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Lanny’s Take – Lanny Ebenstein examines the race for City Council 3rd District, including hopeful Sharon Byrne, and makes recommendations about the Westside

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The Bi-weekly Capitalist – Jeffrey Harding warns would-be voters not to be fooled by that huckster, demagogue, and narcissist known as Donald Trump

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Beer Guy – Zach Rosen visits Tobacco Road in North Carolina, where Asheville (aka Beer City, USA) hosts the Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference

State Street Scribe – While Californians shower with buckets, Holland struggles with another problem. Adoptive Dutchman Jeff Wing dons his wooden shoes and reports on a disaster that affected a generation of Dutch engineers.

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by Lanny Ebenstein

Lanny is a longtime local resident and writer.

Byrne Starts Strong

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anta Barbara City Council 3rd District candidate Sharon Byrne has started strong in her race for the council. Her first campaign event, at El Zarape Restaurant on San Andres Street, was a big success with a crowd that spilled over onto the sidewalk. Many local residents attended, including business owners on San Andres Street. The event was hosted by longtime resident Raul Gil. As I noted in my last column, Byrne has a tenacity and perseverance that will make her a tough competitor, notwithstanding that she is challenging incumbent Cathy Murillo. Personally, I like Cathy. She has always been fair to me, but the question in this city council race will be which candidate will do the most for the Westside.

In addition to Raul, many other community leaders attended Sharon’s kick-off event, including former mayor Sheila Lodge, former Santa Barbara City College Trustee Joan Livingston, Frank Banales, Penny Jenkins, Lesley Wiscomb, and Loretta Redd. There is no doubt that Sharon is building a diverse coalition in her quest to become the first councilmember elected from the 3rd District.

There is little question that the Westside is an underserved neighborhood with such basic city services as public trash bins and tree trimming not being provided, as is the case in other neighborhoods. Indeed, despite the fact that the eastside often receives more attention, the Westside includes the poorest areas in the city, especially the lower area south of Carrillo Street and west of Highway 101. Increasing public services and facilities in this area should be among the top priorities of the next city council.

A number of schools are located in or immediately adjacent to the 3rd District, including Harding and McKinley Elementary schools, La Cumbre Junior High, and Santa Barbara City College. Sharon is well-positioned to address school issues, as she has a daughter who attended local public schools and is now enrolled at Santa Barbara City College.

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Sharon’s involvement in the local community in recent years is legendary. Among her first community projects was to organize the painting of a mural in the west downtown area as a deterrent to graffiti, involving local kids and arts organizations.

Especially concerned with homelessness, she serves on the Salvation Army’s Hospitality House advisory board – The Salvation Army has a major facility located on the Westside that has not had nearly the problems that services on the eastside have had.

The fact of the matter is that Sharon Byrne is a dynamic and progressive leader who will undoubtedly work full-time, and more, on the city council on behalf of the residents of the city – and, in particular, on behalf of the residents of the Westside – if elected. The coming election in the 3rd District will be crucial in determining the future direction of the city.

One project that I hope the city will take on in the term of office of the next city council will be to improve the pedestrian overpasses across Highway 101 from the Westside to the main part of the city. There are currently three exclusively pedestrian overpasses--at Ortega, Anapamu, and Junipero streets – in addition to the vehicular and pedestrian thoroughfares at Carrillo and Mission.

The pedestrian overpasses at Ortega and Junipero streets, in particular, could stand to be improved. In addition to other benefits, this would encourage people to walk and ride their bikes more. It may be possible also to create a pocket park adjacent to the Ortega overpass, beautifying the region and making it more versatile and useful.

Perhaps to continue this line of thought, it would be possible to give the overpasses names – which would create more of a sense of place and perhaps lead to their greater improvement. Why not name these viaducts after some of Santa Barbara’s past mayors – the Lodge, Conklin, and Miller overpasses? In any event, these important civic assets should be enhanced. Moreover, the lower Westside really needs a park and community building.

There will, in short, be many projects that the first city councilmember representing the Westside should advocate and work to create.

Correction: In my previous column, I wrote that Santa Barbara City Council candidate Andria Martinez Cohen has lived in Santa Barbara for fewer than two years. That was incorrect, and I apologize for the error. Andria has been a Santa Barbara resident since 2005. She and her husband acquired their home on Indio Muerto Street, in what is now the 1st District, two years ago.

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by Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding is a real estate investor and a writer on economics and finance. He is the former publisher of the Daily Capitalist, a popular economics blog. He is also an adjunct professor at SBCC.

That Trump Guy

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ello Mr. Johnson, this is a survey for ABC/Washington Post on Republican presidential candidates. May we ask you a few brief questions?”

“Umm, yeah, I guess.”

“Thank you. Now first, if the election were held tomorrow, which of the following candidates would you vote for?

In alphabetical order they are: Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, or Scott Walker?”

“Umm, that Trump guy. Don’t know the others.”

“Thank you. Now, which of the following are the most important issues to you as a voter? Terrorism, the economy, immigration, or the federal deficit?”

“Hell, it’s all them damned illegal Mexicans taking our jobs away.”

“Then you are saying immigration is your main concern.”

“Yup, that’s right. Trump… he’s like sayin’ what them other guys would like to say, but they damned well don’t because they’re afraid. The country’s goin’ to hell and Trump’s tellin’ it like it is. Yeah, he’s a rich SOB, but he ain’t afraid of speakin’ the truth.”

That isn’t real, it’s just my take on

Donald Trump’s recent ascent in the political polls.

You may ask yourself, as an intelligent person, why anyone would support Donald Trump for president. His comments about Mexicans are clearly racist, uninformed, and untrue.

Here’s what he said about Mexicans whom he professes to love: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you [pointing to the audience].

They’re not sending you [pointing again]. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people! But I speak to border guards, and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people.”

And it’s not just Mexicans. He’s antifree trade, pro-bailouts, anti-Islam, pro-Christian, anti-private property, pro-taxation, pro-big government, antiChina, pro-America, anti-McCain, proHimself, and definitely anti-“losers.”

In Donald’s mind, just about everyone other than himself is a loser.

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Reason.com commentator Matt Welch noted that Trump’s recent speech at FreedomFest, a libertarian conference in Vegas, as being the dumbest speech he had seen in 17 years of covering politics.

It is actually difficult to figure out his policy positions. There are no policy papers on his website. His speeches are mostly inflammatory verbal grenades without content. One recent not cherry-picked statement: “If I win the nomination, I will win the Hispanic vote, because I’ll take our jobs back from China!” I’ll let you try to figure that out.

Another: “Now, our country needs — our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now. We need a leader that wrote The Art of the Deal.”

I challenge anyone to tell me what

I challenge anyone to tell me what Trump’s policies are for “making this country great again” his policies are for “making this country great again.”

I used to think that Trump was a dope.

Probably not. He’s made himself a lot of money. But his history as a real estate investor is a mixed bag. In my opinion, his real estate success is mostly built around the myth about himself that he has carefully built up over time. In reality, he has been a sailor on the business cycle wave, riding it up and then riding it back down, often to face bankruptcies. Much of his wealth comes from licensing his name and from entertainment ventures.

His “brand” has been successful, and he

knows how to cash in on it.

What are we to make of a candidate who blatantly lies about everything, who believes that wealth is a qualification for office, who is a braggart, who lacks an understanding of the issues, and who is clearly delusional about his own abilities?

Why would he be leading in the polls?

Trump is a huckster and an egodriven narcissist feeding his vast need for validation and approval. When you apply this kind of personality to politics, there is a word that perfectly describes it: demagogue—a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. If that doesn’t describe Trump, then what?

Trump has tapped into a deep dissatisfaction about government and a pervasive feeling that “the country is headed in the wrong direction.” As a demagogue, he takes advantage of this feeling by pandering to our worst instincts. It’s not just Republicans, either; if Trump ran as a Democrat, I am certain he would do well in those polls as well.

I don’t mean to turn this piece into a critique of our education system, but there is a substantial segment of American society who barely has a handle on anything beyond celebrity gossip and football. This is what demagogues exploit.

And folks, we are better than that.

Please educate yourselves about the issues before you swallow any politician’s claims. For example, a brief Google search would reveal that crime committed by immigrants was far lower than that of U.S.-born Americans.

As my readers know, I am very critical of politicians of both parties, but right now Donald Trump is at the top of my Most Despicable list.

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by Jeff Wing

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A Different Sort of Water Problem Een Dubbeltje op Zijn Kant – a cool little statue in the Groenedijk commemorating a sea dog’s rescue of his countrymen in a moment of rural quick-think

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’m typing this column in a sort of farmhouse in the wind-and-raintossed Dutch countryside, here with the fam to celebrate my spry motherin-law’s 80th. When we entered the rented farmhouse, I recognized it immediately as Stanley Kubrick’s model for the haunted resort that brought such sorrow to Jack Nicholson in The Shining. There are long receding hallways lined with identical, neatly appointed little rooms, each with two twin beds, and at either end of the building large rooms with vaulted ceilings and furniture, for socializing.

Or endless, possessed typing.

The farmhouse is on the edge of a forest. Per the Dutch meteorological custom, in the pitch-black wee hours vibrant storms appear out of absolute nowhere to throttle the surrounding woodlands, bow the windows, and swirl around the darkened house with that unearthly moaning sound that is the bane of accidental farmhouse roomers everywhere.

