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2900 OLD CALZADA RD, SANTA YNEZ 4BD/3½BA+2BD/2BA GH;4.47±acs • $3,300,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

1475 EDISON ST, SANTA YNEZ 3BD/2½BA; 9.8±acs • $2,350,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

4740 4TH ST, CARPINTERIA 4BD/3BA • $1,947,000 Nancy Hussey, 805.452.3052 LIC# 01383773

1774 COTTONWOOD ST, BALLARD 4BD/4BA • $1,179,000 Cyndee Stapp, 805.729.0768 LIC# 02097454

2847 STADIUM DR, SOLVANG 3BD/2½BA • $749,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

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620 BUENA VISTA ST, VENTURA 3BD/3½BA • $3,695,000 Janet Caminite, 805.896.7767 LIC# 01273668

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on the successful representation of the seller at 1031 E Mountain Drive, Listed for $7,200,000

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RANDY GLICK on the successful representation of the seller at 870 Cambridge Lane, Listed for $2,795,000 RANDY GLICK 805.689.7167 Randy@Randy Glick.com www.RandyGlick.com LIC# 00950129

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3101 DRUM CANYON RD, LOMPOC 1500±acs • $3,895,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

3251 SHORT RD, SANTA YNEZ 40±acs • $3,850,000 Carole Colone, 805.708.2580 LIC# 01223216

855 ADOBE CREEK RD, SOLVANG 3BD/2½BA • $2,700,000 Glynnis Mullenary, 805.705.5206 LIC# 01748187

860 W HIGHWAY 246, BUELLTON 201±acs • $2,200,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

4025 W OAK TRAIL RD, SANTA YNEZ 4BD/2BA; 28±acs; Riding Trails • $1,895,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

5501 BASELINE AVE, SANTA YNEZ 4BD/3½BA • $1,875,000 Claire Hanssen / B. Ellingsberg, 805.680.0929 LIC# 00887277 / 01029715

3114 CALZADA AVE, SANTA YNEZ 3BD/3BA; 4.85±acs • $1,795,000 Joe Ramos, 805.680.6849 LIC# 02040488

2570 WILD OAK RD, LOMPOC 3BD/2BA; 21±acs • $959,000 Brett Ellingsberg, 805.729.4334 LIC# 01029715

841 COINER CT, LOS ALAMOS 5BD/2½BA • $759,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

001 SWEENEY RD, LOMPOC 81±acs • $699,000 Jody Neal, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725

25 HENRY CT, LOS ALAMOS 3BD/2BA • $599,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

2213 KEENAN DR, LOS OLIVOS 1.28±acs • $575,000 Marlene Macbeth, 805.689.2738 LIC# 00689627

5662 KAI CT, ORCUTT 2BD/3BA • $559,000 Rhoda Johnson, 805.705.8707 LIC# 1070384

135 SIERRA VISTA, SOLVANG 2BD/2BA • $416,000 Karin Aitken, 805.252.1205 LIC# 00882496

89 RIO VISTA, SOLVANG 3BD/2BA • $399,000 Ealand & Sideris Group, 805.698.9902 LIC# 01766178 / 00603730

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860 W HIGHWAY 246, BUELLTON 860±acs • $7,800,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

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2075 VINEYARD VIEW LN, LOMPOC 3BD/3BA; 101±acs • $12,950,000 Kerry Mormann, 805.682.3242 LIC# 00598625

505 E LOS OLIVOS ST, SANTA BARBARA 21BD/14+(3)½BA • $12,000,000 Ken Switzer, 805.680.4622 LIC# 01245644

1530 MIMOSA LN, MONTECITO LOWER 5BD/5½BA • $11,500,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

965 PARK LN, MONTECITO UPPER 4BD/3½BA • $8,900,000 Laurel Abbott, 805.455.5409 LIC# 01247432

4660 VIA ROBLADA, HOPE RANCH 5BD/5½BA • $4,695,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792 / 01050902

2439 SANTA BARBARA ST, GOLETA 4BD/3BA • $4,450,000 Randy Glick, 805.689.7167 LIC# 00950129

684 LADERA LN, MONTECITO UPPER 5BD/3½BA • $3,995,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

26 CELINE DR, WESTSIDE 1.54±acs • $3,995,000 Josiah Hamilton, 805.284.8835 LIC# 01415235

1931 GARDEN ST, EASTSIDE UPPER 3BD/4BA • $3,895,000 Ken Switzer, 805.680.4622 LIC# 01245644

2260-62 SAN MARCOS PASS RD, SB 41±acs • $3,875,000 Jody Neal, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725

