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S haron’s Take – Local activist Sharon Byrne sits down for coffee with outspoken homeless Santa Barbarian Jose Arturo Ortiz Martinez-Gallegos after an exchange in the Sentinel’s letters section. So, guys…how’d it go?

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I t’s Crime Time – Tokers, tweakers, cokers, boozers and…crackheads? Do we have crackheads in Santa Barbara? Who knew?

L etters to the Editor – Mac McGill likes to write and Edmund Geswein feels sorry for him; Editor-inChief Matt Mazza defends his deep and enduring adoration for seniors, Larry the Anarchical Chicken and Potato Farmer is back and so is photog Ron Atwood with a great shot of Little Rincon. (Whew, that’s a lot of letters this week.)

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Eight Days a Week – Young 8 Days columnist Jeremy Harbin is getting married (yeah, married!) this week to the quite lovely Lily Buckley, so let’s just say that the grinning groom had other things than this column on his mind. But we found a suitable replacement in veteran all-around MJ column doctor Thedim Fiste, who knocked it out anyway, and gets you from Dr. Seuss to the Zoo and the Writers Conference. (Congrats, seriously, very happy for you both.)

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Santa Barbara View – A smaller and more intimate approach to neighborhood issues works best, says Sharon Byrne; Loretta Redd has a great food experience at Pace down on State. (Need to try that one, Loretta, thanks.)

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The Beer Guy – It’s Beer Season and our very own Certified Cicerone, Zach Rosen, is an early standout for Beer Aficionado of the Year. This week, he’s involved in a double-header: the Firestone Walker Invitational Festival and Zoo Brew. That’s a lot of beer, even for a guy like Zach. Can he handle the pressure?

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Presidio Sports – Michael Coe ran a mile on State Street in 3 minutes and 49 seconds. That’s really fast.

(Other people ran really fast too, so check out the piece.) Nite Moves celebrated its 25th Anniversary last week. (In other words, young newlyweds Jeremy Harbin and Lily Buckley were two- and three-yearolds at the time of the inaugural race.) UCSB fell short on the diamond this year but the team is strong.

(Hell of a job, guys, you’ll get ‘em next year.)

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T he Weekly Capitalist – The middle class is alive and well according to Jeff Harding. This week, he asks the rather profound question, “Would you rather have 1980 health care at 1980 prices or today’s medical care at today’s prices?” Deep. (Wait a second, does Jeff have a time machine?)

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Mad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon is blinded by science. (We guess.) Check out what went down at UCSB’s MiniCon last week…and pay special attention to the significant power of the empathetic male mind.

Denna the Intern – Denna Taherzadeh is baaaaack, this time covering trash and birds and recycling!

Sentinel interns get all the good assignments. (Just kidding, we don’t have assignments or editorial discretion or anything of the sort. People just write stuff and send it in and we let it rip. This paper business is a breeze. Easy peezy.)

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F aces of Santa Barbara – Patricia Clark brings us Las Marias this week, in a tribute to her Eastside ‘hood. And a quasi-tribute to Solstice. (Solstice is coming!)

Pump It – Jenny Schatzle is actually forcing you to work out. She’s inviting everyone to a free class and, for those who don’t take her up, she’s providing Bootcamp-style classes to the masses via the Sentinel and giving a free six-week Schatzle program to a lucky winner. Take note: If you don’t do something for yourself, Jenny might do something to yourself. You’ve been warned!

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I n the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans – Randy Arnowitz gets potted in our cover story. No, that doesn’t involve any fragrant and illegal (unless you have a card!) plants that make you feel good when consumed in one way or another, he’s just talking about growing in containers. (Growing legal plants in containers, that is.)

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an About Town – Mark Léisuré would go to the Writing Conference this week but he’s too lazy…oh, M we mean leisurely. He’d also try out for Christmas Revels but he’s too lazy…oh, we mean leisurely. He’d also head to the Bowl for Cheap Trick and Pat Benatar but…oh, forget

Commercial Corner – Local commercial real estate celebs Austin Herlihy and Chris Parker go to Las Vegas for a huge retail convention. Do you know what happens when real estate professionals meet giant retailers in Vegas? Better read to find out. (Hint: It doesn’t get weird. But deals get done. So there’s that.)

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Keepin’ It Reel – Now You See Me makes Jim Luksic happy sometimes and sad other times (we think).

But really we’re more interested in the “personal obligations” that precluded Jim from seeing After Earth and The Internship. Come on, Jim, do tell. (Our money says you were in Vegas with Austin and Chris, and that real estate folks and retailers do get a little weird. But what do we know?)

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Plan B – Briana Westmacott is a brownie. Let us say that again: Briana Westmacott is a brownie. (Or something like that.)

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LOVEmikana – Hot tracks, Daisy Dukes and the best booze in town. (Sounds like a Friday night in Santa Rosa.) There’s good stuff to do this weekend so make it happen. (Hey wait, is there a grammatical problem with that sentence? Who cares, we’re almost done this week and our entire copy editing staff is gone; they’re at a wedding. Grammatical errors is higly possibilitzed the idition.)

Residential Real Estate – Do real estate professionals get weird on the Westside like they do in Vegas?

Mike and Justin let it rip on every Westsider’s favorite ‘hood. We’ll admit that at least one thing jumped out at us this week: Mortgage rates are up. (Wait, what was that? Did I just hear a pop? Better check out the Sentinel’s Open House Guide and make your move quick.)

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Coffee with Jose

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by Sharon Byrne

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ose Arturo Ortiz de Martinez-Gallegos reached out to me via a writing conversation. He was taking a rather unique stance on my writings concerning homelessness. He read the articles fully. He took the time to understand them.

And he wrote letters in agreement with them to the Sentinel.

He did this as a homeless person.

I try never to miss opportunities to team up, to find places where we can work together, even when we don’t always agree.

I sensed an opportunity here.

So, I invited him to coffee in the AB5 article.

He accepted.

It was a really good two-hour conversation. I’ll try to cover the most interesting bits.

Jose is structurally unemployed. Born and raised here in town, he was able to find solid, blue-collar jobs right out of high school. Think 1970s and ‘80s, before Japanese cars far outstripped American, when there was a still a Coca-Cola bottling company in town, and light manufacturing was still prevalent. Jose had no problem finding good jobs in those years.

The economy started shifting in the late ‘80s, and like a lot of people, Jose found himself playing musical chairs for rapidly disappearing blue-collar jobs, even temp slots.

On my first day as a newly minted employee at AT&T, they laid off 20,000 mid-level managers. At 19, I knew it was a death knell: the days of lifetime-employment and retirement with pensions and benefits were over. And this was for white-collar jobs! I’d seen news broadcasts repeatedly lamenting that America was losing its manufacturing base. Southern cities benefitted from companies fleeing the rust belt and unionized North, but the overall picture in our economy was not pretty.

Jose was in his 30s when this hit, and going back to school was neither as accessible or in vogue then as it is now.

He struggled through that time when a whole sector of the economy dried up. There were dark nights of the soul – two of them, where financial distress, family struggles, lack of opportunities, and dead-end temp jobs created the perfect storm. Most of us will face at least one crisis where we have to turn within ourselves, look carefully at what we’ve been up to, question where it’s led us, and decide to either make a change, or continue to spiral downwards.

Jose came through both of these in pretty good shape, actually. He didn’t get addicted to drugs or alcohol, though he confesses to liking a nice glass of wine. Me too.

He moved to Phoenix for employment opportunities. He spent eight years there, landing various jobs, often again as a temp, with the county in flood control, working on vehicles, etc.

But temp workers are the first to go in downsizing, so unemployment struck again in 2012. Comparing notes, the high tech industry is on a similar roller coaster ride. Get on with a start-up, then lose venture capital funding a year later, or the IPO doesn’t go as hyped, or get swallowed by Microsoft. Layoffs ensue, you land at the next company, move to Silicon Valley, Austin, or Dallas, wash, rinse, repeat. It’s now a very transient industry. You can find jobs, some very high paying, but it’s not stable in the long term, and moves are often required.

This time, Jose was in his 50s, struggling a bit with some health issues, and had no safety net. He became homeless, so he moved back here, where his family was based, and has been trying to find his way out of homelessness. This is not a guy that sits around drunk all day, sorry for himself. He’s got plans.

He’s shocked at how things have changed, and disturbed, as a native son, by non-local transient behavior in Santa Barbara. It’s gotten very aggressive. He thinks they’re giving people like him a bad name. I agree.

He thinks we need a permit for panhandling, provided you have valid California ID, for a $500 annual fee. This is Santa Barbara, after all. If they can charge $50 in Phoenix…

He thinks the mentally ill need some serious resources – agreed! He wonders why our country spends billions on Egypt, Syria, and $200 toilet seats, when we could educate our kids and take care of our own. He also wonders why some homeless blow social security and disability checks on drugs and alcohol at the start of every month. He dislikes encampments – don’t trash his town!

He doesn’t like the shelters, and the way they warehouse people, something I’ve heard often.

He said word on the street is sometimes I’m for the homeless, sometimes against. I laughed. It’s neither. I’m for sensible pragmatic solutions that work. I think it’s a pretty reasonable position.

But what I most liked was his willingness to have an adult, respectful, intelligent conversation. I think we could use a few more around here.

So lead the way, Jose!

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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.

Crackhead Leads Sbpd Right To Dope-Smoking Tweaker

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24-year-old Santa Barbara man was found to be in possession of 18 “rocks of cocaine base,” otherwise known as…CRACK! (Is that stuff still around? Seriously?) That man, let’s call him “The Crackhead” for convenience, led SBPD back to his house to conduct a search. When they arrived, officers found a 39-year-old Santa Barbara man on the porch, smoking marijuana without the appropriate medical credentials. And when SBPD searched the dope smoker and his backpack, they found a methamphetamine pipe with a white residue all over it. (Hint: The white residue didn’t come from either crack or marijuana, it came from meth.) The Crackhead and the Dope Smoking Tweaker were both arrested for all sorts of violations of California’s Health and Safety Code.

Hang on, we vaguely recall from our collective childhood a little rhyme about this type of thing: The Crackhead’s connected to the Dopehead, and the Dopehead’s connected to the Meth Freak, and the Meth Freak’s connected to the Jail Cell…just lock them up for good.

Something like that.

Recreational Drug User Fails To Notice Uniformed Police Officer SBPD was conducting a “premises check” of a popular Santa Barbara nightclub when an officer spied a young couple in a secluded booth. (Suspicious. Very suspicious.) Well aware of what goes on in secluded booths in popular nightclubs after midnight, SBPD watched closely as the Santa Barbara man (21) handed the La Verne woman (22) – La Verne is a place in Los Angeles, for those of you who don’t know (we didn’t) – a small red baggie. As she struggled to open the baggie, officers approached and stood close by, in plain sight, waiting. When it became clear that she couldn’t ge the thing open, rather than simply offering to assist, SBPD shined their flashlights on the couple and broke the party up.

When asked later what she understood the substance in the baggie to be, the woman replied, “Ah, I don’t know, ecstasy or cocaine.” Wow. Two completely different drugs with two completely different effects. And she doesn’t even know which one she’s taking at 12:30am on a school night.

All together now: What’s the matter with kids today?

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CRIME TIME QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Do I look high?”

-An 18-year-old Santa Maria man to his friend, as overheard by a witness, just before being arrested for driving under the influence after causing a car wreck on the Eastside. According to SBPD, his vehicle also “had a strong odor of marijuana” and a “large glass bong” in it. (Um, yeah man...you look high.)

Teenage Vandal Good At Tagging, Bad At Thinking An 18-year-old Santa Barbara man (boy?) was seen vandalizing a local children’s park with spray paint one afternoon last week. (Can’t you deface stuff that isn’t where the kiddies like to play?) When SBPD approached, the perp took off running and actually got away. So that’s it, right?

Wrong.

Later that same afternoon, a young man matching the description of the vandal was spotted. When officers approached to question him, the first thing out of his mouth was “What, you didn’t catch me in the park!” (Not exactly the best thing he could have said at that time.) Not surprisingly, it took only a few questions from SBPD and similarly bone-headed answers from the vandal before he was arrested.

Sophisticated Wine Drinker Can’t Handle Quantity A 45-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested for public intoxication after SBPD found her passed out over a “parking barrier” with six empty bottles of wine laying around her one afternoon last week. Maybe she should consider spitting after the third or fourth bottle next time? Just a thought.

Criminal Mastermind Tripped Up By Holmes-Like Sleuthing A manager of a local theatre was suspected of stealing around $5,000 from his employer, forging and destroying related documents and manipulating security cameras, but evidence was tough to come by. SBPD contacted the man to ask him a few questions. Before they could, though, the 35-year-old suspect quickly admitted he stole around $5,000 from his employer, forged and destroyed related documents and manipulated security cameras. He also admitted that he knew the theft was wrong, and that he’d attempted to “hide his tracks.” And to think he almost got away with it.

Intoxicated Man With Gaping Head Wound On Mesa Not Arrested, But His Inebriated Friend Is SBPD stopped one early afternoon last week to offer assistance to a drunken Santa Barbara man seen walking on the Mesa with an obvious “head wound.” Paramedics were quickly called and arrived. When they did, the injured man accepted their help…but his extremely intoxicated 24-year-old friend didn’t like that very much and repeatedly tried to interrupt or otherwise deter the medics from helping out. After multiple warnings, the drunk friend – the anti-wingman, the frienemy, if you will – was arrested so medics could finish the job.