My mother-in-law (m’n schoonmoeder) visits our parched state once a year from Holland, an unlikely country spread across an undersea declivity from which the water, over the centuries, has been ingeniously pushed, rather than drained. They have a water problem, too. The sea still muscles up to the country of 17 million like a churlish rejected suitor, harassing with all the weight of the vast ocean the defenses the Dutch have built to keep her at bay. On the night of January 1, 1953, a historic catastrophe which the Dutch call the Watersnoodramp (“water tribulation disaster”, approximately) befell the dish-like Holland with long-lasting effects. A mighty storm, combined with the kismet of high tides, swamped the Dutch system of seawalls and dykes, and inundated the south of the country in the ZeelandNoord Brabant region. Thousands

drowned, along with tens of thousands of animals. Buildings and homes were swept away and in the course of the blow several ships were lost at sea and in the channel.

In one of many notable feats of spontaneous, powerfully practical Dutch “Now we will fix this” derring-do (a quality I’ve learned to both love and fear), the quick-thinking, detail-averse mayor of a town called Niewenkerk commandeered a largish grain barge and ordered the captain, named Arie Evegroen, to head with all speed to a widening breach in the Groenendijk on the river Ijssel near his town, a key dyke in the region whose loss would be catastrophic. That high sea dyke was beginning to weaken on the seaward side, threatening with explosive flash flooding about 3 million Dutch people in the province’s lowlands. Captain Evegroen was reportedly nervous about the more-than-a-little-crazy, seat-ofthe-pants plan his wild-eyed mayor had cooked up, but he only paused long enough to haul a lifeboat onto his rust-eaten barge, de Twee Gebroeders (“the Two Brothers”), in case things didn’t work out and he was obliged to jump overboard. In the event, Captain Evegroen throttled up to the dyke and in the “I was raised on this river” manner that jut-jawed heroic sea dogs have, masterfully maneuvered his ship into the yawning hole such that the full force of the sea was diverted from the breach, and several million Dutch brothers and sisters downriver were saved.

A typically demure bit of Dutch statuary commemorates the event on the site of the patchwork rescue of a quarter of the country’s citizens that day in ‘53. It’s called Een Dubbeltje op Zijn Kant – “A Little Coin on its Side” – a Dutch saying that connotes a narrow escape. For all the lives that were saved, and the scale of the added disaster

that was averted, the commemorative sculpture simply shows a guy in a raincoat bending hurriedly over a dinghy. This is how the Dutch pat themselves on the back. Quietly. Their tensile strength is in the doing.

In the literal wake of the ruinous flood the Dutch hurriedly, one would say angrily, came up with a massive machined response called the Delta Project; a huge, technologically complex series of sluices, walls, and sea-gates down the channel coast of Holland whose intent is to effectively round off the complex inlets and waterways of the coast, and reduce the number of miles and opportunities through which a storm-maddened sea may pour its wrath, so to speak. The Dutch had been planning a similarly large-scale if technologically less robust project to protect their vulnerable southern reaches when WWII broke out and more immediate concerns superseded the fear of drowning. Now they attacked the problem with all the ingenuity and will they are known for.

The largest and most dramatic stretch of the project, completed in

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and exam called the ABC Zwem Diploma, beginning around age five or six, or they aren’t allowed out of the deep end of any public pool. Ever.

The Dutch are citizens of a place that exists at the pleasure of the sea, and of the engineers whose ingenious contraptions hold the sea, year after year, in abeyance.

The prosaic result of all this waterconquering is that every year on her visit, Riekie destroys our shower handles in a fit of water-arresting determination.

It can be said that the 1953 seawall catastrophe in Holland has been a gift to Santa Barbara’s plumbers. Ours is an older shower that, when turned off, loses a few fitful drips of water before the flow stops completely. If you are able to bide your time for four seconds the dripping ceases. To Dutch folk of a certain generation, four seconds may as well be four days.

On seeing the drips, Riek’s impulse until recently has been to crank the shower handles to ground with such muscle-trembling strength that by the time her three-to-four week visit is ended, the measly American

The largest and most dramatic stretch of the project is the Oosterscheldekering; as difficult to say as it is awesome to see 1986 and dedicated by Queen Beatrix of Holland, is the Oosterscheldekering; as difficult to say as it is awesome to see. The Oosterscheldekering is a nine-kilometer-long (five-mile) wall of sluices and gears and gates, and looks like something from another planet. It is a world-renowned example of national pluck, as we Americans might once have put it, and amounts to an enormous Dutch middle finger raised to old King Neptune. That is, following the disaster, this attack by capricious nature, the level-headed, quietly indomitable Nederlanders had wrung out their clothes, sharpened their pencils, and returned to bitch-slap the elements. Or as the Dutch plainly understate on a plaque installed near the ostentatious sea wall: “Hier gaan over het tij, de wind, de maan en wij”. (“Here the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us.”) Yes. Point made.

And now to the buried minianecdote that catalyzed the writing of this column. My mother-in-law has a great respect for water. All the Dutch do. Every man, woman, and child in the country must pass a surprisingly arduous three-step swimming program

shower gaskets have been crushed to diaphanous doilies by her strength of will and bionic wrists. A plummeting droplet of water is something to be forcefully addressed. The showerhandle gaskets are invariably shot to pieces during her visits and need to be replaced, in a yearly ritual that signals dear Riek’s return to Holland, within a day or two of her leaving. Last year, she got the memo and is treating the fixtures more gently, she assures us, on future visits. Surely, Riek’s new exercise of patience is allowing her the astonished revelation that sometimes running water will stop moving of its own accord.

I’ve long understood, though, that she has earned her contempt for uncontrolled running water.

Metaphorically and otherwise, something as innocuous as a dripping faucet can be a harbinger of misfortune and heartbreak. A valuable lesson it seems we have to keep learning.

And that’s it from the Kubrick farmhouse! I’m off to rejoin the family in cozy conversation and familial laughter. All work and no play makes Jeff a dull boy.

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by Zach Rosen

Asheville, N.C.: Beer City, USA Wicked Weed has barrels – hundreds of them

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f you follow the beer industry there is one town that has been talked about more than any other over the past few years: Asheville, North Carolina. Many breweries are deciding to build a second brewery and Asheville seems to be where they want to build them. I recently traveled to Asheville for my first time for the 2015 Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference.

This conference is several days fueled by brewery tours, beer dinners, and fun, plus there’s even a little education and learning in there.

The Conference Starts

The conference began with an opening speech by Julia Herz, director of Craftbeer.com, followed by a presentation on the history of Asheville beer. After some more presentations we headed out on buses to the second Oskar Blues Brewery. We arrived at Oskar Blues and sat out on a large covered patio with cans and beads hanging from the rafters. They welcomed us with a cooler full of the refreshing Pinner Throwback IPA and the crisp Mama’s Little Yella Pils. After some brewery tours, the staff gave us a sneak-peek of their Mango Habanero Dale’s Pale Ale and a taste of their newly released Death

By Coconut. This Irish porter is aged on coconut and dark chocolate to give it a rich mocha flavor and a hint of toasted coconut to the relatively light-bodied beer. Upstairs in the brewery, there is a tasting room of peanut-covered tables that has more of a dive-bar feel.

From Oskar Blues, we headed to the East Coast location of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. The entrance is a long curving driveway lined with ornate rock walls and the towering North Carolinian forest. The brewery is picturesque.

It’s a glimmering tower of copper and stainless steel with not a speck of spent grain or hop matter on the floor.

Founder and CEO Ken Grossman and his son, Brian, welcomed us and gave our groups personal tours through the brewery. Sierra Nevada is about to release a collaboration Oktoberfest beer with the historic Brauhaus Riegele, and their team of brewmasters were there to chat as well.

After the tours, we walked down a wooded path, past streams and into an outcrop lit with lanterns and designed for special events. Tables full of rabbit, duck paté, pickled vegetables, classic North Carolinian barbecue, and more were spread out for us. We dined on wooden tables in the fading sunlight, throwing back steins of Oktoberfest, and chatting merrily as a duo played German beer garden tunes. A Sierra Nevada-themed beer truck poured us 0.5-liter steins of the Nooner Pilsner and the collaboration Oktoberfest.

On the tables there were ice buckets of Brauhaus Riegele’s Commerzienrat Riegele Privat, a Dortmunder Export with a delicate malt character. The Oktoberfest was an amber style with a hint of toast and a malty but clean finish. The evening came to a close, and we made our way back to the hotel for a Beer Social Expo, a trade show, and Night of Many Beers, an epic bottleshare consisting of hundreds of bottles.

The Quality of Budweiser

The next morning opened with presentations on subjects such as Wordpress and social media. One of the most interesting segments was on the quality-control program at Budweiser.

It’s easy to scoff at Budweiser, but its quality control is unrivaled in the beer industry. At the presentation, one of their brewmasters described Budweiser’s quality-control system and tasted us on three different sample points of the process. He described each sample point in their system – about 30 altogether.

Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his background in chemical engineering and the arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and discover how beer pairs with life.

The Live Beer Blogging session included beers such as Milky Way, a salted caramel sweet stout, from Trophy Brewing Co.

First we tasted the wort (unfermented beer) which had a distinct nuttiness. The second sample we tried was chip beer, the fermenting beer after it has been aged for 19-20 days on beechwood chips.

The wood does not contribute any flavor to the finished beer. The surface area of these wood chips helps expose more yeast. The chip beer was about sevenpercent ABV and had flavors of banana and caramel. It was surprisingly tasty, and many of us joked that they should start selling it. The last sample was, naturally, finished Budweiser. It was a risky move for Budweiser to present in front of this many die hard beerdoes, but overall the crowd was more respectful and interested than we expected.

