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State Street SpinYacht Club’s revival of Breakwater Flag Project is

testament to Paul Mills, a “flag” man who designed, collected, displayed, researched and flew them, p. 39

Village BeateBay auction of Ty Warner’s three-foot-tall Beanie Baby, signed by a Who’s Who roster of Hollywood

celebs, to end January 9, p. 12

Mineards’ MiscellanyNancy Koppelman not only dined with Joe and

Jill Biden over the holidays, she also visited the Obamas at the White House, again p. 6

COMMUNITY CALENDAR, P. 10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 • GUIDE TO MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42

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5 Editorial It won’t happen tomorrow nor the day after tomorrow, but Bob Hazard wonders if

there’s a casino in Montecito’s future6 Montecito Miscellany Nancy Koppelman dines at White House… again; divorce from Russell Brand could

cost Katy Perry millions; Britney Spears’ country wedding; Cameron Douglas sentenced to solitary confinement; thousands sign petition to boycott Kim Kardashian products; Santa Barbara Symphony’s New Year’s Eve Concert goes Pops; Leslie Ridley-Tree’s holiday bash; massive New Year’s lunch; Queen Victoria’s knickers auctioned

8 Letters to the Editor Fran Davis appreciative of Grace Rachow’s essay; Joshua Vaughan thanks Ray Winn;

Carol Kommerstad-Reiche rakes Ray Winn over hot bed of coals; wedding bells ring for the Martins; Dorie and Leonard Kiortman applaud Mr. Greenjeans’ advice

10 Community Calendar YMCA open house; annual toy drive; two Laguna Blanca open houses; Providence Hall

open house; Bishop Diego open house; songwriters sing at Curious Cup; MBAR and MA meetings; San Ysidro Pathway inaugural opening; SBJH informational meeting; MERRAG meets; Ojai Peddler’s Fair; annual rose pruning; Pinot Noir tasting coming soon; ongoing events

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

beach12 Village Beat Xanadu to maybe-perhaps-finally open; Summer for Kids hosts toy drive; last days

for Beanie Baby auction to benefit Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation; new booster seat law; Paul Guido elected to MAW board; new Hathaway tree dedicated and decorated; correction

14 Seen Around Town Silver Follies sing and dance at Center Stage; Lobero Associates’ Biltmore tea; art

exhibition at Cabana Home21 Seniority Patti Teal speaks to podiatrist Dr. Splettstoesser about all things feet 23 World of Wine Williams-Selyem is back; Monterey’s “Best of the Blue” wine festival24 On Entertainment Tyrone Wells returns to play annual Kids Helping Kids benefit; Steve encounters John

Bridgeman, junior UCLA men’s volleyball player25 Leaving It All Behind The Mazzas catch a “slow” boat to Laos, and go a lot faster than they bargained for 26 In Business Three locations, eight barbers, faux hawks, towel & go GQ cuts, and Prohibition-era

hard parts are what cut it in Montecito 29 n.o.t.e.s. from downtown Jim Alexander offers advice to a younger, thinner, better-looking (and smarter) Jim

Alexander30 Sheriff’s Blotter Vandalism on Fairway Road; marijuana possession on East Mountain Drive; vehicles

broken into on Santa Isabel Lane33 The Way It Was Conclusion of Ms Beresford’s two-part story on the Herters 38 Your Westmont Robert Gates to speak at President’s Breakfast; Sharon Willis honored for gutsy ride in

the Santa Barbara Century; city honors college’s solar project39 State Street Spin SB Yacht Club ensures Paul Mills’ legacy lives on in restored breakwater flags; speed

dating for singles at Maritime Museum40 Calendar of Events 1st Thursday; Hot Tuna and David Bromberg acoustic at Lobero; revisit the ‘80s at

Center Stage; Kamatana brings obokano to SOhO; performance at Yoga Soup; SOS season begins; Candace Schermerhorn speaks at Screenwriters Association; Vince Neil solo at Chumash Casino; Camerata Pacifica performance; Mind & Supermind series

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

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

43 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week45 Real Estate View Demand for Montecito real estate consistently strong in the $1-2m sector 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from

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For centuries, the Chumash people inhabited the central California coast from Morro Bay to Malibu, including three of our four Channel Islands: Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel. Once numbering in the thousands,

the Chumash were decimated by illnesses brought on by Spanish colonists, soldiers and mission builders. By 1900, the Chumash population had declined to just 200.

Today, the remaining 140 members of the federally recognized Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians occupy a 137-acre reservation adjacent to Santa Ynez. The Chumash operate a gaming complex that includes a casino, a 4-diamond luxury hotel, three restaurants and a concert hall, all tucked into a narrow piece of land along Highway 246. While tribal revenues and casino profits are confidential, it is believed each full member receives $559,440 annually in cash distributions.

Profits from the casino have allowed the Chumash to expand land holdings and business ventures, including the acquisition of the largest hotel in Solvang – the 133-room Royal Scandinavian Inn (now the Hotel Corque) –, a restaurant in Solvang, an office business complex in Buellton, two gas stations, and two six-acre parcels across Highway 246 from the casino.

In April 2010, the Chumash tribe made its biggest real estate acquisition yet: the $40-million purchase of 1,390 acres at the northeast intersection of Highways 154 and 246. This large rural ranch, known locally as Camp 4, is zoned AG-II-100, meaning the property currently cannot be split into lot sizes of less than 100 acres. The sellers were the heirs of actor and real estate developer Fess Parker, who died March 18, 2010. Parker purchased the ranch in 1998 for a reputed $6 million.

In June 2011, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash announced plans to annex their non-contiguous 1,390-acre ranch property into the current reservation trust in order to “build additional reservation housing.” The Tribe has asked Congressman Elton Gallegly (R - U.S. 24th District) to lobby Congressman Don Young, an Alaska Republican who chairs the House Indian and Native Alaskan Affairs subcommittee, seeking approval to annex the parcel through the Bureau of Indian Affairs fee-to-trust process. Gallegly has advised the Tribe that it needs to show local community support for their effort, including support from the five County Supervisors. Currently, the Tribe is conducting a campaign to gather signatures on a petition to support the fee-to-trust process.

Gambling in Montecito? If the non-contiguous 1,390-acre parcel in Santa Ynez is successfully annexed

to the reservation, it raises a question the answer to which is of vital importance to Montecito residents: might the Tribe purchase the distressed Miramar site from Rick Caruso, declare it part of its ancestral home, annex it to the reserva-tion and build a casino on the beach in Montecito? Farfetched? Perhaps, but not necessarily. The Chumash have every right to buy the Miramar parcel from a frustrated Rick Caruso. And now that Mr. Caruso has teamed up with former NY Yankee manager Joe Torre to make what has been called a “successful” bid for the L.A. Dodgers (along with a number of other groups), Caruso’s interest in selling the Miramar may have just been enhanced considerably.

Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria were all carved out of former Chumash territory. The Tribe could use its considerable political muscle to per-suade the Bureau of Indian Affairs that a new beachside casino would create badly needed jobs, bring new revenue to Santa Barbara County and allow the Tribe to expand its extensive charitable giving. How many in Washington, D.C., or Sacramento or the North County would side with a few thousand perceived “millionaires and billionaires” in Montecito over Native Americans who merely hope to reclaim one small parcel of their historic homeland and develop the potential to “break the cycle of poverty and dependence on the federal govern-ment?”

A large group of citizens in the Santa Ynez Valley oppose efforts by the Chumash to annex the 1,390-acre ranch into their reservation. Dick Nordlund and the Montecito Association have voted unanimously at their December Board meeting to join with the Camp 4 Coalition to work collaboratively with individuals, groups and governments to protect the unique rural character and quality of life in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Many in the Montecito community, and in the county, have enormous sym-pathy for past mistreatment of Native Americans, but are also highly protective of the ambiance and character of the places they live and raise their children. When these two come into conflict, we are all forced to speak out or forever hold our bets! •MJ

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Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and moved to Montecito four years ago.

When it comes to hobnobbing in Washington, there are few to compare with Nancy

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National Finance Committee, recently made her second visit to the official residence of vice president Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory for a holi-day buffet dinner.

“It was really like any other bash, but all politicos,” Nancy tells me. “There were stacks of shrimp and beef, but the desserts were particu-larly fabulous. He tells the greatest jokes!”

Just 24 hours later, Nancy was at the White House – her fifth visit – to party with President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle.

“However often you go, it’s still very impressive and beautifully deco-rated for the season,” says Nancy. “I remember my first visit three years ago for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The fountains gushed green water!”

Buffets were piled up in the resi-dence’s Blue and State rooms, with carving stations nearby.

“It was all terribly elegant with roaring fires,” adds Nancy. “You are given a little card with a time on it and you are then escorted to another room to meet the president and his family.

“The first Christmas party I attend-ed had far less people because there had been a very heavy snowfall, but this time the place was jam-packed.”

Later this month, Nancy returns to Liberia for the inauguration of its president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 73,

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Perry’s Potentially Pricey PayoutSanta Barbara warbler Katy Perry’s

14-month marriage to British come-dian Russell Brand could cost her a staggering $31 million, I’m reliably

informed.There was reportedly no pre-nuptial

agreement and, under California law, Brand, 36, could be entitled to a 50-50 split of monies earned by former Dos Pueblos High School student, Katy, in that time.

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Sharing Grace

Kudos to you for the timely publication of Grace Rachow’s sweet and sensitive Christmas

essay, Wanda Tegmeier’s Christmas Pageant (Coup de Grace MJ # 17/51). It was a perfect account of the quintessential American Christmas program most small-town kids experienced growing up. I was right there with those kids singing “Joy to the World.” I always look forward to Grace’s columns (wish you printed them more often), and this one was especially fine.

Cheers of the season.Fran DavisSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: Thank you for tak-

ing the time to let us know how much you enjoyed Grace’s latest. We consider Wanda Tegmeier’s Christmas Pageant one of the best of Grace Rachow’s con-tributions over the years, if not the best. Meticulously recalled, sensitively record-ed, and hilariously told, it is a tale for the ages. If there are national awards for excellence in 750-words-or-less columns, Ms Rachow deserves the highest honor available. Of course, Ernie Witham and Jim Alexander – MJ’s other humor col-umnists – always present stiff competi-tion, but Grace really outdid herself on this one. – J.B.)

Bombs AwayI would like to thank Ray Winn for

sharing his poignant nuclear memo-ries (“Nuclear Coyotes” # 17/51). The image of that suffering coyote and her dead pup is now forever seared into the readers’ minds as well as that of the writer. It is most appropriate and timely as the first muted volleys of World War III are being fired.

Thank you,Joshua VaughanSanta Barbara

Appalled and Disgusted

I read Ray Winn’s article, and to say that I was appalled and thoroughly disgusted by the content is an enor-mous understatement. I cannot imag-ine what journalistic value there is to an article like this that gives a horrify-ing account of yet another incidence of animal cruelty, describing in vivid detail the condition of a badly injured and suffering coyote with a dead baby who was then bludgeoned to death by Mr. Winn. If he had any conscience or objectivity he would realize that

he has been directly responsible for the suffering and death of countless living creatures through his participa-tion in nuclear testing. Thousands of animals as well as a great many resi-dents of Nevada (including children) located downwind of the testing sites were killed or severely poisoned by the actions of Mr. Winn and his col-leagues in the U.S. government. How anyone could work in such a position and not realize what they were doing and the effect it could have on the world of living creatures is inconceiv-able to me. It’s this kind of mindless-ness that has allowed these crimes against humanity to take place and to continue. These kinds of people cause immense suffering in the world in the name of transient ideologies and/or lofty ideals, and they should not be admired nor respected.

Mr. Winn also goes on to describe the conditions at the testing facil-ity, including the constant problem with the bedding being infested with crabs. Why you would deem this type of writing as proper for your publica-tion is beyond me. Furthermore, it is hard to imagine that Mr. Winn could complain about his personal prob-lems when at the same period in his-tory there were millions of Japanese suffering the aftereffects of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Adults and children suffered the same fate or worse fates than that poor coy-ote spotted by Mr. Winn, and yet he makes no mention of that.

To not only publish this awful piece (and in your Christmas edition no less) but to put an excerpt of it on the cover making light of it (e.g., “Mr. Winn was ‘toying’ with bombs when he spotted the coyote”) is truly repulsive, and very out of character for your publi-cation. Mr. Winn should be ashamed to have published such an article, and he should be even more ashamed of his participation in this nation’s abominable nuclear testing program, which had no redeeming value what-

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Yours very sincerely,Mrs. Carol M. Kommerstad-ReicheSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: We are saddened that

your response to Ray Winn’s piece was so negative. Admittedly, Ray’s story is heart wrenching and for some – such as yourself – difficult to read, but he wrote what we believe is a sensitive and soul-searching piece of his days as a young sol-dier doing his duty during the era of the Cold War. The small incident of his spot-ting a nearly dead coyote and her already dead pup in the area of a “test bomb” clarified in his mind as perhaps nothing else might have the potential damage a “hot” conflict would and could do. The event changed his mind and his life. We respect Mr. Winn and admire his ability and courage to so succinctly describe the moral ambiguity he and tens of thousands of others faced. Please read Mr. Winn’s response that follows. – J.B.)

(Author’s Response: It seems strange that Mrs. C.M.K-Reiche would rather I let the poor coyote suffer than quickly end its life. I can only speculate as to the source of her unfounded rage towards me for taking the necessary step I did. I suppose she is suggesting that the poor animal be left to die an agonizing death in the hot desert sun... perhaps God's will. It was the best I could do under the circum-stances. She certainly would not be able to help such an animal; she would not have the stomach for it and, most likely would just pray for it.

She can't possibly know what is in my mind now based on an experience related from over 50 years ago!

Not only have we had very significant fundraisers for animal support, we make

long-term commitments to adopted ani-mals for medical, housing, care, etc. We actually do something... not just talk about it.

She is also too young to know, and has obviously led too sheltered a life to know, just how dangerous the world was in the twenty or so years following the Second World War. Her own father was probably still a child or very young adult. I was there, including scientific advisory dur-ing the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) negotiations (in Russia), analysis of the Cuban missiles, and other programs that ultimately stopped the taking by the Russians of the rest of Europe. She is free to hurl silly insults at persons vastly more knowledgeable and mature because of those who came before her... allowing her to live in her comfy, sheltered little world.