This is one of those situations where both guys wake up the next morning and wonder how in hell one ended up with a head wound and the other got arrested. Then they laugh, tell their friends about what they think happened, and play more flip cup on a ping pong table that has blood stains all over it (from where our hammered friend bashed his head on it the day before). Something like that.

Overwhelming Public Support For Drunken U-Haul Driver A 44-year-old Santa Monica man was arrested for drunk driving an empty U-Haul last week. He blew a .25 after arguing with other motorists who had called the cops on him after reportedly seeing him swerving all over the road.

You feel for the guy, right? So do we. He spent all day moving heavy furniture loaded with his girlfriend’s crap while she bitched and complained and bossed him around; finally finished, he tipped back a few cold and well-deserved beers and went to return the damned U-Haul. He was a bit surly, sure, and, yeah, he swerved violently a few times, probably more out of sheer frustration and anger and pent up rage than drunkenness. Consider the circumstances, man. Anybody who has moved a long distance with a loved one knows how tough that day can be. And to end with a DUI? And the additional charges for a late U-Haul?

Insult to injury. Let him off, guys, cut him some slack. Hell, we’re considering introducing legislation with retroactive effect that sets the legal limit at .49 BAC for drivers of empty U-Hauls on moving day. We’ll call it the Drunken U-Haul Drivers’ Bill of Rights.

Maybe SF legislator Tom Ammiano will get behind it.

That’s it, we’re done. Be good out there this week, folks; spread the love.

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r. Mazza, if you’re not upsetting anybody, you’re not changing anything. So if my comments upset you, even just a little, then put me in a flight suit and hang the Mission Accomplished banner. Though I would note in my first letter to your paper, I didn’t call you anything. I wasn’t even aware of your existence. Your self-identification as a “profoundly qualified douchebag” however, was extremely thoughtful. Sorry if I ruined your vacation to wine country.

And as a side note to Mr. Edwards, no, don’t think that my grocery cart odyssey means you need to stop what you’re doing and listen to me. However, it is an interesting story, and obviously it did get your attention. I would however say that perhaps it was not the wisest thing to respond to a criticism of “insular provincialism” with an expression of insular provincialism.

It isn’t doubletalk to point that what does exist to assist the poor and homeless is often inadequate and deeply unpleasant.

It’s observation. It is said that the only thing needed for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. I can tell you from firsthand experience that good people are doing things, and now it’s time for everyone to chip in, whether they want to or not.

You can call me a lot of things but disingenuous is a stretch. I can only assume you turned to such an ad hominem attack because the substance of my argument was not one you felt intellectually equipped to take on directly. “Albrecht Macht Frie” means “Work Will Make You Free.” The National Socialists believed that unless you were an essential worker, you deserved to die. It is exactly the same philosophy as modern conservatism. Republicans just get around that inconvenient lack of death camps by refusing to expand Medicaid, by calling the poor “takers” when it actually

turns out the majority of tax expenditures go to the wealthiest, and the lowest percentage of tax expenditures go to the poor. I never said the banks should hand over houses to the poor and you know it. That was disingenuous. The personal responsibility argument is just the thin falsely moralistic veneer on a genocidal hatred of the poor which I have difficulty attributing to anything other than evil.

You could do some soul searching yourself, just as I have done, though it’s irrelevant to a public policy debate. If you haven’t heard of the problems in our society I have mentioned then you obviously haven’t been paying attention to the news, which would be a pretty bad sign considering you run a newspaper.

By the way, someone told me there’s a chance we went to school together.

Mac McGill, Berkshire class of ‘89 Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Ah yes, I should have known. Another Berkeley grad. It was starting to feel like I was back in law school, frankly, debating policy with idealistic classmates and professors, thundering rhetoric rising toward a crescendo, working hard to demonstrate the courage of immovable conviction. Things are clearer now, Mac, thanks.

Let’s see, where to start? First, you didn’t upset me in the conventional sense, I just think that your comparison of Nazi Germany to the Republican Party and modern conservatism doesn’t pass the proverbial smell test. And I still think it’s irresponsible and offensive, even though I’m no conservative and even if you’re just trying to get a rise out of somebody.

I’m well aware of the problems in our society and have done plenty of soul searching over the course of my life (probably too much, ask my wife). I don’t disagree that everyone should “chip in” to help address and hopefully overcome those problems. The

question is what that combined effort should look like. Nothing you’ve suggested seems right to me, and the Homeless Bill of Rights appears likely to create more problems, not fewer (as I’ve said).

And so, as was often the case all those years ago at Cal, we find ourselves right back where we started. Lots of talk and no real answers.

So where do we go from here, Mac? I’ve said that revolutionary change is what’s needed, and that it needs to come from a coalition of public and private, profit and non. I also believe that a whole new approach needs to be considered for mental health and addiction, one that perhaps turns the present busted system on its (overly-costly and ultimately ineffective) head. And what about low-cost housing alternatives like, for example, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing on East Victoria, where I recently met a few folks – at least one with severe medical issues – who took the time and expended the effort necessary to machete their way through the ridiculous legislative and bureaucratic jungle and find federal, state and local assistance that not only keeps them sheltered and fed but also ensures at least some health care and other minimum living standards. Is that a good idea or not up to your standards? Have you even tried? Do the “rules” that exist in such places offend your notions of freedom?

Do tell.

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Jingyan Shen, Wenjie Su and Lisa Nogavich wear traditional Chinese dress.

by Wendy Jenson

A former magazine editor, Wendy worked at Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, and Us Weekly in NYC, before moving west with Santa Barbara Magazine. Currently a public relations consultant, she relishes being out and about working on this column.

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Your Chinese Good Fortune CP (China Palace) is written in hot mustard in the sauce for the Crystal Shrimp Cake, a Chef Raymond creation; $8.95.

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here are a number of good Italian restaurants in Santa Barbara, but Chinese options are more limited.

Look no further than the China Palace’s red door on Coast Village Road in Montecito.

Chef Ruiming (Raymond) Wu and Wenjie Su worked at the then-named China Pavilion for 10 years before

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purchasing the restaurant in 2009.

Renaming it China Palace, they’ve increased business by some 25% since taking charge, with an extraordinary 3540% of these orders being take out.

The restaurant is a bit formal, a pleasant change in oh-so-casual Santa Barbara.

Tablecloths are crisp and the décor is traditional Chinese. Raymond purchases

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prints, drums and other authentic items on his semi-annual treks home to Suzhou, China – about an hour and a half by high-speed train from Shanghai. Each visit back to booming China, Raymond asks himself, “Is this my home town?

Everything changes so fast.”

Raymond proudly states that his brother is the Executive Chef at the fivestar NanLin Hotel back in Suzhou. The brother chefs regularly trade cooking tips over Skype. Raymond himself attended hotel management school in China, and then worked in the upscale international Bamboo Grove Hotel Suzhou, which was managed by a Hong Kong corporation.

“I love Hong Kong,” he says. “I love the street food.”

In 1997, Raymond came to Santa Barbara to establish himself, working in various restaurants. Four years later, Raymond’s wife (and junior high-school classmate) Min Li followed. Business partner Wendjie Su and her husband, Chongfu Li, came from Shenyang, an industrial city in Northern China.

In essence, there are two types of cuisine served at China Palace: American Style Chinese and Traditional Chinese. There’s

even a separate pork-centric menu written in Chinese. “It’s a fattier cut of pork than Americans are accustomed to, but it tastes so good,” says ultra fit Chef Raymond, a runner. Oftentimes, Raymond features the Chinese dishes on his Chef ’s Special Menu to see if they strike a chord with non-Chinese customers. Alas, he finds only about 20% are popular. Americans, for example, prefer chicken breast and a fish filet to a whole fish, bones and all.

Unsurprisingly, Chinese students from Santa Barbara City College and University of California at Santa Barbara are regulars here, coming in groups and eating family style. Of the international students at UCSB in 2012-2013, a mighty 48% originate from the People’s Republic of China.

A gold Chinese eagle hangs from Raymond’s neck. He says it’s “lucky” and that gold is a particularly prized metal and investment in China. [Quick aside: The World Gold Council says China will soon top India as the world’s largest gold consumer.] Raymond often serves eight of an item (be it the number of bok choy or Shrimp cake slices on a plate) as it’s “lucky.” Raymond says he was born in the

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A filling dish of Shrimp Chow Mein (soft noodles) and broccoli; $10.95.

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– you guessed it – “lucky” Year of the Pig. The no-MSG menu is large with separate sections for Appetizer, Soup, Duck, Scallop/Calamari, Shrimp, Fish, Clay Pot/Sizzling Platter, Pork, Chicken, Lamb, Beef, Vegetables, Vegetarian (Soy Chicken), Moo Shu, Variety Asian Noodle, and Chow Mein or Fried Rice.

There are two dinner specials: Won Ton Soup; Fried Shrimp, Cheese Wonton, or Egg Roll; and one of seven entrée choices including Kung Pao Chicken and Moo Goo Gai Pan; $16.95. Or try the Hot Sour Soup; Egg Roll, Fried Shrimp, and BBQ Spareribs; and one of the following entrées: Imperial Shrimp, Kung Pao Beef, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Beef with Broccoli; Cashew Nut Chicken; Orange Peel Chicken; and Imperial Three Delight; $18.95.

Most likely, Raymond creates his own

luck. He certainly makes perfectly cooked vegetables and the best Lemon Chicken in town; $13.95. On April 1, 2013, he purchased Ichiban Japanese restaurant, across the street from Lazy Acres on the Mesa.

China Palace is located at 1070 Coast Village Road in Montecito. Open every day from 11:30am to 9:30pm; 805-5659380 and 805-565-9480; chinapalacesb. com. The patio seats 30 to 40 guests and can be reserved for private events.

Mark your calendar: China Palace is open Christmas Day and it’s by far their busiest day of the year, doing triple the usual business.

Like waitstaff, I eagerly await tips. If you have any restaurant information, please contact me at wendy@ santabarbarasentinel.com.

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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.

• Friday

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Well, now, you are not specifically being invited, but for the small crowd of friends and family, they should be at Nina’s beach house no later than 2:30 as Lily Buckley will exchange wedding vows with her Georgian-born beau, Jeremy Harbin, promptly at 3 pm. Afterwards, they’ll be shuttled up to San Ysidro Ranch for a reception, dinner, and to share in the joys of a Christine Dahl wedding cake. A Santa Barbara trolley will then take the wedding party downtown for yet more partying…

Tuesday is such a neglected day. Really, there are no holidays that are celebrated on a Tuesday, except for Christmas once every seven years or so. People don’t write songs about Tuesday; Wednesday is hump day, Thanksgiving is always held on a Thursday, and then you’ve got the glorious weekend. As for Monday, well everyone from Fats Domino to the Mommas and the Papas sings about Monday. Poor old Tuesday… So, what you should do is go where Simon and Garfunkel sang that it was all happening: to the zoo! The Santa Barbara Zoo is an absolute treat with its miniature train, condors, penguins, bats, snakes, gorillas, aviary, and don’t forget about “The Hill,” the artificial turf-covered mound upon which every kid from 2 to 12 slides down for hours on end. It’s near East Beach at 500 Ninos Drive (805-962-5339). Have a grrrreat day!

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• Saturday June 8

It’s World Oceans Day and at the Ty Warner Sea Center from 10 am to 3 pm you and the rest of your gang (or family) are invited to enjoy a series of special events in conjunction with the SB Museum of Natural History. Dr. Seuss is the inspiration for today’s goings-on and Congresswoman Lois Capps will give a little speech just after noon. There’ll be games, sea creatures and much more. It’s at 211 Stearns Wharf and you can’t miss it (805-9622526).

• Sunday June 9

SUNDAY is a FUNDAY, say the folks at Waxing Poetic, who’ve teamed up with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper to raise some clams (money to you landlubbers) to help the Channelkeepers keep the Channel, well, clean. The good thing is you won’t need to write poetry to enjoy yourself, as Deja Blu, a Carpinteria blues-rock band will be playing their unique musique, and the Sugar & Salt Creamery will be giving away cups of their ice cream (as long as you purchase something at Waxing Poetic, otherwise you are on your own but welcome to buy an ice cream cone or two). It’s all happening from noon to 4 pm at 2350 Lillie Avenue in Summerland.

• Monday June 10

The Santa Barbara Writers Conference began before the weekend and if you are attending, you already know all about it.

If you are not, however, you should know that every evening features a prominent speaker in the field of publishing. Tonight, Santa Barbara’s favorite celebrity writer – Sue Grafton – is set to talk about the joy, agony, and sometimes terrible loneliness of the writing life. She’s set to speak from 7:30 to 8:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Hyatt, 1111 East Cabrillo. Call 882-1234 for more info.

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• Wednesday June 12

Today’s the day for a Happy Hour, right? For our money (and a guaranteed good time) Enterprise Fish Company at 225 State Street (805-962-3313) has an exemplary bar offering exemplary drinks at exemplary prices. Lots of TV screens, seating nooks, loud and fun; Draught beers – in big 20-oz glasses – margaritas and a variety of wines, most of which are less than $5 a glass from 4 pm to 8 pm. Equally good is the nearby FisHouse at 101 East Cabrillo (805-966-2112), same time.

