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e was born on the fourth of July, a bicentennial boy. At age 12, his father taught him to fly. By 14, he made solo flights across Alaskan terrain, his home since birth. Fredrick “Ace” Rivington Jr. knows no limits. With good looks, a sense of humor, and a classic-rock believer, he’s a man every woman wants and a guy every man wants to be. But his life just got complicated; his father has been kidnapped.

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Stylin’ & Profilin’ – Clothes call: Megan Waldrep catches up with Beau Lawrence in the Ace Rivington studio, and covers his story from head to toe

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Sharon’s Take – Sharon Byrne is back, just in time for the holidays, surveying and scrutinizing the midterm election results

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15 Days a Week – Just because Thanksgiving is over doesn’t mean Jeremy Harbin can sit back and relax; there are anniversaries, concerts, festivals, and shopping sprees. It’s beginning to look a lot like December.

Holistic Deliberation – Allison Antoinette raises the bar on protein standards, scrutinizing whether eating such sugary snacks are literally worth your time and energy

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Santa Barbara View – Sharon Byrne recalls how a star was born atop a tree in Milpas and how firefighters kept the flame alive; and Cheri Rae documents superintendent David Cash’s State of the Schools address

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The Weekly Capitalist – Jeffrey Harding delves into space-related movies to aid his number-crunching and look into the financial future

Keepin’ It Reel – James Luksic, unlike most of America, doesn’t have Hunger pangs and was disappointed in Mockingjay, but enjoyed looking Beyond the Lights

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Mad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon looks back at Colorado’s flash floods of 2013 and gauges the impact of antibiotics

In The Zone – Tommie Vaughn chimes in about supporting the Garden Street Academy’s annual Holiday Boutique and sits down with Angela Bolea

Up Close – Jacquelyn De Longe leaves her car in the garage, rolls out her bicycle, and suggests others follow suit and ride on down to Bici Centro

In the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans – With Thanksgiving approaching, Randy Arnowitz thinks “I yam what I yam” when it comes to his holiday feasts

Plan B – Briana Westmacott huddles up with guys and gals during the holidays to eat, drink, be merry, and grant wishes

Food File – Indian style: Christina Enoch gets more than a taste of meals on wheels with Nimita Dhirajlal’s Tapas Truck

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Girl About Town – Julie Bifano darkens the door of Karen and Jeff Stone as part of El Montecito School’s latest crusade, just for funds

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his midterm election served up some surprises, even within predictable outcomes.

Education Bonds No Slam Dunk Measure S and the Montecito Union School bond both failed. I wrote about Measure S last month, and some readers told me that for the first time ever, they voted against an education bond measure.

The question of infrastructure is not exclusive to City College. 60 Minutes just did a story on failing bridges, highways, railroad infrastructure, aging ports that haven’t been dredged in decades, and more. Our city is trying to sort out what should be prioritized in a $600-million capital infrastructure backlog. A whole lot of people are wondering why it is that once upon a time, we had the funding to build schools, bridges, buildings, and a highway system that was the best in the

world, but can no longer find funding to adequately maintain any of it? There is a growing unease among our citizenry that something has gone very wrong on this front. How did America, with all its can-do and know-how, come to this place of crumbling infrastructure? And why is it that we can no longer maintain our schools adequately? We once had the budget to do that… what happened? I expect future school bond issues will run into increasing scrutiny along these lines.

Lois Capps Squeaks by

This was quite surprising. Not that she won, no that wasn’t the surprise. It was that she posted a win of merely 51.7 percent.

The 24th Congressional was considered a Dem stronghold going into this election.

Big Republican guns like Boehner were glaringly absent, though McCarthy did pop by to try to help Chris Mitchum. I saw one Mitchum sign on the way to Buellton and a couple around Santa Barbara. Hardly

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a big threat. But these results move the district to toss-up status, and that’s striking.

Which is probably why Capps, with five times the war chest of Mitchum, ran the ugliest smear campaign seen in these parts, and she ran it in full saturation mode, astonishing for a Congresswoman who wears “nice” like it’s deodorant.