453 VISTA DE LA PLAYA LN, MESA 3BD/2½BA • $3,790,000 Ken Switzer, 805.680.4622 LIC# 01245644

850 ROCKBRIDGE RD, MONTECITO 3BD/2½BA • $3,450,000 Daniel Encell / Barbara Neary, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141 / 01491532

124 VIA ALICIA, EUCALYPTUS HILL 3BD/3½BA • $3,395,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

217 EQUESTRIAN AVE, DOWNTOWN 4BD/4BA • $3,095,000 Kathy Hughes, 805.448.4881 LIC# 00521702

1711 HILLCREST RD, RIVIERA 5BD/3½BA • $2,950,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

1382 PLAZA PACIFICA, MONTECITO 2BD/2½BA • $2,695,000 Sue Irwin, 805.705.6973 LIC# 01413354

4120 VIEJA DR, HOPE RANCH 4BD/3BA • $2,497,000 Randy Freed & Kellie Clenet, 805.895.1799 LIC# 00624274 / 01434616

7475 SHEPARD MESA RD, CARPINTERIA 4BD/3BA • $2,495,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

219 CONEJO RD, RIVIERA 4BD/4BA • $2,450,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

805 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 10.67±acs • $2,375,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

2336 BELLA VISTA DR, MONTECITO 2BD/2BA • $2,250,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

521 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 3BD/2½BA • $2,195,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

167 NOGAL DR, HOPE RANCH ANNEX Dual Living - 0.5±acs • $2,069,000 Yolanda Van Wingerden, 805.570.4965 LIC# 01308141

3196 SERENA AVE, CARPINTERIA 3BD/3½BA • $1,695,000 Randy Freed & Kellie Clenet, 805.895.1799 LIC# 00624274 / 01434616

820 CATHEDRAL VISTA LN, HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT

5455 8TH ST #22, CARPINTERIA 3BD/2BA • $679,900 Anthony Bordin / Scott Walters, 805.729.0527 LIC# 00974047 / 02051173

391 NORTHGATE DR #B, GOLETA NORTH 3BD/2BA • $629,900 Scott Williams, 805.451.9300 LIC# 00628741

849 SAND POINT RD, CARPINTERIA 3BD/4½BA • $13,200,000 Bartron Real Estate Group, 805.563.4054 LIC# 01005021

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7200 CASITAS PASS RD, CARPINTERIA 4BD/3½BA • $16,500,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

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1104 CHANNEL DR, MONTECITO 1.13±acs • $32,000,000 Phyllis Noble, 805.451.2126 LIC# 01448730

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BETSY J. GREEN

ADDRESS: 519 Brinkerhoff Avenue

Lord Harry’s House on Brinkerhoff

he home at 519 Brinkerhoff Avenue dates to about 1889 and was first owned by a popular blacksmith nicknamed “Lord Harry.” British-born Harry Hawcroft and his wife, Eliza, owned the house for decades and, according to current THE GREAT HOUSE DETECTIVE owners George and Mary Ann Ogle, who have lived here since 1973, Harry is still here. More about him later. Some historic maps online provide clues to the home’s past. An ad in the local paper in 1886 showed a map of lots for sale on Brinkerhoff Avenue. The map shows that lots on by Betsy J. Green the west side of Brinkerhoff were 50 feet wide and 125 feet deep. There were no homes shown. I found this map on the California Digital Newspaper Collection website.

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because of the distinctive fish-scale shingles on the front gable with the round cinquefoil (“five leaves”) window. The paint colors are based on an 1885 book of paint samples. The moniker “Lord Harry” was applied by his fellow citizens because of his British accent and his distinctive attire — unusual for a tradesman. Harry favored white shirts, bow ties, and bowler hats. George told me that he has occasionally found pearl buttons in the yard, which he believes belonged to Harry. Harry and his wife, Eliza, seem to have arrived in Santa Barbara about 1886. In that year, Harry won a prize at the Santa Barbara County Fair for “polished steel horseshoes,” and Eliza was judged “most graceful rider.”