• Thursday June 13

There’ll be Magic and Make-Believe at the Central Library (805-564-5603), Goleta Library (805-9647878), and Solvang Library (805-688-4214) today as the annual Summer Reading Program launches with a Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Kids are advised to leave a favorite stuffed animal at any one of the libraries from 3 pm to 6:30 pm today. After closing time, library staffers will bring all the creatures to “life” and film it all. Kids can then come in tomorrow, after noon, and pick up their stuffed animal and pick up the photos of their stuffed animals performing hi-jinks.

• Friday June 14

She has several names – Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, The Star-Spangled Banner, The Red, White, and Blue. But, whatever you call her, today is Flag Day and the Spirit of ’76 Foundation along with the Sons of the American Revolution and SB Trust for Historic Preservation are celebrating with antique cannons, a U.S. Air Force Color & Honor Guard, USN Sea Cadets Color Guard and Dr. Roger McGrath, a History Channel denizen who’ll speak about that old Red, White and Blue at El Presidio, 123 E. Canon Perdido from 12:15 to 1:15 pm.

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When It Comes To Big Social Issues, Try Small Approach

by Sharon Byrne

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’ve often heard that in some golden era (whenever that was), neighborhoods were closer-knit. Communities were smaller, more intimate. People knew each other, yelled at each other’s kids when they were acting up. My parents had that in northern England in the ‘40s and ‘50s.

If a man was abusing his wife, men in the village went round to his house and set him straight. The vicar had dinner at your house, as did the school headmaster.

You saw everyone nightly at the pub. The village or neighborhood (they lived in Liverpool) was a self-contained unit.

People here in Santa Barbara tell me it was better back in the day. The cops knew you. The neighbors knew you. You knew each other. There was a sense of community norms. The community took care of its own and dealt with problems within its boundaries.

I never experienced that. I grew up in a major metro area in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

People fled inner cities, holed up the suburbs, erected barrier fences and built gated communities. The idea was to keep

the community out, to isolate the self and family.

When I was 12, the Atlanta Child Murders unfolded daily on the radio on our morning commute to school.

Twenty-eight children were murdered over a two-year period. Around that same time, rumors of razor blades in apples and poisoned candy pretty much killed off Halloween. A sense that the world was an anonymous place fairly hostile to children penetrated my emerging consciousness.

I grew up in a nice suburban area, but there was no sense of community or neighborliness. Downtown was a good place to get shot at night. Drugs invaded and gangs started drive-by shootings.

People moved between different cities for work. Long-term connections to a place just weren’t part of that paradigm.

So when I hear people talk of how it used to be, back in the day, I recognize they might be nostalgic for a simpler time, a world in which they were more comfortable, but that world was gone before I was born.

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in Minneapolis, where Milpas took second place nationally for social revitalization, I had a chance to hear a speaker that’s been a community organizer since the 1950s. He pointed out that we moved to an institutional approach in the ‘60s and ‘70s in America. Police now own public safety. Schools will raise your children.

Government and institutions will be the answer to your problems.

That shift rendered communities powerless to deal with the urban problems cropping up. How are you going to reduce crime on a street where nobody knows one another?

Problems were reframed to enormous scope, requiring national-scale solutions that only institutions can provide. You can’t end gang violence until you solve racism, the problem of under-classes, and poverty. You can’t solve homelessness until you end the disparity between rich and poor. You can’t get the crack dealer off your corner until you solve the Drug War. These kinds of sweeping problem statements transformed urban issues into an extremely steep pyramid that communities simply cannot hope to scale. Entire careers, government agencies, movements, and non-profits were birthed out of this framing.

The US government clearly hasn’t been able to win the Drug War since Nixon declared it in the ‘70s. So there must not be a magic bullet there, because otherwise they’d have trotted it out.

Nevertheless, I believed I could actually get that crack dealer off my corner.

So I got some moms, and we’d stand there at the witching hour for his drug trade, fold our arms across our chests, stare hard at him, cell phones in hand.

The message was clear: You are not going to ply drugs on this corner.

He evaporated out of the neighborhood.

That, and a multitude of other experiences here in Santa Barbara, have led me to start reframing these kinds of issues. Problems experienced at the curb can be solved at that level, so put your effort there. Don’t wade onto the giant

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My neighborhood had a serious gang problem until we made it loud and clear we weren’t going to tolerate violence anymore. We still have gang houses in our area, and still get taggings and flareups, but nothing on the scale it was. And we made a serious effort to know all our neighbors, and keep an eye on things.

When someone comes into the area we don’t know, we introduce ourselves, and ask if they’ve just moved in. Oh, are you lost? What address are you looking for?

It lets folks know the neighbors are on top of things around here. Police came into the neighborhood because we asked them to, and we welcomed their presence.

We made them cookies and enchiladas.

But they couldn’t solve our problem for us. We had to own our safety ourselves.

There are multiple places where the community can think for itself and engineer its own solutions at the street level for big urban issues plaguing communities across the nation. You start small: take this corner, this street, and hold the gain. Then take the next one.

And the solution spreads, until you’ve got a neighborhood revitalized. Then adapt that solution as needed to each unique locality. Maybe there’s not a one-sizefits-all magic bullet, and we should quit looking in that direction. Maybe you solve big urban issues one block, one street, one neighborhood, one city at a time.

The argument will be that it takes too long. It causes institutions heartburn because it rejects the notion that eventually they’ll produce those coveted magic bullets. Some of these problems have plagued us for decades. I don’t have much hope in the big sweeping magic bullet anymore.

One corner at a time, however, is totally doable.

Aim small, miss small.

Win small, spread the gain.

Works for me.

The Pace of Pace

by Loretta Redd

There’s a phrase used by insiders in the food service industry called “restaurant eyes;” two simple words describing a rare quality found in either wait-staff or floor managers.

The term defines an employee who can walk through their station or restaurant and, judging from the silverware, wine glasses, condiments or coffee cups

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remaining, predict with some accuracy when the table will turn for those waiting, or what might be needed next by customers still dining.

It is an art form, rarely taught in training and unfortunately, rarely practiced in Santa Barbara. As a customer, you know you’ve experienced a staff with restaurant eyes when no matter how occupied or empty the tables, how frenetic or demure the environment, the timing and attention to detail is flawless and the tempo is consistently smooth.

It can happen with a staff of five caring for 300 customers a night, and it can fail with a staff of twenty-five overseeing a mostly empty dining room. I found the magic of restaurant eyes at its finest last weekend at a small establishment called Pace.

I try not to venture to lower State Street on weekend evenings, mostly because I feel guilty that the sight of 60 year olds might kill the buzz of the twentysomething crowd getting primed for a long night of misbehavior ahead. But hey, we seniors deserve our fun, too.

I almost changed my mind as I approached, not because of the restaurant, but because of its neighbor. Unfortunately it is located right next to the Cigar Store.

As a friend of mine once said, “If you think one person can’t make a difference, just remember what a single cigar can to do a ten-room house.” But, we don’t get to pick our neighbors, do we? So we ventured on in.

Enter Pace and enter a world of contradiction. It is rough, yet sophisticated; it is tiny but smartly designed to accommodate couples and singles, along with a few four-tops. The cardiac-paddle comfort food on the menu, such as Mac & Cheese (that’s fontina, muenster and white cheddar), Sloppy Joe’s or the Papa burger (whose girth requires you to unhinge your jaw), are countered by more delicate but still delicious Sea Bass, Baby Clam linguini and Seared Ahi salad.

The first drink I spotted on the bar in front was a tallboy PBR, sitting next to a glass of Luminesce, Rose of Pinot Noir.

Now, that is eclectic drinking. Most of the bar patrons were also diners, which keeps turnover steady and increases income, rather than catering to the crashdieting college clan who can nurse a Cosmo for two hours.

The walls were adorned by fairly imposing artwork. I couldn’t tell if they were trying to appeal to the Muddy

Waters crowd or just short of funds when they went art shopping, but they might want to tone down the Ziggy and Bob Marley tribute. Okay, stoners do love comfort food, but it doesn’t really do this establishment justice.

Midway through our meal, a band began to set up. Now, this isn’t a place to come if you are in search of intimate conversation, or ready to propose, but my fears were assuaged when a melodious and exceptional saxophone combo started to play at a volume and selection that actually enhanced the environment.

Here’s what sets Pace apart. Open all of sixteen months, it feels as though it has been there forever. You also feel as though the wait-staff is family, without being overly familiar. They don’t insist you call them by their name, they don’t have to reassure you that they’ll “be taking care of you this evening,” and they don’t wait until your mouth is full to ask how your dinner is, or snatch your plate away while others are still eating.

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do. The service, no matter how busy, was effortless and perfectly timed. I observed Moses hoisting a tall chair over his head to accommodate one more diner at the bar in a way that no one noticed. Cirque du Soleil morphs into the Restaurant Guy. Creating an unexpectedly enjoyable dining experience is mostly about anticipation: understanding that people “eat with their eyes” when creating food, glasses refilled without request, plates removed with permission, questions answered with patience, and always a smile.

A manager of a successful group of eating establishments once told me, “Opening a restaurant each night is like giving a special dinner party, except you don’t know who’s on the guest list.”

There’s a paragraph on the dinner menu at Pace that reads: All our food is prepared fresh from scratch when you order it, so it may take a little longer than most restaurants, but we feel confident that it is worth the wait. If you have a time constraint please let your server know prior to ordering and we will do our best to accommodate your specific needs.”

Worth the wait indeed.

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People enjoyed themselves at Zoo Brew. Take this happy foursome…I’d have gotten their names but my notepad was too crumbled and soggy at this point.

Beer Season The Lab Brewing Co. was a real favorite at Zoo Brew this year, I thoroughly enjoyed their offerings and recommend checking them out.

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know you’ve all been waiting for it; I have been too. And now it’s finally upon us.

Beer drinking season is here.

This happens each year when the Earth and sun are at their most intimate; we’re talking about summertime, of course. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a strong supporter of beer for the cold weather months. Malt’s toasted flavors can have a warming effect in the winter and beer’s carbonation can remind one of burning logs crackling or the sound of branches snapping under the weight of fresh snowfall.

Glorious, no doubt.

Still, it is hard to deny beer’s potential in hot weather. The contrasting coolness of the liquid’s touch and the carbonation’s crispness soothes the sun’s warmth with an undeniable charm.

Even more glorious. Glorious-er, in fact.

Celebrate the Season As a symbolic start to the season of beer, the beginning of June had two big festivals take place in the area. The Firestone Walker Invitational Festival was certainly the headliner event (across the country and not just in our area).

It was held on Saturday, June 1, and featured a respectful blend of local brewers and heavy hitters from across the world. Behind the Beer Sessions allowed attendees to interact with the brewers and learn about their favorite beers.

One of the highlights was Indiana’s infamous brewer, Three Floyds Brewing, whose beers focus on the outrageous side of things. Their Dark Lord Stout often tops the ratings list and is considered one of the best beers in the world by the globe’s beer geeks. Three Floyds says this beer “defies description” and after trying it I will just leave it at that (but add that it is certainly worth seeking out for the dedicated beer drinker). They also produce a fearsome imperial IPA, Arctic Panzer Wolf, that seems to have its piney, citric flavors fueled by tank diesel.

Hangar 24 Brewery made a terrific summertime beer, called California Spring Beer. Delightful, and so is the packaging.

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

The brilliant Danish gypsy brewer, Mikkeller was also pouring at the festival.

Gypsy, or “phantom,” brewers wander from brewery to brewery producing their beers on borrowed equipment.

Mikkeller uses equipment across the globe and has become known for its labeling wit, explorative brewing approach and cohesion of flavors. The clever winter beer, To From, featured a holiday gift tag label with the lines To: and From: so that the beer could easily be given to loved ones. The gifted drinker was embellished with flavors of caramel spiced cider and fig backed by mocha and malted milk. Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch Weasel is an imperial stout made with the rare Vietnamese fox-dung coffee, Cà phê chon, to produce a distinct, pronounced coffee character.

To say the least.

Brews at the Zoo Zoo Brew was held on the same day.

(Wow.) This beer festival, located at the Santa Barbara Zoo, has quickly become one of the most popular festivals in the area; it sold out this year in less than 24 hours. There are only so many places where you can gaze upon giraffes and the Pacific Ocean, sometimes simultaneously, and this is your only chance each year to take in the view while sipping on a brew. The festival focuses much more on enjoying each other’s company (and the

accompanying liquids) than nerding out on beer.

It was a tough choice but this year I decided to attend the festivities at the zoo and, among the crowds of people and masses of beer, was able to scribble down a few rough notes onto a crumpled piece of paper (that was also a bit soggy).

Once again, The Lab Brewing Co was one of the most exciting breweries at the festival. This Agoura Hills brewpub has gripped my attention since I first tried its elegant pineapple and apricot-crèmethemed Take Her Home Tripel at last year’s event. On this past Saturday they featured a beautiful example of a German schwarzbier (a black lager) called Schwarz Schaf. The pitch black brew had a brief roasty note of dark chocolate-covered coffee beans before finishing with a hint of treacle. The beer perfectly represented the smooth, warming (yet still refreshing) quality of this often-overlooked beer style. They also brought Hop Solution, an imperial IPA, that was well-balanced and pleasant for its 9.9 % ABV and big bitterness.

