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MAZZA’S MISSIVE

by Matt Mazza

Mood Lighting the Buddha

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was late. Almost really late.

It was a warm afternoon, sunny, and a breeze kicked up seemingly out of nowhere as I hurried down the 3200 block of State Street, past the Uptown Lounge (cocktail, anyone?) and Brummis (schnitzel wiener, anyone?), directly across from MacKenzie Park (a little lawn bowling perhaps?) I was rushing to a meeting with Architectural and Landscape Lighting Wizard-cumSan Roque Shopkeeper Christian Fiech at his new store, Buddha’s Garden, and had a dinner planned with my family and visiting father-in-law in just over an hour, so there wasn’t much room for error. I’d just noticed that the battery in my camera was dangerously low. I had only five or six pages left on my trusty yellow notepad and an ancient pen from under the passenger seat in the Volvo that was clearly ready to quit on me midconversation.

My iPhone buzzed incessantly in my pocket.

I was stressed. A lot.

It had just been one of those days.

Lots of fires in the law practice, looming deadlines, questions from writers, meetings with potential advertisers, wife calling and telling me she and the kids were coming home early from the beach (!) and would be at the restaurant early, etcetera.

The smell of incense on the breeze hit me gently, and I looked up to see Christian sweeping the entry way of his shop. He smiled warmly, stopped working as I approached, stuck out his hand and welcomed me inside.

I found myself suddenly disoriented.

Gorgeous Eastern tradition deities and antiques crafted of stone and wood surrounded me, incense burned in the corner. Music, nothing familiar, played quietly. I acclimated for a moment, took in the place. I breathed the incense deeply.

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And I exhaled.

I relaxed; the day melted away.

Christian spoke, playfully.

“Do you notice something different in here, Matt?”

I’d been in once before to meet Christian and check out his shop. It was interesting to me, Christian was interesting to me, and so I’d decided to come back and talk with him about a story.

“Yeah, um…” I looked around.

Everything seemed much as I remembered it, but there was a distinct difference I

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couldn’t place my finger on. “Did you move those walls back? Create more space?”

“No.” Smiling. Mischievous.

“Did you sell a large piece already? The place looks…bigger, I think.”

“Look up,” he instructed, gaze on me, finger pointed toward the heavens.

I did. And I saw a ceiling.

The puzzled expression on my face prompted him to let me in on the secret.

“It’s the lighting, Matt, I installed it yesterday. My experience is that welldesigned lighting is felt, but not always seen. That’s one of the things I love so much about it, and it’s why I spent the past twenty-six years studying the art and science of architectural lighting and design.”

Wow. Beautifully curated Buddhas and Ganeshas and the “art and science of architectural lighting and design?”

I knew I was going to be late to dinner.

Christian Has A (Moon) Lighting Fetish Christian is an interesting guy.

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Mazza’s Missive – Editor-in-Chief Matt Mazza returns to the cover after quite a hiatus, this

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enver’s Take – Local lawyer Michael Denver responds to Matt’s request a couple weeks ago D for an op-ed piece on elder abuse issues. His focus is on financial abuse, and it’s well-worth the read. (Thanks, Mike, really timely; this fraudulent behavior needs to stop.)

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I t’s Crime Time – An unlicensed boxing match in City Lot 11 (“So that’s the kind of fight it’s gonna be”… anybody know the related movie in which Brad Pitt utters those words?); happy drunks, murderous ghosts, Crime Time Kids Puzzler and hungry drunks like chicken and beer.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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L etters to the Editor – Misconceived misconceptions of shopping local; more on bad conservatorships; more on homelessness; John Lennon; Larry’s an avid reader (for an anarchist, anyway); and Matt’s a gluttonous boozer with a terrific physique (what gives?). Etcetera.

time covering illumination master Christian Fiech and his new shop in San Roque, Buddha’s Garden. He also misses dinner with his wife and kids and father-in-law. What a jerk.

The Dish – Wendy Jenson hits Andersen’s Danish Bakery & Restaurant, which has been in P.8 Santa Barbara for some forty years. If you haven’t been lately, it’s really time to go back; the food looks and sounds delicious.

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E ight Days A Week – Hang on a second, are there seven or eight days in a week? Forget it, who cares… there’s so much going on this week that you’d better hope for eight. Check out Jeremy Harbin’s calendar-thingy to get a glimpse.

Santa Barbara View – Although it’s posed as a question in Sharon Byrne’s title this week, we’ll P.12 say it here as an affirmative factual statement: Urban Street Art Is A Solution to Vandalism in Santa Barbara (nicely done, Sharon, as usual); Loretta Redd takes on panhandling and actually suggests concrete solutions (imagine that, terrific piece); Ray Estrada hates sugar, but likes students and women. (Hmmm, maybe we should rephrase that. Nah.)

he Mindful Word – Diana Raab is back, this time Honoring Fathers (both her own and recently P.14 Tdeceased local poet Kurt Brown). This one’s worth the read, we bet it will get you thinking. the Intern – Irina Vinarskiy went to the Alhecama Theatre and saw Ensemble’s P.20 Irina production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and she liked it. (For the record, we

know that EIC Matt and his wife Wendi also went last week for Martini Night and had a blast.

So did Mark Léisuré. You’d better get your behind to the Alhecama, quick, before the final curtain drops this weekend.)

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an About Town – The illusive Mr. Leisure patiently endures lots of “whining from oldtimers” M before the Live Oak Music Festival but ultimately digs the show. He’s also pretty pumped – in a casual sort of way – for Solstice.

ad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon risks her life by sitting down with Lars Moen, the kickboxing, P.23 Mcontrol-engineering cyborg exchange student from Norway. Does she live? (Spoiler alert: She had to be alive to write her column so, yes, she did live.)

residio Sports – DP pitching powerhouse Gabe Speier signs a pro contract with the P.24 PBoston Red Sox (congrats, Gabe, that’s a big deal); All-City Baseball; and Frances Chase-

Dunn reviews the Addaday Ultra Roller in this week’s running product review. (A few Sentinel contributors had a great time at the Foresters’ game last week, and thoroughly enjoyed the beating bestowed upon the Bakersfield Sound. Thanks for the invite, Presidio!)

It – Jenny Schatzle orders you to follow through this week. Better listen.

P.26 Pump Faces of Santa Barbara – Patricia Clarke brings us a few Solstice Stalwarts. (Great shots, Patricia, thanks.)

It Reel – Man of Steel could have been great, but the cast and crew “blow it all to hell.”

P.27 K(Iseepin’ that another religious reference to Superman?) And This Is The End is lame. Straight up.

B – Briana Westmacott graduates from preschool! Congratulations, Briana, we knew P.28 Pyoulancould do it. (Oh wait, Preschool Pomp and Circumstance is about your kid? Maybe we should rephrase. Nah.)

OVEmikana – Two features this week: First, Be Active scribe Courtney Dietz writes that P.29 LMelanie Elkin of Yoga’licious guides you to “establish and sustain a healthy and fulfilling relationship with your body, your food and your entire life.” And then Wine & Dine contributor Eve Sommer-Belin brings us booze. Some really great booze. Weekend Guide too!

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by Attorney Michael Denver of the Hollister & Brace law firm in Santa Barbara.

Financial Elder Abuse

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he May 31 edition of the Sentinel (Vol. 2, Issue 21) contained a letter addressing elder issues, and requested responses from readers with knowledge in this area.

Pursuant to that request, I would like to address financial elder abuse, a topic which should be of concern to many elders and their loved ones in this community.

The simplest way to address and illustrate some the many issues presented by financial elder abuse is to share a couple of experiences from my law practice. Client names have, of course, been changed.

The first experience concerns my client, let’s call her “Martha,” a recent widow in her eighties who had become depressed and forgetful. One afternoon, an antique dealer whom Martha had known for years stopped by Martha’s home. The dealer knew of Martha’s weakened condition and also knew Martha possessed certain valuable antiques.

He requested Martha to sell him two particular pieces for $50,000. Fortunately, Martha’s adult daughter happened by at that time and she explained to the dealer that it was not a good time, Martha was to be left alone and if the family decided to sell, they would reach out after an appraisal was done. A couple of days later, Martha’s daughter stopped by again and was dismayed to see the two antiques were gone and a $50,000 check was on the kitchen counter. She immediately contacted the dealer who refused to return the antiques saying, “Martha is an adult, she is not under conservatorship and she agreed to sell.”

Martha’s daughter contacted me and laid out what had occurred. She also presented information demonstrating the antiques that the dealer had “purchased” for $50,000 were likely worth several times that amount.

Unfortunately, this is a typical scenario. Elders are often taken advantage of financially.

In recognition of that sad reality, California has enacted laws within the Welfare and Institutions Code to protect elders from what is termed “financial elder abuse.” In general, the laws will protect an elder (someone over 65) who has transferred money or property to someone who knew or should have known that the transfer was likely to

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be harmful to the elder. In Martha’s case, because the dealer no doubt knew or should have known the antiques were worth far more than what he paid, Martha had a case, but there were other issues to be considered before moving forward.

First, if a lawsuit was filed, a central part of it would necessarily be about Martha’s weakened condition, a topic about which Martha would no doubt feel self-conscious.

That self-consciousness would present difficulties in the legal case because part of the dealer’s defense would be to demonstrate that Martha was of sound mind, something Martha would naturally want to agree with – after all, who wants to admit, in a public forum, that they are getting older and may need help? One way to lessen that ramification is to have the court appoint a “guardian ad litem,” or someone to watch out for Martha’s interests in the litigation. While that tactic would not keep Martha’s situation out of the court file entirely, it would at least allow someone other than Martha to deal with the day-to-day aspects of the case which, hopefully, would reduce Martha’s stress and anxiety.

“California has enacted laws within the Welfare and Institutions Code to protect elders from what is termed “financial elder abuse.””

After weighing the emotional strain of pursuing the claim, on the one hand, against the financial loss and the anger at the dealer for taking advantage of Martha, on the other, the family decided to move forward and try to get the antiques returned.

Fortunately, the case was a success. We were able to recover the antiques without anyone forcing Martha to publicly expose her condition. The story even has a happy ending. A few months ago the family did decide to sell the two antiques and they sold at auction for over $500,000.

Briefly, I would also like to share a second case involving my client “John,” who, in his late eighties was approached by a family “friend” who convinced him to sign over a good portion of his life savings into a real estate investment. The “friend” assured John the money would be safe and he even had lawyers and CPAs to help with the mountains ...continued p.11

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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.

Unsanctioned International Boxing Match in City Lot 11 Leads to South American Drug Bust

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ust after 2am early one morning last week, two men – one 26 years old, hailing from London, England and weighing in at 190lbs with a 66-inch reach, the other twenty-two years old, out of Rio, Brazil and coming it at 187lbs with a 68-inch reach – squared off in City Lot 11 in an unlicensed boxing match (that likely involved a totally unreasonable amount of pre-fight drinking). After they’d beaten the piss out of each other for awhile, SBPD arrived and made appropriate arrests. Then they found cocaine on the Brazilian. He’s since been unofficially banned from unsanctioned international boxing for using performance enhancing drugs that work only briefly and then actually diminish performance. Or something like that.

Hungry Alcoholic Who Lives On the Streets Attempts to Steal Chicken and Beer Because He’s A Hungry Alcoholic Who Lives On the Streets And Likes Chicken And Beer A 37-year-old homeless alcoholic was hungry and needed beer. So he entered a local grocery store and attempted to steal some chicken and a six-pack by hiding them in his bag and walking out right around dinner time one night last week. He didn’t get far.

When asked by officers whether he entered the store with the intent to steal, he replied, “I’m a hungry alcoholic who lives on the streets.” When asked why he’d selected chicken and beer, he replied, “I’m a hungry alcoholic who lives on the streets.” Finally, when asked whether he’d attempt to steal again, he replied, “I’m a hungry alcoholic who lives on the streets.”

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“Double.”

-An intoxicated 63-year-old Santa Barbara woman to SBPD at Cottage Hospital in response to a question about her then-present vision. It is unclear but her answer may have also applied to the size of her last cocktail.

Massive Manhunt for Local Knife-Wielding Apparitions Who Forced Man to Steal Wallet on State Street A 21-year-old Santa Barbarian reached into another man’s back pocket and removed his wallet just as the latter was walking into a State Street bank. Not surprisingly, the victim felt something going on, spun around, and gave chase, finally catching the young perp with the help of a local security guard. Exasperated and scared for his life, the youth told officers that he’d been ordered at knifepoint by “two adult white males” to steal the wallet, and threatened that he’d be in “a world of pain” if he refused. Witness interviews and surveillance videos from nearby shops revealed nothing of the two men’s identities, so SBPD immediately called in US Marshal Sam Gerard and launched a full scale manhunt for two adult male ghosts with knives, neither of whom has been found to date.

Non-Shoplifter Arrested for Trespassing and an Old Warrant A local grocer called SBPD to report a case of theft one afternoon last week, but when SBPD arrived they quickly determined that the 63-year-old suspect had never actually taken anything out of the store and thus had done nothing wrong. Determined, however, the shopkeeper signed a citizen’s arrest form based on an allegation of trespassing.

Officers then detained the man, ran his identification, and found that he had some outstanding warrant. So they arrested him.

We advise not going grocery shopping. Ever.

Isla Vista Man Prefers Bench to Del Playa Apartment An incredibly intoxicated 23-year-old Isla Vista man was found passed out on a bench in Paseo Nuevo one night last week. “It’s better than my place on Del Playa,” he was overheard slurring to officers, “roomier.”

