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12 – 19 April 2012
Vol 18 Issue 15
Real Estate
Four homes priced at just under
$3 million look like Best Buys to
Mark Hunt, p. 37
Coming & Going
Opening Night sold out for Dos Pueblos High
School’s debut of Disney’s Tarzan,
The Musical, p. 25
Village Beat
Cota Lane home completely gutted
by fire; six engines and a chopper
contain damage, p. 20

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 • MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42
The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995S
VP Joe Biden coming
to Montecito for Obama
2012 election fundraiser;
Christopher Lloyd puts rebuilt
Montecito home on market
for $6.45 million, p. 6
Mineards
Miscellany
93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY P.44
THE SaxOPHONIST
& THE SINgER
Montecito Jazz Great Charles Lloyd teams up with Greek Sensation Maria
Farantouri for historic concert this weekend at the Lobero (story on page 32)
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 2 • The Voice of the Village •
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5 Editorial
Tom Purcell yearns for the days of simpler – and lower – taxes
6 Montecito Miscellany
Vice President to visit; racing driver Patrick Lindsey’s success; SB Polo Club season kicks of
soon; Corinna Gordon’s birthday bonanza; frst sale of Huguette Clark’s apartments; Rescue
Mission Easter Feast; Oprah’s candid interview; Christopher Lloyd’s house on market; Eve
Briere launches new book; Yo-Yo Ma speaks at Granada; Chamber Orchestra concert; Festival
Ballet performance; royal anniversary coming up; remembering Mike Wallace; sightings
8 Letters to the Editor
Steve Gowler clears things up; Daniel Seibert notices the (lack of ) roundabout landscaping;
Joan Price defends the Y’s plans; Darlene Bierig and Jane Dyruf praise J’amy Brown’s civics
lesson; Paull E. Rubin applauds Joanne Calitri; Kevin Snow gives kudos to Kelly Mahan
10 This Week in Montecito
Carpinteria Greenhouse Tour; Prom Dress Boutique opens; Kids Draw Architecture event;
Sedgwick Reserve hikes; Earth Day activities; Wildlife Sanctuary Awards; Peter Neushul’s
surf discussion; CALM Silent Gala; MBAR meets; Peter Hatch discusses book; Westmont
concert; annual meeting at Montecito Library; MUS school board meeting; Lotusland
lecture; student composer concert at Westmont; lecture and luncheon at Doubletree; Saks
& the City event; botanical drawing class; skills and awareness class; YMCA triathlon;
ongoing events
Tide Guide
Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach
12 Village Beat
Montecito Association Board meeting; home on Cota Lane destroyed by fre; architect
Marsha Zilles retires from board; May Madness is approaching; beneft concert at Crane;
sherif promotion ceremony; Marco Farrell now on International Chiari Association Board of
Directors; Carpinteria Aquatics update
14 Seen Around Town
Carpinteria Girls Inc. annual Women of Inspiration luncheon; Antioch University ribbon-
cutting; Arts Fund reception
20 Sheriff’s Blotter
Black bear seen in Cold Spring Road area; unoccupied vehicle catches fre on Schoolhouse Road
22 Library Corner
David Chubb visits the library to discuss dog behavior and impact on human stress levels
24 Our Town
YMCA preschoolers on the hunt for eggs
25 Coming & Going
Dos Pueblos High School presents Tarzan, The Musical complete with music by Phil Collins
26 The Way It Was
“Regular guy” King Albert of Belgium spent his time in Santa Barbara hiking, swimming at
Miramar, and riding Uhlan the horse
29 Fit Wise
Why we eat is as important as what we eat
Coup de Grace
Grace ponders the disappearance of Maude, the mysterious feline
32 On Music
Maria Farantouri joins Charles Lloyd at Lobero for last Jazz at the Lobero concert of the season
33 On Entertainment
Lucidity Festival comes to Live Oak Camp; SB Dance Alliance presents BASSH; Creditors at
Ensemble Teatre; pop acts around town
35 Seniority
Ventura British Brass makes SB debut at beneft concert for Center for Successful Aging
36 Your Westmont
Annual senior show; crowds head to Westmont for “Días de México: A Family Festival”
37 Real Estate
Mark Hunt chooses his four best buys under $3 million
40 Calendar of Events
Kronos Quartet returns; Radiohead plays the Bowl; art openings around town; SBMA Nights
Atelier event; State Street Ballet grand fnale; Camerata Pacifca concert; UCSB Dance students
perform; ZooZoo family show at UCSB; SBCC Teatre open house; Speaking of Stories
performance; Ballet du Grand Téâtre de Genève at Granada; Seoul Philharmonic’s SB debut;
National Teatre Live season ends
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
Te most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito
restaurants, cofee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara,
Summerland, and Carpinteria too
43 Movie Showtimes
Latest flms, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week
44 93108 Open House Directory
Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito
45 Classifed Advertising
Our very own “Craigslist” of classifed ads, in which sellers ofer everything from summer
rentals to estate sales
46 Local Business Directory
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what those businesses ofer
47 Legal Advertisements
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 5 I don’t like to repeat gossip… so listen carefully… – Richard Mineards
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Guest Editorial
My Father’s 1959 Tax Return
I
stumbled upon my father’s 1959 income tax return a few years ago. How I
long for the simplicity he enjoyed when he fled that year’s taxes. For 1959,
my father paid a measly 5% in federal taxes, even though his name wasn’t
Rockefeller.
How did he do it? It was easy. For a year when the top income tax rate was
91%; President Kennedy would slash rates a few years later, deductions were
many. Even middle-class people like my dad enjoyed their fair share of perks.
He was a heavy smoker then – who wasn’t? – and was able to deduct every
penny he paid in cigarette taxes. He was able to deduct every penny he paid
in gasoline taxes. If we had such a perk now, the federal government would
go broke (that is, more broke than it is now). And he was able to deduct every
penny he paid in state sales tax in Pennsylvania, another wonderful perk that
would save the average Pennsylvanian a boatload in federal taxes every year.
He took a $600 tax deduction for each of his two dependents, my sisters
Kathy and Krissy – a lot of dough relative to his income. For 2011, the deduc-
tion for each dependent is $3,750. On paper that is six times what my father got
in 1959, but if properly adjusted for inflation it should be about $5,000 today.
Here’s one that grabbed my attention: In 1959, he paid only 2.5% of his
income toward FICA (then, Social Security; now, Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid). Now, aside from a temporary two-percentage-point FICA tax break,
the average employee pays 7.65% and his or her employer kicks in another
7.65%. I, being self-employed, have the pleasure of paying the full 15.3%
myself. Despite the two-percentage-point break for 2011, I will write out a siz-
able check to bring current the more than $12,000 in FICA contributions I am
on the hook for.
In any event, my father had his fair share of simple deductions in 1959, which
helped offset his federal taxes. That helped him keep his total federal tax tab
at a measly 5%. Better yet, his tax form was one sheet of paper printed on both
sides. He had no calculator, nor did he need one. He did a test run in pencil on
one copy of the form, then finalized a second in ink and mailed it in; he always
got a refund. Which is why I long for the simplicity he enjoyed back then.
In 1959, the federal tax code was about 15,000 pages. Today, it is more than
70,000 pages. Unlike my father, who was able to calculate his taxes quickly, I
spend days getting mine in order, so I can hand them off to my CPA, so he can
tell me I owe lots more than I feared I would. This year, after all my deductions
for business and pain and suffering – including the agitations of owning a few
rental properties and investing a boatload of dough renovating one – I will pay
about 25% of my gross income in federal, state and local taxes. I consider myself
extremely lucky at that rate.
Still, as April 17 approaches (April 15 falls on a Sunday this year), I look back
fondly on 1959. I didn’t pay a dime in taxes that year. I didn’t waste a moment
getting hundreds of receipts in order and panicking when my CPA told me
what I owed.
I wasn’t born until 1962. •MJ
by Tom Purcell
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 6 • The Voice of the Village •
A Visit From The Vice President
Monte ito
Miscellany
by Richard Mineards
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 five years ago.
B
atten down the hatches! The
Vice President of the United
States is coming to town.
Joe Biden, 69, will be making his first
official visit to our rarefied enclave on
April 20, parking the distinctively col-
ored blue and white Boeing 757, Air
Force 2, at Santa Barbara Airport, I can
exclusively reveal.
No doubt having had some advice
from President Barack Obama and
his wife, Michelle, who, I learn, spent
their honeymoon in our Eden by the
Beach, Biden will be spending much
of his day attending a stellar event
hosted by Nancy Koppelman, a mem-
ber of the president’s National Finance
Committee, and her husband, Larry.
Rather than being at the
Koppelman’s oceanside manse,
a tiara’s toss or two from Butterfly
Beach, a top secret location has been
chosen for the boffo bash, given the
Secret Service considers their home
“too exposed” security-wise.
The party will not be on the scale of
the celebrity-filled fundraiser TV talk
show titan Oprah Winfrey threw for
then-presidential candidate Obama
at her 42-acre Montecito estate in
September 2007, but members of the
Democratic elite will undoubtedly be
in attendance, as well as a number of
bold faced names.
Stay tuned...
And They’re Off
Montecito racing driver Patrick
Lindsey is on a roll.
Patrick, 29, a New York stock bro-
ker, who drives a Porsche for Santa
Barbara-based Horton Autosport in
the Grand-Am Rolex GT series, had
a successful year in 2011 driving a
Hawk Performance Corvette in the
Pirelli World Challenge GT, scoring
four top five places and winning two.
“My goal is to run a successful
sports car racing team here in the
U.S.,” says Patrick, son of Jim and
Joan Lindsey, who splits his time
between Manhattan and our tony
town.
“We can bring exposure and busi-
ness-to-business opportunities for our
sponsors. Secondarily, we can bring
publicity to nonprofit groups that are
of particular interest to us, such as
Young Life in my case.
“Teaming up with my brother-
in-law, John Horton, was a goal all
throughout this past year. John and
I had worked together previously in
World Challenge, the premier North
American sports car sprint racing
series.
“We are both very competitive peo-
ple who think outside the box, thus
we tend to find an optimized car setup
faster than our competitors. We both
take pride in the fact that we often
have just a fraction of the budget of
our competitors, yet constantly out-
perform them.”
Patrick, who graduated from
Pepperdine in Malibu and has been
racing for eight years, says countless
hours have been spent in the team’s
Santa Barbara shop on the develop-
ment of the new Porsche.
“Those hours have paid off,” he
says. “Unfortunately, in our last race,
the teething pains of a new car showed
MISCELLAnY Page 184
Vice President Joe Biden to visit Montecito
Patrick Lindsey revs up for success
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Safe and Attractive Routes To Wherever
S
orry if my letter (“Professor
Willis’s Wiles” MJ # 18/14) was
confusing.
I was writing about two totally sep-
arate safe trails and my rambling writ-
ing style conflated the two.
The Paul Willis trails are located
on the Westmont campus and connect
through the little canyons on campus,
which allows kids from the Circle
Drive-Westmont Road area to walk
through Westmont safely using his
series of trails.
There is also a riparian zone reha-
bilitation going on within the canyons
that some people might find interest-
ing.
The little trail in the picture at the
corner of Sycamore Canyon and
Barker Pass was done by my company
at the direction of Tom Mosby of the
Montecito Water District.
The goal of the Water District was
to screen the pump house using
water-wise materials and addition-
ally to provide safe access to the cross-
walk and up Barker Pass. My goal was
to make the path work well, and look
natural.
Steve Gowler
Montecito
PS: I hope I didn’t embarrass Paul
Willis too badly...
(Editor’s note: No worries; both Dr.
Willis’s trails on the Westmont campus
and your work at Sycamore Canyon and
Barker Pass should encourage all residents
to create their own “natural” and attrac-
tive “safe routes” to wherever – TLB)
Untended
Roundabout Plants
I took these photos recently regard-
ing the landscaping at the Hot
Springs-Old Coast Highway-Coast
Village Road roundabout. Forgive me
for saying so, but it looks awful. I’m
not a huge fan of ornamental grasses
and this design is more or less dead
ornamental grasses. And lots of living
weeds.
Having worked as a gardener for
the past two decades I can say with
authority that this area needs new
gardeners.
The first photos are of the landscape
islands on Hermosillo Drive. It just
so happens that I planted these areas
about eight or nine years ago. John
Crandall did the design and I was
working for him at the time. He used
some succulents, rosemary, ceanothus,
flax, roses, and Western Redbud trees.
Almost all the plants are still alive and
doing well.
I only took three photos of the
roundabout area and I didn’t shoot
the areas that are really bad. Like the
circle. It has giant weeds in it.
This seems out of place in Montecito,
with so many beautiful homes and
estates.
Daniel Seibert
Montecito
(Editor’s note: Caltrans regularly miss-
es opportunities to put in irrigation drip
lines and to maintain them after plant-
ings have been established. Perhaps your
photos will help stir some landscaping
activity over there – TLB)
In Defense
of the Y’s Plan
In response to recent letters to the
editor, as Executive Director of the
Montecito YMCA, I would like to
explain some of the survey research
that the Y has conducted before begin-
ning our renovation plans. Over the
past five years, since we completed
The plants installed in the traffic-calming device
built (and paid for by the street’s residents) on
Hermosillo Drive nearly a decade ago still thrive,
thanks to neighbors’ judicious care
Whereas the ornamental grasses placed along the
median leading to the Hot Springs roundabout
seem to have been abandoned to whatever fate
has in store, which is a strip of unkempt weeds as
far as we can tell
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LETTERS Page 384
our land swap (with Montecito Union
School) and acquired title to our facil-
ity, we have looked to our members,
program users, and the community at
large to give us their input on how we
can better serve our community. Our
goal as a nonprofit has always been to
provide services for all ages, from our
preschool to our oldest seniors. Now
that we own our property we want to
provide these facilities that our mem-
bers have been asking for through
surveys that have been compiled,
researched and analyzed to create a
facility that we can all be proud of.
Our Master Plan for the YMCA is
based on multiple sources of infor-
mation. Annually, we hire SEER
Analytical to send 600 surveys to our
members to assess their satisfaction.
This national YMCA survey is a tool
that gives us valuable feedback so that
we can continuously make improve-
ments based on our own members’
confidential feedback. Our Montecito
YMCA branch traditionally rates high
in areas of programs, staff, member
retention and in general satisfac-
tion comes out amongst the top in
the nation. However, our facility in
comparison with other YMCA’s was
ranked in the fifteenth percentile in
the nation last year (and that’s not the
top fifteenth).
We think Montecito deserves better
than that. In the written comments
portion of the survey, the number-
one comment is the need for better
facilities, more social space, more pool
space, more equipment, more rooms
so that the classes would not be so
crowded, and bathrooms for the pre-
school. In essence, year after year, our
outdated facility is the number-one
complaint by an overwhelming major-
ity.
Our Master Plan is also based on the
feedback of our staff, personal trainers
and coaches who work hand in hand
with the members and program users
and know the deficiencies of our anti-
quated facilities. They do a fantastic
job to make do with the resources they
have. In fact, the new TRX program
has become overwhelmingly success-
ful even though it is located in our
newest tent structure due to a lack of
facilities. We have an attentive staff
that enjoys the YMCA as much as the
members, and they too would like to
help address the member complaints
they hear.
To further understand what the
community wished of our facility, the
YMCA hired Foursquare Research
(an independent survey firm) to
survey randomly in the Montecito
community who were both mem-
bers and non-members. The survey
specifically asked what would you
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Silent Gala
As part of National Child Abuse
Prevention Month, CALM will be holding
an online silent auction, and all donations
raised will go directly toward funding
critical programs and services that
prevent, assess, and treat child abuse
When: Silent auction is open online from
April 15-30 Info: www.calm4kids.org
MONDAY APRIL 16
MBAR Meeting
Montecito Board of Architectural Review
seeks to ensure that new projects are
harmonious with the unique physical
characteristics and character of Montecito
When: 3 pm
Where: Country Engineering Building,
Planning Commission Hearing Room,
123 East Anapamu
Instrumental Chamber Concert
Directed by Philip Ficsor, the
Instrumental Chamber Concert in
Westmont’s Deane Chapel will feature
a quintet, and the repertoire will include
music by Shubert, Brahms, and Dvorak
When: 8 pm
Where: Deane Chapel on Westmont
campus, 955 La Paz Road
Info: www.westmont.edu
TUESDAY APRIL 17
MUS School Board Meeting
When: 6 pm Where: Montecito Union
School, 385 San Ysidro Road
Info: 969-3249
Lotusland Lecture
Horticulturist and Westmont alumna
Virginia Hayes ’72, curator of the living
collection at Lotusland, will speak about
Madame Ganna Walska’s famed botanic
garden. The lecture is in conjunction with
a Lotusland art exhibition that will be on
display in the Westmont library through the
spring semester.
When: 7 to 8 pm
Where: Westmont’s Adams Center,
room 216, 955 La Paz Road
Cost: free
Info: libguides.westmont.edu/lotusland
three different themed hikes conducted
simultaneously followed by a picnic with
your own lunch, a tour of the newly-
renovated barn, observatory, pond, and
new Tipton House, a set up for painters at
the pond, and use of a bocce ball court.
Reservations required.
When: 8:30 am
Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or
family suggested donation
Info and RSVP: [email protected]
or 686-1941, extension 6
Earth Day Activity Day
Head to Summer for Kids for a day flled
with fun, eco-friendly cardboard activities,
a visit with Alex the balloon artist, and free
lemonade and snacks. The frst ten kids will
get a Plan Toys goodie bag.
When: 11 am
Where: 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite C
Cost: free Info: 565-2299
SUNDAY APRIL 15
Wildlife Sanctuary Awards
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
presents the 16
th
annual Wildlife Sanctuary
Awards, a noon luncheon in the Loggia
Ballroom at the Biltmore. There will be
silent auctions and honorees, and the
Master of Ceremonies for the event will be
Mike Klan, sports director for KEYT.
When: 12 noon
Where: 1260 Channel Drive
Cost: $125 per person,
$1,250 per table of ten
Info: 687-5660 or www.sbwcn.org
SATURDAY APRIL 14
Carpinteria Greenhouse & Nursery
Tour
Santa Barbara County Flower and Nursery
Growers’ Association is hosting a day
of farm tours in the Carpinteria Valley.
The public is invited to come and learn
about the local fower industry and see the
variety of crops that are grown.
When: 11 am to 4 pm
Where: Map available online at www.
carpinteriafarmtours.com/map
Cost: free
Info: anna@carpinteriagreenhousetours.
com or 576-7417
Prom Dress Boutique Opening
Assistance League of Santa Barbara will
open doors to the Prom Dress Boutique on
April 14. Over 600 new and almost new
prom dresses – many from award-winning
designers such as Jessica McClintock,
Jovani, and Marc Jacobs – will be
available for loan to all girls attending high
school proms in the greater Santa Barbara
area. Bring school ID.
When: The Boutique will be open on
Saturdays (April 14, 21, & 28 and
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito,
please e-mail [email protected] or call (805) 565-1860)
MONDAY APRIL 16
Thomas Jefferson’s
Amazing Vegetable Garden
Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello Peter
Hatch will discuss his book, A Rich Spot of Earth:
Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
at Lotusland. The talk and book showcase Jefferson’s
vegetable garden, its uniquely American characteristics,
and its lasting infuence on American culinary, garden,
and landscape history. Extensively and painstakingly restored under Peter Hatch’s
direction, the 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden now boasts the same medley of
plants that Jefferson cultivated in the early 19
th
century.
Mr. Hatch has been responsible for the maintenance, interpretation and restoration
of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello since 1977. He has written several
previous books on Jefferson’s gardens and is an advisor for First Lady Michelle
Obama’s White House kitchen garden.
A reception will follow where Mr. Hatch will talk informally and sign copies of his
book, which will be available for purchase.
When: 3 pm Registration: 969-990; a confrmation and directions to the Visitor
Entrance will be provided on receipt of reservation Info: www.lotusland.org
SUNDAY APRIL 15
Science of Surfng
In a talk titled “Surf’s Up! But
Where and How High?” Peter
Neushul, a faculty member in UC
Santa Barbara’s History of Science
program, will discuss the science
of wave prediction and fnding the
best surf in any given area.
Catching the best waves requires
more than just checking the tide
calendar, grabbing a board, and
heading down to the surf. With today’s technology, it has become a matter of wave
prediction data and animated video about key surf spots published in real time on
surfng websites.