Limbo to the Finish

Following Budweiser’s presentation was the keynote speech by Kim Jordan, CEO and co-founder of New Belgium Brewing Co., who will soon be opening their second brewery in Asheville. She spoke about the origins of New Belgium and entertained us with anecdotes.

After her presentation was the Live Beer Blogging session. This is the conference’s signature event and is known as “the speed dating of beer blogging.” The room is split up into tables of 10. The brewer has five minutes at each table to pour samples and describe their beers as bloggers fire off questions at them.

A couple of the standouts this year was a Beet Basil Pale from Innovation Brewing Co. It was semi-sweet with just a hint of earthiness and a mellow basil flavor. Hop Drop ‘N Roll from NoDa Brewing Co. had a solid American hop character but was one of the most

balanced IPAs I’ve tasted in a long time. The decadent Milky Way is a salted caramel sweet stout from Trophy Brewing Co. Sunday evening wrapped up with The Asheville Brewdown at The Millroom, a local events space owned by Asheville Brewing Co. Dinner was up to us, and my group made a stop at White Duck Taco Shop in the River Arts District along the way. With selections such as a Korean Beef Bulgogi Taco with avocado purée and kimchi or a Roasted Mole Duck Taco with dried cranberries, parsley, black bean, and corn salsa, these were some of the best tacos I’ve ever had. Their flavors were eclectic but balanced and well-executed. Although a beer would’ve been nice, many of us used this opportunity to hydrate with some water. Although we did make sure to share a few glasses of their house specialty, watermelon sangria.

The Asheville Brewdown event was held

by Asheville Downtown Association, a local non-profit supporting cultural events downtown, and was a collection of local brewers and food vendors set up around the room. The food selection included mini donuts from the popular Vortex Donuts, cheeses and spreads from Looking Glass Creamery, and a range of hummus from Roots, among others items. Roots, self-dubbed “The Microbrew of Hummus,” is a small company out of Asheville that provides small-batch hummus in flavors ranging from classical examples like Roasted Garlic and Spinach to more exotic flavors including Mango Sriracha and Thai Coconut Curry. We spent the evening networking, tasting the local brews, and nibbling on the various food items. The night ended with a limbo contest, as all good evenings should.

Needless to say, the next morning we were all sluggish but still had enough energy to hoot and holler when they announced that next year’s conference will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida. After all that beer, many of us were ready to go home; some of us just needed to relax with a beer. The post-conference excursion was an optional tour that took a group of about 20 of us to eight different breweries located in the South Slope District, including the popular Wicked Weed Brewing Co., Burial Beer Co., and Green Man Brewery.

The truth is there were far too many beers than I could ever describe here. Asheville has been called “Beer City, USA” – and after my first trip there, I absolutely agree. Never have I experienced a town that so wholeheartedly embraces beer, and in many ways, is fueled by it. It’s part Portland, Oregon, part Austin, Texas, and something completely else.

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by Jeff Wing

Tell us all about your art opening, performance, dance party, book signing, sale of something we can’t live without, or event of any other kind by emailing fortnight@santabarbarasentinel.com. If our readers can go to it, look at it, eat it, or buy it, we want to know about it and will consider it for inclusion here.

Special consideration will be given to interesting, exploratory, unfamiliar, and unusual items. We give calendar preference to those who take the time to submit a picture along with their listing.

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his issue’s Fortnight is being dispatched from a verdant landscape where the hills would surely be Alive with the Sound of Music, were there hills. Yes, I’m talking of course about Holland, that mild concavity on the European Northern West Coast that was at one time mostly covered with sea water, and is today known to schoolchildren as the home of the Tulip (Tulp), the Wooden Shoe (Klompen), the invention of the microscope by near-sighted, bewigged Dutch nerd Antony van Leeuwenhoek, and of course, the Windmill (Molen), one of which toils about a block from my in-laws’ house in a quaint seaside village with the unlikely name of Monster.

The weather has been absolutely lovely, with spontaneous rain squalls blasting sideways through startled shafts of sunlight, and sudden manic wind bursts that turn even the hardiest umbrella into a fabric martini glass for capturing those few old-school drops of precipitation that manage to fall straight down. I have not lost touch with the goings-on in Beach Blanket Blingville, however.

Here is this issue’s Fortnight, as usual a highly editorialized mélange of art happenings, pop culture pop-ups, and other examples of Gladdened Human Congress in its various spirit-seizing forms, typed and beamed in this issue from a wooden table in a Dutch farmhouse in the soggy, forested countryside. Whew!

Art of Food Extravaganza, August 13-16

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he understated Santa Barbara Public Market (38 West Victoria at Chapala) is much more than the sum of those four innocuous little words.

A meeting place, a California bazaar, a chat room, an ongoing Happening, SBPM belongs to all of us, and is exactly what we make of it. On the longish weekend of August 13-16 we are making of it an Art of Food kaleidoscope, several days of painting, drinking, photography tutorials, eating, drinking (did I say that twice?) and excited, cabernet-infused gabbing with your lucky neighbors.

COME ONE, COME ALL! The gastronomic parade begins Thursday, August 13, at 6 pm with the hairraising Sip and Paint session (known to insiders as the Jackson Pollock Memorial Bacchanal) brought to us by State Street’s already-beloved standing-room-only art-tipplers, The Painted Cabernet.

As you stand before your canvas, the instructor will walk you and the other brush-wielding participants through the steps of producing an actual painting, a glass of wine at hand to lubricate the peaceably grinning Right Brain while temporarily locking the complaining Left in a utility closet. The Culture Counter will provide nibbles for this loquacious art class, and at the end of the evening you will take home your painting, to the possible chagrin of your outwardly supportive roommate/partner. The $45 fee is easily recoverable. When your roomie asks what it will take to get the resulting “artwork” taken down from the living room wall, you may set your price.

Next on the menu: The Art of Making Sushi – Friday, August 14. Chef and proprietor of Studio Nihon, Fukiko Miyazaki. will share the secrets of sushi perfection. Ticket price of $45 includes all materials, sushi bites, and a Kirin Ichiban beer. If you’ve always wanted an

insider’s glimpse of the raw fish behind the curtain, hop aboard this opportunity.

Call 770-7702 for details.

Lastly but not leastly, is the multisyllabic event Eat This, Shoot That Food Photography Tour of the Public Market – Saturday, August 15, at 3 pm and 4:30 pm) and Sunday, August 16, at 3 pm and 4:30 pm. Foodie and professional photographer Tara Jones will lead 45-minute tours of our terrific chock-a-block Public Market, instructing guests on the finer points of food photography (an art form in itself ) as said guests sample the foodstuffs they are capturing on film. Tix are $39 and include wristbands that afford the participant Happy Hour beer and wine pricing all the day long. Toddle on down to the Santa Barbara Public Market. It is Santa Barbara in a vibrant nutshell, and by the way, your and my public square. The possibilities are literally endless. Let’s paint this canvas.

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Oscar Hammerstein died in 1960, shortly after the opening of his and Richard Rodgers’s opus The Sound of Music on Broadway. He was not around to see the film version steamroll the zeitgeist, neither did he know if the stage version would even pass muster with the theater crowd. The very last of the estimated 850 songs he co-wrote in his celebrated life was the tune “Edelweiss” from that show; a song many people are still surprised to learn is not a traditional Austrian folk tune, but the invention of a couple of Broadway masters. Rodgers and Hammerstein are mistakenly regarded (by those who have even heard of them these days) as engineers of treacle, sentimental songwriters whose efforts typify old-style theatrics in song and theme. Wrong. When Oklahoma!

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August 9 at 5 pm ■ OKLAHOMA! at the Granada Theatre, an inauguration of the Rodgers & Hammerstein film series at the Granada, with special guest composer Peter Rodgers Melnick, grandson of Richard Rodgers and inaugurates the Rodgers & Hammerstein film series. Rodgers and Hammerstein were boat-rocking iconoclasts. Look at Oklahoma! and all these offerings at the Granada Theatre, Sunday, August 9 at 5 pm, through new eyes. Rodgers’s melodies will launch your spirit. Guaranteed.

Poetry and Jazz from Langston Hughes

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August 13-16 ■ Santa Barbara Public Market’s Art of Food Extravaganza (38 West Victoria); call 770-7702 for details appeared on the Broadway stage in 1943, it set the theater world on its ear and was considered radically experimental, with its interweaving of songs and dance with narrative forward motion (versus the previous tradition of just dropping plot-irrelevant songs into a play to make it a “musical”), it furthered and codified what had been done in Hammerstein and Jerome Kern’s musical Show Boat. Agnes de Milles’s dance sequences in Oklahoma! were experimental and expressionist for that period, and the effect of the show, nowadays misperceived by laypersons as a quaint cowboy musical from old Broadway, was the reinvention of American musical theater and propagation of a whole new breed of the modernist musical playwright. Later, the R & H production South Pacific would loudly vivisect racism (check out the tune “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught” from that show).

This special evening with television, film, and stage composer Mr. Melnick Rodgers promises to be a rare keeper,

Langston Hughes’s ashes are interred beneath a floor medallion in the foyer of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, at the entrance to the Langston Hughes Auditorium there. Why? Hughes, principally a poet in his lifetime, was one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance and a foundational figure in 20th-century American letters. He is also considered an early practitioner of “jazz poetry,” a rhythmically irregular poetic form that arose alongside, and arguably as a result of, the omnipresent jazz music that was in the ascendant in 1920s New York.