Another brew that made an impression was from Hangar 24 Brewery out of Redlands, California. Their California Spring Beer is a blended wheat ale produced in two batches. One batch is fermented with an American ale yeast (which provides a clean, crisp taste) and the other batch uses a Belgian yeast that produces spicy notes and a more pronounced fruit character. The result is an interesting combination of the hops’ floral and fruit tones of tangerine and papaya blending with the Belgian yeast’s clove-like spiciness. Despite its complexity, the beer has a refreshing low intensity flavor that

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will help cleanse the summer sun.

Of course all of Santa Barbara’s surrounding breweries were present to pour their beers and mingle with the crowds. Ventura’s Surf Brewery brought their Strawberry Wahine, which was produced to celebrate Oxnard’s California Strawberry Festival. The citric, bready wheat beer base was laced with a mild tartness and berry-rose perfume from the strawberries.

Every year, one of the biggest highlights is an animal-themed beer produced by The Brewhouse. Last year they actually had elephants choose the ingredients and the resultant imperial stout, Big Ear Beer, was brewed with licorice and oats to produce a brew that was bold enough to match the mass of an elephant but still strong enough to challenge its memory.

This year’s specialty was Lion’s Brew and brewmaster Pete Johnson crafted a bold wheat beer to capture the king of the jungle’s spirit. It must have been good because they were already out when I swung by their booth. Fortunately, The Brewhouse only brings a portion of the beer to the festival and serves the rest at the restaurant (which means a trip over to The Brewhouse will be on the docket this week). The remainder of their animalinspired beer usually lasts at the brewpub for about a month after the festival.

Summer is just beginning (I know, not technically) and these two festivals were a great way to kick things off. There are several more festivals scheduled for the fall so stay tuned for an upcoming column that will cover these events in far more detail. In the meantime, make sure to stretch out and do some wind sprints.

You really need to get ready for beer season.

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Coe Breaks State Street Mile Record

by John Dvorak

The dog mile, won by Steve Harding and his golden lab Bob, was the unofficial World Championship in that event.

Michael Coe crosses the finish line in record time at the State Street Mile on Sunday.

Katja Goldring, a UCLA track runner, won the Women’s Elite Division.

he Elite Men’s Division of the Platinum Performance State Street Mile on Sunday, June 2 looked to be a strong field on paper and it turned out as advertised.

Michael Coe broke the course record with a time of 3 minutes and 49 seconds, leading a group of six runners who broke the 4-minute mark. Second-place finisher Forest Braden posted the second-best time in the event’s 14-year history at 3:50.

The previous record, set by Mike

Chavez in 2007, was 3:52.

“I heard the event record was 3:52 and I absolutely had it on my mind. I figured I could do it with my training lately and knew I was in that kind of shape,” Coe said.

Also achieving a 4-minute mile were Aric Champagne, Juan Paredes, Tetlo Emmen and James Withers.

“It was fun. Santa Barbara, State Street.

This was a good event,” Coe said. “They should definitely get more elite guys out

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here in the future and today was probably the most elite field they’ve had.”

The Lompoc native set the Cal Berkeley school record in the mile in 2009. He is traveling next weekend to Portland for the Portland Track Festival with the hope of qualifying in the 1500 meters for the USA Track & Field Championships later this month in Des Moines, Iowa.

Coe enjoyed the challenge on Sunday, especially from Braden. The 25-year-old lost the lead before regaining it at the 800-meter point.

“It helped to have Forest take the lead because I was kind of tucked behind him and didn’t expect that move from him but, you know, that’s racing so you have to counter it,” Coe explained.

Women’s Elite Division winner Katja Goldring, a UCLA track & field athlete, held off locals Bethany Nickless and Andrea McLarty. Goldring won her first State Street Mile in a time of 4:34.

“I thought they were going to get me so I was running scared a bit at the end,” Goldring said. “I’m not very good at finishing so I thought if I want to win I better go a little earlier.”

Other races included the dog mile and family run.

The course, straight as an arrow, began at the intersection of State Street and Pedregosa and finished at De La Guerra.

The mile distance is slightly downhill the whole way. With a foggy sky, Sunday morning temperatures were in the low 60s.

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JAKE CLINTON: What I remember most was that Philadelphia House was the supplier of the entrées and they came down with ribs. We were expecting 200 runners and the owner brought down 200 ribs, we had salad from the Open Door, and we had Bud Light because it was the Summer Sunset Bud Light series. We had 298 registered people and I ran over to the food place and said, ‘one rib per person, one rib!’ Everyone was blown away because we had a hot rib, salad, and a beer at an evening run.

PRESIDIO: What do you remember most about the first ever Nite Moves?

PRESIDIO: What is your favorite memory over these 25 years?

CLINTON: One of the memories would probably be during the second year, the night of the Painted Cave fire. I was just watching down there that night because I was going to run the San Francisco

Nite Moves Turns 25 Years Old ite Moves celebrated its 25th anniversary last week at Leadbetter Beach Park. Event organizer Jake Clinton spoke with Presidio Sports about the popular run/swim social gathering held once a week during the warm-weather months.

The Santa Barbara YMCA sponsored the “Family Run” that featured over 500 participants.

Event organizer Jake Clinton celebrates the 25th anniversary of Nite Moves.

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Marathon that weekend. We were standing there and there was a little stream of smoke, and then two streams of smoke, and by the time the runners came across the finish line, it was nuclear winter. There was ash everywhere. It was a terrible, terrible night.

PRESIDIO: How has this event evolved over the years?

CLINTON: Well, if you look at the photographs of the original couple of nights, it is virtually all men; you had to really look to find women. Now, it’s lots of women and families. I think that’s the biggest thing. My partner wanted to reach out to elite racers and I saw it as more of a family-oriented, local event. I really expanded the base and this event has kind of evolved into the event where you get people off the couch and come out to experience their first runs. There is a group from Jenny Schatzle tonight where 75% of them are experiencing their first run ever.

PRESIDIO: Where do you see Nite Moves 10 years from now?

CLINTON: I’m going to be an old guy by then! I just see it kind of staying a local event. Hopefully I find a guy, gal, or group that is willing to put in the effort to keep that going, because at some point in time, I’m going to have to hang up my starting gun.

PRESIDIO: When thinking back, what makes you the most proud about Nite Moves?

CLINTON: I think the fact that we have

reached out to so many and that we have so many kids and families here now.

This really is a community-oriented event. We have supported a lot of local non-profits that have helped us out like the Santa Barbara Equestrian Rescue Team, which were the volunteers on the course today.

We have also had a big partnership with Team in Training (TNT) for a long time. I try to reach out to those little local groups in order to keep it a local community event.

PRESIDIO: How has the typical athlete, or competitor, changed?

CLINTON: Well, the swim element was added the second year. The first year was a kayak, but the kayaks just didn’t work – it was a little too cumbersome.

But swimming and the triathlon have evolved into a great training program for those multi-athletes. So that’s an awesome part that has changed.

PRESIDIO: If this were the last Nite Moves ever, how would you like it to be remembered?

CLINTON: A great party, wonderful time, and good weather!

Gauchos fall short at NCAA Regional

By Barry Punzal

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CSB went down battling in its first NCAA Baseball Tournament appearance in 12 years.

Trailing 5-1 in an elimination game

against Texas A&M at the Corvallis Regional, the Gauchos fought back but fell short and lost 5-4 on Sunday.

UCSB finishes the season with a 3525 record in coach Andrew Checketts’ second year. Both losses in its first postseason appearance since 2001 were by one run against BCS schools, Oregon State (3-2) and Texas A&M. “This is tough,” said Gaucho head coach Andrew Checketts. “This team is very close and has worked very hard this year. I’m proud of them and I think there is a bright future, but right now, it’s tough.”

Texas A&M, who UCSB defeated 6-4 on Friday, jumped on Gaucho starter Robby Nesovic in the first inning when Mikey Reynolds led off with a double down the right-field line, moved to third on a Blake Allemand infield single and a UCSB throwing error.

Nesovic got Cole Lankford to ground into a double play, leaving Reynolds at third. But Reynolds eventually scored on an infield single by Hunter Melton.

The Aggies raised their lead to 4-0 in the third when Lankford doubled home two runs and scored when Troy Stein got caught in a rundown between first and second after singling to right field.

The Gaucho offense, held in check

by Aggie starter Rafael Pineda, broke

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through for a run in the sixth. Marc Venning doubled down the left-field line to open the inning and scored on a throwing error by Pineda on Jackson Morrow’s bunt. Morrow tried to steal third but was thrown out.

Texas A&M got the run back and went ahead 5-1 in the seventh. Krey Bratsen doubled to center, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jace Statum.

The Gauchos replaced Nesovic with Domenic Mazza.

Gauchos cut the lead to 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh. Woody Woodward doubled and scored on a single to right by Tyler Kursea. After Newell grounded into a double play, Nesovic was hit by a pitch and Luke Swenson walked.

Texas A&M brought in Kyle Martin to pitch and Venning greeted him with a single to shortstop to load the bases.

Pinch-hitter Joe Winterburn followed with a single to drive in Nesovic and Swenson, making it one-run game.

Jason Jester, the Aggies’ save leader with 13, replaced Martin and got Joey Epperson to pop out to second base for the final out of the inning. Jester allowed only one hit in his 2.1 innings of work to pick up the save and end UCSB’s season.

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The Weekly Capitalist

by Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding publishes The Daily Capitalist, a blog on economics and finance. He is the president of Montecito Analytics, LLC, and is a real estate investor who lives in Montecito.

Is The Middle Class Really Falling Backwards?

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he middle class is going backwards, their standard of living is falling, and wages are declining.

That is wrong. Again you are being lied to by people who have some kind of political agenda to fix the “problem.”

The argument is that at least since the 1970s the middle class has been falling behind because wages have stagnated and, as Robert Reich likes to assert, “the middle class no longer has the buying power to keep the economy going.”

People like Reich, a non-economist who doesn’t understand economics, yearn for this Golden Age vision of the past. He would propose that government solve the “problem” by redistributing wealth through various schemes. He says we should: [R]aise income, inheritance, and capital-gains taxes on the rich, and move the revenue down the income scale in the form of expanding programs such as Medicare and Medicaid or tax breaks such as the earned income tax credit … [and implement a] a ‘wage insurance’ program and a carbon tax …

And then everything would be wonderful. I admit to enjoy picking on Reich because he is the public intellectual face of contemporary Keynesian economics. And he’s wrong on this as in most things economic. The middle class is not going backwards, if you take a deep breath and look at things with a little perspective.

My friends at the wonderful blog Café Hayek, specifically Professor Don Boudreaux, an economist at George Mason University, have just begun a series on this “spectacularly wrong” “Progressive trope.” And they offer data and ideas to back it up.

First, look at the facts about purchasing power of the middle class. Rather than going down since the so-called Golden Age (1950s or 1970s or 1980s; your pick), it has risen substantially. The percentage of disposable income spent

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on what are considered the “basics” (food at home, automobiles, clothing and footwear, household furnishings and equipment, and housing and utilities) has fallen from 53% in 1950 to 32% today.

What does this mean? It means that we have more money to spend on other things, belying the idea that middle class buying power has gone down.

Reich points out that middle class income has stagnated since the 1970s, which on the face of the statement is true. As Boudreaux and his colleague Professor Mark Perry point out, “when adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the average hourly wage of nonsupervisory workers in America has remained about the same…” But, this has been the case at least since the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping this data (1964) and probably before that.

Why is this occurring? Why have such wages been flat over such a long period of time? It’s because there are long-term trends at work.

Boudreaux and Perry point to three trends in America: 1. Fringe benefits taken out of our pay have increased; now it comprises about 31% of our paychecks. This includes “health benefits, pensions, paid leave” and whatever other benefits your employer offers.

2. The Consumer Price Index over time has overestimated inflation. This is the big flaw in the CPI measurement: it doesn’t really account for increases in the quality and variety of goods we buy.

They ask: would you rather have 1980 medical care at 1980 prices or today’s medical care at today’s prices? I’ll pick today’s.

3. “[T]he average hourly wage is held down by the great increase of women and immigrants into the workforce over the past three decades.” If you think this is a bad thing then you are ignoring the fact that many millions of new jobs have been created over this 30-year period.

Does this mean that we are stagnating or that things have gotten worse? No. In fact the middle class is better off than in the Golden Age. Despite the data, our standard of living has gone up, and as shown above, our buying power has increased. Consider some of the following things.

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Today, according to the Census Bureau, our lifespan is 78.3 years. (This number combines male-female, black-white, etc.)

Compare that to 1950 – 68.1; 1960 – 69.9; 1970 – 70.8; 1980 – 73.7; 1990 – 75.4; 2000 – 76.8. Would you rather be living today with an extra ten years or in 1950? It wasn’t so golden back then. Think of our standard of living in relation to our health. In the 1950s cancer was usually a death sentence; today your chances of survival are high.

“The middle class is better off than in the Golden Age. Despite the data, our standard of living has gone up, our buying power has increased.”