By the way... please, all of you ... including Mrs. Reiche, support DAWGs (Dog Adoption and Welfare Groups). Happy New Year to all... and praying that it be a peaceful one. – Ray Winn)

Thank You Mr. Greenjeans!

My husband and I recently pur-chased a Mexican milkweed plant for the first time. We brought it home – and lo – sure enough, there was a black, yellow, and white squiggly cat-erpillar on one of the leaves. The little guy just keeps eating and eating the leaves and pretty orange and yellow flowers of our one plant. Then I read your column (In The Garden, “Worm Worriment” MJ # 17/45) and now understand what this is all about. We presently look forward to seeing our stripy worm evolve, and will keep you posted about his forthcoming transformation.

With gratitude,Dorie & Leonard KiortmanSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: Mr. Greenjeans – Randy

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SB Middle School Open HouseThe Santa Barbara Middle School invites prospective students and parents to take a family tour or spend a day as a student at the open house When: 6:30 pmWhere: 1321 Alameda Padre SerraInfo: 682-2989 or www.sbms.org WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11

SBJH NightMontecito Union School PTA hosts informational meeting with Santa Barbara Junior High School representatives for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students and their parents; refreshments servedWhen: 6 to 7:30 pmWhere: auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road

THURSDAY JANUARY 12

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

SATURDAY JANUARY 14

Ojai Peddler’s FairThe 28th Annual Ojai Peddler’s Fair is held rain or shine, and is chockfull of quality antiques, collectibles, handcrafts and international crafts. This is a benefit for the Mira Monte PTO. Vendors are sought.When: 9 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday, January 14 & 15Where: Chaparral Auditorium at 414 E. Ojai AvenueInfo: Pat, 964-8915

Where: Curious Cup Bookstore, 929 Linden Avenue in CarpinteriaInfo: Nick Schlesinger, 881-2555

MONDAY JANUARY 9

MBAR MeetingMontecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. Today the board looks at a new home on Fernald Point Lane, a new shed on Greenworth Place, an addition and remodel on East Pepper Lane, a new home and cabana on Park Hill Lane, an addition on Cowles Road, and several other agenda items. When: 3 pmWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu

TUESDAY JANUARY 10

Montecito Association Annual MeetingThe Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of

FRIDAY JANUARY 6

Open HouseMontecito YMCA holds open house weekend for prospective members to try out the facilitiesWhen: January 6 through January 9Where: 591 Santa Rosa LaneInfo: 898-YMCA

SATURDAY JANUARY 7

Annual Toy Drive Summer For Kids children’s store will collect toys for local children’s charity United Family Association Thrift Shoppe. The store will also have a sale, with items significantly discounted. Bring gently used and unwanted toys. When: 10 am to 4 pmWhere: 1235 Coast Village Road

LBS Upper School Open HouseThe Laguna Blanca upper campus in Hope Ranch invites students and parents to tour the campus for grades 5-12When: 10 am to 12 pmWhere: 4125 Paloma Drive Info: www.lagunablanca.org/events

SUNDAY JANUARY 8

Laguna Blanca Open HouseProspective students and parents are invited to tour the lower campus of Laguna

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Thurs, Jan 5 12:06 AM 2.5 6:34 AM 5.4 01:59 PM -0.1 08:33 PM 3.3 Fri, Jan 6 12:48 AM 2.4 7:10 AM 5.7 02:30 PM -0.5 09:03 PM 3.5 Sat, Jan 7 1:27 AM 2.3 7:45 AM 5.9 03:00 PM -0.7 09:32 PM 3.6 Sun, Jan 8 2:04 AM 2.2 8:20 AM 6.1 03:31 PM -0.9 010:01 PM 3.8 Mon, Jan 9 2:42 AM 2.1 8:55 AM 6.2 04:02 PM -1 010:32 PM 3.9 Tues, Jan 10 3:22 AM 2 9:31 AM 6.1 04:34 PM -0.9 011:05 PM 4.1 Wed, Jan 11 4:05 AM 1.9 10:10 AM 5.8 05:07 PM -0.7 011:41 PM 4.2 Thurs, Jan 12 4:54 AM 1.9 10:52 AM 5.3 05:41 PM -0.3 Fri, Jan 13 12:20 AM 4.4 5:51 AM 1.9 11:40 AM 4.7 06:18 PM 0.1

THURSDAY JANUARY 12

MERRAG Meeting and TrainingNetwork of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “self-help” organization serves Montecito’s residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts. This month: flooding and winter weather preparedness.When: 10 am Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro RoadInfo: Geri, 969-2537

SATURDAY JANUARY 14

Annual Rose Pruning Every January there is a community wide effort to prune the 1,600 rose bushes in the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden across from the Santa Barbara Mission in preparation for the new blooming season. Work begins around 8 am and members of the Santa Barbara Rose Society will be giving pruning demonstrations beginning at 9 am to help tutor inexperienced volunteers. This is a great way to learn how to prune the roses in your yard by practicing your skills at the rose garden, then going home to do the same. Bring tools if you have them.When: 8 am to 2 pmWhere: Across from the Santa Barbara MissionInfo: Bud Jones, 687-8486

Blanca school for grades K-4 When: 1 pm to 3 pmWhere: 260 San Ysidro RoadContact: [email protected]

Providence Hall Open HouseProvidence Hall invites the public to attend an open house to learn about the school’s college preparatory liberal arts curriculum, grades 7-12. The schedule includes campus tours, mini-classes, and panels. When: 2 pmWhere: 630 East Canon Perdido Street Info and Registration: www.providencehallsb.org/rsvp or 962-4400

Bishop Diego High School Open HouseMeet teachers, students, school leadership, and members of the Bishop Diego Board of Trustees at the open house for prospective students and families When: 1 pm to 3 pmWhere: 4000 La Colina RoadInfo: 967-1266 or www.bishopdiego.org

Songwriter ShowcaseLocal songwriters play their originals or songs they’ve been influenced by; an intimate and unpretentious afternoon of creative and thoughtful musicWhen: 3 pm to 6 pm

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San Ysidro Pathway OpeningLocal community leaders, neighbors,

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Where: 385 San Ysidro Road

UPCOMING EVENT

American Wine Society TastingThe local chapter of the American Wine Society will present the first of a series of events planned for 2012. “Exploring Picky Pinot Noir” will take place at Pierre Lafond Montecito Wine Bistro.America Wine Society is bringing a special guest for the occasion, Mike Sinor, the winemaker at Sinor-Lavallee and the founding member of the “World of Pinot Noir,” an annual event that takes place in Shell Beach. Participants will be able to sample up to six Pinot Noirs from a variety of Pinot Noir regions including Oregon, California, and New Zealand. Pierre Lafond’s chef will prepare an assortment of appetizers that bring out the nuances of the Pinot Noir grape.When: Wednesday January 18, 6 pm to 8:30 pmWhere: 516 San Ysidro RoadCost: $30 for members, $40 for non-members Tickets: www.awssb.org

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

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

THURSDAYS

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

FRIDAYS

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

SUNDAYS

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


After missing the pre-Christmas re-opening she hoped would happen, Xanadu owner Sepi

Mashhoon expects the bakery will open this week, according to a rep for the contractor of the revamped bakery, Art & Elements. Due to construction delays, the bakery was unable to reopen for the holiday rush.

Xanadu was forced to shut down in July 2010 after an electrical fire damaged the bakery, which had been in the Vons Shopping Center for close to 30 years. The bakery will be remodeled, but its baker, chef, menu and daily offerings will be the same, Mashhoon told us last month. Xanadu offers 100 different types of cookies, 90 types of cakes, various pastries, and a full breakfast and lunch menu. A new coffee bar has been installed, and the bakery will have 40-50 seats both inside and out.

Xanadu is located directly across from Vons. Once open, the hours will be 5:30 am to 7:30 pm, seven days a week.

Summer For Kids Toy Drive

Coast Village Road children’s bou-tique Summer For Kids is holding a post-holiday toy drive to collect toys for local children’s charities. “Our intention for the drive is to encour-age children to participate and donate their unwanted toys to children in need,” says owner Adriana Shuman.

The toys will be donated to United Family Association Thrift Shoppe. The Shumans choose different chari-ties to help; past beneficiaries include Unity Shoppe, CALM and the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. All the pro-ceeds from the eco-friendly baby and children’s store go to local childrens’ charities.

The toy drive takes place this Saturday January 7, from 10 am to 4 pm. Please bring gently used and unwanted toys. Summer For Kids is located at 1235 Coast Village Road. (805-565-2277)

Beanie Baby Bidding

This is the last week for supporters of Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation to bid on an exclusive Beanie Baby bear made by Ty Warner to benefit TBCF.

The Beanie Baby was created during the 2011 Santa Barbara Film Festival, and is over three feet tall. Last year it was placed in the green rooms of several SBIFF events, and is signed by more than 30 actors, writers, and directors. The bear is currently on dis-play at the Biltmore.

The bear, signed by Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty, Billy Baldwin, James Franco, Ed Harris, Aaron Sorkin, Seth Rogen, Kevin Costner, David Crosby, Christopher Lloyd, Amy Madigan and others, is on display until Monday, January 9, when it will be shipped off to the highest bidder.

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All of this was conceived, choreo-graphed, produced and directed by Cathie Hetyonk. She collects cos-tumes wherever and whenever she can, and her husband has even turned one of the rooms in their home into a costume “closet.”

Cathie told me, “The age range in this show was from ten to seventy-five. Though the group is fifty-five

and over, I like to mix in some kids. They give the adults energy and they also learn from the adults.” It’s a win-win. “Both the dancers and singers rehearse twice a week all year long at the Goleta Valley Community Center. In this show we have a mother-daugh-ter, a grandmother-granddaughter and three married couples.”

The Christmas spectacular couldn’t go wrong with such songs as “White Christmas” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Gary Smith and Alba Vargas brought the house down with “The Prayer” done in Italian and English, and Alba did it again with “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” The singers and dancers doing “Mamma Mia” showed us why they stay fit. The ensemble – with kids and actors included – performed a

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The Follies appeared in the Sunken Gardens at the Courthouse last July 4. Look for them in 2012.

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a good old-fashioned tea every year – well maybe not so old-fashioned this year, as there was sparkling wine to accompany the tea. The Biltmore sure does know how to host a “tea.” There was a long table of delectable delights including a variety of tasty finger sandwiches and all kinds of sugary treats. There were even chocolates sprinkled with gold. I didn’t know gold was edible… I’d rather wear it.

The members heaped new toys under the Christmas tree, which would be donated to CALM for distribution to kids who might not have anything otherwise. Besides toys, there was an opportunity to pay $25 for a tile you could dedicate to anyone of your choice – even your dog. “The more sold the better,” announced tea chair Janet McCann to the group. “We have just received one thousand dollars for a matching grant.” These tiles are part

of the long awaited renovation of the ladies’ bathroom in the Lobero.

I spoke with Sandy Stahl about the annual instrument drive from the Santa Barbara Bowl, which partners with the Lobero Associates under the youth programs. “You can drop off any no-longer-used musical instru-ment at the Bowl box office and it will go to local children,” said Sandy.

Janet’s event committee was Eileen Mielko (who will be delivering the toys) and Leslie Haight. President Annie Williams was greeting attend-ees and the last founding member present was Marilyn Schuermann, who donned a festive holiday sweater.

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Actors for the Silver Follies production Don Margolin, Grace Fisher, Cody Reid and Dina Rayner

The Lobero tea committee Eileen Mielko, Leslie Haight, President Annie Williams and chair Janet McCann at the Biltmore

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The Associates work all year on behalf of the historical Lobero Theatre, raising monies for whatever is next on the wish list. All of you theatregoers will be happy to learn that this year, new seating will be installed. Happy New Year!

Fa La La La LaCaroline and Steve Thompson’s

Cabana Home (home furnishings) store never looked better than at the opening of a new exhibition in col-laboration with Edward Cella Art + Architecture. The featured artist was Adam Silverman, a Los Angeles-based ceramic artist. His new collec-

tion of hand-thrown pots with explo-sively colored glazes added a grand touch to the Cabana décor.

Caroline had picked up the blue-green hues by mixing peacock feath-ers amongst the numerous greens and pine cones. Music played in the back-ground and not-to-be-missed munch-ies kept passing by, washed down with a delightful chardonnay. That was the Fa La La part!

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ing, “I’m nervous. You should all drink.” He is a self-taught potter and has studied the history of ceramics around the world. “I make all my own glazes which is much simpler than a thousand years ago. There is the internet.” When asked how long it takes to make a pot, it’s usually after they have been quoted a price. “They seem to want to know how much I make an hour.” Of course some come easily and others take a long time.

Next time you’re on Santa Barbara Street, check out 111 for Cabana Home. Edward Cella may be contacted at (323) 525-0053. •MJ

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Tree DedicationA few days before Christmas, sev-

eral Montecito residents came out to decorate the new community tree located in Manning Park. The tree, which was planted last month after much effort from Dana Newquist, was dedicated to Don and Helen Hathaway, whose family has been much involved in the Montecito com-munity. Don was the former fire chief in Montecito; he retired in 1992 and passed away last year.

Members of Montecito Fire Protection District, Helen, Ronda and Dean Hathaway, Doug Coale of Mesa Tree, Montecito Association board members, the Montecito Association Beautification Committee and Park Ranger Doug Norton were in attendance, as well as members of Equine Evac, of which Don Hathaway was a former president.

Reverend Jeff Bridgeman from El Montecito Presbyterian Church blessed the Blue Aptos Redwood tree, while Newquist thanked everyone involved in acquiring it and having it planted. A 400-pound slate stone was placed in front of the tree, sponsored by Equine Evac.

After the blessing, the group hung ornaments and garland and thanked the Hathaway family.

New Booster Seat LawWith the beginning of a new

year, Santa Barbara County Health Department announced last week that beginning January 1, children under age eight must be properly buckled into a booster seat or car seat in the back when riding in an auto-mobile. The previous law required

that children remain in a booster seat until the age of six or until they weighed sixty pounds. The new law, which is statewide, also mandates that children over the age of eight who are not yet tall enough for the seat belt to fit properly across their shoulder and pelvis must also ride in a booster or car seat.