This exhibition on UCSB’s campus is named after Hughes’s first published volume of poetry (Weary Blues), and is based on a multimedia presentation called “The Langston Hughes Project/ Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz” that was presented at UCSB’s Multicultural Center under the direction of Dr. Ron McCurdy. That performance married Hughes’s poem “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz” to a jazz musical accompaniment, as Hughes is reported to have intended for this epic poem’s public performance. Langston Hughes was a seminal modernist, and the jazz poetry innovations he helped pioneer can be heard in the literature of the Beats, in hip-hop, and in the poetry slams that continue today.

This exhibition includes materials from UCSB Library’s collections and an immersive listening station, and honors both Hughes’s incalculable contributions to America’s art and literary culture, and

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August 15 at 8 pm ■ Comic Bobby Collins at Telegraph Brewery, 418 North Salsipuedes St. the art and thinking that sprang from the Harlem Renaissance and its legacy.

Curated by Kyra Folk-Farber, assistant music librarian and evolving workforce resident at UCSB Library, the exhibit is free to visitors and is on display through Monday, August 31, in the UCSB Arts Library lobby in the Music Building on campus, adjacent to Storke Tower. Stop in and check it out. There aren’t many of these kinds of opportunities in SB.

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I know, I know. A comic at Telegraph? But please roll the dice on

this guy. Bobby Collins, a New Yorker, has the uber-relaxed manner and ribjabbing comic stealth that’ll have you dispensing craft beer out both nostrils.

Comics make us nervous, right? A guy or gal up there laying themselves bare, trying to make us laugh out loud? Seriously? Yeah. $20 gets you an evening of spontaneously snorting, gut-rippling laughter. Collins is the real thing. And it may be the only abs workout you get this week/month/ year. Presented by Jersey girl Kimmie Dee, whose NO INDOOR VOICES promotions both celebrate the loudmouthed Jersey ethos and bring a lot of the good funny stuff to town.

The stuff you don’t necessarily want to bring your kids to. Check Collins out.

Telegraph Brewery, Saturday, August 15, 8 pm, 418 N. Salsipuedes.

Beatles make Rare Appearance in Carpinteria

Carpinteria. Home of the Safest Beach in America, the coziest main street this side of the Mississippi, and lots of those little shops with vinecovered porches and three or four metric tons of knick-knack on offer inside. The town may not appear at a glance to be a natural spot for the legendary Beatles to alight, but the Fab

Four (or in this case, the Pre-Fab Four) will be making an appearance at the Plaza Playhouse Theatre in downtown Carp, in the guise of well-known Beatles tribute band Sgt. Pepper. They will be taking the stage at the beloved Plaza Playhouse on Saturday, August 15, and the set list The Beatles played to a deafening roar at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965.

Then on August 21 and 22, the 60s come blowing back in with a paisley passion. On August 21 at 8 pm, director Steven Binder (he-whoproduced Elvis’s 1968 black-leather television Comeback Special and many other seminal TV events) will introduce a showing of the legendary T.A.M.I. show, a TV special of 1964.

T.A.M.I. stands for Teenage Awards Music International, and the title alone brands the program as being from that time when parents were being gently introduced to their kids’ coming rock conflagration. The roster included Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Jan and Dean, Gerry and The Pacemakers, the Stones… a nutty once-in-a-lifetime lineup in a program Mr. Binder directed. He’ll answer questions and

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discuss the film before the showing.

The T.A.M.I. show was for years a lost TV reel and is back at the Playhouse by popular demand after a smash run last year. On Saturday, August 22, Ivor Davis, the only British journalist to be allowed to travel with the Beatles on tour, in 1964, will discuss and sign his book “The Beatles and Me on Tour” wherein he describes everything from playing board games with a tour-weary John Lennon to fending off feral girl groupies and worse, their mothers. His talk and signing will be followed by the Beatles film HELP. Snap on your Nehru collar, trim those Beatle bangs and head over to the groovy Plaza Playhouse Theater, August 15, 21, and 22. Get back to where you once belonged.

General Admission tickets are $20 and available at plazatheatercarpinteria. com or by calling (805) 684-6380.

Okay, then. This has been a brief and opinionated dispatch from the meteorologically bewildering Dutch countryside and a wind-blasted farmhouse there, and a glimpse of what lies ahead in the next fortnight or so in our own fair coastal burg. Until we chat again, keep your feet on the ground, your head in the stars, and your hands off my Fig Newtons, dammit!

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with Mark Léisuré

Mark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way.

A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.” So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

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f you didn’t see me grooving at clubs or concert halls, fending for food and fun at fairs or festivals, or wandering on State Street over the last week, that’s not because I was homebound with illness or malaise. No, not at all. Hard to believe, but the Man About Town actually took a vacation. Flew the coop. Left the city.

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So don’t expect any witty words of wisdom on the week’s events – or brag that you’ve been kicking back with the Man About Town – ‘cuz I wasn’t there.

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I will be back in time for this little five-day festival known as Fiesta. Old Spanish Days – Fiesta’s official title – is either a wonderfully evocative historical celebration of the city’s Spanish heritage or just an excuse to party hearty, depending on your point of view (and perhaps maturity level). But there’s plenty of opportunity for both, often at the same place.

May we suggest kicking off your Fiesta week a few days early on Sunday, August 2, at the annual La Recepción del Presidente at the DoubleTree Resort.

Good food, plenty to drink (they make a mean margarita at Fess’s joint), a little bit of culture (both Spirits put on demo performances) and a lot of partying – this year with Jana & the One, the funk band that was the best in the local land until the lead singer upped and moved away in the early 2000s.

You’ll likely find the Man About Town shuffling around the dance floor at the Dignatarios event at the Santa Barbara Zoo on Thursday, August 6, and possibly downing a couple of blue margs while taking in the parade at noon the next day.

We’ll leave the rest up to you as to where you do your Fiesta-ing.

Cheers for Chapman

Hey, this first week is also 1st Thursday time in Santa Barbara, and we want to call your attention to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art that evening. Emmett Chapman, the inventor of the acoustic, 10-stringed guitar-like instrument known as The Stick, is returning for another 1st Thursday performance in the gallery, where he wowed a smallish crowd a few months ago with his explanation and exploration of the unusual instrument

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that has been played by famed folks around the world. This time, he’s bringing along Bob Culbertson and Don Schiff, two other Stick prodigies who will jam along to a piece of the current exhibition: Moholy-Nagy’s kinetic light sculpture, Light Prop, as recorded in a video and displayed on screen, as well as riffing on music of the early 20th-century avantgarde. Also utterly free.

Singin’ in the Gardens

Have you made it out to the Courthouse Sunken Gardens for the classic Hollywood musicals series on Friday nights? It’s been super-fun to revisit childhood favorites such as The Wizard of Oz and influential masterpieces like Singin’ in the Rain. The inflatable screen will be replaced by dancing girls and strumming flamenco guitarists the first Friday in August in favor of Fiesta’s second night of Noches de Ronde (though you can still see Mary Poppins indoors at the Isla Vista Theater on Saturday, August 1), but the flicks return to the great outdoors on Friday, August 14, with The Sound of Music, perhaps the most beloved musical of all time before the series ends August 21 with Cabaret.

It’s free and fun and full of music – what more could you want?

Speaking of movies and music, the Plaza Playhouse in Carpinteria is showing a classic concert film followed by a Beatles flick on two successive nights later in August. Concert producer and film director Steve Binder returns with an encore screening of The T.A.M.I. Show – shot and edited from a famous 1964 concert in Santa Monica that featured a few acts you may have heard of (The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Jan and Dean) – on Friday, August 21, before local resident Ivor Davis, a veteran journalist with a lot

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Charles in Charge

Montecito resident Charles Lloyd, a jazz legend who scored one of the genre’s first million-selling albums way back in the 1960s, is the subject of a new biography written by none other than my fellow Santa Barbara arts scribe Joe Woodard. The enigmatic Lloyd, who plays sold-out concerts at the Lobero nearly every year, is captured in a series of interviews with Woodard conducted over the last 25 years, so the jazz man’s story of blinding passion for his music coupled with near-compulsive philosophizing and spiritual searching is told mostly in his own words. Having interviewed the great jazz master myself a couple of times, I can only imagine what a gargantuan – but immensely rewarding – undertaking compiling this book must have been.

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Live at Lobero

Speaking of the Lobero, the venerable venue has put single tickets on sale for its latest season of Lobero Live, a wideranging series that covers a variety of genres. The great Grammy-winning, bassist-composer-singer Esperanza Spalding kicks things off on Wednesday, August 19, followed by longtime former Montecito resident and folk-rock pioneer Jim Messina with special guest Rusty Young “Sittin’ In” on September 13. Other intriguing dates include jazz pianist Chick Corea with banjo innovator Bela Fleck on September 15, the return of The Milk Carton Kids on September 30, and mandolin master Chris Thile on November 8.

Just for Laughs

The Santa Barbara LOL Comedy Festival has announced the dates for its second season, October 8-17. Standup comedians and other funny folks perform a various venues around town over the two weekends of the fest, ranging from established headliners to up-and-coming acts. No names have yet been announced, but special PreLineup Festival VIP passes are on sale for $99 (regular $325) for a limited time at www.sblolfest.com. As for last year’s Santa Barbara debut of the sevenyear old festival (which was previously produced in San Bernardino), three of the stand-up comedy specials filmed here have premiered nationally on Showtime in 2015, including Jay Mohr’s Happy And A Lot, Andrew Dice Clay Presents The Blue Show, and Brad Williams’s Fun Size, one of the networks’s top-rated specials this year.