When: 12 noon
Where: Moby Dick Restaurant on Stearns Wharf
Cost: $20-$23
Info: 893-4388
May 5 & 12) from 11 am to 3 pm, and
Wednesdays (April 18 & 25 and May 2 &
9) from 4 to 6 pm
Where: 1259 Veronica Springs Road
Info: Dianne, [email protected] or
569-0785
Sketch Session
All are welcome to the 23
rd
annual Kids
Draw Architecture 2012 Sketch Sessions.
Kids Draw Architecture is a program
developed by the Architectural Foundation
of Santa Barbara. Sessions are free,
drawing materials are provided, and local
architects and artists will be on hand to
offer guidance.
When: 1 to 3 pm
Where: Santa Barbara Courthouse,
1100 Anacapa Street
Info: 965-6307 or www.afsb.org
Sedgwick Reserve Hikes
The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting
for a series of monthly interpretive hikes
and nature activities open to the public
each fall and spring on the 6,000-acre
UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. The hikes run
on the second Saturday of each month
between October and May. Activities include
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Friends of Montecito Library Annual Meeting
In conjunction with its annual meeting, the Board
of the Friends of the Montecito Library is hosting a
discussion and demo of eBook use and availability
offered by the Santa Barbara Library system.
Scott Love and Jace Turner, librarians from
the Central Library, will give the presentation on
the developing eBook and audio book market.
People with eReaders and other mobile devices are
encouraged to bring them along, to learn how to
download books and audio books for free from the library. Turner and Love will
also bring a Kindle, Nook, and Sony eReader for anyone to look at. Circulation on
eBooks is up by over 230% since January 2011.
When: 4 pm
Where: 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18
Composers Concert
The Composers Concert will feature works
by Westmont student composers
When: 7 pm
Where: Deane Chapel on Westmont
Campus, 955 La Paz Road
Info: www.westmont.edu
THURSDAY APRIL 19
Luncheon & Lecture
General Michael Rogers, Santa Barbara’s
Window on the World, the Committee on
Foreign Relations and The Pierre Claeyssens
Veterans’ Museum and Library Present a
lecture: “70 Years On; a Tribute to Three of
Santa Barbara’s Most Highly Decorated Fighter
Pilots 1942-1945.” The program features
General Michael Rogers, Colonel Hugh
Dow, and Lt. William Davis III. Colonel
Noel Zamot moderates.
When: 12 noon
Where: Reagan Room of Fess Parker’s
Doubletree Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd
Cost: $30-$35
Info: [email protected]
Saks & the City
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation presents
the 5
th
annual Saks & the City event
held at Saks Fifth Avenue downtown.
The day will include mini makeovers,
massages, appetizers, live auction,
shopping, the Dice & Diamonds
Casino, and music by DJ Fab, and
other features.
When: 6 to 10 pm
Where: 1001 State Street
Cost: $125 per ticket
Info: 884-1019 or www.
teddybearcancerfoundation.org/events
Meet & Greet
A happy hour get-together and meet and
greet with the new Santa Barbara Tea
Party Board
When: 4 to 6:30 pm
Where: Endless Summer Bar & Café,
113 Harbor Way, Suite 180
FRIDAY APRIL 20
Sketching the Natives: Botanical
Drawing
Botanical drawing is a time-honored way
of studying and appreciating the natural
world. This synthesis of art and science
reached its peak with the naturalists of
the 17
th
and 18
th
centuries, but it still
applies today as a study tool and as
an enhancement to personal and visual
journaling.
Join Jo Ann McGeever Metzger in
exploring and drawing California’s native
plants at Santa Barbara’s Botanic Garden.
Classes meet for six Fridays, from April 20
through May 25.
When: 11 am to 1 pm
Where: Arroyo Room of Botanic Garden,
1212 Mission Canyon Road
Cost: $85-$100
Info: 682-4726,
or www.sbbg.org

SATURDAY APRIL 21
How To Not Get Lost In the Woods
You may have seen in the news recently
stories about people getting lost on our
local trails; through this class you will
learn skills and awareness that will allow
you to remove the word lost from your
vocabulary. This class is not about being
a survivalist or living off the land, rather
it’s about learning how to see the land as
a familiar place and how to read the trails
and land so that you can fnd your way
anywhere.
This three-week class will be lead by
James Wapotich and held on our
local trails. Wapotich is an experienced
backpacker and has hiked many of the
trails in our local backcountry, he is a
Volunteer Wilderness Ranger with the
Forest Service and is the author of Trail
Quest, the weekly hiking column in the
Santa Barbara News-Press. Participants
must be able to comfortably hike 2-3
miles.
When: Saturdays,
April 21 through May 5, 9 am to noon
Info: 564-6946
SUNDAY APRIL 22
Tri-4-Fun Triathlon
Montecito YMCA hosts a short distance
triathlon for ages 18 & up. Swim 400
yards in the pool, bike 6 km and run 3 km.
When: 7 am check-in, start time 8 am
Where: 591 Santa Rosa Lane
Cost: Y members $15,
non-members $25
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Village Beat
by Kelly Mahan


A
t this month’s Montecito
Association Board meeting,
representatives from technology
company NextG were in front of the
board announcing a new project to
erect more antennae on already existing
utility poles throughout the county.
Sharon James with NextG explained
that unlike the projects they conduct-
ed in 2009 and 2010, this time NextG
hopes to keep the Montecito com-
munity and the MA better informed
of the work before plans are submit-
ted. NextG was met with opposition
when the company built a fiber net-
work throughout the greater Santa
Barbara area in 2010 which included
140 nodes. In Montecito, the work
on existing utility poles was vaulted
underground, after neighbors and the
MA appealed the approval of the proj-
ect.
The current project is necessary
because other major telephone carri-
ers – T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T –
are interested in coming onto the net-
work, which currently carries Mobil
PCS. “There are capacity issues,”
James said. The project consists of
adding antennae on 13 existing sites in
Montecito, six of which are in Caltrans’
right of way. NextG is also propos-
ing adding two more antenna sites,
both of which will be on Santa Rosa
Lane. “That is a problem,” said MA
board member Cindy Feinberg, who
staunchly opposed the project two
years ago and prevented NextG from
erecting an antenna near Montecito
Union School. James explained one of
the sites on Santa Rosa Lane will be on
an already existing utility pole, with a
proposal to build a new pole further
down Santa Rosa Lane, near the polo
field.
Board member Evan Aptaker asked
Joe Milone, Director of Government
Relations with NextG, why there is
a need to progress with this type of
work in Montecito. Milone explained
that the wireless companies, in an
effort to keep customers happy with
speedy service and capacity, try to
stay ahead of the curve and look into
strains on the network. He went on to
explain that NextG is open to taking
site visits with MA board members
to look at the proposed antenna sites.
“We understand aesthetics are impor-
tant to you, and we want to work
together on this,” Milone said.
The MA Land Use Committee will
look into the specifics of this proj-
ect next month, including any new
health research that has emerged. Ms
James will also meet with First District
Supervisor Salud Carbajal later this
month to discuss the project.
Community Reports
Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Wallace
thanked the MA board for its work
during his tenure as chief. His succes-
sor, Battalion Chief Stephen (Chip)
Hickman, will now be attending the
MA meetings, as Chief Wallace retires
next month.
Sheriff Lieutenant Kelly Moore
reported another panga boat has been
found, this time at Refugio Beach. “It’s
the largest boat to date to come ashore
in California,” he said.
Highway 101 Updates
Gregg Hart with SBCAG remind-
ed the board about the information-
al meetings to be held by Caltrans
regarding the High Occupancy Vehicle
project slated for the 101 freeway
between Santa Barbara and Ventura.
The meetings will be held on April
24 at Montecito Country Club, and
April 25 at Carpinteria High School,
from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. A presentation
of the overview of the project will
be made, as well as a question and
answer segment. People looking to
make comments will be able to put
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reporter who will be taking notes
for the Environmental Impact Review
document.
MA president Dick Nordlund said
the board is still in conversations to
alter the project so that the HOV por-
tion of the freeway will stop south of
Summerland. “We have had lots of
conversations and we are still work-
ing on trying to simplify the process
and cutting down the construction
time,” Nordlund said.
Bob Short, who heads a subcommit-
tee looking into the project, voiced his
concern over sound walls, intersec-
tions at Cabrillo Blvd and Sheffield
Drive, the visual impact of the expan-
sion, and the extension of the HOV
lane into Montecito. He reported that
the board is looking at the EIR indi-
vidually, and will make a collective
position on the project at a later date.
The MA will hold a town forum to
hear from residents on the project; the
date is to be determined.
Miramar Update
On Tuesday, April 10, Caruso
Affiliated announced that its loan
on the Miramar Hotel Property has
been paid in full, reaffirming the
company’s commitment to the rede-
velopment of the dilapidated site,
according to Senior Vice President
for Development, Matt Middlebrook.
Owner Rick Caruso has also
announced that on March 19, he made
an early payment towards the $1.395
million mitigation fee required by the
California Coastal Commission. The
funds will be designated for improve-
ment to Santa Barbara County public
beachfront accommodations.
“We are and will continue to be
focused on the development and our
long-term ownership of the Miramar
Hotel property,” Caruso, who has
owned the vacant hotel property
since 2007, said in a statement. “While
there were unavoidable delays due to
uncertainties in the economy, the steps
we have taken to pay off our loan
and to pay the County the mitigation
funds further demonstrate our long-
standing dedication to this project
and to this community.” Montecito
Association president Dick Nordlund
said about the news: “This is a major
step.”
The County is currently consider-
ing an ordinance to create a Hotel
Incentive Program featuring a
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rebate
for new hotel developments through-
out the county. Caruso has committed
to demolish the existing buildings if
the rebate plan is adopted and the
Miramar is accepted into the program.
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C
arpinteria may seem like a
sleepy small town harking back
to the ‘50s, but there’s nothing
laid back about its Girls Inc. club. At
the annual Women of Inspiration
luncheon, I met two recent stars of
the group. Both Andrea Delgado and
Karina Jougla have been attending
since they were in kindergarten. They
are both national scholars having each
won $15,000 from the Lucile Miller
Wright Scholarship Fund. Hundreds,
if not thousands, of girls applied from
all over the United States with only ten
winners. Even more impressive is that
Andrea and Karina are the 17
th
and
18
th
winners from Carpinteria Girls
Inc. Their bios at this young age are
already notable. They deserve their
title of 2012 Girls of Inspiration.
The “Garden to Table” theme turned
the gym into a colorful array of tables
that looked like a box of new Crayolas
with all the bright hues. My table was
red and centered with radishes. Each
table had a different food to match the
color. The favors for each person were
tiny plants to add to your garden.
I thought mine was squash, but I’ll
have to plant it and see what comes
up.
Local lady Dorothy Campbell (89
years young) founded this club in
1971. The four honorees that make
wonderful role models were intro-
duced: Janet McCann, Meredith
Scott, Marni Cooney and Janet
Garufis. These ladies never stop.
Executive director Victoria Juarez
reminded us that they serve 600 girls
a year with their many programs.
“We have a new one called Eureka.
We need forty girls from Carpinteria
to attend a summer camp at UCSB
for a month. They will learn about
science, math and more. Many will
be first generation college attendees,”
said Victoria.
Keynote speaker Kathleen de
Chadenedes is a professional chef,
sustainable agriculture advocate and
nonprofit program director. She is cur-
rently director of the Orfalea Fund’s
Cool Food Initiative, whose mission
is to encourage the school districts in
the county to implement and sustain
nourishing, cooked-from-scratch food
service. She says, “Kids can’t identify
many foods, but if they grow it and
know it, they eat it.” She would like
every preschool to have a garden as
well.
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The 2012 Women of Inspiration: Meredith Scott, Marni Cooney, Janet McCann and Jane Garufis, who
were honored at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria luncheon
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Karina Jougla at the Women of Inspiration lun-
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“Victoria has canvassed the neighbor-
hoods and there are many girls still
out there. It costs us $100 a week per
girl, so make a donation.”
Making this event a success were
co-chairs Nini Seaman and Sandra
Tyler along with Dara Towers, Sue
Parker, Connie Smith and Betsy
Jones Zwick. If you’d like to help the
girls, call Girls Inc. of Carpinteria at
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Ohio in 1852 by Horace Mann. The
first college in the United States to
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woman and the first college to offer
the same curriculum to male and
female students. One of the nation’s
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In the lobby is a lovely bronze sculp-
ture of Correta Scott King by alumni
MacLean Tiffany whose proud mom
is Montecito Bank and Trust’s Mary
Ellen Tiffany. King was an alumnus
of the Ohio Antioch.
Chair of the Board Vicki Riskin told
us, “We partnered with the Hutton
Parker Foundation to purchase the
building,” calling Tom Parker a “star
in a wonderful pantheon of people.”
She thought that Santa Barbara was
more stellar than any other city in the
United States.
Tom spoke of Guy Smith, vice pres-
ident of institutional advancement at
Antioch, saying, “We were roommates
in college. We could destroy each oth-
ers’ careers, but then it was the sixties
so anything was okay.” He praised the
collaboration Antioch Santa Barbara
has with SBCC, whereby a student
can attend SBCC for three years, then
one year at Antioch for a degree that
is less expensive. There are over 400
students enrolled at Antioch now.
President of the college Dr. Nancy
Leffert, famous for having the best
socks in town, told us, “Architect Bob
Kupiec that we hired is now my boss
since he became a trustee.” She told
of Sara Miller McCune for whom the
library is named, hinting that there
were many more naming opportuni-
ties.
There are five campuses in four
states and ours has been here for 35
years. Here’s to 35 more!
Funk Zone Fun
The Arts Fund, located in the funk
zone at 205 C Santa Barbara Street,
just held an opening night reception
for an exhibition of one of its own,
Westmont graduate James Hapke.
He won the 2011 Individual Artist
Award (IAA) in Printmaking, gar-
nering him $2,000 in prize money.
Fortunately a lovely lady who lives in
Casa Dorinda, Suzanne Bock, spon-
sored the show for James. She is an
award and exhibit sponsor.
Since it was Easter break, James’
brother and friends from Whitworth
College in Spokane surprised him.
Also there were grandma and grand-
pa from San Clemente and James’
mother, dad and sister. Proud rela-
Antioch University board chair Victoria Riskin with president Nancy Leffert and architect Bob Kupiec at
the ribbon-cutting grand opening
Donor Sara Miller McCune with mayor Helene Schneider just after the ribbon-cutting at Antioch
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 17 I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face – Johnny Depp
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tives, one and all. Not to mention all
the interested artsy folk who like to
attend openings.
We all munched on Andrew Elia’s
absolutely delicious San Francisco
sourdough bread made in his kitch-
en and a good accompaniment to
the wine. President of the Arts Fund
Shirley Dettman told us, “We’re
doing what we can to try and encour-
age artists to stay here.” IAA com-
mittee chair Sue Savage explained,
“The awards have been in existence
for twenty-three years. The jurors
are out of the area and don’t know
the artists.”
Gallery manager Catherine Gee
wants everyone to know that the 2012
applications for awards are out and,
“We are calling for entries.” The cat-
egories are fiber art, short film, stone
sculpture and watercolor. Entrants
must be 18 years of age or older and
the deadline is Tuesday, June 2.
James’ works will be on display until
May 19. Gallery hours are Tuesday
through Saturday from 1-5 pm. For
more information, call 965-7321. •MJ
Grandma Betty Hapke with artist grandson James Hapke and sponsor Suzanne Bock at The Arts Fund
exhibit reception
Anticipating healthy living advice that would be extolled two centuries later,
Jefferson wrote, “I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that…
as a condiment for the vegetables which constitute my principal diet.”
Peter Hatch, Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello—and
an advisor to the White House kitchen garden—will talk about
Jefferson’s amazing 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden, now
fully restored by Mr. Hatch. A reception will follow.
The cost is $35 for members, $45 for non-members.
To register call 969.9990.
Directions to Lotusland will be mailed
upon receipt of your reservation.
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Santa Barbara Premiere
Kronos Quartet
Music of Steve Reich
Thu, Apr 12 / 8 pM
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All-Steve Reich Program:
Diferent Trains, Triple Quartet ,
Selections from The Cave, WTC 9/11
“Masters of mime, dance and acrobatics…
sure fre… inspired fun!” The New York Times
SuN, Apr 15 / 3 pM / uCSB CAMpBell hAll
Santa Barbara Debut
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
MoN, Apr 16 / 8 pM
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“Fela Kuti’s son Seun shows how Afrobeat
should be played: its irrepressible funky
surge ofset by truly scorching brass
fanfares.” The Telegraph, London
Ballet du Grand
Théâtre de Genève
Philippe Cohen, Artistic Director
Choreography by Benjamin Millepied,
New York City Ballet principal and
Black Swan choreographer
Tue, Apr 17 / 8 pM
GrANAdA TheATre
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Best of British theatre broadcast
to cinemas around the world
She Stoops to Conquer
wed, Apr 18 / 7:30 pM / CAMpBell hAll
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Oliver Goldsmith’s great, generous-hearted and
ingenious comedy ofers a celebration of chaos,
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Preparing for Polo
Prince William and Kate won’t be
there, but the 101st season of the
Santa Barbara Polo Club, which opens
on Sunday, May 6, promises to be a
cracker.
Texan tycoon John Muse will be
going for an unheard of three-peat of
the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open
trophy, one of America’s most historic
polo competitions, with his Lucchese
team, which has boasted the presence
of the world’s top player, Argentine
ace Adolfo Cambiaso, for the past
two years and, I’m told, might well
feature the dashing equestrian again
this year.
“It will certainly be the highlight
of the season, featuring the world’s
top players and mounts,” enthuses
new club manager, Bob Puetz. “To
win a major twenty-goal tournament
for three consecutive years is pretty
spectacular, by any standards. And
Adolfo is quite a draw himself, having
been considered the best player on the
globe for many years.
“It’s the perfect equestrian storm!”
As the opening day coincides with
Kentucky Derby weekend, mint juleps
will be joining the bar lineup and, for
the fifth consecutive year, I have been
asked to judge the mélange of magnifi-
cent millinery that will be on display in
the enclosure and stands, many of them
from Montecito milliner, Lana Marmé,
who sold many a tête topper for last
July’s royal visit, the unforgettable high-
light of the club’s centennial season.
The day before, Saturday, the Buy
One Save One Foundation, which pro-
vides safe and accessible water in
developing countries, will be having
its third annual Kentucky Derby fund-
raiser at the historic Carpinteria club...
Birthday Bash
Tout le monde was in attendance
when British society jeweler Corinna
Gordon celebrated the 20th anniver-
sary of her 40th at her impressive
Asian-inspired downtown penthouse
loft with its panoramic views of the
mountains and ocean.
More than 100 guests snaffled
the canapés and quaffed the Veuve
Clicquot, not to mention an exquisite
magnum of Moet & Chandon Imperial
champagne that film festival director
Roger Durling had just brought back
from the Epernay vineyards, north
east of Paris, where the company,
the world’s largest, produces 26 mil-
lion bottles of bubbly, including Dom
Pérignon, annually on its 2,500 acres
of prime vineyards.
The boffo bash, which rather resem-
bled a party in a New York Soho loft,
with equal dollops of chic and sophis-
tication, attracted a heavenly host
of Santa Barbara bold-faced names,
including Cheryl Ladd and Brian
Russell, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Barry and
Jelinda DeVorzon, Amanda Masters,
John Saladino, Anne Towbes, Bob
and Marlene Veloz, Gerry and
MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 6)
Carpinteria polo ace Jason Crowder galloping
down SB Polo Club’s Holden Field
Barry DeVorzon, birthday girl Corinna Gordon and
Cheryl Ladd (Photo credit: Sophia Natalia)
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 19 America: it’s like Britain, only with buttons – Ringo Starr
WHAT’S NEXT?
SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY PRESENTS
With Santa BarBara Choral SoCiety
STATE STREET BALLET PRESENTS
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES PRESENTS
CAMA PRESENTS
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES PRESENTS
Imaging Spence, Morrie Jurkowitz,
Gina Tolleson, Nancy Koppelman,
Kendall Conrad, Sharon and Colin
Friem Wallace, Brian King, Mary
Ellen Tiffany and Geonine Moriarty.
It was, by any standards, quite a
bounteous birthday blast...
Huguette’s Handsome Homes
The first of three massive New York
apartments belonging to the late reclu-
sive copper heiress Huguette Clark
has been sold after being on the mar-
ket less than a month.
While the final price has not been
revealed, the 5,000-sq-ft 14-room pre-
war penthouse pad on Fifth Avenue,
overlooking Central Park, was listed
by top broker Brown Harris Stevens
for $24 million.