“This is an important new law that will save lives and prevent serious injuries among thousands of chil-dren. Research shows that keeping children in booster seats until they are taller reduces their risk of death or injury in a car crash by fifty-nine percent,” said Dr. Scott McCann, Director of Health Education with the Santa Barbara Public Health

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Department, a booster seat raises the child up so the adult-sized seatbelt fits the child’s body. If the lap belt crosses the child’s stomach instead of hip bones, the child risks damage to internal organs and spinal cord injury if involved in a collision.

Not complying with the law will be costly: for each child under 16 who is not properly secured, parents (if in the car) or the driver can be fined over $475 and get a point on their driving record.

Assistance with proper car and booster seat installation is available through the California Highway Patrol and many fire department stations. For more information about car seats, the new law, or help deter-mining if your child still needs a booster seat call (805) 681-5270.

New MAW Board Member

Montecito resident Paul Guido, a clinical psychologist in private practice locally, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Music Academy of the West. His three-year term began January 1.

Guido is a Santa Barbara Museum of Art docent, and served on the museum’s docent board for four years. Also a former Pacific Pride Foundation board director, he has volunteered as an on-call counselor for Music Academy Fellows the last three summers. He also mentors

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Montecito firefighters and members of the Hathaway family, including Helen, gathered near the new tree in Manning Park

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It’s easy to take our feet for granted until they hurt. Then, we realize that when our feet hurt, our whole body feels awful.

It’s a good idea to see a podiatrist if you’re having any kind of foot prob-lem. Podiatrists are doctors who spe-cialize in the foot and ankle. They can help to prevent or correct defor-mity and maintain normal mobility and function. Podiatrists provide the basis for the ideal walking style and posture, and identify any medical or surgical condition that may require further referral and management. They also treat infections and skin, nail, soft tissue and connective tissue problems. Podiatrists can also give expert advice on footwear, so it’s a good idea to take any questionable shoes with you to your appointment.

My ninety-two year old friend visits his podiatrist for routine toenail trims. This is not uncommon. Oftentimes, older people have thicker nails and plenteous skin growth under the nail and it is safer for a podiatrist to trim them. With age, some people have trouble bending down to reach their toenails or have vision difficulties that impair their ability to trim their own nails. Medicare sometimes covers the

cost of having toenails cared for by a podiatrist, but the restrictions are extensive and the option is limited to those with the greatest risk for compli-cations.

I recently accompanied my friend to his podiatrist appointment with Dr. James Splettstoesser, at 19 East Mission Street. When I stepped into the waiting room, it felt more like enter-ing a spa than a sterile doctor’s office. The walls were adorned with beautiful and fanciful artwork featuring feet of all shapes and sizes. Decorative shoe chatskis filled the shelves and sooth-ing music played in the background. A soft-spoken office manager welcomed us and gathered the pertinent informa-tion before my friend saw the doctor. I was impressed by Dr Splettstoesser, who had a professional yet warm bed-side manner. He agreed to meet with

me later for a video interview and this article.

During my interview, I learned that Dr. Splettstoesser had been a podi-atrist for over thirty years. When I asked him why he decided to become a podiatrist, he said that at an early age, he suffered from a number of sports related foot problems. “I felt sixteen from the ankles up and one hundred and sixteen from the ankles down.” He was plagued with one condition after

another including athlete’s foot, cal-luses, and flat feet. During his under-graduate years, he visited an uncle in Minnesota who happened to be a podiatrist. James related to the physi-cal difficulties that his uncle’s patients were dealing with and decided to fol-low in his footsteps, no pun intended.

While Dr. Splettstoesser has a keen interest in sports-related problems – like most podiatrists – the vast major-ity of his patients are senior citizens. Two of the most common foot ailments that he treats are ingrown toenails and

fungus. Diabetics are particularly vul-nerable to foot problems because the muscles in their arteries and veins tend to contract, causing the circulation in the feet to become compromised.

In addition to visiting a podiatrist, Dr. Splettstoesser said that many things can be done to keep feet healthy on a preventative basis. Here are his tips:

– Keep your nails nice and short– If there is a tendency for nails to

become ingrown, curve them slightly like a thumbnail as opposed to cutting them straight across

– Use an emery board to smooth down nails as opposed to a sharp instrument. You can also use an emery board after showering to smooth cal-luses.

– Make sure to dry between the toes after showering or bathing

– Use lotion on your feet before bed at night to keep the skin soft and supple. For people that have calluses, try an over the counter product that has 20% urea in the solution.

– If you have a tendency to have swollen ankles, use compression stock-ings. (They are available at Federal Drug in Loreto Plaza.)

– Buy shoes at the end of the day when your feet are swollen.

To watch my video interview with Dr. Splettstoesser, visit youtube.com/santabarbarasenior •MJ

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regard to my letter (“More Coffin Nails To Come?” MJ # 17/51) com-menting on Bob Hazard’s editorial about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on a snowboarding resort in Colorado. (I stand corrected; there is a healthcare mandate for employers with more than 50 employees that begins in 2014. There are still some unresolved questions regarding how this will actually impact this particu-lar business.)

If we divide the annual gross rev-enues of $1,000,000 by 100 employ-ees we get annual gross revenues of $10,000 per employee. This would not cover wages for full-time employ-ees let alone overhead and profit. It appears that most of the 100 employees are seasonal or part-time. According to my sources, the maximum penalty is $750 for each full-time employee, not $3,000 for all employees as assert-ed in the editorial. Thus the possible financial impact of the new healthcare law on this business appears to be

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Wines of MontereyThe “Best of the Blue” wine festival

held in November was named in rec-ognition of the “Blue Grand Canyon,” one of the deepest marine canyons in the world. This underwater gorge, beneath the surface of the Monterey Bay, roughly the same size and scope as the Grand Canyon, is a powerful influence on the growing conditions of Monterey County’s 90-mile-long grape-growing area.

Jamie Lynn Evans, Account Coordinator and Social Media Specialist with a degree in wine and viticulture, motivated me to attend this wine festival just a bit further north of those we enjoy in our county. The fall sojourn up the coast to beauti-ful Monterey Wine Country and the wines poured confirmed her advice.

“Best of the Blue” was set in the rather unusual venue of a full-service executive jet hangar at the Del Monte Aviation Center in Monterey. The site was roomy enough to accommodate the 40 wineries pouring their best wines representing the full spectrum of the county’s wines and the special “food trucks.”

A series of regional gourmet food trucks provided dishes that comple-mented the wines. If you haven’t eaten anything from a food truck lately, you’re missing out on what is certainly the newest culinary trend. Some of the best restaurants on wheels represent-ed included: Babaloo Cuban Cuisine, featuring traditional and with-a-twist Cuban dishes, Aqua Terra Culinary, specializing in farm-to-table dishes that are sourced with an emphasis on seasonality, Piece of Cake Bakery, and TreatBot, the Karaoke Ice Cream Truck from the Future, whose tasty treats and mobile karaoke party was recently voted best new restaurant by Metro Newspaper readers.

Thermal Rainbow In Jamie’s opinion, “In the wine

world, there are two types of people: those who love to drink wine, and those who love to drink wine while obsessing over every minute detail of its provenance.” As promised, this newest event of the Monterey County Vintners and Growers Association (MCVGA) satisfied both the casual sipper and the all-out wine zealot with

plenty of delicious flavors and oppor-tunities to learn. There was easy access to learn about the wines from the wine-makers who crafted them. My focus was to learn more about the benefits and challenges of wine production in their corner of Monterey County.

Monterey County accommodates nine distinct American Viticulture Areas (AVAs) and has the variability of terroir to successfully grow 42 grape varieties. Rhonda Motil, Executive Director of the MCVGA, explains, “We call the impact that the Blue Grand Canyon produces our ‘Thermal Rainbow,’ where the closer you are to the bay, the cooler the growing conditions. As you move inland the temperature steadily increases. A lot of people don’t realize that there is a forty-degree temperature variance from north to south during the height of the growing season. That makes for an incredible diversity of wine styles, flavors, and terroirs.”

Some of the participating winer-ies included J. Lohr Winery (pour-ing the 2010 Fog’s Reach Pinot Noir and October Night Chardonnay); Wente Vineyards (pouring the 2009 River Ranch Chardonnay); and Scheid Vineyards (pouring the 2008 Pinot Noir, which just won double gold at the San Francisco International Wine Competition); as well as producers Bernardus Winery, Morgan Winery, Tondre Wines, and Wrath Wines.

Rounding out this essence-of-Mon-terey happening was an art show displaying the work of both local and national artists whose work captured the beauty of the Monterey Bay and national marine sanctuary. Among those featured was artist, marine biolo-gist and cinematographer, Kip Evans, whose photography has appeared in National Geographic, Sea, Patagonia, and Coastal Living, and whose underwa-ter documentaries include specials for CNN, BBC, and the Discovery Channel.

Make plans to attend this full-senso-ry experience next November, where you’ll sip your Monterey wine with local food, groove to the sounds of a local band, and see images of the very geography that makes the wine and food so abundant and unique. Until then you can watch the YouTube video at http://bit.ly/stFa6I. •MJ

Remember one of California’s most renowned Pinot Noirs, Williams-Selyem? It’s baa-

aack, with more of its originator and winemaking savant Burt Williams in every bottle. For almost two decades, Burt and his partner Ed Selyem brought the world’s attention to the Pinot Noirs of the Russian River Valley. After 17 years, Williams-Selyem was sold in 1998, but Burt ventured on and bought 40 acres in Philo (Anderson Valley), where he planted the 12.5 acres of Pinot Noir that became Morning Dew Ranch Vineyard.

When the vines matured, grapes were allotted to a few elite winemak-ers. Burt explained, “I got to watch and taste the efforts of my daughter, Margi Williams-Wierenga (Brogan Cellars) and my late son’s Seven Lions ventures into the wine world, which gave me great pleasure and pride in their accomplishments. But that feel-ing of exultation I had experienced performing the magical transforma-tion of grapes into wine, was missing as was the communication between the consumer and winemaker I had enjoyed.”

Burt explained, “In 2008, our vine-yard was eight years old and my non-compete clause had elapsed. My wife Jan and I bonded a new, very tiny winery, called Morning Dew Ranch. The vintage and terroir are present in the 2008 wine as they have been in all my wines, but that year we were thrown a curve ball by nature, when fires created by a freak electri-cal storm left smoky aromas in the crop. The 2008 was a selection from three blocks, each different clones. I used 25% whole clusters and the wine was fermented in open top stainless steel tanks, gravity racked, and pressed into new French oak bar-rels. It was raised for 15 months on

the lees before racking to a tank for bottling.” As was Burt’s trademark, as well as one of his many marks on the trade, the wine was never fined, filtered, or pumped.

In describing the 2008 Morning Dew Ranch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir, Burt opined, “There is initially a smoky aroma that combines with a dark berry fruit component with hints of roasted nuts and earth, medium rich palate, ripe tannins, and berries on the finish. In a more poetic vein, I’d say, ‘the veil of the vintage is present as it should be, but does not obscure the strength of the terroir.’

Burt suggests decanting this wine for aeration so the smoky components recede a bit and the fruit comes for-ward showing berry and cherry pie complexities. He recommends pairing the wine with grilled salmon, lamb, veal and pork.

With no plans to make any more of his own wine, although he will contin-ue to nurture the vineyard and sell the grapes, there is limited opportunity to obtain wine crafted by Burt. I’ve tasted both vintages, in wines made by Burt, Margi, and Chris Whitcraft, and relished each sip. Although Burt has no email or website (no need to advertise), the mailing address is, Morning Dew Ranch. P.O. Box 487, Forestville, CA 95436). You can con-nect with Margi’s Brogan Cellars Winery to order her 2007 Morning Dew Ranch Pinot as well as her other wines at www.brogancellars.com.

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Winemaking runs in the family: Burt Williams of Williams-Selyem and daughter Margi Williams-Wierenga of Bragan Cellars

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A. It’s been a really positive thing for me, which I think is kind of rare for most other preacher kids I know. My parents were humble people who were willing to say, “I don’t know” or apologize when they need-ed to. As I get older I realize more and more how fantastic my parents were. But there might be a felt need of mine to hop up on a stage because I was used to seeing my dad up there all the time. And also to get down to brass tacks, speak of life and death, and address spiritual things in my music. It’s hard for me to have a show and just be completely light-

hearted all the way through with-out talking about something of sub-stance. As the fifth child of five, and the only boy, I think I also picked up a need for attention, to be on stage and admired.

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When I was younger, I felt like I had to play Christian music growing up the way I did. I don’t feel like that anymore, but I am still a follower

Not much stays the same at the annual Kids Helping Kids benefit concert at the

Granada each January. Sure, San Marcos High School economics teacher Jamie DeVries – it was in his Advanced Placement Economics Program that Kids Helping Kids was developed and now operates – is involved every year, maintaining the title of president. But the CEO and other leadership positions are held by the students, and the remainder of the 107 students enrolled in the program serve for a year before giving way to the next class.

And of course the headlining act also changes annually; the first con-cert featured Toad the Wet Sprocket, the most successful band ever to hail from Santa Barbara, whose members all attended San Marcos. Five For Fighting played top bill in 2010, Mat Kearney headlined last January, and Saturday’s concert features three-time Grammy nominated, plati-num-selling singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, best known for the ubiq-uitous pop hit “Love Song,” which topped the charts in 14 countries just

three years ago.But one other principal beyond

DeVries returns to the Granada every year too: Tyrone Wells. The Los Angeles-based soulful singer-songwriter has opened every KHK concert and is doing the table-setting honors again on Saturday. Wells, who has also played several other venues in Santa Barbara ranging from SOhO to the now-defunct West Beach Festival, talked about his career and approach to music over the telephone from his home late last week.

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On Entertainmentby Steven Libowitz

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Tyrone Wells has only missed one Kids Helping Kids benefit since it began in 2001, and he returns to Santa Barbara for the annual benefit this Friday at the Granada


ly) wonderful little town, this one in northern Laos. There are many ways to get to Luang Prabang from Pai and we very nearly just flew but ultimately decided that we wanted the experience of reaching the former French colonial village in a more tra-ditional way.