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We’ve got a lot of goodies, including a shopping sessions with familyowned businesses Jedlicka’s Saddlery and Mely’s Fashion, Kim Reierson’s incredible photography in On The Spot, a ceviche recipe from Los Agaves in Quick Bites, McConnell’s summer ice cream in The Sweet Spot, and much more! Also, glad you loved the last issue about having babies in SB. We’d love to hear more: megan@santabarbarasentinel.com @santabarbarasentinel (P.S. I’m not pregnant! But thank you for the well wishes. You guys are the best.)

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ennifer Marcello is a Carp resident with a mission to satisfy your skin. Her all-natural, allorganic skin line Body Bee Well is made with herbs and flowers picked up from local farmers markets.

(She also does organic loose powders and blush!)

We especially like the Lavender and Rosehip (fruit of the rose plant) Anti-aging Face Cream, Natural Baby Sunblock Balm, and the Organic Lavender Detox Bath Salts. Smell, apply, enjoy.

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Owner Mely Martel and her son, Rafael Martel, are great sports and show us a few outfits and accessories found at the shop. (Bags of confetti for Cascarones or “confetti eggs” are available as well)

Megan has been a columnist since 2013. She’s now the Creative Director of the Local section of the Sentinel and the majority of her time is spent discovering artist, merchants, and meeting talented folks around the Santa Barbara area. Know of someone or something creative, progressive, or just plain amazing? Give her a shout! Megan@santabarbarasentinel.com.

FIESTA FASHION – A FAMILY TRADITION

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ur friends over at sbview.com forwarded us a Fiesta costume guide dated 1949 entitled How to Design and Make Fiesta Costumes for Old Spanish Days, published by Santa Barbara National Bank.

Modern-day revelers understand that costumes are a defining part of Old Spanish Days’ Fiesta in Santa Barbara and it’s interesting to see how far back the tradition of dressing in authentic attire dates. According to the guide, the specifics for a proper woman’s Fiesta dress include ideal necklines (round or V-shaped), best material to use (all silk and lace, or cotton with cotton ruffles), and the classic length of skirts (full and hanging below the ankles as short dresses were not worn in early California days). For men, broad-brimmed felt hats, high-collared shirts with long ties, and long fringed sashes tied at the waist are examples of genuine Fiesta style.

Today (circa 2015), Mely’s Fashion is where you go to get your authentic Old Spanish Days’ Fiesta attire in Santa Barbara.

The family-owned shop has been around for 25 years. The last 12 years have been more focused on Fiesta, providing costumes for Las Señoritas and the “Fiesta Flower Girls”

What are your best sellers?

We sell a lot of peasant blouses. Some with V-neck. Our big, long skirts are great sellers. When you wear the sash, it makes the outfit. We have a lot of polka dots, too, which is more Folklórico. Mix and match.

Mely’s Fashion, located on the West Side, is a go-to for Old Spanish Days Fiesta wear

(official greeters of the festival) and several dance companies. Mely Martel (of the namesake shop) is from Durango, Mexico, while her son, Rafael Martel, was born and raised in Santa Barbara (he is a La Cumbre Junior High and San Marcos High School alum). Mely and Rafael, along with other family members, run the colorful shop tucked in a retail pocket on the West Side.

They are attentive, fun, and welcome you as if you’re family.

Here’s how my shopping experience went:

Sombreros and felt hats available to complete your Fiesta attire

traditional Latin American folk culture).

Brighter, more Latin. But we mix Mexico and Flamenco.

How do you choose styles and designs?

Whatever is bright and colorful!

Why should people come here rather than anywhere else?

We have a lot of color, a lot of ruffles... and because we dress them up! Get them ready for all the parties!

What makes this place stand out?

We’re family-owned, and we give customers personal attention and service, helping them to pick out the best costumes.

We have good prices, too.

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Q: What kind of styles do you offer?

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Mely’s Fashion has outfitted the girls and several dance companies for 12 years. (photo by Fritz Olenberger)

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What do you wear for Fiesta?

We have Guayaberas (Mexican wedding shirts), and we always wear a lot of sombreros. We have bows to dress outfits up a bit. We have sashes for guys, too. Let me show you [puts on sash]. Just tie them and let the fringe fall. And these are the bow ties (puts a bow tie on). We have tons of colors. Dress them up with the Guayaberas, and it looks really cool.

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The men, decked out in Western attire, traveled and camped throughout the Santa Ynez Valley in honor of heritage, cowboy camaraderie, and celebration. Less than 10 years later, famous names such as Ronald Reagan, Clark Gable, western artists Ed Borein and Joe DeYoung, Philip K. Wrigley

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What other family fun facts does Cody have up his sleeve? Read on.

1. I grew up on two ranches in the county of Santa Barbara: one was in Santa Ynez near the Sedgwick preserve; the other was centered between Refugio and El Capitan State Beach.

2. I n the mid-1800s, my six-generation grandfather (Jules Goux) was the first to cultivate olive trees in Santa Barbara. He worked with Elwood Cooper to build his olive oil business. It is believed that many of the trees on Olive Street were planted/cultivated by Jules himself.

3. M y mother and father started and owned a family olive farming business known as the Santa Barbara Olive Company.

4. In 1887, my ancestors (Thomas and Augustin Goux) started a brewery in Santa Barbara on West Figueroa and State streets.

5. My wife, Patty, and I have a daughter, Sage, who is 10 months old. She is one of a handful of people who are a 10th-generation born in Santa Barbara.

Cody Makela | 100 East De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara (805) 699-7300 | www.arlingtonfinancialadvisors.com Cody.Makela@arlingtonfa.com

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he Douglas Family Preserve – located in the Mesa neighborhood, above Arroyo Burro Beach – transports Santa Barbara natives to a land where the waves, the native flora and fauna, and the possible visit of whales can be enjoyed. At one point, the property (formerly known as the Wilcox property) was zoned for a major housing development. Donations by locals went toward preserving the property, but actor Michael Douglas’s $600,000 contribution pushed donations over the brink to save the city park. (It is said the actor named the park after his father, Kirk.) Whether you enter from Medcliff Road or from the Mesa Creek bridge through the perimeter trail, the beautiful bluffs, potential whale visit, and off-leash pet loving space will leave your soul feeling completely refreshed.

Douglas Family Preserve Directions: Once on Cliff Drive, take a left on Mesa Lane then a right on Mesa School Lane (your second right). The park will be on your left.

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an Francisco-born and San Rafael-raised Ryan Moran (“Rymo”) is the drummer for rock, reggae, funk, punk, blues, hip-hop, and metal band Slightly Stoopid. They have been tearing up a summer tour all over the country and now, they’re coming home. See Slightly Stoopid at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday, August 16, with special guests Dirty Heads and Stick Figure. Judging from the interview below, it will be a serious good time.

Q: So, you’re a California boy through and through.

That means you must have been to S.B. before.

A: I love Santa Barbara.

What’s your favorite surf spots here?

Probably Rincon, but Sands and Campus Point are two other spots. Santa Barbara’s always been a nice place to visit. My family used to drive us down in the summers, and take us for surfs and get a hotel on Cabrillo right near the waterfront.

What is your most memorable performance?

That’s hard to narrow down, but anytime you’re stepping into bigger and better venues is always good. WWe’ve paid our dues over the years, playing in dive bars for 200 people, then growing into 1,000-seat clubs or 2,000-seat clubs. Now, we’re able to do outdoor venues such as the Santa Barbara Bowl, and we’re doing Red Rocks this week. It’s always an exciting step when we’re playing a new, cool, outdoor, summer amphitheater. That’s one of the most exciting things.

What can you share with our readers about performing at the Santa Barbara Bowl?

It’s always a fun, high-energy show. All of us are pumped because it’s closer to home. It just feels great. We’ve been all over the East Coast for the last three weeks. It’s nice, but for us it’s a little more special when we are on the West Coast.

We’re going to keep it high-energy, keep people excited, drink some beers, smoke a little smoke, and have some fun.

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Jedlicka’s Saddlery, Inc. on De la Guerra has been a Santa Barbara institution since 1932. Originally a shoe repair and boot making business (and at one point, saddle making), the shop now offers clothing for men, women, and children, tack room supplies, jewelry, accessories, toys, consignment, farrier supplies, and unique gift items.

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anta Barbara has a well-deserved reputation for being a dogfriendly community. A few beaches and parks allow dogs to happily romp offleash, including Arroyo Burro, Douglas Family Preserve, and Elings Park. Many area parks allow dogs on leashes. If gardens are more appealing for walking your dog, choices are more limited. Alice Keck Park is dog-friendly, and there are some lovely beach view walks to enjoy. Perhaps the most dog-friendly garden around is the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, with more than five miles of well-maintained trails, and a “rest stop” with water. The garden even offers a doggie membership! Check it out on Saturday, August 15, 10 am to 3 pm, during the annual Trails ‘n’ Tails event, when one human gets in free with each dog. Come early and carpool. Free admission.

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Thank you, Mr. President! Josiah modeling “El Humongo”, an 8-inch brim straw hat. (Classic American cowboy hats have about a 4-inch brim.)

(son of Wrigley’s Chewing Gum founder, William Wrigley Jr.), and pioneer of the Santa Barbara News-Press and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas M. Storke among others joined the parade.

