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azza’s Missive – Paul Westmacott and his production company, Paradigm Pictures, made M a powerful movie that actually surprised Editor Matt. Nice work, Paul, the guy’s been walking around in a seemingly stupefied daze ever since he saw it.

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I t’s Crime Time – People did bad stuff all over town last week (again). We’re trying a bit of a new format with the column this week; what do you think? (If you don’t like it and you ever get picked up for public drunkenness, we’ll print your name. Kidding.)

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Letters to the Editor – Hard bodies, Sentinel distribution, Sharon Byrne’s significant intellect and writing ability and VA benefits are fodder this week.

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Girl About Town – Julie Bifano is back again, this time with prose and pics from her day at Taste of UCSB alumni event. (Spoiler alert: Julie had fun. Lots of it.)

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C ommercial Corner – Austin Herlihy and Chris Parker look back at the local commercial real estate market in Q1 2013 – which saw at least one pretty massive sale (Bacara Hotel) – and provide some thinking looking forward as well. (Thanks guys, great to hear from you.)

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an About Town – Mark has a newfound affinity for ballet. He also likes music festivals and M “beautiful casually-dressed women.” Stay away from other Sentinel contributors, Mark, and the lovely and quite casual wives and women of the publishing and editorial staff.

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Pump It – Jenny launches another week-long assault on your body. And, yes, we changed the column name; it appears that some people thought “Pump Yourself” sounded offensive.

Respectfully, we disagree and think it accurately depicted a strenuous self-guided workout.

Your minds are in the gutter, people. Sexually obsessed, we say.

The Beer Guy – Zach has a religious experience at Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks.

Hallelujah! Can he get a witness?

Eight Days A Week – From Sustainable Tourism to Cinco de Mayo, Jeremy Harbin gets you going this week. Lots about docents and docentry (is that a word?) too!

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Santa Barbara View – Sharon Byrne likes Santa Barbara High School Theatre’s Spamalot… a lot; Loretta Redd likes the idea of Granada Books, State Street’s newest bookstore (that is still in construction but coming soon); Ray Estrada does his business beat; and Tom Bird talks trains, namely the Overland Trail (which sounds great, anecdotally). Nice work this week, SB View, enjoyed every word.

Presidio Sports – SBART Athletes of the week, Channel League golf, Dons win volleyball championship; and lots happening this week in local sports. Check it all out at the Presidio Sports page.

Faces of Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara artist/filmmaker/writer Ted Mills is in Patricia Clark’s lens this week, and he gives her some great advice. (Is that advice sexually-charged too? Should we ask Mr. Mills to change it? Kidding.)

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Keepin’ It Reel – Strapping hunky criminals, older handsome and refined gentlemen and “sexual escapades, AARP style.” (Now that’s sexually charged. Should Jim change his brilliant critiques? Kidding.)

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ou Have Your Hands Full – Mara Peters leaves her children home alone. Will she make Y Crime Time next week for neglect and endangerment? (Of course she won’t. Great column, Mara, thanks.)

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LOVEmikana – Food, exercise and shopping – like, what else is there? And the Weekend Guide will get you out of the house this weekend. So go read it! esidential Real Estate – New listings and terrific pads from Michael and Justin this week, R go see some of them after perusing the Sentinel’s Open House Guide and picking a few faves.

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A Pleasant Surprise

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ometimes it’s the people closest to you who amaze you the most.

It’s funny, but it’s easy to get comfortable, almost too comfortable, with those who become your friends.

You see them relaxing over a barbeque and a beer and a simple conversation or disciplining their kids or cleaning up dog poop in the yard or whatever. And you forget what interested you in them in the first place.

Friends become ordinary, not in a bad way but in a mundane one, perhaps.

Then, sometimes, they surprise you.

They remind you of why you became friends in the first place, why they were charismatic and captivating and dynamic and vibrant. They remind you why you originally chose to let them into your little life, and, maybe, why they let you into theirs, why you get to see them at that barbeque or cleaning up that dog poop.

That reminder is a wonderful thing. It’s affirming. And it reinforces everything you knew to be true and right and good.

I had such an experience just last weekend at a friend’s film premiere in Hollywood.

And it reminded me why I think so highly of Paul Westmacott.

I Actually Have a Friend Who Is An Artist Paul is in interesting guy. We met years ago through our wives – his is an old college friend, Sentinel contributor and SBCC Adjunct Professor Briana Westmacott (that’s right, full disclosure; I’m highly biased here but, rest assured, I’m not letting it cloud my editorial integrity) – and we got along pretty well from the outset.

Paul Westmacott and Leslie Neale at the Hollywood premiere of Unlikely Friends, their second social justice documentary collaboration.

To me, Paul is an artist of sorts. To others, he’s a film editor, primarily, though he does basically everything from writing and production to postproduction and beyond (and he does it all well, his clients will tell you), and has his own company here in town called Paradigm Pictures. Paul and Paradigm do all sorts of great work locally that you’ve probably seen but never thought to ask who did it.

All of that is interesting, of course, but it’s not really what I personally dug about

the guy when I first met him. I dug the way he cut right to the heart of things, with understanding and compassion and empathy. Conversations, often after a vodka martini or two (another thing for which we share a mutual admiration), have always been pretty interesting with old Paulie.

And for me, that’s cool. That’s a trait that most of my friends seem to share.

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A variety of crimes are committed every day in Santa Barbara; most of these crimes are petty but they do offer a window into if not the soul of the perpetrator, at least his or her thought process. Our following (and totally unsolicited) thoughts, observations, and comments are put forth for your consideration.

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drunken 43-year-old Santa Barbara man couldn’t explain how he came to be in a popular Milpas grocery store completely naked from the waist down at 5:30pm last week, and was thus arrested for public intoxication. (Maybe he was looking for some tighty-whities but went to the wrong place due to guzzling gallons of alcohol.)

Medical Marijuana Card Apparently Not A License for Child Endangerment

SBPD pulled over a vehicle with expired registration tags at 11pm one night last week. When the 23-year-old driver rolled the window down to speak with officers, they quickly noticed a very strong skunk-like smell wafting from a huge bag on the back seat. It turned out that the bag contained over 1.5 pounds of marijuana. It turned out also that the bag was sitting right next to a young child strapped into a carseat. Uh-oh.

To his credit, the man quickly reached into his wallet and produced a Medical Marijuana card – but that wasn’t enough to avoid arrest for child endangerment, transporting drugs and a few other charges. (“Wait a second, officers, you mean that my Medical Marijuana card doesn’t permit me to drive my kids around late at night with copious amounts of pot within their easy reach? Oh, now I get it, I guess that means that my Oxycodone prescription doesn’t allow me to give the pills to my kids either. Hey little Teddy, where’s that Xanax I gave you with that bottle of red wine we had for dinner?” Etcetera.)

Unemployed Construction Worker Has Difficulty Exiting Cab; Arrested for Public Intoxication

A 55-year-old unemployed construction worker fell face first out of a taxicab at 10:15pm one night last week and was unable to stand up when officers rushed over to help him. He was ultimately though not surprisingly detained for being drunk in public. (Funny, we’ve never heard of a construction worker drinking, whether employed or not. Crazy. At least he took a cab.)

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CRIME TIME QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I was just passing it along.”

- A 25-year-old Simi Valley man after being caught with a bag of cocaine in his hand in a local nightclub cabana.

Transient Kung-Fu Master Beaten with Chain

Two drunken homeless men got into a fight one afternoon last week near the playground in Santa Barbara’s very first city park. One man, let’s call him David Carradine for convenience, was apparently a master of martial arts and repeatedly attempted to “round house” the other but missed, then missed again, then missed again… you get the idea.

While he was lining up what may have been a devastating kick for the ump-teenth time, the second man calmly asked his girlfriend to hand him a large metal chain that was lying on the ground nearby. She did, and he proceeded to mercilessly beat our quasi-Mr. Carradine with it. (Maybe he should have considered studying more defensive tactics.)

The chain-wielding transient was arrested for battery. (The kung fu master may have been too, but he never did connect with that vicious round house.)

Germans Drink And Get Aggressive Too

A severely intoxicated 23-year-old German man disturbed staff at a local nightclub and refused to leave, leading to his arrest by the Santa Barbara Gestapo. Judging from at least one Sentinel contributor’s experience at Oktoberfest in Munich – at which it seemed that all Germans were constantly drunk and aggressive – this was likely a cultural misunderstanding.

Don’t Cry Over Spilt Chili-Cheese Fries

A 22-year-old Goleta man spilled his chili-cheese fries at a gourmet restaurant on State Street very late one night last week and freaked out after being denied a freebie.

Rather than simply pay the few dollars for his (likely drunken) blunder, he pulled an employee out of the place, socked him in the face and was arrested for battery. Those must be some serious chili-cheese fries…gotta get us some soon. (We’d say the name of the shop so you can go get yours – it’s not exactly a gourmet restaurant – but that might get us in trouble.)

The Mystery of the Partially Nude Alcoholic

A drunken 51-year-old San Diego man kept “attempting to get his pants on but couldn’t,” which, coupled with his open hostility for passersby and inability to stand up, led to his arrest for public intoxication. Why were his pants down in the first place?

Is this what people mean when they say they have a chicken and egg problem? Is this putting the cart before the horse? Who knows, maybe it just is what it is.

Woman Attempts World Record for Public Intoxication Detainments in Single Week; Doesn’t Get It

A 40-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested twice last week for public intoxication. The first time, she entered a stranger’s unlocked vehicle at around 6pm and refused to leave. She was detained. (Then she refused to follow instructions at a sobering center and was taken to jail.) A few days later, the same woman was found drunk and naked in the parking lot of her apartment complex at 2:45pm. When officers asked her why she was there, she said simply that she was spending the afternoon “at the spa.” Not exactly the Ojai Valley Inn.

Cocaine-Fueled Argument in Front of Bathroom (and Police) Leads to Arrest

SBPD observed two men arguing in front of a bar bathroom at 12:45am one night last week. When they approached the men in an effort to calm them down, one, a 26-year-old Goleta man, became argumentative and aggressive. He was arrested and a bag of cocaine was found during a search incident thereto. Hey, guy, try being less aggressive with the fuzz when you’re holding powerful narcotics late at night and arguing with your buddy about who gets what in the bathroom stall near closing time. (Lot of cocaine abuse this week, great [sarcasm]…)

Drunk People: Cop Cars Are NOT Cabs

We’ve seen this more times than we care to comment on. This time, it was a drunken 23-year-old Carpinteria man who tried to get into an empty cop car on State like it was a taxi. We are considering starting a grassroots campaign to change police squad car design, effective immediately, so that there is no more confusion going forward. Seems like a reasonable use of taxpayer dollars.

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att, I read the article you wrote a few weeks back about bodybuilding that mentioned the show at the Marjorie Luke Theater in Santa Barbara on April 20 (Pumping Iron, Vol. 2, Issue 12). I came up for the show (and the Earth Day festival, which I saw you sponsored) and had a blast. There were lots of lovely ladies, and the male class was actually pretty impressive. Keep up the good work.

R. Emerson Ventura (Editor’s Note: Thanks for the letter, I’m always pleasantly surprised to see that we reach down into Ventura and the Valley.

Anyway, I also hit the Marjorie Luke show, took a few photos of the contestants, and had a terrific time doing it. (Earth Day was a great time, too, we were thrilled to be a part of it.) There’s one I took of the “lovely ladies,” above Enjoy.

It’s also high time for a little update on Jeff Harrison, the subject of that bodybuilding column a few weeks back: Jeff won the Masters Division and took second in the Overall Heavyweight Division (“with all the young guys,” he told me) in the LA Grand Prix, and then won both the Masters Division and the Overall Championship at the Marjorie Luke. Not bad, Jeff, not bad at all. Next he’s headed down to the Mr. California competition in LA on May 25.

Go get ‘em, big guy, and, hey, when can I come in for that training session? Jenny Schatzle has been kicking my ass for weeks now; I think I need to do some power lifting to ensure that I can actually complete the relentless bodyweight stuff she has me doing.

Ugh, I’m tired just thinking about all this.

– MSM)

and articles in the weekly Mazza’s Missive (with attendant laughter, I might add) and not because I haven’t thought several times that I needed to drop you a note.

Anyway, now that you know you’re not “top of my list” when it comes to dayto-day activities, please consider making your paper available in the Montecito and Eastside Libraries. I (and many others) frequent these spots and can’t find you at either. Is that possible?

In any event, keep up the good work, especially in providing such wonderful information about what is going on in our fair city. I particularly like the Eight Days A Week portion, since I find out a little ahead of time what will be happening, rather than feeling I need to read it Friday when you release it for fear of missing something. A very good idea, IMHO! Peace and Aloha.