Think about what everyone has today versus the 1970s. Not only do we have color TVs, but we have multiple giant digital screen wall panels with a huge variety of programming. Around Santa Barbara, before cable came in we had Channel 3 (KEYT), unless your antenna was fortunate enough to pull in a couple snowy LA stations. Lawrence Welk anyone?

I would guess that almost every reader of the Sentinel has a smart phone. You know, that computer communication device in your pocket or purse that enables you to receive information and messages no matter where you are (unless you live within a cell phone dead zone like me). How many arguments in a bar or at coffee have been settled by instant access to Wikipedia? How many of us have more than one computer,

besides the smart phone? Yes, the iPad counts. Or how about every book in the world you can keep and read on your computer/smart phone/Kindle/iPad? When I was a kid we had one phone in the house and it was party lines, which meant you shared a phone line with unknown others, and if they were using the phone you could listen in but not dial out until they were through, or until you yelled at them to get off the line.

Today you can buy a really good car for $25,000 and it will last and last for a long time. In 1970 the average car cost about the same ($22,222, adjusted for inflation) but they were not nearly as reliable and comfortable as today’s. In other words, cars cost about the same, but are much better equipped and made: cameras, traffic warning lights, onboard computers, much better gas mileage with more horsepower, a/c, a/t, great sound system, etc., etc.

Now this isn’t to say that progress has been a straight line; it hasn’t. Buying power has flattened out since the Great Recession of 2008. But who do we blame for that? As readers here know, you start with the Fed, the ultimate font of our boom-bust economy. They gave us fake wealth by distorting the economy with fake money and then when the bust came, much of the fake wealth disappeared and it left people hurting.

And the Fed is doing it again with yet another fake boom.

The questions that Robert Reich raises may be valid discussion points, but not if they are based on wrong data and wrong ideas. People like Reich are always looking for ways to impose topdown rules to save us from ourselves.

Usually these rules, regulations, and laws backfire and leave us poorer and less free. But the fact is we middle class folks are far better off today than at any time in history.

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...continued from p.7 good people doing good things out there, Mac, I agree. Here’s the question, my friend: Are you one of them?

But enough of that. How about them Bears?

Matthew S. Mazza Berkeley Law (nee Boalt Hall), Class of 2003

Trying Their Hardest?

Dear Matt, your response to Mac started out with some fairly reasonable comments, but at the end you seemed to imply that his situation is his fault and you denied that he is even trying to get out of homelessness. Has it ever occurred to you that some people just run into bad luck? You don’t always end up homeless because you screwed up in one way or another. Let’s face it, the job market really is really bad right now. There are many physically able, intelligent, ethical people who feel oppressed because they can’t find gainful employment. Obviously, one does not automatically get hired just for putting in an application.

We can’t ignore the fact that our country has a real crisis going on. Housing, healthcare, and education costs have gone up at a rate greatly disproportional to wages. The middle class is being wiped out and there is ridiculous income disparity.

It’s all because we have government by the rich for the rich, and both democrats and republicans are responsible for letting it get this way. It’s also no secret that local, state, and federal governments are mishandling funds left and right.

As for the poor and homeless, not everyone deserves a handout, but everyone does deserve a chance to work so they can earn shelter, nutritious food, personal hygiene, and clean clothes for each day of the week. Those in power need to devise a program so that this can materialize. Just imagine if you ended up with no home, car, money, or job and

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all you had was a few changes of clothes that you carry around in a bag. Imagine how hard it would be to get out of that situation the way society is presently. It wouldn’t be impossible, but it would be pretty darn close to it.

I believe Mac and many other homeless are trying their hardest, but they are not being given an opportunity.

Unfortunately, homeless have a long steep battle uphill. I wish them all well.

Edmund A. Geswein Lompoc (Editor’s Note: Thanks for writing, Edmund, it’s a thoughtful letter and I appreciate it. I don’t disagree in the slightest that there is a real crisis going on in America today. I don’t disagree that at least some of our elected officials – the “career Politician”types, especially – haven’t always kept in mind the interests of the poor and marginalized when governing (though they’ll undoubtedly disagree with that). I certainly don’t disagree that ours is a government that works better for the economic elite than the working class guy just trying to make a living. And I do not discount how difficult it is to rise from the streets.

But I don’t think that it’s impossible, either, Edmund. Especially for an articulate and intelligent guy with a degree from Cal. I ain’t buying it.

I went back and re-read my response to Mac last week, and I stand by it. I guess I don’t see the implication that “his situation is his fault;” my point was only that much of his rhetoric doesn’t stand up when read closely.

As for your comments regarding the right to work, well, let’s just say that I doubt very much that Mac agrees. (Remember Albrecht Macht Frie?) Thanks again for writing. – MSM)

A Senior Moment Hi Matt, I turned my mom on to the Sentinel, and she loves it. But she was

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shocked that she never met someone as interesting as you while you lived a few doors down on Mountain Avenue (she’s been on the block you mentioned last week since 1976).

When my brother and I were kids, we knew everyone on the block, but now that she’s there alone she feels invisible. She’s one of the friendliest and most “full-oflife” characters you’ll ever meet (played Polly in the Three Penny Opera for three years Off Broadway, was on the Andy Griffith Show, won Barnaby’s Writing Conference Contest a few years back, is the artist for the annual upper Eastside homes tours, created over-life-sized tile mosaics in her back yard, rode her motorcycle across Europe for five years at the age of 50, just to name a few accomplishments) yet even the kids that grew up across the street don’t bother waving to her when they come to visit their parents.

It’s obvious that younger people in our town ignore older people (unless they need money). But they sure are missing out on some great stories. The Westside is full of people of all ages out and about, the perfect place to get some history without having to (gasp!) open a book.

I don’t know where I get my interest in talking to older people. My friends at La Cumbre Junior High thought I was crazy when I chose the age of 80 for my SBHS English placement test when given the choice. They all chose 16, 18 or 21. I didn’t think of the physical ailments, only the experiences that would be racked up by then. When I meet an elderly person, they are usually shocked that I show any interest in them at all; but once they get going, their stories can be fascinating.

Keep up the good work, but stop and get to know the old timers in your new neighborhood! Could lead to a good story...

Meredith Brace Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Great letter, Meredith, I’m sure your mother and my family waved and exchanged words at least occasionally (although, admittedly, I don’t specifically recall her… maybe I’m having my first Senior Moment!). We were always out, and we Mazzas are nothing if not talkative and friendly to all shapes and sizes (and ages, for the record).

We actually share quite a bit in common, you and me. I too enjoy and appreciate conversations with my elders and find that many are proverbial fountains of knowledge and perspective. (There are exceptions, of course, just like with any group.) My Grandfather, Bill O’Mara, was a terrific friend and confidant before his death, and I still recall his stories and straight forward thinking fondly. In fact, I was at a funeral over the weekend and ran into all sorts of older folks from my past; it was really fun to share old stories about old times and learn a bit from the conversations, even if the context wasn’t exactly joyous.

Keep reading and writing. I appreciate it. – MSM)

Larry the Anarchical Chicken and Potato Farmer Hi Matt, thanks for printing my letter last week (abbreviated though it was). In your comments you state that; “...does that mean we should abolish the IRS completely?

I’d venture to say that such a position leads to some pretty, ah extreme outcomes. Like for instance, the total disintegration of government and a rise of utter anarchy.”

As an attorney you are obviously aware that there is more than one definition of “anarchy.” Doing a quick web search I came up with the following: “Anarchy is commonly associated with chaos and destruction, but in philosophical terms, its adherents advance it as a process of individual and social freedom. Anarchism refers to a variety of ideologies sharing the fundamental belief that the state and all similar forms of governmental authority are unjustified and oppressive and illegitimate and therefore ought to be abolished, with future social and economic cooperation to be carried out only by means of voluntary relationships and consensual agreements under conditions of perfect legal equality.

“Anarchy proposes to do away with all existing forms of government and to organize a society which will exercise all its functions without any controlling or directive authority. It assumes as its basis that every man has a natural right to develop all his powers, satisfy all his passions, and react based upon his instincts. It insists that the individual is the best judge of his own best interests and that by persons acting on their own best interests it will improve general conditions and that people recognize the advantage of justice in economic relations.”

I never thought of myself as being an “anarchist,” but if I am to be labeled as such, the last sentence in the above quote would be what I consider myself aligned with. I’m also decidedly a minimalist when it comes to government. As Thomas Jefferson famously remarked, “The government that governs least governs best.” In fact, one of the first things Jefferson did when he took office was to slash the government in half, and guess what: The sky didn’t fall, the Sun still rose in the East, the Earth still revolved around the Sun and, by and large, life was good. It worked so well that we’ve enjoyed two hundred odd years of unparalleled freedom.

Unfortunately, too many people today equate love of country with love of government, and mistakenly believe criticism of the government is criticism of the country. Of course with American history taking a backseat in our schools to such important topics as sex education etc. (one has to wonder how we managed, since the dawn of time, to get by without

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That’s a lot of chickens, Larry, you’re almost looking at a dozen eggs a day!

Like I said, those potatoes look good. Hey Mr. Greenjeans, see anything Larry should be concerned about?

it) there’s obviously nothing left in the budget.

It’s understandable therefore that young people are completely ignorant of it. I believe it was Edmund Burke that stated, “Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” And Jefferson warned, “A nation that wishes to remain ignorant and free... wants what never was and never will be.”

To set your mind at ease, if (when?) we do finally meet, I promise I will leave my guns at home, as per my mommas warning about taking them to town. And besides, I’m not very fast on the draw and I’m a lousy shot to boot. So you don’t need to worry about wearing your Kevlar.

I thought I’d send you a couple photos to let you know that we may have a lot in common. (I remember reading that you have chickens and like to garden.) This is the first time I’ve tried growing potatoes like this but they are now flowering and seem to be very happy. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Keep up the good work.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: We have more in common than chickens (love them) and gardening (wish I had more time to enjoy it), Larry.

I suppose I should start by saying that I knew full well the formal definition of “anarchy” when I used it in connection with a failed government last week. And while

I don’t believe that the complete and total abolition of government is the right answer (government can and does do some good, after all), a far smaller and more efficient government that impacts personal freedoms and choices less is right up my alley. (No, that doesn’t make me a “conservative.” I actually think it makes me a progressive at this point. But I hate labels. And, again, I digress.) Further, while I’m no historian, I do understand the importance of history and believe that I have a reasonably good idea of where we, as a people and nation, came from. Indeed, my own feeling is that our history teaches us that blind love of government is probably a bad thing. That’s why we have a Constitution and Bill of Rights and checks and balances and all sorts of other governors on our government.

Of course, we, the people, are the ultimate guardians of both our own freedoms and our government’s adherence to the founding principles.

Sometimes I don’t think we’ve done a very good job.

Anyway, Larry, those potatoes look great, my fingers are crossed for you. Maybe we should get together for a little breakfast sometime – I’m thinking fresh eggs with veggies from the garden and some home fried taters, jet black coffee from the stove and thick cut fresh baked bread and homemade butter. Know a good local source for bacon?

Thanks for writing. – MSM)

Endless Summer Hi Matt, thanks for the photo and credit in your last issue. Now officially summer (kind of ), here is a reminder that this season is endless at our coastline, the birthplace of the iconic surfing movie by a similar name. So, though taken in winter at the Cliff House just south of town, here is our “Endless Summer” once again.

Blessed be our home.

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Ron Atwood, Atwood Images Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Nice shot, Ron, I’ve spent quite a bit of time down in that area and know it well. Tough to argue with the climate around these parts. I’d bet that even old Mac McGill and Larry Bond and Meredith Brace’s mother and I could find common ground on that topic. Much appreciated. Peace. – MSM)

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by Rachelle Oldmixon

That’s Just Science, I Guess

Outraged kayak is about to go postal, according to Erin Horowitz.

Congrats to the MiniCon 22, it was a great day and you guys all did a hell of a job. Go celebrate!

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ven without coffee, half the people in a lecture hall at UCSB on Friday, May 31 were vibrating with energy.

The group was composed of second year graduate students from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and, as part of their degree requirements, each and every one of them was required to present their work from the last two years to an audience of their peers and the professors in the department.

The event is called the Psychology Mini Conference (MiniCon, for short), and it is quite a day.

There are twenty-two second year graduate students. Each one of them gives a fifteen-minute presentation. That is a full day of scientific jargon, enough to put even the most seasoned scientists to sleep.

Maybe the aforementioned people should reconsider that coffee.

Maybe not. The truth is that I did not

see a single head bob, or a single professor emeritus nod off. The students in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences are diverse in their research interests, so much so that in the span of two talks, attendees learned about animal models of cocaine addiction and language style matching in romantic couples.

At least one of those topics is scientifically proven to keep you wide awake for hours.

Brains, False Faces and the Significant Power of the Empathetic Male Mind To open the event, Department Chair Dr. Diane Mackie applauded the awardladen graduate students for their hard work over the last two years. She encouraged

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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.

them to savor each moment in graduate school: Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is important. She also mentioned something many in attendance did not know: MiniCon has been a tradition for over 30 years. Each year the third year graduate students, with their memories of last year’s MiniCon fresh in their minds, organize the entire event and offer their support to the nervous wrecks about to present.