A Santa Barbara institution that best represents Rancheros Visitadores wear (and California Western wear in general) is Jedlicka’s Saddlery. According to its current owner, Josiah (“Si”) Cook Jenkins, it is the “oldest [existing shop] in Santa Barbara.” It came to be in 1932, and no doubt there are older businesses in Santa Barbara, but none have been in the same place for that long.

“In 1932 [pointing to the front of the store], there was a set of little shops. A vegetable shop, a jewelry shop, et cetera. We kept buying the little shops and kept adding on to the building.”

According to Si, the original owner, George “Jed” Jedlicka, was a shoe cobbler in Nebraska and worked for Buck’s Shoe stores, “which were kind of like Nordstrom’s in the old days,” Si explains. The founder of Buck shoes, Earl Buck, wanted to expand and opened a store in Long Beach, California, and since Jed was not married, they asked him to manage the shop. “This is 1928 or so,” Si recounts. “He didn’t last there long, then he came up here and worked for Michael Levy of Levy Shoes.” Story goes, Jed got laid off from Levy shoes in December 1932 and rented one of the little shops up front for shoe repair, and “It just grew from there.”

Current owner Josiah “Si” Jenkins amid the English and Western departments, has been working at Jedlicka’s since 1946.

Listening to Si tell stories of Jedlicka’s history is one of the highlights of visiting the place. We even had a chat with his son, Josiah Ferguson Jenkins, El Presidente 2013. Here’s a peek into our Jedlicka’s visit: Q. Is the original sign and horse outside as seen in old pictures?

A. Yep. We lowered it down because they don’t allow poll signs. That is the same horse. We went down to L.A. back in the ‘50s, when I was in high school, and picked him up. (Si leads me to the back office, where pictures of famous faces and family cover the walls.)

That’s Art Linkletter, there’s Ronald Reagan, that’s James Garner, and Gene Autry. This is my wife and I fox hunting.

That’s one of our horses there. That’s my wife and daughter.

When did you begin working here?

In 1946. It was real small. It was just a little corner of the front part of the shop.

We bought the building out back in ’57. It was a house. The far end (of the house) is consignment and the other end are farrier supplies (horseshoes, hoof stands, and such.) In the ‘70s, we really expanded more.

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ook at that face! Tiffany is a 10-year-old Yorkie who loves to walk and run on the beach. Her owners, Doug and Mindy Mayor of East Beach, tell us she loves chasing her red ball (her favorite color is red), even if it goes into the water. “It’s definitely bath time after her beach romps, as she is covered from head to toe with sand,” Mindy says. Tiffany also enjoys car rides and traveling on bikes in her special basket. Riding around Santa Barbara in a basket?! It’s a dog’s life.

To see your pet in ANIMAL HOUSE/Pet of the Week, email a photo, name of pet and owners, and something fun about your pet to megan@santabarbarasentinel.com

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he fruit for the 2012 Deep Sea Chardonnay by Conway Family Wines was sourced from one of the premier vineyards in the Santa Maria Valley. The qualities of the region are highlighted in the bright straw color, vibrant citrus flavors, subtle notes of lemongrass, tangerine rind, and stone. Perfectly integrated acids shine as a result of Mother Nature and stainless-steel fermentation, while a hint of oak completes the taste experience.

Deep Sea Tasting Room 217 Suite G Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara Mon, Tues, Wed, Sun: noon-8 pm Thurs, Fri, Sat: noon-9 pm (805) 618-1185 conwayfamilywines.com

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os Agaves makes our tummies happy, and the ceviche is no exception. Chef Manuel of the De La Vina location whipped up a halibut ceviche that is crisp, fresh, light on the palate, with a hint of jalapeno to open up the flavors just right. Now, you can make it at home (dancing in seat). This is how they do it:

HOORAY FOR HALIBUT CEVICHE! Ingredients: 1 lb halibut 1 whole tomato 1/2 purple onion 1/2 bunch of cilantro shredded carrot jalapeño

dash of oregano 2 cups lime juice salt to taste shredded lettuce guacamole tortilla chips

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Cut halibut into bite-size pieces. “Rest” fish in lime juice for 12 hours. Add salt to taste. Chop and shred veggies.

Mix veggies and fish together. Serve over shredded lettuce, guacamole. Add a handful of tortilla chips. Eat to your heart’s desire.

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Raising the Bar

BLANCA LECHE SMOOTHIE 2 scoops soft coconut flesh 1 frozen banana 6 oz. fresh almond milk 6 oz. cold herbal tea (Spring Dragon brand, preferably) 2 tbsp Toco powder 1 tbsp Maca root dash of vanilla extract pinch of Himalayan salt

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Combine ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth.

Serve in a glass. Makes one serving. (Toco powder and Maca root can be found at Kotuku.)

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BMenus.com’s new mobile app is at your beck and call. Co-founders Bryan Brand and Dusty Stutsman (also part of the uber-successful Night Out app team) have created the only online restaurant delivery service in town. With 80 restaurants in their black book, one-click ordering and payment means your cravings will be squashed in no time. Just download the app, type in your address, and choose from restaurants in your area. You can even track your order from start to finish. Favorite foods at our doorstep? We’re all about it!

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cConnell’s Fine Ice Cream has been making the people of Santa Barbara happy for 66 years, and the “Summer Fruit Cobbler” flavor is out-of-control delish. The description reads like a love poem: “Tangy, house-made raspberry jam and the intoxicating, perfumed sweetness of O’Henry peaches are folded into sweet California Central Coast, grass-fed milk and cream.” In addition, they blend buttery toasted bits of golden-brown crumble into the mix.

Our knees are weak.

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When Briana isn’t lecturing for her writing courses at UCSB and SBCC, she contributes to The Santa Barbara Skinny, Wake & Wander and Flutter Magazine. Along with her passion for writing and all things Santa Barbara, much of her time is spent multitasking through her days as a mother, wife, sister, want-to-be chef and travel junky.

Writing is an outlet that ensures mental stability... usually.

A SUMMER SIEGE Elli and Lila, completely ready to conquer their outdoor kingdom

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e are submerged in it – right smack dab in the middle of summer. The days are long, the nights are warm, and my kids are about to kill each other by 8:30 every morning.

It all starts off well. The alarm clock has been hushed. We don’t have to rush around to beat the school’s tardy bell.

There aren’t lunches to pack or homework to vanquish. But by midmorning, after playing multiple rounds of Uno and Go Fish, the boredom sinks in and I will inevitably be asked, “What are we going to do now, Mommy?”

It’s a good day if this question isn’t prompted before 9 am. When the bomb is dropped, I typically fire back with: “Go outside!” or “Write in your journal,” or “Clean your room.” For backup, I have been known to command: “Do the dishes,” “Walk the dog,” or “Paint a picture.” However, none of these ideas seems to ever provide peace. On any given summer weekday, I’m losing the battle by 9:15 am.

THE CRUSADE FOR CREATIVITY Call me crazy, but I only signed my kids up for one camp this summer (be sure to read my Best Bet to hear about it). I know, I know, what was I thinking? First of all I do not teach college classes in the summer, so it’s hard to justify forking out $400 a week for someone else to take my kids. (Yes, for many camps it’s $400 for each kid!)

And second of all, I did purposefully plan a lot of travel and family visits into our schedule; there isn’t a time slot open for more than one week where nothing is booked. But when those “free” weeks hit, they hit hard.

“I’m bored!” rolls out of my kids’ mouths at least 10 times a summer day.

“It’s good to be bored,” is my automatic response that I picture my kids hearing in the same manner as Charlie Brown listening to his teacher in Peanuts: cue “WaWaWaWaWa.” The boredom battle begins with a struggle of words that escalates to a great deal of whining.

Constant nagging while following me around the house ensues, and oftentimes there is some sibling pinching or hitting… but then something magical happens: my shadows disappear and the silence settles. I revel in my victory for a few moments, and then I slink around to spy on just where the war ended.

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Sometimes they are outside. The most common perch at our house is atop a large rock serenading a sold-out amphitheater.

The performers (my children) have completed their costumes with face paint and accessories from my closet. Their voices are belting out Taylor Swift lyrics across the hillside. These “rock” concerts are something to see!

Other times, the living room has been transformed into a fortress. All of the dining room chairs have migrated to the outside of the compound, and the couch pillows are bricked around the coffee table. Throws and blankets are strung along the tops of it all. Upon peeking inside the castle, the royalty can be found holding court with flashlights and books and their furry Prince George (our dog).

Of course, I do not always win the war. There have been times when I have found pedicures being administered without permission in precarious places that should never be touched by nail polish (or worse, nail polish remover!).

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I won’t elaborate on that, but the “spa” silence is normally the worst one to espy.

KEEPING BOREDOM IN A BUNKER I am a firm supporter of the battle for boredom, because boredom forces kids to use their imaginations. Electronics are definitely contributing to the downfall of the creative soul, but so too is the lack of free time. As parents, we are coerced to overbook. We are bribed by all the benefits of the classes and camps and activities. We must remember there is a great deal of beauty in boredom, and it is worth the fight to find it.

Without tedium, our kingdoms and concert halls would never have been discovered. The imagination is the only weapon that can provide kids with coronations and encores that, no doubt, exceed anything this world can produce.

There will be plenty of time for reality once they grow older. For now, I’m going to continue to fight for the unreal.

BRIANA’S BEST BETS

Nestled in a lesser-known area adjacent to Mission Canyon is Rancho Palomino.