R. Robert Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Ms. Robert! It has been a while since I last heard from you; thanks for the note. First and foremost, we are always looking for new places to distribute the Sentinel and will do our best to make racks available at libraries you mentioned. Great suggestions, both of them. And thanks for reading the Missive and Eight Days, we’ve had a significant and positive response to the latter and the former, well, let’s just say that I still enjoy writing it. If it brings a smile to your face each week then that’s (mostly) good enough for me, even if I’m not at the top of your list when it comes to day-to-day activities. Thanks again for writing. Peace and aloha indeed. – MSM)

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ou enter the warehouse from the side of Firestone Walker’s Buellton Taproom and Restaurant. The surrounding hills and chatter of birds are left outside as you walk through a wood and wrought iron door that looks like it has come from a church (which it has).

Once inside, the eyes need a moment to adjust to the dim room. At first, you see a bright light at the end of a tunnel. But as vision becomes clearer you can make out a wall of casks that lead guests toward the doorway of the tasting room.

This is Firestone Walker’s newest annex, Barrelworks. And it is a quasi-religious experience for us beer folk.

The warehouse has been converted to a sanctuary for barrel-aged beers. The sights inside this cool, dark building strikes awe in all who dare to stare at the rows of barrels illuminated by chandeliers. Silence continues as you stay still, listening, waiting for the quietness to be broken by a Gregorian chant. None comes. Silence reigns.

The music happening in here is too soft to hear. These barrels will rest for years as microorganisms and components of the wood slowly alter the tune of the liquid contained inside the casks. Barrelworks is an aging house. Beer from the Firestone Walker Brewery is transported here and then added to new casks and even old ones that had previously housed wine or spirits.

Your mind wanders and is ultimately blown by the possibilities. Give thanks.

For you are standing in a sacred place.

Three Wise Men There are three minds behind Barrelworks. Matt Brynildson is Firestone Walker’s current brewmaster, who, years ago, would sneak whiskey barrels on to the premises to age beer. These first casks were the seeds of their strong beer

Barrelworks Director Jeffers Richardson, working his craft.

program that gave birth to Barrelworks.

Jim Crooks is their master blender and uses his experience as the brewery’s quality control expert to understand the complex microbiological system that takes place in their “live barrel” program.

Jeffers Richardson started working for Firestone Brewery when there was no brewery, “just an office at the Firestone Walker Winery.” Jeffers is the original architect of Firestone’s flagship beer, Double Barrel Ale (DBA), which uses a specialized fermenter system of interlinked oak casks. He briefly left Firestone Walker to work with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and study the art of blending in the olive oil trade. But Jeffers has returned to Firestone Walker as the Barrelworks’ director. He acts as the building’s shepherd, tending to the flock as he maintains the casks and watches over their progression.

As we toured the facility, Jeffers spoke of these individual barrels as single colors

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Communion.

This is the tasting room bar from above.

A unique perspective, yes, but it shows (again) the attention to detail at Barrelworks.

upon the first sip. An apparent bitterness and malty backbone with flavors of grain and toasted bread cleansed any element of the previous brews. The unsung German hop, Saphir, gives this Pilsner a characteristic resinous, lemongrass note that provides a zesty accent to the beer’s aroma. This one will soon be sold in bottles and kegs so look for it around town at stores and restaurants.

The Pivo Pils is one of their regular offerings. Barrelworks also offers yearround a tart but balanced, meyer lemonlike Barrelworks Bretta Weisse or a woodsy-themed 100% oak-fermented

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.

in a painting, each one contributing their unique hues to the image. In a blend, some barrels brighten the picture while others adjust the saturation of different characteristics. In my experience, tasting a single barrel reminds me of looking at caricatures. You can see the person they represent, however certain attributes are accentuated; but even when these properties are overdone the image is still pleasant to look at and always brings a smile to the viewer.

Not that these beers are jokes. No, these are some serious brews.

One Of A Kind As you enter the tasting room, two 2,200 gallon foudres (oversized casks used for maturing large quantities of liquid) surround the doorway like an altarpiece.

Once inside this shrine of barrel-aged brews, there are 18 taps of rare beers. Many of the casks in Barrelworks will end up being blended into a special release. Some of these blends are on tap here. Every so often Jeffers will choose a select few to be served by themselves. These single barrels have the specificity of a snowflake and will be served in the tap room as a unique experience. No two casks are alike.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Barrel #66 Barrel #66 is an American oak cask that was filled four years ago with Firestone’s Double DBA. The decadent flavors were ripe with marmalade, raisin and a nougat backbone that ended with a tropical flair of vanilla beans and coconut followed by an ample bourbon tone. At 14.4% ABV,

The Barrelworks tasting wheel, taken from the Book of Brew and ready for study and mass.

the bourbon character amplified the other flavors and left a lingering smoke note reminiscent of sitting next to an extinguished camp fire. Ahhh.

Barrel #22 This dry stout aged 3-years in Old Fitzgerald Bourbon barrels was easily the most dynamic beer I tasted at Barrelworks. Barrel #22’s flavors grew and evolved as the beer warmed up in the glass. Every sip brought a new experience and the beer went through phases. The initial impact of dense fudge-brownies gave way to a coffee and a mushroomlike earthiness before finishing with an oak-emphasis and a wisp of charred wood.

Some of the beers I tried will not be there when you go and this is likely one of them. But that is the very nature of Barrelworks. Every time you go it will be a new experience but with each taste you will experience something new. Since many of these individual barrels will end up being blended together, single cask beers like these will be a once-in-a-lifetime offering. Glorious.

Unfiltered DBA that is more wholesome than their normal DBA.

Patience is a Virtue I emerged from Barrelworks’ door and reentered the crisp Spring Sunday. The door shut behind me and I left serene and humbled by the countless barrels I’d seen. Curiosity ached my mind as I wondered which casks might be awoken from their slumber work when I return. I guess I will have to wait.

Good things come to those who wait.

And the Barrelworks is all about waiting... and serving good things.

Join us for our first Santa Barbara County tasting of 2013 at SOhO Restaurant

(1221 State Street in Victoria Court) on Saturday, May 11th, 2013, from 1-4 PM. Wineries pouring include: Alma Rosa, ampelos, Babcock, Beckmen, Brander, Brewer-Clifton, Cargasacchi, Carr, Cold Heaven, De su Propia Cosecha, Dragonette, Blair Fox, Hitching Post, Jaffurs, The Paring (from Jonata), Kaena, Lieu Dit, Longoria, Ojai, Melville, Pali, Palmina, Press Gang, Refugio Ranch, Samsara, Stolpman, Tatomer, tercero, Transcendence, Tyler, Verdad and Villa Creek

• Sample seven dozen different wines from thirtythree different wineries • Enjoy hot appetizers and a selection of cheese and charcuterie • 15% discount on six bottle orders placed that day: Assorting is encouraged!

Tickets are $30.00 per person and must be purchased in advance. Please call us at (805) 845-5247 to reserve.

We’ll be glad to mail the tickets to you, or if you prefer, have them available for pickup here at the store.

Please do not contact SOhO: Tickets are not available through the restaurant.

Please note that tickets are non-refundable, and must be presented at the door to gain entry.

Pivo Pils I finished my tasting with Pivo Pils.

Even after the array of sour and strong beer I tried, it was astounding that this light lager was able to command the palate

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8•Days• a•Week We Ain’t Got Nothin’ But Love, Babe…

by Jeremy Harbin

Want to be a part of Eight Days A Week?

Space is limited, but if you have an event, exhibit, performance, book signing, sale, opening, trunk show, or anything else interesting or creative that readers can attend, let us know at 805-845-1673 or email us at tim@santabarbarasentinel.com. We’ll consider all suggestions, but we will give extra consideration to unusual events and/or items, especially those accompanied by a good visual, particularly one that has yet to be published.

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on display on the campus at 1070 Fairway Road. Even if you’re usually not one to enjoy garage or yard or estate sale shopping, you’ll still be able to find something you need here while walking the beautiful grounds of the academy. Parking is available on campus and shuttles will be available at the Las Aves complex at the corner of Cabrillo Boulevard and Los Patos Way.

May 3

–Certifiably Green

I saw you reminiscing around the water cooler with your office buddy earlier this week, saying “I wish I was back in school.” Good news for you: you can recreate that collegiate feeling when you clock out today. Just scrounge together five bucks and head to the Fe Bland Auditorium on the Santa Barbara City College campus for a talk called “Sustainable Tourism for the 21st Century: Going Beyond Green to Innovative Design Systems that Emulate Nature.” At 7pm, keynote speaker Mark McGuffie of Enterprise Honolulu will discuss his work and experience with the sustainable tourism industry’s cutting-edge leaders and ideas. Check out sustainability.sbcc.edu for more information and to read about the SBCC Center for Sustainability’s other events this weekend: an all-day event on Saturday with multiple speakers and a Zero Waste certification program after that.

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–Celebrate Early

Here’s a shopping list for May Madness: new shirt, pants you can move in, dancing shoes. Pick those up, and you’ll be prepared for tonight’s Cinco de Mayo party at the Uptown Lounge (3126 State Street). So what if it’s not actually the fifth of May yet? That’s not going to stop the crowd from celebrating to the live music of Spencer the Gardener. Spencer’s website calls his tunes “Latintinged, genre-bending, big band surf mariachi indie pop,” but to me they just sound like a lot a fun.

Check Spencer out for yourself over at www.spencerthegardener.com and in-person tonight from 8pm to 12 at the Uptown Lounge.

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May 4

–An Unexpected Cinco de Mayo

–May Madness

Certainly this one’s already on your calendar: May Madness at the Music Academy of the West.

Benefitting the Music Academy’s full scholarship program, the 37th annual treasure and estate sale starts at 9am and ends at 3pm; those six short hours will hardly seem like enough time to see the furniture, clothing, art, electronics, antiques, fine linens, books, music, movies, and everything else

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While we don’t usually associate May 5th with the celebration of Japanese culture, we’re going to celebrate it nonetheless. And if you got a little too loco at the Uptown Lounge last night, this event at the ShinKanAn Teahouse and Garden might be just the tranquil spot you’re looking for today. From 10am to 2pm, the folks at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (1212 Mission Canyon Road) will host an open teahouse, where visitors can experience tea ceremony demonstrations and have questions answered. Call 805.682.4726 ext. 102 or visit www.sbbg.org for more information on this and other celebrations of Japanese culture taking place throughout May. Also helping you celebrate today, Waxing Poetic (2350 Lillie Avenue) offers another break from tradition: virgin margaritas. The Summerland boutique invites you to join their Cinco de Mayo festivities today from noon to 4pm. They’ll have food, a mariachi band, and Chihuahuas, which you can adopt from the Responsible Pet Ownership Alliance for ½ of the regular fee during the month of May.

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–True Story

Author Erik Larson knows how to tell a story.

He’s so good at it, he routinely ends up on The New York Times best-sellers list, garners critical acclaim, and gets nominated for awards. But what might be most impressive about his work is that all the stories he tells are true. At tonight’s UCSB Art & Lectures presentation of his talk Breathing Life into the Dead, the history-writer will explain his process and share some true tales from his own experiences researching in locations across the world. He will sign copies of his narrative non-fiction books afterwards. UCSB Campbell Hall; 8pm; $20 for the public, $10 for students; 805.893.3535 or www.artsandlectures.ucsb. edu for tickets or more information.

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May 7

–Docent Way to Spend a Day

Today, begin the process of fulfilling a dream we all have: go to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s reception for those interested in becoming docents. Ok, maybe that’s not a dream we all have, but it does have its benefits. In addition to rubbing elbows with other art enthusiasts, docents get to attend

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lectures, go to off-site social events, and share their knowledge with children and adults. If you’re interested in what it takes to become one of about 65 volunteers at the museum, the reception begins at 3:30pm at the SBMA. Contact Rachael Krieps at 805.884.6441 or at rkrieps@sbma.net for more information. Tea will be served.

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Over $1 Billion in Sales!

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–Andy at the Opera

To compliment the student-organized Fame and the Mundane: Andy Warhol’s Photography exhibit currently on display through May 12 at the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Warhol’s World in Song: Musical Snapshots from the 1960s. Though Warhol is associated with big names in the world of rock, he was also a fan of classical music and opera. Tonight’s program will feature arias and duets from the decade of Warhol’s prime. Expect also some humor, as the performers Victoria Kirsch, Suzan Hanson, and Shana Blake Hill will read selections from Warhol’s journals. The show is not currently sold out, but space is limited. 8pm; $35 for the public, $10 for students; 805.893.3535 or www.artsandlectures. ucsb.edu for tickets or more information.