So we reserved a few seats on the “slow boat” that meanders down the Mekong River for two days from Chiang Khong on the Thai border to our chosen destination. (There is, logically, a “fast boat” that does the same trip in a single day but that boat requires helmets and executed waiv-ers and we were repeatedly warned against it…and “slow” is pretty much our scene at this point, anyway.)

The first hurdle we faced was just getting to Chiang Khong. That involved a seven-hour minibus tour of hell, taking us over towering spires of rock and jungle on the windiest and arguably most dangerous roads we’ve ever seen (including in Nepal and India) as our driver made incre-mentally aggressive passes that often bordered on suicidal. No guard rails, potholed or nonexistent pavement, steep ascents and descents at high speed and hundreds of hairpin turns and switchbacks… all night long. We got into Chiang Kong at 3:30 am with daughters who resembled zombies far more than little girls. (At least they

slept the whole time, even if it was Dramamine induced… neither Wendi nor I got as much as a moment of shut eye, opting instead to exchange fre-quent wide-eyed stares as we watched yet another life threatening scene unfold in front of us.)

Chiang Khong is a Thai border town. The accommodation was, um, less than spectacular. Let me put it to you this way: We “slept” (read: tossed and turned) in two single beds for a couple hours in all of our clothes. It

I haven’t been entirely honest over the past month.

And, given the proximity of the New Year and my intended resolu-tions of generally high(er) ethical and moral standards, I thought I’d take this opportunity to come clean, you know, to start 2012 off on the right foot.

So here it is: This whole extended family travel thing is not all Thai cooking classes and sky lanterns of dreams. It’s not all romance in France and passion in Italy. There are hard times, too, and they often involve the challenges associated with the actual travel portion of our travels. The get-ting hither and yon. The logistics of the whole operation.

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Sunrise on the Mekong during the journey to Laos

Lily relaxing on the slow boat to Laos

Matt was a lawyer up until June 2011, when he closed up shop and left Montecito with his wife and kids to travel around the world. Read his (and his family's) full story in the newest edition of the Montecito Journal (glossy edition), on newsstands now.

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There are at least three different locations where men in search of a haircut in Montecito

can find what they are looking for. There is, of course, the longstanding Montecito Barbers, whose veteran haircutters, along with newcomer Tim Sanchez have been stropping straight razors, buzz-cutting teenagers and clipping the silver-haired set for over 45 years. They currently ply their trade in the Vons Shopping Center. A newcomer to town is Richie Ramirez, who formerly worked at Montecito Barbers for some four years before deciding to open his own place. And then, surprisingly, there is Paul Allard at Dadiana. So, rather than single out any one tonsorial expert, we thought it best to feature one special haircutter from each establishment.

Montecito BarbersTim Sanchez is a third-gener-

ation Sanchez to stand behind one of the barber chairs at what is now Montecito’s venerable men’s haircut-ting parlor. Tim, along with his dad, Matt, his grandfather, Bob, and fel-low fishing enthusiast Jess Martinez share customers at Montecito Barbers. Tim, 23 years old, was born in Santa Barbara and has been cutting hair for just over a year and a half. It’s a little early in his career to have developed a philosophy about hair and/or heads, but Tim does say that his being at Montecito Barbers offers an alterna-tive option to a younger clientele who can choose someone closer in age to cut their hair.

The most popular cut for those under 30? “It’s the faux hawk,” says Tim, explaining that the faux hawk is sort of an abridged Mohawk that doesn’t require shaving the sides of the head (think David Beckham).

Montecito Barbers is located at 1028-B Coast Village Road (805-969-1314); hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 8 am to 6 pm.

DadianaPaul Allard was born in Oneida, a

town in upstate New York between Utica and Rochester, not far from the Canadian border; he was raised, how-ever, in San Diego “as a Navy brat,” he says. Paul, who has lived in Santa Barbara for 20 years, has been cutting

hair for nearly seven of those years, although his main job at Dadiana, where he has been for almost five years, is shampooing women’s hair. “Time really flies,” he quips, “when you’re having fun.”

The difference between cutting women’s hair as opposed to men’s: “Women,” he notes, “have a set look they want, even though you know you can upgrade their look for them. The funny thing about guys,” Paul, who specializes in serving men who have had hair restorations, observes, “is that they still want to do a comb-over and have a straight head of hair.” Paul says he could give them “a rock star look” if they wanted it. “My thing is to take someone and make them look VIP, high profile. But sometimes they don’t want to do that,” which frustrates him. “But other than that, all is great. I love the people,” he adds.

As to Paul’s philosophy: “I cut a style, I don’t style a cut. So I cut the style in the haircut, so that a guy can towel and go. High speed, low drag.”

His favorite cut: “A GQ cut. I name

my haircuts vis-à-vis movie stars. So, a Michael Douglas cut, a Daniel Craig cut, which is kind of GQ, kind of an angular cut. That’s the kind that I like to do. [Daniel Craig’s] very first James Bond haircut: that was a spot-on haircut. That’s what I call a GQ cut. When I’m trying to describe it to a guy, I use movie stars to describe the cut, that way guys get it. Guys need visuals. They don’t want you to say you’re going to fade it, you’re going to layer and chip into it, what have you. So, I say a Johnny Depp, a Brad Pitt, or a Daniel Craig, that’s how I do it.”

The most popular choice of haircut for men under 30: “Tight and very sculpted. Usually kind of conforms to the young guy’s head, only with real vertical sides.”

Dadiana Salon & Essentials is located at 1485 East Valley Road # 10 (805-

969-1414); hours are Tuesday through Saturday 9 am to 5 pm.

Richie’s Barber Shop

Richie Ramirez was born in Santa Barbara and has been cutting hair for eleven years and in Montecito for six.

Richie’s philosophy: “I believe in the strong barber tradition. I’m a bar-ber; we’re a barbershop; we special-ize in men’s hair. We’re not a salon, we’re not ‘stylists.’ I love what I do, so therefore I take pride in every-thing. I cut your hair [and I see your head as] an artist’s painting. You’re walking around with my art on your head.”

He says he has no “favorite” hair-cut, but his customers under 30 “kind of like the ‘hard part,’ kind of like what I’ve got going on. They like that ‘thirties, ‘forties, Madmen, Boardwalk Empire, the whole Prohibition era look, when the guys had clean, tight tapers with a little bit longer style on top. Not so much rockabilly, but Prohibition era.”

Richie says a big part of the rea-son for the success of his just-over-one-year-old business are his other two barbers – John Fry and Lauren Runquist. “We all have one goal, and that’s cutting men’s hair. And that’s what we do. It’s our passion. That’s just huge because we’re all in it together. All the different personali-ties and characters, that’s what a great barbershop is; everybody brings their own unique style to the table. All of these chairs, we’re all different. If you don’t like the way I cut your hair, then you might like the way Lauren cuts it, or you might like how John cuts it.”

Richie’s Barber Shop is located at 1187 Coast Village Road # 6 (805-845-9701); hours are Monday through Saturday from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm. •MJ

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Tim Sanchez gets ready to cut into cus-tomer Marc Gelinas’s hair at Montecito Barbers

Many regular customers at Dadiana may recognize Paul Allard as the man who sham-poos their hair, but his real specialty is cutting “towel and go” men’s styles

Richie Ramirez (on right) manages the clippers at Richie’s Barber Shop, along with his two haircutting compadres Lauren Runquist and John Fry

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With regard to the size of the actual penalties, the 2014 individual health-care mandate penalties range from $695 to $2,085 per year (plus future COLA increases), which is what you may be referring to when you suggest a $750 penalty limit. However, the 2014 employ-er healthcare mandate penalties for com-panies with 50 or more full-time employ-ees which offer healthcare coverage can be $3,000 for each employee, if at least one employee receives a government pre-mium tax credit for low wage employees earning up to 200% of poverty wage, or $44,000 per year. These mandates appear to be an attempt by the feds to shift some of the cost of the insurance program to individual workers and employers as an

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Finally, although the ski association consultant has estimated the penalty at $3,000 per employee, many of the details of the new healthcare mandates are still in flux as administrators and regulators try to interpret the intent of the 2,500-page healthcare bill. However, regardless of whether the ultimate employer pen-alty turns out to be $1,000 or $3,000 per employee, any new expense greater than $100,000 per year could sink this small business, or many other small businesses that will likely find themselves facing similar situations. – Bob Hazard)

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 7)to be worth around $17 million, while Katy, who has been raking in cash from a very successful “California Dreams” world concert tour and her hit records, is said to have $70 million in the bank.

The rumor mill, as I have reported in this illustrious organ, has been churning for the past few months about problems in the A-list couple’s marriage, but just last month Brand was denying it on former Montecito resident Ellen DeGeneres’ popu-lar Emmy Award-winning TV talk show, saying: “I’m married to Katy. Perpetually, until death us do part was the pledge. I’m still alive.”

It was also reported the tony two-some were returning to India, where they tied the knot in a lavish cer-emony at a five-star resort, to rekindle their romance.

But when Katy was snapped by paparazzi frolicking in the waves off Hawaii at Christmas and Brand was photographed in a chilly Cornwall, England, 7,000 miles away, suppos-edly after a huge argument, the fil-ing of divorce papers by Brand in Los Angeles Superior Court last week seemed all but inevitable.

According to celebrity website TMZ, Katy, whose Santa Barbara par-ents, Keith and Mary Hudson, are born-again Evangelical ministers, did not want to officially file for divorce herself as divorce goes against her religious upbringing.

Brand is currently still in England, having been spotted – sans wedding ring – at the luxurious Savoy Hotel in London, while “The One That Got Away” singer was snapped partying on New Year’s Eve at the Soho House in West Hollywood.

“She was really enjoying herself in a private room with friends and didn’t appear to have a care in the world,” says my mole with the martini.

Katy, 27, has yet to comment on the breakup, but it has been reported that Brand, who will next appear in the 80’s musical film, Rock of Ages, along-side Tom Cruise, didn’t approve of her partying lifestyle and new claims suggest he told her to “tone it down.”

The recovered drug and sex addict is said to have disapproved strongly of her benders – such as a day-into-night party in Rio last year. He also appar-ently never liked her friends, such as the fun-loving singer Rihanna.

The couple has a number of homes, including a London town-house, a Manhattan apartment and a new seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom Spanish-style 8,835 sq-ft property in the Hollywood Hills, which they purchased in June from National Lampoon executive, Daniel Laikin, for $6.5 million.

Katy recently released her new sin-gle “The One That got Away,” which is currently number three on the U.S.

charts.If it reaches number one, it will be

her sixth chart-topping single from her Teenage Dream album, surpass-ing the record set by the late Michael Jackson’s Bad.

Stay tuned...

…Hitched One More TimeBritney Spears’ first wedding was

a ripped jeans and baseball cap affair in Las Vegas, and her Los Angeles cer-emony to Kevin Federline had to be moved up because of the media circus surrounding the nuptials.

So for her third time down the aisle with Santa Barbara fiancé Jason Trawick, 40, the 30-year-old singer is reportedly planning a traditional, Southern-style country wedding.

The dynamic duo are said to be shunning the typical Hollywood wed-ding in favor of a small family cel-ebration, possibly in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana.

“Britney wants a traditional Southern-style wedding with comfort food, surrounded by her family, her two sons and all of her childhood friends,” reports one mole.

The singer and Trawick, her former manager, became engaged last month after two and a half years of dating.

But not everyone appears to be thrilled with the star’s engagement.

Spears’ childhood friend and hus-band of 55 hours, Jason Alexander, tells Us magazine: “It’s sort of sad. I know everyone wants me to be happy about this, but I am not. I think it’s fake and I think people are afraid to say it.

“If you look at all the pictures between them there is no connection. They look like they are going through the motions.”

The couple spent Christmas in New York before flying back to L.A.

Watch this space...

Severe Slammer SentenceDiandra Douglas, ex-wife of Oscar

winner Michael, has been speaking about her fears for their troubled son, Cameron, who has just been sen-tenced to an additional four and a half years in jail – with no family visits for two years – for possessing drugs in his cell.

Diandra – who has let out her $19 million seven-bedroom, eleven-bath-room Montecito mansion, La Quinta, on eleven acres to Miami Vice actor Don Johnson and his family, as I exclusively revealed here – has blast-ed the judge, Richard Berman, for imposing such a “harsh” sentence, adding the ban on family visits, plus eleven months of solitary confinement for violating prison rules, was cruel.

“Cameron was used because of his famous last name to set an example of ruthless punishment,” she fumes.

“I believe that solitary is only still

practiced in the USA, as it has been proven not to help rehabilitate any-one, and only serves to make pris-oners paranoid and anxiety ridden. Humans – and certainly my son – are by their very nature in need of other human contact to maintain mental health.”

She says she intends to appeal and that – like his father, who went into rehab in 1992 – Cameron should get treatment.

“It is way too harsh and unjust,” she thunders. “I have not been allowed to see Cameron for the past two months or speak to him. My only communica-tion has been through the mail.

“Cameron is fighting an addiction, which is a disease that runs in the family. Would you put a diabetic into solitary confinement in a prison... to cure him?

“Two years with no family visita-tion, with only one call out per month. The hope and love that Cameron receives from his family visits, I believe, is what sustains him through these unbearable times... We boost his self esteem, of which he has been totally robbed...

“When you have a child who is ill and afflicted with severe addiction, what they need is love, support and hope.”

Anti-Kim ClanThere’s only so much Kim

Kardashian America can take.An online petition, appropriately

dubbed BoycottKim.com, has attract-ed the signatures of more than 275,000 people who proclaim they’re done supporting the E! TV reality star and her publicity loving family.

The site claims Kardashian, who memorably tied the knot with bas-ketball ace Kris Humphries in our rarefied enclave in August and then filed for divorce just 72 well-paid days later, has “made a mockery of American culture.”

It hopes to attract as many signa-tures as possible in hopes of influ-encing Kardashian’s sponsors to end their relationship with her.

Those who sign the petition pledge to “boycott the products sold and marketed” by the 31-year-old. They also promise to avoid shopping at any stores that carry Kardashian-branded merchandise and to never watch “any television show, movie or sex tape” that features her.