Clark, who was 104-years-old when
she died nearly a year ago, had not
lived in any of the apartments for
decades, but kept her enormous $3
million doll collection at the ritzy
address.
The two other apartments, on the
eighth floor, in the same building are
for sale for $19 million and $12 million.
When she was alive the three apart-
ments cost Clark $28,500 a month in
co-op fees, or $342,000 a year...
Feast for Easter
Santa Barbara’s Rescue Mission,
which does sterling work year-round
to help the homeless, held its annual
Easter Feast when 300 needy folk
turned out to gobble down the ham
and pumpkin pie lunch.
Having also served at the 47-year-
old mission’s Christmas and
Thanksgiving events during my five
years here, I was again one of 20 vol-
unteers who turned out to help.
“These are people with little left to
live for,” says Rolf Geyling, presi-
dent. “We hope to change their lives
around. It costs only $1.50 to give one
guest a nutritious meal.”
This year, the time of the event was
put back an hour so it didn’t clash with
the 5th annual homeless foot washing
at the Veterans Memorial Building,
which attracted 250 recipients.
Last year the mission, which has
MISCELLAnY Page 304
Nancy O’Connor, Rescue Mission president Rolf
Geyling, Rocky Jacobson and Richard Mineards
at the Rescue Mission Easter Feast (Photo credit:
Rebecca Wilson)
Cirque
Du Papier
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12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 20 • The Voice of the Village •
compiled by Flora Kontilis from information supplied by Santa Barbara County
Sheriff’s Department, Carpinteria Division
SHERIFF’S
BLOTTER
Black Bear Sighting
D
uring the morning hours of April 6, 2012, the Santa Barbara County
Sheriff’s Department received several calls of a black bear in the area of
Sycamore Canyon Road and Cold Spring Road.
The Sheriff’s Department is working with Fish and Game to locate and
deal with the bear. Additionally, Cold Spring School has been notified of
the sightings and will take appropriate actions to make sure students are
safe.
If you see a bear or any potentially dangerous wild animal, call the Sheriff’s
Department. Do not attempt to scare the animal or frighten it away. If left alone,
these animals usually leave the area on their own.
Unoccupied Vehicle Catches Fire
Sunday, 8 April, 5:37 am – Deputy Gallaher was dispatched to Schoolhouse
Road in response to a report of a car-horn disturbance from a vehicle
parked in a private driveway. When Gallaher arrived, the Montecito Fire
Department was already on the scene; there had been a fire in the ignition
and steering column. The deputy said the vehicle’s interior “was charged
with thick smoke.” Gallaher and Montecito Fire discovered that no one was
in the area at the time the fire ignited. The deputy searched the area around
the vehicle for the owner or for information about the owner’s whereabouts.
Gallaher also searched the vehicle and found several miscellaneous items
like a small green suitcase containing family photos. The deputy conducted
a records check on the vehicle’s registration; from that information, Gallaher
attained a woman’s name. The deputy was unable to contact the registered
owner by phone. A report was taken. •MJ
“This will not only be a great hotel,
but a beautiful property, which will
attract visitors and help reinvigorate
the local economy,” Middlebrook said.
Once open, the hotel is expected to
generate more than $3 million annu-
ally in new property tax and sales tax.
Permits for the plans for the property
were extended by the Santa Barbara
County Board of Supervisors last
month.
Fire Destroys
Montecito Home
On Saturday, April 7, Montecito Fire
Protection District was called to a
home on Cota Lane in Montecito.
Upon arrival at the scene, fire per-
sonnel reported the home was fully
engulfed in flames; cause of the fire is
still under investigation.
MFPD’s Geri Ventura tells us it is
unclear at this time where the fire
started in the home. “It had a heavy
fire load, meaning a lot of contents
that contributed to the fire’s inten-
sity,” she said. The home, which was
completely destroyed in the blaze,
was a 700-sq-ft cottage built in the
1920s. Two nearby cottages were
spared, although one sustained heat
damage and a broken window. The
renters of the burned cottage, a hus-
band and wife, attempted to put out
the fire themselves; it was neighbors
who saw flames and called 911.
“Luckily there were no injuries, and
other homes in the area were saved.
One of the neighbors had just cleared
vegetation around her home, so that
contributed to her home’s safety,” Ms
Ventura said. The home was existing
non-conforming, and according to the
owners they will not rebuild it.
MFPD offers defensible space sur-
veys. Montecito residents can call 969-
7762 and a representative from MFPD
will come out for free and survey the
property for vegetation that could
contribute to a fire. “High fire season
is right around the corner, and vegeta-
tion is really important in this com-
munity,” Ventura said.
Six engines, one rescue vehicle,
one light and air unit and several
command vehicles responded to
Saturday’s incident. Agencies on
scene included MFPD, Santa Barbara
City and Carpinteria-Summerland
Fire Districts.
Marsha Zilles Retires
“You’re never too small to make a
difference,” Marsha Zilles told me
during a recent interview. Zilles, an
architect who has been on Montecito
Board of Architectural Review since
2005, has announced her retirement
from the board.
Zilles has lived in Montecito for 25
years, and says she has helped keep
the heart and soul of Montecito intact
during her time on MBAR. “I’m leav-
ing feeling good, and like I made a
difference,” she said.
Zilles worked tirelessly in 2006 and
2007 to perfect Westmont College’s
Master Plan. “I spent fourteen full
days of time helping the architect
focus on the environment,” she said.
Zilles spoke in front of Montecito
Planning Commission on the proj-
ect, and her suggestions to redesign
the building guidelines prompted
Westmont architects to bring a new
project to the table. “The new design
utilized the design guidelines given
to them and the project received rave
reviews,” Zilles said. The Master Plan
was approved three months later, and
Westmont received an anonymous
donation of $75 million to start con-
struction.
Through MBAR, Zilles was also
instrumental in changing a coun-
ty ordinance regarding the RMZ
(Resource Management Zone) district.
In the past, a construction project in
the RMZ district was not required to
be seen by MPC. Zilles, along with
MBAR members Bill Palladini and
Tony Spann, urged MPC to change
the ordinance, so planning commis-
sioners would have purview over the
ecologically sensitive area in the foot-
hills above Montecito. “I spent four
days putting together a PowerPoint
presentation to explain why MPC
needed to revise the ordinance. We
managed to indeed get it rewritten,”
she said.
After her retirement from the board,
Zilles will continue her work for
Hope Ranch as the Director of Design
and Construction. Any projects in
the Hope Ranch area are reviewed
by Zilles for their compatibility with
the neighborhood. Zilles also owns
her own architecture firm, Zilles
Architecture Group (ZAG).
MBAR, which meets every third
Monday, sees about ten projects
within the Montecito area each meet-
ing. Earlier this year Don Nulty was
selected as chair, with Sam Maphis as
vice chair.
“I will miss the people, and miss
being able to influence my commu-
nity in that capacity,” Zilles said.
Because her departure comes before
the official end of her second term,
Zilles will remain on the board until
her replacement is selected by First
District Supervisor Salud Carbajal.
May Madness
Save the Date: May Madness at
Music Academy of the West is sched-
uled for Saturday, May 5, from 9 am
to 3 pm.
The Academy’s widely popular
event is a massive estate and trea-
sure sale featuring furniture, small
appliances, kitchenware, fine linens,
antiques, silver, crystal, china, rugs,
art, books, board games, music and
movies, electronics, luggage, jewelry,
garden accessories, men’s and wom-
en’s clothing, and sports equipment.
Merchandise will be arrayed by type
throughout the Academy’s Montecito
grounds.
The Music Academy is currently
seeking donations of clean items
in good condition to sell at May
Madness. Obsolete electronics, large
kitchen appliances, and architectural
salvage materials will not be accepted.
Items should be brought to the Music
Academy campus, and clothing dona-
tions may also be delivered to The
Rack, the on-campus resale apparel
shop.
Now in its 36th year, May Madness
is organized by the Women’s
Auxiliary of the Music Academy of
the West, a volunteer organization
that supports the Academy year-
round. Proceeds from May Madness
benefit the Music Academy’s full-
scholarship program. Sponsors this
year include Village Properties, the
Santa Barbara Independent, the Santa
Barbara Inn, Karen and Harry Kolb,
Occhiali, Wendy Foster and Pierre
Lafond, Hazelwood Transfer and
Storage, Michael G. Schmidtchen &
Co., Strategic Incentives, and Ablitt’s
VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)
A home on Cota Lane in Montecito was a total
loss in a structure fire over the weekend
Montecito Board of Architectural Review member
Marsha Zilles retires from the board
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 21 It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives – Clint Eastwood
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Crane School Concert
Fifteen eighth-graders at Crane
Country Day School in Montecito will
host a benefit concert for the Make-A-
Wish Foundation of the Tri-Counties
on Saturday, April 21 at 3 pm. The
students, four of whom sat down
with me earlier this week to discuss
the event, are organizing the con-
cert as part of their Service Learning
class, taught by Crane teacher Janey
Cohen.
At the beginning of the semester,
the class, an elective for Crane stu-
dents, was divided into four groups.
Each of the groups developed an idea
for a community service project and
presented their ideas to the entire
class. Then they voted on the best
idea, which was to raise money for
the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish
Foundation. “Everybody really came
on board,” Ms Cohen said.
The goal of the concert is to raise
$5,000, the average cost to grant a wish
to kids with a life threatening illness.
For student Brenda Rodriguez, the
idea hits close to home, as her younger
sister Briana, also a Crane student,
was granted a wish at the age of five.
“She was diagnosed with cancer, and
her wish was for our whole family to
go to Disney World,” Rodriguez said.
Briana is now cancer free.
The 1.5-hour concert, to be held
on the lawn at Crane, will feature
Crane’s own acclaimed xylophone
and marimba group called Vibes.
Many of the Service Learning kids
are part of Vibes, so they will both
be organizing and performing at the
event. Also on the roster of musicians:
Lily & Marley, Santa Barbara High
Madrigals, Crane’s Joel Jamison,
Chris Keet, the Ukaladies, and Crane
student Bridget Mitchell on her harp.
“The concert will feature a bake sale,
sno-cones, and a lemonade stand,”
said student Austin Coombs. All pro-
ceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of the Tri-Counties. If the
$5,000 goal is met, the students will
then be able to pick a local child and
grant their wish. “If we reach $10,000,
then we can help two kids,” explained
Natasha Feshbach. Popular wishes
include shopping sprees with celebri-
ties, trips to Disney World, puppies,
and sporting event tickets.
The Service Learning students have
also participated with Casa Esperanza,
Friendship Center, and Teddy Bear
Cancer Foundation, where they
donated activity packs to entertain
young cancer patients during their
chemotherapy treatments.
Tickets for the benefit concert are
$15 for adults; kids are free. “The
concert is open to the public. We
want everyone to come!” said Oliver
Welch. Attendees will have the oppor-
tunity to pledge money for the cause
at the event.
For more information, email events@
craneschool.org.
Sheriff Employees
Promoted
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill
Brown promoted three Sheriff’s
employees during a ceremony last
Thursday, March 29. More than sixty
family, friends and colleagues of those
promoted attended the event at the
Sheriff’s Training Facility in Goleta.
Montecito’s Lieutenant Brad McVay
began his career with the Santa
Barbara Sheriff’s Office in 1985 as a
Reserve Deputy and became a full-
time Sheriff’s Deputy the next year.
Since that time, Lieutenant McVay has
worked numerous patrol assignments,
as well as collateral duties, most
notably as a veteran canine handler
and POST certified canine evaluator.
During his past eight years as a ser-
geant, Lieutenant McVay supervised
patrol squads, a Mobile Field Force
Team, and more recently communi-
ty based programs, such as Crime
Prevention and DARE. He devel-
oped the SBSO’s current Volunteer
Program, as well as the award win-
ning Project Lifesaver Program and
Operation Medicine Cabinet. For the
last year and a half, he has served as
the Adjutant to Sheriff Brown.
Sergeant Jeff Greene began his
career with the Sheriff’s Office as a
Correction Officer in June of 1999,
when he was simultaneously hired by
the Lompoc Police Department as a
Reserve Police Officer. He spent near-
ly 20 months working for both agen-
cies until he was promoted to Sheriff’s
Deputy in 2001, graduating from Alan
Hancock Police Academy that same
year. Since then, Sergeant Greene has
worked assignments at every station,
from Carpinteria to Santa Maria. He
has been a Field Training Officer and
a member of the Gang Unit. He was
the Casino Liaison Deputy for the last
three years, has been on the Hostage
Negotiations Team for the last six
years, and has been a Senior Deputy
since 2005.
Custody Sergeant Anthony
Espinoza started his career with
the Sheriff’s Office as a Correction
Officer in October of 1998 and within
a year earned the Deputy Sheriffs’
Association Correction Officer Rookie
of the Year award. Custody Sergeant
Espinoza has been a training offi-
cer for the past eleven years. From
October 2006 to January 2007, he was
an Acting Senior Correction Officer
and in April 2007, he promoted to
the rank of Senior Correction Officer.
In 2011, he became a member of the
Special Operations Response Team
(SORT).
International Chiari
Association
The International Chiari Association
(ICA) has announced Montecito real-
tor Marco Farrell has joined the Board
of Directors. The newly formed Santa
Barbara-based non-profit aims to edu-
cate the public and the medical commu-
nity about Chiari malformations, a wide-
ly misunderstood neurological disorder.
Farrell is the owner of Ultrabands.
com, a company specializing in prod-
ucts and fundraisers for organiza-
tions large and small. Farrell has been
involved with local organizations
including Semana Nautica, Teddy
Bear Cancer Foundation, and Sansum
Diabetes Foundation. He also has
extensive volunteer work. “Nobody
has more ideas than Marco Farrell,”
said ICA founder and president Pete
Dal Bello.
Mr. Farrell is the final board mem-
ber to be added in ICA’s first year.
For more information visit www.
ChiariAssociation.org.
Carpinteria Aquatics
The Carpinteria Community Pool
swim club has recently hired two
new coaches for the Tritons age group
swim team.
Head coach Martin Armstrong
has been involved with competi-
tive swimming for over 30 years,
which includes 25 years as a
Masters competitor and water polo
player. He is a certified ASCA-
Level 2 Swim Coach and is a regis-
tered US Swimming and JS Masters
Swimming Coach.
Working with Armstrong is Coach
Justin Burdine-Ortega. Justin has
a degree in Kinesiology, and spent
a number of years as a competitive
swimmer and swim coach.
The Carpinteria Aquatics Club
meets after school at the Carpinteria
Community Swimming Pool on
Carpinteria Avenue. For more infor-
mation call 566-2417. •MJ
Lieutenant Brad
McVay gets pro-
moted by Santa
Barbara County
Sheriff Bill Brown
Montecito’s
Marco Farrell
has joined
the Board
of Directors
of the
International
Chiari
Association
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Library Corner
by Jody Thomas
Jody Thomas is the
Montecito Branch
Library Supervisor
A
pproximately 40% of
Americans have a dog as
a pet. The multi-faceted
partnership humans established with
dogs has occurred with no other
mammal. New research is helping
us understand where and when
domestication of dogs occurred.
Some of this information suggests
that it was actually dogs that initiated
our relationship, and that we in some
ways have been domesticated by
them. Domesticated dogs have lived
with us so closely and for so long that
we assume we know and understand
them. The more we scientifcally
study dog behavior, however, the
more “different” we learn they are.
On April 18
th
we’ll be discussing what
we recently have learned about dog
behavior and how it can improve our
understanding and ability to relate to
dogs.
The social behavior of gray wolves
(the dog’s immediate ancestor) in
captivity was studied as a basis for
how people should relate to their pet
dogs. Lately we have learned that
behavior of these captive wolves dif-
fers from that of wolves in the wild.
Also, we now know that the social
behavior of the dog is in many ways
unique from the wolf. How does or
should this affect how we treat our
pets? We know dogs can be sad, mad,
and glad. What about other emo-
tions? Do they experience emotions
of guilt or jealousy? We know dogs
share our ability to learn by classical
conditioning (Pavlov) and operant
conditioning (Skinner), but do they
learn by observation or insight?
Join David Chubb, veterinarian
and certified pet dog trainer, for our
discussion on April 18
th
at 4:00 PM.
David is the Director of the Perfect
Puppy Academy.
Worker’s Best Friend
Dogs are being used by libraries
across the country. Yale Law School,
and other universities have dog-
lending programs. In addition to
books, students can check out a dog
for 30 minutes at a time. “It is well
documented that visits from thera-
py dogs have resulted in increased
happiness, calmness and overall
emotional well-being,” writes Blair
Kauffman, the law librarian. And col-
leges are not the only places encour-
aging dog/human interaction. A
new study supports the stress-reduc-
ing benefits of bringing your dog
to work to play with, look at, and
pet while working. According to a
Virginia Commonwealth University
study, having a dog at work not only
reduces the owners’ stress level but
also increased the level of job satis-
faction for other employees as well.
The study, announced Thursday, was
published in the International Journal
of Workplace Health Management.
“Dogs in the workplace can make
a positive difference,” said head
researcher Randolph T. Barker.
“The differences in perceived stress
between days the dog was present
and absent were significant. The
employees as a whole had higher job
satisfaction than industry norms.”
There are many companies that have
dog-friendly policies such as Amazon
and Ben & Jerry’s. According to The
Humane Society, there are many ben-
efits to having dogs at work, includ-
ing improved staff morale, better
productivity, and general friendliness
among employees.
Locally, the Goleta and Carpinteria
Public Libraries have two programs
involving dogs. The Goleta Library
program is called Paws to Read
and the program at the Carpinteria
Library is called Tail Waggin’ Tutors.
Dog friends come to the library to be
read to by children learning to read.
Dogs are patient and non-judgmental
listeners for emerging or struggling
readers.
We have a raft of books about dogs,
including some of our staff favorites:
A Dog Year by Jon Katz, A Three Dog
Life by Abigail Thomas, Merle’s Door
by Ted Kerasote, The Art of Racing in
the Rain by Garth Stein, Rin Tin Tin by
Susan Orlean, and Thunder Dog: The
True Story of a Blind man, His Guide
Dog and the Triumph of Trust at Ground
Zero by Michael Hingson. Come hear
David Chubb on April 18
th
and check
out our book selection.
And since April is poetry month, I
leave you with this one by W. Dayton
Wedgefarth:
I talk to him when I’m lonesome
like; and I’m sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively,
and gently licks my hands;
then he rubs his nose on my tai-
lored clothes, but I never say naught
thereat.
For the good Lord knows I can buy
more clothes, but never a friend like
that.
Happy reading! •MJ
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Easter. Then, Room 3 sported their
handmade “Magic Hunting Glasses”
in the shape of two rabbits to find the
eggs on the front patio area. Their
egg-collecting bags were painted
using cotton balls instead of paint-
brushes.
As tradition, each family of a pre-
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T
he YMCA preschool students
participated in the annual hunt
for Easter eggs on Thursday,
April 5, with each group dressed for
the occasion and a homemade basket
in hand. First on the hunt was Room
1 donning bunny ears made from
construction paper, and collecting
eggs in recycled cans decorated with
art elements and paint. Room 2 kids
followed immediately on the tails
of their fellow playmates singing,
“His Banner Over Me is Love” while
jumping through the Y’s backyard
fnding the colorful plastic eggs flled
with toys and chocolate.
Room 3 celebrated the day with
the theme of “New Life,” which they
explored through insects, plants and
other animals, in addition to having
two newborn babies visit the class-
room. Under teacher Annie Fischer,
they learned the story of all faiths at
this time of year, from Passover to
YMCA pre-
schooler
Cayden Corral
shows off
the eggs he
found during
the annual
Easter egg
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YMCA Room 3 kids
race to find the hidden
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of the Y wearing their
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T
he spring high school theater
season is upon us, and drama
departments countywide are
working fast and furiously (pardon
the cliché, but it’s out there and I
couldn’t resist using it) to present
what almost always amounts to top-
notch productions featuring some
of the best talents on display in high
schools across the spectrum.
Dos Pueblos High School, for exam-
ple, is set to present one of the first
road-show versions of Broadway’s
Tarzan, The Musical (based on the
Disney film) over the next couple of
weekends. This elaborate production
boasts a cast of forty bringing to life
the music and lyrics of Phil Collins,
costumes by Miller James (an accom-
plished director in his own right),
and a complete deep jungle stage set
replete with talking-singing plants
and vines that the high school actors
utilize to fly and swing high above the
stage (thanks to professional company
Flying By Foy, which has provided
the harnesses and prepped the actors,
who spent up to four hours every day
last week learning how to “fly,” or at
least swing from vine to vine convinc-
ingly).