COURTESY GEORGE OGLE

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An ad in the local paper in 1886 shows a map of lots for sale on Brinkerhoff Avenue.

Edgar W. Adams at the wheel of a Pierce Great Arrow in front of the home

the front page of The Blacksmith & Wheelwright, a New York trade publication. In 1912, as cars began to replace horses, Harry bought Hunt Son & Schuster’s and began making tools and automobile springs. In 1915, he sold his company to the Hendry brothers, who moved the business to the corner of Cota and Fig streets. The façade of that building is still in place. Harry’s wife, Eliza, died in 1900, and for several decades after that, Harry lived in the building on the De la Vina side of the property and rented the 519 Brinkerhoff house. One of the renters was a chauffeur named Edgar W. Adams. George shared a fabulous photo of Adams driving a 1907 “Pierce Great Arrow” in front of the home. This high-end vehicle cost more than $5,000 — at a time when the average worker earned less than $1,000 a year.

I also looked at the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps online, courtesy of the Gledhill Library at the Santa Barbara Historical Society’s website. By comparing an 1892 Lord Harry Returns, or Never Left map (when this house had a simple square shape) with the 1907 map, showing the In 1898, Harry “Lord Harry” Hawcroft’s blacksmith shop at 20 West Cota Street was featured on the Harry left this world in 1932, but George Ogle isn’t house in its current configuration, I could front page of New York’s The Blacksmith & Wheelwright. so sure that he left for good. When a neighbor was housesitting in the home, an apparition resemsee that the home’s footprint had changed. Harry worked as a blacksmith at several locations near bling a man in a tuxedo was reportedly seen inside the George mentioned that he had found evidence of a fire in the home, so this may have caused the major change in the home. His shop was nearby at 20 West Cota Street in home. It was presumed to be Harry. And when George the exterior. The angled bay windows accenting the front the late 1800s and early 1900s. There were several men- was installing some paneling inside the home, he left for corners of the home are unusual. Perhaps Harry’s heritage tions of him in local papers and outside the area. In 1888, a while, and when he returned, more paneling had been an article mentioned Harry constructing four large buoys installed in his absence, he said. So, Lord Harry is a helpful influenced the changes in the home. The house at 519 Brinkerhoff Avenue is a good example for the Stearns Wharf Company. Another article in 1889 ghost — that’s handy! Please do not disturb the residents of 519 Brinkerhoff of a modest-sized Queen Anne–style home. This ornate wrote of him manufacturing large bolts for the roof of a style was popular from 1880 to 1910. This house stands out church. In 1898, Harry’s blacksmith shop was featured on Avenue.

Betsy J. Green is a Santa Barbara historian and author of Discovering the History of Your House and Your Neighborhood, Santa Monica Press, 2002. Her website is betsyjgreen.com.

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On a quiet, tucked away Riviera street, with stunning ocean and city views, serene privacy, and a magical park-like landscape, this property fondly named “Casa de Contentment” by the original owner, belongs in a category all its own. Built in 1950, this board and batten California Ranch home occupies nearly 1/3 of an acre and is full of charm and character. With more than 1800 square feet, the home features two bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a brightly-lit family room/office, and a large open living room/dining area with a brick fireplace and beamed ceiling. Many rooms open to the outdoors with its private patios, majestic oak trees, noteworthy boulders, rock walls, pathways, gardens, and a long front porch with amazing views. This beautiful, peaceful setting feels like a private retreat where the hustle and bustle of everyday living vanishes, yet State Street is only a 5-minute car ride away. With a property like this, it’s easy to understand why it has never been on the market, and why the next owners will feel very fortunate to call “Casa de Contentment” home.