Deborah Barany, a student in Dr. Scott Grafton’s lab within the Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience area, set the tone of leaving those nerves behind when she approached the podium for her presentation entitled “Dissociating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Coordinate Reference Frames in the Human Motor Systems.” Deborah used fMRI to examine how the human brain produces coordinated movements. In twelve minutes, she managed to explain how intrinsic factors – those related to which muscles the body is using – and extrinsic factors – those related to external space – are coded separately in the brain’s motor system when we move.

Not a bad start.

From the Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology area, Erin Horowitz, a student in Dr. Tamsin German’s lab, tackled our tendency to anthropomorphize objects containing “false faces.” Anyone who has spent any time on social media has likely come across

a meme or two where an inanimate object looks like it contains a face (electrical outlets, anyone?). Erin noticed that many of these memes focus on the perceived emotion of the object’s false face. Her research found that those false faces make it difficult to focus on the physical aspects of the object and push us in the direction of making those seemingly arbitrary judgments about the object’s emotions.

This, she pointed out, is especially true for people who are more inclined to assign human traits to inanimate objects. All this packaged into a talk perfectly named “Outraged Kayak is Outraged: Minimal Cues to Agency Interfere with Physical Attributes to Objects.”

Not everybody reported his or her expected results. But Lauren Winczewski From Dr. Nancy Collins’ lab in the Social Psychology area took her surprising findings in stride. After all, the most exciting part of science is to find something new.

Lauren began her study investigating empathic accuracy in romantic relationships. She wanted to know what situational and motivational factors facilitate empathy. Because individuals are more empathic when they are asked to take a new perspective, Lauren expected that individuals would be more empathic towards their romantic partners if they were first asked to, essentially, walk in a third individual’s shoes through a written task. Lauren also expected this effect would be mediated by compassionate love, such that those individuals who expressed high levels of compassionate love for their partner would be the most empathic towards that partner.

After finding enough couples who were willing to have an argument on camera, Lauren found that the emphatic primer of thinking about life from a stranger’s perspective did not affect an individual’s empathic accuracy, meaning that he or she was not any better at judging what his or her partner was thinking at any given moment. What Lauren did find, though, is that compassionate love did predict how empathically accurate an individual was.

And that compassionate men tended to be even better than compassionate women at judging their partner’s thoughts.

Personal experience has me a little wary of that finding. But, as Lauren says, “that’s just science, I guess.” (In a related finding, it now appears that men are from Mars… and Venus. I digress.)

The 9 to 5 day was stressful for the presenters (at least until they finished their respective talks), but it was full of inspiration (and free food) for everyone else. Perhaps next year, you will be able to find some time to attend this open event and be inspired by science’s newest generation. You know, listen to next year’s second year students (there are only eleven, not twenty-two), enjoy the free food and maybe even ask a question or two. I know I still have about fifty I wish I had asked.

But that’s just science, I guess.

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The MarBorg facilities: One man’s trash is another man’s recycling opportunity.

by Denna Taherzadeh

A British native bringing her college career at UCSB to a close, Denna is graduating in June 2013 as a Global Studies major and Philosophy and Professional Writing minor. She’s interested in news affairs near and far and hopes to pursue a career in human rights…but only after working incredibly long hours for little pay at the Sentinel, which is her first true professional love. (Thanks Denna, you’re our first true intern love, too.)

A Win For MarBorg Industries and Mother Nature

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t felt like a tour of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory… except with trash instead of chocolate.

Still, it was a wonder.

MarBorg Industries recently opened the doors to its headquarters and facilities to celebrate the fact that it was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certificate – the highest honor for environmentally efficient office and business practices – by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

MarBorg Industries really has made strides to ensure that its waste facility is one of the most environmentally friendly around town. From light efficiency to water waste, it has managed to implement programs and technologies that, for example, decrease water usage by 40% and introduce programs to use 90% sustainably purchased products and foods.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Many came out to congratulate MarBorg for its new accomplishment. The event started with a plaque presentation

by Kenneth Simpson from USBGC’s national office and was followed by words from Mayor Helene Schneider and UCSB Sustainability’s intern, Matthew O’Carroll. Both commented on how MarBorg, as a big-name waste disposal provider, can make a huge environmental impact on a local scale. O’Carroll was the first to thank MarBorg for influencing the UCSB environment (my own personal home and environment) by supporting a “culture of sustainability.”

Yeah that’s right. I’m part of that culture of sustainability.

And I’m proud of it.

It’s the Little Steps Following the award ceremony, there was a tour of the headquarters and facilities, which showcased MarBorg’s changes. The office even includes a public

Matthew O’Carroll from UCSB Sustainability talks of how MarBorg has influenced our UCSB campus while helping Mother Nature.

screen boasting the company’s efficiency and impressively improved carbon footprint.

On the tour, attendees got to see the facility in action. At first, it just looked like a large warehouse covered in a sea of trash (it smelled like one too). But at a closer look, it quickly became clear that the environment and recycling are prioritized. Conveyor belts staffed with workers sorting garbage into categories really show the attention paid to the recycling process.

It also really makes you think about which bin you might put that nasty paper towel or old pizza box into next time you’re faced with the question of recycle or trash.

So, which is it?

Jillian standing her ground and getting ready to ward off the seagulls.

How fitting.

Jillian the Hawk is sent around daily to ward off pesky seagulls from the facilities – this is really a much more environmentally-friendly procedure than using pesticides and chemicals. For

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Yes, that’s right, a hawk is in fact instrumental in helping out Mother Nature.

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while seagulls cause quite the problem by carrying diseases and messing with the trash, the law protects them, and so the seagulls are given an advantage – a prophylactic, if you will – to avoid Jillian and thus any serious harm rather than, well, the alternative (involving certain death, generally). And at the end of the day, everyone’s happy; the workers get to work in peace, Jillian gets to play a game of cat and mouse and the seagulls get away physically unscathed. (It’s unclear whether seagulls are emotionally harmed by the chase. That’s a better question for Rachelle Oldmixon, the Sentinel’s own Mad Scientist.)

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Faces Of Santa Barbara

PUMP IT

by Patricia Clarke

by Jenny Schatzle

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.

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.

Las Marias

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ow stirring it was a few years ago to see the star-clad Santa Maria de Guadalupe included in the 2010 Solstice Parade, her presence blending the greater community’s traditions and beliefs into one grand multicultural celebration.

As a 30-year resident of the Eastside, I’m aware, on a daily basis, of the importance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the neighborhood. Every time I pass by the church’s flower-filled shrine on the corner of Nopal and Montecito Streets, I’m struck by their profound reverence and love for La Virgen. Through the simple act of placing offerings and taking a few moments of silence, the Eastside Latino community has been, over the years, quietly showing me a wonderful example of humility, spirit and grace.

Santa Maria de Guadalupe; Solstice, 2010 I met another lovely Maria recently on that same corner as she offered her wares of candles and flowers to those who had come to pay their respects at the shrine. Yet another example of that Eastside humility, spirit and grace.

Report For Duty

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o here’s another thing I hear quite a bit.

I often invite folks from around town to come on in and try a gen-u-ine Jenny Schatzle Bootcamp class, on me.

The response is often, “But Jenny, I won’t be able to do it,” or, “But Jenny, what if I can’t finish?” or, my own personal favorite, “But Jenny, I’m scared of you!”

Setting aside the fact that all of these responses are fear-based (and you know what I think about fear and its place in your fitness program), let’s look at them from a different angle: First, if you come, you’ll find not only that I am in fact not scary (most of the time, anyway), but instead that I’m positive, motivating and super-fun (always!).

Second, the only way to find out if you can (or cannot) do something is to just do it.

Be careful, you might just surprise yourself.

And third, even if you don’t finish, at the very least you made the effort, gave it a shot and are actually doing something rather than doing nothing. (And you’ll have the Jenny Schatzle community applauding and encouraging you while you do.)

So come try a class. On me. Anytime. Just mention the Sentinel and it’s yours for free.

I bet you’ll like it.

But for those of you out there who will still not take me up on my offer, for the next six weeks I am putting you through Bootcamp right here in the paper. Every week, you’ll find a new Bootcamp-style workout designed to target different muscle groups and get results. And as an extra incentive, I invite everyone to email me (jenny@jennyschatzle. com) that you’re IN and following the workouts. At the end of the six weeks, we will draw a name for my next six-week Bootcamp, free of charge.

What else do I have to do to get you moving, people? Now is the time, and there are no excuses.

See you soon.

Warm-up:

Jumping jacks – 30 seconds Squats – 30 seconds Run in place (kick your butt) – 30 seconds Toe reach (stretch down hands touch feet and hold) – 30 seconds Plank (on your forearms) – 30 seconds Repeat 3 times

Workout:

Maria de las Flores, 2013

This is what we call the Baseline Workout. Do as many repetitions of each movement below as possible for one minute, and record how many you can do in that time. (Make sure to write down any modifications, e.g., knees for push-ups, etc.) Take a 30-second rest between movements.

Body-weight squats (hands behind head, go down 90 degrees) Push-ups (hands wide, get chest as close to ground as possible) Jump lunges (modification is alternating back lunges) Full body sit-ups Shoulder taps Inner thigh squats (legs wide, toes pointed out) Right side hip lifts Left side hip lifts Side lunges Pop-ups When you’ve finished, add together all repetitions so you have one aggregate number. If you’re feeling strong, run through the workout a second time and try to beat your first. Do this as many times as possible during the week and hang onto your best single score. That’s your baseline, and we will revisit it later… trust me.

That’s it. If you have any questions about anything (or you want more or need a little motivation), please feel free to contact me directly at 805.698.6080 or jenny@ jennyschatzle.com. Hope to see you in class soon.

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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Growing sunflowers may help keep the worms out of your peaches. Go figure.

Mr. Greenjeans

by Randy Arnowitz “Mr. Greenjeans,” as he is known around Santa

Barbara, is a gardener, horticulturist and writer. He particularly enjoys working with roses, orchids and sharing the day with his golden retriever Peaches, who faithfully accompanies him in the field. Contact him at greenjeansmr@gmail.com

Get Potted

Dwarf zinnias and perennial lobelia thrive in summer heat in this barrel.

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love Santa Barbara. There’s always something going on. Last week we had wildfires. A few days later we had earthquakes. I wonder if we win something if it starts raining frogs. Regardless of all this, I still love Santa Barbara most because I can grow almost everything here.

Of course, there’s something to be said for tropicals, sub-tropicals, Mediterranean and native plants, herbs, annuals and perennial color in the garden and landscape, but I always like to have a pot or two or three in my garden for trying out new plants or to just have some favorites close by.

Most of the plant material that you can grow directly in the ground can be successfully grown in pots. Many of the same rules apply – within reason, of course – but since the roots in containers cannot wander in search of nutrition and moisture, extra care must be taken in regard to watering and feeding. Plants confined to containers can get hungry and are less forgiving of over or under-watering.

Here’s some thoughts and ideas that I’ve found work for me when growing plants in containers.

Advantages of Container Gardening

• I can move and rearrange them to accommodate the changes of sun exposure. For example, if my lettuce or primroses are getting too much sun as spring approaches I can move them out of afternoon sun and possibly keep them looking good longer.

• To save money and water, growing in pots allows me to easily get the food and water right down to where it’s needed without waste and runoff.

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whatever type of water soluble food I use, I use less of it, but more often than the label suggests.

• When potting up annual color plants such as pansies, calendulas, lobelia and petunias, I pack them into the container tighter than I would when planting them in the garden. That way they look good and lush right away with no large gaps between plants.

• I use the largest pots that fit my space.

I avoid anything smaller than a 15-gallon nursery can. I also avoid unglazed terra cotta as these dry out quickly and often need daily watering in the summer.

This tomato plant is very happy growing in premium potting soil.

• If I have mole and/or gopher issues, they’d be hard pressed to get to my roses if they’re growing in large tubes or boxes • I can take them with me if I have to move. It must be the Hungarian gypsy roots on my mom’s side of the family because I tend to move every three years or so. The landlord calls. The For Sale signs go up. I pack up my garden and my dog and I move.

Further Thoughts on Containers

• I feed my container plants frequently.

Many potting soils don’t have much nutrient value and if they do, before long there’s really nothing much left in there.

Every few waterings I pour some weak fish emulsion through the pots. As a guide,

• Keep in mind that even a drought tolerant plant needs to be kept evenly moist in a container. Just because a ceanothus plant can dry out between waterings when grown in the landscape, in a container its roots are restricted and can’t search for moisture.

• I threw out my moisture meter. I’m not a big fan of these. I have ten of them built right into my hands. These work better than the store-bought ones and they don’t need batteries. I got used to using my fingers to determine when to water.

Tomato in a Bag If I’ve run out of space in my garden but have an odd, sunny corner to fill, this is what I do. I buy a large, 3-cubic bale of Happy Frog Soil Conditioner. I stand the bag on its end and slit open the top end only. I then use the soil conditioner

This variegated wandering Jew (Tradescantia x andersoniana ‘Blushing Bride’) is quite a catch.

somewhere in my garden or save it in a pile for later use. If the bag is going to be located near an existing drip line and I want to wow my friends and neighbors, I will stab a hole in the bottom of the bag and slip a length of 3/8-inch spaghetti drip tubing up through the bottom of the bag with a mini-sprayer at the top end. I then refill the big empty bag with two bags of Fox Farm Ocean Forest Potting Soil. Next, I punch some more holes in the bottom of the bag, stand it on its end and drive a 6or 8-foot stake straight down through it.

