4:30 7:30

Maggie Smithin A Dustin Hoffman Film

QUARTET (PG-13)2:00 4:40 7:15

Rooney Mara......Jude LawCatherine Zeta-JonesSIDE EFFECTS (R)

2:15 5:10 7:45


Best Actor - Daniel Day-LewisLINCOLN (PG-13) 4:50


ZERO DARK THIRTY (R)1:30 8:00


Fri-Sun -2:00 4:40 7:20 10:00

Mon-Thu - 2:40 5:20 8:00

Bruce Willis (R)A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARDFri-Sun - 1:20 4:00 6:40 9:15Mon-Thu - 3:20 5:45 8:15

Josh DuhamelJulianne HoughSAFE HAVEN (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:10 6:50 9:30Mon-Thu - 2:10 4:50 7:30

Jason BatemanMelissa McCarthyIDENTITY THIEF (R)

Fri-Sun - 1:40 4:30 7:10 9:50Mon-Thu - 2:25 5:10 7:45

Courtyard Bar OpenFri & Sat - 4:00 - 8:00

Denotes ‘SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT’ Restrictions

Thursday - March 28 - 7:30 pm

A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE

ARLINGTON THEATRE

877-789-MOVIE www.metrotheatres.com

THE MET Opera 2013

Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 amWagner’s PARSIFAL

Arlington Theatre

21 – 28 February 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there’s too much fraternizing with the enemy – Henry Kissinger

Montecito Heat Index

Real Estate View by Michael Phillips

Michael is the owner-broker of Phillips Real Estate, and is a Montecito Planning Commissioner. He can be reached at 969-4569 and [email protected]

This index addresses the “How is the market today?” query by measuring present demand for

single-family houses in six distinct price sectors. And since real estate activity fluctuates seasonally, today’s Heat score is compared to that of a year ago today. All data are from the Santa Barbara MLS and are uniformly deemed reliable.

Today’s Heat score is 378, an extraor-dinary increase of 302% over last year. The remarkable $1 million-and-under group continues to astound, scoring 250, up 900% over this date last year and by far our present demand leader. The second favorite among buyers is the $1-2m sector scoring a 69, an increase of 47 points over last year. The $2-3m and $3-4m sectors also found interest with scores of 25 and 26 respectively, outperforming last year’s scores. The $4-5m and the high end $5m and above sectors, on the other hand, continue to only marginally impress buyers, with both underper-forming relative to last year.

The demand story in Montecito con-tinues to reflect investors-with-cash’s seemingly insatiable desire for the lower end of the market. We are told, by the way, that these properties are not being “flipped” as we saw occur

in fast-moving markets of the past, but rather held for rentals. In addi-tion, we are seeing a slight rotation toward the higher end with a strong demand score from the $3-4m group. Above this price point, however, buy-ers and sellers continue to have dif-ficulty reaching agreement. It seems we are a long way from anything like a demand-balanced market.

Although the total market is mov-ing in the right direction, there con-tinues to be systemic market prob-lems. According to a recent California Association of Realtors poll, sellers seem to believe this more than buyers, with buyers significantly more opti-mistic than sellers as to the market’s direction. Perhaps it is because nearly a third of the California homeowners’ mortgages are underwater (below the positive equity line) and only half of the jobs lost to the five-year-plus

recession have been restored. A demand-supply imbalance result-

ing in a very thin market is in part responsible for all this activity. New listings in Montecito are down almost 10% from this date last year. In fact, in the under-$1m group there are more homes pending close of escrow than still available for purchase, and in the $1-2m group, active listings have dropped 74.5%.

We are, however, seeing rising prices and that is always good news. Buyers have been moving extremely fast, many believing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is at hand. Nationwide, single-family homes rose nearly 9% in

December alone, the biggest increase since May 2006, and the tenth con-secutive monthly home price increase. California was up 21.6% for the year and here in Montecito we did even better: up 25%.

This inventory imbalance might well bring reluctant sellers into the market, particularly below the $2m level, as they face increasingly less competition and witness prices increase. Inventory above $2m by contrast has remained unchanged from this date last year. Presently we are leading the area for median sales price increase, with a 67% increase over last year, moving from $1.6m to $2.7m. •MJ

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1205 COAST VILLAGE ROADNow Available For SubleaseStunning 2,665sf service retail or office with high visibility. Reserved prkg. 2009 remodel. Call Michael Martz 805-898-4363Hayes Commercial Group

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PRIVATE OAHU, HI, BEACHFRONT HOME $1,495,000 FS. Classic 4/3 on world famous North Shore. (808) 228-7195. Orion Barels (RA) www.CoastalOahu.com - Virtual tour of home & Oahu property search

SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL

CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway. Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night. 831-624-6714

Montecito ocean view Italian Villa! 8000sqf, 4br/6 baths, pool/sauna, maid quarter & plenty of amenities to satisfy anyone with exquisite taste.$12,000/mo 886-7750 Broker

