CARP features 47

from Carpinteria Magazine - Summer 2023

CONTRIBUTORS

From sunup to well past sundown, Carpinteria’s restaurant scene has been rewritten by husband and wife team Juan Rodriguez and Sarah Dandona. The owners of Brass Bird Coffee and Teddy’s by the Sea have fine-tuned the delivery of delicious flavors in a casual chic atmosphere.

68 JEFF MOORHOUSE, FLYING WITH ANGELS

When you combine doing what you love with doing good, volunteering becomes your favorite pastime. This is how it goes for Jeff Moorhouse, who comes to the rescue with his Beach Bonanza A36 when disasters strike and people are in need.

73 NATURE & NURTURE

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in these two Carpinterian families. For mother-daughter artists Nini Swift Seaman and Jessica June “JJ” Avrutin, and for father-son artists Ron and Ben Anderson, there’s an intergenerational bond forged in color and creativity.

82 Crisis Averted

Housing in Carpinteria these days is in low supply and high demand. You don’t need an economics lesson to know that the result is high prices. But we found three families who beat the odds and live well thanks to persistence, creativity, and some darn good luck.