Jovial Drunk Makes Friends At Cottage Hospital Cottage Hospital workers found a new friend one night last weekend in a 33-yearold Santa Barbara man who had been picked up by SBPD downtown, drunk out of his mind. Upon being admitted, he screamed at Cottage staff, “[Expletive] you and your mothers!” and other similarly hilarious things. “We love dealing with drunks and druggies,” a nurse whispered to the Sentinel, “they come in without insurance all the time. They really treat us so well; it’s why many of us went to school for this job in the first place.”

All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down… Apparently A 21-year-old Santa Barbara woman was seen by SBPD “urinating in public and exposing herself downtown,” while “falling forward multiple times.” (Into her urine?

Classy.) Officers tried to do the right thing and get her home safely, but none of her “friends” would pick up their cell phones or respond to texts to come pick her up. They must have all been in bed quietly asleep. Or passed out on benches or vomiting and urinating in some other alley. Kids these days.

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Passed Out on State Street Sidewalk Pants Unzipped, Can’t Stand Up Vomiting in Milpas Bushes

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Letters

Although you might not believe it, we actually want to hear from you. So if you have something you think we should know about or you see something we've said that you think is cretinous (or perspicacious, to be fair), then let us know. There's no limit on words or subject matter, so go ahead and let it rip to: Santa Barbara Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, 133 East De La Guerra Street, No. 182, Santa Barbara, California 93101. You can also leap into the 21st century and email us at letters@santabarbarasentinel.com.

A Misconceived Misconception of Shopping Local

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ey Matt, although I am saddened by the closing of The Travel Store, I don’t agree with owner Jan Koch’s thinking in The Misconception of Shopping Local & The Demise of The Travel Store (Vol. 2, Issue 23). Mr. Koch quotes that “...around 16% of total retail consumption was transacted online in 2012.” Well, doesn’t that mean that 84% was transacted by people going into stores? And wouldn’t this mean that any wise retailer would start to focus some of his promotions to capture that market?

Mr. Koch also states that “...local retail is kaput.” I don’t think that statement could be any further from the truth. Take a walk down State Street and see for yourself.

On every block there are local businesses flourishing. Michael McDonald’s Valhalla Elite Training Center in the 1100 block, Loren Manser’s Gino’s Pizza on Figueroa, Jim Cadenhead’s Cranky’s Bikes in the 1000 block, Erica Dahl’s Savvy on State in the 900 block, Scott Stanley’s Esau’s Cafe on Chapala, Yvan Morin’s Pacific Crepes on Anacapa, Wendy Foster’s on

State and many more. Maybe a move to a more visible location would have helped.

There are plenty of vacant store fronts on State that I’m sure landlords would have been willing to negotiate for retail space to have an established business. His letter brought to mind an old saying my Grandfather would use every time one of us kids would complain about how hard things were: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!” He ends by saying that “the concept of ‘local shopping’ seems to have gone bad.” I don’t think so. I shop local every day and I think a lot of your readers do, too. Mr. Koch, I wish you the best of luck in the future and thank you for all you’ve done for Santa Barbara in the past, but our future’s so bright that I’m wearing shades!

Iver Petersen Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Thanks for writing, Iver, I can’t say I disagree. In fact, I raised a similar point in my response last week. With that said, however, I don’t think that there is much controversy that small(ish) retail in SB

is tough these days. That brings to mind an old saying my Mother used frequently when I was a kid: “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!” Let’s hope that some of those tough go shopping locally. We sure do encourage it here at the Sentinel and are frankly thrilled to both be a local business and support other local businesses. Thanks for a positive letter with a bright outlook, Iver, I’m glad for it. And I too am wearing shades– MSM)

Conservatorship in Santa Barbara Regarding the elder abuse issues recently raised in the Sentinel, I appreciate Editor Matt Mazza supporting people’s personal freedoms and inalienable rights. We can’t even grow older anymore and live in dignity. Too many older persons are put under conservatorship, and have their human rights stripped away. Great concern is expressed for their welfare, particularly when they happen to have money.

I know a man named Jack (changed for privacy reasons). Five years ago, he was put under conservatorship because he was a binge drinker. A professional conservator was hired. It was a conservatorship of the estate – in other words, the money – that was established. No conservatorship of the person was created. Prior to that he gave his girlfriend, Jill (also changed), power of attorney over his health if he ever became incapacitated. At the time, an attorney

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testified he was competent to make that decision.

He was given medications by his doctor, some for dementia, others to pacify him.

He refused to take them, which is his right. (He has a history of being antidrugs, except for alcohol.) Were his wishes honored? No. Since he wouldn’t take the drugs, they’ve been put in his food.

Some are antipsychotic medications like Saroquel, which the FDA does not approve for patients with dementia. The FDA gives its most dire “black box” warning for these drugs, which have serious side effects and can significantly shorten an older person’s life (for more information go to California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform at www.canhr.org).

Jack’s had a hard time. It’s documented that he was given some medications (opiates) intended for another patient by mistake. As a result, he became comatose, and did a stretch at Cottage Hospital.

Then he was sent back to the board and care facility he lived in, in which he had a cold bedroom with no heater. On May 27, 2013, Memorial Day, he had a serious fall, and landed back in the hospital again.

Could the medications have led to his falling and a decline in health?

Despite the conservator of the estate having no legal authority over Jack’s health, she has taken it upon herself and even told hospital representatives and ...continued p.15

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Andersen’s al fresco dining affords premium people watching.

Filet of fresh Local Sole is served on an herbed potato cake with vegetables julienne, lemon sauvignon blanc sauce and fruit chutney; $20.95.

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ndersen’s Danish Bakery & Restaurant has been the go-to place for pastry and dessert in Santa Barbara for 40 years. It’s worth knowing that the La Arcada restaurant also serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Skål (“cheers” in Danish)!

Danish duo Birte and Charlotte Andersen are the mother-daughter coowners. Alfred Andersen (husband and father, respectively) was the original konditormeister or pastry chef of highest qualifications. As an apprentice in Odense, Denmark for four years, Alfred was educated in all things food. In the afternoons, the students were required to study Chemistry. Says Birte, “Chefs have to know things like: there are six kinds of flour and their differences.” Each type is used for specific purposes to yield the finest finished product.

Alfred had many konditorier (bakeries) in Copenhagen in the ’50s and ’60s.

Alfred and Birte, an architect in Denmark, opened Andersen’s bakery on Milpas Street in Santa Barbara in 1976.

A move to the current downtown location occurred two years later. A talented artist, Alfred’s oil paintings fill the restaurant to delightful effect. Since Alfred passed in 1994, Birte and Charlotte have been in charge of the kitchen and the business.

Blue-eyed daughter Charlotte grew up in the restaurant, starting work at age 12.

An ideas person, Charlotte is the future of Andersen’s, overseeing marketing

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Chocolate Chocolate Charlotte has a hint of orange and marzipan and chocolate hunks; $7.95/ piece and $42.95 for the cake.

and events including the orchestration of decadent dessert bars for weddings and celebrations. Once perfected, her kale salad with tiger prawns, feta cheese, mango and ginger reduction and quinoa will be added to the menu; $14.95.

Like her father, Charlotte loves painting landscapes and classic cars.

Let’s start with dessert, as it’s so fresh and delectable. Birte has gone to great lengths to procure pure organic cream. “I’ve been working with cream since Gordum den

Gainle,” she says, using a common Danish expression referring to the first King of Denmark who died circa 958. Based on the unique qualities of the cream, Birte alters the recipes like a chemist. Chocolate Chocolate Charlotte cake is surprisingly light and airy with a hint of orange and marzipan and chocolate chunks; $7.95 per piece and $42.95 for the whole shebang. “We use three tons of marzipan (almond paste) per year,” says Birte. Sarah Bernhardt – not Sandra Bernard – is a scrumptious dessert that’s a cross between a cookie and a cake; $6.95 each. Delish.

Fittingly, an entire section of the breakfast menu is devoted to “Sweetness.”

Buttery Crepes are stuffed with ricotta cream and topped with seasonal berries in a raspberry glaze; $12.50. Croissant French Toast is a house-made croissant infused with cinnamon and vanilla, and served with seasonal berries, raspberry sauce, maple syrup and whipped cream; $12.95.

Another section is entitled “Benedicts” which are served on puff pastry. Choose from Eggs Benedict Napoleons (topped with Danish ham, poached eggs, and Hollandaise), $13.95; Crab Cake Eggs Benedict, $16.95; Turkey Benedict, $13.95; and Smoked Scottish Salmon Benedict, $15.95. A Viking-size Mimosa is $8.95 for one or two for $12.00, encouraging the consumption of more than one! Lighter breakfast fare includes the Schatzle, egg whites scrambled with

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Smoked Scottish Salmon combined with creamy Havarti cheese, onion and capers on house made baker’s toast, served with dill sauce and your choice of eggs; $15.95.

Fresh Berries Cheesecake is light and fluffy with vanilla and butter cookie crust, and a raspberry merlot reduction; $8.95 per piece and $59.95 for the cake.

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thirty pounds of chicken liver every two weeks,” says Birte, who is clearly on top of her kitchen. Yellow, rather than green, peas are used in Andersen’s split pea soup; a big bowl with baguettes is $6.95.

“They’re not as harsh,” says Birte.

Dinner is fairly priced and many of the dishes are complicated. Roast tender Leg of Lamb is served with zinfandel demi glaze, garlic whipped potatoes, garden vegetables and citrus mint sauce; $19.95.

There are several sauces on the menu, among them Béarnaise and Hollandaise.

An expansion in 2011 created the LiseLotte room, formerly Blue Bee. The Upstairs Yellow Room holds 25 and boasts a piano. The Downstairs Yellow Room accommodates 45. Another option is the Pink Party Loft, which holds 45.

Andersen’s is located at 1106 State Street near the Ficus Roxburghii tree (native to India) at Figueroa Street; 805-9625085; AndersensSantaBarbara.com. Open Monday thru Thursday from 8:00am to 9:00pm; Friday and Saturday from 8:00am to 10:00 pm; and Sunday from 8:00am to 9:00 pm. High Tea is served daily from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Tiers include a scone, slice of apple strudel, two small sandwiches, strawberries, a petit four and a small cream pastry; $26.95 per person.

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

turkey, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, garlic, mozzarella cheese and served with tomatoes and fresh fruit; $13.50.

Andersen’s beckons to diners out on the town in search of traditional dishes not found elsewhere. Pickled Herring is served with shaved onions, capers, house

made dill sauce, and pumpernickel; $10.95. “Normally, you don’t get whole filets but we use a whole herring filet,” says Birte. “And we pickle our own herring.”

The Chicken Liver Paté is creamy and mild and served with pickled cucumbers and red cabbage; $9.95. “We go through

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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 June 21

– Solstice Begins

It’s finally here: The Summer Solstice Celebration begins this afternoon with music and merriment in Alameda Park (1400 Santa Barbara Street). To help you get ready for tomorrow’s parade, the festival in the park will have music, food, drink, art and more. Local flautist Vince Chafin kicks off the main stage music with five minutes of his spiritual stylings; an eclectic line-up of acts follow until tonight’s headliner TROPO goes on at 8pm. TROPO plays the kind of atmospheric laptop-driven electro-jam you might hear at one of the big summer music festivals.

– Boards, BBQ and a Jackass

If the free-spirited eccentricity of Solstice isn’t your thing, maybe some food and skateboarding will get you out of the house. The Church of Skatan (26 East Gutierrez Street) hosts a barbeque today from noon to 5pm. Be sure to bring your Jackass 3D deluxe edition box set and a sharpie; Jason “Wee Man” Acuna from the popular daredevil/dumb-ass franchise will be there to sign autographs.

• Saturday June 22

– Summer Solstice Parade

With its theme of “Creatures,” the Summer Solstice Parade works its way from Cota and State to Alameda Park today starting at noon. Participants will flaunt their homemade floats and costumes as they walk, pedal, skip and dance up State Street. These wonderful weirdos will start to arrive at the park, where the festivities will continue, around 1pm – just in time for you to catch the David Courtenay Band on the main stage. Courtenay’s a local yoga instructor and strummer of sunny folk tunes, two areas his students might tell you are not mutually exclusive. Today’s performance comes on the heels of the release of his latest album, Unravel. See if he might have a copy with him today; if not, ask about the official CD release show on July 5th at Carr Winery.

• Sunday June 23

– At Least It’s Not THAT Creed The Solstice festivities continue today with more at Alameda Park. Investigate the vendor booths, engage the representatives from local non-profits, or hang out with your kids in the children’s area.

And the music continues on the main stage: Prog-pop duo The Away Team start at 1:30pm and Creed Bratton and the Rubbermen close the festival at 5pm. Creed Bratton was a member of ‘60s group The Grass Roots; he’s more recently known for his role in the television show The Office.

– Gangster at the Grill

If, by chance, you’re all Solsticed-out by today, there’s some family fun at the Padaro Beach Grill (3765 Santa Claus Lane). Local musician Spencer the Gardener knows how to get the adults to dance the night away, but he also knows a thing or two about keeping the little ones entertained. He’ll don his Organic Gangster pseudonym this afternoon and play children’s songs from noon to 4pm. So grab an outdoor table and something with avocado on it, lean back and enjoy originals like “Don’t Eat Genetically Modified Foods.” Sounds like solid advice for all ages.

• Monday June 24

– Baritone and Piano

The baritone star Vladimir Chernov, who is known across the globe and has graced its most prestigious stages, will appear at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall (1070 Fairway

Road) tonight at 8pm. He’ll be joined by pianist Warren Jones. Together, they will perform selections from Tchaikovsky, Donizetti, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Glinka, and others. Tickets are $50; call 805.969.8787 to purchase. See more information at www.musicacademy.org.

• Tuesday June 25

– For a Rainy Day

I hear it all the time: “I need a new approach for understanding sediment flows.” Finally, a solution to this all-too-common complaint comes in the form of Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Turning Water Scarcity into Water Abundance. Tonight at the Santa Barbara Central Library’s Faulkner Gallery at 7:30pm, he’ll discuss the seriously beneficial practice of rainwater harvesting and sign the second edition of his interesting and instructional book. 40 East Anapamu Street; $5 donation; 805.962.2571 for more information.