But maybe it wasn’t Mitchum who had her sweating. Perhaps it’s her would-besuccessors circling like hungry sharks, hot on the scent of fresh chum. Midterms tend to favor Republicans, but Dems started saying, “Well, I love Lois, of course…” and moved uncomfortably into a pregnant pause, or rolled their eyes outright. I guess inside-political-baseball-players expected she would retire gracefully and leave Salud and Helene to fight to the death, with Das also supposedly chomping at the bit. That scenario probably has the Democratic Central Committee sweating on the inside, but if people are asking when is she going to finally retire, damn it… well, maybe that got back to her.

Now, I am decidedly against shoving a woman off the stage just because she’s gotten older. I love Hillary and Madonna, in that order. But the sentiment that Lois has passed the sell-by date is newly bolstered by rumors swirling that she’s planning to abdicate while still in office, to hand the seat to her daughter, Laura Capps, via a special appointment by Governor Brown.

The idea of a Capps having a dynastic lock on the 24th Congressional seat is going

down about as smoothly as deep-fried pork with Dems and Republicans alike. But Laura Capps is suddenly everywhere.

Expect some intriguing developments on this front.

North County Flexes Muscle on Measure P It’s old news that the 2010 census saw Santa Maria eclipse Santa Barbara in population, 100,000 versus 90,000. The county supervisors redistricted appropriately in response, but I’ve wondered when we would see this shift reflected in one of those infamous North-vs-South County divides? Well, we’ve possibly just witnessed it with Measure P. The charge has been fairly leveled that Big Oil killed Measure P with $7 million in campaign spending.

However, big campaign spending has failed here before, and the voting results indicate something a little more than just money might be at work. It appears that North County collectively voted their economic interests against the environmental ideology of the city of Santa Barbara, and prevailed. This may well be the first time we’ve seen the population shift translate into actual voting strength that flips the longstanding dynamic where South County idealism dictates to North County. If it is indeed the start of such a trend, then our county is headed into some very interesting times, to say the least.

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he Elderly” seem hesitant to embrace their brand. When you pat them consolingly on the cardigan and holler that it’s time for their walk, time for their medicine, time for their nap, time for pudding, they can appear downright churlish, boldly ungrateful, sometimes even a little downcast.

What’s up with that?

It is a question we do well to ask in this possessive-apostrophe-challenged epoch.

We should consider the possibility that they

actually don’t know they’re The Elderly.

Who can blame them? The weakening old dears your average waitress can scarcely be bothered to look at are indeed visitors from another reality. Once, they conferred by lamplight in rayon and wool, crushed their neckties and skewed their hats in desperate, martini-fueled embraces while the world around them, the world that gave us this one, raged in Technicolor fire and glory. They scaled vertical French cliffs through a hot downpour of machine-gun

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fire, worked swing shifts riveting together Flying Fortresses, screwed in the sleeper car on the night train to Chicago, were sealed into space capsules and fired like bullets into experimental orbits. Some of our elderly walked around the public parks naked and stoned (but for love beads) during the sweltering Summer of Love.

“Is that you, grandpa?”

We are morons to believe our elders are “past their prime.” They are at their prime.

But to put the matter into terms the modern reader can understand, their memories are nearly full, their hard drives are failing, and the cloud to which they are repairing may or may not be great at data storage. We don’t know, the connection is for crap. When their drives shut down, the data is lost. Or as life-starved Roy Batty memorably says at the end of the film Blade Runner: “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” These people, whom we have largely dismissed, they with the downturned eyes, are superheroes. Their baggy pants and funny floral dresses notwithstanding, our seniors have leaped tall buildings in a single figurative bound. And here we are, stepping on their capes.