Dan Encell is one of the few real estate agents in the

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world who has successfully closed over a billion dollars

May 9

–Live Well

Today through Sunday, Unfinished Business: A Glimpse into Life’s Mystical Transitions goes on at the Lobero Theatre (33 East Canon Perdido Street). Presented by and benefitting the Alliance for Living and Dying Well, the production tackles its weighty subject in order to promote healthy conversation among loved ones about the end-of-life experience. A moderated discussion follows. Show times vary in the afternoons, but the Rod Lathim written and directed work starts at 8pm each night except for Sunday, when it starts at 7pm. See a full list of show times at www.lobero.com. $23 for a general admission ticket. Read more about the Alliance at www. allianceforlivinganddyingwell.org.

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in residential sales. This tremendous achievement is a result of 24 years of creative marketing, extensive advertising, nationwide networking, unique deal making and problem solving abilities, and consistent hard work.

May 10

–Future Scientist Plays Cello

Dos Pueblos High School student and cellist Laura Baldwin is the featured performer at tonight’s Santa Barbara Youth Symphony concert. She’ll try to overcome her Senioritis affliction (she’ll recover in a few months when she begins to study biochemistry in college) for long enough to play Haydn’s Cello Concerto #1 in c minor. Her young colleagues will share selections from Williams and Prokofiev. It all happens at 7:30pm at the First Presbyterian Church (21 East Constance Avenue).

Purchase tickets by calling the Santa Barbara Symphony at 805.898.9386 or by visiting www.thesymphony.org (way to lock down that domain, guys). Students and the other kind of seniors get in for $10; the concert will cost $14 for everyone else.

–In Bloom in SB

Cinco de Mayo notwithstanding, it’s been a relaxed week; let’s keep it that way for our last outing. To celebrate your second favorite holiday of this 8-day week (National Public Gardens Day, of course), the Santa Barbara Public Gardens Partnership brings you the Garden Lovers Tour of the signature Santa Barbara locales Casa del Herrero, Lotusland, and Alice Keck Park. Specially trained docents (didn’t think you’d read that word twice in one column, did you?) will lead the celebrations, one beginning at 8am and ending at 12:30pm, and another beginning at 1pm and ending at 5:30pm. $50 gets you the tour, transportation, and parking at the start. Make your required reservation by calling 805.565.5653. See www.sbpublicgardens.org for more information.

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Opinion, stories, events, and people that shape Santa Barbara

Milpas on the Move

The Pythons Would Be Proud

by Sharon Byrne

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here is some pretty spectacular musical theater on stage right now in Santa Barbara in a surprising location. For the bargain price of $10, you can treat yourself to two hours of Vegas-wattage, Broadwaybound rising stars hitting it out of the park.

The Santa Barbara High School Theatre is staging Spamalot, lovingly ripped off (as they put it) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, totally amped up, dressed up and repackaged into a raucous show with something on offer for everyone.

As with all things Python, no sacred cows are left unmolested. Everything is fair game. For hardcore Python fans, like the author of this review, rest assured – all the great bits from the Holy Grail are intact in this production: • Knights skipping on foot, with faithful serf trotting behind, clapping coconuts to produce horse sound effects – check.

• Monks bashing their heads with tomes while chanting in Latin – check.

• Plague victims protesting they’re not quite dead yet, only to be quickly finished off so a relative can collect all of nine pence – check.

• French soldiers hurling puerile insults with ‘zeir outwrhaaaageous akzent’ and the wooden rabbit ruse that went sideways – check.

• Brave Sir Robin with the accompanying and highly annoying minstrels constantly singing a narrative of the true chicken he is – check.

• Knights who say Ni! and demand shrubberies – check.

All the required elements are there, but Spamalot also packs in a slew of brilliant musical numbers, including “The Song That Goes Like This,” with sweeping romantic themes, done in Pythonesque style. Who better than the Monty Python crew to turn the lens of irreverence and spoof on theatrical elements from within an actual play performance?

They’ve crafted a special part for a brilliant Diva, played by Mary Cusimano, who starts off as the Lady of the Lake, and then morphs into other leading lady roles.

We just start to notice she’s been missing a bit in the second half when she strides out on stage in a flouncy robe and laments a hilarious number, “What Happened To My Part?!”

Talking with Andrew Gutierrez, one of the main leads in the second half, the students didn’t change the script as written, especially since the script is difficult to obtain, and Santa Barbara is

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Sharon Byrne is executive director for the Milpas Community Association, and currently serves on the Advisory Boards for the Salvation Army Hospitality House and Santa Barbara County Alcohol and Drug Problems.

sbview.com one of the first high schools to perform it. But they did add twists to make it more exciting, and the choreographer Christina McCarthy took the dance numbers and ran with them. The campus has been swept with a sort of awestruck pride that the show is actually incredible, really.

The costumes, the accents (yes, they nailed them), the songs, and wit are all brilliantly done. In the second half, an underlying theme begins to emerge, a bit of truth in jest, if you will, where the kids fully embody the script, saunter up to one of the most polarizing social issues at present, and poke it squarely in the eye.

It’s quite brave, and they pull it off with top marks.

Spamalot will make you want to dance in the aisles, clap too loudly, guffaw in laughter, and sing at the top of your lungs. Perhaps best of all, with all the youth vibrancy rocking that stage, you’ll be totally amped up to go quest for your own grail, and indeed they urge you to do so. At the end of the night, it was one hell of an exercise in showmanship, great theater, and creative expression. Put your seat backs in the upright position, put away your tray table, and fasten that seatbelt – you’re in for a great ride.

It’s the most fun you can possibly have for a mere $10 and without having to get on a plane to Vegas or New York.

Literary Longings

by Loretta Redd

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f you’re looking for the soul of a place, you might start at the local bookstore,” advises Travel & Leisure magazine.

And Santa Barbara is lucky indeed, to have three people passionate enough to pour time and treasure into what some believe is an inevitably dying cause, by soon opening a cultural institution and gathering place called Granada Books.

Clearly not immune to the whys and

Loretta Redd’s diverse background includes being a psychologist, business owner, non-profit director, Air Force officer, writer, speaker, and executive coach. Loretta has served on several Santa Barbara city committees and has been a candidate for public office.

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wherefores of construction delays, the principle owners, Emmett McDonough and Sharon Hoshida, along with manager Mark Zolezzi, gave a grand tour this week of the drywall and bare floor setting at 1224 State Street, inviting us all to use our imaginations to envision the bookstore-to-be.

And isn’t that what books are all about? Not just learning, but using our imagination, as the author paints both images and experiences with words instead of color.

There are plenty of books being produced these days to fill its future shelves. Granada Books will be the repertory of local authors and local interests, while aspiring to offer sufficient variety to ensure a steady stream of book buyers.

There were 10,800 independent book sellers in the US in 2002, and far less than that today... but still more than in the 1930s when there were only 4,000 places that sold books, while many of those carried only a few classics or reference volumes. Back in those days, books were owned mostly by the elite, while others depended on public lending libraries, if they were literate at all.

Although the mega chains, such as Crown, Waldenbooks and B. Dalton have pretty much evaporated from the planet, some city populations are reading more than ever before. With the average book purchaser being a married college graduate, age 45-64, cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego rank among the top ten places with the highest sales and book retailers.

Hopefully, the addition of Granada Books to that of The Book Den, Tecolote, Left Coast Books, Paperback Alley and Chaucer’s will thrust our town into that tawny category of well-read places. The irony that the closure of the gargantuan Borders store has actually been good for book sales points out how niche markets can thrive in communities like Santa Barbara.

There is something so “small town” about our city... the way we generously embrace and support non-profits, the way we turn out to new events and show up

Loretta Redd

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for bright ideas, the way we speak our minds in print, online and in front of councils. Residents seem protective and promoting of this place we call home, and push for what we want in services and opportunities.

Soon we will have this little literary hub near the Granada Theatre, nestled among shops, cafés and art galleries. A homegrown hybrid of retail and nonprofit will no doubt find a successful foothold on our busy State Street. Maybe they’ll place a hammock in the front window where people can fall asleep reading, because it’s just not the same to drool on a Kindle.

Ms. Hoshida, prior director of the Women’s Center at UCSB, and Mr. McDonough, a retired corporate executive, didn’t constrain the invitation for literary exploration at the interior space. They will also offer a rear outdoor patio with fire-pits and lighting, where small performances, gatherings, readings and discussions will supplement the printed pages inside.

Their search for the perfect store manager took them all the way to the Deep South where they found Mark Zolezzi, the Granada Books’ affable and upbeat manager. Mark was born in New York, and has been in the book business a long time as a buyer for Miami Book Fair and manager of Mitchell Kaplan Books in Florida. To say that he and his family are thrilled to trade in the humidity and kite-sized mosquitoes of the East Coast for a little slice of Santa Barbara heaven is an understatement indeed.

So while the big box bookstores may have gone the way of the dinosaur, and e-books and Amazon have invaded the market, I would predict that Granada Books will thrive in a town where we support local merchants, where “culture” involves interest, not just income, and where education and learning are still revered.

A sketch of the courtyard of Granada Books, opening soon on State Street.

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Business Beat

by Ray Estrada

New Venture Challenge Student Finalists Announced

Ray Estrada

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anta Barbara City College’s Scheinfeld Center has announced student finalists for its third annual New Venture Challenge to take place from 2:30 to 6:30pm, May 3 at the Fé Bland Forum on SBCC’s West Campus.

This event is open to the public and free of charge, however, seating is limited.

The New Venture Challenge is a twotiered pitch competition honoring the business concepts of local college and high school students. Some $15,000 in cash awards for the collegiate winners is supported by the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation, Montecito Bank & Trust and lynda. com. The Bank of Santa Barbara has sponsored a $25,000 rolling scholarship fund for the high school winners. The collegiate finalists will present between 2:30pm and 4:30pm and include SBCC students Ty Blunt for NAK, Mats Myhre for AquaTree, Anna Rowland for The Vintage Parlor, Brian Rossini for Storefront Development Group, Lynn Hartell for Remedy Fitness, Laura Goe for G.O.E. Swimwear, Jarid Buck for SB Wireless Medics, Matthew Shellnut for The Adder, Ricardo Haynes and Alfred Pacheco for CraigFetch, Cindy Gutierrez for Embrace, and Allan Hancock College student Tomas Paulo for Fertile Grounds. High school finalists will present between 5 and 6:30pm and include Lompoc High School students Kevin Yepez and Vanessa Gutierrez for Computer City, Sergio Nava and Jose Sotelo for the Soccer Spot, Karla De La Cueva and Rudy Zazueta for Karla’s Rudyiculous Coffeehouse, from Dos Pueblos High School William Bermant for SeCure, and from Santa Ynez High School, Izack Romero for iGotIt Repairs.

Student winners will be announced following each tier. They will receive their awards at the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards banquet on May 10 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Hotel & Resort. The banquet is a fundraiser for next year’s awards.

Attendance of the student winners and their guests is sponsored by the nonprofit Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation.

The New Venture Challenge is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Small Business Development Center, a public service offering no-cost one-on-one counseling and coaching to small business owners.

Ray Estrada is a writer, editor and media consultant who has worked for newspapers, radio news, wire services and online publications for the past 40 years. He has taught journalism at the University of Southern California and now runs his own consulting business based in Santa Barbara.

Hertz Opens La Cumbre Location

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ertz Corp. has leased retail space for a new 1,013-square-foot location at 16 S. La Cumbre Road next to the Five Points Shopping Center, said Michael Martz of Hayes Commercial Group, who represented Hertz in the transaction. The new car rental office is set to open this summer.

Hertz has a location at the Santa Barbara Airport and at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree. “Hertz wanted a presence in the upper State Street area, primarily to serve local residents who need a rental car for a trip out of town or because their car is in the shop,” Martz said in a press release.

With Santa Barbara’s extremely low vacancy rate, quality retail locations are a rare commodity, he said. “Retailers are often surprised at the difficulty of finding good locations in our market,” Martz said. Santa Barbara’s retail vacancy is 2.1 percent, dramatically lower than the national average of 10.4 percent.

“In most cities, if vacancy rates get this low developers can build new retail centers to satisfy the demand.

However, Santa Barbara’s lack of excess land and relatively stringent approval process result in almost no new retail development,” Martz said.

A Magical Ride on the Overland Trail

by Tom Bird

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omething magical happens when you step aboard the Overland Trail, one of only 120 Amtrak-certified private rail cars in the United States. You are immediately taken back to a nostalgic era when rail was king.

The Overland Trail is one of three superbly restored vintage cars providing service for the Central Coast Flyer, a one-day round-trip excursion from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo. The other vintage cars are the 1937 Acoma Super Chief club car and the 1956 Silver Splendor VistaDome car. At 10:30am, Bill Hatrick, attired in a conductor’s suit, helps passengers on board for a sixhour journey along California’s golden coastline.