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The Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® held their 113th annual Awards and Installation Ceremony to recognize leaders of the organization and introduce the officers and board of directors for the coming year. Traditionally marked with a luncheon at the Coral Casino, this year’s celebration looked different, of course, being held online via zoom instead of in person. The ceremony was held Thursday, December 10. Outgoing 2020 President Staci Caplan was honored for her leadership. Caplan said that she “looks back on this year with a grateful heart,” taking pride in the association’s members for their “resilience and adaptability” during a challenging year. She also observed that one of the silver linings of this pandemic year is the “renewed focus on the importance of home.” Caplan bestowed her president’s award to the association’s CEO Bob Hart. National Association of REALTORS® President Vince Malta inducted the 2021 Board of Directors. The following members were installed and honored:

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REALTOR® Community Service Award: BRIANNA JOHNSON

Affiliate of the Year Award: RICK WILSON

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REALTOR® Award of Excellence: DAN ENCELL

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2021 SBAOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Brian Johnson PRESIDENT ELECT: Bob Walsmith Jr. VICE PRESIDENT: Todd Shea SECRETARY/TREASURER: Michele Allyn

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Clear Is Kind

1. White space. Create time in your calendar to be able to think, to daydream, to get in touch with yourself. Note that I’m not saying meditation time — meditation is hugely valuable to settle the mind’s chatter, but both the word and the practice seems to set some of my clients off. What I’m suggesting instead is time to just be. 2. Journal. Get it down on paper. Create a blueprint. 3. Find a safe way to get feedback. Find an accountability partner, or create a per-

sonal board of directors (i.e., friends and colleagues whose advice you often turn to). Or join a mastermind group. Let the power of precise feedback help you to hone your best thinking.

Finally, what about clarity in our personal lives? With the seemingly never-ending pandemic still raging, here are three tools to help you stay grounded during this difficult time.

Now that you know what your expectations are, how do you go about communicating these at work? Here are three tools I like to suggest to managers:

1. Charts. This one is great for families with kids. Creating a chart with tasks or promises or schedules is a great way to create some scaffolding around things that need to get done around the house. Research shows that kids thrive in stable environments with boundaries — and creating a chart is a loving way of setting out expectations clearly.

1. Deadlines. One of the main reasons that confusion reigns in a workplace is that managers simply don’t communicate expectations. As they say in the 12-step world, an unspoken expectation is a resentment waiting to happen. Creating a timeframe that everyone agrees on makes everyone accountable. 2. Project plans. Make sure you’ve scheduled consistent one-on-one meetings with your employees to create a joint plan. Getting things out of your head and onto paper creates clarity. 3. Model effective listening. Once you’ve assigned a task or project, ask the person: “tell me what you heard.” This can be done in a kind, rather than brusque, way. Make sure you and your team are on the same page.

2. Weekly “business” meetings. Set a consistent time with your partner each week to sit down and take stock of the schedules, tasks, finances, and other aspects of your relationship. This shouldn’t be your “date night,” but rather a practical chunk of time devoted to the ongoing business of your household. For Steve and me, it’s every Sunday. 3. Family meetings. Sunday family dinner is a great way to integrate the whole family in a discussion of what’s coming up.

This holiday season, give yourself and everyone in your life the gift of clarity.

Sara Caputo transforms how individuals, teams, and small businesses navigate workflow and increase productivity. Her work has been featured in Working Women, Success, and Forbes, as well as other national and regional publications. She can be reached at sara@saracaputoconsulting.com.

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ecently, a client of mine — a boss at a local company — complained about an employee. “The worker is responsible for the first three steps in our workflow, but she keeps leaving out big chunks of the job,” my client said. Closer to home, my husband, Steve, used to forget that when the dishwasher is clean, his job is to empty it out. Unfortunately, the problem here wasn’t the employee — or my husband. Neither my client nor I had communicated our expectations clearly. In her book Dare to Lead, the brilliant researcher and writer Brené Brown conducted hundreds of interviews with C-level leaders around the world. The takeaway? Leaders need to be more courageous if they want to be successful. And the single big-

gest mistake bad leaders make is avoiding difficult conversations. “Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind,” writes Brown. When you are clear about your expectations, there’s less room for error. Being clear with others requires you to get clear on your own boundaries, limitations, and values. Being clear is a gift to those around you. When you’re clear in all areas of your life, the drama recedes, the chaos constricts, and the noise becomes less invasive. Okay, you might say, that’s all well and good. But sometimes I don’t know exactly what I want done. What if I don’t have clarity? Here are three tools to get you started:

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