The site also displays the logos of nearly 40 brands or stores that use Kardashian as an endorser or to sell her products.

According to one of the founders of the website, the boycott is being close-ly monitored by Sears, which carries the Kardashian Kollection, much of it reportedly discounted on the troubled chain’s website.

He says the short-term goal of the

boycott is to amass 350,000 signatures, but contends that 500,000 would be the kind of “serious number” that would prompt a company such as Sears to re-evaluate its relationship with Kardashian...

Pops are the TopsThe venerable 1,500-seat Granada

Theatre was crammed for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s New Year’s Eve Pops Concert, when the talented musicians had to vie with the sound of popping champagne corks, noise makers and the rustle of party hats.

Under entertaining conductor Bob Bernhardt, a frequent baton waver with the Boston Pops, the orchestra really got into the party spirit, suit-ably garbed in festive attire for the program that went from operatta to jazz, waltz to Broadway, and Brazil to Hollywood.

Johann Strauss kicked off the two-hour show with a definite Viennese theme of polka, waltz and “Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus sung by soprano Mela Dailey – attired in a frothy sparkling blue confection –, who had performed in Austin, Texas, just 24 hours earlier.

She followed up with “Brindisi,” the drinking song from Verdi’s La Traviata, and was clearly delighted when a most aloof butler walked on stage carrying a silver tray and a glass of chilled vintage Cristal to help lubri-cate her vocal chords.

New symphony board member, financial executive Brett Moore, was next to perform, having bid in an auc-tion for the honor of standing on the dais in his orchestral debut conduct-ing Leroy Anderson’s “Blue Tango,” having rehearsed with music director Nir Kabaretti and fellow board mem-ber Patricia Gregory – who did the honors a year ago – a few days earlier.

The second half oozed Americana with Oscar-winning screen composer John Williams’ “Flight to Neverland”

Soprano Mela Dailey, a literally sparkling perfor-mance


While walking on Hendry’s beach in 1992 you’ll have a long talk with yourself and any Divine Being that may be listening about whether you’d rather become a writer or win the lot-tery. Pick the lottery.

In 1996 the publisher of the Montecito Journal will offer you your own humor

column. He won’t know that you’re so thrilled you’d write it for nothing so he’ll propose two free dinners at his restaurant, Café Au Lait, for each column. Hold out for dessert also.

Spend more time with your parents. When they’re gone you’ll miss them like the desert misses rain. •MJ

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What Would You Say To A Younger You?Mr. Alexander is a for-mer stock broker whose “buy” recommendations on Enron, Pan Am, Bear Stearns, General Motors, and most recently, Solyndra, have become the stuff of legend on both Wall Street and Skid Row

As the last seconds of the old year tick down and a new one begins, I often take stock of the

previous twelve months. Sometimes, if I’ve had enough to drink and there’s nothing but reruns of Hillbilly Handfishin’ on television, I’ll take it one step further and examine my whole life. This usually leads to another drink – often a double – and occasionally gets me to thinking about what I might say to a young Jimmy Alexander if I could go back in time. As 2012 neared I came up with these jewels of advice for a younger me.

In 1966, when you’re thirteen-years-old, your parents will take you away from your friends and family in Southington, Connecticut and move you to Santa Barbara. You’ll spend a year hating the world and feeling sorry for yourself. Hang in there, baby. It works out.

In junior high, try not to say the word “bitchin’” so much. And you’ll avoid a stinging slap in the face if you don’t use the word “puta” until you learn its meaning.

Study your long division and mul-tiplication tables hard, but the big three–algebra, geometry, and trigo-nometry–are all a colossal waste of brainpower and your time will be bet-ter spent in woodshop or girls’ water polo.

Although it seems like a good idea at the time, don’t do the “white-man Afro” thing. Those photos will haunt you forever.

When your Levi’s button fly 501s size 32 waist start getting tight, con-sider swapping that Big Mac for a salad occasionally.

Though you won’t yet be secure enough in your masculinity in high school to try out for male cheerleader, get over it. You’ll curse yourself for the rest of your life for not taking advan-tage of this luscious opportunity.

Don’t try to grow a beard when you’re eighteen. The nickname “Patches” will follow you for a long time.

That girl. The first one. The one you loved so much your teeth hurt. You can and do go on living without her.

Don’t fuss and fret about an occupa-tion. Just become an electrician. They make almost as much money as heart surgeons and the hours are much bet-ter.

Despite its name, you’ll get no com-fort from Southern Comfort.

There will come a day in your early twenties when your parents will say, “We just gave your sister a down payment for a house. Would you like a house too?” Don’t be your normal ignorant self and reply, “No, that’s your money. You worked hard for it. You keep it.”

You’ll meet a girl named Toni late one Saturday night in front of the Rose Café on Haley Street. Be advised, things are not what they seem and Toni ends up being Tony.

You’ll be troubled after the tragic death of your mother but you’ll be blessed with a second mother whose love will ease the pain and lead you to realize that no man could be luckier than to be loved by two mothers.

In 1977, beg, borrow, and steal every-thing you can and bet it on Seattle Slew to win the Triple Crown.

You’ll move away from Santa Barbara in 1978 to Reno, Nevada. Your notion of becoming a profes-sional gambler doesn’t exactly pan out so don’t waste too much time there. As soon as you meet a girl named Lora Martin, marry her and move back home.

Those ninety-nine cent steak & egg breakfasts in Las Vegas and Reno always end up costing you fifty dol-lars. And while we’re on the subject, you’ll never win a dime playing frick-in’ Keno.

Instead of buying a Sony Betamax and that AMC Pacer, buy Apple stock.


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Road based on a vandalism report. Banks contacted the victim who said he is a recipient of the Purple Heart from the Vietnam War; the victim has Purple Heart recipient license plates on his vehicle. The victim reported that over the past several months his license plate has been vandalized five times. Each time, the vandal bends the left part of the license plate in a 90 degree angle. The victim told Banks that he believes the vandal lives in his apartment complex because his vehicle is parked in a secure underground parking facility each time the vandalism has occurred. A report was taken.

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Vehicle Burglary on Santa Isabel LaneWednesday, 28 December, 8:24 am – Deputy Genovese was dispatched to a

residence on Santa Isabel based on report of an auto burglary. Upon arriving, Genovese contacted the victim who stated his SUV and his father’s truck were broken into. The victim’s daughter parked the SUV in the driveway the previous day at 3:30 pm; on the morning of December 28, the victim noticed the driver’s side window was smashed. Items missing from the vehicle included an iPod classic, valued at $100; the total cost of damages to the vehicle was $400.

The victim’s father’s truck was also broken into. The victim noticed the truck’s window was also shattered. Items missing from the truck included a toolbox, valued at $300 for the contents inside. Total cost of damages to the truck was valued at $400. A report was taken. •MJ

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First, you spend enormous amounts of money you don’t have in order to put more Americans in the position of relying on government money in one way or another.

Then, instead of paying for these monstrous debts with increased tax revenues, which would result from lowering taxes, loosening regulations and freeing up the marketplace from government intervention and strangulation, they insist upon tight-ening the noose around our econo-my and society with higher tax rates across the board, to go along with our already highest-in-the-world corpo-rate tax rates.

There’s no room for compromise. What survives the outcome of this grand and sweeping budget struggle will be an America continuing to offer political liberty, economic free-dom and unlimited opportunity on the one hand, or an America that has given away its greatness and gran-deur in exchange for a modest life guaranteed by the government (until the nation’s wealth has been totally cannibalized and there’s nothing left) on the other.

The former outcome assures freedom-lovers everywhere that the American eagle still flies and com-mands the skies. The latter outcome

eventually becomes symbolized by the condor, a scavenger that feeds on itself until only a shadow of its once great being remains.

Socialism today means your grand-children a generation from now will be picking your bones clean – like a Condor – looking for sustenance. The investment wealth that America has procured and amassed over the previ-ous eight generations of unparalleled growth, prosperity and freedom will be consumed in order to redistrib-ute and pay for the most rudimen-tary expenses of ordinary life. Capital assets that kept on pouring out profits (spendable money) year after year and financed a muscular and proud America will be broken down like building blocks before a wrecking ball so that you and I can pay our rent and buy the groceries, until it’s all gone and we’re pretty much back in the poorhouse where we began before this American experiment with freedom began.

Let me know in 20 years if you still believe I’m a scaremonger, espe-cially if the Democrats succeed in raising taxes now while promising illusory spending cuts “somewhere down the road,” and Barack Hussein Obama goes on to achieve re-election in November.

David S. McCalmontSanta Barbara



Pricey PantiesThey might be the most expensive

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ers, worn by Queen Victoria in the 1860s, recently sold at auction in Edinburgh, Scotland, for around $15,000.

Made from several yards of fine cream silk and embroidered with the letters VR – standing for Victoria Regina – the knee-length royal under-wear was snapped up by an anony-mous private collector.

Four years ago, a pair of Her Majesty’s unmentionables, with a 50-inch waist, were snapped up for $7,000.

The collection came from the con-tents of Old Battersea House, the 17th century London home of the Forbes publishing dynasty, with the bloomers hanging in a frame in the guest bedroom, used by former First

Lady Nancy Reagan, who could have probably fit into one leg!

Victoria’s secret, no more...

Sightings: Oscar winner Jeff Bridges checking out the bustling scene at the perpetually packed Brophy Brothers... Political pundit Dennis Miller, sing-er Peter Noone and News-Press co-publisher, Arthur von Wiesenberger, lunching at the new Mexican eatery El Cielito in La Arcada... Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf enjoying pianist Steve Karan’s musical melodies at the Biltmore’s Ty Lounge

Pip! Pip! for now

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

MISCELLANY (Continued from page 28)from Hook and a glorious selection of Duke Ellington hits, before Dailey returned to the stage in a shimmering silver sheath gown.

But, rather than singing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” she rocked the house with Jerome Kern’s “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine” from Showboat and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “All I Ask of You” from The Phantom of the Opera.

After selections from the film Polar Express and another Williams work, “The Olympic Spirit,” the concert ended with “Stars and Stripes Forever” and, of course, “Auld Lang Syne.”

It was an absolute cracker!...

Christmas Trees at Ridley-Tree’sSocial gridlock reigned supreme at

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Copious canapes, including mini beef Wellingtons and Beluga caviar covered blinis, accompanied by bounteous bub-bly and waterfalls of fine wine, made the stellar occasion particularly memo-rable for the dozens of guests, includ-ing Brian King, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Jennifer Smith Hale, Corinna Gordon, Thomas Rollerson, Marlowe and Arlyn Goldsby, Robert Emmons, Teresa McWilliams, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Carolyn Amory, Lee

Luria and Scott Reed, president of Music Academy of the West.

“It is really one of the best parties of the season!” gushed jewelry designer Corinna.

Who am I to disagree?...

Caviar and ClicquotTout le monde was at the New

Year’s Day lunch thrown by garden-ing guru George Schoellkopf and artist Gerald Incandela at their mag-nificent Summerland aerie.

Among those noshing on the heav-ing tables of turkey and beef brisket, which had taken three days to pre-pare in the cavernous kitchen, and the scrumptious trifle and tiramisu, were Kendall Conrad and David Cameron, Tab Hunter and Allan Glaser, moun-taineer and author Sandy Hill – she has climbed the highest peaks on every continent, including Mount Everest –, Bruce Gregga, William Laman, Larry Feinberg and Starr Siegele, Chapin and Cynthia Nolen, Beverley Jackson, top photographer Tim Street-Porter, Dale Kern, Carolyn Miller, and for-mer TV newsman Sander Vanocur and wife, Ginny.

Helping wash down the glorious fare were gallons of Veuve Clicquot and endless bottles of superb Bordeaux.

A wonderful and memorable kick-off for 2012!

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In 1913, Albert created seven murals entitled The Pageant of the Nations for the Mural Room of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.

When Albert and Adele Herter inherited Mary Herter’s home in Santa Barbara and

transformed it into El Mirasol Hotel, they became permanent members of the community. Though they continued to travel and spend part of the year at The Creeks, the estate they were given in East Hampton as a wedding present, they became involved in life in Santa Barbara and their art reflected the influence of the West.

Their son, Christian A. Herter, who became governor of Massachusetts and Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower, recalled springtime gatherings when the family motored through a California countryside ablaze with yellow-gold poppies. The rich colors and flowers of the West entered the Herters’ palette and found exuberant expression in their work.

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Adele McGinnis Herter, seen here with daughter Lydia circa 1904, became a cultural leader in Santa Barbara (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

“The Egyptian Hieroglyph” was completed by Albert Herter in 1944 and still hangs in the main branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library (Photo courtesy Hattie Beresford)

The Way It Was

by Hattie BeresfordThe Herter Touch: Part 2

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.

WAY IT WAS Page 354

“Persia” reproduced here on the cover of a menu, is one of seven murals Herter painted for the Mural Room at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco in 1913 (Image courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

“The Orient,” reproduced here on the cover of a menu, is one of seven murals Herter painted for the Mural Room at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco in 1913 (Image courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)


was freezing, the windows wouldn’t close and cleanliness was not a top priority. I will spare you the details but multiply whatever you’re think-ing by, say, ten and you will get a feel.

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patience-testing morning devolved into an all out mad rush on an open-air Laotian visa-on-arrival coun-ter that was being bombarded from every side. The place was essentially the gladiator arena of foreign entry points, a real global crossroads that pitted, say, seasoned Spanish back-packers against English nobles or, in our case, a smiling American family

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We finally made it to the ridicu-lously long and rectangular slow boat and found our seats (not bad). But as we got ourselves situated (this takes longer than you think with the kids and books and games and food and drink etc.), a German man in his fifties stepped onto the boat and promptly fell into the totally unmarked and gaping hole in the floor through which our bigger bags had passed

into a below-deck storage area just a moment before. (His ego was battered but he was otherwise peachy… and very lucky.) We counted three others who nearly met the same fate but were rescued by fellow passengers – I think that the crew was actually tak-ing bets on who might tumble the whole time.