Minutes after departing from Santa Barbara’s historic train station, spectacular scenery comes into view. The beaches of

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Elwood, El Capitan, and Gaviota pass by on the west side of the rail car. On the other side, mustard-covered hills glow across the cabin. As the car passes by Hollister Ranch, the stresses of life fade away. “Oh, this is lovely,” one passenger says.

Point Conception comes up next, the treasured California landmark, which is home to many plant and animal subspecies unique to the area. Terry Remick, the likeable trip organizer and guide from the South Coast Railroad Museum, provides a wealth of information along the way.

The landscape changes as Vandenberg Air Force Base comes into view. The waters become rough and Giant Coreopsis appear. There’s lupin scattered throughout the hillside as the Central Coast Flyer passes by the Guadalupe Dunes and into the Santa Maria Valley. A few minutes after 1pm, the rail car arrives in the charming town of San Luis Obispo. There’s time to grab a sandwich, pick up a bottle of wine and stretch the legs before heading back. There are light snacks and beverages provided on board the Overland Trail, but pack a lunch to enhance this day trip that every tourist and local should take.

On the way back, Conductor Bill stops by to tell his story. “My grandpa was a railroader,” he says with a captivating smile. “I had no choice but to love trains.” Bill purchased this rail car, which is certified up to 110 mph, in 1987.

“He had vision,” says Terry about Bill’s purchase and restoration of the Overland Trail. There is history throughout the vintage rail car, including the photo murals that are displayed toward the entrance of car.

“It’s not hard to have fun on board the Overland Trail, the scenery speaks for itself,” Bill says when asked about the experience and what he likes the most.

“Every time I run this route, I think of change… I can look out the window and see a connection to the past,” he says pointing to an old photo of Honda Point.

Besides the connection to the past, the Central Coast Flyer allows for quality time with friends, family, and other passengers. It’s a time to get off the grid and take in nature’s eye candy for six hours. It’s a happy experience that is no longer Santa Barbara’s best-kept secret, so book your journey today. The Overland Trail is perfect for birthdays, private charters, and spousal surprises. If you’d like more information about one of Santa Barbara’s best day trips, please visit, www.goletadepot.org or contact Terry Remick at (805) 680-0397.

PS: For rail enthusiasts, the Overland Tail will be making its inaugural run to Portland for a wine tasting tour and the Portland Rose Festival. In addition to the Overland Trail, there will be two vintage sleeping cars for the six-day, five-night excursion from June 5-10, 2013. For more information about the Portland Vino Trail, visit www.larail.com.

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Karaoke Hosted by Will “Uptown” Brown 6PM-11PM MONDAY MAY 6 Trivia Night Hosted by Tim Duggan 6PM-8PM Industry Night/Karaoke 9-CLOSE TUESDAY MAY 7

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...continued from p.7 contributor to your paper, but congrats to you. What an enlightening collaboration she and the Sentinel have turned out to be!

My understanding of her politics is that people consider her a liberal Democrat.

Many may know that my political persuasion as founder of Montecito Journal is libertarian/conservative (who votes mostly Republican), but if Sharon represents the thinking of even a wing of her party, she is definitely one Democrat I could vote for without hesitation.

If she ever announces a run for public office, she can count me and Montecito Journal as supporters. Sharon Byrne is not only one fine writer but she also has one heck of a fine mind.

James Buckley Montecito (Editor’s Note: This was a pleasant surprise, Jim, thanks for writing. Despite some of our political differences, I personally agree with your perspective on this one; Sharon has turned out to be a terrific addition for us and we are thrilled to have her and Santa Barbara View as part of the Sentinel (Loretta Redd and Ray Estrada bring a lot to the proverbial table too). As for what it took to convince Sharon and the SB View gang, well… let’s just say Publisher Tim and I can be pretty persuasive. And we promised gigantic future salaries to be paid in full by our friends at the Montecito Journal. Didn’t you get my note?

I hope all is well, Jim. Maybe the

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The Real Cost of VA Benefits As a veteran, I occasionally use the local VA medical facility. This is presumed to be one of the benefits for having served.

To get some idea of the extent and cost of these benefits, one must complete a “means test,” i.e., how much one made in the previous 12 months. That previous 12 months is the period running from the end of October to the next end of October of the prior year. The VA, however, looks at income differently from the IRS and this can cause problems.

Generally, one merely takes one’s federal tax return to the local VA clinic, staff look through the income and, on the spot, make a determination. Unfortunately, the vet often relies on this determination, which can, unknowingly be horribly wrong. It may take a couple of years to find the error. The VA tells me that they use gross income to determine “means” where the IRS uses net. Staff at the clinics is apt to confuse these two numbers and wishing to help vets, choose the lower.

The vet is then placed into an incorrect benefits category, and goes off happily, until the error is caught, perhaps years later.

Additionally, the VA, while using

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Medicare as some sort of billing guideline, does charge for its services in excess of the charges allowed by Medicare. Many older vets also have, in addition to Medicare, a Medicare supplemental policy that will pay what Medicare does not generally allow.

While the VA does not actually bill Medicare for patient services at VA facilities, it does some kind of manipulation that allows the Medicare supplemental carrier to be billed. Having done so, the supplemental carrier typically informs the insured that no further payment is necessary. Those are typical findings upon reading the billing statements from the supplemental carrier.

The bill is paid in full, but that is not how the VA sees it.

Because the billings for services by the VA are in excess of what would be paid

by Medicare, over time an excess builds and that is owed by the veteran. The rub comes when a vet is trying to sort through all of this. One finds that one is caught in the middle amongst various federal agencies and private enterprise groups with Medicare contracts. Hours can be spent on the phone, record requests take weeks, sometimes supplying the data requested, sometimes getting nothing at all even though requested. At the end it is often just simpler, time wise, to pay the bill even though the vet is told that the means test allows the benefits, the charges or billings were not supposed to be sent, or the vet’s private insurance had previously paid, etc.

All this, I am told, is under some kind VA implementation of a new cost recovery act. The process is Byzantine. As a result, I suspect that many vets, because of their age or sustained head injury, or PTSD, have neither the requisite cognitive resources or financial resources to sustain the prolonged interaction needed to begin to deal with this. In my numerous discussions with VA reps, I was flatly told that, yes, VA costs often exceed Medicare, you as a vet are expected to pay for this, and yes, it might be just cheaper if you did not use the VA facilities.

Now, to me, as one who has worked within the financial side of the political structure and with various governmental cost-cutting efforts by clever bureaucrats and politicians, that certainly makes sense.

Example: The county BOS of one of our southern neighbors brought up the cost of employee health care and determined if they segregated out the retired employees from the active employees, they could raise the rates on the retired, and those

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As a cost recovery process, if the VA can, through constructing a bureaucratic maze, specifically frustrate those who are covered by Medicare and one of its supplemental policies there is an enhanced likelihood of that person merely making a conscious choice to drop the VA because Medicare is cheaper. Thus the presumably covered benefits of the VA are transferred to Medicare. If enough do this through frustration, the VA could certainly see this as a cost cutting maneuver. But since the cost is merely shifted to Medicare, expect to see a political decision to reduce Medicare benefits as an associated cost cutting maneuver, again, based on an analysis by the best politicians that money can buy. But as we do war more and continue to care far less for the wounded and retired, there will build within our society a severely under-served and second class population. As the visibility of this second class portion becomes more apparent, war will be less appealing to those who might otherwise fight it and the recruiters will need a new spin and the politicians will need a greater effort to hide or ignore those damaged in conflicts.

So next time you think about creativity in cost savings, think hard about to whom these savings accrue.

Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito (Editor’s Note: Thanks, Dr. McGowan, for the thoughtful letter. One word really stuck out to me, and I mean no disrespect to Veterans by focusing on it: Byzantine. It is well put, and for me describes perfectly what has become an absurdly (and almost comically, but for its implications) complicated bureaucracy that has taken on a life of its own. (Sharon Byrne has touched on it in her recent pieces, Government 2.0 and Government Uh.Oh (Vol. 2, Issues 14 and 16, respectively)). The concept of achieving “cost savings” through complexity, consequent frustration and, finally, apathy is a disconcerting one, to say the least, especially when viewed through the lens of our nation’s Veterans or Seniors.

Unfortunately, it is not an unrealistic one.

Let’s hope that our elected officials and their bureaucratic counterparts are indeed thinking hard as you suggested. Thanks again. – MSM)

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alumni to remember their past college days in the Santa Barbara sunshine. I even felt like I was back in college up in San Francisco, barefoot, dancing to tunes in Golden Gate Park.

I spoke with Paulina Tran, the event organizer and she described, “Getting alumni back together in Santa Barbara creates a great sense of purpose.” I took my shoes off and walked around the grassy area running into old friends and meeting new people. The event was unique in that all the vendors had some affiliation to the UCSB family. As I observed the many hugs between individuals, I realized that it did feel like a big family reunion. Future

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Athletes of the Week: Christian Widmer & Elysia Hodges

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an Marcos volleyball player Christian Widmer and Westmont Track & Field runner Elysia Hodges were named Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athletes of the Week on Monday.

Widmer led the Royals to a pair of huge Channel League victories last week to remain in the hunt for a league championship. He amassed 51 assists in a clutch five-set win over first-place Santa Barbara and averaged 12 assists per set for the week.

Widmer is a left-handed 6’2” junior setter for San Marcos.

“He leads our show and our show has been doing well as a result of that,” said Royals head coach Roger Kuntz of Widmer.

Jonathan Collins, winner of the two-day Channel League Individual Tournament.

San Marcos volleyball player Christian Widmer.

Track & Field; Spencer Ekola, Bishop Diego Tennis; Olivia Smith, San Marcos Swimming; and Bruna Magalhaes, SBCC Tennis.

Van Wingerden named Phil Womble Award recipient

Westmont Track & Field runner Elysia Hodges.

Hodges is coming off a record-setting day at the GSAC Championships.

Warriors head coach Russell Smelley took two minutes to recount all of Hodges’ accomplishments on Saturday.

“Elysia is a fiery competitor. She does not like to lose,” Smelley explained.

Hodges, a San Marcos High School graduate, won three GSAC titles including a double in the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles. The sophomore was also a member of the 4×400 relay team that broke a GSAC record while qualifying for NAIA Nationals. Hodges’ time of 54.71 in the 400 meters was a personal best and again lowered her Westmont school record in that event.

Honorable Mentions included Ziad Sultan, UCSB Tennis; Rodrigo Schaefer, Westmont Tennis; Cliff Lekas, SBCC Track & Field; Ben Kingsley, Westmont

Talia Van Wingerden, the Phil Womble Award winner for Bishop Diego.

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alia Van Wingerden was recognized as the Phil Womble Award winner for Bishop Diego at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon on Monday.

The Round Table presents the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award to student-athletes who demonstrate the highest standards of ethics and sportsmanship. Each school selects a

junior on an annual basis.

Van Wingerden plays softball and volleyball at Bishop Diego.

“I think one of her strongest assets, and what makes her perfect for this award, is her ability to do things the right way without having to be told,” said Bishop Diego coach Jason Donnelly.

“Talia’s a great teammate who always inspires those around her.”

Van Wingerden thanked her parents, coaches, Bishop Diego administrators, her teammates, Phil Womble and the Round Table for the award.

Collins’ 66 clinches Channel League Championship

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anta Barbara High’s Jonathan Collins shot a 6-under 66 at Soule Park on Tuesday to win the title at the two-day Channel League Individual Tournament.

Collins, a senior, is a first-time champion after recording a second-place result last year. Collins finished Tuesday’s round strong, dropping five birdies on the back nine to win by six strokes.

“I am so happy to win this in my senior year and look forward to playing well in the playoffs,” Collins said. “I made a few long putts early in the round and just tried to stay focused on hitting the ball well today to give myself a chance.”

The top eight placers qualify for CIF Individuals.

“I am really proud of the way Jonathan played these last two days,” reported Dons head coach James Bedard. “He really wanted to go out and perform and win this event. He is playing great right now and at the perfect time. To have all four players that came back make 1st team Channel League is really exciting for us.”

Teammate James Morton placed second. Morton was under par both days and ended three shots under par total.

Dos Pueblos’ Grant Amerson and Ventura’s Greg Brown tied for third place.

Four golfers tied for seventh place, forcing a playoff for the final two automatic CIF spots. Ventura’s Cord Morosin and Buena’s Brian Wipf claimed those last two spots with San Marcos’ Niels Anderson and Ventura’s Gregory

Robarge as potential alternates.