I finish up by planting one tomato plant in the top of bag of soil. Lastly, I adjust the mini-irrigation sprayer to be close to the tomato plant and attach the spaghetti tubing to my drip line. I then stand back because that sucker is going to grow like nothing you’ve ever seen.

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ocal gardening coach, landscape architect, blogger and self professed Garden Wise Guy, Billy Goodnick recently published a gardening book called Yards: Turn Any Outdoor Space Into The Garden Of Your Dreams. Using step-bystep, clear examples, Mr. Goodnick explains how to achieve a lowcost, low-maintenance yard that’s environmentally savvy as well as beautiful–a garden space that works for every need. Available locally and at Amazon.com.

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with Mark Léisuré

Mark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way. A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.”

So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

SB Writers Conference is Here

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t’s readily apparent to regular readers of Man About Town that your correspondent has never matriculated at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

(And if he had, you can be damned sure he’d be demanding a lot more filthy lucre than he gets from the upstart publishers of the Sentinel!)

There’s too much actual writing going on during the week to suit a man of leisure.

But that doesn’t mean he fails to take advantage of hearing guest speakers talk about writing during the annual gathering of literati, which began back in 1972, spent years at the late, lamented (and maybe soon-to-be-revived?) Miramar Hotel and now resides comfortably at the Hyatt near East Beach.

This year’s rather impressive lineup features Stephen Chbosky (who wrote and directed the feature film adaptation of his own novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and also wrote the screenplay for the film version of Rent); Elizabeth Berg (Durable Goods and Open House); Jervey Tervalon (Understanding This, director of the Literature for Life Project, a literary/salon magazine); and Santa Barbara’s own Sue Grafton, whose nearlycompleted bestselling “Alphabet” murder mystery series is published in more than 25 languages.

Closing out the series is Thomas McGuane, whose work dates back to The Sporting Club in 1969 and Ninety-Two in the Shade in 1973 and the screenplay for The Missouri Breaks in 1976, and more recently consists of terrific stories for The New Yorker and other magazines. If you’ve never read any of his stuff, you’re really missing out on one of America’s great literary voices, a true master of the language.

The good news? His way with words extends beyond the written page. You can hear for yourself when McGuane speaks on Wednesday night, where, he says, he’ll talk about whatever Barnaby Conrad III asks him.

Expect some dialogue about the trends in literary writing and publishing, where McGuane expresses surprising optimism.

“I have a very strong comic instinct, which I try to suppress, or at least turn it into dry humor,” he explains. “But for a long time, the world of literary fiction was so gloomy, nothing very funny at all. I compared to having Irritable Bowel Syndrome as a literary style. But writers are coming along now who have much more of a sense of humanity… We lived for a long

time under the age of Styron, Mailer, Doctorow, etc. – almost all male writers of very long and dark books. We’re into something a little bit edgier and more interesting, at least to me.

“But it’s delusional. Because nobody is making any money.”

McGuane – who spends most of his non-writing time fly fishing and working with horses on his ranch in Montana – also has some advice for budding writers who find themselves getting distracted whenever they contemplate anything longer than a paragraph.

“It’s concentration. I don’t always have it. I had ADHD myself, although they didn’t call it that then, but I repeated a grade in school… One of the pleasures of fly-fishing and riding horses is that it does seem to help you overcome. It slows the clock down and reduces your impulses to jump to something else. You can’t rush up to an untrained horse in a jittery state of mind. You’ve got to wind down, get steady and smooth and stay on message, otherwise the horse isn’t going to go along with your plan.

“It’s the same thing in writing.”

It’s not too late to register for the full conference if you’re into that sort of thing.

Otherwise, just show up a few minutes early for the speakers and pay at the door.

Info online at www.sbwriters.com, or call 568-1516.

Revel-ry begins Again, it’s too much work for Mr. Leisure, but if you want to be a part of Christmas Revels this December, auditions are going on right now. The final two sessions for adults take place 6-8pm Monday and Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 3869 State Street. Call 565-9357.

Tops in Pops Cheap Trick and Pat Benatar make for a nifty trip down memory lane circa 1980 as the power pop band and early female rocker play the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday. Just thinking about hearing “I Want You to Want Me,” “Love is a Battlefield,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Heartbreaker,” “Surrender,” “Promises In the Dark” and “We Belong” makes me want to put on some tight jeans, find a big-haired girl and start jumping up and down. But I think I’ll just sit here and think about it some more instead.

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What Happens In Vegas Sometimes Doesn’t Stay in Vegas Retailers Strut Their Stuff At ICSC; Will Santa Barbara Follow Strong National Trend?

If these walls could talk…

to the casual observer it would seem the national retail market has bounced back in a major way. And that may be.

But Santa Barbara’s retail market does not always follow the direction of national trends to the tee, as historically we have not seen the same dramatic upward and downward swings as the national market. One thing is clear, though: the

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t was a veritable Who’s Who of the world’s retail industry at the recent annual International Council of Shopping Centers convention (ICSC) in Las Vegas. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was thus also a gathering of many of commercial real estate’s key players with several of the country’s largest property owners and brokerage firms under one roof.

The vibe was electric – yes, retailers and realtors can in fact generate a little electricity, even if not quite as much as, say, CES – with over 32,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors looking to make connections (and real estate deals).

Retailers at the convention ranged in size from small companies like Yogurtland to giants such as McDonald’s, Starbucks and Walmart, all of whom were cutting deals to expand their franchises as quickly as possible by taking advantage of the recovering economy. Even many municipalities got in on the action, effectively marketing their communities to attract national developers and retailers.

It was a unique opportunity to see first hand how new towns are shaped by local politicians and bureaucrats handpicking retailers at conventions like this.

It also reminded us how lucky we are to be in a place like Santa Barbara.

More Big Retail Coming to Santa Barbara?

Based on the excitement of the crowds and the amount of money many retailers likely spent creating over-the-top booths,

Realtors and retailers: Can you feel the electric vibe?

continued economic recovery we are seeing in Santa Barbara is not just a local phenomenon.

So where is retail headed and what does this mean for Santa Barbara?

Retailer confidence in general appears to be strong at the moment, so look for vacancy rates in Santa Barbara to continue downward. Of course, as we recently reported in our 1st Quarter 2013 market report, the local retail commercial landscape remains very tight with an extremely low 1.7% vacancy rate and asking rates continuing upward.

Santa Barbara will certainly continue to attract Mom-and-Pop and boutique shops, though options for retail space less than 2,000 square feet remain extremely difficult to come by. But you shouldn’t be surprised if we see some of the more aggressive national chains testing the local market as they continue to look for ways to expand their toehold beyond larger urban areas.

We won’t be. Especially after what we saw in Vegas.

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ue to personal obligations, I didn’t get around to After Earth on its opening weekend; my decision was a blessing in disguise, based on the movie’s godforsaken word-of-mouth. Despite my respect for Will Smith, its trailer’s flights of fancy didn’t capture my fancy. I would be more excited about the new comedy The Internship if I hadn’t seen various trailers for it the past few months; it’s possible I’ve memorized its dialogue more than leading man Vince Vaughn has.

In the meantime, here is what’s up my sleeve: Now You See Me director Louis Leterrier injects the story with such an overdose of propulsion, the picture never stops moving. (You could point out that is why it’s called a movie.)

From the opening frame, it doesn’t let up – and neither does the overbearing score, which needed to make like a rabbit and disappear. Right off the blocks, viewers are shuttled from one illusionist to another, the camera acting like a whirling Dervish, as music punctures our ears. The assault on our senses is similar to that of a magician throwing knives at his assistant while she stands against the wall.

In turn, there’s no denying See Me captures our attention with visual bursts that include piranha, money falling like confetti and a climactic car crash that doesn’t involve who you think. But those flashes are fleeting. Although the filmmakers take care not to linger or drag out most sequences, they’re often too quick for their own good. Leterrier seems so intent to dazzle us and explain the tricks up his sleeve, one wonders if any shots were left on the cutting-room floor.

Our spotlighted rogue magicians – Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher – join forces after receiving invitations from a mysterious figure wearing a hoodie. They’re soon dubbed The Four Horsemen, who mystify fans in Las Vegas. It may not be fair to suggest magic acts are implausible, but I’m doing it anyway: Creating the illusion that a bank in Paris is being “robbed” by a spectator who was on stage in Nevada just seconds earlier is for the birds. On the case are Mark Ruffalo and Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), who act as shady as the crime they’re investigating.

To be fair, the Horsemen’s initial prank is credibly executed, though it’s nothing compared to ensuing stunts, one of which dupes a millionaire (Michael Caine) into thinking his bank account is being distributed among audience members. At that point, ladies and gentlemen, it’s clear the story has entered a science-fiction realm: Because our characters know magic, virtually anything goes, and we’re led to believe the condescending explanations of a semi-retired mythbuster (Morgan Freeman).

Amid all the cool sleight of hand, Laurent supplies much-needed warmth. Eisenberg, as he deftly showed in The Social Network, has a knack for the quickest and quirkiest of deliveries; the actor has genius comedic timing. Harrelson essentially plays his goofy self, Ruffalo is Ruffalo, and Fisher – last seen going through the motions in The Great Gatsby – doesn’t linger in your memory afterward; she has lost her spark since The Wedding Crashers. Lucky for us, Freeman returns to form after looking oblivious in Oblivion earlier this year.

Now You See Me manages to balance showing and telling, though it traffics heavily in finances; greed, our performers evidently believe, is good. And as The Four Horsemen would attest, there’s safety in numbers.

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Plan B

by Briana Westmacott Hailing from NorCal, Briana has lived in Santa Bar-

bara for the past fifteen years. While she is indeed an adjunct faculty member at SBCC and has contributed to LOVEmikana, Wake & Wander and Entrée Magazine, much of her time is spent multi-tasking her way through days as a mother, wife, sister, wantto-be chef and travel junky. Writing is an outlet that ensures mental stability… usually.

Troop 50382

The Brownies proudly perched on their trusty Sit-Upons.

Troop 50382, post-yellow jacket catastrophe and pre-sewage situation. Happy times!

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om, can I be a Brownie?”

My seven-year old daughter Elliana propositioned at the beginning of her second grade year at Washington Elementary.

“Honey, you know that being a Brownie has no direct connection to eating brownies, right?” I had to clarify this since Elli is a chocolate lover and could thus easily be misled by the title of the group.

As she continued on with her pleading, now completely aware that there was more to this than baking, I began to panic. I’m not a Girl Scout mom! I can’t be a Girl Scout mom. I don’t get excited when I see the cute little cookie pushers in front of our local grocery stores. In fact, I cringe.

Unconventional Uniforms Admittedly, I tried quite hard to dissuade Elliana from joining the Brownies. But my daughter insisted and before I could fully comprehend what I was getting into, I was ironing the number badges for Troop 50382 onto a little brown vest.

Wouldn’t you know it, all of my daughter’s numbers fell off that vest within a week. (Another reason why I should not be a Girl Scout mom – I got a “C” in sewing class for goodness sake.) Elliana wore that vest all year, even without the proper markings, and she participated in some amazing activities with her troop.

And some of the most important gifts that a girl can receive were bestowed upon her by the end of the year. My perception of the Girl Scout Foundation (and sewer systems – I’ll elaborate on that later) is forever changed.

I was uneducated about Girl Scouts and I’m going to blame that on my hippie parents (my kids will inevitably do this to

me, I’m sure). I grew up one of four sisters and not one of us was a Girl Scout or a Brownie or anything like it. I suppose we were too busy learning how to meditate and belly dance to sell cookies around the sticks. My family did not follow many codes of conduct and my childhood “uniform” would make most Brownies blush.

Brownie Business Troop 50382 sold cookies (of course) but we did so much more. These Brownies went holiday caroling for residents at the Shifco Center, they baked bread at Duo Catering’s kitchen, cleaned up Leadbetter Beach, and they even hosted a talent show. The talent show was one of Elliana’s favorite memories from her year as a Brownie. All the Girl Scout troops from Washington Elementary got together (with the major work and coaching and love from our amazing troop leader, Linda Meyer, who deserves a medal for all that she did!) and put on a talent show fundraiser for one of our kindergarteners, Gwendolyn Strong. The Girl Scouts sang and danced and hula hooped and performed skits for hours to raise over $3,000 for the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation. It was something to see.

Camping Out… Together This leads me to the culmination of the Brownie year: The Campout. An email went out asking moms to volunteer to sleep over in the tents with the girls for a night. I ignored it. (That’s bad, I know.

I’m just being honest here, but we have a big troop and I figured there was another mom who would find more pleasure

in this activity than me.) The Brownies got their check-off lists of supplies. They crafted their “Sit-Upons,” a brilliant idea, that simply put is a decorated five-gallon bucket into which the girls must fit all their necessities. (This proved even more brilliant later when girls were looking for jackets or flashlights or toothbrushes and conveniently they were often sitting upon all their needs and wants.)

As we were getting all the gear and supplies ready for The Campout, Elli announced, “I can’t sleepover without you, Mom.” Uh-oh, this was trouble.

Elliana hasn’t done a ton of sleeping over at friends’ houses (she’s only seven).

I did a bunch of persuading and coercing.