• Wednesday June 26

– Oh, Schat!

Jenny Schatzle – who writes a fitness column for this very publication and is responsible for its editor becoming half the man he once was – is intense. How intense is she? Well, I’ve only met her once, but I think I lost weight just from her handshake. You can get motivated

by Jenny at today’s National Association of Women Business Owners luncheon, where she and three of her peers will speak. Mikki Reilly, owner of Fitness Transform, will talk Paleo; Chanda Fetter, owner of IM=X Pilates Studio will discuss her life as a master trainer; and Teri Coffee McDuffie will speak about her experience starting the Coastal Self Defense Academy, a non-profit that serves those without access to self defense classes. Montecito Country Club (920 Summit Road); 11:30am; $40; more information at www.nawbo-sb.com.

• Thursday June 27

– Bank on Students

MoveOn.org has organized the Bank on Students Day of Action, an effort to send the message to congress that they don’t want student loan interest rates to double on July 1st. Across the country today, participants will meet outside of banks and congressional offices to stand together in hope that congress will not pass the proposal. The Santa Barbara event is called the Grandparent Powered Rally, but anyone compelled to join in – grandparent or not – should meet at 10am in front of Citi Bank and Chase Bank at the intersection of State Street and Hitchcock Way.

• Friday June 28

– Bullfrog Blues

It’s never been my aim to tear away whatever the newspaper equivalent of the fourth wall is, to shatter my dear readers’ suspended disbelief with the unromantic mechanics of this column, but here it goes: This thing’s driven largely by press releases. (I know. I’m sorry.) What’s more, some of these releases are more robust than others. So when I tell you about the Bullfrog Blues Band’s free gig at Roundin’ Third (7398 Calle Real, Goleta) tonight at 9pm, for example, sometimes that’s just all the information I have – especially when the band doesn’t have a web presence beyond some youtubes that reveal a gritty blues-rock group fit for soundtracking a night of beer or whiskey intake.

(Let this serve as a reminder that you, too, can send in your skeletal calendar item for coverage. See the email address at the top of the column.)

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...continued from p.5 of paperwork John needed to sign. John signed all the documents, which anyone with a brain knew John could not read (because he could not see), and the money changed hands. Thereafter, John’s family discovered that the money was gone. They subsequently discovered it had been “invested” in a real estate deal that collapsed in recent years.

The family approached me and I explained (as I did in Martha’s case) that John had a case, but there were sensitive issues to be considered including the impact of forcing John to face the fact that he may not be competent to conduct his own affairs. As in the case of Martha, John’s family decided to pursue the case which was resolved favorably for John and his family. However, it was not easy and the strain did take a toll on John.

There are three main lessons we should all take away from these examples of financial elder abuse, which, unfortunately is an all too common occurrence here in Santa Barbara.

First, families and friends need to stick together and watch out for our elders. Second, we must recognize that getting older is a natural occurrence. Ignoring the aging process will not stop it. In fact, ignoring it will lead to problems. The righteous and brave thing to do is to face the tough and emotional decisions that sometimes must be made to protect an elder. Third and finally, if an elder is financially abused, remember that there are special laws in California that can be used to correct the situation.

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Milpas on the Move

Sharon Byrne

by Sharon Byrne

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here was a picture of 403 De La Vina Street after it had been vandalized published in a News-Press article in 2003.

Nine years later, here is a shot of that same wall after its latest bout of vandalism.

Salvation Army Hospitality House cleaning up 403 De La Vina.

Some things never change.

Why does this same wall get vandalized repeatedly, generating expense and hassle for the owner, and despair for the surrounding community?

A boy was murdered on this block in February of 2009. That wall was splattered right before he was stabbed to death.

It is ground zero. There’s a pattern: Eastsiders vandalize the wall, marking territory in a Westside neighborhood.

Then Westsiders vandalize over it, in retaliation. The turf war scuffles start, and then violence erupts, either here, or on the Eastside.

We paint over vandalism quickly in this neighborhood. We know what it brings.

But you don’t have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one. We did a huge march in 2009 to protest the violence here. We started a neighborhood watch. Mayor Schneider pushed for streetlights, one right in front of that same wall.

The good news: crime is way down.

The bad news: that wall remained the site of repeated vandalism.

In August, we called Laura Inks, who organizes the mural paintings at State and Mason, a successful ongoing graffitireduction street art project.

Laura put together a talented team of reformed taggers, and they spent the weekend painting 403 De La Vina with street art in a palette of Santa Barbara sunsets. The neighborhood threw a spontaneous BBQ to support them as they worked late into the night.

In September, the Salvation Army Hospitality House hosted a cleanup in the

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The crew putting up the mural.

Urban Street Art as a Solution to Vandalism in Santa Barbara?

Walls repeatedly vandalized just get repeatedly painted over.

What’s wrong with allowing some street art to be painted on them instead?

neighborhood. The team asked to have their picture taken in front of the wall. A former blight zone had become a source of neighborhood pride.

Since August, that wall has been free of vandalism.

But no good deed goes unpunished.

We received notice of a complaint for “non-standard wall color.” The neighbors have to appear before the Architectural Board of Review to request that the wall be permitted to be a standing canvas for ongoing urban art murals. We’re talking to the Visual Arts and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School and the

Franklin Neighborhood Center Arts Alliance to take on painting new murals there at least annually. Urban street art needs to be kept fresh.

The arts community has been very supportive of this concept.

However, I suspect the ABR is not really equipped to understand how urban art can be used to combat serious public safety issues. It’s far outside their normal area of concern. We’re expected to follow their usual bureaucratic process: submit paint chips, designs for all the murals that we might ever paint, etc. They’ll probably want us to resubmit repeatedly so they can

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

weigh in on each mural and color combo possibility.

We’re a working class neighborhood.

There are no resources here for repeat hearings. We just want a mechanism that permits use of a proven tool to abate vandalism. We’ll throw artists a BBQ, but we’re not deep-pocketed developers.

We’re just a neighborhood struggling to stay safe.

Urban art murals don’t conform to the currently mandated style of adobe white walls, but vandals sure don’t bother complying with those standards. White walls are an open invitation for their scrawls. They don’t pay fines and clean it up either. We do.

This area is not on the tourist path, and you’re not likely to spend any time here, or even drive through unless you live here.

So the only ones likely to ever see it are the neighbors.

What’s wrong with letting us have control of what goes up on our walls?

Look at the wall across from Santa Barbara Junior High. It used to host a mural, but that was painted over. Now it too gets repeatedly vandalized, so we just paint it over annually in the Big Eastside cleanup.

Imagine the community warming potential that would be possible over a youth arts painting project there instead.

I like the vibrancy of the mural in my neighborhood, the one at Franklin, and those in the Funk Zone. They liven up the area, and replace blight. But I also know the Preserve Santa Barbara types are likely shuddering at the thought of sanctioned street art in our city. I shudder at being forced to return a blank canvas to vandals to strike repeatedly.

Are we ready, as a city, to have a conversation about the role urban art murals could play in reducing vandalism and violence?

I’ll find out Monday.

More Giving = Less Helping

by Loretta Redd

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n a News-Press article, Scott Steepleton interviewed four City Council members, all of whom expressed exasperation with the increase in panhandling on our streets. Even the cuddly Grant House was quoted as saying, “Threatening behaviors... often perpetrated by people who are neither homeless nor down and

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

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out, are inappropriate and harmful to all involved as well as to our city’s reputation.”

Bravo. Now, what do you intend to do about it?

We may have greater police presence on State Street, and a restorative policing program, but the cops cannot do it alone. While Councilman Rowse points out, “much of this unsavory activity is disturbing, but not always in violation of the law,” that’s where the political will seems to end.

Other organizational leaders wring their hands, or turn their heads.

Mr. Lombardi of the Downtown Organization can’t see any solution beyond the police, and apparently, neither can the Chamber of Commerce nor the Greater Santa Barbara Lodging and Restaurant Association.

But I’ve found a place where denial and defeatism aren’t the default answers. The city of Atlanta, Georgia dared to not only address the issue of panhandling head-on, but has been bold enough to solicit the assistance of residents and visitors alike.

In a program called “Change that Makes Sense,” they have enacted a threetiered strategy including: (1) stepped up enforcement by public and private security forces, (2) public education, and (3) redirected giving.

Atlanta officials acknowledged that panhandlers and “street drunks” were making downtown an unsavory, if not dangerous, place for conventioneers and tourists. The problem was also identified in a poll as the primary reason residents rarely ventured into the urban core.

In our own little tile-roof town of Spanish make-believe, we’re afraid that admitting we have a problem will cause tourists to suddenly become aware of the very drunks and panhandlers they’ve just been harassed by. Believe me, whether they came by car or cruise ship from London or Lompoc, tourists know when they are being targeted.

Atlanta’s Council felt no apology for facing the problem head-on; they recognized that rather than denying someone’s “civil rights” they were actually saving lives. Santa Barbara can do the same if residents, store managers and organizations would agree to a new direction.

Most people, both local and visitors, sincerely want to help and feel guilty when they don’t. So why not follow the Atlanta model, and install “giving meters” on sidewalks, or on private property if owners are willing, where the

money could be collected and transferred to programs of transitional housing or intensive professional service to assist those addicted to substances?

If every commercial space was willing to put a sign in their window, asking the public to help by not offering cash directly to the panhandlers, it would go a long way toward shoring up the will of those being accosted.

Lastly, use the cable, city websites and local papers for a Public Service ad campaign reminding people of the Santa Barbara “Change for Change” program, and how to contribute to various groups.

Then ask the participation of all of the hotels and motels by placing literature in the rooms, or at the very least, at the registration and concierge desks.

If we truly care about the people on the street, as we profess to do, then it is time to face the harm we are doing by giving money to those unable to use it wisely. Atlanta policy advisor Debi Starnes offered this honest and obvious assessment, “Giving cash to panhandlers is simply not a productive act of charity.”

I don’t pretend to have all the answers...

I just know that what we are currently doing isn’t working very well. This isn’t meant to address homelessness or those with complex psychological problems. In fact, Councilman Hotchkiss observed, “Generally, these are people who choose to live on the streets.” This program would be designed to dry up the cash flow that makes Santa Barbara a magnet for panhandlers, period.

In the same article, Councilman House declared, “Downtown is a safe and wonderful place to bring our families for cultural events, historic resources, shopping and dining, and for entertainment, day or night.” Perhaps that makes a nice visitors bureau slogan, but it is far from the truth.

Is there the political or community will to make this happen... or does anyone have a better idea?

As for artificial sweeteners, the nutritionist said, “They are poison.”

Costello said she’s not the first wellness coach to rail against the processed food industry, which loads products up not only with sugar, but with fat and salt as well. She said that’s the main reason type 2 diabetes and obesity are rampant.

“Sugar is an addictive substance,” Costello said. According to her, its molecular structure is akin to cocaine and heroin, and women have an emotional attachment to sugar, Costello said, but added, “I can’t speak for men.” She said sugar has such a strong effect on most people because as children they were rewarded with sweets for good behavior.

Students Big Winners at Annual Awards Dinner Westmont College received the excellence in service award at the annual South Coast Business and Technology Awards on June 13 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort & Hotel.

Sonos was named company of the year, Joanne Funari was executive of the year while Barbara Rosenbaum was given the entrepreneur of the year award and Larry Barels received the Pioneer Award.

More than 700 people honored the award winners for demonstrating “extraordinary commitment to the economic vitality of the south coast of

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

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Santa Barbara.” During the last 19 years, the event has raised nearly $1.5 million for scholarships given to local students studying business and technology at Westmont, Santa Barbara City College and UC Santa Barbara.

Women’s Business Events Coming Up “Fitness... A Secret to Success,” is the title of a June 26 panel presentation from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Montecito Country Club, sponsored by the Santa Barbara chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Down the road, a March 8, 2014 date has been set for the annual International Women’s Festival.

And an April 5, 2014 date has been set for the second Women’s Community Business Network Expo at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.

Business Beat

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Nutritionist Kicks Sugar, Processed Foods

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omparing sugar to dangerous narcotics, a South-Coast based nutritionist told a Montecito audience the best way to eat healthy is to shun processed food and stick with a plant-based diet to detoxify.

Businesswoman Melissa Costello, founder of the company Karma Chow, told the crowd at Tecolote Book Shop on June 14 it takes at least three days to cleanse sugar’s toxins out of the body.

Raw carrots, squash and tubers are best for detox, she said. “It’s important to eat within one hour of waking,” Costello said.

She suggested eating berries these days since they are in season and are “nature’s candy.”

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THE MINDFUL WORD

by Diana M. Raab

An award-winning memoirist, essayist, blogger and poet living in Santa Barbara, Diana’s been writing ever since she received her first pen more than fifty years ago. She is the author of eight books and numerous articles and poems. Her passions include journaling and inspiring others to write. She’s a regular blogger for the Huffington Post and her website is: www.dianaraab.com.

Honoring Fathers

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ince I honored mothers last month, it would be only fitting to honor fathers this month. Given how close I was to my late father, Father’s Day is difficult for me. Admittedly, although my mother is still alive, I felt orphaned on that rainy New York evening in 1991 when my father passed away. He and I had a deep spiritual connection, and even though his passing did not come as a surprise, it was devastating and I still miss him. Born in Koeningsburg, Germany in 1921, my father Edward Marquise was a Holocaust survivor, and a happy-go-lucky man. He cherished life and those he loved. One of his favorite sayings was, “Live and let live.”

He was non-judgmental, had a positive attitude and loved making people laugh.