Section 368 of the California Penal Code spells out the details of elder abuse and its judicial remedies in 974 words of bone-dry exactitude. If you’ve been physically abused, mentally abused, deliberately placed in harm’s way, if you’ve been isolated for the benefit of the prospective perpetrator, had your money spirited away, if you’ve been falsely imprisoned – if any of these things have been visited upon you, and you’re 65 or older, you have experienced some legally arguable species of elder abuse. The same is true if you suffer any of these indignities and are a physically or mentally compromised “Dependent Adult” between the ages of 18 and 64. The judicial language is as flat and statutory as it has to be, but informs many stories; colorful, tragic, hopeful, transforming.

Elder Protection Outfits In May of this year, a gathering of impassioned professionals and volunteers convened in an auditorium at Santa Barbara City College where they ate finger foods, chatted amiably for a time, compared tattoos, and then sat down to get a dose of hard truth. The Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Conference, despite its long and winding title, has a simple and singular goal: to revisit and reignite the discussion about our elders and the protections they can be afforded. Among the local organizations and individuals represented in attendance this year, and through whose eyes we’ll sketch the elder abuse issue in this piece, were the Office of the Santa Barbara DA’s Victim-Witness Assistance Program, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood, no-prisoner-taking elder advocate Amy Mallett, and filmmaker Stu Maddux, appearing on the same bill with the Pacific Pride Foundation and SaBLE – the Santa Barbara Lavender Elders – for

whose LGBT seniors Elder Abuse is the foul icing on a cake already leavened with a measure of public opprobrium.

Elder Protection outfits like these (not to mention perennial Knights of the Round Table like Joyce Ellen Lippman’s Central Coast Commission for Senior CitizensArea Agency on Aging, Brad Parks of Adult Protective Services, the Financial Abuse Specialist Team’s Jeanne West, Arlene Diaz of the Santa Barbara County Public Guardian’s Office, et al) use the annual gathering to compare notes, get the latest news and stats, and buck each other up for the coming year of battle-doing on behalf of our seniors. This constellation of do-gooders, many of them volunteers, work jointly with law enforcement, and the DA’s office to place a shield between our elder population and those who would exploit them or do them harm.

At last count, Santa Barbara county boasted 70,177 people 65 years of age and older, the magic age-marker that delineates a legally defined abused elder. In Santa Barbara County, for the year 2013 Adult Protective Services reports there were 1,933 reports of elder abuse, and of that number, there were 121 cases of financial abuse, or 19 percent of all cases reported.

In the elder abuse racket, some perps punch while others plunder. Nationally, statistics show respect for our “Elders” is on the decline if taken as a measure of the varying degrees of actionable abuse meted out to them by a mixed bag of ne’er-do-wells, about 90 percent of whom are related to the victim in some way, as well as gardenvariety scammers, and some caregivers who cross lines due to stress, frustration, opportunism, or a misreading of what are proper caregiving best practices.

One national study estimated that only about one in 14 cases of elder abuse is ever reported to the authorities. The Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Conference convenes each May (Elder Abuse Prevention Month), and indeed such meetings are regularly held in bewildered communities all over the country, and they all ask the same questions: why is the problem getting worse? Why does so much of it go unreported? Can elder abuse be inadvertent? And when will our terminally distracted culture stop what it’s doing for a minute, really look at our seniors with loving eyes, and circle the wagons?

Cries and Calls for Help The Santa Barbara Courthouse presides over a surrounding community of office buildings that feed into the larger mission of the courts by providing services that augment the criminal justice machinery.

One of the buildings, an upright whitewashed shoebox, houses an office and a team whose sole purpose is to humanize a jurisprudential hall of mirrors that to some folks can seem a Kafkaesque nightmare.

The Victim-Witness Assistance Program (VWAP to its acronym-grateful friends) is surely one of the jewels in the crown of the local criminal justice ensemble. Operating

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as an appendage of the District Attorney’s office, the VWAP puts itself at the service of stressed and frightened victims of crime trying to navigate the system, or simply wondering how to proceed.

The office fields a lot of phone calls. “Most of the calls are taken by Vicki Johnson and Susan Lord,” says the unit’s director, Megan Riker-Rheinschild. “There is a lot of ambiguity in the public’s mind about what constitutes elder abuse. People call in and inquire, saying ‘Hey, my mom lives is Santa Barbara, and I believe she is being taken advantage of by such and such a person.’ Susan and Vicki take care of most of those calls.”