We spent the next six hours flying down the Mekong – “slow boat” is a relative term, apparently, that stems from a comparison to the deadly “fast boats” that kept speeding by with unhappy helmeted passengers hold-ing on for dear life – with a Lao man in old US ARMY embroidered fatigues holding an intimidating M16 at our feet and a host of chickens clucking away on the roof above our heads. When our machine gun-toting neigh-bor saw the children he reluctantly removed the clip from his military grade weapon and smiled shyly.

We spent the night in a decent accommodation (our standards are

not exactly what they were when we left Montecito) in a fairly seedy Lao frontier town called Pak Beng and woke early to make the boat on time. And then we spent the next nine or ten hours doing the same damned thing.

Here’s the kicker: We loved every minute of it. All of us. We read and played games and enjoyed the indisputably gorgeous vistas of the Mekong River Valley and laughed and talked with the travelers and

locals around us. We drank tea and had treats (sodas, chips and suck-ers). And an old Lao woman at the back of the boat was even selling singles from a fully stocked cooler of ice cold BeerLao, which just may be the best drop we’ve had to date. It was great.

So the cat is out of the bag. It’s not all sunshine and butterflies and cook-ing classes all the time. There are chal-lenges. There are hardships.

But we take them in stride and keep smiles on our faces and springs in our steps. We wouldn’t start the New Year any other way.

Happiness, health and prosperity in 2012. To everybody.

If you are interested in talking to Matt or, perhaps more likely, anybody else in the Mazza family, feel free to email any of them at [email protected]. And if you are interested in a more detailed account of their journey to date, check out their website and Matt’s blog at www.towheadtravel.com. •MJ

LEAVING (Continued from page 25)

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Albert enticed Frank Morely Fletcher to Santa Barbara to head up the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, and Albert served as an instructor there as well, often showing up in a colorful red fox-hunting coat. Both Herters con-tinued to paint and hold receptions for their work at the studio on lower Chapala. Many Montecitans and Santa Barbarans had their portraits painted by the Herters.

Albert’s artistic and dramatic bent found outlet with the Community Arts Players. Besides acting and direct-ing, he designed costumes, scenery and stage curtains. The Potter Theater received a gold curtain, and the Recreation Center a gold and “Herter” blue curtain that was later used at the Lobero; both were woven at Herter Looms. For the January 1921 perfor-mance of “The Lame Duck” the press announced, “Albert Herter, savant, artist, and aesthete, was director.”

By far the most renowned perfor-mance of 1921 was his staging of Maurice Maeterlinck’s dark fai-rytale of doomed lovers, Pélleas and Mélisande. Albert played the role of Golaud, Mélisande’s husband and

Pélleas’ brother. The beautiful and elaborate performance with its incred-ible scenery and costuming designed by Albert and directed by Nina Moise left a lasting impression on the com-munity.

Herter, who was roundly applauded for his role, nevertheless was tripped

up on opening night. He had been told that all of Hollywood was in the audience, and a sudden case of the jit-ters caused him to forget his lines. He had to say to the audience, “I don’t know what I am saying,” and walk to the wings where the book holder gave him his lines.

His break from character didn’t seem to overly affect the performance, for the Morning Press reviewer, over-come by the magic and romance of it all, wrote, “[It was] a midwinter night’s dream told by the flickering light of the dying fire that throws haunting shadows upon the walls and wakes the figures in the tapes-tries who stir and whisper they were once men and women from Fairyland, long, long ago. And then we listen while a pair of lovers tell us how they lived and died, how there was a castle by the sea.”

In March 1929, Albert wrote and staged another incredible commu-nity extravaganza, The Gift of Eternal Life: An Indo-Persian Legend, at the new Lobero Theatre. He designed the costumes, which the press called “glittering and gorgeous,” and the scenery, which was rendered into sets by Doug Parshall and other noted local artists. Lutah Marie Riggs was recruited to play the slave Ferouda,

Another California commission was eight history murals for the Los Angeles Public Library. The one entitled Fiesta at a Mission features Mission Santa Barbara. They can still be seen in today’s Children’s Literature Department.

In Santa Barbara, Albert and Adele’s paintings found their way into the homes of such local notables as Bernard Hoffmann, Pearl Chase, W. Edwin Gledhill, Katherine Burke Peabody Hale, and Amy Dupont. Albert also completed two of ten proposed murals on the History of Writing for the Santa Barbara Public Library. The Gutenberg Bible (1937) and Egyptian Hieroglyphics (1944) still hang in their place of honor in the main room of the downtown branch of the library.

Promoting Community Aesthetics

In the 1920s Albert and Adele Herter became involved with the Community Arts Association, which brought the various elements of Santa Barbara’s cultural life under one umbrella.

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WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 35)and the famous dancer Ruth St. Denis to play the courtesan Rabia. Albert played the King.

To add to the atmosphere, Persian hangings from the Herter studios draped the walls of the theater. The Morning Press reported that Herter also included ingenious features such as stars floating in a blue sky, heav-enly messengers appearing in a flash of flame, and angels of death, with eyes of fire, hovering about the person of the aged king. A pageant of elabo-rately costumed dancers, tumblers, lit-ter bearers and musicians completed the effect of the sensual, luxurious spectacle.

Community TraditionsIn 1920, Adele Herter led the effort

spearheaded by Pearl Chase to cre-ate a community Christmas program. Utilizing the tallest evergreen tree on the courthouse property on the cor-ner of Figueroa and Anacapa, both Herters set about creating ornaments, designing costumes, and laying plans. A red-robed chorus of 100 voices was to carry golden lanterns on long poles as they wended along the courthouse paths to the Christmas Tree where they would lead in the singing of carols. On a small stage behind them, three tableaux, under the direction of Adele, would assemble and illustrate

three Christmas carols.In an interview several weeks

before the event, Adele expressed the hope that the Community Christmas Celebration would become an annual event that was anticipated joyously each year. “We want it to be more than gifts and good cheer,” she said. “We want to feed their souls as well as their bodies.”

On Christmas Eve, however, the threat of imminent rain sent the whole performance to the Recreation Center. Though it was too crowded to allow everyone inside, the show did go on. The first tableau, accompanied by the singing of “The First Noel,” featured the Three Shepherds as they beheld the Star of Bethlehem.

The second tableau showed the Three Wise Men (with Albert playing the role of one of the Kings) approach-ing the manger whose crib was “suf-fused with light to depict the holy Presence.” The choir sang, appropri-ately enough, “The Three Kings of the Orient.” The final tableau, which resembled an old Italian painting, depicted the Madonna and Child with Angels as the chorus and audience sang “Silent Night.”

The Morning Press reviewer said that despite the fact that much of the effect was lost due to the cramped quarters, “it is improbable that Santa Barbara has ever before seen stage setting, grouping and costuming so exqui-

sitely designed and executed…. Those who were fortunate enough both to see and hear received impressions that will remain long with them.”

The Tree of Light (as it came to be called), choral program, and tableaux became a permanent part of the com-munity celebration for many years. A year after the earthquake and sub-sequent reconstruction, a tree at the destroyed Arlington Hotel became the Community Christmas Tree until 1928 when the Norfolk Island Pine on the corner of Carrillo and Chapala streets received that designation, one that persists to this day, a legacy from Pearl Chase and the Herters.

Adele Herter died in 1946 at their East Hampton estate and Albert came to live at El Mirasol in Santa Barbara. After he died in 1950, his daughter

Lydia and her companion, Ingeborg Praetorius, arranged for a Memorial Exhibit of her parents’ work. Many Santa Barbara and Montecito families loaned paintings to the exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Locally, the Herters’ work can still be seen at the Santa Barbara Public Library, and, hopefully, still in the ceil-ing of the old Wine Cask restaurant, once known as the Gold Room of the El Paseo Restaurant. It is unknown if the Santa Barbara Museum of Art still retains a still life by Adele and a piece of Herter fabric.

(Sources: Files of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum; contemporary news articles, ancestry.com, Herter Brothers: Furniture for a Gilded Age by Katherine Howe, et al. “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” by Hattie Beresford.) •MJ

The first attempt at decorating a community tree was in 1914 at the corner of Figueroa and Anacapa streets on the grounds of the old County Courthouse. Adele and Pearl Chase established this tree as the Community Christmas Tree when Adele and Albert designed the ornaments for the tree and started the tradition of the Christmas Tableaux in 1920. (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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Omissions & Corrections

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doctor’s wife and MJ columnist, who traveled with Dr. Pieramici and their daughters to Honduras. We regret the error. •MJ

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Gates was secretary of defense under two presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and through two wars, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is regarded as one of the most respected leaders in recent U.S. history, driving U.S. intelligence and defense policies over the past four-and-a-half decades from the Cold War to today’s ongoing war on terrorism. In June, President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Gates during his retirement ceremony. This is the nation’s highest civilian award.

As defense secretary, Gates made significant advances in keeping sol-diers safe, including replacing vehicles in the field with heavily armored vehi-cles, which greatly reduced roadside bomb attacks and fatalities. He has three times received the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA’s highest award, and is the only career officer in the CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to director.

Gates’ leadership and guidance earned him the National Security Medal, the Presidential Citizens Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Successes include the reshaping of U.S. nuclear weapons policies, the removal of troops from Iraq and the resurgence of troops in Afghanistan, culminating in the death of Osama bin Laden.

Earlier in his career, Gates served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and president of Texas A&M University. He has been named the 24th Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and will succeed Sandra Day O’Connor when her term ends in February 2012.

Gates, an alumnus of the College of William and Mary, earned a master of arts degree in history from Indiana University and a doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown

University. He is the author of the memoir From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, which was published in 1996.

The Westmont Foundation and area businesses sponsor the President’s Breakfast to promote discussion and consideration of current issues among local community leaders. This year’s lead sponsor is Santa Barbara Bank and Trust. Gold sponsors include Anodos, Axia, Davies, Hub International, Jo and Carl Lindros, MATT Construction, Melchiori Investments, Montecito Institute, Rabobank, and V3 Corporation, with special thanks to Northern Trust.

Past Westmont President’s Breakfast keynote speakers include: Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state; Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico; Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute and former chairman and CEO of CNN; Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN; Thomas Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded and The World is Flat; and American historian and best-selling author David McCullough, who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize.

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“When she decided to try and com-plete this century, she had only a few weeks to prepare, and she had never ridden this distance,” says Bill Lindberg, a member of the Santa Barbara Century’s board of direc-tors. “She rode a loaner bicycle from Giant Bicycle, using clip-on-shoes and cleats for the first time.”

Sharon started the 100-mile race at 6:30 am, climbing 9,600 feet on one of the most difficult rides in the U.S.

After about 40 miles, Sharon began repeatedly suffering painful leg cramps, forcing her to get off her bike to walk and stretch. “It was incred-ibly frustrating because I felt strong otherwise,” Sharon says. “I kept plugging away, going ten miles then stopping to deal with cramps. I kept saying, I’ll just go another ten miles and see how I do. Once I got to the top of Painted Cave, I decided I was going to enjoy all the downhill I had earned. I started feeling extremely driven to finish it.”

And, after 12 hours, Sharon did fin-ish in the dark.

“I was completely surprised and definitely feel undeserving of all this attention,” Willis says. “I am not a typical long-distance bike rider, so completing the ride was such a highlight for me (lots of tears of joy at the end), but it’s really all about Bill (Lindberg) and Kalon Kelly for organizing such a wonderful event and providing this ride for our com-munity.”

In two years of the bicycle ride, Santa Barbara Century has donated more than $82,000 to non-profits such as Sports Outreach, founded 25 years ago by former Westmont soccer coach Russell Carr. “We will be able to feed

and educate several hundred chil-dren in Uganda because of the ride,” Lindberg says. “In the future, I hope this ride will continue to grow so that we can help local charities with gifts of more than $100,000 annually. We have been blessed that Rabobank, Clif Bar, Whole Foods and Bryant and Sons Jewelry have been so generous in helping make this ride such a suc-cess.”

Limelight on Solar Homes

The Santa Barbara City Council recently recognized 97 proj-ects at its Solar Design Recognition Awards Ceremony, including 40 homes in the Las Barrancas neighbor-hood. The neighborhood, one of the first completely to become solar in the county, houses Westmont’s faculty.

Russell Smelley, former president of the Las Barrancas Homeowners Association, Reed Sheard, vice presi-dent of advancement and information technology, and Ben Siebert, CEO of Planet Solar Inc., accepted the award at City Hall.

Fourteen of the homes in Las Barrancas were destroyed in the Tea Fire. Those homes were prepared for photovoltaic panels during recon-struction, and the other homes were retrofitted with brackets. “I am par-ticularly pleased that the community was able to take this devastating event and turn it into something wonder-fully sustainable,” Smelley says.

The city’s program promotes solar energy system installations and encourages aesthetically integrated designs. More information on the Solar Design Recognition Program and Solar Design Guidelines is avail-able at: www.Santabarbaraca.gov/Resident/Home/Guidelines. •MJ


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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced Christopher Plummer will be

receiving the Modern Master Award in January. He recently appeared in Beginners, which is a film by Mike Mills about his father, Paul Mills, former Director of the Museum of Art.

One of Paul Mills’ many lega-cies was flags... his delightful artis-tic obsession. He designed them, he collected them, he researched them, he displayed them and he launched our two major flag programs. Long-timers cannot notice the local flags – flanking downtown State Street in heraldic fashion, or fluttering in the crisp breeze in the scenic walk along the breakwater – without remember-ing Paul Mills.

For the movie, his son Mike wanted to make the character a little less personal, so he substituted fireworks in the movie for the trademark flags. Yet Mike admitted how important the flags were for his dad, a kind of sign that he was alive.

Which brings us back to the break-water.

Over thirty years ago, Paul Mills originated the Flag Project to fly flags at the breakwater. The Flag Project was designed primarily to display the flags of the many non-profit orga-nizations in the city of Santa Barbara, the national, state, and city flags, and even flags of our sister cities. The flags were supported for decades through a non-profit organization, which located sponsors, fundraised, and maintained the twenty-six flag-poles and the colorful flags on the breakwater.