Everyone who met him loved him. My father was a toy salesman and I had every toy sample imaginable, including an extensive Barbie and Ken collection.

After I married and had kids of my own, my father continued his tradition

of bestowing toys on my children. He was one of those grandfathers who would get down on the floor and play with my kids. One day while driving to work, my father started to cough up blood. He was petrified. He stopped at a red light and tossed his pack of Kool cigarettes out of the window. That night he was admitted to the hospital with a collapsed lung. My father moved on from that episode, but his lungs never recovered. At the age of 65, he was diagnosed with emphysema and died six years later.

Close to the end, my mother phoned suggesting we visit. As we were living far away at the time, we immediately booked flights to New York. My eldest daughter was seven and very attentive to his care, handing him tissues to catch the lung remnants of 50 years of cigarette smoking. My middle daughter who was five, stood petrified in the corner. My son was too young to understand what was happening. Looking back, I realize how intense and painful that hospital

scene was.

During our visit, in his muchweakened voice, my father reiterated that he believed in quality, not quantity of life. We sensed that he was going to die. In addition to not looking well, he became very honest and philosophical and made some end-of-life comments.

Dad passed on the evening of our arrival. Somehow he was able to wait for us to arrive to say goodbye. We were all at his bedside as I stroked the greasy

“The promises made on deathbeds are meant to be taken seriously.”

hair on his recessed hairline exposing his prominent forehead. He looked peaceful and I sensed his relief of no longer needing tubes to live. He often reminded me to appreciate the moment, because he said in life we never know what the next moment will bring. Before my father’s passing, we made him a few promises.

First, that we would always take care of his grandchildren and second that we promised to focus on celebrating his life, instead of the mourning of it. The promises made on deathbeds are meant to be taken seriously. Every day I hear him whispering these words to me, “Live each day as if it were your last.”

Father’s Day is a day to celebrate all fathers, alive and deceased – their wisdom, love and support. This Father’s Day, Santa Barbara lost a wonderful father, poet and friend, Kurt Brown, who died unexpectedly in the early hours of

what was supposed to be his celebratory day. I always thought he would be a great man to get to know better.

Thanks to local poet Lois Klein, once a month a group of us gather at the Blue Agave to share a favorite poem by a published poet. Two days after Kurt’s passing, a bunch of us gathered and dedicated the evening to him. We agreed that reading and writing poetry is healing. Many of the participants read some of Kurt’s fine poetry. I chose to read something by Rumi, because for me, Rumi’s words are both wise and healing. The poems often don’t have titles, but are simply verses. Here’s what I shared: e breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Th Don’t go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don’t go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill where two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.

Don’t go back to sleep.

When I arrived home that evening, I pulled out Kurt’s book, Time-Bound, which he gave me at his poetry reading in April. I was moved by his dedication – For Diana, Fellow poet and good friend, here in this beautiful place. ~Kurt Thank you, Kurt, for reminding me that we do live in such a beautiful place. Now this beautiful place will miss Kurt’s wisdom, gentleness, kindness and creativity. As someone said about his poems, he engaged with the world he inhabited, questioning it, and taking nothing for granted. In the same way that we should never take good people like Kurt for granted. May you rest in peace, dear Kurt, with all of the other beloved fathers who have passed.

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...continued from p.7 other parties that she does. She also has filed in court to remove Jack’s girlfriend from being power of attorney. Jill feels the side effects from the drugs are having a serious adverse effect on Jack, and advocates for a more holistic approach, including getting a second opinion from a local doctor who does chelation therapy – which can be highly effective for patients with dementia (there are some doctors who don’t like pharmaceuticals, and natural remedies like chelation can’t hurt).

Why is she being targeted, and accused of interfering with his medications? This same conservator and her then-partner did the same to me back in 2006 when my mother, Patricia C. Rosen, refused to take the anti-dementia medications prescribed for her. I was said to be doing undue influence over my mom. But I knew she didn’t have dementia, and made life miserable enough for the conservators that they resigned. After that she was declared to be capable by the Public Guardian’s office, and regained her rights.

Jill truly cares about Jack, and is helping him for free. The conservator, attorneys, court investigator and other parties are feeding off Jack’s estate. But now that they’ve sold his property and used up most of his assets, there’s only enough money left to maintain him for six more months. What will they do then? Perhaps Jack will die before the money runs out.

Bryan Rosen Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Thanks for writing, Bryan, I remember your earlier letter regarding issues surrounding your Mother’s conservatorship and am glad that everything was resolved favorably. I’ve responded to this type of letter a number of times now and must reiterate that I encourage people to understand their rights and talk with qualified professionals about particular instances of suspected abuse to better determine whether actionable misconduct has occurred (or not). I’d also suggest that you have a look at local attorney Michael Denver’s op-ed piece this week regarding elder abuse (see page 5). I found it interesting and timely. Thanks again, Bryan, take good care. – MSM)

way you do, I would gain 5 – 10 pounds per week (and I already hit the gym 6 of every 7 days). I haven’t even addressed the food that accompanies your libations, but I think that late night chicken sandwich at Nite Bites was the last straw! I can only speculate, but maybe you just nibble and, “don’t clear your plate?” Nah, you eat every last morsel… I’m certain!

I love the vicarious food and beverage experience weekly but other than hopping on a beach cruiser from the Airstream to the bar (loved that article), what’s your secret? And if you say, “high metabolism,” I will be thoroughly disappointed.

Keep up the great work. Oh, and if you want a sandwich to die for? Hit The Blue Owl on Canon Perdido (formerly Bitterman’s Deli back in the Seinfeld heyday of the ‘90s). The Bahn Mi Beefer is delicious, so much so that I can’t bring myself to try anything else when I have a hankering for the place. It’s an amazing hole in the wall. Check it out. My next stop? American Ale, loved the article and it looks great.

Seriously, though, how do you stay fit?

Michelle Miller Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: How do I stay fit? Two words, Michelle: Jenny-frickin’-Schatzle.

She’s the real deal, straight up, and she’s kind of changed my life. Yeah, sure, I still eat and drink, but a little less so, and I’m a little more conscious of it when I do. And I follow her weekly meal plan pretty well overall (thanks to my wife for that one, we’re like a healthy cooking and eating team). Last week saw me handling a bonanza of beautiful Bellinis and a bit of bourbon, sure, but I worked hard in class and on a couple long trail runs and otherwise ate pretty healthy. There are other terrific programs in town, for sure, but Schatzle really resonates with me. And the results speak for themselves. (That’s why she’s contributing to the Sentinel, by the way.)

Thanks for writing. Oh, anything called a Bahn Mi Beefer is right up my alley. I’m hitting The Blue Owl soon. American Ale is pretty amazing – great craft cocktails and beers, and the burgers are divine. And I love The French Press… Schatzle, help! – MSM)

Matt’s a Gluttonous Boozer But On Homelessness Somehow Manages to Stay Fit and Recent Discussions Matt, first off, I love your paper (and its writing style/voice). I look forward to Fridays and grabbing a coffee and the Sentinel… it’s my little ritual at The French Press. (Digression: They started baking at the Anacapa site and will soon commence roasting beans too.)

Now, on to my question: How do you stay fit?

I mean, geez man... you eat and eat and drink and drink. I love it and I love your descriptions of everything from a Bellini and a couple of bourbons over ice to a perfectly made Manhattan or a few craft beers at the numerous places where you can find one on tap. Throw in some savory wine tasting and... calories! If I indulged the

Matt, looking back across time and memories, I see an interesting motion picture emerging through my mind’s fog, one of small cluster of cardboard and flattened tin can shacks, smoldering camp fires and old men telling stories of former days. This was the hobo village where the Santa Barbara Zoo now resides.

As children we would go there, sit with these old fellows and listen to wondrous tales of yore, which I’m sure were embellished, but nonetheless, fascinating.

This was a well-ordered community with its own mayor and strict rules. The community might have the occasional college graduates. It was a much quieter time in Santa Barbara. People walking

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down State Street said hello to each other in politeness; try that today and you get a rude questioning look that says, “What do you want?” The great steam locomotives transported these old men about the country, many were old railroad workers, nobody wanted them and they had no one except the company of each other.

The work ethic then was far different.

For those interested in a glimpse of homelessness, the movie Duck is a good introduction and should be required viewing for any serious student of the subject. In contrast, there was a documentary I saw in Canada called Streetwise (1984) about swift and crafty young street people who were proud of the fast-ones they could pull off and were proud that they were parasites on society.

You can watch it on the web.

In my internal medicine rotations, I spent some time at the Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Downey, which was a Depression Era Los Angeles County Poor Farm. It has a long history as a rehab center. People living there were put to work making things that were in every day demand: brooms, brushes and simpler items. I mention this because at one time people needed help, were helped and did things to assist offsetting the overhead costs. But this predated the litigiousness of society, as I said a different work ethic.

Could such a system be developed today for the homeless? Possibly. But who would

be willing to fund it? I have talked to building contractors who need occasional labor. If one drives down by the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant in the morning, there is a crush of day laborers wanting jobs, but there are drawbacks to this. “Oh, I fell and injured my back and I’m going to take you to court, see, here is my crafty attorney.” So many of the contractors just skip this area.

Many people don’t like to see homeless and in some cases this is from an internal shame because of the economy of this country, their country, is so disrupted that there simply are no jobs and many of the homeless are structurally unemployed.

But, get a copy of Duck and watch it, it clarifies much of this.

Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito (Editor’s Note: Thanks for another thoughtful letter, Dr. McGowan, I’m looking forward to watching both Duck and Streetwise. I hear often about a kinder and gentler time from people older than me and must say that I wish it would return.

I fear it won’t. Maybe it’s the lawyers and litigious society we’ve created. Maybe it’s the entitlement culture we all hear so much about these days. Maybe it’s the media or the politicians or the violent movies or the first-person-shooter video games. Or maybe everybody should just take a moment to look ...continued p.18

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...continued from p.15 up from their blackberries and iPhones and fancy cars and giant houses and efforts to keep up with the Joneses to stop, smell the roses and smile.

Maybe that’s just too damned hard when there are no jobs and significant structural unemployment that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon as the wealth gap widens and class wars become more and more likely. Oh, sorry, hang on… I’ve got to take this call. – MSM)

The Sentinel Is Valuable (Yeah, That’s Right) Matt, thanks for bringing a wonderful publication to Santa Barbara.

Great articles by qualified writers. How novel. We especially enjoy Sharon Byrne’s articles and the good common sense she displays in her writing. This is the first Santa Barbara publication that truly has something of value to say.

George and Susan Larson Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Aw shucks, Larson family, thanks for the kind words.

They mean a lot, really, and Tim and I and Sharon – who is indeed terrific, I must add – and the whole Sentinel family appreciate them.

Please keep reading and writing. And spread the word. – MSM)

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Dear Matt, thanks for publishing my letter about skateboard park anarchy (Vol. 2, Issue 23). I noticed you gave it the title, “Imagine” and ended with the note: “Peace, man!” I realized after reading it that my letter did sound like a kind of John Lennon message. Thanks.

I’m actually a songwriter myself, and sometimes perform at open mic night at The Marquee, next to the Granada Theatre downtown. (I even have a “Peace Song” called Brotherly Love that I occasionally play.) You might want to do a story on this event, which is always a positive and lively gathering of local talent. Peace!

Alan Hurst Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Ha! Glad you got the reference, Alan, very cool. We actually had all of the lyrics to Imagine in my initial response but had to cut them at the last minute due to space limitations. Here they are, just for fun: Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try No hell below us, above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace You, you may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world You, you may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one.

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Think about that one for a moment. What a song, man, what a thought.

I’m a huge fan of The Marquee and have been talking to Scott Sampila about doing something soon, including something about the apparently very cool Wednesday night open mic (which I have not yet attended). I will definitely check it out, and hope to see and finally meet you there. Peace is right, man, take it easy. – MSM)

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Matt, great paper last week! The Sentinel is making the other local weekly look like one long boring commercial ad with maybe one or two stories thrown in there somewhere. It’s really hard to find

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the journalism over there, and I look diligently for it! And your cool online paper is amazing with the page-turning effect, the zooming feature... it’s a rare bit of genius!

This morning I did read your response to my recent RAVE about living “outdoors” in SB (Vol. 2, Issue 23), and I wanted to quickly explore your main rebuttal point: GENEROSITY. The G word.

In my opinion, there really is no way in hell that folks like yourself, your lovely family and your great friends could ever be expected to personally finance my early retirement in this beautiful city of ours (I say ours because I have relatives that resided in Montecito a few years back, who taught at Westmont).

Even if you might feel generous, your cash is not needed, Matt. Not directly anyway. You see, in my opinion, those boys and girls on the Hill that enjoy steak and eggs every morning would blow a gasket if you ever asked them NOT to give food, clothing or whatever to anyone asking for it (even in Santa Barbara) because that someone might not work, or even look for work. Let’s be honest... they couldn’t be politicians if it wasn’t for their handouts! And they don’t know who I am Matt! I’m a number! Just a number!

Eightball Shifter doesn’t exist in Santa Barbara according to the government, state or local. I’m just a number.

They like giving handouts. Our government survives on giving out freebies, Matt, because it gets them elected for Pete’s sake. Politicians love me, even if Santa Barbara residents don’t.

And, unfortunately for SB who can’t stand the homeless, the Feds back up their “programs” that give out freebies to me, with bullets, handcuffs and those thick bars that are hard to bend with human hands, if you tried to stop them. They also have planes, drones, cameras, and gosh yes, they even have stun guns, if you want to stand in the way of their glorious path to the top of the Hill in D.C. They need to get elected, Matt, it’s cemented into the pillars of their character and personality type; and in order to do so, they have to reach way, way down to me, and give me cake so I can eat it too, in front of news cameras, even here in sunny, rich Santa Barbara.