The first round of the CIF Individual Playoffs is at River Ridge Golf Course in Oxnard on Monday, May 13.

Dons Take Care of Business, Beat DP in 5 to Take League Title

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hannel League officials can keep the coins in their pockets.

Santa Barbara High’s boys’ volleyball team took care of matters on the court Tuesday night, outlasting Dos Pueblos in five sets at Sovine Gym to win the league title outright and prevent a three-way coin-toss for CIF playoff designations.

The Dons will be the league’s No. 1 team for the CIF Division 2 playoffs after rebounding from drubbings in the first and fourth sets and a 7-4 deficit in the fifth set to win the regular-season finale, 14-25, 25-19, 25-21, 13-25, 15-13. They finish at 7-1 in the final standings.

Dos Pueblos, which could have created a three-way tie for first (and the crazy coin-flip) if it had won the match, drops to third place in league with a 5-3 record.

San Marcos, which swept Buena on Tuesday, finishes in second place with a 6-2 mark.

Santa Barbara pulled this match out the old-fashioned way: with tough defense, ball control and opportunistic play. The Dons struggled all night trying to block DP’s potent middle attack of Jackson Wopat and Cameron Fry. Those two combined for 29 kills. They got big digs from libero Carl Mendoza, Joe Rafferty and Ryan Worley to keep rallies alive and they picked up points on some untimely mistakes by the Chargers.

“They have two really, really good middles that are hard to stop,” Santa Barbara middle Channing Peake said.

“We just had to be on the defensive side of things. We couldn’t really block them, we figured that out. We just had to really suck in and do what we had to do and try to keep their passing off and they’d go to the pins instead of the middle.”

After trading side-outs for most of the fifth set, Peake put a ball away for a 13-12 Santa Barbara lead. On the next play, the

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Chargers hit the ball out to make it 14-12.

A Josh Lemons kill pulled them within one, but Rafferty closed out the match for the Dons with an off-speed shot. “[The set] was off the net, so I just took a little shot to the center of the court. It worked out,” said Rafferty. “I’m stoked; it’s the craziest game I’ve played in.”

Rafferty, who tweaked his ankle in the third set and had to come out of the match to receive treatment, led a balanced Dons attack with 12 kills. Worley recorded 11 kills, including a clutch back-row hit during a three-point run that evened the score at 7-7 in the fifth set. Quinn Denkensohn added 10 kills and Peake had eight. Mendoza sparkled on defense with 20 digs.

“Our defense carried us,” said Santa Barbara coach Chad Arneson.

DP coach Chris Hughes, who called the loss painful, credited Santa Barbara for its steady play in the high-pressure match.

“I think Santa Barbara has very good ball control and is solid,” he said. “I think our guys pressured themselves too much and processed a little too much instead of just playing the game. Hats off to Santa Barbara, they played a great match, very steady. When it came down to it, they made more plays than we did.”

DP got strong matches from Wopat and Fry in the middle and from Lemons hitting on the outside and setting. Wopat blasted 17 kills, Fry put away 12 kills on 15 attempts and had four blocks, and Lemons added eight kills and four blocks.

Niko Plesons picked up eight digs.

But the Chargers were plagued by mistakes at critical times. In the second set, they hit a ball out, committed a ballhandling violation and got blocked to turn a 16-15 game into a 20-15 deficit.

In the third set, they gave Santa Barbara four points on a five-point run to fall behind 20-16.

“It’s kind of been our Achilles heel all

year, we make bad mistakes at bad times,” Hughes said. “We made a mistake on an overpass that we don’t put down and the next thing you know they run three points off. It should be one point for us and they don’t get those three points.”

Arneson called this title one of the most gratifying in his coaching career at Santa Barbara.

“The kids have worked so hard through all the injuries we’ve had,” he said. “Out of my nine to ten years coaching, this is probably my most satisfying because we really had to work for it.”

Weekend Calendar FRIDAY, MAY 3

PREP BASEBALL: San Marcos at Santa Barbara, 3:15pm – The host Dons try to keep pace with Channel League-leading Dos Pueblos while the Royals look to play spoiler.

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Big West series against the Anteaters.

UCSB is two games behind third-place UCI in the standings.

SATURDAY

YOUTH TRACK & FIELD: The Club West County Championships will be held at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium.

Competitors are elementary and junior high students.

SUNDAY

POLO: The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club hosts its first Sunday polo event of the year. The Lisle Nixon Memorial also acts as Law/Fire Appreciation Day and Derby Hat Day.

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PREP BASEBALL: Dos Pueblos at Santa Barbara, 3:15pm – First of a two-game series that will determine the Channel League title. Second game is Thursday at DP.

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Notable owner/user sales include the sale of 3892 State Street, which sold to a local physician, and 1080 Coast Village Road, which will be the new showroom for Menelli Tile. We expect the trend of owner/user buyers in the market to continue into 2013 as attractive financing options remain plentiful and business owners continue to recognize the savings they can experience by purchasing instead of leasing their own space.

Separately, it is interesting to note that even though the number of sales transactions has decreased compared to the previous quarter, the average sale price per square foot (excluding the Bacara

Hotel sale) has increased from $395 to $421 per square foot.

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From Production Assistant to Assistant Editor to Storyteller “I always knew that I wanted to be in storytelling,” Paul told me when I “interviewed” him at Paradigm’s offices.

(The quotation marks are meant only to indicate how ridiculous it is for me to write that I “interviewed” Paulie. But I digress.) “I just didn’t know exactly how that would go. So I started thinking about the obvious choice, writing.”

But after getting that BA in English from UCSB (go Gauchos!), Paul decided it made sense for him to make the transition to film, another early passion.

He earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where it became clear that editing was a strength.

“Other students started asking me to edit their stuff because they liked what I was doing with mine. It was a pretty natural fit.”

After school, Paul started working all over LA as a Production Assistant and began to see the competitive grind that he was in for. His first (earned) break came when a former professor recommended him for a potentially interesting job.

“I got a call about an editing job on a television show that involved a bunch of contestants on a remote island who would compete in a number of challenges and then vote each other off the island. They asked if I was interested and I immediately said yes.”

The show, of course, was Survivor, and Paul was one of a few Assistant Editors that made the trip to Borneo in Season One. “It was a tough job, really,” he laughed, “we basically set up a village on the island and poured through hundreds and hundreds of hours of raw footage for two months trying to piece the show together. We had to run through the contests and figure out how best to shoot them and there were technical issues and everything else you could imagine. It was an unbelievable experience in the early stages of reality television. I absolutely loved it.”

When he got back to LA, Paul worked in a bunch of television-based assistant editing positions. He also started doing some documentary work.

You know, storytelling.

Juvies This was when Paul got his second (earned) break.

He’d been working with another more senior editor on a documentary, and she liked his work. So she invited Paul to meet with Producer/Writer/Director Leslie Neale about editing a film she was doing called Juvies, a social justice documentary

focused on problems stemming from the increase of child delinquents being tried, convicted and punished as adults.

“I met with Leslie and we got along pretty much from the moment we met.

I started going through the footage she and her team had put together and was just blown away. I mean, these young people who had been convicted as adults and sentenced to often decades in prison – or worse – were kids, man, the footage was of kids being kids. In prison. It was unbelievable what she had captured.”

Paul’s role in the film grew quickly to editor but I think it is fair to say that he did more than simply piece Juvies together.

Paradigm did or supervised much of the post-production work, and really brought life to Leslie’s concept.

The bottom line is that Juvies is a powerful flick that will hold your attention and make you think. (I should know; my wife and I watched it and stayed up deliberating a few nights ago as I considered writing this column.) And people took notice: Mark Wahlberg and Mos Def added some star power (Juvies came out in 2004 for context) and took active roles in the final product, and the film was recognized with the Pass Award from the National Council on Crime & Delinquency, the Jury Award for best documentary at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, and the Special Jury Award for Feature Length Documentary at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York. HBO bought it and brought it a broader audience. Years later, Juvies has been shown in countless high schools all over the country, and has even gained international attention.

The film remains highly relevant in the juvenile delinquent social justice fight today.

And my friend Paulie played a key role in making it.

Unlikely Friends Fast forward to April 28, 2013. Paul has made another social justice documentary with Leslie, this one called Unlikely Friends and focused on relationships between violent criminals and their victims (or victims’ survivors) and how a restorative justice paradigm and the concept and process of forgiveness might actually be a beneficial thing in the right circumstances. (Think emotional healing and rehabilitation and empathy and a deeper understanding and societal connection set in a somewhat gritty human element and you’ll get the feeling.)

Leslie is introducing the documentary to a packed house at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre and, just before she finishes her remarks, she launches into a full gushing thank you to, you guessed it, Paul Westmacott.

It was a poignant moment, really; she was genuinely grateful and I could hear it in her voice. “I couldn’t have done this

without my editor Paul,” she said (among other things), “he really gave a voice to my vision and made this film what it is.”

My wife and I sat silently for the next hour and fifteen minutes or so, holding hands, watching the film, soaking it up.

The subject matter is terribly difficult and important, especially now, as our criminal justice system falls under heightened scrutiny for its challenges and shortcomings and overcrowding and, frankly, rehabilitative failures. And Paul (and Leslie and the whole team) did an incredible job bringing alternative thinking and creative (compassionate) solutions and compelling personalities to life.

This column is not about me, but I must say this to add at least some context: My family suffered hard for years – two decades, in fact – following a traumatic and extremely violent crime committed against one of my sisters when she was a teenager. We have been through the criminal justice system, we have seen how it works firsthand, and we have also seen how it doesn’t work; how it doesn’t solve some of the most cancerous tumors that result from shocking and inexplicable violence. That type of event causes deep wounds that don’t easily go away, and the aftermath can be just as devastating over time as the event itself.

I know. I’ve lived it.

And Paul’s film forces its audience to think about that. Paul’s film forces people to consider not just the availability of but the need for alternative methodologies that might lead to better outcomes for all involved (not just the victims but the perps too). This is a conversation that must be had, and Unlikely Friends stands up and jumpstarts it, despite the potential for detractors and naysayers.

I loved it. It is a powerful documentary that might actually do some good, cause some change to a busted system.

And my friend Paulie made it.

Congratulations on a truly remarkable success, Paul, I don’t mean to sound patronizing but I don’t know how else to say it. I’m proud of what you did, man, it’s incredible. Can’t wait to talk more about it…

Just make sure you pick up the dog poop before the next barbeque.

Stuff I Like I like Paul Westmacott and Paradigm Pictures. The fact is that I could have gone on for pages about all the work they do around town – producing and editing On Duty with SB City and County Fire Departments (Season Three is coming to KEYT soon and older seasons are on Hulu), working with the Sheriff’s Department and Crane School and lots of other local businesses – but that’s a whole other story. Paul is also hard at work on another documentary, Plight of the Fishermen, which is in postproduction now. Check out some of his

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work at www.paradigmpictures.org (not .com, .org). And hey Paul, when are we going to do something together man?

Let’s make it happen.

Let’s see, what else this week? I said it before and I’ll say it again: I like the Santa Barbara County Wine Futures Tasting Event that will be going down on May 18, 2013, at Caveau Wine Bar & Merchant – which is still being built as part of a very interesting Funk Zone food/wine project that has recently graced these very pages. This one should be a barn-burner, folks, so get your tickets now at www.caveausb.com; attendees will be first to taste the 2012 vintage and to have a crack at purchasing wines prior to release for a 20% discount. I will be there, for sure, with cash in hand.

I also like art and Carpinteria and Mother’s Day Weekend (yeah, that’s right gentlemen, it’s coming up quick).

And next weekend, May 11 and 12, the three collide at the Carpinteria and Summerland 7th Annual Artists Studio Tour. The event is free and interested folks can get a map and Art Studio Directory at www.artscarp.org or from the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council. There are nearly 40 studios participating, and this is a unique chance to meet established and budding arts and see (and even buy) some of their work.

Nice way to spend a day with Mom, me thinks, so go check it out. Should be cool.

I also like fitness (sort of, anyway), as anyone who can stand working out next to me in Jenny Schatzle’s ridiculously exhausting classes might tell you. In fact, I (sort of ) like fitness so much that I’ve been considering taking tennis back up and now may just be the time, with new Tennis Director Alec Horton joining Cathedral Oaks Tennis Club in Goleta.

The bottom line is that he is the real deal and brings a high level of tennis coaching to Santa Barbara and environs. Welcome, Alec, can you help me with that pesky backhand that lost me the singles title back in high school? I’m still pissed at that wiry little kid who beat me, and I don’t take back the highly unprofessional and profanity-laced heaving of my racquet over the fence after match point.

Come to think of it, any tennis-related anger management classes?