The high-schoolers have been work-
ing on Tarzan since September, when
they first learned the music, moved on
to blocking out the scenes, learned the
choreography, and then began work-
ing on specific scenes.
The main cast features Raymond
Cothern, a senior, as Tarzan. Raymond
has recently been accepted at USC
to attend its game design program.
“I love acting,” he says, “but they
have the top game design program
in the United States.” DP senior
Fernanda (“Nanda”) Douglas is Jane.
Nanda’s first choice after high school
is Columbia University where she
intends to major in theater and/or
psychology and hopes to appear on
a Broadway stage. Montecito resident
Jonathan Bommerez, a junior, plays
Terk, Tarzan’s best friend. Jonathan
plans to attend a film academy but
hasn’t chosen a favorite yet.
Lose The Elephant!
Backing up the actors will be musi-
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Fernanda’s father and often plays
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(Raymond Cothern)
but for Jane
(Fernanda Douglas)
it’s apparently a
completely differ-
ent story (photo by
Kanga LaVrado)
The cast of Tarzan, The Musical features talking-and-singing plants, a gorilla band, English explorers,
and native tribesmen inhabiting an elaborate stage set deep in the African jungle, all buttressed by a
musical score by rocker Phil Collins (photo by Kanga LaVrado)
Coming & Going
by James Buckley
Swinging From The Vines
COMInG & GOInG Page 314
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W
hen Germany agreed to
an armistice on November
11, 1918, thus ending The
Great War (WWI), Belgium found
itself among the most devastated of
European countries. Military action
accounted for over 65,000 deaths of
soldiers and civilians and another
55,000 died of famine and disease.
Belgium’s industries lay in rubble,
its farmland in waste, and whole
neighborhoods ceased to exist.
On October 2, 1919, the U.S.S. George
Washington docked at Hoboken, New
York, and landed King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium along
with their son Crown Prince Leopold
and a royal retinue of 37. The first
guests of the U.S. government since
Lafayette laid the cornerstone on the
Bunker Hill Monument a hundred
years earlier, they planned to spend
26 days on a coast to coast visit of the
United States.
When President Wilson proved to
be too ill to see the Belgian delega-
tion, King Albert cancelled most of
his Eastern tour and decided to head
for California. Herbert Hoover, for-
mer chairman of the Commission for
Relief for Belgium, arranged a last
minute visit to Santa Barbara for the
royal suite.
Secretary of State Robert Lansing
advised Santa Barbara Mayor Harvey
T. Nielson that the King wanted the
visit to be low key. The telegram stated,
“The King is going to Santa Barbara to
be perfectly quiet and desires to have
no official reception or recognition…
You are advised that the king will be
incognito while in Santa Barbara. You
are requested to observe the above
suggestion to the fullest extent.”
Well, Santa Barbara tried but it was
just not in her nature to be inhospi-
table. As the special 12-car train raced
across the continent with a crate full of
“buttons” (then-slang for kingly med-
als), “low-key” plans in Santa Barbara
proliferated.
Speeding
Across the Continent
On the westward journey, rather
than reposing in sedate seclusion as
befitted his station, Albert proved that
he was just a “regular guy” and no
ordinary king. He had studied jour-
nalism and worked for several news-
papers before assuming the crown,
and he was known to travel incognito
to various spots in Belgium to assess
problems and situations for himself.
When the special crossed into Ohio,
King Albert climbed into the locomo-
tive and took the throttle for ten miles.
As they sped through the grain fields
of the Midwest, the King said he was
not unmindful of the food they had
sent to his starving people in the des-
perate days of the war. And he paid
homage to the gallantry of Ohio’s 37
th

Division and the significant part they
played in delivering Belgium from the
Central Powers.
At Cheyenne, Wyoming, Albert
climbed into the engine cab to sit
behind the engineer for the long ride
through the moonlight. At a stop at
Sparks, Nevada, Albert was miss-
ing when the engineer called “All
Aboard.” He had gone for a walk up
The Way It Was
by Hattie Beresford
King Albert of Belgium Visits Santa Barbara
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.
the tracks and lost sight of time. At
Truckee, Albert and his son climbed
aboard the first of the two engines
that dragged the train up the grade.
They ate lunch with the railroad men
and then climbed on top of a baggage
car for a better view of the canyons,
mountain peaks and mining towns of
the Sierras.
After reaching Sacramento, the
train turned south and reached
Santa Barbara at precisely 9:06 am on
Saturday, October 11, when the royal
party was greeted by thousands of
cheering Santa Barbarans. Whisked
away in several cars, the King and his
retinue were delivered to Montecito
where two estates had been secured
for their use. King Albert and fam-
ily stayed at Casa Dorinda, the newly
completed William Henry and Anna
Bliss mansion in Montecito. Much of
his retinue stayed at Mira Vista, the
estate built by I.G. Waterman in the
1890s.
Highlights of the Visit
To honor the King, city officials
renamed the almost-completed
“Round the City Boulevard” (today’s
APS) as King Alfred Boulevard. The
press was impressed with Queen
Elizabeth’s gray walking suit and
“snappy gray turban with two tassels
hanging over the side around which
had been flung a fluffy white veil. The
veil, an open effect, shielded her entire
face and had been brought down tight
under the chin and then folded and
tied behind.”
After settling in at Casa Dorinda,
King Albert gave the lie to his desire
to be “perfectly quiet and left entirely
alone” by heading for the Miramar
where he plunked down 25 cents for
a bathing suit and plunged into surf
while Queen Elizabeth watched from
the beach. The royal party’s four days
in Santa Barbara were filled with tour-
istic activities.
Prince Leopold went for a motorcy-
cle ride and spent half his time trying
to make the machine run. The rebel-
lious bike ran in spurts and emitted
black smoke and noise, once throwing
the prince to the ground. According to
Left to right: Queen Elizabeth, King Albert, and Prince Leopold debarked the George Washington on
October 2, 1919 for a month-long visit to the United States (Courtesy of Library of Congress)
King Albert
swam every
day of his stay
in Montecito
and the royal
party gathered
underneath
the umbrellas
at Miramar
Beach (Photo
courtesy of
Santa Barbara
Historical
Museum)
Alan and Macolm Loughead (Lockheed) at the controls of their F-1 Seaplane which flew King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth on an arial tour of the channel, Santa Cruz Island, the Rincon, and the Santa Barbara
coastline (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
Queen Elizabeth, flanked by Prince Leopold and
King Albert, ceremoniously planted a citrus tree
in the Mission’s Sacred Garden (Photo courtesy of
Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 27 A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at – Bruce Lee
the Morning Press, he returned to the
Bliss estate “dirty, greasy, and thor-
oughly happy.”
Meanwhile, C.K.G. Billings offered
King Albert the use of Uhlan, his
world-champion trotter. When the
king went for his first ride on the
record-setting steed, he found Sheriff
James Ross guarding the gate. In his
memoir, Herbert Hoover writes, “At
that time, Santa Barbara still main-
tained a Hollywood sheriff with a
ten-gallon hat, high boots, and two
revolvers.” Ross’s attempt at address-
ing the king properly was a comic “O
King” instead of “Your Majesty,” but
Albert found it endearing and assured
the sheriff that it was perfectly cor-
rect. The two rode together daily and
according to Hoover, “the two became
devoted to each other.” The sheriff
received the Order of Leopold I when
their time together ended.
Both the King and Queen flew out
to the Channel Islands in Malcolm
and Allan H. Loughead’s F-1 seaplane
and were suitably impressed with
the Santa Barbara landscape, which
reminded them of parts of Italy and
particularly of Nice.
Albert was fond of walking and
hiking and included those activities in
each of his days. One day found him
walking from Casa Dorinda to Solana,
the Frederick Forest Peabody Estate
where he dropped in quite informally
and had tea with Frederick.
Another day, Albert and his hiking
companions reached Las Canoas Drive
when the king became thirsty. His
aide approached the little frame cot-
tage belonging to Hattie Brinkerhoff.
Caught in a time warp of the 1890s,
complete with Gibson girl hairdo,
high-button shoes and a corseted
wasp waist, Hattie was used to being
teased. (Once the police chief jokingly
gave her buckboard a parking ticket.)
So, when a stranger knocked on the
door and asked for a drink of water
for the King of Belgium, she chuck-
led and pointed to the pump. This
jokester could help himself, and, a bit
taken aback, he did. Eventually, the
truth dawned on Hattie and she was
completely mortified. Nevertheless,
she ended up naming her little canyon
King Albert Glen in honor of the visit.
A Whirlwind Tour
of Town
From visitations to the three pre-
mier hotels in town (Potter, Arlington,
and El Mirasol) to planting redwood
trees at Alameda Park to picking wal-
nuts in Goleta, Albert and his queen
saw it all. Visiting the recreation cen-
ter, he especially wanted to see the
building where “so many things had
been made for his country during the
war.” The Red Cross building, built
for $9,000 by members of the Red
Cross during the war, would find its
peacetime use as a gymnasium.
A tour of the Flying A studios found
Albert at a screening of the film taken
during his flight in the Loughhead
(Lockheed) seaplane the day before.
The select audience chuckled at the
antics of Agent Bill Nye as he attempt-
ed to protect the king from the ador-
ing mob.
On Sunday, a special mass was held
for the King after which the royal fam-
ily was invited into the sacred garden,
special dispensation being given the
queen since women were not allowed
in the cloistered area. She earned the
honor by ceremoniously planting an
orange tree.
The last day was a busy one. Up
at 6 am, the royal family hiked to
Mira Vista and, gathering their retinue,
“tramped across country to the Bothin
place in the hills.” Breakfast was pre-
pared out of doors and eaten by a
blazing campfire. Then the King rode
over Cold Spring and Hot Springs
trails before taking the royal family
to Arcady where the party swam in
George Owen Knapp’s indoor Roman
pool.
After an afternoon swim at the
Miramar, Albert rode Uhlan on the
beach while the tide was out. The
press reported, “They made a won-
derful picture, the tall, soldierly king
and the beautiful black Uhlan….”
By 10 pm that evening the visit was
over, and the train headed for San
Francisco and King Albert’s official
welcome to California. At the end of
the month, hopefully reinvigorated
by his time in Santa Barbara, he was
back in New York and Washington,
D.C. working to secure assistance for
Belgium’s recovery in the form of
loans and business relations.
Sources: contemporary news articles in
Morning Press and New York Times; arti-
cles by Stella Haverland Rouse and Walker
Tompkins; Noticias 1963, the Memoirs of
Herbert Hoover, Book 2, Chapter 2 •MJ
Back in Washington, D.C., King Albert and Queen Elizabeth bid goodbye to the Wilsons at the White
House (Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress)
King Albert on C.K.G. Billing’s record-setting trotter, Uhlan, on the beach in Santa Barbara (Photo cour-
tesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 29 I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid – Dorothy Parker
Fit Wise by Jason Baker
Why We Eat
Jason Baker is Founder
and President of Fitness
805 and has been a per-
sonal trainer in Montecito
for over a decade. He can
be contacted at jbaker@
fitness805.com.
M
ost of us don’t realize how
often we eat when we’re not
hungry.
Believe it or not, this can quickly
become a problem. For many people,
there is a serious disparity between
meals they need and meals they
fall into the habit of eating. This is
often overlooked due to the fact that
increased public awareness of the dan-
gers of unhealthy food makes us more
concerned with the content of our diet
than portion and meal frequency.
Vilification of ‘bad’ food can give
us a false idea that so long as we
avoid eating certain things, we will be
healthy – and that the dangers of obe-
sity, diabetes and high blood pressure
won’t affect us so long as we stay away
from corn syrup and saturated fats. In
actuality, it is our eating habits (when,
how often, and how much we eat) as
much as the nutritional makeup of the
food we eat that decide how healthy
our diets are.
Recently, I sat down with Fitness
805‘s life coach and M.A. in Psychology
Petra Beumer and asked her that com-
plicated question that seems so simple
at first glance: Why do we eat when
we are not hungry?
Her immediate response shouldn’t
surprise us. “Using food to feel better is
very common,” explains Petra. In times
when we are, for whatever reason,
feeling down, “reaching for food repre-
sents a ‘quick fix’ and provides imme-
diate, however, short-lived comfort.”
Not many people can claim inno-
cence here, and there’s barely a need to
explain the problems with this behav-
ior. Beyond the physical health ramifi-
cations, reminds Petra, “the emotional
eater is left with the original feeling
plus the added guilt of eating.”
Lose – lose.
In fact, it’s even worse than this.
Comfort eating is a short-term solution
to a bad mood, and can begin to create
a reliance on food as a mood stabilizer,
explains Petra. Unlike a weakness for
fast food, self-medicating with emo-
tional eating is a problem that tends to
worsen over time. The more you rely
on food when you feel bad, the worse
you will feel and the more you will
need to eat.
But it’s not just sufferers of some-
thing as serious as chronic depression
who find themselves falling into this
behavior; we eat for reasons ranging
from anxiety to plain old boredom.
Comfort Eating
Prevention
Our goal should be to make our-
selves fully aware of our own eating
habits:
Keep track of how often you eat
between meals or go for seconds (or
thirds). Become aware of your intake
amount, not only of what you eat.
If you find yourself going for food
between meals, take a moment to look
for an answer as to why you’re eating.
If your motivation isn’t hunger, take
the time to think. “Emotional eaters
need to learn to separate hunger from
other needs,” Petra explains. “Ask
yourself: What am I really in need of
right now? How am I feeling?”
Petra even suggests people more
concerned about their weight may
even want to start making entries
into a ‘food/mood’ journal in order
to keep track of which specific feeling
caused them to eat at a specific time.
Now, realizing that feeling down
or bored can make you eat shouldn’t
make you worry that you’re in worse
emotional shape than you thought.
We all need little boosts now and then
to shake off our mood or worries. So
what’s the biggest challenge? Finding
activities to stabilize your mood to
replace the habit of emotional eating.
– Take a walk. Get yourself out of
your house, and you’ll be surprised
how much stress or bad mood you
leave behind.
– Call a friend. Just call someone for
no other reason than to talk. Not only
is this a useful distraction, interaction
tends to boost our spirits at any time.
– Indulge in something else. Read
something, watch something, do
something you want to do. Substitute
an activity for snacking.
Remember, this is something most
of us do now and again. The point is,
we need to be aware of when, why
and how often we eat when we aren’t
hungry, or it can quickly become a real
problem. Be mindful, know your habits
and learn to distinguish hunger from
emotional motivation to eat. You don’t
want this sneaking up on you. •MJ
Comfort eating is a short-term solution to a bad mood,
and can begin to create a reliance on food as a mood stabilizer
It’s a well known fact cats manipulate humans to do their
bidding by using some powerful sort of mind control
Coup De Grace
by Grace Rachow
Ms. Rachow has had a lifelong affection for all creatures, and
this has led her down many strange paths.
The Mystery of Maude
P
eople who know of my love for
dogs might be surprised to learn
I’ve shared space with many
cats over the years. The most amazing
one of all was Maude.
A gray tabby with white bib and
boots, she could have passed for
ordinary if not for her tail. It poked
through the bars of her cage at the
animal shelter, and it sported raccoon-
ish bands of black and gray alternat-
ing with gold, as if some mischievous
teenager had been experimenting with
the Lady Clairol. As soon as I saw this
tail, I knew Maude was the cat for me.
In return for the favor of springing
her from the hoosegow, Maude emp-
tied our backyard of pesky gophers.
She kept raccoons, skunks and opos-
sums safely on the other side of the
fence. Usually, she left birds alone,
though, maybe because she knew I
loved them as much as I loved her.
However, one day a hummingbird
flew low in Maude’s vicinity. She leapt
straight up, twisted mid-flight, and
landed gracefully with the bird in her
mouth. Maude’s look said, well, of
course I could do that, but now what?
I figured the hummingbird was a
goner. I held out my hand. Maude
put the creature in my palm. And
just like that it vibrated to life. The
bird zoomed to a nearby treetop and
chirped. It wasn’t even stunned much
less injured from Maude’s catch and
release.
It’s a well known fact cats manipu-
late humans to do their bidding by
using some powerful sort of mind
control. Maude was especially bril-
liant at this. I’d focus on a task of my
own choosing, not thinking of the cat.
Suddenly my mind switched gears.
I’d find myself fluffing her pillow,
opening her door, or fetching her a
tasty tidbit.
I wondered (and I know I’m not the
only cat lover who’s suspected this) if
she was from a race of technologically
advanced extraterrestrials, and she’d
cleverly planted an electronic gizmo
deep in my brain.
For 18 years Maude kept doing
amazing things, and her health was so
excellent I speculated she might live
forever. It was a bit out of character
then that her grand finale was simply
a stroke that took her ability to eat.
Sometimes animals recover from
strokes and return to something close
to normal. After a few days it was clear
Maude was not going to improve.
With sadness I made an appointment
for later that day for the vet to ease her
out of her earthly predicament.
I planned to spend that last morning
with Maude in the backyard, enjoying
bird sounds. Maude stretched out in
her favorite sunny spot. I hovered.
The phone rang. It was my friend
and fellow animal lover Fran Davis.
My attention was taken briefly with
the call. When I looked back, Maude
was gone.
She’d been so weak she couldn’t
have gone far. I searched the whole
rest of the day… the bushes, the hedg-
es, and even the neighboring yards.
Long story short, I never found her.
I expected that eventually I’d come
across her remains… but no.
The only theory that fit the facts was
that she truly had been from an alien
race, and her “people” had come to
beam her up. Crazy, yes, but a fitting
story to end the tale of an amazing cat.
Years passed with no new light on
the mystery. Then on a recent Sunday,
I defied heavy winds to garden. In
an area that’d been raked hundreds
of times since Maude disappeared, I
noticed a fragment of a cat-sized skull.
I glanced at branches swaying in
the wind, and high above was a large
nest. Maybe a bird of prey was the
culprit in Maude’s mysterious exit?
Probably the bit of bone had been
dislodged by the wind and fell to the
ground. The flying saucer story had
been fun, but a swooping owl was a
more rational explanation.
I thought I finally had the true
answer, but first I checked to see if
this skull fragment was really from
a cat. I Googled cat anatomy images
and discovered the teeth were not
feline. Neither were they raccoon’s,
nor skunk’s. I had the mandible of an
ornery opossum.
Now that I think about it, that bone
appeared on April 1, and the most
likely scenario was Maude’s space-
ship had been in the neighborhood,
and she wanted to play a little April
Fools’ prank on me.
As I said, Maude was a most extraor-
dinary cat. •MJ
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 30 • The Voice of the Village •
MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 19)
100 beds, provided 164,615 meals and
61,576 safe nights of shelter.
Figures to ponder...
Oprah’s Openness
With woeful ratings and recent staff
cutbacks, Oprah Winfrey has admit-
ted she launched her struggling cable
TV network, OWN, “before it was
ready” and says she would have tried
something else had she known it was
going to be so hard.
In a surprisingly candid interview
on CBS This Morning, the former TV
queen added she should have waited
before her hugely popular talk show
ended last May after 25 years before
starting her eponymous network.
And she revealed to hosts Charlie
Rose and her best friend, Gayle King,
she had been upset by the negative
press lambasting her for the chan-
nel’s low ratings and for canceling a
talk show hosted by Rosie O’Donnell
after just six months.
“If I were writing a book about it, I
might call it ‘101 Mistakes,’” she said.
“Launching when we really weren’t
ready to launch is like having the
wedding when you know you’re not
ready... but the invitations are out.”
Oprah even considered quitting
recently after all the bad press, partic-
ularly after USA Today printed a head-
line: “Not standing on her OWN.”
But she says she is adamant in
continuing to fight and she had been
desperate to launch the channel after
being approached by the Discovery
Channel.
“I believe I am here to fulfill a
calling,” adds Oprah. “Because I am
a female who is African-American
who’s been so blessed in the world,
there is never going to be a time to
quit. I will die in the midst of doing
what I love to do. And that is using
my voice and using my life to try
to inspire others to live the best of
theirs.”
Discovery Communications Inc. has
shelled out more than $312 million in
an attempt to get the struggling chan-
nel off the ground, but on average it
attracts fewer than 300,000 viewers for
its prime-time shows, according to the
top TV ratings agency, Nielsen.