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Large 3 Bed/3 Full Bath Furnished Condo located next to Cottage Hospital. Avail. 3/1, No Smoker/Pets. Garage & off Street Parking. $3,600 –Short/Long Term Lease. 805.705.3201 or [email protected]

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Teddy HerzogOld House Renovation 805-448-7722Top to bottom remodels, additions and repairs.

www.TeddyHerzogConstruction.comMontecito references

Brian McNally Glass Artist Lic#769887 805-687-7212Antique quality work in lamps, windows and all facets of glass. BrianMcNallyGlassArtist.com

WOODWORK/RESTORATION SERVICES

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PAVING SERVICES

MONTECITO ASPHALT & SEAL COAT, •Slurry Seal• Crack Repair• Patching• Water Problems• Striping• Resurfacing• Speed Bumps• Pot Holes • Burms & Curbs • Trenches. Call Roger at (805) 708-3485

GARDENING/LANDSCAPING/TREE SERVICES

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CEMETERY LOT FOR SALE

S.B. cemetery prime location lots for sale at a great discount. Call 818-523-2865

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

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. The Snowy Plover Breeding Season starts in March, and we need your help! Interested parties should call (805)893-3703 or email [email protected]. Next training date: Saturday, March 2, 9AM-12PM

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915 Del Norte Rd $8,900,000Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233Historic property features 4 Bds/4.5Ba, 3 Gst Cttgs, Horse stables & pool. www.LibbeyRanch.com

Padaro Lane Beach Home $2,950,000Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663Lovely 3,750 SF 3/2.5 Fr. Country w/1/1 gst qtrs w/ beach access. www.3199PadaroLane.com.

9950 Sulphur Mountain Rd $6,495,000Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.62337 bd, 10 ba estate blends timeless design & luxury amenities. www.HagmanHeaven.com

Riviera Retreat! $2,525,000Jake Ralston 805.455.9600Riviera - 4 bds/3.5 bth, 1 acre, sweeping mtn views, gourmet kitchen & 1,000 SF great room.

Beachfront on the Sand $5,650,000Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663Beachfront 6/4 cottage with panoramic ocean & coastline views. www.PadaroLaneHome.com.

Fabulous Faria Beachfront $3,500,000Winter/Ebner 805.451.4663Fabulous Faria Beachfront- Newer top quality 4/4 awesome ocn vws. www.FariaBeachHome.com

Wine Country View Estate $3,900,000Paul Hurst 805.680.8216Impeccable estate on 6+ acres. 5BR/7BA + GH; Pano views; www.LiveInSantaYnez.com

Spirit of the Riviera $2,995,000Josiah Hamilton 284.88354 Bed/ 3.5 Bath. Spanish Colonial Revival, ocean & island views. www.TheHamiltonCo.com

6769 Rincon Rd $6,995,000Van Wingerden/Dahl 570.4965/886.2211Stunning 5 bed, 6 bath estate on 7+ acs with spectacular ocn views. www.6769RinconRoad.com

Hope Ranch Contemporary $2,795,000Lori Ebner 805.729.4861Hope Ranch 3 bed, 3 bath and media room. Tucked away with wonderful mountain views.

Panoramic Views! $2,150,000Daniel Encell 805.565.4896Newer Mediterranean with Panoramic views on the Riviera. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. www.DanEncell.com

4455 Via Bendita $18,650,000Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233A Landmark Estate in the most prestigious part of Hope Ranch designed by George Washington Smith features 5 bedroom main house, 2 guest apartments, staff quarters, guest cottage, & 5 car garage. www.HopeRanchEstate1.com

1928 French Normandy $6,250,000Team Scarborough 805.331.1465Elegant 6bd/8ba country manor w/ocean view in Hope Ranch. 7 FPL, pool, gst apt & cottage.

Historic 1932 Estate $2,495,000Team Scarborough 805.331.14653bd/3.5ba in Hope Ranch on 1.5 acs w/views. Updated Kitchen, sun porch, office & guest unit.

Beachfront on Padaro Lane $4,950,000Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663Beachfront! 2 cottages on the sand of Padaro Lane, each 1/1. www.PadaroLaneCottage.com.

Solimar Beachfront! $3,250,000Lori Ebner 805.729.4861Solimar Beach Colony, 2+ bed, 2+ bath with soaring ceilings on the sand with 360° views.

4645 Via Huerto $3,595,000Tim Dahl 805.886.2211Private single level 3 bed, 2 bath with fabulous ocean views & sep. 3 bed, 2 bath guest house.

Riviera Jewel! $2,995,000Josiah Hamilton 284.8835“Beckman Mansion”, built in 1887 has 5 beds, 4.5 baths & amazing views! www.TheHamiltonCo.com

129 W Mountain Dr $3,575,000Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.62334Br/3.5Ba Spanish Villa w/ Ocean & Mtn Vws & Appx 6+ acs. www.MontecitoProperties129.com

Hope Ranch Opportunity! $2,995,000Ken Switzer 805.680.4622Prime Hope Ranch estate neighborhood. Upgrade/expand 3-BR, 3.5-BA or build new view home.

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