Finally, I love Our Daily Bread and was frankly sad to see it move from its longtime location on Anacapa Street (32 years, if my math is right.) But ODB’s state of the baking art new digs at 2700 De La Vina look great, and I can’t wait to stop in, see the gang and get my standard tuna on ciabatta without tomatoes.

(Hands down, best non-toasted tuna I’ve had in town.) All of you should get up there too and show some support for a true local favorite. Say hi to Laurie and Alberto for me.

That’s it, I’m tired. Have a good week everybody, don’t do anything I wouldn’t on Cinco de Mayo.

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She never could quite understand why she had to choose just one area of science; they are all fascinating. Especially when paired with some classic rock.

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Grad Slam Winner Peter Mage Gets a $2,500 Research Stipend

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ast week, I was more than a little overwhelmed by my chat with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. It overshadowed a lot of other really great science-y things happening here on the UCSB campus, including my new favorite event, the first annual Grad Slam, hosted by the Graduate Division as part of this year’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week (my all-time favorite week of the academic year).

Grad Slam invited graduate students from every department to try their hand at a three-minute talk on their respective areas of emphasis and study. Over eighty students from across campus signed up, hoping for the grand prize of a $2,500 research stipend.

For weeks, students designed their talks, spending hours considering deep questions like, “How exactly do I say all I need to say in three minutes?!” Bear in mind, these students are used to giving long-winded, forty-minute talks full of technical jargon that only experts in their fields would understand. That’s how science, and frankly most academic fields work. Also, after

spending years engulfed in their research, it’s hard to remember that there are people who are not as obsessed with your work as you are. (I have no idea why not…) But for Grad Slam, student-participants were given three minutes to introduce a lay audience to their field of study, explain their topic and make the audience care.

The gauntlet was laid. And the challenge was accepted.

Let the Games Begin

Finalist Cyrus Dreyer making his case and answering questions from the Grad Slam audience.

Once the talks were prepared and nerves pinging at fever pitch, the judging began.

But even at three minutes per talk, it would have taken all day (well, at least four hours) to present all of them at once. So preliminary rounds were established. Between eight and twelve students competed in each preliminary round for the chance to move on to the finals. A theater student ripped off his shirt to reveal that he was Superman, an education student enlightened the

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UCSB’s motto: Scholarship, Leadership Citizenship… and some healthy competition.

crowd about the divide between academics and professionals, and a science student talked about the importance of washing your hands (with soap).

Despite fierce competition, only nine students made the cut. The final presentations were held in one of the auditoriums on campus, and drew a much larger audience than any of the preliminary rounds had seen. The audience seemed to relax the finalists rather than daunt them, however, and there was an air of excitement and support.

It was a competition, to be sure, but the audience was clearly more interested in what the presenters were going to say than who was going to win.

When it came time for the final nine to try to out-talk each other, the Dean of the Graduate Division, Dr. Carol Genetti, reminded the audience of what many already knew: We make a lot of decisions during our academic career. Each decision forces us to leave behind fields of study that fascinated us. But, Grad Slam, she said, “Allows us to hear from all the fields we left behind.”

Well put, Dr. Genetti.

Now, let’s get to those talks.

Grad to Grad Dr. Genetti introduced one presentation after another. Each was nearly flawless, and nobody ran over the allotted time (unlike a certain verbose columnist who competed

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Last grads standing, the three who beat them all: Peter, Misty and Britney.

in the preliminary rounds). Yet the talks were so detailed, so concise, that it was amazing to realize how much you could learn in three minutes. Just look at the titles of the three winning talks!

–“Taking the Guesswork Out of Medicine: Sensors, Steamships, and Loops”

by Peter Mage, from the Material Sciences Department (Grand Prize Winner).

–“Directly Reprogramming Human Cells to Treat Ocular Diseases” by Britney Pennington, from the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Department (Runner Up).

–“Reprogramming Cell Fate and Remodeling Organs in a Tiny Worm”

by Misty Riddle, from the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department (Runner Up).

Misty and Britney both tackled the issue of stem cells. With all the drama surrounding stem cells – and the difficulty of converting cells back to their “pluripotent stage” – they couldn’t see the point in bothering. Instead, they each took a

unique approach to directly transform cells of one type into another, bypassing the use of stem cells altogether.

Britney’s talk discussed her in vitro (a Latin term for “in glass”) approach, attempting to take normal human cells, say skin cells, and transform them through altering DNA expression, into cells found in the retina that are essential to proper vision. Misty, on the other hand, discussed her in vivo, research attempting to change a cell’s type within a living organism (in this case, a worm by the name of C. elegans).

But it was Peter’s talk that held everyone, especially the judges, captivated. He ingeniously used the way steamships work as an analogy for his team’s research into developing technology capable of determining the level of specific molecules in a patient’s blood. Should his research result in a usable medical device, he and his team expect that it would be able to monitor a patient as part of a medical administration apparatus, so the patient always has the correct dosage in his or her system. This would avoid today’s issue of giving a patient too much medicine simply to ensure that effective doses are in their system for the right amount of time.

(Right now, for example, chemotherapy uses this method, which is one reason for the extreme side effects.)

A Loaded Scorecard Watching my brilliant, enthusiastic fellow graduate students, it was impossible to call a winner.

But I certainly tried.

I took diligent notes for each of the finalist, determined to figure out who had the best three-minute talk on campus.

What I came up with turned out to be a very neatly written list with “WINNER!” or “This is the REAL winner.”

Written nine times. Judging is hard work.

Congrats Grads on a fantastic Grad Slam!

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with Mark Leisure

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.

‘Dream On’ Okay By Me

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r. Leisure sometimes gets a little bored at the ballet. Especially in classical evening-length pieces where all that leaping and twirling doesn’t make much sense.

But there were no such issues at the Lobero Friday night, when State Street Ballet closed out its season with “Dream On By,” four shorter works that were mainly bright, upbeat and lots of fun. The opening world premiere of the title piece set to Paul Simon songs by Peter Pucci established a tone of buoyancy, as the 14 dancers in silky costumes performed a number of moves in unison, often spinning, jumping and patting themselves in lighthearted revelry.

The company also presented a new work by one of its current dancers as well as choreography from an alumna, both of which were bursting with energy – the former with Latin-infused rhythms while the latter evinced a jungle energy to the Zap Mama Afro-pop soundtrack. In the middle, frequent SSB collaborators Leila Drake and Ryan Camou danced to classic American songs from Billie Holiday to Patsy Cline.

More of these kinds of evenings and Mr. Leisure might turn into a subscriber!

Goin’ South Looking for a quick day trip (or more) this weekend? You might only have to drive one county south, where two different festivals are marking their anniversaries in the teens this year.

The 19th Ventura Music Festival is still the redheaded stepchild of the much more venerable Ojai Festival that takes place four weeks hence, but the seaside town’s event broadens the base beyond its classical roots. Sure, you can still see rising young soloists including Kyrgyzstani pianist Eldar Djangirov, 2012 Parkening International Guitar Competition winner Petrit Ceku, and Gold Medalist of the 13th Van Cliburn Piano Competition Haochen Zhang in recital this week. But there’s also jazz (the timeless Count Basie Orchestra plays Saturday night) and a cappella popjazz vocal music in the person of the sixpiece M-Pact from Los Angeles. Former Santa Barbara Theatre co-founder Ellen Pasternack is now the fest’s executive director, so we imagine the adventurous programming will only grow in the future.

Call 648-3146 or check online at www. venturamusicfestival.org where you can find the schedule, details, tickets and more.

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A cappella Pop-jazz vocal group M-Pact perform at the Ventura Music Festival on Saturday, May 11

Another short 20-minute drive up the 33 brings you to Ojai, where the annual Storytelling Festival takes over tree-lined Libbey Bowl and environs for the weekend.

Storytelling? Seriously, Mr. Leisure?

Well, yes. Aside from the fact that a welltold story does form the root of just about all entertainment to this day, these mostly moral missives aren’t designed to put the kiddies to sleep. In fact, nobody does any reading at all.

Ojai is calling the festival “Theater of the spoken word,” which isn’t much of a stretch.

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imaginations. Often music or movement is involved. And definitely leave your kids at home for Saturday night’s “Naughty Tales” event (they can’t get in anyway, because there’s alcohol being served).

Still Dreamin’ In the mood for a good story but don’t want to schlep to Ojai? What better tale than the fantasy-drama spun by Kevin Costner and co. in Field of Dreams, the heartwarming baseball movie from writer-director Phil Alden Robinson?

The movie turns 25 next year, but UCSB’s Script to Screen series isn’t waiting to celebrate. Alden will be on hand Saturday night at the Pollock Theater on campus for a post-screening talk about the script he adapted from W. P. Kinsella’s novel and the creation of the movie that still makes grown men weep (“Hey, dad. You wanna have a catch?”)

EDC TGIF as EZ as ABC Three things Mr. Leisure loves: a) outdoor happy hours b) beautiful, casually-dressed women (and men) c) a good cause. Guess what? They all intersect at the Environment Defense Center’s TGIF events, which are held on the second Friday of the month from May to October (except June), the TGIF events attract 200-300 civic leaders, environmental enthusiasts and other like-minded folks to the nonprofit’s gorgeous Garden Street courtyard, where $15 admission include tasty (and often organic) appetizers from local farmers and eateries, live music, and two drink tickets each good for a glass of local wine or craft beer. Three or four different nature-minded organizations are highlighted each month at the gatherings, which also features a raffle for some pretty cool prizes with tickets set at only $1 each.

The 2013 series kicks off May 10. Call 963-1622 or visit www.edcnet.org.

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Faces Of Santa Barbara

Fitness Professional/Life Motivator Jenny Schatzle runs the popular Jenny Schatzle Bootcamp right here in Santa Barbara. N.A.S.M , Cardio Kickboxing and SPIN Certified, Jenny was recently awarded Best Outdoor Fitness Program in town. Her motivation, energy and enthusiasm have created a community and program of all ages and fitness levels that cannot be described. It has to be experienced! Free on Saturdays at 8:30am. Go to www.jennyschatzle.com for details.

Patricia Clarke is an award-winning international photographer based in Santa Barbara. Fascinated by all aspects of the human condition, in recent years she has been turning her lens to her own community. In addition to many local exhibitions over the years, her work has been featured in London, Italy, Prague and around the United States. To see more of her local portraiture work, go to www. yourbestshot.us. Patricia’s fine art photography can be seen at www.patriciahoughton clarke.com. She can be reached at pcphotog@gmail.com

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More Than Just a Good Sweat

TED MILLS, Dreamer

xercise is not just about getting lean and mean. In fact, it has (repeatedly) been proven that daily exercise has a wide variety of life changing benefits.

Yeah, that’s right: Life changing benefits.

Impossible, you say? Over-zealous? I think not. Here are four of the many, many positive “side effects” that daily exercise begets. And here’s the beauty: All you have to do is commit to a couple weeks initially, and I’m willing to bet that you will start to experience each and every one of them.

Change your Mood: Exercise releases endorphins, powerful chemicals in your brain that energize your spirit and make you feel good. Damn good.

Self-Esteem: Exercise is an investment in your mind, body and soul. Making it a habit will lift your sense of self-worth and make you feel strong and powerful.

Energy: Exercising on a regular basis you will put more pep in your step in all senses.

So play longer and more often with your kids, get more done at work (without all that coffee!) and start and finish your days a lot more alert and focused.

Sex Life: Yeah baby, exercising daily can increase your va va voom! Think about it: When your mood is good, your self-esteem is there and your energy is up… well, who doesn’t want to get a little frisky? (You might even find that you perform better between the sheets to boot. Seriously.)

If this isn’t motivation to get started on a daily workout regimen, then I don’t know what is. So grab your partner, commit to this 30-minute bodyweight workout and change the outcome of your entire day, your week, month, year and maybe even your life. It all starts with one tiny step.

It’s up to you to take it.

had the pleasure a few years ago of meeting the multi-talented Ted Mills, at that time in his capacity as art reviewer for the local daily. In his recent first solo show, Dream Advice, the Santa Barbara artist/filmmaker/writer presented a handpicked selection of his original “inspirational” postcards.

“These aren’t your typical ‘Follow a Rainbow’ pieces of advice,” says Tim. “For the last year I’ve had dreams where very important but unknown people approach me and impart advice. In the dream these sage words make perfect sense.

Later, though, after waking and writing them down, they are more

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Warm-up:

Jumping jacks – 1 min Jog in place (move those arms too) – 1 min Squats (elbows to knees and up) – 1 min baffling than helpful. Hence, the need to enshrine them in crudely scrawled and painted postcards. I live with the belief that one day they will suddenly make sense.”

Here is the spontaneous advice he gave me.