But OWN recently got a much need-
ed shot in the arm that will see a boost
in the number of homes the channel
can be seen in after a new distribution
deal with Comcast, according to the
Wall Street Journal.
The agreement will mean an extra
3 million viewers, bringing its avail-
ability to 83 million homes...
Christopher’s Casa
One of our most colorful charac-
ters, Emmy-winning Back to the Future
actor Christopher Lloyd is selling his
Montecito home.
Christopher, 73, built the 4,600-sq-
ft single level Umbria-inspired four-
bedroom house after his former home
on the five-acre site was burned down
in the 2008 Tea Fire, a disaster that
destroyed 210 properties and burned
1,940 acres.
Also known for his roles in the
popular sitcom Taxi and as Uncle
Fester in the Addams Family mov-
ies, Christopher, who has been cast
with John Leguizamo in the upcom-
ing ABC comedy series Only Fools
and Horses, based on the long run-
ning British TV show, now wants to
downsize and spend more time in
New Mexico, according to his veteran
realtor Lisa Loiacono of Sotheby’s
International Realty.
The property is priced at $6.45 mil-
lion...
Space Saver
Santa Barbara author Eve Briere is a
great believer in space – and the right
way to use it.
Eve, who describes herself as a life
skills coach, has just published 31
spaces, 31 days, a 108-page book show-
ing how to maximize space and de-
clutter your home.
“With my retail background, I went
from designing closets to whole office
and residential space,” she explained
at a bijou launch bash at Tecolote,
the lively literary lair in the Upper
Village.
“People want to get the optimal use
of their space. If you’re organized on
a daily basis you’re organized in life.
Many people, unfortunately, are out of
touch with themselves. Organization
is a lifestyle choice.”
Eve has nearly finished her sec-
ond tome, as yet untitled. It deals
with learning how to have a success-
ful daily schedule and meeting your
commitments.
Hopefully, you’ll have enough
space on the shelf for it after reading
the new book...
Monumental Ma-n
Many attendees at the Yo-Yo Ma
event at the Granada, part of UCSB’s
popular Arts & Lectures series, were
probably surprised his latest concert
at the venue was more reminiscing on
his highly successful multi-Grammy
Award winning career rather than
playing his 300-year-old cello.
The 90-minute show “Reflecting
on a Life in Music,” sponsored by
Montecito grande dame Leslie
Ridley-Tree, began with Ma, 57, play-
ing the prelude from Bach’s cello suite
No.1 and a concerto by Russian com-
poser Dmitri Shostakovich, while fill-
ing in the rest of the time recounting
his multifaceted career from his early
days living in Paris and his life-chang-
ing move to New York.
He describes his lecture tour, which
includes expounding on his multi-
cultural Silk Road Project, founded in
1998, as “a way of encouraging people
in the audience to reflect on their lives
while communicating the perception
of the changes in my life.”
The real treat was left until the end
when Ma played all six cello suites
from Bach.
It was a sublime performance. No
wonder all of UCSB’s five Nobel
Laureates were in attendance...
Staples Center Stage
Over at the Lobero, Mozart and
Tchaikovsky held sway when the
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra,
under the capable baton of Heiichiro
Ohyama, hosted “Staples Center
Stage,” starring Sheryl Staples, the
orchestra’s former concertmaster, who
is now principal associate concertmas-
ter with the New York Philharmonic.
Her consummate ease playing
Mozart’s “Turkish” Concerto No.5 in
A major was apparent to all.
The entertaining program wrapped
with Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de
Florence in D minor, a nod to the
Italian city he visited in 1890 and
where he wrote his opera The Queen
of Spades in just 44 days. The orches-
tral piece was originally written as an
ambitious chamber work for a string
sextet...
Dance the Night Away
Santa Barbara Festival Ballet,
known for its annual performance of
The Nutcracker with a full orchestra at
the Arlington, showed its paces at the
Lobero with an impressive nine-part
work of ballet pieces.
With Wimbledon only a few months
away, “Badinage with Homage to
Charles Moulton,” an all-whites tennis
piece excellently choreographed by
Valerie Huston to music by Rimsky-
Korsakov and Rossini, opened the
well-produced show.
Of particular note were Nancy
Colahan’s “In Tandem,” with impres-
sive choreography by State Street
Ballet dancer Leila Drake and SB
Dance Theater’s Kyle Castillo, and
Christina McCarthy’s “Question,” an
eight dancer work with wonderfully
flowing monastic costumes.
It was a long way from Tchaikovsky...
Anniversary Anticipation
It’s hard to believe the first anniver-
sary of the wedding of Prince William
to the former Kate Middleton is just
two weeks away, but the couple seem-
ingly get more popular with age.
A massive pre-order for Mattel’s
“Royal Wedding” gift set has already
sold out after less than two months
and now the toy giant, based in El
Segundo, California, is churning out
tens of thousands more, which cost
around $100 a pair.
Designed by Robert Best, the same
person who created the Mad Men
Barbie dolls, as well as the Grace
Kelly bridal doll, the royal figurines
are wearing tiny replicas of the out-
fits worn at Westminster Abbey,
with William in his bright red Irish
Guards uniform and the Duchess of
Cambridge in her stunning Sarah
Burton for Alexander McQueen wed-
ding gown.
Hurry, hurry...
Rest in Peace
On a personal note, I mourn the
passing of Mike Wallace, undoubtedly
one of America’s best newsmen, whose
glittering career spanned six decades.
The 60 Minutes correspondent, who
retired from the top CBS show in 2006
after 40 years, but still did occasional
pieces, lived just round the corner
from me when I lived on Manhattan’s
Upper Eastside.
His craggy urbane presence was
often in my building at East 66th
and Madison, given a neighbor was
a good friend of the veteran reporter.
The 60 Minutes offices were just
across from the CBS studios on West
57th Street, where I taped the Joan
Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera as resi-
dent gossip for many years, and I
would often stop to chat with him.
Despite his age, he played tennis
on a regular basis well into his eight-
ies, before moving to New Canaan,
Connecticut, to spend his last years.
It was there he died at the weekend
at the age of 93...
Sightings: Christopher Lloyd nosh-
ing at Olio e Limone... Former NYPD
Blue star Dennis Franz shopping at
Nordstrom’s in Paseo Nuevo... UCSB
Gauchos women’s basketball team
and coach, Carlene Mitchell, celebrat-
ing their Big West tournament victory
at a dinner hosted by owners Jack and
Emilie Sears at Café Del Sol
Pip! Pip! for now
Readers with tips, sightings and
amusing items for Richard’s column
should e-mail him at richardmineards@
verizon.net or send invitations or other
correspondence to the Journal •MJ
Space expert Eve Briere launches new book
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 31 Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it – John D. Rockefeller
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COMInG & GOInG (Continued from page 25)
piano during Circle Bar B productions,
directs the orchestra at Westmont, and
performs at various venues). Others
involved in the production include
co-director-producer-choreographer
Gioia Marchese and assistant cho-
reographer Janina Mason (both DP
alumni), scenic designer Ted Dolas,
lighting designer Leigh Allen, and
master technicians John Faass and
Ted Jenkins.
Dos Pueblos Theater teacher
Clark Sayre, whose extensive per-
sonal résumé includes appearances
on Broadway and in a number of
Hollywood films, directs the show.
Because of DP’s long involvement
with Disney (a vice-president of
Disney is expected to attend), Dos
Pueblos is one of a very small number
of high schools in the entire nation to
put on what are called “pilot” produc-
tions of Disney material. After Tarzan
closed on Broadway in 2007, the book
was rewritten and other changes were
made, although most of the musical
score remains. Removed, for example,
was the elephant character (it was
too big and unmanageable for a high
school production).
Tarzan, The Musical
The following is a synopsis of the
show as seen through the eyes of the
three principal performers.
Nanda (Jane): “I actually read the
novel (Tarzan of the Apes). Jane Porter
in Disney’s Tarzan is a proper English
woman. She is very proud of her
achievements as a botanist and an
explorer. They go to Africa with the
intent of studying gorillas. She gets
distracted by all these plants (her
great love is botany, after all), and
she is rescued from a life-threatening
situation by Tarzan. He shows her
even more of the jungle than she has
already seen; she falls in love with all
she’s discovered there and the plants
(some of the students have been cast
as plants) that open up to her. She
enters this enchanting world, and at
the end she must make a choice: does
she want to be where she knows she’ll
be happy the rest of her life with the
beauty that surrounds her, or should
she go back to England?”
Jonathan (Terk): “I’m a gorilla
and Tarzan’s best friend who has
always been ostracized by the other
gorillas because I was ‘different.’
In the animated version, Terk has
something of a posse and a num-
ber of friends, but in the musical,
he’s written as a loner, kind of like
Tarzan is. When [Tarzan and I] get
older, I notice that Tarzan is tying
knots and making fire and I can’t do
these things. So, I used to be the guy
that pushed him around but now
here he is twice as tall and can do all
these things that make me feel infe-
rior. I’m more of a comedic relief
role. I, of course, hate Jane because
Tarzan is spending way more time
with her and I’m jealous.”
Raymond (Tarzan): “What my
role revolves around is the joy of
discovering something new and
realizing it was part of me my entire
life. Realizing where I come from
and who I really am. It’s very inter-
esting. Tarzan is more confident and
can do more things. At the same
time, he’s been trying his whole
life to be accepted by Kerchak, the
leader of the gorilla group. So he
does really strive for acceptance by
Kerchak. At first, of course, Tarzan
has no idea what to make of [this
curious creature] Jane, but he does
save her life.”
“Don’t expect gorilla suits,” Nanda
laughs before adding, “It’s really spec-
tacular with all the lights and the sets
and the costumes together. Visually,
it’s a real masterpiece.”
As for the famous Tarzan yell? You’ll
only hear it once off-stage, at the end
of the show.
•••
All 750 seats for opening night have
already been sold out, but additional
performances are scheduled for 7 pm
on Saturday April 14 and Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday on April 19, 20
21. There’ll be two 2 pm matinees
April 14 and again on April 21. Prices
are $13 for adults, $10 for students
and seniors. To order, go to: www.
dptheatrecompany.org, or the the-
ater box office at Dos Pueblos in the
Elings Performing Arts Center at 7266
Alameda Avenue in Goleta. •MJ
(from left)
Raymond
Cothern,
Fernanda
Douglas, and
Jonathan
Bommerez are
Tarzan, Jane,
and Terk in Dos
Pueblos High
School produc-
tion of Tarzan,
The Musical
(photo by Kanga
LaVrado)
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 32 • The Voice of the Village •
I of course went into my self-imposed
exile in 1969 when I got off the music
bus of New York City and went to Big
Sur. We have that in common. And
we loved each other’s music. So we
already had this simpatico. She’s very
universal, and a true humanitarian.
On paper, this isn’t a collaboration that
would seem to make sense. What did you
see as the thread connecting you?
When I first heard her, it touched my
soul, my spirit so deeply. Something
was vibrating there, a resonance. And
when I found out she was a fan of my
music, too, I knew we would work
together. It’s just music. I don’t put
labels on it. It’s totally different. You
wouldn’t expect us to find each other.
But I believe that what you’re looking
for in life is also looking for you…
So I can’t really say in words what
our musical connection is, other than
a merging of our connection. She’s
a deep sensitive, and her voice is so
beautiful. She lifts you up. When we
play, something happens so that the
molecules change in the atmosphere.
People go home in another state…
It’s two worlds coming together with
deep respect and caring for each oth-
er’s tradition. I don’t know how to
label it, or myself. I just know that we
get drunk when we play together.
Tell me about the night in Athens when
you made the CD together.
I had a dream to make a musi-
cal marriage between our cultures.
She sings these ancient Byzantine
prayers and songs that are so moving
to me, and those wonderful songs by
Theodorakis. After the dreams per-
colated for years, when we finally
played at the Acropolis it was an
amazing night. Manfred Eicher from
ECM [Lloyd’s label, and the most
respected company in jazz and world
music] came and Theodorakis was
there too. Everybody came out for
it. It was a confluence of ancient and
modern, my quartet and two Greek
musicians, just a beautiful night. Now
we’re going to create something amaz-
ing here in Santa Barbara… I’ve been
writing pieces for her to sing so the
concert is a potpourri of my music and
culture and her ancient wisdom of
what Greece has brought to the world.
She’s the embodiment of all that. It’s
a beautiful providence that happened
right here in Santa Barbara.
How are you feeling about going to play
in Memphis for the first time in almost
fifty years?
It’s emotional. I was a kid when I
left at eighteen and I hardly ever went
back. The music part was fantastic,
the environment; it was a Mecca for
me when I was growing up. Then I
moved to New York, travelled around
the world and now I finally got invit-
ed back. So there’s an emotional ring.
It’s a good invitation. And the mayor
and all the folks are giving me the
star on the walk of fame. It should be
really interesting.
It’s almost like between these two shows
they’re bringing you to your own history
and ancient history to you.
Yeah, that’s beautiful. I played
with all the blues guys in Memphis,
Howlin’ Wolf and BB King, Bobby
“Blue” Bland. It was a wonderful
laboratory to grow up in; I feel like
I knew more in college at eighteen
about improvising than the people
teaching the classes. And I keep play-
ing and learning, bringing the music
around the world. When I went to
Capetown last year, they told me
“We’ve been waiting for you.” It
brought tears to my eyes. It makes
me almost afraid to go to Memphis,
because I think it will be emotion-
al. The invitation was a long time
coming; maybe it’s like “no wine
before it’s time.” The fruit just had to
ripen… I just have to keep my humil-
ity intact and stay in service to the
music… I’m still a sound seeker, on a
never-ending journey.
The Lloyd-Farantouri concert closes out
the Jazz at the Lobero series on Wednesday
at 8pm. Tickets cost $40 and $50. Call
963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com. •MJ
C
harles Lloyd’s concert
Wednesday, April 18 at
the Lobero Theater with
famed classical Greek singer Maria
Farantouri has been a decade and
a journey across continents in the
making, but it got its start right here
in Montecito.
Lloyd and Farantouri first met
back in 2002 at the home of a mutu-
al friend, Jimmy Argyropoulos. The
Montecito businessman, a tennis
partner of Lloyd’s, had arranged for
Farantouri to come to Santa Barbara
to celebrate the creation of the Greek
Studies Department at UCSB. Lloyd
was impressed by her vocal technique
and the beauty of her husky contralto,
and felt a soul connection even before
he found out she’d had a poster of him
on the wall of her London apartment
when she lived there during the dicta-
torship in Greece.
The following year, Lloyd invited
Farantouri to join him on stage at his
concert in Athens, and soon the saxo-
phonist and his wife, Dorothy Darr,
became good friends with the singer
and her family. During their almost
annual social visits, they explored
their mutual interests, with Lloyd tak-
ing in the history and landscapes and
developing an interest in the centuries
of Greek music favored by Farantouri,
while also creating lyrics for some his
own compositions for her to sing.
It wasn’t until 2010, though, that
they officially collaborated in concert
in a show at the Hellenic Festival in
Athens during the summer. The con-
cert was recorded and turned into
a CD released last year, which won
raves from critics and music lovers
across the globe.
Farantouri is best known as the
singer who most incisively interpreted
the protest music of Greek composer
Mikis Theodorakis, who she joined at
age 16, but is equally comfortable in
the classics and the Byzantine sacred
tradition, as heard on the CD.
Now Farantouri is coming to
America once again to join Lloyd
and his New Quartet – pianist Jason
Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers and
drummer Eric Harland along with
Greek lyra player Socrates Sinopoulos
– for a series of three concerts begin-
ning, naturally, here in Santa Barbara.
One week before those breakthrough
shows begin, however, Lloyd sans
Farantouri is also performing in
Memphis, his birthplace, for the first
time since he moved away back in
1964.
Lloyd talked about the milestone
events on the eve of flying to Memphis
earlier this week.
Q. What drew to you Maria’s music
when you first heard her sing?
A. She’s like a Venus, the Greek
goddess. Her voice is just angelic
and beautiful. And her singing took
me back to my childhood and Billie
Holiday even though they don’t sound
anything alike. But that direct connec-
tion touched my soul very deeply. I
was bowled over when I heard her
sing here in Montecito at the house,
and I was knocked out by both her
spirit and her quality. She blew the
roof off the house at Campbell Hall.
She lived in exile from 1967-74… and
Greek singer Maria Farantouri first met jazz legend Charles Lloyd in Montecito in 2002 at a mutual
friend’s house, but didn’t officially collaborate until 2010 at a Hellenic Festival in Athens
Maria Farantouri joins Charles Lloyd and his quartet on stage at the Lobero on Wednesday, April 18 for
the last Jazz at the Lobero concert of the season
Where Ancient Greece
Meets Modern Jazz
On Music
by Steven Libowitz
Steven Libowitz has
reported on the arts and
entertainment for more
than 30 years; he has
contributed to Montecito
Journal for over ten
years.
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Getting clear:
Lucidity Festival comes to Live Oak
On Entertainment
by Steven Libowitz
W
hat began as a “What if?”
conversation between
fve guys in town who
all had some experience with the
famous Burning Man Festival in the
Nevada desert has become Lucidity,
a full-fedged three-day festival that is
expected to draw 3,000 people to Live
Oak Camp this weekend. The festival
features art installations, music,
performance art, encampments,
themed areas, energy felds and much
more – a mini-Burning Man for the
locals, sans the eight-hour plus drive
or a burka/gas mask to deal with dust
storms.
What the festival is all about is
difficult to put into words, and the
founders say it best on the informative
website. But marketing director Jonah
Haas and production manager Satory
Palmer – two of the five of the core
organizers (the others are network
and communications coordinator
Alan Avila, administrative manager
Andrew Garrard and art & outreach
coordinator Luke Holden) – sat down
with me last weekend to give it a shot.
Here are some excerpts:
Q. What is Lucidity?
Haas: The word for me is about
clear and present awareness. I associ-
ate with lucid dreaming, which I’ve
been doing most of my life. When
you become lucid in your dreams you
recognize that you can do anything
you want. The possibilities are infi-
nite. You can shoot laser beams out
of your fingers, you can fly, you can
walk through walls, and create things
from nothing. And you let go of fear.
There’s nothing to be afraid of. That
ripples over into life. We have infinite
potential in our waking reality also.
We can create whatever we want to
have. The five of us came together…
and we’re all learning that lucidity
really does exist in our waking reality.
Palmer: I like the idea of lucid liv-
ing. It has to do with clarity of under-
standing and seeing things how they
are. [For example], a lot of the coming
together of people and events, the
stuff going on at the festival, was built
on our preconceptions. But we’ve
been blown out of the water by this
sweet blend of big name talent and
local people playing alongside each
other. We’ve reached out to open it to
anyone and everyone who wants to
be a part of it, making it easily acces-
sible. The result has been an amazing
mesh network of everyone who wants
to do beautiful things together; only
those who don’t want to collaborate
have trouble finding a place here…
All are equal and the line-up mixes
and matches, blurs the line between
participant and audience… We’re try-
ing to rewrite the whole story of what
a festival is.
Is the festival is a physical expression of
this vision, or an opportunity for people do
just do what they want?
Palmer: It’s both. My emphasis is
on coming out of the fog of the dream,
a waking life expression of that, very
active in a very focused way coming
together with people to do something
that isn’t an escape at all but is com-
pletely grounded in our every day
reality. We’re not creating a fanta-
syland. It’s real life. So much of our
community is involved that after the
festival you can go to Santa Barbara
and meet the folks that made this hap-
pen. It’s all happening around us all
the time.
Live Oak Camp
is the location
for the three-
day Lucidity
Festival that
will feature art
installations,
music, per-
formance art,
encampments,
themed areas,
and much
more, taking
place April
13-15 (Photo
credit: David
Pricco)
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Haas: The idea is open source.
We’ve created an invitation for all to
come participate with us. But there is
a balance we have to maintain with a
careful curation of experience. We’re
finding the sweet spot at the midpoint
between complete surrender and radi-
cal control.
Palmer: We’ve done a lot of con-
necting people together within the
community from the fire spinners to
Fishbon. We’re tied into these net-
works. So for the most part we’ve
stepped back and just extended the
invitation. We actually thought about
calling the festival “Blank Canvas.”
We’re providing the space and not
determining what will fill it.
How closely does it compare with
Burning Man?
Haas: Part of our open source phi-
losophy is taken from the Burning
Man model of radical inclusivity.
Palmer: They have this saying that
If you don’t like that place you’re at,
you can walk twenty seconds in any
direction and find a totally different
experience. We have a much smaller
space, so we’ve had to have some con-
trol just for the logistics.