I live here for free, Matt: Clothed, fed, showered, and entertained to boot. Every day! And you can’t do anything about it, just as long as egos need stroking (among other things), in D.C. And they need stroking like a cat in heat.

We’re the Federal Government’s homeless, Matt! And we live in your neighborhood, probably sleeping somewhere in a sleeping bag while watching movies on our Androids (we don’t qualify for iPhone credit).

I rest my case. (I do wish I were a lawyer, it sounds fun and interesting.) But hey, I don’t stink, don’t yell, and I don’t ask you for anything on State Street. You (not

you, personally, Matt, but Santa Barbara at large) probably are on the fence with my identity when you see me strolling the ave, because I don’t blare out obscenities at random passersby. I actually like passersby. Even if they speak French. Even if they’re as rich as German chocolate cake, I could care less. I just love the town itself. The weather. The beach. And everyone could leave today, and I’d still be here by myself... catching fish for dinner, lying under the stars with the temperate climate at night, and smiling until the day I hear organ music and see lilies.

Eightball Shifter Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Well, Eightball, that was entertaining. I don’t think you made much of a “case” for independent living; in fact, I think you argued just the opposite.

I also don’t think people generally “can’t stand the homeless,” but many don’t like being blatantly taken advantage of and having that rubbed in their collective faces.

Anyway, I’m truly glad that you enjoy being here and that Santa Barbara (generously) provides for you the life you want, even if I still don’t understand how you think you live here for free. I sincerely doubt that’s the case, but I’ve been wrong before. How do you power up that Android? Eat? Shower?

Are you contributing anything toward your own cause or just living on those handouts?

How about contributing to Santa Barbara at-large, the place you purport to care for so much? Is that just crazy? Have a great summer, Eightball, should be beautiful out there under the stars. It usually is. – MSM)

Denouncing Declawing Dear Matt, is Santa Barbara a City interested in promoting animal welfare?

Currently, our fair City allows the inhumane declawing of cats.

Declawing is a surgical procedure in which the animal’s toes are amputated at the last joint. Cities in California that have passed legislation abolishing declawing are Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Burbank, San Francisco and Berkeley.

If this is an issue that concerns you, contact members of the City Council asking that they pass a resolution against this practice.

Anonymous Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: I can’t say I know a huge amount about the declawing of cats but it sure sounds terrible. Inhumane, in fact.

Perhaps the cat lobby should organize, mobilize and scratch the [expletive] out of City Council if they refuse to act. Just a thought. – MSM)

Larry Is An Avid Reader Hi Matt, I’d like to provide a few comments on recent issues. First off, I thought Sharon Byrne’s poignant interview with Jose Arturo, Coffee With Jose (Vol. 2, Issue 22), was absolutely

terrific. It encapsulates the dilemma that millions of people just like him are faced with. What a situation to be in after working hard all of one’s life. I wish him all the best, and hopefully one of the Sentinel’s readers will approach him with a job offer. It brings to mind the saying, “There but for the grace of God go I.” Next I’d like to comment on Jeff Harding’s excellent column in the same issue (Is the Middle Class Really Falling Backwards?). I have to admit that most of the stats that Jeff spells out go over my head, however I am in total agreement with his comments on the Fed as “...the ultimate font of our boom-bust economy. They gave us fake wealth by distorting the economy with fake money and 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.” People usually laugh in disbelief when they are told that Genghis Kahn required his people to use tree bark for money and kept all the gold for himself.

But they stop laughing when you ask them what is the difference between the tree bark of that era and the white paper with green ink on it we are required to use today?

Next I would like to jump to last week’s paper, and thank Alan Hurst for the kind words of support and for taking the time to write (Imagine (Or Larry the Anarchical Cable Guy Is Right), Vol. 2, Issue 23).

He and I certainly have one thing in common, and that is watching the kids in the skateboard park at the waterfront.

It is the most enjoyable thing for me to look on as they whiz around. I too have noticed the degree of civility they exhibit and although I have accumulatively spent hours watching them I have never witnessed anything approaching aggression.

Nevertheless, I don’t think it was a good idea for Alan to put any ideas into the City’s head about charging fees, as they are already overly proficient in that regard. Although I haven’t been to a City Council meeting for years, if such a proposal were to be put on the agenda it would definitely bring an end to my

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long abstinence, and I would be there to oppose it, and hopefully all the Sentinel readers out there would do the same.

I’d also like to comment on your comment, Matt, that you “hate labels.”

I hate them as well. You stated that you think you might actually be a progressive.

I actually did not know until recently that the major difference between a progressive and a libertarian is in the solution to the problems both of them agree exist.

The progressive believes the answer to society’s problems is more government involvement and the libertarian believes the answer is less.

Finally, my backyard potatoes in the box. The person from whom I got the idea claims he harvested 100 lbs from one crop. Others have said they only got 40 – 60 lbs. If I can get 20 – 30lbs, I’ll be over the moon. All the best.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Wow, Larry, you’ve been paying attention. Very cool. I’ll leave this one as it lies… er, lays, except for the whole labeling and progressives and libertarians thing. My comment regarding progressives was meant tongue-in-cheek, and perhaps I am a libertarian. But I still hate labels and will continue to vote the issues as best I can, with a general bias toward less government intrusion and smaller bureaucracy. Does that make me libertarian? Or progressive? Independent?

Wait, that doesn’t sound right… – MSM)

Who Is Jack Grisham?

Ok, fine… I’ll bite. This is an open letter written to the person who sent me the rather cryptic package composed a few drug-related newspaper clippings and a lengthy audio file. I’m a sucker for riddles and games, and I couldn’t figure out what was happening here. And it’s bugging me.

I read everything you sent and even did some research (and soul-searching) but couldn’t find a totally satisfactory understanding or answer. And so, in a nod to Ayn Rand (one of my faves), I must ask: Who is Jack Grisham? (Is it actually the guy from TSOL? Do tell…)

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Irina THE INTERN There’s a nervous energy to their relationship (to say the least) that ebbs and flows like the music they both fall for.

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Frankie and Johnny Were Lovers…

Johnny begs Frankie to stay as he dials the request to hear “their” tune on the radio.

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he Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theatre Company is closing its 2012-2013 season – the last one in the Alhecama Theatre before moving to the New Vic – with a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune.

A romantic comedy by award-winning playwright Terrence McNally written in 1987, this production is led by Director Saundra McClain under Ensemble’s Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Fox and features great performances by Dee Ann Newkirk as Frankie and Rick Gifford as Johnny.

Catering to mostly mature audiences, the story takes place in a small, messy apartment in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen where two middle-aged lonely people, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a cook), meet first for a one-night stand that slowly blossoms into a more complex,

fragmented and ultimately longer relationship right before the audience’s eyes. Where Johnny is sure of the future of their relationship, Frankie is more cautious and uncertain. The play is about them opening up to each other, about looking at their past and finding future in the dry reality of everyday city life.

Au Revoir, Alhecama, You’ll Be Missed The intimate space of the Alhecama Theatre, where there is not much separation between the stage and the audience, serves this production well as the story unfolds in the apartment on the stage, where the two characters move freely from the bedroom to the kitchen, and, occasionally, to the windows in the background. The very realistic setting mirrors that of the

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story itself: Two most ordinary strangers brought together by the most ordinary circumstances, try to find love and meaning in the most ordinary of lives.

The dialogue, the furniture, the costumes and the acting all paint this lifelike picture of two strangers at a random city apartment. Yet at the same time, the timelessness of the story comes from the fact that the very ordinary nature of the characters inevitably produces their desire to find something greater in their everyday existence. To this end, music plays a most central role in the play (hence the name after Debussy’s Clair de Lune).

It represents a greater reflection of their lives in art, and their story in a larger artistic universe.

The play, which features brief moments of tastefully presented nudity, is all about realism – in dialogue, in settings and in the story line. The stark reality of the main characters’ lives overtakes, suffocates and dominates. Just as the stage becomes a lit centerpiece of this small theater, the naturalistic setting of the main characters’ apartment is a central dominating element in the play. But the play is more than that, about more than realism; it also deals with rising above the reality, if only for a moment, finding an intrinsic quality that elevates the human spirit and generates the greatest hope in something larger, brighter, better about human lives.

Connecting With Each Other… And the Audience In this urban fairytale, two strangers meet to find “… [a] moment to connect.

Not two, not three, one!” as Johnny points out to Frankie. “They don’t take it, it’s gone forever.” Building up to this moment, describing it in the most tangible terms, and preserving it, allowing for a possibility of a future development, makes this play a timeless example of pure artistic impression. Rising above this realism, finding true love in the everyday, mundane, and the ordinary; that is the purpose and the timelessness of Frankie and Johnny.

This is a modern play about modern times, about isolation of people brought together by circumstances, where they are forced to overcome reality pulling them apart, look at themselves, and find something greater and, ultimately, to create their own future against all odds. At the same time, it is about finding real people in any work of art (hence the title). As such, it is an ultimate quest into the nature of artistic expression in our small, marginalized, breathless lives where art exists only for a moment and our lives are but a brief spark in the art and music of the universe.

And I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Better go see it before it closes this weekend!

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with Mark Léisuré

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

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

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a left turn typical at Live Oak, the big bold and booming Stooges Brass Band took over, rousing the crowd with hiphop fueled/tuba-fed jams that found a Bourbon Street-style Mardis Gras parade marching down the center aisle.

Jerry Douglas closed out the music on Sunday evening with a brilliant set indicating why he’s considered the finest dobro player in the land (with fiddler Gabe Witcher, of the Punch Brothers, by his side), punctuating another

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along in a float, although some sort of outrageous costume would let him protect his identity, so maybe he’ll be there after all – you’ll just never know, as the parade doesn’t allow signs either.

Those rules are some of the reasons why this pagan parade is the central part of what is by far Mr. Leisure’s favorite Santa Barbara event each year. You’ll see all sorts of zany characters, whimsical floats and giant puppets, particularly this year when the theme is Creatures. And then afterward, it seems like the entire community shows up in Alameda Park for the festival replete with non-stop music anchored by the annual set from Area 51. I’m not all that big a fan of the beer garden, as it splits the crowd in two places during danceable sets, and it was a lot more fun to sneak in the spirits in a bottle or flask. But it’s still a prodigious party that brings everyone together for a single afternoon.

Solstice is now a three-day affair, with mini-festivals on Friday night and Sunday afternoon, too. So the fun goes on for nearly 48 hours. Ah, the life of leisure in Santa Barbara.

Dramedy in the Bedroom Area 51 rocks the stage at Alameda Park once again for Santa Barbara’s Summer Solstice celebration this weekend (photo credit: Stephen Lewis)

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here’s been some whining from oldtimers that the Live Oak Music Festival – which celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend up at Live Oak camp halfway up the San Marcos Pass – has become too commercial and complacent as it’s aged. Too expensive, too crowded, too many no-name acts and too many that have played in town elsewhere recently, too many rules, blah, blah, blah. And while there’s some truth to the complaints – especially that the benefit for KCBX has an emphasis on fundraising over fun, often eschewing

better acts in a particular genre in favor of a cheaper generic version – almost all the negativity fades once the music begins.

Such was the case again on Saturday, when the great interpretive singer Ruthie Foster took the stage set under the oaks as the sun fell behind the trees and the temperature cooled. Only 16 months removed from an appearance at UCSB, Foster still seemed to take the audience by surprise, her rich vocals and warm personality shining on her intimate covers of Bob Marley and other unlikely artists for a singer-songwriter. Then, in

successful Live Oak. Only 360 days until version 26.

Carousing with Creatures Do you really have to ask? What else is there going on in town this weekend that even merits mention in the same breath as the Summer Solstice celebration?

You won’t find Mr. Leisure traipsing up State Street since that would require a good deal of effort as the parade doesn’t allow motors or animals to pull him

Mr. Leisure isn’t normally in the habit of exposing himself to things that might be uncomfortable. But even though he recognized way too much from his own life in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune on stage at the Ensemble Theatre, he’s still got to highly recommend this twocharacter bedroom comedy-drama. The story of the two lonely lovers struggling to find connection beyond bed over one long late night might be slightly forced as it packs six months of relationship into 10 hours or less, but the emotions ring true and the acting is superb. Catch it before it closes with a final performance on Sunday, which is also the final show before the company moves over to its new digs at the Vic.

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...continued from p.3 A modest home in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Illuminated by the man.

This is the hallway of a large villa Christian illuminated in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. Told you he’s money.

make it their home. Christian’s father, a restaurant and hotel man (as well as a painter and sculptor), moved rapidly through the ranks at the Waldorf Astoria and eventually, serendipitously, bumped into Conrad Hilton in one of the hotel’s banquet rooms, made nice, and soon went to work for his hotel chain. That took Christian, then a kid of just 6 or 7, all over the islands, from Jamaica to Barbados to Trinidad to Haiti and St. Croix, only to eventually return to Puerto Rico.

Let’s just say he’s got a few stories, at least one of which involves Christian meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the profound impact that had upon his life. Another involves Christian and His Holiness the Dalai Lama (more profound impact).

Like I said, Christian is an interesting guy, and a terrific conversationalist.

He first took an interest in lighting at a young age.

“I started playing around with Christmas lights,” he told me, nostalgic, “you know, arranging them under the couch or stapling them behind cabinets or whatever. I mean, most people just put them on trees, but I was able to make it look like the couch was floating. It was fun.”

Eventually, his father married an actress who worked often with Cantinflas – known widely as the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico (cue more interesting stories) – resulting in Christian’s home often being transformed into a movie set. What held Christian’s interest?

You guessed it. The lighting equipment.

And so, after moving from Puerto Rico and spending some time with his mother in Central California (North County, actually) in his early 20s and living in San

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That’s the Ritz Carlton, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.

Christian’s illumination again. Money.