Perhaps you will find it to be inspirational as well…

Workout:

T here are four sets of exercises below. Do 30 seconds of each exercise in Set One without stopping (as many repetitions as possible in that time), then rest for fifteen seconds, then repeat twice more for a total of three rounds (and just over 5 minutes if my math is right).

Then move on to Set Two and do the same thing; 30 seconds per exercise continuously, rest 15 seconds, repeat twice more. Same for Sets Three and Four.

Simple, sure, but quite effective if you are willing to push and work hard.

Set One

Push-ups (30 seconds) Mountain climbers (30 seconds) V-ups (30 seconds) Rest (15 seconds) (Repeat for three rounds)

Set Two

Squat jumps (30 seconds) Side lunges (30 seconds) Side v-ups (30 seconds) Rest (15 seconds) (Repeat for three rounds)

Set Three

P ush up, shoulder tap, shoulder tap (30 seconds) Pop-ups (30 seconds) V-ups (30 seconds) Rest (15 seconds) (Repeat for three rounds)

Set Four

Inner thigh squat jumps (30 seconds) Twisting mountain climbers (30 seconds) V-ups (30 seconds) Rest (15 seconds) (Repeat for three rounds)

If you’re feeling strong, then add an extra set or two of each rotation. Do it as many days as possible this week. Chart your progress. And if you have any questions about any of the exercises or anything else (or you need a little motivation), please feel free to contact me directly at 805.698.6080 or jenny@jennyschatzle.com.

Write Jenny a letter (letters@santabarbarasentinel.com) or contact her directly with any questions at jenny@jennyschatzle.com. And go get ‘em, the Sentinel is rooting for you.

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...continued from p.15 Frank Chavira and Karen Reynolds serve savory pasta and pulled pork sandwiches from Country Catering Company.

Taste of UCSB Committee Chair Cortney Hebert with Lucy Gorgi, Cormac Breslin and Joel Rintoul.

Gaucho alumni catch up on their UCSB experience and enjoy the Santa Barbara sunshine.

Dane Campbell happily pours tastes from Zaca Mesa Winery.

2014 UCSB Taste Event Organizer Jordan LaMarche stated, “It’s a great chance for people to relive their UCSB experience. If only for a little taste.” My stomach growled. It was time for my own taste.

I headed over to the local favorite South Coast Deli booth for the one of a kind Asian chicken salad. The portion was generous and full of flavor. Booth attendant Alana MacCabe expressed, “This event reflects Santa Barbara’s personality.” I grabbed an additional salad sample and headed to a stand complete with gaucho blue checked tablecloths.

A couple UCSB alumni were standing next to me and I asked 2012 graduate Meredith Richman about the event. She answered, “It’s awesome food, awesome drinks, and great company with my fellow Gauchos.” I felt like I could rep a UCSB jersey at that point. The Gauchos were a friendly bunch.

Another stand out food sampling was the lobster bisque at Enterprise Fish Company. There were chunks of lobster in a creamy base with a puff pastry square on top. I went back to this booth

Drake Whitcraft poses with his mom while representing Whitcraft Winery.

Hawaiian Luau dancers liven up the Taste of UCSB event.

Enterprise Fish Co.’s Amanda White and Daniel Porray pose with a sample of lobster bisque.

three times. On my third go, I ran into Professor Dan Linz from the UCSB Department of Communication. His reaction to the event, “It is a combination of wonderful individuals who have gone

far because of their association with UCSB and interacting with food and beverage purveyors in the community.”

Also important to note was the silent auction that included a shiny white beach cruiser, weekend getaways, multiple gift baskets, a lovable portrait of a pup, and United Airline vouchers. The head of the silent auction Allison Lang explained, “It’s such a fun filled event and it’s so great

to have a great team.” She additionally informed me that all the proceeds from the silent auction went to the Alumni Association Student Scholarship Fund.

I meandered over to the Country Catering Company’s stand for an ample portion of spicy pasta and a smoky pulled pork sandwich. I swallowed down my refreshing wine from Whitcraft Winery.

A few feet away I found some vacant grass

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Isla Vista Angry Wings owner Julian Wolfe, Marissa Vogt, and Andrew Schmid display the pineapple habanero shrimp.

and plopped down to hear the tunes of the Jay Brothers, Miles and Ian Jay (yes, they are actual brothers and you can check out future shows at www.milesjay.com).

They used instruments like the Buzuk from Syria and the Lyra from Greece to create a sound entirely distinctive that was somewhere in between country and electronica with a Mediterranean flair.

I closed my eyes, belly full and skin hot from the Santa Barbara sunshine. I heard the laughs of Gauchos joining together for a family like experience, and even though I am not a UCSB alumni, I felt like part of the fam.

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Mini Crushcakes samples.

2013 Event Supervisor Paulina Tran with future 2014 Event Supervisor Jordan LaMarche.

Richard Sanford pours tastes from Alma Rosa Winery.

Jordan Jackson and Alana MacCabe from the South Coast Deli stand.

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The Geico lizard warns to drink responsibly. Geico helped sponsor the event.

UCSB campus photographer Tony Mastres with wife, Krista, Class of ’83.

Meredith Richman UCSB Class of 2012, Morgan Sider ‘13 and Gwen Rigby Class of ’68.

Brothers From Other Mothers (BFOM) entertain the Gauchos.

Vardan Azizian, Jeff Willis and James Glover gather together at the Woodstock’s Pizza stand. The Woodstock’s secret - they put sauce in their crusts!

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by Jim Luksic

A longtime writer, editor and film critic, Jim has worked nationwide for several websites and publications – including the Dayton Daily News, Key West Citizen, Topeka Capital-Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News and Santa Ynez Valley Journal. California is his seventh state. When he isn’t watching movies or sports around the Central Coast and Los Angeles, you can find Jim writing and reading while he enjoys coffee and bacon, or Coke and pizza.

A Real Pain, Good Company and Wedding Dumbbells

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ain & Gain is based on a true tale in Miami circa mid-1990s, and we can assume – given that Michael Bay directed – it’s loosely based. No surprise Bay’s latest favors brawn over brains, but he’s operating with a smaller budget – not that you’d guess from the inflated running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes. (An aside to filmgoers with a babysitter back home: It feels like 3 hours.)

Mark Wahlberg stars as the muscle-packed palooka with sky-high ambition; he seeks a life of luxury and wants it now. He rounds up a fellow lifter (Anthony Mackie) and a hulking ex-con (Dwayne Johnson) to kidnap and extort a businessman (Tony Shalhoub), as rich as he is arrogant: “Know who invented salad? Poor people.”

To say its sprawling script goes over the top is to say South Beach has sunshine; antics swell to such a fever pitch, we can’t help but question their accuracy. When it comes to luring answers and signatures from the hostage, torture rears its ugly head. Wahlberg fans won’t be disappointed in his physique; he appears shiny and buff as a new Mercedes – but the script’s limp gags soften his impact.

Johnson, fast becoming one of the hardest-working men in showbiz, meets the challenge of a born-again Christian, recovering alcoholic and cocaine addict; he’s up to snuff. That said, the movie’s real lifesavers are the calm and classy Ed Harris, as a retired detective; and Shalhoub (a force of nature in Barton Fink and television’s Monk), burdened with the thankless task of the tycoon. Whether saddled with body casts, blindfolded or speaking with a clenched lisp, the actor shows his value as a professional, taking one – and then some – for the team.

In Good Company Don’t let The Company You Keep get away: Robert Redford, its director and star, has assembled one of the finest all-around crews in years. The premise is compelling enough: A former Weather Underground activist, who may or may not have committed murder, goes on the lam – 30 years later – after being discovered by a small-town reporter (Shia LaBeouf in his best role to date).

Redford’s character lays the moral platitudes on thick, and when running around he looks too shifty and guilty. But the filmmaker shapes and molds the investigation, action segments and profound complications with the confidence of an old pro. Our ultimate treat is watching the treasure trove of supporters, none of whom hogs the spotlight: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Chris Cooper, Terrence Howard, Julie Christie, Richard Jenkins, Stephen Root, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson and the impeccable Stanley Tucci. That unbeatable group says something about the company Redford keeps.

The Big, Immature Movie The Big Wedding is a misnomer: This wacky, soporific soap opera revolves around everything but the nuptials. For better or for worse, director Justin Zackham (The Bucket List) opts for sexual escapades, AARP style. A subplot involving the holier-than-

thou biological mom couldn’t be more corny if set in Nebraska. Despite the top-shelf headliners – Robert (60+)Williams ALL SHOWS - ALL DAY - $5.50 De Children....Seniors Niro, Susan Sarandon, Robin and Diane Keaton – maturity and sophistication are in Adults: Before 6:00 pm - $5.75 After 6:00 pm - $7.50 short supply.

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You Have Your Hands Full

Jackson and Charlie waving me off as I leave them home alone.

by Mara Peters Former editor for the fashion/lifestyle section of the New York

Post, Mara moved to London and worked as a contributing editor for the Daily Mail’s You Magazine, freelancing for Look Magazine, NY Post and the Style Magazine for The Sunday Times. To remain sane during diaper years she writes a mommy blog, You Have Your Hands Full – www.handsfullsb.com.

Home Alone

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t started maybe six months ago. My 11 year old got tired of jumping into the car every time I had to drop a kid off somewhere. Then one day he balked about getting in, laying out his case for staying home like a junior district attorney would: Too much homework, not enough time to exercise, plus the car rides were a time suck (tell me about it).

He had me and he knew it. I relented.

The first time I left him, I was gone for 15 minutes and called every five.

“Mom, seriously, I barely hung up from your last call!” Jackson said. “I can’t focus on my work with so many interruptions, which kind of misses the point of leaving me home, don’t ya think?”

So, I held myself back; eased up slightly on the calling. I would barely stop the car to let the kids out to sports practice before my youngest, Charlie, and I were racing home to make sure Jackson was okay.

And of course, he was.

I found him still at the table doing his math or reading. After two weeks of home alone, I was parking the car at sports drop-offs, chatting with the coaches at Elings Park and then heading home to Jackson. After a month, I was stopping in at Trader Joe’s to pick up odds and ends and then heading home – who would have thought? We’d gone from 15 minutes to 45 or 60 seamlessly.

Simple evolution.

started to beg to stay home with Jackson.

“Mom, do I really need to go? I’m just locked up all the time. I want to be with my big brother.”

I understand Charlie’s pain. In the afternoon, typically he has a play date with his car seat. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s not like there aren’t any benefits to spending significant time in the car. He can sing all the words to “Thrift Shop” and “Trouble,” even strum on his air guitar at the exact right spots. But I know, for the most part, it is a crappy afternoon for him.

So, after a few deep breaths, I called the neighbors and told them that Jackson was going to babysit Charlie for the first time.

Would they be around if he needed help?

Fernanda was there, alongside her three teenage daughters. “No problem Mara,” she assured me. “We love the kids and we’re right next door.”

So off I went leaving the oldest in charge of the youngest, but I went back to 15 minute clips, racing kids to sports then hauling home to my other two. A mixture of relief and amazement flooded over me as I found Jackson doing his homework with Charlie building Legos at his feet. In almost no time, the intervals lengthened as I started to park the car, talk to coaches and go to Trader Joe’s.

And Then There Were Two

Like most big parenting moments, it is the unexpected steps that take us most by surprise. Jackson (who had

Then it spread. My three year old

Unexpected Steps

Spring in for Dinner

been pushing for more independence for months) started to blossom with his new responsibility. The longer I’d leave the two of them together, the more positive the outcome: I’d arrive home to the dishes in the sink, done; the playroom, organized; the bookshelf, uncluttered. Getting out of the car I was met with a huge smile. He’d stand a little taller and then immediately take me on a tour pointing out all the things he’d accomplish while I was away. Garbage, taken out. Porch, swept.

Laundry, started.

That was when it hit me. Unconsciously, he had been begging me for months to take a leap with him. He is no longer three, yet I make him go to bed at seven with my three year old. I want him to act his age, but I am not willing to recognize that he is getting older and needs his time by himself to reflect on what that means.

Looking back on my own childhood, I remember coming home in 4th grade to no parent until 5pm. For three hours every day I was in charge of me – making my own snacks, setting my own targets and figuring out my day.

So now, here we are, six months after I took that first step into Jackson’s new world. Once a week I leave him home with Charlie for two hours. He earns money on the clock ($4 per hour). As I drive alone in my car, I marvel at the road we have traveled to get to this point.

The Suburban was once packed every afternoon as we raced around town.

Now most of the car seats have disappeared.

And I’ll be damned; with this milestone, even though my car is now often empty, my life has never felt so full. In fact, it’s spilling over with joy.