Can you give me some idea of the
events, installations, etc.?
Palmer: There’s an all DJ stage, a
live/performance art stage and the
Lucid stage which is a blend of the
three. Different people are taking
ownership of each area. Our role as
coordinator is to make sure everyone
has a voice. We’ve had to juggle a lot
of people around. The amazing thing
is that it all fit.
Haas: The themed village concept is
six different villages revolving around
different archetypes: Renegade
Outpost, Family Garden, Warrior’s
Way, Healing Sanctuary, Lovers Nest
and Lunatic Fringe. Each one is about
a different type of energy. We’ve got
animal totems ad colors that cor-
respond. Much like our dreams are
reflections of different aspects of our
selves, we’re creating that at the fes-
tival geographically on the grounds,
and embodying the different energies.
Palmer: We have a couple of art cars,
immensely beautifully decorated vehi-
cles that double as sound stages. We
have the shower experience which is a
far out shower-advanced purging area
for the more wild souls. There are tons
of small intimate things. And there’s
an Intention Tree at the entrance; you
write down what you want for the
weekend and others can read it.
Is there room to come create something
when you show up or is it all planned out?
In terms of space, we’re very limit-
ed. But as far as energetics, absolutely.
We’re expecting people to do some-
thing with their own areas, decorate
their own corner to create what they
want. Someone just asked if there’s
room for another dome, and that’s a
challenge. We don’t want it to be over-
whelming, so we have to place things
carefully so there’s a flow. But one
of our sayings is if you think some-
thing’s missing, come bring it.
So what are your intentions for the
weekend?
Palmer: To actually be present, not
get so caught up in making it happen.
Haas: To make sure it goes smoothly
so that I can relax into the trust that
it’s all going to happen exactly as it
should.
Lucidity Festival takes place Friday
through Sunday at Live Oak Campground,
just off Highway 154, 1.8 miles north
of Paradise Road. Tickets cost $40 for
a single day (Sunday only) up through
$120 for the full festival pass, which
includes camping. Call 284-2807 or visit
www.lucidityfestival.com, which sports a
schedule of the events at the seven themed
areas; an iPhone app is also available for
up-to-date changes.
Dance away:
BASSH returns
BASSH, which began as a simple
showcase for area dance instructors to
attract newcomers to their studios, has
become something of a Santa Barbara
institution. Presented by the Santa
Barbara Dance Alliance (SBDA), the
two-night event features performanc-
es from a slew of Santa Barbara’s
dance centers, from independent
dance teams to full-fledged studios to
performance companies, offering slic-
es of dances both contemporary and
classic and ranging – as indicated by
the show’s acronym – from ballroom
to aerial, salsa, swing and hip hop.
Put together by SBDA’s Sheila
Caldwell and artistic director Derrick
Curtis, who also emcees as well as per-
forms, the show draws dance enthu-
siasts eager to see their colleagues
in action, newcomers looking for a
sampling of styles and non-dancers
enticed by the dance explosion on TV
in recent years.
What makes this event particularly
unusual, though, is the opportunity to
join the dancers onstage after the final
performance on Saturday night, when
DJ Mike Loeza spins tunes for patrons
and guests as well as the performers
to mix and mingle: you’ll see ballroom
masters trying out hip hop, swingers
taking on salsa and much more. (If
you go, feel free to ask anyone for a
dance.) Appetizers, desserts and wine
are also provided.
This year’s show features more than
80 dancers and choreography from
Oswaldo Balcaceres & Hien Jones,
Lauren Breese & Hector Sanchez,
Kaydie Carr, Felipe Castaneda,
Carmen Curtis, Derrick Curtis &
Teresa Johnson, Louvie Hernandez
and Ashley Kohler, Britney Nevison,
Kara Stewart & Chelsea Wightman,
Ninette Paloma, Tamarr Paul, Diana
Tere Porter & Jorge Zaragoza, Jamie
Powers and Betsy Ann Woyach. We
caught up with two of them at last
week’s preview party at Eos, where
five pairs and ensembles offered snip-
pets of the show.
Kara Stewart, director of Fusion
Dance Company:
Q. What will you be performing this
year?
A. We’re doing a variety of songs,
four different hip hop songs, includ-
ing Jennifer Lopez, and “Cooler Than
Me” (by Mike Posner). There are a lot
of different styles of hip hop within
the piece, all with high energy and lots
of movement and patterns. It kind of
has sass to it. There are eight girls so it
will be fun and fresh.
Can you explain what hip hop is, espe-
cially for those of us over fourteen?
It originated in Africa, and it’s more
down into the ground type of move-
ment. It’s more grounded, street,
organic – how you would naturally
move to the music that you hear. Now
it’s turned into a trend in the dance
world, and even other forms of styles
are integrating into hip hop.
It does seem to be mostly girls. Why
is that? It’s very physical and athletic so
you’d think guys would love it.
I think the issue is that guys aren’t
taught to be into dance to begin with.
If you’re a guy and you want to dance,
you’re thought of as strange or weird
or out there. But more and more men
are getting involved. I think with me
it also has to do with being a female
leader, which men sometimes don’t
want to follow.
It seems so freeing – you can let your
body just move and really express your-
self.
Yeah, there’s some vulnerability
there and that might be another rea-
son why men don’t get involved. You
really put yourself out there and say,
‘Hey, this is how I move.’ But it is very
free and very fun.
Are you trying to make a statement
with your choreography or just show off
moves and patterns?
Sometimes it’s more artistic
where we try to create a whole
story. That’s more for our own show
with Fusion that we do in June
every year. It might be a dream or
something that happened, brought
out artistically. At BASSH what we
do is more commercial, fun and
upbeat, although we do try to show
off our artistry too, like with last
year’s piece based on the Twilight
Zone. But it still has that popular
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Santa Barbara Dance Center teacher Diana Tere
Porter and Rhythm Dance Studio teacher Jorge
Zaragoza bring their sensual bachata dance
“Salsa Llago” to BASSH, the two-night dance event
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T
he Ventura British Brass will
be performing for the frst time
in Santa Barbara at a beneft
concert for the Center for Successful
Aging. The British Brass Band is a
unique ensemble with very specifc
instrumentation. Originating in
Britain, it is quite popular throughout
Europe and the rest of the world.
For many years, the sound was kept
alive in the United States largely
by the infuence of the Salvation
Army. Unlike most popular brass
ensembles in the United States, the
British style brass band has a fxed,
standard instrumentation using
cornets, rather than trumpets, and
alto horns, not French horns. This
gives the music its rich, dark, and
mellow tone quality.
Anne Howorth is a musician and
the founder of the British Band. She
came over from England in 2000
and was given a cornet from her
local band with instructions to start
a British Brass Band in the colonies.
She soon discovered that while most
Americans didn’t even know what
a British Band was, brass musicians
were excited and eager to put togeth-
er a brass ensemble. Anne says,
“When you play a brass instrument
in the orchestra, you usually take a
book along with you because you
have a lot of resting. In the orchestra,
the brass instruments usually just
play the fanfare or the last chord at
the end, while the woodwinds and
violins have all the melodies.” In
contrast, the British Band is entire-
ly made up of brass instruments.
Twenty-seven members make up the
full band. The music is scored for 16
voices and Anne says it is rather like
a brass orchestra or a barbershop
brass choir. She stressed that the
blending is of upmost importance.
Anne is also the Activities Manager
of Heritage House, an assisted living
community located in Goleta. She
became acquainted with the Center
for Successful Aging (CSA) when
volunteers from the nonprofit orga-
nization ran a support group for new
Heritage House residents, helping
them with the transition into assist-
ed living. Anne was so impressed
by their work that she decided to
take their course and become a CSA
counselor. Now, she runs her own
support group at Heritage House.
All the counselors for the Center
for Successful Aging are seniors
themselves who want to make a dif-
ference by volunteering their time
to help other seniors. CSA provides
the training in basic counseling and
empathetic listening skills. The Peer
Counselor program offers confiden-
tial, no-cost counseling service to
seniors who are facing the challeng-
es of the aging process. Clients are
paired with counselors who are old
enough to have lived through and
survived some of the same events
in life. Talking to someone who has
gone through the same life strug-
gles is the critical piece in creating
mutual understanding and bond-
ing. Often, talking to someone who
is a peer can help individuals to
work through feelings or make deci-
sions about difficult life issues. Peer
counseling takes place in a vari-
ety of places: in the client’s home,
in group settings, as well as in
the CSA’s professional counseling
offices. They also have a telephone
call reassurance program, CareLine.
Volunteers place short check-in calls
to any adult over the age of 50 who
may be homebound or isolated, and
who might greatly appreciate a call
from someone of their own genera-
tion.
Clients may be referred by family,
friends, social workers, discharge
planners, clergy, and other organiza-
tions serving the needs of seniors in
Santa Barbara. Target clients include
those who may not have friends or
family, who may not be able to get
out of the house easily, or those who
could benefit from knowing that
someone in the community cares
about their well-being.
Don’t miss the electrifying benefit
concert by the British Brass. It’s a
big departure from anything that
has ever been presented in Santa
Barbara. The British Band has clas-
sical roots but in addition to classi-
cal pieces, they will play Broadway
tunes, marches, hymns, and even
a little jazz. In addition, refresh-
ments are included and will fea-
ture sumptuous desserts and pas-
tries by Christine Dahl of Michael’s
Catering.
The concert will take place at 6:30
pm on Saturday, April 21 at the
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara –
located at 1535 Santa Barbara Street.
Tickets will be sold at the door.
($40 seniors & children, $60 general
admission, $100 patrons) •MJ
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the concepts portrayed, makes this
exhibition an interesting venue of
variety, integrative thought and
unique surprises.”
She says the senior show represents
a personal rite of passage, allowing
each artist to say something about
who he or she is and what interests
him or her. “It also enables them to
truly comprehend the realities and
responsibilities of self-direction, to
acknowledge the value of struggle
and risk-taking in the creative pro-
cess – and it requires them to aspire
to create work that measures up
to professional gallery standards,”
Susan explains.
In 2008, there were 24 students who
graduated with bachelor degrees in
art.
The museum is open Monday
through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm
and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. For
more information, please visit www.
westmontmuseum.org or contact the
museum at (805) 565-6162.
Crowds Enjoy
Días de México
More than 1,500 people
attended “Días de México:
A Family Festival” at
Westmont on March 24,
celebrating Mexico’s
vibrant culture through
dance and art. The
event, which began with
a youth soccer game on
Thorrington Field, includ-
ed dozens of activities and
crafts for children. About
300 budding artists created tissue-
paper flowers, crosses and ceram-
ic tiles, while also learning about
printmaking, tin art and weaving.
“I loved to see parents and grand-
parents working with their kids to
create such innovative art projects,”
says Judy L. Larson, director of the
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of
Art.
Westmont students volunteered to
paint faces, apply temporary tattoos,
break piñatas, tell stories in Spanish,
model Mexican costumes and perform
music. Throughout the day, guests
enjoyed dance performances, Mexican
songs and a stylish fashion show.
Adams Center was brightly decorat-
ed, and the Mexican Mercado and
food added to the festive spirit of the
day.
Larson says that Westmont, which
held a Japanese family festival in
2010, will continue to celebrate arts
and culture every other year at the
museum. •MJ
A
n impressive number of art
majors who graduate this year
present their fnal artwork
in Westmont’s annual senior show,
“Senior Exhibition 2012: The End?”
through May 5 in the Westmont
Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The 23
senior art majors, the second most
ever at Westmont, welcomed more
than a hundred people at the opening
reception April 5.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for
our community to get a glimpse of
the inventiveness, creativity and skill
that our students demonstrate,” says
Susan Savage, Westmont professor
of art.
The exhibition will feature an eclec-
tic range of work, including drawing,
painting, printmaking, photography,
mixed media, digital painting, and
sculptural installations.
“This exhibit provides the stu-
dent artists an opportunity to free-
ly share their individual voices,”
Savage says. “Playing to one’s
strength, with an eye toward con-
temporary influences for some of
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Dancers donning masks performed for large crowds in Porter Theatre
Students and community members model brightly colored
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A mariachi
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for guests in
the courtyard
between
Porter Theatre
and Adams
Center
Scott Craig is manager of media relations at
Westmont College
Your Westmont
Art Majors Exhibit Work
by Scott Craig photos by Brad Elliott
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 37 In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt – Margaret Atwood
Real Estate by Mark Hunt
Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are in the real estate business. They live in Montecito with their daughter
Sareena, a freshman at SBHS. His family goes back nearly one hundred years in the Santa Barbara area.
Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.
W
hile reviewing my best
buy picks in the 93108 area
for this week I noticed
something very interesting. At this
moment, there are a number of price
points where many properties are
offered for sale at or near the same
price. For instance, there are fve
excellent opportunities I found in
the $1.9-million range and a half
dozen or more best buys for sale
in the $2.9-million range, which
gave me my focus for this article.
Additionally, there are four homes
in the $5.9-million range and even a
number of grand estates hovering at
or near the $19-million mark.
I have chosen to look at the $2.9
million dollar market because of the
approximately 190 homes on the
market in Montecito, there are cur-
rently 14 priced between $2.8 to
$2.99 million. This is a large number
of properties (7% of all listings) hit-
ting a small pinpoint price range in
the marketplace.
The properties I am spotlighting
here include, in no order of favorit-
ism: an upper Riven Rock compound
with three structures, grassy yard and
a pool, a 4,200+ sq ft two-story home
near Montecito Union School & the
upper village; a two-story Butterfly
Beach area home with patios, lawn
and a small pool; and a secluded
Mediterranean style home on five
view acres in the East Montecito foot-
hills.
These homes vary in lot size, con-
struction styles & quality, age of home,
etc., but all have a solid amount of
square footage for their area and price
range, have full sized lots, and also
offer that something extra, such as;
being near Butterfly beach, or having
multiple acres, pools, square footage,
views, privacy, being a block from the
upper village, etc.
Here are four of what I believe rep-
resent Best Buys in the $2.9-million
price range:
2893 Hidden Valley Road
– Asking Price: $2,895,000
At the eastern end of histor-
ic Montecito (though not in either
Montecito school district), this prop-
erty offers complete privacy, just
up Ladera Lane, off Hidden Valley
Road. The 5+/- acre estate measures
approximately 5,000-sq-ft and was
built in 2002. The home has an open
and versatile floor plan with master
bedroom on the first level, offer-
ing a patio and expansive views.
There are three additional bedroom
suites downstairs, plus an office or
fifth bedroom. The home has a three-
car garage and two bonus rooms,
one measuring 18’x31’ and the other
16’x19’. This property was originally
priced at $3,990,000.
860 Riven Rock
– Asking price: $2,900,000
This home consists of three struc-
tures: the main home, a guesthouse
and a studio. The property is gated,
private and updated, featuring soar-
ing beamed ceilings, four fireplaces,
a wine cellar, elevator, and large
scale walls of windows that bring
in the sunlight. The tranquil, almost
one-acre property boasts a spa,
waterfall and lagoon style pool. This
home is located in the Montecito
Union School District, and has come
down from the original listing price
of $3,450,000.
60 Butterfly Lane
– Asking price: $2,995,000
This two-story beach house is just
four doors up from Butterfly Beach
and offers four bedrooms, three full-
and two half-baths as well as three fire-
places and a small pool in the garden.
There are numerous patios and small
grassy yards to enjoy... not to mention
the A-One location, close to Channel
Drive, the ocean, the Biltmore and
Coral Casino. This beachside Butterfly
Lane home is a short walk to Coast
Village Road and is in the Montecito
Four Just Under $3 Million
REAL ESTATE Page 444
Five-acre estate
on Hidden Valley
Road offers both
privacy and expan-
sive views
Deep in the
heart of the
Riven Rock
area, this
fully-gated
property
boasts four
fireplaces, a
wine cellar
and an eleva-
tor
A brand new view-
filled kitchen is a
special feature of
this Hidden Valley
Road offering
Soaring ceilings
and walls of
windows bring
light and air
into this Riven
Rock home
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LETTERS (Continued from page 9)
want the YMCA to improve, and
what programs would you like the
YMCA to add with these improve-
ments (800 surveys were completed).
From that survey “the most preferred
features to be added to the YMCA
were new studio areas for exercise
and relaxation classes and an indoor
gymnasium.
After gathering the information
from the surveys and input, the YMCA
Board of Directors compiled the feed-
back and analyzed the community’s
desires for spaces and programming
to determine what facilities would be
required. This information gave the
Board the general direction for the
beginning of the Master Plan. After
retaining Design Arc architectural
firm to complete a conceptual site
and floor plans, we began requesting
feedback again from our members,
staff and neighbors through both
open-house forums and programmat-
ic input. The goal of our Master Plan
is to provide a facility for our mem-
bers and community that can accom-
modate the ever-changing needs of
active lifestyles of Montecitans for
generations to come.
The proposed YMCA development
incorporates all of this information to
meet the needs of our community.
We look forward to working with
everyone to make the Montecito Y an
asset that we can be proud of.
Sincerely,
Joan Price,
Executive Director
YMCA
More Civics 101
Thank you for the fabulous cover
article (“Who and What Makes
Montecito Work” MJ # 18/13) that
explains the regulatory structure of
Montecito! This was a concise and
informative explanation of a compli-
cated and often misunderstood struc-
ture. As a past Director and Land Use
Chair for the Montecito Association,
Past President of Montecito Union
School District, and Director of the
Water District, I can attest to the
confusion many have about our com-
munity’s structure. Please continue to
run these types of informative “Civics
101” articles; they are so helpful.
Darlene Bierig
Montecito
More Praise For J’Amy
What a great service J’Amy Brown
has provided to the Montecito
Community with her article.
A lot of times we longtime resi-
dents don’t remember all the details
of what holds our community togeth-
er and, of course, newcomers need to
be provided with the salient details.
As J’Amy so succinctly pointed out,
Montecito didn’t “just happen,” that
it took a lot of people working for a
very long time to establish the guide-
lines that make Montecito what it
has become. Good neighbors become
good neighbors by working together
and following the established guide-
lines. Good grief! …six years in the
making for the Montecito Community
Plan. Doesn’t that tell us that a tre-
mendous amount of time was spent
in getting it right? I would like to
encourage old-timers and newcom-
ers alike to embrace the concepts that
have helped to form our little piece
of paradise. If you have questions
about anything the first place to look
for answers is in her article! Good job
J’Amy.
Jane Dyruff
Montecito
Cheers For Joanne
I normally don’t take the time to
write to the editor, however, in this
case I must say “Cheers!” to Joanne
Calitri for her wonderful story and
information regarding the mobile
veterinary services (“Our Town” MJ
# 18/13). My sister, Dr. Jyl Rubin
has run a mobile pet hospital (in
addition to her two-acre clinic near
Sacramento). She also has a weekly
feature on the news; this idea is
catching on, and we certainly can
use this valuable service. Thanks for
this and thanks to Joanne for a great
job on an important story. Thanks for
listening! I look forward to more of
her articles.
Sincerely,
Paull E. Rubin
Santa Barbara
Kudos For Kelly
The Montecito Trails Foundation
would like to compliment Kelly
Mahan on her thorough coverage
of the Hot Springs Canyon purchase
(“Village Beat” MJ # 18/12), and to
the Montecito Journal for acknowl-
edging the importance of this proj-
ect. The final outcome is a blessing
to us at MTF as the trail is the cen-
ter where all other trails converge.
Those utilizing the trail can enjoy
the local wildflowers, the domestic
citrus, banana, and avocado trees
and the panoramic views.
After five long and arduous years,
we are proud to share in the stew-
ardship along with the U.S. Forest
Service and the Montecito Fire
District in helping to maintain this
historical property. We are pleased
to officially put the trail on our
maps.
Sincerely,
Kevin Snow
Board President
Montecito Trails Foundation
Don’t Give Him a Dime
The following letter was sent to Santa
Barbara County Auditor-Controller Bob
Geis:
I am dead set against giving
[Miramar owner Rick Caruso] a
dime of our tax money for reasons
already stated, including the fact
that this is nothing more than a
legalized shakedown by Caruso and
this is government aid undermining
the profits of other hotels and restau-
rants in the area.
Your reasoning for giving away
$15-$20 million of taxpayer money
to this guy has two major flaws:
You state that this giveaway will
result in increased bed and sales
taxes to the County. You have no
way of backing up this statement.
You are assuming that the Miramar
will generate an increase in tour-
ism to Santa Barbara County; I
believe that is a false assumption.
For the most part, this new hotel
will take both room and restaurant
sales from existing hotels and res-
taurants in both the city and county.