Francisco for a stint thereafter, Christian returned to the island and began to start thinking of making a life there.

“It was a tough time in Puerto Rico, then, not easy,” he said. “There was a lot of crime and work was hard to come by.

Nobody wanted to hire some overqualified guy coming from California.”

“But one day I saw an ad in a local paper seeking a person interested in ‘Landscape Illumination.’ I had no idea what that meant but it sounded interesting if not a bit ridiculous; I thought about a guy lighting a plant and it seemed a bit absurd to me. Then I figured out that light and light design could be creative and intelligent and aesthetic and really beautiful, so I answered the ad and ultimately got the job.”

Christian spent the next years immersing himself in the architectural and landscape lighting design business, learning the “art and science” of all sorts of techniques and practices. Most importantly, he studied “moonlighting” and exterior and garden work, a real passion. “But when clients saw what I did with their exteriors, they would often ask me to come inside to fix bad, often unflattering, lighting in bathrooms and closets and eventually all over the properties.”

Just look at some of his work, the pictures really speak for themselves.

Christian estimates that he’s been the lead lighting consultant on over 30 hotel and 1500 residential projects in the

25+ years he’s been doing lighting work (but he admits that he’s lost count). His three all-time favorite jobs are the RitzCarlton San Juan (he enjoyed mixing all forms of lighting across the massive exterior of the place), Stouffer’s Grand Beach Resort, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (a recently defunct but previously widely celebrated resort), and the Aruba Marriott (Christian’s first sustainable low-voltage job).

“That Aruba Marriott job really got me going in the sustainable lighting direction,” he continued on. “There are so many great products and new technologies on the market today that the sky really is the limit when it comes to architectural lighting and design. I’m looking forward to getting to work here in Santa Barbara, where so much life goes on outdoors.

Terrific possibilities here, both in new construction and replacing, refurbishing and even redesigning outdated lighting systems, for sure.”

Socially and environmentally sustainable lighting? In Santa Barbara?

He may just be on to something.

From Lighting Gardens to Lighting Gods So how did a lighting expert from Puerto Rico end up with a San Roquebased shop filled with gorgeous deities and artifacts from around the world?

You mean you haven’t drawn the connection yet? All right, I’ll spell it out.

Christian has spent much of his professional life traveling to new jobs at new hotels or large residential properties all over the world. When he’d get on site, he’d spend hour after hour, day after day (week after week) talking with architects and interior designers about their design ideas and lighting and the nexus between them. And eventually, Christian found an interesting extension of his passion for lighting.

He found a passion for travel and curating fine art that looks simply magical (divine?) under those lighting schemes he designs and installs.

Most everything you’ll find in Buddha’s Garden comes from Indonesia or India and was literally hand-picked by Christian

himself. “I have direct relationships with the woodworkers and the carvers and the jewelers and the families that own their own small businesses, and that’s where I find everything you see here.” (He is clearly proud of that, and should be. Some of the pieces are amazing and remind me distinctly of an art dealer friend’s very authentic home on Bali, where we stayed when we were there in early 2012.)

I encourage you to stop by the shop, take a deep breath of incense (it’s light, not overbearing), and look around. Not only will you discover some real visual and spiritual wonders, but you may also pick up some terrific lighting tips. And be sure you spend a few moments talking and relaxing with Christian before you go; you’ll be glad you did.

I sure was.

Even if I was really, really late to dinner.

STUFF I LIKE I like Christian Fiech and Buddha’s Garden. It’s a small shop with some genuinely beautiful, unique pieces and tons of lighting expertise. The website is under construction (www.buddhasgarden.com) so just stop by instead (3204 State Street, 805.427.1500). Reach out to Christian directly at christianfiech@ gmail.com. And check out some of his lighting projects at www.iluminas.net.

They’re pretty cool.

Speaking of cool design and lighting, I just saw a slew of terrific pieces at Industry Home (740 State Street, Suite 1, enter on De La Guerra) when I stopped in last week. The Brothers of Industry – remember my former neighbors, the Hernandez brothers, from my column back in early March (Vol. 2, Issue 8)? – are still at it and doing a great job from their Carpinteria-based workshop. Check out www.industry-home.com and/or www. brothersofindustry.com. (Hey Andrew and Peter, how’s business? Still thinking about that backyard table for summer barbeques…)

Speaking of barbeques, I’ve got to get the coals going. I’m grilling rib-eyes tonight to make up for nearly missing dinner and I’d better not be late.

Happy Solstice, happy summer everybody.

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by Rachelle Oldmixon

Lars Moen: The Control-Engineering Cyborg Exchange Student from Norway

Lars Moen (third row, second from left) was an active member of UCSB’s MMA club (pictured here) and is trained in Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He’s a pretty tough scientist… wonder if he’s a cyborg.

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ybernetics: It’s the stuff of many of my favorite sci-fi characters. Iron Man, Number 6, the Daleks, Darth Vader, even Inspector Gadget all rely on the technology interwoven with their bodies to survive. But that’s all cybernetics is. It’s science fiction.

Or so I thought.

We’ve all heard of the monkey that can control a robotic arm with his mind. That is not really cybernetics. The arm is not attached to the monkey and the interface between brain and robot is mediated by a cap of electrodes that reads the brain’s electrical currents and translate that into a signal the brain can use.

I thought that was about where we were in the world of cybernetics. We were playing around with interfacing with robots, but had not moved in the direction of directly imbedding a piece of robotic technology into the body’s neural system.

What Happens In Vagus, Stays in Vagus (Usually) Lars Moen – no, he’s not a bionic superhero – filled me in and told me just how wrong I was. Lars is an exchange student who just completed his year abroad here at UCSB. (It’s strange to think of exchange students coming here, we always seem to want to go there!) But Lars’ home university is the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Master’s students

in the Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU often come to UCSB for a year to gain experience in our Electric Engineering Department.

In the last year, Lars has worked with Dr. Luke Theogarajan. Dr. Theogarajan’s focus is on developing viable bio-ionic retinal prostheses, essentially a neural prosthesis to return vision. However, he and Lars spent the year researching the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve, also called the pneumogastic nerve, is an extremely long cranial nerve that connects to many organs in the abdomen and chest, including the heart, lungs and stomach. Among many other essential functions, the vagus nerve both monitors and controls the digestive tract, responding to any changes in homeostasis (internal bodily changes).

It is this function that Lars is most interested in. The digestive tract really starts with our brain: It interprets the “hungry” signals coming from our stomach, sending us to stare indecisively at the refrigerator before eating the same snack we always eat. Or, if you are a teenager, your brain sends you to the refrigerator to eat everything. Once you’re full, your brain receives another signal from your stomach and tells you to stop eating.

Lars sees this system as a natural function that we, a society plagued with obesity, can take beyond nature’s intended function. Taking control of a natural phenomenon like the signaling of

A self-professed science nerd, Rachelle has her B.A. in neuroscience from Skidmore College in upstate New York, and is working towards her Master’s in psychology at UCSB. In her free time, she blogs at www.synapticspeculations.com.

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.

the vagus nerve is referred to as Control Engineering. If Lars can find a way to regulate just the portion of the vagus nerve that sends the “full” signal, then it could be controlled in patients and used as an effective weight-loss – or maybe even a weight-gain – therapy that would avoid potentially dangerous surgeries and will power destroying restrictive diets.

“Vagus nerve regulators already exist,” said Lars, “they are just too big to regulate such a tiny portion of the nerve.” In other words, doctors already implant pacemaker-like devices in a patient’s body and wrap the electrodes around the vagus nerve near the collar bone to treat drugresistant epilepsy and even depression.

The electrical stimulation of the entire nerve manages to keep both ailments at bay for some people.

But the devices are huge compared to what Lars needs. He needs the exact same device, only small enough to stimulate just the portion of the vagus nerve (which is really more of a nerve bundle) that controls hunger. Diving into such a microscopic territory was new to Lars.

Talking to him, it is evident that he knows his electrical engineering. He’s been living and breathing the stuff since he started his program four years ago. But it was not until he came to UCSB that he truly understood the neural side of his work.

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develop needs to be small enough to be implanted into a rodent’s vagus nerve in order to allow for safe and effective testing.

Cramming such finely tuned technology into such a small space is no easy task. That is especially true given how sensitive mammals nerves are. Too little electrical stimulation and the nerve will not send a signal, too much and it will be permanently damaged or destroyed by the electricity.

Talk about a rock and a hard place.

Be Nice to Lars and Other Medical Engineers… Or Else The knowledge that nerves operate within such a small window and that our technology must be perfectly calibrated may be terrifying; after all, it is our bodies we are talking about. But Lars reminded me that we already do this on a larger scale: Intelligent limb prostheses and pacemakers already utilize this technology.

Lars just needs to scale it down and figure out how to attach it to a smaller section of nerves.

Which just drives home the point: we are already a society with cyborgs.

Life-saving medical advances saw to that decades ago. Let’s just hope that our best medical engineers stay happy and medically driven.

If they get antsy, we could be in trouble.

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The All-City Team, which was selected

by Presidio Sports to recognize the top high school student-athletes competing on the South Coast from Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria, was honored on the field prior to a Santa Barbara Foresters game on June 13.

Speier Signs Pro Contract With Boston Red Sox

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os Pueblos pitching ace Gabe Speier has signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox, Baseball America reported on Friday.

Speier, a 19th round pick, received a signing bonus of $200,000, the report said.

Speier had a scholarship offer from UCSB. The lefthander led Dos Pueblos to a second straight Channel League championship. He was named the league MVP and the Pitcher of the Year on the Presidio Sports All-City Baseball team.

All-City Baseball Team

Speier, Paschke Headline All-City Baseball Team

Pitcher of the Year – Gabe Speier, Dos Pueblos Field Player of the Year – Jeff Paschke, 3B, Santa Barbara High

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Nolan Soto, Senior, Utility, Dos Pueblos – Soto only played nine games this season because of injury but his presence was felt in all 28 games for the Chargers. The team captain was on the bench for every game he missed and tore the cover off the ball when he did return, batting .519 with 14 RBI. “[Nolan] wasn’t expected to make it back this year but was vigorous about PT and made it back, which was huge for the team success. Nolan was an exceptional leader when he was on the DL for the twenty-one games he missed,” Katzenstein said.

by John Dvorak

n the most important game of the year for the baseball teams from Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos, the respective coaching staffs turned to Gabe Speier and Jeff Paschke. With the Channel League title up for grabs, these two players led their teams into battle.

It was for good reason as Speier and Paschke dominated their league seasons during senior years before they continue on to play at Division 1 NCAA schools.

Paschke is an invited walk-on at USC. Dos Pueblos won the game 8-2 to clinch the Channel League title outright from the second-place Dons. The Chargers loved having an ace like Speier to turn to in the big games.

“Having Gabe on the bump for us today was big,” said Chargers head coach Nick Katzenstein that day. “We didn’t want the ball to be in anybody else’s hands but a senior like that. He pitched exceptionally well today.”

Speier finished the season with 87 strikeouts in 57 2/3 innings, winning five games and recording a save. The lefty’s fastball was routinely clocked in the lowto-mid 90s, an ability that attracted pro scouts to many of his starts this season.

The Boston Red Sox made him their 19th-round draft pick last week.

While at the plate, Speier was equally dangerous with a .412 batting average.

Paschke pitched 44 innings for the Dons this season but made his presence felt most at the plate. The 6’4” right-handed hitter led the Dons with 41 hits, 28 RBI, and a slugging percentage of .606.

“He’s carrying us right now, I’ll tell ya,” Dons head coach Fred Warrecker said

Dos Pueblos’ Gabe Speier

late in the league season.

Warrecker described Paschke as fearless at the plate, but it wasn’t without discipline, as he didn’t strike out in Channel League games until the 12th and final contest.

“All year my approach is the same – very aggressive,” Paschke said. “Pretty much swing at anything in the strike zone. I’m just looking for anything to drive.”

Paschke finished the season with a .436 batting average and 60 assists playing mostly third base. His ERA stood at 2.39 as a pitcher.

The two All-City MVPs are joined by nine other All-City All-Stars selected from high school teams playing on the South Coast.

Ben York, Senior, Shortstop, Dos Pueblos – York was a key piece to Dos Pueblos winning their second-straight league title as a co-captain, leadoff hitter, and starting shortstop. The Channel League First-Teamer batted .343 and stole 10 bases. At shortstop, York turned in a solid fielding percentage of .920.

Josh Tedeschi, Junior, Pitcher, Dos Pueblos – Tedeschi won 10 of 11 decisions this season and came through for the Chargers with an ERA of 1.14 in 61 2/3 innings on the mound. Tedeschi doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but proved more than effective by keeping his opponents off balance and demonstrating steely ability to pitch out of jams. The righty made the Channel League’s First Team and was placed on the Division-2 All-CIF Second Team.

Johnny Brontsema, Senior, Shortstop, Santa Barbara – The senior captain turned in a stellar season for the Dons, leading the team in runs scored and defensive assists

while batting .379. He was second on the team in stolen bases and total bases, and even took on the role as the team’s closer, recording four saves. Brontsema has committed to play at UC Irvine.

Connor McManigal, Senior, Outfielder, Santa Barbara – McManigal did a little bit of everything for the Dons. The FirstTeam All-Channel League selection hit for power, ran the bases well, and pitched 25 innings in 11 appearances. McManigal was among the team leaders in just about every offensive category, including home runs, RBI, runs scored and stolen bases. A two-sport athlete, Connor was also named the school’s CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Marcus Hutchinson, Senior, Pitcher/ Shortstop, Carpinteria – This senior captain covered two of the most important positions for the Warriors this season, filling the role of No. 1 starting pitcher, shortstop and leadoff batter. Hutchinson won five games with an ERA of 2.22 over a team-high 63 innings pitched. At the plate, Hutchinson batted .346, scored 22 runs, and knocked home 15 runs. “We were really fortunate to have him leading our teams at CHS. Despite his skill and success, he is so soft spoken and humble.