The ranch consists of organic gardens, free-range chickens, a couple of sweet old horses that were rescued, some archery boards set up along the hillside, and a newly adopted cow. This is where local artist Sadie Stern-Bustillos lives and, along with her husband, runs a summer camp called Horses, Hula, and Horticulture. Both of my girls loved this camp! They did art projects each day, cared for and rode the horses, learned archery, had hula lessons from dance master Angelita Eller, and culminated with a campout under the stars. It was something my kids will never forget. And, it is reasonably priced compared to many other camps in Santa Barbara.

Check out all that Rancho Palomino has to offer at: www.ranchopalominosb.com

CELEBRACIÓN DE LOS DIGNATARIOS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 5–10 PM Viva los Dignatarios!

It’s Fiesta’s WILDEST party!

All-in-one tickets include: • Unlimited “Digs” margaritas, icy cold beer, and regional wines • Tasty appetizers from local eateries • Music by DJ Hecktik and King Bee Get tickets at sbzoo.org, oldspanishdays-fiesta.org, the Old Spanish Days office, or the Santa Barbara Zoo. For guests 21 and over only.

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BY Elizabeth Rose

I Heart SB is a social experiment in dating and relationships through stories shared with and experienced by a thirty-something living in the Greater Santa Barbara area. All stories herein are based on actual events. Some names, places, and timelines have been altered to preserve anonymity and, most of all, for your reading enjoyment. Submit stories (maximum 700 words) to megan@santabarbarasentinel.com.

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD

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had dinner with the guy who broke my heart, and it was everything I didn’t want it to be. It had been a year since we had seen each other. A whole year of mending, meeting people, dating, and moving past our relationship. Or so I thought.

Two weeks prior, it was brought to my attention he was coming back from China to take care of some business and he would like to connect. My first word when I heard the news was, “Why?” I could barely hold it in. Why did he have to come back to my town? Irrational thinking, I know, but out-of-sight-out-of-mind was doing me well.

After our breakup, he wanted to stay in touch but I couldn’t. It was too hard. An email or text was a reminder of what never was. The feeling of rejection would overcome me and self-doubt and sadness would follow.

After comprehending he was, in fact, coming back, I put on my big-girl pants to face my fears. I emailed him about meeting up and he responded in an instant. We were to meet for a “walk and talk” at the beach in Carpinteria. Seeing him would be the closure I needed. If anything, that’s what I needed the most.

We met a few days later, and it was nice. Small chat turned into discussions of our relationship and the inevitable breakup. It was genuine and kind. More than that, it was liberating to be on the “other side” of seeing him. The best part was the desire to be together was nonexistent. Had I done it? Am I over him?, I thought. As we went our separate ways, he asked to meet again before he left town, and I agreed.

After all, now that we had seen each other, it would be fine. Just two people catching up on life. Simple as that. I ignored the little voice inside that knew otherwise.

Several days later, he came over for dinner. I wanted to show him my house and how much it had changed.

I wanted to show him how much I had changed (though looking back, I was only trying to prove this to myself ). As I prepared for dinner, I was confident and looking forward

to it. This lasted a good 30 minutes.

As he pulled up the driveway, my heart dropped to my feet. My throat tightened and the butterflies in my stomach were so strong it almost hurt. I was mad at myself for feeling this way. I thought you were over this?!

I felt defeated.

He came inside and I began rambling, dropping things, and acting like a nervous fool. The worst part? I told him I was nervous. Hello, vulnerability! I was uncomfortable, and I was little weirded-out. As we chatted, my mind was racing.

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r e t a i l e r s How could I still feel this way? I’m frustrated and exhausted from this emotional torment! The connection was apparent – and the worst part was the gut feeling I was alone in the sentiment. He wasn’t the same person I remembered, but I wasn’t either. The last time he was at my home, we were together. That was the difference. That’s why it wasn’t the same.

He said he was leaving the next day at 8 am to head back to China. I was happy and sad to hear the news, but I needed to get back to my “normal life” knowing he wouldn’t be around, as bad as that sounds. I walked him to the door and he turned to give me a big hug. “Let’s keep in touch,” he said. “Definitely,” I replied. In truth, I don’t think I can handle it yet.

Afterward, I cried twice. Once when I spoke to my mom and once to my sister. My sister made me feel better, as only a sister can. A good laugh out loud, drying of tears, and I felt my heart soften a bit. I just needed to cry it out one more time to finally move on. At least, I hope so.

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SYVSNAPSHOT

by Eva Van Prooyen Keeping a finger on the pulse of the Santa Ynez Valley: what to eat, where to go, who to meet, and what to drink. Pretty much everything and anything situated between the Santa Ynez and San Rafael Mountains that could tickle one’s interest.

colors, textured canvases, and the occasional highlight of metallic paint.”

For the past year, Michelle has been the resident artist at Brecon Estate winery in Paso Robles. She also exhibits her art in galleries in Santa Barbara County and in Art Without Borders.

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Samurai – The Warrior Horsemen of Japan

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ichelle Ellis has been selected by the jury committee of the Artists Guild of the Santa Ynez Valley as the Artist of the Month for August, with a special exhibit of her work “Abstracts: Metal and Metallic” to be featured in the Guild Room at Gallery Los Olivos from August 5 to September 2.

On view will be original paintings, in various sizes, that feature textured gallerywrapped canvas and highlights of metal and/or metallic on each piece.

“As a self-taught abstract artist, most of my paintings are created from “Sea of Sound” liquid acrylic on a heavily textured, 20x20-inch gallery wrapped canvas instinct, without reference material or consideration of the final outcome. I paint intuitively, using energetic, spontaneous brushstrokes, building up and blending thin layers of paint. The process is visceral, emotional, and all-consuming,” says Ellis, explaining she is drawn to stone, cement, rust, rock, and other natural elements to find inspiration in “nature’s kaleidoscope of patterns, colors, and forms.”

When painting, Michelle reports she uses mixed media including the introduction of wire, metal, and rust into paintings, “while staying true to my use of bright, bold

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he Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum brings a world-class exhibit of authentic Samurai warrior armor and the history of this fascinating class of Japanese society to Santa Barbara County.

For eight centuries, the Samurai were an honored part of Japanese society.

Pledging their lives to the protection and service of the ruling Shoguns, the Samurai were among the most skilled and disciplined warriors.

Fascinating, historical, and terrifying at the same time, the exhibit features 10 complete, authentic Samurai armor suits along with helmets, ceremonial coats, foot coverings, and weaponry.

The exhibit is supported by an educational catalog with beautiful photographs and descriptions of the Samurai armor.

The museum is also home to the unique history of the Santa Ynez Valley townships in a series of exhibit galleries, including the renown Parks-Janeway Carriage House featuring authentic stagecoaches and horse-drawn vehicles of the early West.

The museum, located at 3596 Sagunto Street in downtown Santa Ynez, is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Admission is $4 for adults, 12 and under are free. Private tours of the exhibit by the collection owner can be arranged by calling Marge at (805) 688-7889. www.santaynezmuseum.org

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29th Annual Los Olivos Quickdraw and Arts Festival

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pend the day immersing yourself in quality artwork and artistic expression. Step into “virtual studios” and observe artists as they work to complete original pieces of work within one hour. Each artist presents a unique style from how he or she lays out their tools, to the medium they work, to the subjects they choose. Afterward, everyone has the chance to take an original piece, fresh off the easel, home – if they make the highest bid during the exciting live auction.

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Where: On the historic grounds of Mattei’s Tavern, 2350 Railway in Los Olivos Cost: Free to viewers; highest bidder sets the price for the masterpiece Info: www.losolivosca.com

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eld the third Wednesday of every month, more than 60 merchants, restaurants, wine-tasting rooms, and professional offices offer special discounts and sales all day. As an added perk, a wine-tasting ticket gets you two tastings at wine and/or beer rooms, a specialty logo glass, and a map to help you navigate your way through all of the fun.

Wednesday, August 19 Where: 3 to 7 pm Cost: $20 per person Solvang is the place and August 19 is the date for Info: www.solvangthirdwednesday.com Third Wednesday (photo by bossco)

Bourbon Street

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lberto Battaglini, the mixologist at S.Y. Kitchen, presents four bourbon-centric cocktails for August inspired by the season’s local market produce and botanicals. Featuring America’s own distilled whiskeys – The Rancher, Blueberry Field, Life is Peachy, and The Chronicle – they are all new cocktails with premium bourbons and priced at $14. *Also: Mark Saturday, August 22, on your calendars as chef Luca Crestanelli from S.Y. Kitchen pairs up with Paul Lato wines and – in Santa Barbara at The Kitchen at the Public Market. Call (805) 770-7702 to reserve.

Luca Crestanelli along with Paul Lato wines is next up When: The entire month of August Where: S.Y. Kitchen, 1110 Faraday for Santa Barbara Public Market’s Winemaker dinner series Street in Santa Ynez Cost: $14 per cocktail Info: www.sykitchen.com or call (805) 691-9794

The Summer Wine-Tasting Pass

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ttention wine-tasting warriors! For $40, you sip your way through the boutique wineries of Santa Ynez Valley by arming yourself with a summer wine-tasting pass. Pass holders receive one wine tasting at 15 Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country Association tasting rooms which calculates out to at least a $150 value. You choose the dates you’d like to taste from now through August 31. No reservations required and no blackout dates. Your pass will expire when you’ve tasted at all 15 tasting rooms, or on August 31 – whichever occurs first.