The Miramar will essentially take a
piece of the existing tourist pie. The
reverse can also be said that the clos-
ing of the Miramar so many years
ago has had no appreciable effect in
decreasing tourism to Santa Barbara
in the intervening years. Their for-
mer customers continued to come
and stay in other hotels and motels
in the area.
And... I will also bet you a lunch
at Sly’s that most of the construc-
tion money spent for both labor and
materials will not wind up in Santa
Barbara County, as you also claim.
It will be outsourced to cheaper
providers from the L.A. area from
contractors that Caruso has a rela-
tionship with! Wanna bet?
And... this is another open ques-
tion...
This leaves an increase in prop-
erty taxes for the proposed improve-
ments over the present taxes of
about $500,000. Depending on the
increased value of the improvements,
it will take the County many years to
just break even, not even taking into
account the present yearly future
value of the bed tax money that we
are giving up over a ten-year period.
Once I have a number for the cost
of the improvements, I will have a
handle on how terrible a deal for the
taxpayers this really is.
Warmest personal regards,
Ernie Salomon
Santa Barbara
(Editor’s note: Mr. Salomon is host of
“The Sights and Sounds of the Central
California Coast” on Cable TV-17 –
TLB) •MJ
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THURSDAY, APRIL 12
‘Head’ to the Bowl – Far be it for us to
comprehend why the world’s most wildly
inventive and experimental rock band plays
in town on the same night as the similarly
mind-expanding Kronos Quartet, but who
can complain at all when Radiohead shows
up in Santa Barbara? (Thanks goes partially
to Coachella, which takes place over the
next two weekends and brings so many
great acts to the area.) The British band
that boasts an exponential growth curve in
both curiosity and accomplishment kicks off
the new season at the Santa Barbara Bowl
with a long sold out show. Oklahoma-bred
indie rockers Other Lives open the concert.
WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: 1122 North
Milpas Street COST: $74.50-$79.50 INFO:
962-7411
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
Art Museum goes green – And
we mean literally, not merely in the
environmentally correct sense! For its next
Nights Atelier event, the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art teams up with the nearly
century-old Garden Club of Santa Barbara
for “Art of Arrangement.” The galleries will
bloom with artful foral installations created
in response to works in the museum’s
permanent collection. For “Flower Phone,”
visitors will be able to use their cell phones
to hear from the designers of the gallery
gardens or listen to curatorial commentary
on paintings that feature fowers. Take
your best shot at matching fowers and
fragrances at the “Scent Bar,” and select
your favorites to make a personal potpourri
to take home. And the theme even extends
to the cocktails and food stuffs, which
serve as works of art for the palette: chef
Karen Smith Warner of Savoir Faire is
preparing “Edible Blooms,” horticultural-
inspired hors d’oeuvres including squash
blossoms, nasturtiums and dandelion
greens, while RND Vodka is infusing its
libation with foral favors, creating a
Gilded Lilly and Rose Petal Martini among
other drinks. WHEN: 5:30-7:30pm
WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: $50
general, $25 museum members INFO:
884-6414 or www.sbma.net/atelier
Camerata premiere – Camerata
Pacifca plays the world premiere of
Bright Sheng’s “Melodies of a Flute”
in the return of marimba-player Ji Hye
Jung to the chamber music ensemble.
Performed by fute, violin, cello and
marimba, the piece was commissioned as
a 40th anniversary present by Montecito
resident Luci Janssen for her husband,
Richard. The ensemble will also reprise
“Hot Pepper,” Sheng’s work for violin
and marimba, which premiered last
season, as well as two sweeping, romantic
pieces: Ewazen’s Ballade, Pastoral and
Dance for fute, horn and piano, and
Dohnanyi’s Sextet for piano, clarinet,
horn and string trio. Cam Pac regulars
Ani Aznavoorian (cello), Catherine
Leonard (violin), Adrian Spence (fute)
and Adam Neiman (piano) are joined
for the April concert series by violist Paul
Coletti, clarinet player Bil Jackson, horn
player Steve Becknell and Jung. Take
note: only the Ewazen and Dohnanyi are
performed in matinee; you’ll have to come
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa
Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement
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by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, APRIL 12
Kronos & Reich – The adventurous
and groundbreaking San Francisco-
based Kronos Quartet returns to UCSB
tonight after several years, and they’re
bringing along some of their fnest
repertoire in an all-Steve Reich program.
The highlight is the Santa Barbara
premiere of “WTC 9/11,” Reich’s recent
composition that uses recorded voices
from the events surrounding the 2001
attack on the World Trade Center in a
particularly emotionally compelling and harrowing work. (The piece shares a 2011
CD with Reich’s “Mallet Quartet,” which So Percussion premiered at UCSB last fall.)
Also featured is the thematically-linked “Different Trains” (1988) – a signature Reich
composition and one he created for the Kronos – which incorporates American and
European train sounds and speech samples from Holocaust survivors as a refection
of his personal take of that earlier human tragedy. Also on the bill: Reich’s 1999
composition “Triple Quartet,” dedicated to the Kronos and written for three string
quartets, with one live and the other two recorded in three dynamically contrasting
movements. Finally, Kronos – which has fearlessly challenged the confnes of a string
quarter for nearly 40 years, winning Grammys and other prestigious awards along
the way, and championing equally genre-busting composers like Reich – will also
perform “The Cave” (1993), Reich’s exploration of the roots of religion. WHEN:
8pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $35 INFO: 893-3535 or www.
ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu .

THURSDAY, APRIL 12
Art openings – “Ocean Front” is a solo painting
exhibit from Jamee Aubrey depicting a slice
of the life along UCSB’s West Campus Bluff
trail. Thursday’s opening reception (4:30-6:30pm)
naturally takes place at the UCSB Faculty Club, the
gleaming new facility boasting an all-glass front
that overlooks the lagoon and the Pacifc Ocean. A
portion of sales from the exhibit will be contributed
to the trail restoration… The Jewish Federation of
Greater Santa Barbara hosts an opening reception
for Upstanders: Courage in the Face of Evil, a
new permanent exhibit that features three representative narratives of non-Jews who
risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust: Annie and Pieter Schipper,
a Dutch couple who hid a Jewish family in their home; Dr. George Wittenstein,
who helped Jews escape Germany and tried to save fellow students in the resistance
from capture; and our Danish American neighbors in Solvang, whose relatives
participated in the “Danish Boat Rescue,” bringing Jewish Danes to Sweden. The
exhibit teaches the important message that each of us can make a difference in this
world and seeks to inspire people to fnd the courage to stand up whenever they
see injustice, hatred or discrimination. WHEN: 5-7pm WHERE: 524 Chapala Street
COST: free INFO: 957-1115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org
in the evening to hear the new Sheng
work. WHEN: 1 & 7:30pm WHERE: Hahn
Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070
Fairway Road COST: $45 ($22 at 1pm;
student rush $10) INFO: 884-8410 or
www.cameratapacifca.org
Spring dances – The UCSB Department
of Theater and Dance presents “Unbound
Confessions,” featuring the choreography of
advanced UCSB Dance students alongside
guest artist Austin McCormick. Among
the pieces are: Suki Clements’ “While
Not Why,” focusing on surviving in our
currently chaotic society while trying to
fnd the answers to our own fate; “beneath
these lights I shine,” choreographed by
Julie Correia, which conjures a memory
of awakening wrapped in the warmth of an
intimate circle of lamp light and plays on
the vulnerability and inherent humanity in
the connection through dance; Amanda
Thielen’s “Duplicity,” exploring the space
between dreams and consciousness where
one is left alone with truths otherwise
unacknowledged; and “Promanomaly,”
choreographed by Brittany Amoroso,
which showcases four awkward but
passionate young women as they strive to
experience romance. UCSB faculty member
Christina McCarthy directs. WHEN:
8pm tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, 2pm
Sunday WHERE: Hatlen Theater, UCSB
campus COST: $13-$17 INFO: 893-7221
or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
SBCC Theatre’s open house – The
long-delayed renovations at the Garvin
Theatre and Drama-Music Complex are
fnally fnished, and the facility is hosting
an open house to celebrate and show
off. Participants on the guided tour will
get to see the upgrades to the theater
including the audience chamber, the stage,
control booths, renovated practice rooms,
rehearsal spaces, costume studio, scenic
studio, recording studio and Jurkowitz
Theatre. Then get ready to come back
for the real thing as performances get
underway April 25. WHEN: 4-6pm
WHERE: SBCC’s West Campus, 900 block
of Cliff Drive COST: free INFO: 965-5935
or http://sbcctg.sbcc.edu
Surprise, surprise – That’s the theme
for Speaking of Stories next pair of
performances, featuring stories that
aim to take all sorts of twists and turns
on the journey from beginning to end.
Actors Suzanne Bodine, Henry
Brown, Ed Romine and Matthew
Tavianini provide the prose, reading the
respective works “Can Can” by Arturo
Vivante, “The Trusty” by Ron Rash,
“Mercy” by Pinckney Benedict and “The
Cop and the Anthem” by O. Henry. As
always, join the performers on the patio
after the show for complimentary cookies
and milk. WHEN: 2pm today, 7:30pm
tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater,
upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $25
general, $15 students/military ($15 Early
Bird Special for Sunday Matinee must be
purchased by April 12) INFO: 963-0408,
www.centerstagetheater.org or www.
speakingofstories.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
‘Black Swan’ choreographer – The
Swiss company Ballet du Grand Théâtre
de Genève makes its Santa Barbara debut
Tuesday with a program choreographed
entirely by Benjamin Millepied. A
former New York City Ballet principal
dancer, Millepied is a native of Bordeaux,
less than 350 miles from Geneva on the
Switzerland border, but gained his greatest
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41 Everything government touches turns to crap – Ringo Starr

FRIDAY, APRIL 13
Ballet’s ‘Grand Finale’ – State
Street Ballet wraps up its season with a
performance/party celebrating its 16 years
in town and boasting a revue of the full
scope and diversity of its tenure. Crowd
favorites such as La Sylphide, Sinatra and
Tango Rain are among the performances
that will also include other works drawn
from the current and previous seasons, both
classic and SSB premieres. The evening
will be emceed by comedian Wendy
Liebman, whose credits include the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with
David Letterman. Complimentary champagne and desserts will be served throughout
the event and patrons will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the artists
and choreographers at a post-performance reception. WHEN: 7:30-9:30pm WHERE:
Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $53 & $28 ($100 patron tickets include
reception) INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

SUNDAY, APRIL 15
‘ZooZoo’ to you – Mime,
dance, music and special effects
come together in “ZooZoo,”
the new family show from
Imago Theatre, the Portland
outft best known for “FROGZ”
and internationally acclaimed
for its special brand of
vaudeville, comedy, acrobatics and illusions. Featured creatures include polar bears,
bug eyes, anteaters, frogs, rabbits, hippos and penguins in this unique menagerie
recommended for ages three and older. This latest entry from Imago – which the
New York Times acclaimed as “masters of mime, dance and acrobatics… sure fre…
inspired fun!” – is part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Family Fun Series, featuring high-
spirited entertainment to tickle, awe and delight kids of all ages. As with all series
events, come an hour early for free balloons, food, face painting and family fun.
WHEN: 3pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $15 general, $10 children
INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
acclaim as choreographer and performer
in Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 feature flm
Black Swan, which was nominated for
best picture and earned his wife, actress
Natalie Portman, an Oscar for her role
as a talented but stressed ballerina.
Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, who
rarely perform outside of Europe and
are celebrating their 50th anniversary in
2012, will dance Millepied’s “Le Spectre
de la Rose” and “Les Sylphides,” the
choreographer’s 2011 re-imaginings of
the original works by Michel Fokine. The
company will also perform Millepied’s
“Amoveo,” which was inspired by Philip
Glass’ Einstein on the Beach and explores
the romantic love of a couple and how
their encounter affects those around them.
WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Granada Theatre,
1214 State Street COST: $35-$45 INFO:
899-2222, www.granadasb.org, 893-
3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
Seoul music – The lone non-US-based
orchestra in CAMA’s International
Series, the Seoul Philharmonic makes its
Santa Barbara debut with a conductor
we have seen before. Myung-Whun
Chung, who appeared in 2010 with
the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio
France, wields the baton for a program
featuring Seoul Philharmonic Composer-
in-Residence Unsuk Chin’s Concerto
for Chinese Sheng and Orchestra with
sheng soloist Wu Wei. Also on the
program are gems from the French
orchestral repertoire, including Maurice
Ravel’s “Mother Goose” Suite and La
Valse and Claude Debussy’s La mer,
which the orchestra recorded in a
2011 album that was the debut release
from the Seoul’s deal as the first Asian
orchestra to sign an exclusive contract
with Deutsche Grammophon. WHEN:
8pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214
State Street COST: sold out INFO: 899-
2222, www.granadasb.org or www.
camasb.org
‘Conquer’ing heroes – UCSB A&L
closes out its National Theatre Live
season with a pair of high-defnition
broadcasts from London of She Stoops to
Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith’s hilarious,
light-hearted and ingenious comedy
of manners, a celebration of mistaken
identity chaos, courtship and the
dysfunctional family. NTL’s production
has won raves, with the The Daily
Telegraph calling it “fresh, spirited,
blissfully funny.” WHEN: 7:30pm tonight
and tomorrow WHERE: Lobero Theater,
33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $18
general, $10 students INFO: 963-0761,
www.lobero.com or 893-3535, www.
ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu •MJ
stuff to make it work.
Can folks as old and decrepit as me
actually do this without ending up in
traction?
Oh yeah, definitely. Come to class
on Tuesday. We’ll get you moving.
There are all different levels and it’s all
just fun. Just get down and have fun.
Diana Tere Porter, dancing salsa and
bachata:
Q. Describe bachata, please.
A. It’s one of the most sensual
dances you’ll ever see. It’s similar to
rumba, very beautiful.
What can you tell me about your salsa
routine?
My dance partner and I choreo-
graphed it. The song is “Salsa Llago.”
There are beautiful tricks and it’s very
fast-paced.
How is what you perform on stage dif-
ferent from the social salsa dancing we’re
seeing here tonight at Eos?
It has to be a choreographed routine
that you practice until you know you
won’t make mistakes. It has to be
exciting to watch as well as dance.
What is it you’re trying to get across
from the stage?
Pretty much everything. The tricks
and the sensuality of the dance. It’s
pretty much the whole body when
you move. You feel the music from the
head to toe, the hips, the fingers and
the hands.
There a few salsa performers at BASSH.
What makes yours special?
I do believe we’re the hardest one
because our routine is very, very fast.
Anything else?
Please keep dancing. It will keep
you in good shape and make you
happy for your whole entire life.
BASSH performs at 8pm Friday &
Saturday at the Lobero. Tickets cost $28
general, $18 students/seniors; $50 patron
tickets on Saturday include the gala. Call
963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com. For
more info, call 966-6950 or visit www.
sbdancealliance.org.
Reflective theater
Ensemble Theatre Company’s pro-
duction of Strindberg’s Creditors, which
plays through this weekend, is a must-
see. I was absolutely riveted by the
play – a recent translation is very con-
temporary – and the complex relation-
ships between the characters: a young
artist, his independent-minded wife
and an older gentleman who befriends
the younger man. It’s not easy to watch
and there’s a lot to think about after-
wards, but that’s precisely the point.
“There are plays that have a redemp-
tive uplifting ending – this isn’t one of
them,” said Westmont College theater
department chair Mitchell Thomas,
who portrays the older man, at the
opening night party. “This sends you
to your knees. You see the potential of
how [horrible] human beings can be.”
Indeed, nearly every line, espe-
cially in the third scene, contains a
lot of food for thought, gateways
into further exploration about life
and the nature of relationships. It’s
the kind of work that should be
standard fare in high schools across
America – we’d have a lot fewer
divorces if it were – yet has been
deemed too dated or dense for cur-
rent audiences.
As Charles Pasternak, who plays
the young man, noted at the party,
if it’s challenging and difficult it’s
because it’s real, with totally believ-
able characters: “Anyone who says
they don’t see any part of them-
selves is either lying or doesn’t
know themselves very well. It’s a
slippery slope that any one of us
could fall into.”
Pop Tarts
A dearth of space means we
can only list a few of the shows
worth attending this week, begin-
ning with the neo-psychedelic
Austin rock band Black Angels at
SOhO on Thursday. The great M.
Ward plays a sold out show there
on Saturday and Club Mercy also
brings Tune-Yards on Sunday night.
Santa Ynez-based keyboardist-
composer Ian Bernard returns for
another Santa Barbara Jazz Society
gig Sunday afternoon, with guest
singer Barbara Morrison… Also in
jazz, Goleta-based Brazilian vocalist-
guitarist Téka brings Chris Judge,
Randy Tico and Kevin Winard to
the Song Tree Concert series in her
own backyard on Sunday evening,
and recent Santa Barbara transplant
Ajjani, a Berklee-trained devotee of
Ella, has hooked up with enlisted
pianist Debbie Denke, bassist Kim
Collins, drummer James Antunez
and guitarist-ukulele player Carl
Villaverde – some of the elite play-
ers in the jazz scene – as her back-
ing band for her coming out party
Friday at the Center Stage. Also, the
Artists of EverSound, as much New
Age as jazz and featuring Suzanne
Ciani and Diane Arkenstone among
others, play at the Marjorie Luke
on Saturday night… Florence & the
Machines, one of last year’s break-
out artists, headline at the Bowl over
Blood Orange in a sold out concert
Saturday night… On Monday, Seun
Kuti, the youngest son of legendary
Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, leads the
renowned Egypt 80, his father’s last
band, adding his own hip-hop influ-
ences to the rhythmic sound in his
Santa Barbara debut. •MJ
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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 $$
1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)
Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking
combine to create Latin cuisine from tapas
and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella
and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco
ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunfower-
colored interior is accented by live Span-
ish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive
freplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor
people-wat ching front patio. Open Monday-
Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday
10 am to 10 pm.
China Palace $$
1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380)
Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant, here you’ll
fnd 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 969-7520
Head 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)
$$$$ (average per person $45-plus)
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include fsh and vegetarian dishes, and fresh
fatbreads straight out of the wood-burning
oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic
and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches
and aged cognacs.
Pane é Vino $$$
1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)
Peabody’s $
1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834)
Plow & Angel $$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine
on traditional dishes such as mac ‘n cheese and
ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original
artwork, including stained glass windows
and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore,
hanging above the freplace. Dinner is served
from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend-
ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight
on Friday and Saturday.
Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$
1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014)
Stella Mare’s $$/$$$
50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)
Stonehouse $$$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Located in what is a 19th-century citrus
packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features
a lounge with full bar service and separate
dining room with crackling freplace and
creekside views. Chef Matthew Johnson’s
regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of
herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site
chef’s garden. Recently voted 1 of the best 50
restaurants in America by OpenTable Diner’s
Choice. 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards: 1 of 50
Most Romantic Restaurants in America, 1 of
50 Restaurants With Best Service in America.
Open for lunch Thursday, Friday and Saturday
from 11:30 am to 2 pm. Dinner from 6 to 10 pm
daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.
Trattoria Mollie $$$
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 Grass
1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611)
Here’s The Scoop
1187 Coast Village Road (lower level)
(969-7020)
Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises.
Open 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 waffe cones are made on site
everyday.
Jeannine’s
1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878)
Montecito Deli
1150 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 Lafond
516 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 pro-
duce. 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 $$
2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)
Padaro Beach Grill $
3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800)
A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery
its charm and makes it a perfect place to
bring the whole family. Its new owners added
a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with
freplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill op-
tions, along with salads and seafood plates.
The Grill is open Monday through Sunday
11 am to 9 pm
Sly’s $$$
686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)
Sly’s features fresh fsh, farmers’ market veg-
gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate
Specials and vintage desserts. You’ll fnd 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 $$
813 Anacapa Street (962-6050)
Located in the heart of downtown Santa Bar-
bara in a Mexican plaza setting, El Paseo is the
place for authentic Mexican specialties, home-
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43 I bear no grudges; I have a mind that retains nothing – Bette Midler
. . . EATERI ES
made chips and salsa, and a cold margarita
while mariachis stroll through the historic
restaurant. The décor refects its rich Spanish
heritage, with bougainvillea-draped balconies,
fountain courtyard dining and a festive bar.
Dinner specials are offered during the week,
with a brunch on Sundays. Open Tuesday
through Thursday 4 pm to 10 pm, Friday and
Saturday 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, and Sunday
10:30 am to 9 pm.