It is really easy for coaches and players to respect him,” said Warriors head coach Pat Cooney. Hutchinson plans to walkon at Cal State Bakersfield.

Jack Gregson, Senior, Pitcher/Infielder, Bishop Diego – The senior captain won 10 games on the mound and batted .333 in 22 games. “This year, we saw Jack step up for the team in both roles, as a pitcher and a hitter while also providing a great example for his teammates with his work ethic and dedication to making himself better,” said Cardinals assistant coach Kai Solin. “The innings he provided on the mound with a few of our other pitchers unable to pitch due to injury were invaluable to our team’s success this year.”

Zach Ell, Junior, Catcher, Cate – The junior was behind the plate for each of Cate’s 18 games this season. But Ell’s impact on the Rams, who reached the Division 7 CIF quarterfinals, came with the bat in his hands. Ell totaled an incredible 48 RBIs and seven home runs in 18 games. “Zach is just a hitting machine, who came to us from Saudi [Arabia], with the rep that he hit a home run in the Little League World Series that was shown on ESPN,” said Rams head coach Ben Soto.

John Salda, Senior, Catcher, Bishop Diego – A first-team All-Tri-Valley League selection, Salda was Bishop Diego’s defensive leader behind the plate. Salda is a rare high school catcher who calls his own pitches. “He was always ready to work in practice and was very good at reading situations to help the team’s

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Using the Addaday Ultra Roller to massage the lower back to loosen muscles.

Santa Barbara High’s Jeff Paschke, Field Player of the Year.

attitude. If a player needed some positive encouragement, he was always the guy to speak up. He could lighten the mood or reel the rest of the guys back in depending on what the situation dictated. As a coach, it is imperative to have a player like this on your team,” Solin said.

SB Running Product Review: Addaday Ultra Roller

by Frances Chase-Dunn

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any athletes, and almost all competing at the collegiate and professional level, use some form of roller to help loosen tight muscles and speed up recovery.

The Addaday Ultra Roller is a bit of a step up compared to other rollers with its ability to pinpoint tight muscle areas more efficiently and effectively. I think this product would be great for any runners looking for a way to loosen tight muscles either before or after workouts without having to deal with the bulk of the typical foam roller.

For those that are not familiar with the science behind foam rollers and regular rollers, the concept is essentially to massage, relax and loosen the muscles.

Running, and other strenuous workouts, lead to tense muscles and the build up of lactic acid. It is important to warm the body up carefully by loosening the tight spots in muscles in order to prevent muscle tears and other injury. Rolling out the body’s muscles allows for faster muscle recovery, less pain and most importantly, injury prevention.

With this in mind, I knew that the Addaday Ultra Roller would be a beneficial product for athletes even before I tested it out. After testing it out however, I was able to see how this product is a bit more beneficial than the other rollers out on the market.

First, the ridges on the round gears can be felt more clearly pressing into specific muscle areas. This I noticed especially on my anterior tibialis muscle, which

lies just on the outside of the shin bone to the right. Other rollers I have used in the past have never been able to target this muscle very adequately. The round balls with the edges on this product make it possible. This could be very helpful to athletes dealing with shin splints and was definitely my reason for liking it over other rollers.

Although I focused primarily on my legs while using the Ultra Roller, I noticed that it is able to be used for back muscles and even arm muscles as well. I didn’t find it as useful in these areas because of my inability to dig into the muscles with as much force as say my thighs, hamstrings and calves.

It is the bigger leg muscles that this product is really meant to focus on, and it does so very well with its ridges really digging into the small knots. Deeper longer strokes work well to target deep tissue, while small shorter strokes back and forth work well on knots in specific locations.

All the loosening up the Ultra Roller does is really beneficial to the body, allowing it to get warm and ready for races or workouts, and recover properly after races or workouts. By using this roller consistently, great relief can be felt in terms of post workout pain and comfort, even days after strenuous workouts. It essentially gives you the ability to massage your own body.

Specifically, the Addaday Ultra Roller is a little more ideal than other roller options because it is smaller than a foam roller, has round gears with ridges that allow more precise massaging effects, and it also does not pull body hair like other rollers have a tendency to do. The Addaday website even has picture instructions explaining how to target specific muscle groups and roll them out. For anyone who deals with a consistent build up of muscle soreness and/or knots in the quadriceps, shins, calves, IT band, inner thighs or hamstring muscles should take a look at this product.

The Addaday Ultra Roller will be able to dig deep into these areas of issue and prepare your body for proper workouts and workout recovery.

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A Simple Choice

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et’s start with the hardest part of this week’s workout. Answer the following question: Did you follow through on the promises you made to yourself and do last week’s workout?

If the answer is yes, then great, let’s move on to this week’s workout and keep the momentum going.

If the answer is no, however, there are a few things worth talking about before getting started.

Fitness, nutrition, health… life. They all have one simple choice in common. Some people spend a lot of time talking about all the changes they are trying to make and the things they are going to do. Other people stop talking about what they are trying or going to do and simply take action.

I hear the former all the time, whether in fitness or nutrition (or career choices or relationships or or or…), and always encourage the latter. At the end of the day, it’s easy to talk the talk but it takes real effort and courage to walk the walk. Period.

If you really want to make positive change, the bottom line is that you not only have to want it but also be willing to work for it. Think about when you learned to ride a bike or even tied your shoes for the first time – basic examples, both, but pertinent ones as they were hard to do, felt great when you mastered them and now seem so easy and trivial. I see this every six weeks when we start a new session: People come in and see the challenges ahead, then fear sets in and the easy route is to NOT follow through, but many (even most) persevere and make change happen. And they meet not only their fitness and nutrition goals but their life goals too.

Positive change is a cool thing, and all it takes is some desire and commitment to set it in motion. I know it because I live it every single day.

So this week, I want you to FOLLOW THROUGH. Modify the workout below if necessary, go at your own pace. But do it. Don’t wait. Don’t make excuses.

Just get out there and start making that change you’ve been talking so much about.

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Warm-up:

After the 20-minute circuit, do another easy 10 min walk/jog outside. And don’t 10 min easy walk/jog outside. get frustrated at the fact that you have to run outside. I know it may be difficult in the beginning but running outside burns more calories and will increase your Set your timer for 20 minutes and cardiovascular fitness quicker than running see how many rounds of the following on a treadmill or elliptical. Even if you start movements you can do. with a 1 minute jog and 1 minute walk, - 20 squats that’s great. The real goal this week is to - 10 push-ups FOLLOW THROUGH and get started - 20 crunches down the path toward your goals. I’d love - 10 jump lunges to hear from you so please send me an - Plank (lift right foot off the ground 20 times, then left foot 20 times; squeeze your email and let me know how it went and how many rounds you did! gluts real tight)

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As always, 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.

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Watchful Eye, 2010

ummer Solstice is again upon us. The streets of Santa Barbara will be strewn with flowers and filled with song, dance and costumes of every imaginable shape and color.

Today I bow in homage to just a few of the people without whom we would not have this day – and now weekend – of play. From its roots in 1974 as a birthday celebration for artist/mime Michael Gonzales, some are still here, while others have moved on to new chapters. There are, of course, too many to mention – but I will start with three who helped lay the cornerstones of the Solstice Parade.

Long-time Executive Director Claudia Bratton, whose boundless energy, creativity and spunk make me want to take a nap; Eric Lassen, maybe the longest-serving Solstice Board member, who takes his day-of-parade-costume-patrol duties very seriously; and Randy Tico, music-maker/producer of many a fantastic night in the Sunken Gardens and Alameda Park.

A huge congratulations to the entire team that makes this dream a reality year after year. Thank you, Summer Solstice, one and all!

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by Jim Luksic

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

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verybody knows the latest Superman actor, Henry Cavill, is a sexy beast – because director Zack Snyder reminds us at every turn. Throughout Man of Steel, it isn’t enough that Cavill’s character is matinee-idol handsome and stronger than all of us, he’s photographed in the finest lighting, facing the sun, in the coolest outfits and actually has the audacity to pose shirtless. Small wonder nobody on earth can dare to compare. (A more fitting moniker for the comic-book hero: Man Surreal.)

Too bad the movie doesn’t live up to expectations in the opening 20 minutes: Snyder supplies an instant buzzkill with a crippling prologue, drab cinematography, sci-fi gimmicks and yawn-evoking dialogue. This, despite the fact there evidently was an immaculate conception on Krypton (where Russell Crowe looks better suited for a Gladiator remake.)

I have nothing against providing background and pertinent history; Batman Begins did it to fine effect on Christopher Nolan’s watch. But this picture blows the opportunity, and I found myself disengaged until the terrifying school bus crash in Kansas, where – strange to report – the cinematography also springs to life.

The caped protagonist is shown being raised by a Heartland couple (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane), where they offer platitudes straight out of a cornfield: “People are afraid of what they don’t understand.” As an adult caped crusader, Superman meets a Pulitzer-winning reporter (Amy Adams) who has a highly charged tale to tell, much to the chagrin of her Daily Planet editor (a rock-solid Laurence Fishburne).

Michael Shannon and his bug eyes strive to lend credence as the evil general, spewing threats when he isn’t muttering history lessons about “colonial outposts” and other exciting details. He often triggers the explosions and tedious fights that resemble Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots – and it’s off-putting when a marginal character, the opponent’s kick-ass woman, suddenly gets spotlighted and knocks around foes like bowling pins. Was screenwriter David Goyer’s choice to focus on her an olive branch to feminists who didn’t want the movie to center on boys and toys? Surely, the no-name player’s fight sequences weren’t merely stuffing for a bloated story in the 2.5-hour range. (But then, how can Snyder and Goyer explain the villain yelling “I will find you” four times – just in case we didn’t hear him the first three?)

Just when our filmmaker seems ready to find his legs and stop the superfluous antics, viewers are force-marched into another corner: The shameless product-placement and commercial tie-ins (IHOP and Sears, anyone?) prove a constant distraction; instead of focusing on the characters – and sloppy camerawork – we’re thinking, “Wow, they’re battling inside IHOP.” The handful of compelling, awe-inspiring moments – a submerged bus, the token Kansas tornado – often get overshadowed by pretense and sloppy action. Man of Steel had the essential pieces to be something special, but Snyder and crew blow it all to hell.

Where’s the Middle?

This Is The End is a fire-and-brimstone comedy spotlighting six friends – portraying themselves – trapped in James Franco’s home in Los Angeles due to bizarre, Apocalyptic circumstances outside. One participant, Jay Baruchel, laments having joined Seth Rogen at the party: “I don’t want to die in James Franco’s house.”

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The threadbare plot, co-written by Rogen, is nothing more than reallife pals hamming it up, tossing off one-liners like firecrackers. Their goal is basic in the extreme: survive the raging fires, deadly creatures and zombies roaming throughout the neighborhood. (Mindless, big-name cameos abound, as does toilet humor.)

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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.

Preschool Pomp and Circumstance

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know for a fact that I did not wear a cap and gown until I was in my teens and I definitely don’t have a preschool diploma in my baby box. Actually, I have no recollection of going to preschool at all.

This is somewhat disconcerting in light of the fact that we just finished forking out five figures a year for our children to attend preschool. (People should give you a head’s up when you get married, “Hey, you had better start that preschool fund.”)

No joke, when I was pregnant I had people inquire as to whether I had my unborn child (still in utero, people!) on a preschool waitlist. What? I hadn’t even finished waddling around with Elli in my belly when this question was posed to me.

Ridiculous, was my first response, but with further research I came to understand the phenomenon a bit better.

And not long after Elli was born, we followed suit and put her on a waitlist.

Thanks, Mrs. Galvez (left) and Mrs. Soto (right), you really made Lila’s Pre-K year special!

A Twinkle of Dampness

Congratulations Lila Grace – you are Kindergarten ready!

That was a long time ago. Elli now has her diploma from All Saints Preschool and she’s going into third grade at Washington Elementary. And here we are, at a pivotal point for most parents, you see, because Lila (our youngest) just got her diploma from Little Angels Preschool.

Yes, that’s right, we are officially the proud parents of two preschool graduates

(and not expecting to produce any more).

Lord knows just how we pulled that off. I mean, really, the tuition alone was a killer. But add in there the projects and the parades and the pouting (and the parties) and you’ll get the sense of tiredness a preschool parent continually packs around with them. (Bless those talented individuals who are running these schools and classrooms!)

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Lately I’ve had some big pats on the back and a handful of “Congratulations!” thrown around in conversation (you’d think I put my kid through Stanford already). The recognition typically comes from parents who have also successfully produced preschool graduates. They have those diplomas and self-portraits tucked neatly away in the memory boxes and have entered the next stage of parenting, the one (and possibly only – depending on your kids’ ages) where the children are at the same school.

Undoubtedly, I’ve been anticipating all the bells ringing at the same spot and only one mapped route to and from drop offs and pick ups. Mothers moonlight as chauffeurs, of course. But even with all those benefits, I found myself getting slightly sad – just a twinkle of dampness in the eyes – at Lila’s graduation.

I’m going to miss it. The pure honesty that piggybacks a preschooler at all times is magical. They make you look at life differently each and every day. They are full of inquisitive and creative thoughts that open our eyes to a world that we lose once we grow into our legs. “Who made the moon, Mommy?” “How do bones grow?” “What happens when time stops?”

Try answering any or all of those questions

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e really did cherish our time at Little Angels Preschool. It was filled with inspiration and growth for Lila. There were always kind arms to hold her when she needed a hug. Little Angels is a special school that will forever have a place in our hearts. If you are shopping for preschools, be sure to call Mary and go check out the magic. www. littleangelspreschool.com.

and you will find yourself digging a little deeper into our existence.