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e really thought he wasn’t going to make it; it was THAT tight. We watched him slow as he came back across the Olympic size pool. He is small – never been an Olympic athlete. Sings rather than surfs. Doesn’t even boogie board (he prefers to jump waves). But he is the third child of two UCSB Junior Guards and I want to drop them all off at the same place for the summer. So there he was, trying his hardest to qualify. And bless the little guy, he made the swim to the second. He’s going to Junior Guards, the best summer program out there. There is one more qualifying date, June 9. UCSB Jr. Guards, http://recreation.sa.ucsb.edu/camps/jr_lifeguards.aspx.

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• LOVE IS FREE What: Go for a bike ride.

Where: Somewhere in Santa Barbara, silly.

When: Might you do it this weekend?

Why: Cycle MAYnia is here again as Santa Barbara celebrates a full month of all things bike.

How: Cruise down State Street, along the coast, over to the Funk Zone or wherever your joy ride leads you.

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In Good Company

by Sylvie Butera Rich

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he company we keep says a lot about us.

That’s why we’d like to keep Santa Barbara, more specifically The Santa Barbara Company, by our side (BFFs forever!).

This online marketplace offers some of the best of Santa Barbara from our very own local artisans, artists and merchants. Scroll through the website to see some of the charm that makes up our creative coastal community, and find everything from surfboard cutting boards crafted by Joel Hoffmann and San Marcos Farms Wildflower Honey, to picturesque watercolor stationary painted by Chris Chapman, and travel-inspired jewels and accessories designed by Amy DiGregorio. Whatever you fancy, it’s certain to be unique and special to this place we call home.

Keep a little piece of Santa Barbara for yourself or gift it to a friend in need of some good old Socal company. www.santabarbaracompany.com.

What’ll It Cost Me: Wheely, this fun is free!

• LOOSE CHANGE What: Cinco de Mayo Sunday Where: Carlitos, El Paseo, Casa Blanca... anywhere that serves your favorite margarita.

When: Sunday, May 5th Why: It’s Cinco de Mayo (i.e., the unofficial kickoff to summer in Santa Barbara!)

How: Salt or no salt? Frozen or on the rocks? Corona on the side?

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What’ll It Cost Me: That depends…

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by Sarah Dodge his week we’re switching gears, offering you a unique opportunity with the Amgen Tour of California. Be a part of making this prestigious eight-day road race – featuring elite professional cycling teams and athletes from around the world – another great success! Donate your time on either May 15th or 16th (or both) to help at the finish of Stage Four and the start of Stage Five right here in Santa Barbara. Volunteering deems you a “Course Marshal,” where you’ll be assisting with event coordination and safety.

We already consider ourselves lucky to be spectators at one of the nation’s largest and most recognized annual sporting events. If some of us actually got to be a part of it, well, it would be a wheel treat. Think you can handle it? If you’re pumped and want to volunteer, go ahead and register at www.amgentourofcalifornia.com. Or, for more information, contact local volunteer director Terry Dahl at atocsantabarbaravolunteer@ gmail.com.

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WINE & DINE

A Taste of the Good Life (For Everybody)

by Kim Wiseley Hey foodie friends – boy have we got a treat for you!

Share Our Strength’s annual event, Taste of the Nation is back and more bountiful than ever.

On Sunday, May 19th, you’re invited to join epicureans and humanitarians alike for a feast that will fill your bellies and your hearts with joy. Approximately 50 of Santa Barbara’s best restaurants, vintners and breweries will be dishing out samples (and sips) of some of their finest creations for you to savor. It’s a blissful benefit to celebrate efforts made to end childhood hunger in America, one bite at a time.

If you’re a foodie by any means, this is one gathering you and your palate can’t pass up. Each taste/bite is truly a delectable work of art. Participating restaurants include Olio Pizzeria, Anchor Woodfire Kitchen and the Four Seasons Biltmore, just to name a few...

General admission is $75, but the lovely ladies at Taste of the Nation are offering a $5 discount just to YOU by using discount code “LOVEMIKANA5” at checkout. The discount is valid thru 5/5/13.

So let’s band together over a taste of our good life while helping to give one to others.

For more on the Share Our Strength program and to purchase tickets, visit http:// ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-santa-barbara.

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Derby Day Where: Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 3375 Foothill Road, No. 1200 When: Saturday, May 4, 12 – 4pm Why: Celebrate the 2013 Kentucky Derby all while supporting a good cause.

How: Talk fancy hats and horses over unlimited Mint Juleps, wine and food from The Shop.

What’ll It Cost Me: $60 per ticket. Proceeds benefit The Boso Foundation – a local non-profit that provides sustainable, safe and accessible drinking water to rural communities in developing nations.

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REAL ESTATE

1219 Laguna Street

by Michael Calcagno

Michael has consistently been ranked in the top 1% of Sotheby’s agents worldwide. Shortly after joining Sotheby’s, he partnered with Nancy Hamilton to form one of the most successful real estate teams in Santa Barbara. Michael can be reached at Michael@ HomesinSantaBarbara.com

New Listings

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ou guessed it; the market is still moving forward and rolling along with a strong momentum. This week alone there were 21 new listings to come on the market in the areas east and west of State Street and Hope Ranch.

Twenty-six properties went pending in the last seven days in the same geographical location and a whopping 26 properties closed. Based on all the numbers I’ve been reporting, this is clearly a strong market for sellers of homes that are reasonably priced in the Santa Barbara area.

Since last week we looked at homes that closed over last two weeks, I thought it would be fun to make a list of recent homes that came on the market, but just in the last seven days. Do yourself a favor and get out and take a look at some of these properties.

25 Via Alicia 616 Calle De Los Amigos 447 Conejo 1318 San Andres 310 Linda 418 Paseo Del Descanso 515 Islay 986 Cocopah 601 Micheltorena 1610 La Vista Del Oceano 1850 Gibraltar 323 Calle Cesar Chavez 959 Palermo 4847 Rim 1219 Laguna 712 Cook 215 Natoma 706 Rockwood 2836 Miradero 456 Por La Mar 1810 San Pascual

$1,799,000.00 $799,000.00 $998,000.00 $449,900.00 $575,000.00 $1,598,000.00 $900,000.00 $979,000.00 $1,030,000.00 $2,450,000.00 $2,450,000.00 $447,000.00 $875,000.00 $1,172,000.00 $1,175,000.00 $449,000.00 $1,695,000.00 $1,825,000.00 $599,900.00 $585,000.00 $535,000.00

Purchase price: $1,175,000 Down payment (20%): $235,000 Loan amount: $940,000 Payment: $4,247 (30-yr fixed 3.55% (3.62%% APR))

Property taxes: $1,077 Home Insurance: $100

Total Monthly Payment: $5,424

Neither Mr. Calcagno nor Sotheby’s International Realty is necessarily the listing broker or agent for any of the foregoing properties

418 Paseo Del Descanso

447 Conejo Road

Purchase price: $998,000 Down payment (20%): $199,600 Loan amount: $798,400 Payment: $3,607 (30-yr fixed 3.55% (3.62%APR))

Property taxes: $914 Home Insurance: $90

Total Monthly Payment: $4,611 Mortgage statistics provided by Justin M. Kellenberger, Senior Loan Officer at SG Premier Lending Group, Inc. Justin can always be reached at justin@sgpremierlending.com.

Purchase price: $1,598,000 Down payment (20%): $319,600 Loan amount: $1,278,400 Payment: $5,776 (30-yr fixed 3.55% (3.62% APR))

Property taxes: $1,464

Home Insurance: $1,200

Note: The foregoing economic breakdowns do not include potential tax benefit analyses since that will ultimately depend upon a number of additional factors. But home ownership can indeed have tremendous tax-savings potential and should be considered with your realtor and/or tax accountant as part of the ownership decision.

Total Monthly Payment: $7,360

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18 West Victoria Street #104 12-5pm $1,350,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #108 12-5pm $1,100,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #111 12-5pm $875,000 1bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #308 12-5pm $2,600,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 555 East Montecito Street 2-4pm $739,998 3bd/3.5ba Joan Wagner 895-4555 Coldwell Banker

1219 Laguna Street 2-4pm $1,175,000 3bd/1.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sotheby’s International Realty 1800 Garden Street 2-4pm $1,150,000 3bd/2ba Nancy Hamilton 451-4442 Sotheby’s International Realty 2535 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,750,000 5bd/4.5ba Cara Gamberdella 680-3826 Village Properties 125 E. Pedregosa 1-4pm $2,495,000 4bd/4.5ba Rob Williams 637-5699 Village Properties 309 E. Valerio Street

By Appt. $2,759,000 4bd/3ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 1312 Indio Muerto 1-4pm $649,000 2bd/2ba Ricardo Munoz 895-8725 Prudential California Realty 2012 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,395,000 4bd/3ba Angela Moloney Braverman 451-1553 Prudential California Realty

4163 Marina Drive 2-4pm $3,500,000 3bd/3.5ba Adrienne Schuele 452-3960 Village Properties 4691 Via Roblada 2-4pm $2,495,000 3bd/3.5ba Team Scarborough 331-1465 Prudential California Realty 3842 Center Avenue 2-4pm $757,000 4bd/2ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 986 Cocopah Drive 2-4pm $979,000 4bd/2.5ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 409 Apple Grove Lane 1-4pm $699,000 3bd/2ba Debby Rexford 886-8773 Prudential California Realty 1212 Bel Air Drive 1-4pm $1,695,000 5bd/4ba Alyson Spann 637-2884 Village Properties

1210 Shoreline Drive 1:4:30pm $2,950,000 3bd/2.5ba Scott Williams 451-9300 Prudential California Realty 1141 Nirvana Road 1-4pm $1,675,000 4bd/3.5ba Tim Dahl 886-2211 Prudential California Realty 1544 Crestline Drive 2-5pm $1,200,000 4bd/3ba Ken Switzer 680-4622 Prudential California Realty 907 Fellowship Road 1-4pm $989,000 3bd/2.5ba David Lacy 455-7577 Prudential California Realty 1409 Shoreline Drive 1-5pm $5,000,000 4bd/4ba Gene Archambault 455-1190 Sun Coast Real Estate 316 Lighthouse Road 1-4pm $1,520,000 4bd Scott Westlotorn 403-4313 Coldwell Banker

467 & 471 Mountain Drive 1-4pm $2,395,000 5bd/3ba Jim Patterson 448-9244 Village Properties 706 Rockwood Drive 2-4pm $1,825,000 3bd/4.5ba Barbara Gallagher 689-5785 Prudential California Realty 857 Cheltenham Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/2ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty

1300 Las Alturas Road 1-4pm $1,895,000 3bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Prudential California Realty 1020 Newton Road 1-3pm $1,699,000 4bd/3ba Alisa Pepper 570-5680 Prudential California Realty 237 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,555,000 3bd/2.5ba Sue Irwin 705-6973 Prudential California Realty

514 Tallant Road 2-4pm $1,025,000 3bd/2ba Tiffany Haller 698-6694 Village Properties 3695 Ardilla Drive 2-4pm $825,000 3bd/2ba Pamela Taylor 895-6541 Sotheby’s International Realty 606 Calle Granada 2-4pm $1,995,000 5bd/4.5ba Rich Van Seenus 284-6330 Sotheby’s International Realty 1025 North Ontare Road 2-4pm $1,565,000 3bd/2.5ba Gail Pearl & Michael Pearl 637-9595 Sotheby’s International Realty 3639 San Remo Drive #36 2-4pm $525,000 2bd/2ba Isaac Garrett 729-1143 Prudential California Realty 2733 Miradero Drive 12-3pm $805,000 3bd/2ba Lynn Golden 570-5888 Village Properties 15 Francisco Drive 2-5pm $1,595,000 3bd/3ba Susan Jordano 680-9060 Village Properties

213 Hillview Drive 1-3pm $749,000 4bd/2.5ba John Gaffney 448-4663 Village Properties 105 Campo Vista Santa Barbara 1-3pm $675,000 4bd/2.5ba Ron Madden 284-4170 Village Properties 585 Rosa Linda Way 2-4pm $885,000 4bd/3ba Regina Magid 451-1994 Village Properties 1152 North Fairview 1-4pm $1,198,000 5bd/2.5ba Andy Madrid 452-1456 Coldwell Banker 4847 Rim Road

By Appt. $1,172,000 3bd/3ba Michelle Cook 570-3183 Sotheby’s International Realty 7777 Jenna Drive

By Appt. $787,000 4bd/2ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty 12 Touran Lane

By Appt. $969,000 4bd/3ba Julie Angelos 403-5566 Prudential California Realty 355 Oak View Lane 1-3pm $1,079,000 4bd/3ba Lara Logue 450-5747 Sotheby’s International Realty

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