Coincidentally, at the time of Paul’s

direction when starting a race. The city maintains the flagpoles and

rigging, while the Yacht Club selects and maintains the flags, purchases replacement flags at its own expense (the flags rotate after one year to keep them in good condition), raises and lowers the flags, and carries liabil-ity insurance to cover operations. They also handle the hassle of finding sponsors. The Santa Barbara Yacht Club’s stewardship of the Breakwater Flag Project is done solely in service to the community and in honor of the many outstanding non-profit service organizations within the city of Santa Barbara. So many visitors and resi-dents coming to our waterfront have marveled at the pageantry and fes-tiveness the flags portray along the beautiful breakwater walk. I, for one, am so pleased that the Yacht Club has brought this back to life.

And, to ensure that Paul Mills’ leg-acy was not forgotten, the Yacht Club created the Paul Mills flag... which you will note resides right next the Yacht Club burgee.

Speed Dating Special for Singles

So, let’s say your love life has been floundering. You are angling for new romance. You wonder, are there any other fish in the sea? If you are really ready to get back in the pool, check out this upcoming event just for the halibut.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is presenting “Love Under the Sea,” a speed dating event for Santa Barbara singles looking to discern who is ready to fish or cut bait.

The event will take place on Wednesday, January 11 from 6 pm until 8 pm, and will be hosted by guest emcee (and eligible bachelor!) John Palminteri.

This will be a fine kettle of fish. What could be better than chatting and snacking with cool local singles when you are looking for that Special Salmon? Doing it for a good cause! After all, the $20 cost for the night goes back to help fund the Maritime Museum programs, events and exhib-its. It also includes light appetizers, wine and beer.

I must advise that interested speed daters have to be 21 years of age or older and you must sign up in advance. (If you don’t know what speed dating is, you are probably too old to attend.) To sign up, call the Maritime Museum: 962-8404, x111. •MJ

The Breakwater Flag Project was created by Santa Barbara’s Paul Mills and after being abandoned for several years, the flags have recently been revived and reinstalled by the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, who continues maintaining the project (Photo by Hank Boehm)


THURSDAY, JANUARY 5

1st Thursday – Didn’t we just finish an entire month of holidays? Well, if you haven’t had enough socializing yet, or just feel the need to meet friends old and new and indulge in a little culture to keep the fire burning into 2012, the Downtown Organization’s monthly 1st Thursday gathering should be just the trick. Entertainment-wise, the duo Carl & Bobby play classic rock, jazz, blues, country and Hawaiian music on the patio in front of Marshall’s, while singer-songwriter Deanne Bunny performs quirky indie pop songs with dance, punk and folk influences at Paseo Nuevo Center Court. If belting out “Auld Lang Syne” last Saturday night has you in the mood for joining in rather than watching, the monthly sing-along with pianist Harold Kono over at Casa Magazine will let you exercise your vocal chords to your heart’s (and

everyone else’s ears?) content. Casa is also where a dozen sculptors will be featured in a group show. Elsewhere in the visual arts, self-taught native folk artist Justine J. Tompkins exhibits her artwork at Faulkner Gallery West at the Santa Barbara Public Library, while fiber artist Valerie McLean – who uses felt in her work – demonstrates the newly-popular art form at Santa Barbara Arts at La Arcada Court. Meanwhile, PrAna at Santa Barbara Outfitters kicks off the New Year hosting local artist and co-founder of Surfers Without Borders Aubrey Falk and a show of her latest artwork, including a live presentation from 6-6:30pm. Also Artamo Galleries has Start With Art, which features an overview of 20 artists represented by the gallery, and Eddie Rosales exhibits his personal photographs manifested from the Day of the Dead celebrations at TonyRay’s Restaurant and Cantina. Art, culture,

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 this 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 prior to publication. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to [email protected] and/or [email protected]

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6

Hot Tuna & cool blues – The acoustic concert of the year might just be happening in the first week of 2012 as two veterans whose careers date back to the 1960s team up for a tantalizing tour. Both Hot Tuna and David Bromberg have played the Lobero before, but this tandem show is a tantalizing treat of folk-rock and Americana from guys with about 150 years of combined experience. Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady – who first got together as teenagers in Northern California and have played together on and off ever since – present a much-copied but never topped blend of bluegrass, blues and folk, while the same description could apply to Bromberg, as the multi-instrumentalist can play anything with strings while also adding country-swing, ragtime, R&B and jazz to the mix. Kaukonen & Casady are also members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,

courtesy of their long association with just about every iteration of Jefferson Airplane (later Starship). Steady as She Goes, the duo’s spring 2011 release, is an apt if clichéd title, as the boys just keep deliverin’ the goods, time after time after time. Bromberg, who will appear with his quartet, began his career on the East Coast, basically busking in Greenwich Village’s “basket houses” before winning jobs backing up Tom Paxton, Rosalie Sorrels and Jerry Jeff Walker, among others. Later, his chops earned him gigs as a hired gun for the likes of Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson and Carly Simon, to name just a few, but it was his association with Walker that led to his rendition of “Mr. Bojangles,” a seven-minute song that lifted Bromberg above the fray for good in 1972. Bromberg’s ability for spinning quirky, humorous yarns is as prodigious as his instrumental prowess; How Late’ll Ya Play Til remains one of the greatest live albums of all time (check out “Will Not Be Your Fool” for some riotously funny venom-spewing in perhaps the best break-up song in history). 2011’s Use Me, his latest album, proves he’s still got it, too. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido Street COST: $32 & $42 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6

Like, as if! – Anacapa School shows off its arts program with a nostalgic look back around 25-30 years ago with “The Totally Awesome ‘80s Prom.” Students will perform songs popular in the decade as well as act out skits from some movie faves of the 1980s. And that decade is a pretty smart pick, as parents shouldn’t have too much trouble dragging along friends whose kids don’t matriculate at Anacapa, just to re-live the moments they were the same age as their children are now. WHEN: 7:30pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theatre,

upstairs in Paseo Nuevo COST: $15 general, $5 students (Anacapa School students free) INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

libations and strolling – not a bad way to start off a New Year.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7

Kamatana. Come again? No, Kamatana – The obokano is a large bass lyre played by the Gusii tribe of Western Kenya. Dubbed “the double bass of East Africa,” the obokano has eight strings, which produce a deep buzzy sound reminiscent of a bass saxophone. When combined with vocals and percussion, it provides a strong rhythmic accompaniment. That’s just what you’ll hear with Kamatana, a duo from Kenya who are dedicated to promoting the music of the obokano to new audiences. Mid-thirty-year-olds Domonic Ogari and Samwel Osieko are Gussis who offer folk songs not only in their native Gusii language, but also tunes from other tribes in Kenya including the Luhya and Luo in the west and the Kiswahili-speaking peoples of the coast. Which makes sense, since Kamatana means “togetherness.” WHEN: 6pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 ($3 discount with dinner) INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8

SOS season starts – If you’re depressed over already having broken half of your New Year’s resolutions only a week into to 2012, here’s some help: Speaking of Stories kicks off its new season with “Nothing But Laughs,” an evening of stories selected to tickle your funny bone and at least make you smile if not laugh out loud. It’s a Montecito bookend, too, as village-based actress Christina Allison reads her own Renaldo and the Early Bird Special to get things going, followed by Tony Miratti and Rich Hoag teaming up for David Mamet’s Duck Variations and Meredith McMinn reading Padgett Powell’s The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping before Bob Lesser winds up the night with

Respect by Montecito writer T.C. Boyle. As always, SOS artistic director Maggie Mixsell directs the show, which will be followed by cookies and milk on the patio as part of a reception with the artists. WHEN: 2pm today, 7pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theatre, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo COST: $25 general, $15 students INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12

Santa Barbara is Candy-land – Local film enthusiasts are familiar with Candace Schermerhorn as the former longtime programming director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, a position she held for two different stints. But Schermerhorn isn’t just adept at picking movies to screen across a wide range of genres and subjects, she’s also an accomplished filmmaker in her own right. She directed, with Bestor Cram, the independent award-winning documentary You Don’t Know Dick, an intimate film about female-to-male transsexuals, and wrote, produced and directed The Naked Option: A last resort, which celebrates the grassroots mobilization of women in the Niger Delta and their struggle against the multinational oil corporations. Her other credits include work for Children’s Television Workshop, the National Park Service, Massachusetts Council for the Humanities, Harcourt Brace Publishers, American Masters, and Turner Broadcasting. Schermerhorn, who has taught documentary filmmaking at Santa Barbara City College for years, is currently in preproduction of her third independent feature documentary The Last Utopia, about the ancient seafaring Lapita navigators and their migration due to sea level rise. The well-rounded cinephile is the special guest speaker at the first monthly meeting in the new year of the Screenwriters Association of Santa Barbara. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Brooks Institute, 27 East Cota Street COST: free INFO: 617-4503 or www.screenwriterssb.blogspot.com

5 – 12 January 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise – Sigmund Freud

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7

The essence of dance – NECTAR, choreographer-dancer Cybil Gilbertson’s three-year-old and very bold creative forum that challenges artists in a variety of media to investigate a theme and create something new, kicks off 2012 on a notion that we’ve all been sharing for the past two weeks: “Home.” This quarter’s culminating performance-forum takes place tonight at Yoga Soup, the wonderfully intimate

and spiritually-sparked palace of healing arts behind the Roasting Company on lower State Street. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: 28 Parker Way COST: $20 INFO: 965-8811 or www.yogasoup.com or www.cybilgilbertson.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13

New year, new consciousness – Montecito resident Barbara Marx-Hubbard is the guest speaker at the exceedingly popular Mind & Supermind series through SBCC’s Adult Ed tonight. The prolific author, lecturer, educator and filmmaker, now in her ninth decade on the planet, is regarded as the philosophical heir to Buckminster Fuller, who called Hubbard “the best informed

human now alive regarding futurism and the foresights it has produced.” Because of ongoing budget cutbacks, Hubbard – who is the founder of the locally-based Foundation for Conscious Evolution – will be this quarter’s only Mind and Supermind guest. She’ll lecture on the subject “Are you Ready for Conscious Evolution?” WHEN: 7:30-9:30pm WHERE: Auditorium at the Wake Center, 300 North Turnpike Rd. COST: free INFO: 687-0812

Rockin’ out in the New Year – The Chumash Casino digs for heavy metal in its first rock concert of 2012 as Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil brings his solo act to Santa Ynez. The blonde bad boy front man, now 50, boasts hard rocking, hard partying, much mayhem and more than a few legal skirmishes over his 30-year career in which he’s drifted in and out of Crue. But you’re still sure to hear such hits as “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Wild Side,” “Same Ol’ Situation,” “Looks that Kill” and many more. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 3400 East Hwy. 246 COST: $15-$35 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13

Classical connivers – Just as they are every fall, Camerata Pacifica is the first classical music organization out of the gate for the New Year. Given the enticing program, you might have to

start considering Friday the 13th a sign of good fortune. In another of founder-artistic director Adrian Spence’s creative endeavors, the chamber music ensemble is turning things upside down at Hahn Hall tonight, performing Bach’s famous “Goldberg Variations,” not on piano, but with a string trio (featuring all three principals: violinist Catherine Leonard, violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill, and cellist Ani Aznavoorian, back from maternity for her first concert of the season) in an arrangement by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Only afterward does pianist Adam Neiman step in, joining the other musicians for Chausson’s “Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30.” And this is one concert you’ll want to attend in the evening, as the Bach won’t be played in the matinee (unless, of course, Mr. Spence has some new tricks up his sleeve). WHEN: 1pm and 7:30pm WHERE: 1070 Fairway Road COST: $45 INFO: 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org •MJ

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of Christ and it comes out of me. It happens in the music. I believe, so it naturally shows up.

I know lots of singer-songwriters who say they can’t write a happy song. That doesn’t seem to be one of your problems. You have no trouble singing about love and faith and hope. Are you just an upbeat, half-full sort of guy?

I definitely am. I was fortunate to be given that outlook in life and it’s stayed with me. Music is therapy for all of us, but I’m not trying to over-come some horrible darkness from my past. My upbringing was void of terrible sadness or overwhelming heartbreak.

And yet people who have suffered really do seem to relate to your music.

When I write songs like “More,” it still touches on the broken spirited, the down and out. Everybody has felt that way at some point, even if it’s just that things are not going your way. I can certainly relate those feelings of hopelessness and heart-ache or losing someone to death, but I find my way out of them.

Do you learn through the writing? I mean, is the music one of the ways you cope?

It’s partially a coping mechanism, but for me it’s more than just a love. Music is the mistress that keeps me coming back for some sort of resolu-tion. I run to my guitar and enjoy it so much. It’s much more about love than need. On the other hand I can’t imagine ever stopping.

You reveal a lot of yourself in your

lyrics. Are you ever concerned about getting too personal?

No. I am an open book and I don’t mind it. I’ve been asked to be more private, but I have to be myself and let it fall where it does. When I was on Universal, some of the people at the label asked me not to wear my wedding ring or to mention my wife. They said that would steal that emotion from the girls. You do want everybody to hear your songs, so it made sense, but I couldn’t do it. It’s a real slippery slope and I just didn’t want to go there.

So let me ask you, in this cluttered world of music, what make you stand out from the other singer-songwriters?

Hmmm... That’s interesting. Let me answer it this way: I think people come see me because I write songs that are honest and that people relate to, and I talk about, or at least I’ve been told that my songs have helped them through life. I feel like there’s something spiritual that happens at my shows, and it’s not attributable completely to me; it’s a God thing. People leave with their spirit really

lifted. Besides that, I think my shows are a lot of fun. I do get lighthearted and tell stories from my life. Some people come just for that.

I’ve heard that story about the plagia-rized song [“Sea Breeze”; Wells found out when a girl called her friend during his show to say that Tyrone was playing one of “his” songs when actually her friend had stolen it from Wells] – you’ve told a lot but it’s still hard to believe. Does it still shock you when you think about it, or is it just funny now?

It is funny. I just think the guy was such a goober to think he could pull it off. He must have thought the music would never get past a certain level and he wouldn’t be exposed. I do laugh about the idea that maybe he’s been to one of my shows and heard the story himself. I kind of hope so.

You do have a lot of stories.That’s the only thing I got from a

consultant that I hired once to help me with my career: that an indie singer should talk as much as they sing in a show. I thought he was crazy but I tried it, and it works. They might go home thinking that they wished you’d played more songs, but they end up buying the CD... But I’m not just babbling. I try to give substance to what I’m saying. People feel like they know you, and they like you. It’s important as an artist to make that connection.