And, no doubt, preschool keeps you humble. On Lila’s recent Mother’s Day gift she declared, “I love my mom because she always finds time to… take a nap.”

This was proudly laminated for all to see, and darn that girl, she’s spot on with that statement. I do love my siestas. (She also plainly stated that “my mom knows everything,” which I may just have to pull out from the memory box when she reaches her teenage years. It’s officially been documented, darling, and by you.)

The Silver Lining There’s a lot that we are leaving behind.

I don’t think we will have any more Teddy Bear Parades in our future (even though making those damn floats for the teddy bears to roll around the school yard on was quite the task). There’s something special about paint smashed handprints and stapled crowns that I will forever miss.

This year the Little Angels Butterfly Class trekked through the Rainforest, orchestrated a circus, took a trip to the moon in a rocket ship and participated in the Olympics. Their futures are bright. But no matter their path in life, I don’t think they’ll ever accomplish such a list of feats in just one year. Maybe if we all pulled out our nap mats and blankies and had some quiet time each day we would be able to tackle more notable deeds.

As my daughter strolled down the aisle to the graduation march and stepped up to the stage to receive her diploma, I was flooded with a bittersweet mixture of blessedness and nostalgia. This was it.

This stage of our life was officially over.

At that moment, I glanced at my husband through misty eyes and we exchanged a look – with crooked smiles and a sparkle of wonderment.

And we silently celebrated an end to the preschool payments.

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• LOVE IS FREE What: Summer Solstice Parade & Festival Where: Downtown Santa Barbara and Alameda Park When: The festival is open 4 – 8pm on Friday, 12 – 8pm on Saturday (parade at noon!) and 12 – 6pm on Sunday.

Why: This annual favorite features more than 1,000 participants, complete with extravagant floats, whimsical costumes and creatively choreographed dancing ensembles. Festivities continue all weekend long in the park with food, music and vendors of all kinds!

How: Officially Summer yourself.

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orkout. Diet. Compare to others. Repeat. Sometimes it feels like we’re stuck on the proverbial treadmill trying to achieve something, anything, other than what we actually are.

Often we’re exhausted before we even start our workout, and we know that there’s another way but it seems so out of reach.

Well search no more, ladies (sorry gents)! Melanie Elkin of Yoga’licious is offering a 10week small group program (July 8 – September 9) focusing on ditching perfection, listening to our bodies and tapping into our inner fierce and fearless feminine self. Through yoga, Melanie will guide you to establish and sustain a healthy and fulfilling relationship with your body, your food and your entire life. Sounds Yoga’licious, right?

Wondering if the program is for you? Well here’s a little extra love this week: Contact Melanie by Monday, June 24, for a complimentary conversation about your dreams and goals. Just want to explore on your own? Don’t miss her insightful e-newsletter or terrific website, http://melanieelkin.com.

• LOOSE CHANGE What: Grab a Pint Where: American Ale, 14 East Cota Street When: Friday and Saturday, 5pm – 1am; Sunday, 5pm – 11pm Why: The new beer pub and kitchen houses 24 American craft beers and ciders on draft, an array of vintage cocktails and quality burgers to boot.

How: Go ahead, ale away!

What’ll It Cost Me: Approximately $10 – $30. Cheers!

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: The Last Summer on Earth Tour Where: The Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 North Milpas When: Saturday, June 22, 6pm Why: The Barenaked Ladies are teaming up with Ben Folds Five and Guster for an evening of ‘90s throwback music.

How: Rock out (and celebrate the fact that the world is still alive and kickin’...)

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What’ll It Cost Me: Free to attend!

Truly Local Libations

By Eve Sommer-Belin s we all make efforts to be more responsible in our consuming habits, why not extend and harness that energy into our rocks or martini glasses? Enter the 100-Mile cocktail.

This concept’s goal is to bring together ingredients from 100 miles or fewer away from the city it is being made in.

Our very own Four Seasons Biltmore has joined the fun and created the Backyard Barbareño. Blending vodka from Paso Robles and orangecello from Ventura with farmers’ market fresh fruits and herbs, this cocktail refreshes the spirit and impresses with its uniqueness. Go try one in a terrific setting by Butterfly Beach, then think of your own.

And feel good about your truly local libation… cheers to the Central Coast!

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In the Garden with

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

Bamboozled

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ecently, as I drove around Santa Barbara, I was noticing how prevalent bamboo is. I’ve observed timber bamboo used as a large dividing hedge, black bamboo as an informal, dark forest and weeping Mexican bamboo enclosing a large water feature. There are almost as many uses for bamboo as there are types of the stuff.

Here’s the thing. Folks love their bamboo. It’s easy to grow (just add water and stand back), it’s lush and green, and although it needs regular irrigation to get established, most are somewhat drought tolerant once they get going.

However, while folks sing its many praises – as Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) did in her renowned Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of 44 love sonnets – there are occasional drawbacks. Little known fact: There were some crucial lines omitted from the sonnets back in 1850 when Liz penned them. It originally read: ow do I love thee, bamboo? Let me H count the ways Bamboo, not English primroses is funner But alas, I should’ve planted a clumper, Instead of a runner True story.

Today, backyard gardeners and even seasoned landscapers express similar sentiments regarding bamboo because sometimes when planted, they get more than they bargained for. People often don’t realize how invasive bamboo can be and, how darn tall or wide it gets. Doing a little homework and choosing wisely before planting can save you time, money and grief in the long run and often in the not-so-long run.

As you’ve probably heard, there are two main types of bamboo: The noninvasive, clumping type and the extremely enthusiastic, running type. Both can be valuable additions to your garden when used in the appropriate application.

Clumpers have a very short root structure and generally only expand a few inches per year, forming circular clumps.

These clumps slowly enlarge as the new shoots, or culms, emerge. Ultimately though, these guys can expand up to ten feet or more depending on the species.

Clumpers make great specimen plants and also form dense screens, but not quite as rapidly as running bamboo does.

Running bamboo spreads by sending out underground runners, or rhizomes, that often travel some distance from the

Backyard peaches fall victim to many natural and unnatural pests.

This unidentified bamboo thrives in a container in bright shade. Every other year I divide it and make a few more.

clumper can reach 55 feet tall. Drought tolerant but looks best with an occasional deep watering.

Alphonse Karr Bamboo (Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’): The canes are brilliantly striped green on yellow with the new growth emerging pinkish green. Gets up to 25 feet by 1 1/2 inches wide.

Popular Running Bamboos

Painted Bamboo (Bambusa vulgare vitatta) before a backdrop of Giant Timber Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii). Costarring Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’) and Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri).

parent plant. Black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) for example, is slow to start but very invasive after it takes hold. I once planted some black bamboo on the Mesa and it eventually made its way to IV. (Not really, but almost.)

Runners fill in the spaces between plantings faster than clumpers, which makes them a good choice for fast screens and hedges in narrow spaces.

The rhizomes of running bamboo tend to grow horizontally only to a depth of about 18 inches. For this reason, it’s is possible to contain them by installing special barriers. Initially, lots of digging is involved, but it’s worth the sweat.

Popular Clumping Bamboos

Mexican Weeping Bamboo (Otatea acuminata aztecorum): The narrow leaves and arching canes give this vigorous clumper an overall lacy appearance.

Maxes out at 20 feet and the canes can reach a diameter of 1 1/2 inches.

Pittieri Bamboo (Chusquea pittieri): An arching, climbing and even vining bamboo that will climb into surrounding trees if allowed. The nodes of the canes bear thorny branchlets.

Giant Timber Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii): Yikes! This reliable and widely grown

Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra): Turns from green to jet black in its second year.

From 20-30 feet tall by 1-2 inches wide.

Low water needs.

Striped Running Timber Bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides ‘Castillon’): This runner gets 35 feet tall with 2 inch wide, vertically green banded canes. Does best in full sun.

Pigskin Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis ‘Robert Young’): Slow spreader from 2540 feet tall with 2-3 inch wide canes, or culms. Golden yellow with green stripes

to say the least. Spraying should begin around the time of flower petal drop and continue as the young fruit develops. This is no small feat, but if you indeed decide to go this route, Spinosad can be used which is a bacterially derived (“organic”) pesticide. Check out http://www.ipm. ucdavis.edu/PMG/r602300211.html for specifics on a spray schedule.

However, the Oriental Fruit Moth does have a natural enemy in the parasitic, Macrocentrus ancylivorus. Now this is where it gets a little complicated, and there will be a test. Growing a small stand of sunflowers can provide Macrocentrus with an alternative host – the Sunflower Moth (Homoeosoma electellum). What this means to you is that if you plant sunflowers in April and again in May (staggered), you will encourage populations of the Sunflower Moth which in turn will increase the numbers of Macrocentrus which will in turn fight off your invading Oriental Fruit Moths. It’s worth a try if you ask me. Oh, and you did.

Randy’s Quick Pick

Wormy Peaches?

Dear Mr. Greenjeans, My husband and I are avid organic gardeners. This year our peach tree put out an abundant crop, except every peach had little white caterpillar in it. What are they and do you know of an organic method that we could try to keep them out of our fruit next year?

Signed, Wormy and Worried Dear Wormy, Your question reminds me of that famous saying, “When life gives you wormy peaches – make cobbler.” That’s because, as you’ve probably guessed, there’s not much you can do about the problem this season.

By the description, I’m thinking that your bug could be the larval stage of the Oriental Fruit Moth (Grapholitha molesta).

Since there can be five to six generations of this guy per year, the timing of spray applications can be crucial, and tricky

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have a new favorite baby. I’m thrilled to tell you that my friends Lee and (co-worker) Michael Reukauf welcomed their beautiful, new son, Sawyer James Reukauf, into the world on June 1. Weighing in at a whopping 7 pounds, 11 ounces, the Reukaufs are considering replacing their plaster garden gnome and installing Sawyer James out in the garden next to the pink flamingos.

Apart from being moderately sleep deprived, all are doing nicely.

Welcome, Sweet Baby James!

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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 #207 12-5pm $1,300,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #307 12-5pm $1,250,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 5 West Padre 1-4pm $995,000 3bd/2ba Aaron Gilles 895-1877 Village Properties 821 Laguna Street #D 2-4pm $899,000 2bd/2.5ba Lauren Tomkin 403-5125 Coldwell Banker 18 West Victoria Street #109 12-5pm $855,000 0bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 109 West Junipero Street 2-4pm $849,000 3bd/2ba Tomi Spaw 698-7007 Prudential California Realty 236 Por La Mar Circle

By Appt. $595,000 1bd/1ba John Sirois 455-6277 Village Properties 2117 Castillo Street #D 1-4pm $499,000 1bd/1ba Whitney Schott 680-3640 Village Properties

2535 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,650,000 5bd/4.5ba Phyllis Lenker 886-2342 Village Properties 2012 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,395,000 4bd/3ba Angela Moloney 451-1553 Prudential California Realty 34 Eeast Padre Street 1-4pm $2,195,000 5bd/3ba Grubb Campbell Group 294-2890 Village Properties 411 East Padre Street 1-4pm $1,549,000 3bd/2.5ba Steve Shugart 886-3664 Sotheby’s International Realty 15 East Islay Street # B 1-3pm $784,800 2bd/1ba Phil Shirinian 637-8722 Sotheby’s International Realty

4111 Creciente Drive 2-4pm $4,500,000 4bd/3.5ba Marcella Simmons 680-9981 Village Properties 3938 Laguna Blanca Drive 1-4pm $2,795,000 3bd/3ba Brooke Coburn 453-7071 Prudential California Realty 1212 Bel Air Drive 1-4pm $1,695,000 5bd/4ba John Bahura 680-5175 Village Properties 4130 Creciente Drive 2-4pm $1,600,000 4bd/2ba John Faulkner 570-9454 Village Properties 2209 Vista Del Campo 12-1:30pm $1,150,000 5bd/2ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties

1409 Shoreline Drive 1-5pm $5,000,000 4bd/4ba Gene Archambault 455-1190 Sun Coast Real Estate 1210 Shoreline Drive 1-4pm $2,650,000 3bd/2.5ba Scott Williams 451-9300 Prudential California Realty 2509 Calle Montilla 1-4pm $1,349,000 4bd/3ba Debbie Kort 368-4479 Coldwell Banker 512 Arroyo Avenue 2-4pm $895,000 3bd/1.5ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties 646 Calle Del Oro 1-4pm $895,000 3bd/2ba Lorie F- Bartron 563-4045 Prudential California Realty 1111 Manitou Road 12-2pm $839,000 2bd/1.5ba Catherine O’Neill 886-7760 Sotheby’s International Realty

857 Cheltenham Road 1-4pm $1,395,000 4bd/2ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty 404 Los Robles Lane 2-4pm $1,350,000 3bd/2.5ba Madhu Khemani 252-0625 Prudential California Realty

1181 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $2,595,000 3bd/3ba Dan Crawford 886-5764 Sotheby’s International Realty 1300 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,795,000 4bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Prudential California Realty 1255 Dover Lane 1-4pm $995,000 2bd/1ba Thomas Dabney 689-7306 Village Properties

3021 Hermosa Road 2-4pm $1,545,000 4bd/3.5ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty

406 Lincolnwood Place 1-3pm $1,599,000 4bd/3ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 15 Francisco Drive 2-5pm $1,595,000 3bd/3ba Susan Jordano 680-9060 Village Properties 415 Lincolnwood Place 1:30-4:30pm $1,465,000 4bd/3ba Gregg Leach 886-9000 Village Properties 325 East Alamar Avenue 2-4pm $1,195,000 4bd/3ba Rich van Seenus & Melissa Birch 689-2674 Sotheby’s International Realty 3639 San Remo Drive #36

By Appt. $525,000 2bd/2ba Rose Van Schaik 452-2051 Prudential California Realty

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