Enterprise Fish Co. $$
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 $$
210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)
Enjoy ocean views at the historic Harbor
Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. Featuring prime
steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned
Wine Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excel-
lence for the past six years and a full cocktail
bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and
Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm,
early dinner available Saturday and Sunday
starting at 3 pm.
Los Agaves $
600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)
Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, us-
ing only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and
friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner,
with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-
tures traditional dishes from central and south-
ern Mexico such as shrimp & fsh enchiladas,
shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade
mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to
9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.
Miró $$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa
(968-0100)
Miró is a refned refuge with stunning views,
featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-
rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that
accents fresh, organic, and native-grown in-
gredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open
Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm
to 10 pm.
Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$
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 souffé, 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 truffes, 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 $$$
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)
Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of
Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on East Beach
in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells
and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal,
halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end
victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines,
elegant surroundings, across from the ocean.
Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at
5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends.
Ojai
Maravilla $$$
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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village. Newly rebuilt, featuring fine
architectural details and within short
walking distance to Montecito Union
School, the home offers 4,200± sq-ft
of living space, which includes four
bedrooms, 4.5 baths, four fireplaces
and a formal dining room. The home
and lot are surrounded by mature
hedges and trees, creating a park-
like feel while at the same time pro-
viding privacy. There are two brick
patios, open lawns and direct access
to Manning Park.
•••
If you would like more information on
these or other properties in the Montecito
and Santa Barbara area, please contact
your real estate agent. If you are not
working with someone, you are also
invited to contact Mark or Sheela Hunt
through our website: www.montecito
bestbuys.com. •MJ
If you have a 93108 open house scheduled, please send us your free directory listing to [email protected]
93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SATURDAY April 14
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
670 Hodges Lane 1-4pm $5,875,000 3bd/3.5ba Sandy Stahl 689-1602 Sotheby’s International Realty
2170 Ortega Ranch Lane 1-3pm $4,995,000 4bd/3.5ba Cristal Clarke 886-9378 Sotheby’s International Realty
733 Knapp Drive By Appt. $3,950,000 5bd/4.5ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sotheby’s International Realty
791 Via Manana By Appt. $2,400,000 3bd/3ba Rich van Seenus 284-6330 Sotheby’s International Realty
1119 Alston Road By Appt. $2,250,000 Land Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
655 Coyote Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 3bd/2.5ba Liana Decierdo 729-2991 Prudential California Realty

SUNDAY April 15
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
810 Cima Del Mundo Road 1-4pm $13,850,000 5bd/7ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty
2084 E Valley Road 1-4pm $6,950,000 5bd/5.5ba Paul Hurst 680-8216 Prudential California Realty
1050 Coyote Road 1-4pm $6,450,000 4bd/4.5ba Lisa Loiacono 452-2799 Sotheby’s International Realty
1821 Fernald Point Lane By Appt $5,950,000 3bd/3ba Ron Dickman 689-3135 Sotheby’s International Realty
720 El Bosque Road 1-4pm $5,500,000 5bd/5ba Wayne Barker 637-2948 Village Properties
660 El Bosque Road 1-4pm $3,995,000 3bd/7ba John Holland 705-1681 Sotheby’s International Realty
733 Knapp Drive By Appt $3,950,000 5bd/4.5ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sotheby’s International Realty
730 Arcady Road 1-4pm $3,595,000 4bd/4.5ba Diane Randall 705-5252 Sotheby’s International Realty
240 Shefeld Drive 1-4pm $2,995,000 3bd/3.5ba Josiah Hamilton 284-8835 Prudential California Realty
860 Riven Rock Road 1-4pm $2,900,000 3bd/5ba Jo Ann Mermis 895-5650 Prudential California Realty
791 Via Manana By Appt $2,400,000 3bd/3ba Melissa Birch 689-2674 Sotheby’s International Realty
763 Ashley Road 2-5pm $2,295,000 6bd/5ba Marsha Kotlyar 565-4014 Prudential California Realty
1119 Alston Road 1-4pm $2,250,000 Land Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties
166 Coronada Circle 1-4pm $1,799,000 3bd/2.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sotheby’s International Realty
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
655 Coyote Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 3bd/2.5ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty
626 Tabor Lane 2-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/4ba Tifany Dore 689-1052 Sotheby’s International Realty
901 Aleeda Lane 1-4pm $1,295,000 3bd/3ba Barbara Green 452-9003 Sotheby’s International Realty
618 Orchard Avenue By Appt $1,095,000 3bd/3ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty
28 Rosemary Lane 1-4pm $890,000 3bd/2ba Barbara Neary 563-4040 Prudential California Realty
825 Chelham Way 2-4pm $829,000 3bd/2.5ba Grubb/Campbell 895-6226 Village Properties
1020 Fairway Road 1-4pm $675,000 1bd/1ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties
REAL ESTATE (Continued from page 37)
Union School District. Two nearby
homes on the market are listed at
$15 million and $19 million, so a new
buyer would be in good company in
this area.
444 Pimiento Lane:
$2,995,000
This two-story traditional residence
is on plus-or-minus half-an-acre, on a
quiet lane, near Montecito’s upper
Two-story
beach house on
Butterfly Lane
comes with a
small pool in
the garden and
three fireplaces
Light and space
are abundant
in this newly
rebuilt home on
Pimiento Cottage-like
beach house
on Butterfly
Lane features
four bedrooms,
along with
three full- and
two half-baths
Two-story
traditional on
Pimiento sits on
half an acre or
so, but its 4,200
square feet of
living space
give it a feel of
a much larger
estate
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45 Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great – John D. Rockefeller
WORKSHOP
Business/Life Planning Workshop- Sunday,
April 15th 2:30-6:30 Montecito Library
Cost $95. Facilitated by Andrea Dominic,
Inspirational Coach & Founder of
“The Business Intensive”.
Call Tobias to RSVP
or more info 805.895.7355
ESTATE SALE
Impressionist paintings, prints, jewelry,
record player, records, antique doll & shoes.
Handmade exquisite costume & coin belt
for belly dancing. By appt 805 962-8865.
ITEMS FOR SALE
Exquisite ESCADA suits (some with
slacks AND skirt) in pristine condition.
Size 34. Also three lovely evening gowns.
All half original price. 818 262 1640 for
appointment. Santa Barbara location.

CLASSIC CARS WANTED
Help wanted in fnding an old 1929-70
Ford, Buick, VW, Packard, MBZ, Cadillac,
RR or Porsche.
Thank you. R.A. Fox 805-845-2113.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
INCREDIBLE down hole OIL PUMP
INVENTION. Pumps a barrel of oil under
$1. Prototype developed. Will sell or
partner. Leo 805-569-5402.
HEALTH SERVICES
HOME VISITS FOR HEALING - Soothing
energy healing sessions in the comfort of
your home ($120) or my offce ($100) for
wellness and rapid recovery from illness,
injury, or surgery. Gift certifcates available.
Laura Mancuso, 805-450 8156,
www.spiritofhealing.info
“Transformational Yoga and Professional
Massage Therapy with Energy Healing for
women. In home,$105. Please call Yarrow
King, CMT, CYT, CHt. (805) 350 8127.”
Don’t wait for a physical therapist. Start
walking now. Walking bud avail to help u
start. Walk & energy=health. 35yr care exp.
Local refs. $30/hr. Nancye 845-1242.
CONSULTING/GUIDANCE
ARDEN ROSE ART THERAPIST, LCSW,
MFT, LIFE COACH,
Individual, couples, family, child/teen issues;
divorce, communication, depression, loss,
addiction. Helping students w/learning/
behavior problems. ardenrose.com
Call 805 962-8865.
SENIOR CAREGING SERVICES
In-Home Senior
Services: Ask Patti
Teel to meet with you
or your loved ones to
discuss dependable and
affordable in-home care.
Individualized service is
tailored to meet each
client’s needs. Our
caregivers can provide transportation,
housekeeping, personal assistance and
much more. Senior Helpers: 966-7100
COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES
VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS
Hurry, before your tapes fade away. Only
$10 each 969-6500 Scott
CHILDREN SERVICES
Babysitter -10 yrs exp. w/all ages.
Schedule, On Call, Overnight.
Trustworthy, Reliable & Responsible.
References.
Call/Text 941 447 9657
TUTORING SERVICES
PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila
Kramer are long standing members of the
Music Teachers’ Assoc. of Calif. Studios
conveniently located at the Music Academy
of the West. Now accepting enthusiastic
children and/or adults.
Call us at 684-4626.
PETS
Anatolian
Shepherd
puppies,
champion
blood lines,
proven
working stock,
excellent
family
guardian or
estate guardians. $1500 each. Puppies are
6 month old, excellent condition. More info
and pix at www.mellea.net
541-999-5916.
PERSONAL/SPECIAL SERVICES
Experienced caregiver to provide your
with personal assistance, transportation,
housekeeping & much more. Refs upon
request. Ask for Diana 705-9431
Let me simplify your life! Reliable, cheerful,
cook, caregiver, personal assistant with a
“can do attitude”.
15 years exp. with ex. refs.
Charlotte @ 805-896-0701

FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR 453-2067
POSITION WANTED
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Registered nurse USA Ed.Ca. certifed
will provide total individual client care at
home. Dependable, honest, active licenses.
Contact [email protected]
ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES
THE CLEARING HOUSE
708 6113 Downsizing,
Moving & Estate Sales
Professional, effcient, cost-effective
services for the sale of your personal
property Licensed.
Visit our website:
www.theclearinghouseSB.com
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860
(You can place a classifed ad by flling in the coupon at the bottom of this section and mailing it to us: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. You can also FAX your ad to us at: (805) 969-6654.
We will fgure out how much you owe and either call or FAX you back with the amount. You can also e-mail your ad: [email protected] and we will do the same as your FAX).
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REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Nancy Langhorne
Hussey
“Tested... Time &
Again”
805-452-3052
Coldwell Banker
/ Montecito
DRE#01383773
www.NancyHusseyHomes.com
SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL
CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway.
Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden
patio. Walk to beach and town.
$110/night. 831-624-6714
Ready for Spring in South of France?
Great 3 bd,2.5 baths 7 min to the beach
in resort area of Provence Riviera, close
to St Tropez, Bandol, Sanary, Cassis, Aix-
en-Provence in a quiet area. Offered at
$900 per week in the off season. Contact
Francoise at 805-252-4752 or visit
www.abritel.fr ad # 583988.
SEA MEADOW
Elegantly appointed French Normandy,
4bd/5ba house, steps to beach. Pool,
tennis. June through Sept. or partial.
$18,000/mo. 612-802-3944
Lg 2bd,2bth furn. feld facing polo condo
for rent April. Magnifcent ocean and mtn
views. Lots of closet space. 3rd f. sm pet
ok. $2300 incls util.
805-453-1105.
WOODWORK/RESTORATION
SERVICES
Ken Frye Artisan in Wood
The Finest Quality Hand Made
Custom Furniture, Cabinetry
& Architectural Woodwork
Expert Finishes & Restoration
Impeccable Attention to Detail
Montecito References. lic#651689
805-473-2343 [email protected]
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 46 • The Voice of the Village •
High-end quality detail garden care &
design. Call Rose 805 272 5139
www.rosekeppler.com
Landscaping and masonry. Maintenance,
clean-up and hauling. Irrigation, tree service,
repainting walls, concrete and pavers.
www.golandscaping.biz 452-7645
Cal lic#855770
Lawn aeration service-relieve soil
compaction on your lawn! Free estimate
895-5403 or email: [email protected]
PERSONALS
Gentlemen 78, trim, self educated, self-
styles would be good companion for a
mature person to help write their memoires
or frst novel or available for traveling.
Clyde 805-462-9872.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Do you love Reagan history? The
Reagan Ranch Center is seeking volunteers
who would be interested in serving as
docents for the Exhibit Galleries. Docents
will have the opportunity share the history of
President Reagan and his “Western White
House.” For more information or to apply,
please contact
Danielle Fowler at 805-957-1980
or [email protected].
Help Save Threatened Shorebirds!
Coal Oil Point Reserve is looking for
volunteers to help protect Western
Snowy Plovers on Sands Beach. We
are looking for volunteer docents
to spend 2 hours a week on Sands
Bach, teaching the public about
the importance of protecting the
snowy plover habitat. You can make a
difference! Interested parties should
call (805)983-3703 or email copr.
[email protected].
Next training date: Saturday,
April 14, 9AM-12PM
“The 1st Memorial Honors Detail
is seeking veterans to get back in
uniform to participate in an on-call
Honor Guard team to provide military
honors at funeral or memorial services
throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara
Counties. For more information visit
www.usmilitaryhonors.org,
email [email protected],
or call 805-667-7909.”
LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY (805) 565-1860
Live Animal Trapping
“Best Termite & Pest Control”
www.hydrexnow.com
Free Phone Quotes
(805) 687-6644
Kevin O’Connor, President
$50 off initial service
Voted
#1
Termite Inspection 24hr turn around upon request.
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BILL VAUGHAN - Cell/Txt: 805.455.1609

Principal & Broker DRE LIC # 00660866
www.MontecitoVillage.com
Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood
Active Resident Member Since 10/85
STEVEN BROOKS JEWELERS
Custom Design • Estate Jewelry
Jewelry Restoration
Buyers of Fine Jewelry, Gold and Silver
Confidential Meeting at Your
Office , Bank or Home
[email protected] (805) 455-1070
GET READY 4 THE NEXT 1
Call Bill @ 698-4318
FREE CONSULTATION
Residential & Commercial
Foundations & Site Drainage Systems
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Inspection Services Available
[email protected]
William J. Dalziel & Assoc., Inc.
General Building Contractors Lic.# B414749
Linda Christenson
Caregiver
Healing Touch Practitioner
Extremely qualified.
4690 Carpinteria Ave,
Village Gardens, suite A
Call for an apt @ 360 239 1835
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860
HANDYMAN SERVICES
HANDYMAN
Repairs, renovations, installations services
available; carpentry, plumbing, drywall, dry
rot/termite/water damage, paint.
Call Jim 705-0361.
Small jobs ok.
PAINTING SERVICES
PAINTING interior/exterior
Great quality at a great price.
Let’s talk color, and get a bright new look!
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Small jobs, O.K.
John Randall Painting S.B.,
for 20+ years.
805-680-0938
GARDENING/LANDSCAPING/
TREE SERVICES
Estate British Gardener Horticulturist
Comprehensive knowledge of Californian,
Mediterranean, & traditional English plants.
All gardening duties personally undertaken
including water gardens & koi keeping.
Nicholas
805-963-7896
1101 State St
Santa Barbara
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State and Figueroa
805.963.2721
a fne coffee and tea establishment
Attorney Mark A. Meshot
For All Your Legal Needs
v
116 Middle Road
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Telephone (805) 969-2701
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CLASSES
beginning to advanced
681-8831
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HIGH FIVE!
12 – 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 47 Music is everybody’s possession; it’s only publishers who think that people own it – John Lennon
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are
doing business as: Staysea
Mermaid, 1469 S. Jameson
Lane, Santa Barbara, CA
93108. Stacey Nicole Rook,
1469 S. Jameson Lane, Santa
Barbara, CA 93108. This
statement was fled with the
County Clerk of Santa Barbara
County on April 5, 2012. This
statement expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN
No. 2012-0001060. Published
April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Christian Fiech
Architectural Lighting, 19
West Padre Street #C, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105. Christian
Fiech, 19 West Padre Street
#C, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.
This statement was fled with the
County Clerk of Santa Barbara
County on April 2, 2012. This
statement expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN
No. 2012-0001009. Published
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are
doing business as: Weddings
by Diana & Invitations,
Etc., 1092-B Palmetto Way,
Carpinteria, CA 93013. Diana
Andonian, 1092-B Palmetto
Way, Carpinteria, CA 93013.
This statement was fled with
the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on March
14, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the
date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Miriam Leon. Original FBN
No. 2012-0000817. Published
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Malibu Magic
Life Coaching, Montecito
Magic Life Coaching, 1187
Coast Village Road #539,
Montecito, CA 93108. Kismet
Goodman, 1021 Monte Cristo
Lane, Montecito, CA 93108.
This statement was fled with
the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on March
28, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the
date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Miriam Leon. Original FBN
No. 2012-0000958. Published
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Paseo Pilates,
115 West De La Guerra Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
John DeWilde, 3325 Calle
Noguera, Santa Barbara, CA
93105. Kiran DeWilde, 3325
Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara,
CA 93105. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County on
March 2, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify
that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in
my offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua
Madison. Original FBN No.
2012-0000675. Published
March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT-
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT: The
following person(s) has (have)
abandoned the use of the
Fictitious Business Names(s):
G & R Design Associates,
2403 Foothill Lane, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105. Wendy
Glomb, 1119 Alameda Padre
Serra, Santa Barbara, CA
93101, Joan Radditz, 2403
Foothill Lane, Santa Barbara,
CA 93105. This statement
was fled with the County
Clerk of Santa Barbara County
on March 15, 2012. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Miriam Leon. Original FBN
No. 2011-0003383, fled on
November 17, 2011. Published
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Perez Jasso
Construction, 54 Alameda
Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA
93101. Juan Perez Builders,
54 Alameda Padre Serra,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This
statement was fled with the
County Clerk of Santa Barbara
County on March 2, 2012. This
statement expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Miriam Leon. Original FBN
No. 2012-0000669. Published
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Islay Events, 21
W. Islay Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101. Jeremy Cable, 21
W. Islay Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County on
March 14, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify
that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in
my offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam
Leon. Original FBN No. 2012-
0000809. Published March
21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Eco Clean SB
Maid and Janitorial Services,
209 West Quinto Street, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105. Gloria
Gonzalez, 209 W. Quinto
Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93105. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County on
March 14, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify
that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in
my offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua
Madison. Original FBN No.
2012-0000816. Published
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Benchmark
Maps, 559 San Ysidro Road
#1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
Benchmark LLC, 559 San
Ysidro Road #1, Santa Barbara,
CA 93108. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County on
March 9, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify
that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in
my offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy
Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-
0000779. Published March
21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE No. 1385373. To all
interested parties: Petitioner
Douglas Norton fled a petition
with Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Barbara, for a
decree changing name of child
Kai Douglas Hasso Norton to
Cai Douglas Hasso Norton.
The Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause,
if any, why the petition for change
of name should not be granted.
Any person objecting to the
name changes described about
must fle a written objection that
included the reasons for the
objection at least two court days
before the matter is scheduled
to be heard and must appear
at the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not be
granted. If no written objection is
timely fled, the court may grant
the petition without a hearing.
Filed March 7, 2012 by Terri
Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing
date: May 10, 2012 at 9:30 am
in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Published 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE No. 1385509. To all
interested parties: Petitioner
James Anthony Sevigny-
Resetco fled a petition with
Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Barbara, for
a decree changing name to
James Anthony Resetco. The
Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause,
if any, why the petition for change
of name should not be granted.
Any person objecting to the
name changes described about
must fle a written objection that
included the reasons for the
objection at least two court days
before the matter is scheduled
to be heard and must appear
at the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not be
granted. If no written objection is
timely fled, the court may grant
the petition without a hearing.
Filed March 22, 2012 by Terri
Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing
date: May 3, 2012 at 9:30 am in
Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Published 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE No. 1385306. To all
interested parties: Petitioner
Beera Areli Bernard fled a
petition with Superior Court
of California, County of Santa
Barbara, for a decree changing
name to Vera Areli Bernard.
The Court orders that all persons
interested in this matter appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause,
if any, why the petition for change
of name should not be granted.
Any person objecting to the
name changes described about
must fle a written objection that
included the reasons for the
objection at least two court days
before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the
hearing to show cause why the
petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely
fled, the court may grant the
petition without a hearing. Filed
on February 28, 2012 by Jackie
Vazquez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing
date: May 3, 2012 at 9:30 am in
Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Published 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE No. 1385086. To all
interested parties: Petitioner
Frances N. Shropshire fled
a petition with Superior Court
of California, County of Santa
Barbara, for a decree changing
name to Frances Nobuko
Arai. The Court orders that all
persons interested in this matter
appear before this court at the
hearing indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the petition
for change of name should
not be granted. Any person
objecting to the name changes
described about must fle a
written objection that included
the reasons for the objection
at least two court days before
the matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at the
hearing to show cause why the
petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely
fled, the court may grant the
petition without a hearing. Filed
on February 23, 2012 by Terri
Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing
date: April 19, 2012 at 9:30 am
in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Published 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11.
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