When: The month of August Where: Throughout Santa Ynez wine country Cost: $40 per person Info: www.santaynezwinecountry.com

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CINEMA SCOPE

by James Luksic A longtime writer, editor and film critic, James has worked

nationwide for several websites and publications – including the Dayton Daily News, Key West Citizen, Topeka Capital-Journal and Santa Ynez Valley Journal. California is his eighth state. When he isn’t watching movies or sports around the Central Coast, you can find James writing and reading while he enjoys coffee and bacon, or Coke and pizza.

A Matter of Time

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quick comparison between movies released in 2014 and this year: the number of quality films released up until last August could be counted on one hand, excluding the thumb. By the time autumn rolled around, so did more valuable pictures – as part of the inevitable push for the Academy Awards. Halfway through 2015, however, there has already been a considerable share of Oscar-worthy pictures and performances (previously well-chronicled in this corner).

There’s no dearth of additional hopefuls before the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas rush, counting these select few: Pawn Sacrifice, whose title won’t impress anybody – until one learns its true tale involves Bobby Fischer (well-cast Tobey Maguire), the chess king who squared off with computers and Soviet champion Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber, taking a break from Showtime’s stirring Ray Donovan).

Then there’s Straight Outta Compton, another real deal – spotlighting the pivotal, controversial hip-hop group NWA’s emergence and influence during the 1980s and beyond – which shouldn’t be confused with Straight out of Compton, a mediocre production straight out of 1999. Last listed but most anticipated is Irrational Man, courtesy of Woody Allen and starring the perpetually under-appreciated Joaquin Phoenix, who deserves (for my money) to be nominated every time he’s on screen – though it’s doubtful Phoenix will rise from the ashes of his 2009 antics enough for Academy voters to take him seriously.

In lieu of in-depth reviews, I’ll assert rapid observations about Mr. Holmes, a classy, brainy yet un-stuffy depiction of retired Detective Sherlock, dutifully and believably embodied by consummate professional Ian McKellen; the only mystery is why such a charming project must be obscured (and thus overlooked) due to an onslaught of blockbusters. Southpaw, meanwhile, throws its gloves in the ring among an extensive canon of boxing pictures; this venture proves uneven and intermittently artificial but earns my approval chiefly because of Jake Gyllenhaal (as the embattled fighter) and Forest Whitaker (exceptional as the hero’s jaded trainer).

As it stands, this season might be remembered as the Summer of Bare Backsides of the male variety – a reference that goes beyond Magic Mike XXL. A few concurrent mainstream movies display men’s posteriors, if little else:

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indsey Buckingham’s catchy “Holiday Road” jump-starts Vacation – as his song did for National Lampoon’s Vacation in 1983 – but it’s mostly all

downhill afterward. That’s because collaborators Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Dailey smear their directorial debut (well, you don’t say) with juvenile grossout gags; audiences are subjected to witnessing the new Griswolds vomiting, picking up a wad of pubic hair, bathing in sewage and feces, getting covered in cow’s entrails, come what may.

That’s a shame, because comedic pros such as Ed Helms (The Hangover trilogy) and Christina Applegate deserved better material; only Chris Hemsworth – with his Southern accent and Cheshirecat grin – truly makes a favorable impression.

A late-night sequence at the Four Corners monument with clueless cops is so poorly executed, it’s excruciating. Just when this remake runs out of gas, the original’s Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo emerge, and the family’s journey again ends at Walley World along with the rehashed sounds of “Chariots of Fire”. So much for the father’s pre-trip declaration: “This vacation will stand on its own!”

Steady As She Goes

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rainwreck is another rude-andcrude crowd pleaser – an amusing “date night” affair whose contrived bow-tied ending actually flies in the face of the film’s reckless title and premise. Judd Apatow (This is 40) directs Amy Schumer (who clearly enjoyed writing the self-indulgent script), starring as a New Yorkbased magazine writer who doesn’t believe in monogamy – until she meets a sports-minded surgeon (Bill Hader). There are laughs to be had, though not as many as the early “buzz” would lead us to believe. Supporting players LeBron James, Brie Larson, and a virtually unrecognizable Tilda Swinton keep this crazy train chugging longer than warranted.

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aper Towns, whose source material was the young-adult book by John Green – author of last year’s loftier The Fault in Our Stars (its co-star Ansel Elgort resurfaces here in a cameo) – explores the ordinary life of a high-school senior with an infinite crush on a popular classmate of mystery. When the girl vanishes one night, our young suitor and friends can’t resist tracking her down – sparking a trite tempest in a teens’ teapot. Early on, our heroine – while literally writing off a nemesis – pens this pearl of wisdom: “Lame is forever.” I kept thinking the same thing.

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OLD SPANISH DAYS FIESTA 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS La Recepción del Presidente Former Fiesta El Presidente 2013 Josiah F. Jenkins of Jedlicka’s stands proudly near the gift section. The front of the store (where Josiah is) marks the spot where Jedlicka’s opened as a shoe repair shop in 1932.

How old were you in 1946?

I was 13 or 14. I can’t remember precisely, but I was in eighth grade and would work for [Jed] in the afternoons after school.

We did a lot of leather work. That’s when we had saddle maker John Schnell. I’d edge belts when we did belts, help out around the shop, polish shoes, wait on customers, then “sweep out.”

How did you connect with Jed? I grew up on the West Side, on the corner of Micheltorena and Robbins Street. I went to Harding Elementary School, then La Cumbre Junior High. (My family and I) came in and bought a saddle from him. He also knew me from the Santa Barbara County Riding Club. I remember he called me up to work for him.

This is the only place you’ve work your entire life?

Yeah.

That’s incredible! When did you take over the shop?

Jed had a stroke in the ‘60s, so it was in the ‘60s or ‘70s. (Jedlicka’s) was willed to us. We’ve expanded a little since then.

Your son and daughter both work in the business?

No. Just Josiah. My daughter is a CPA, working for the State Franchise Tax Board in Sacramento.

[He grabs his cowboy hat and lets me take a photograph] Would you like to meet my son? I’m trying to get him to take over. This is the boss here, Josiah.

So you both were born and raised in Santa

August 2 Sunday – 5 pm to 10 pm Where: Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort Dine while being entertained with performances by the 2015 Spirit and Junior Spirit and dance to the music of Jana and The One. El Presidente 2015 Cas Stimson and family will be on hand for a meet-andgreet. Sold out.

Fiesta! At Paseo Nuevo

August 3 to August 9 Monday to Sunday – noon start time Where: Paseo Nuevo Flamenco dance and performances in Center Court with live music all week long.

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El Mercado De la Guerra

August 5 to August 8 Wednesday - Saturday – 11 am to 11 pm Where: De La Guerra Plaza 40 vendors selling Spanish and MexicanAmerican foods, art, jewelry, clothing, and accessories. Live entertainment on the main stage all day into night. Free admission.

El Mercado del Norte

August 5 to August 8 Wednesday – 11 am to 11 pm Where: McKenzie Park An “early California atmosphere” with food, shopping, live music, and children’s carnival setting. Free admission to concerts and live entertainment.

La Fiesta Pequeña

August 5 Wednesday – 8 pm Where: Santa Barbara Mission Since the event’s founding in 1927, this has been the official opening to Old Spanish Days Fiesta. “Little Fiesta” includes traditional songs and dance from Californios, Flamenco, Spanish classical, Mexican Folklórico, and a performance from the 2015 Spirit of Fiesta. Free admission.

La Misa del Presidente

August 6 Thursday – 10 am Where: Santa Barbara Mission “The Mass of the President” is a Roman Catholic Mass dating back to 1936. In honor of this year’s theme, “Fiesta Romántica”, El Presidente Cas Stimson and his wife invite couples who have been married 15 years or more to renew their wedding vows with them at the Santa Barbara Parish.

Celebración de los Dignitarios

August 6 Thursday – 5 to 10 pm Where: Santa Barbara Zoo Wines, tequilas, and food from the Central Coast’s finest eateries paired with a sunset over the Pacific and walks through the gardens of the Santa Barbara Zoo. Tickets $110.

Las Noches de Ronda

August 6 to August 8 Thursday to Saturday – 8 to 10 pm Where: Santa Barbara County Courthouse “Nights of Gaiety” is a variety show of music, singing, Spanish Flamenco, and Folklórico dances. More than 200 performers entertain nightly. Free admission.

El Desfile Histórico

August 7 Friday – noon Where: State Street “The Historical Parade” features more than 600 horses, many antique carriages, coaches, wagons, and dancing entertainment and music. Parade begins at the west end of Cabrillo Blvd. to State St., then up State St. to Sola St. Free admission.

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El Desfile de Los Niños

August 8 Saturday – 10 am Where: State Street “The Children’s Parade” celebrates local culture with kids (and parents) of Santa Barbara in traditional costumes. The parade begins on State St., from Victoria St. to Ortega St. Free admission.

Tardes de Ronda

August 8 Saturday – 1 to 5 pm Where: Santa Barbara County Courthouse Also known as the Children’s Variety Show, local kids display talents and multi-cultural heritage through colorful costumes and dancing. Free admission.

Fiesta Finale

August 10 Monday 4:30 to 10 pm Where: El Paseo Restaurant, 813 Anacapa Street Info: (805) 682-8184 This fundraiser for the Profant Foundation traditionally has wrapped up Fiesta festivities on Sunday, but this year it has been moved to Monday. Always fun, always festive. Dancing, costume contest for men and women, beer, wine, margaritas, and Mexican food prevail.

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