So what’s going on with the new album? I believe it was supposed to be out by the end of the year. Is the hold-up because you are still writing five as many songs as you have room for?

It’s literally ready to go. We’re just signing off on final mixes. But yes, I am writing way too many songs. But this time we decided to go about it differently and record all the songs that felt like they were worth hearing instead of just twelve. So we have a big mixture of songs recorded, almost thirty. We plan to release all of them in one form or fashion. The original twelve will be out in March. It’s called “Where We Meet.”... I work really hard at writ-ing songs. I do write a ton. I co-write a lot. I found that it’s like anything in life where when you link arms and work together it’s a better end product. You do lose something – because as an artist you want it to be solely from yourself – but your pro-spective broadens and you’re able to get over a wall or around a door you can’t find by yourself. I think it makes the songs better.

Did any themes coalesce on the album?We did some research a while ago

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Bella Vista $$$1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vis-ta’s ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef Alessandro Cartumini has created an inno-vative menu, featuring farm fresh, Italian-inspired California cuisine. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 am to 9 pm.

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 Span-ish 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)Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant, here you’ll find large portions and modern décor. Take out available. (Montecito Journal staff is especially fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Palace also has an outdoor patio. Open seven days 11:30 am to 9:30 pm.

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

$ (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 include fish and vegetarian dishes, and fresh flatbreads straight out of the wood-burning oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches and aged cognacs.

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

Peabody’s $1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834)

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 fireplace. Dinner is served from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend-ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

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 pack-inghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a lounge with full bar service and separate dining room with crackling fireplace and creekside views. Chef Jamie West’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. Scoopie also offers a full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roast-ing Company coffee. Offerings are made from fresh, seasonal ingredients found at Farmers’ Market, and waffle cones are made on site everyday.

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. Owner Jeff Rypysc and staff deliver locally and cater office parties, luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving breakfast (7am to 11 am), and brewing Peet’s coffee & tea.

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

The Barbecue Company $$3807 Santa Claus Lane (684-2209)

Cantwell’s Summerland Market $2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894)

Corktree Cellars $$910 Linden Avenue (684-1400)Corktree offers a casual bistro setting for lunch and dinner, in addition to wine tasting and tapas. The restaurant, open everyday except Monday, features art from locals, mellow music and a relaxed atmo-sphere. An extensive wine list features over 110 bottles of local and international wines, which are also available in the eatery's retail section.

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, salads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an ex-tensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along with wine and beer. They also offer full ser-vice catering, and can accommodate wedding receptions to corporate events. Open Monday through Friday 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 op-tions, 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

Andersen’s Danish Bakery &Gourmet Restaurant $1106 State State Street (962-5085)Established in 1976, Andersen’s serves Danish and European cuisine including breakfast, lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more. Dine inside surrounded by European interior or outside on the sidewalk patio. Open 8 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Bistro Eleven Eleven $$1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the bistro serves breakfast and lunch featur-ing all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Open Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 6:30 am to 10 pm.

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.

El Paseo $$813 Anacapa Street (962-6050)Located in the heart of downtown Santa Bar-bara in a Mexican plaza setting, El Paseo is the place for authentic Mexican specialties, home-

5 – 12 January 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43If you want a transcript of tonight’s program, get a pen and write down everything I said – Kevin Nealon

. . . E AT E R I E Smade chips and salsa, and a cold margarita while mariachis stroll through the historic restaurant. The décor reflects its rich Spanish heritage, with bougainvillea-draped balconies, fountain courtyard dining and a festive bar. Dinner specials are offered during the week, with a brunch on Sundays. Open Tuesday through Thursday 4 pm to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, and Sunday 10:30 am to 9 pm.

Enterprise Fish Co. $$225 State Street (962-3313)Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lob-sters served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.

The Harbor Restaurant $$210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)Enjoy ocean views at the historic Harbor Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. Featuring prime steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned Wine Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excel-lence for the past six years and a full cocktail bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm, early dinner available Saturday and Sunday starting at 3 pm.

Los Agaves $600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, us-ing 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 in-gredients, 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.Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired by neighborhood “pizzerie” and “enoteche” in Italy. Here the focus is on artisanal pizzas and antipasti, with classic toppings like fresh moz-zarella, seafood, black truffles, and sausage. Salads, innovative appetizers and an assort-ment of salumi and formaggi round out the menu at this casual, fast-paced eatery. Private

dining for up to 32 guests. Both the ristorante and the pizzeria are open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm).

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

Renaud’s $ 3315 State Street (569-2400) Located in Loreto Plaza, Renaud’s is a bakery specializing in a wide selection of French pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and salads and represents Renaud’s personal favorites. Brewed coffees and teas are organic. Open Monday-Saturday 7 am to 5 pm, Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.

Rodney’s Steakhouse $$$633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on East Beach in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal, halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines, elegant surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends.

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Maravilla $$$905 Country Club Road in Ojai (646-1111)Located at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, this upscale eatery features prime steaks, chops and fresh seafood. Local farmers provide fresh produce right off the vine, while herbs are har-vested from the Inn’s herb garden. The menu includes savory favorites like pan seared diver scallops and braised beef short ribs; dishes are accented with seasonal vegetables. Open Sun-day through Thursday for dinner from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Friday and Saturday from 5:30 pm to 10 pm. •MJ

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Let’s talk about the upcoming show. You’ve played the Kids Helping Kids benefit every year since it began. What keeps you coming back?

Actually, I missed one because I wasn’t available. But it’s because we’ve formed friendships with Jamie DeVries who had the original brainchild of creating the organi-zation. It’s so awesome. I love the vision he’s giving the students and I’m amazed at what they’ve accom-plished. I’ve made a good connec-tion with students and I’m such a fan of what they’re doing. And I think they like the way that the subject matter of my songs fits with what they’re doing.

Santa Barbara in general seems to be a home away from home for you. Why do you have so many rabid fans here?

It’s true. And I don’t I know exact-ly how that happened. We love Santa Barbara and feel a lot of love from Santa Barbara. We do tour a lot, go everywhere all around the country, but it’s one of the special places.

Sara Bareilles and Tyrone Wells per-form at the fourth annual Kids Helping Kids benefit concert at 7pm Friday at the Granada. Also appearing is the winner of Royals Got Talent, the American Idol-style show put on by KHK at San Marcos High School. Tickets cost $33-$78. Call 899-2222 or visit www.granadasb.com or www.kidshelping-kidssb.org.

Set, Spike, ServeWhen I ran into Montecito resident

John Bridgeman at the East Beach volleyball courts one sunny after-noon between Christmas and New Year’s Eve last week, his 6’8” frame was the first clue that he might know his way around the net. The UCLA tee shirt he wore was an even big-ger hint.

Bridgeman is an opposite hitter who grew up in Santa Ynez, but now lives in Montecito after his family moved to the village when his dad

Jeff Bridgeman took over as pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church eleven months ago. That is, he lives here when he’s not away at school on campus in Westwood, the home of perennial volleyball powerhouse UCLA and the legendary Al Scates, the winningest coach in the history of the game.

We won’t share how Bridgeman and his partner, a setter at Santa Barbara High, fared against a couple of older (in my case, significantly) and more experienced players on the beach that game, other than to mention that the hitting errors can be easily explained by how much tougher it is to leap out of sand than a hardwood floor. Suffice it to say, though, it wasn’t much fun being on the other end of Bridgeman’s spikes when he did hit them in.

Bridgeman, now a junior on the UCLA men’s volleyball team, first learned the game up in the Santa Ynez Valley, where his Valley Union team went undefeated in the league during his tenure. The opposite hit-ter earned Co-MVP honors of the Los Padres League his final season, and also played five years with the Santa Barbara Club Volleyball Team, earning all-tournament team honors while leading the club to the bronze medal at the 2008 Junior Olympics.

“We only had eight players that year, just one more than required for a functioning team,” Bridgeman recalled. “We were scrambling all over the place. But we meshed as a team and learn to emphasize our strong points; coach Armen Zakarian (now the head coach at SBCC) taught us to really play off of each other and not focus on what we lacked. We ended up doing really well when we weren’t supposed to... That was also when I started getting recruited by college teams.”

UCSB and Penn State came call-ing, along with UCLA, the latter of which has spawned such legends of the game as three-time Olympic gold medalist Karch Kiraly (who grew up in Santa Barbara) and Sinjin Smith (who trails only Kiraly in career vic-tories on the sand) among many oth-ers. And while the Gauchos played in the NCAA National Championship final last spring, Bridgeman has no regrets about his decision to go to Westwood.

“I really don’t,” he explains, “because I was [always told] that if volleyball doesn’t work out, think about what school you want to be at. I lean on that whenever volleyball isn’t going well, or when things get tough. I love UCLA, and as an earth and environmental science major I love the department and the pro-fessors and the opportunities. The volleyball may not always be what I want it to be. But I’m still sold on

UCLA as a school.”Indeed, Bridgeman is set to be a bit

disappointed with the sport when UCLA competes as one of the eight teams invited to the annual Elephant Bar season kickoff tournament this weekend because he’s not suiting up for the games due to being dropped in the depth charts by his play last spring.

“I played a lot in the first half of the season last year, but faded at the end of the year. So this year I started off at the bottom of the depth chart. The other opposites are playing really well, and when I got my chances I wasn’t able to knock them out of their spots. It comes down to proving yourself, being at your best when the guys ahead of you aren’t. So it’s been disappoint-ing, but it has allowed me to have a longer Christmas break. It’s bitter-sweet. I’m not back at school play-ing, but there’s motivation now to prove myself.”

He certainly did that earlier in his career.

In his freshman year, Bridgeman subbed in as a blocker during a match against Long Beach with UCLA down a couple of points in the deciding game of the match. “I got two big blocks and was a part of other plays that brought us back to win the game, which was coach Scates’ twelve-hundredth career vic-tory,” he recalled. “It was great to be a big part of that.”

Bridgeman also played against Long Beach State at the E-Bar tour-nament last year and produced an ace serve on game point. “It was a great feeling and a great way to end the game.”

Bridgeman plans to fight his way back onto the court in time to con-tribute meaningfully this season, which Coach Scates will announce

will be his final one at the school after half a century.

“The only way we can end this properly is to win the national cham-pionship,” he explained. “That’s pretty much the mentality every year, when you’ve got nineteen championships before. But the only way to make a mark for Scates’ final year is to make it twenty in fifty years. It’s pressure but it also moti-vates us. If we’re going to win, we know we have to work day in and day out, not just what you do on the court but how you take care of your-self when you’re not playing vol-leyball, whether it’s eating, working out, just being cautious when you go out at night, and always thinking about preparing yourself for practice so you can be better the next day.”

Which kind of explains what he was doing at East Beach the other day.

“I’ll be down there a few more times before the E-Bar tourney,” Bridgeman said. “It’s been fun. But it’s also where I can get my practice in, any way I can.”

UCSB and seven other top men’s volleyball teams from across the coun-try – including UCLA, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, BYU and UC Irvine – compete in the 48th annual UCSB Invitations, which also features a rematch of last spring’s NCAA title game between the Gauchos and Ohio State. All teams play three times each, with the winners moving on in the championship bracket while the others compete for 3rd, 5th and 7th place. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 senior-youth-military for a weekend pass; single day admission is $15 and $12. Bridgeman’s UCLA team returns for a head-to-head conference match on February 10. For details and informa-tion, call 893-UCSB or visit ucsb.pres tosports.com/sports/m-volley. •MJ

ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 41)

Jonathan Bridgeman, now a junior on the UCLA men’s volleyball team, seen here spiking the ball playing for the Valley Union team the summer before his senior year of high school against Sports Performance, a team from Chicago

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The Montecito Heat Index provides a means to determine today’s demand for single-

family homes. And since demand varies seasonally, if not monthly, today’s Heat scores are compared to those a year ago. The precise formula is pending listings divided by active listings x 100. All data is derived from the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing service and is deemed reliable.

So how is the Montecito market doing today? The Heat Index exam-ines this question by determining demand in five price sectors: $1-2m and going forward by $1m increments to the high-end, $5m and above group. Last year’s score was 19; today we score a 49.

$1-2m Buyers’ First ChoiceThis sector’s performance is the real

estate story of the year for Montecito. In fact, it has been the story of the last three years. Since the real estate blowup, everyone wants a Montecito house in this price group. Today’s score is 26, leading the way and out-performing last year’s score of 6. Should we look below $1m (until recently we rarely had single-family homes at this level), the story gets even better. Nearly half of that group is pending final close of escrow. Short

sales and foreclosures have been a factor mostly under $3m. The widely held yet debatable presumption is that these properties are priced below market and thus good deals. Today, over 30% percent of pending sales are in this category.

$2-3m Outperforms This is our second strongest sector

for the year. Today it scored an 11, out-performing last year’s score of 3.

$3-4m Finds AttentionThis group starts feeling estate-

like and many of the houses val-ued in the low $3ms before the troubles are now in the $2-3m sec-tor. Inventory is thin. The difficul-ties sellers have been experiencing largely begin with this group and continue through the ultra high-end. Today, however, it is our second strongest group scoring a 13, outper-forming last year’s score of 4.

$4-5m Strikes Out-AgainThis group has the same number for

sale as it did last year and scored the same as last year – zero. Large estate properties are here and offered at sub-stantial discounts to 2006 prices, yet buyers are looking elsewhere as they have been since the meltdown.

$5m and Above Finds No BuyersLast year this sector found some

attention and scored a respectable 6. Today, there is no interest. Generally, this sector has underperformed since prices started declining four years ago. Montecito’s grand estates are found here and at prices that reflect more or less 2003 levels.

Sales have, in fact, increased over

last year by 8% in large part due to strong demand in the lower half of the market. Our average sales price, however, is off a considerable 24% and our median price is down 11% to $2.1m. Before the burst of bubble our median price was in the mid $3m area. The folks who claim to know what the new year will bring see an improving economy, yet another year or so of a reluctant real estate market. Investors are coming around, however, which is typically a sign of a bottom form-ing and currently responsible for a good deal of our activity under $2m. Rotation to our higher-end properties will require an increase in confidence, which will largely involve the outcome of matters far from Montecito. •MJ

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