She wouldn’t budge. We even did a “trial” at one of Elli’s good friend’s house before the campout. I got a call at 9pm to pick her up. There just was no getting around this.

If Elli was camping, so was I. As the date for the overnight approached, I obsessed about borrowing an RV or maybe just one of those pop-up trailers. My husband shattered my dreams every time I mentioned the comfort props and informed me that I had to set an example and sleep with all the other girls.

He was right. (Why does he always have to be right?)

Bees Eat Brownies…

Troop 50382 was fortunate enough to have a connection (thanks Tara Ford) to a private ranch in Goleta called the Raintree Ranch. There, nestled within 200 acres of

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he folks at Duo Catering and Events were overly kind to donate their lovely kitchen for Troop 50382 to bake bread and earn their cooking badge. Duo also donated their space for a fundraiser earlier in the year to support the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation. We applaud you, Duo, for all that you do! Duo’s food is delicious and their beautiful, urban setting is something to check out for sure. www.duoevents.com/ home

rolling hills, we had our campout.

Within the first 30 minutes on site, we had a slight catastrophe. Three Brownies were bitten by yellow jackets and fear continued to swarm Troop 50382 for hours. I’m pretty sure all twenty-four girls thought they were going to get eaten by bees. They all proceeded to put on all the layers of clothes they had packed (think parkas and gloves and socks and sweats and beanies and hoodies, etc.).

This, of course, led to lots of sweat in the 75-degree weather.

It became slightly comical (after the tears had dried) and we coined the joke: What do bees like to eat? Brownies!

…and Brownies Backup Sewers We hiked and explored and did some crafts and played in the tents.

But before long we had another slight hiccup in our camping expedition. It turns out the Raintree Ranch guest quarters could not sustain all the flushing that comes along with 24 girls and 7 moms (I really don’t know what toilet could take that many flushes).

Luckily we made it to the morning before the one and only potty called it quits. And when it did, it was not pretty. Fortunately, we had a firefighter dad, Jon Ford, who graciously came to our rescue. Jon took care of cleaning up the Brownie business. (You deserve a badge for that task, Jon!) But beyond some bee bites and a bit of, ah, fecal matter, the rest of the campout went off without a hitch. Under a full May moon, Troop 50382 gained priceless skills and knowledge that are impossible to acquire without firsthand experience. They sang and danced and hiked and held hands. They missed their mommies, but only for fleeting moments, and then they moved on – on their own. They held their heads high and leaned on a neighboring shoulder when it deemed necessary.

Yep, those Brownies came home with an independence and sense of pride that they will forever be able to sit-upon. And I have no doubt that many members of Troop 50382 will one day say, “I learned how to dig a hole and squat in the woods at my Brownie campout in second grade.”

Is there an iron-on Brownie badge for that?

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weekend guide

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• LOVE IS FREE What: Things That Turn You Brain To Mush Where: Contemporary Arts Forum, 653 Paseo Nuevo When: Friday and Saturday, 11am – 5pm; Sunday, noon – 5pm Why: It’s a no-brainer. This exhibit explores themes of dehumanization, love, hate, singularity and superhumanizing in the art form of the computer animated GIF. How: Get your brain moving.

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by Sarah Dodge

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emorial Day is in the bag, friends, and you know what that means. It’s unofficially summer, the temperatures (and our moves) are heating up, and we need some new tunes on our playlist to help us rise to the occasion. We’re adding these tracks to our hot list and, believe us, we seriously have the hots for these songs.

So push play, listen up, repeat. And get out there, it’s summertime!

What’ll It Cost Me: Admission is free.

• LOOSE CHANGE What: DIY your Afternoon Where: Goleta Public Library, 500 North Fairview Avenue When: Saturday, June 8, 3:30 – 4:30pm Why: Learn how to make your own colorful paper pomanders.

How: Bring two Styrofoam balls of any size up to 5” diameter and a box of corsage pins. GPL will supply everything else. Adults only.

“Stompa”

By Serena Ryder

“On Top of The World”

By Imagine Dragon

“A Little Party Never Killed Nobody”

What’ll It Cost Me: Free to attend. Supplies will cost you.

By Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock

“Can’t Hold Us”

By Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton

• HEY BIG SPENDER

“Get Lucky”

What: Brew Out Where: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, the Funk Zone When: Saturday, June 8, 1pm – 4pm Why: The Buellton brewery officially opened its doors for business last weekend. Welcome it to Santa Barbara by having a brew or two.

How: FIGure it out. Stagecoach Stout? Wrangler Wheat? Why not try them both!

By Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams

“Recover”

By CHVRCHES

“Anything Could Happen”

By Ellie Goulding

What’ll It Cost Me: How thirsty are you?

“Back to Black”

By Beyonce featuring Andre 3000

To listen to the whole playlist visit www.lovemikana.com.

STYLE FILE Cut it Out!

By Briana Westmacott r rather… Cut it off! It’s shorts weather, folks, and the birds at LOVEmikana are here to give you step-by-step directions to convert some of your old jeans into your new favorite shorts. Let’s get snipping: 1. Choose a pair of jeans you haven’t worn in a while (the looser in the leg, the better for the fit once you cut them off).

2. Measure 16 inches from the waist to the leg and mark a line with a piece of chalk. Fold over and do the same on the backside.

3. Take your sharpest scissors (kitchen shears work really well) and carefully cut off those pant legs – yay, summer is here!

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4. Fold your new shorts over two times at the bottom and slip them on. If you like them a bit shorter, repeat the process one inch at a time until they are the perfect fit.

You can also cut them and then wash for a fringed look.

5. Now get your derrière and those new shorts outside and enjoy the fruits of summer!

WINE & DINE

Crowning Achievements

By Eve Sommer-Belin ho’s the best? The cream of the crop, the tip of the top? That’s what Night Out has set out to find out with their Crown the Town event series where Santa Barbara businesses compete for the best margarita, for example, as was last month’s competition.

This Saturday is the Bloody Mary Edition.

Your $30 ticket purchase gains you entry to 4 handpicked downtown locations already known for having some of the best of said item in town. Enjoy each special Bloody Mary at each location and it’s all up to you, the locals, to vote for your favorite. Be part of crowning the best of the best in Santa Barbara! Go to www.nightout.com/events/ctt-bloodymary to buy your tickets.

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REAL ESTATE

1816 Chino 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

Santa Barbara’s Westside

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he Westside of Santa Barbara can mistakenly be considered anything west of State Street, but actually it is the area west of the 101 from Las Positas below Bel Air Knolls and the Mesa and North of West Carrillo Blvd. (At least as we realtors see it.) The neighborhood has a long rich history and was actually the first neighborhood of Santa Barbara to be formed by Anglos rather than Hispanics.

In 1850 the United States annexed California to the Union and at that time the Westside was nothing but marsh land toward the beach and open grazing land further north. One of the neighborhood’s earliest historical mentions came in 1793 when Captain George Vancouver, a British explorer-scientist who was circumnavigating the globe, anchored off West Beach and was given permission for his cook to chop firewood from the Mesa oak groves and refill his water tanks from a seep at the base of the Mesa bluffs near Pershing Park.

Today the Westside is one of Santa Barbara’s most densely populated neighborhoods and is steadily blanketed with development. It’s also conveniently close to downtown and reachable with a nice stroll or bike ride.

Since we are in the neighborhood, here are a couple good deals in or around the Westside that are worth a look.

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

1924 Bath Street B

Purchase price: $695,000 Down payment (10%): $69,500 Loan amount: $625,500 Payment: $2,982 (30-yr fixed 3.99% (4.01% APR))

Property taxes: $637 Home & Mortgage Insurance: $340

Total Monthly Payment: $3,959

109 West Junipero Street

Purchase price: $575,000 Down payment (10%): $57,500 Loan amount: $517,500 Payment: $2,467 (30-yr fixed 3.99% (4.01% APR))

Property taxes: $527 Home & Mortgage Insurance: $295

Total Monthly Payment: $3,289 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.

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.

Purchase price: $889,000 Down payment (20%): $177,800 Loan amount: $711,200 Payment: $3,391 (30-yr fixed 3.99% (4.01% APR))

Property taxes: $814 Home Insurance: $80

Total Monthly Payment: $4,285

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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 #109 12-5pm $855,000 0bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #212 12-5pm $2,500,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #304 12-5pm $1,350,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 316 West Ortega 1-4pm $995,000 3bd/2.5ba Camille Rutherford 705-5525 Village Properties 1924 Bath Street #B 1-4pm $575,000 2bd/2ba Ron Madden 284-4170 Village Properties 2209 Vista Del Campo 2-5pm $1,150,000 5bd/2ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties 350 Chapala St #208 3-5pm $829,000 1bd/2ba Jean Sedar 637-7848 Coldwell Banker 16 East Padre Street #9 2-4pm $685,000 2bd/2ba Ann Zafiratos 448-4317 Prudential California Realty 306 East Anapamu Street 1-4pm $599,990 2bd/1ba Joan Katz 895-6695 Prudential California Realty 236 Por La Mar Circle

By Appt. $595,000 1bd/1ba John Sirois 455-6277 Village Properties

15 East Islay Street # B 2-4pm $784,800 2bd/1ba Nick Svensson 895-2957 Sotheby’s International Realty 1219 Laguna Street 2-4pm $1,050,000 3bd/1.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sotheby’s International Realty 34 E. Padre Street 2-4pm $2,195,000 5bd/3ba Grubb Campbell Group 294-2890 Village Properties 2012 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,395,000 4bd/3ba Angela Moloney 451-1553 Prudential California Realty 601 E Micheltorena Street #85 1-3pm $995,000 3bd/2ba Ken Switzer 680-4622 Prudential California Realty 515 E Islay St #D 2-4pm $850,000 2bd/2.5ba Marguerite Taylor 705-0957 Coldwell Banker

1141 Nirvana Road 1-4pm $1,675,000 4bd/3.5ba Tim Dahl 886-2211 Prudential California Realty 1043 Portesuello Avenue 1-5pm $1,195,000 4bd/2ba Gabe Venturelli 680-5141 Prudential California Realty

2509 Calle Montilla 1-4pm $1,349,000 4bd/3ba Debbie Kort 368-4479 Coldwell Banker 1409 Shoreline Drive 1-5pm $5,000,000 4bd/4ba Gene Archambault 455-1190 Sun Coast Real Estate 1111 Manitou Road 2-4pm $839,000 2bd/1.5ba Tiffany Dore & Catherine O’Neill 886-7760 Sotheby’s International Realty 1210 Shoreline Drive 1-4pm $2,750,000 3bd/2.5ba Scott Williams 451-9300 Prudential California Realty 245 San Nicolas Avenue 2-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/3ba Paul Hurst 680-8216 Prudential California Realty

4650 Via Roblada 2-4pm $4,450,000 4bd/6ba Cara Gamberdella 680-3826 Village Properties 1151 Estrella Drive 1-4pm $3,450,000 4bd/3.5ba John Gough 455-1420 Prudential California Realty 4400 Shadow Hills Circle # B 2-4pm $895,000 2bd/2ba Pamela Taylor 895-6541 Sotheby’s International Realty

1620 Grand Avenue

By Appt. $2,695,000 5bd/4.5ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties 1805 Grand Avenue 2-4pm $845,000 2bd/2ba Fal Oliver 680-6524 Sotheby’s International Realty 1734 Franceschi Road 1-4pm $2,499,000 4bd/4ba Jake Ralston 455-9600 Prudential California Realty 1300 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,895,000 4bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Prudential California Realty 1120 North Milpas Street 1-3pm $1,815,000 3bd/2ba Bunny DeLorie 570-9181 Prudential California Realty

857 Cheltenham Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/2ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty 404 Los Robles Lane 2-4pm $1,400,000 3bd/2.5ba Alexis Foth 448-6350 Prudential California Realty

3021 Hermosa Road 2-4pm $1,545,000 3bd/3ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty 304 Samarkand Drive 2-4pm $859,000 2bd/1.5ba Joy Bean 895-1422 Sotheby’s International Realty 325 East Alamar Avenue 2-4pm $1,195,000 4bd/3ba Rich van Seenus 689-2674 Sotheby’s International Realty 2948 Ventura Drive 1-3pm $649,000 3bd/1ba Kevin Schmidtchen 689-6877 Sotheby’s International Realty 2944 Verde Vista Drive #A 2-4pm $950,000 4bd/2ba Isaac Garrett 729-1143 Prudential California Realty 3639 San Remo Drive #36

By Appt. $525,000 2bd/2ba Rose Van Schaik 452-2051 Prudential California Realty 15 Francisco Drive 1-4pm $1,595,000 3bd/3ba Susan Jordano 680-9060 Village Properties

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NOTAbLE OCEANfRONT ESTATE | WEb: 0592563 | $32,000,000 Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876, Nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442

PEPPER LANE | WEb: 0113695 | $7,500,000 Suzanne Perkins 805.895.2138

OCEAN vIEW SHOWCASE | WEb: 0592554 | $4,675,000 Nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442, Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876

TARGETED TECHNOLOGY Innovative tools. Powerful online presence. Global connectivity.

GRAND mONTECITO mANOR | WEb: 0632099 | $2,295,000 Sandy Lipowski 805.403.3844, Adam McKaig 805.452.6884

mONTECITO CASA | WEb: 0632100 | $1,950,000 Dave Kent 805.969.2149

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