Susan Lord elaborates. “I’m an advocate,” she says. “...and twenty hours – about half my time – is devoted to elder abuse. The other half of my caseload is other types of cases.” Lord, for her part, picks up the phone to assure, to refer, and to calm her callers with the sort of relaxed demeanor that must be food and drink to the confused folks who call the Victim-Witness Assistance office for guidance. Most of the elder abuse calls she takes are parties to ongoing court cases, seeking updates and news about their situations in progress, per the stated core mission of the VWAP office. A number of the calls, though, are a cry for help: crisis intervention. In her crucial role as, in effect, a first responder, how does Lord know if, in those cases, the caller’s situation rises to the level of something that law enforcement should look into?

“I just listen to the person and listen to what the whole background is, listen for issues. If there are things to be filed in civil court, or if there are issues of competency, I just refer them back (to the proper channels). Basically, what I’m listening for is a possible criminal aspect.” To triangulate on a phone call’s issues, Lord often refers back to colleague Vicki Johnson, refers the matter to law enforcement, and makes a report to APS (Adult Protective Services).

“Everybody has their function in this,” She says matter-of-factly. Do the DA’s office and law enforcement truly, though, have the resources and will to really tackle the elder abuse problem, legally intercede into each and every reported instance of elder abuse?

Deputy District Attorney Tracy Grossman answers this way: “The best-case scenario for the District Attorney’s Office would be if we had a dedicated prosecutor, investigator, and advocate, sometimes called a vertical

prosecution unit, to solely handle elder abuse cases from the minute they come in the door through the time of sentencing the offender.”

The filial devotion that tears at abused elders is what gets to Susan Lord.

“Sometimes the court asks that contact between an elder and an abusive child be severed, at least for a period of time, and some of these people say, ‘Well, I’m old, I don’t want to lose contact with my child.

And sometimes I just want to say, ‘Ma’am, your child is 57. When is he going to get it together?’”

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“Ineffective” Witnesses “We need to encourage the establishment of vertical prosecution units for elder abuse,” said San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood in remarks to the U.S. Senate in 2012.

Greenwood’s office is considered by many to be a model of prosecutorial acumen in the elder abuse realm. Greenwood, a regular speaker at the Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Conference, wears his heart for seniors on his sleeve, and points at his sleeve at every available opportunity.

His work for the San Diego County DA on behalf of victims is more than a job to him, and his office’s model of dedicating resources and specialized attention to the issue makes him a popular presenter at Elder Culture conferences everywhere.

Greenwood, an animated and emotionally forward Englishman with the dry wit one expects from the UK, took the time to answer my questions while traveling back to England to visit his own parents. Greenwood’s heartfelt love and respect for that generation, married to his thorough expertise, spell trouble for would-be abusers. He bridles at some of the institutional obstacles that make prosecuting elder abuse unnecessarily cumbersome.

“I am constantly asking our local law enforcement agencies to take the initial report and gather any available evidence – and then run the scenario by me so that I can then make a determination whether or not the facts support follow-up.” Added to the fact that many instances go unreported, those that are reported can face a slippery uphill battle, a Sisyphean struggle possibly informed by insufficient resources. Even if the way to trial seems clear, the storied unreliability of senior citizens as witnesses in court gives pause to time-and-resourcestrapped prosecutors.

“Even if an investigation is referred to a prosecutor, a common reaction can be that the case is rejected because the prosecutor mistakenly thinks the victim will not make an effective witness in court.” This is a prosecutorial saw with which Greenwood passionately disagrees. “My experience – spread over 18 years – has been very different. In the main, my victims are not only able to provide sufficient details, but are also credible and have real jury appeal.”

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“M’ M’ M’ My Mimosa!” at Hahn Hall

t was during intermission for Pilobolus at the Granada that my companion and I wandered next door to the Marquee for a between set cocktail. Only it wasn’t the Marquee anymore. The joint had closed a couple of weeks earlier, and after some quick renovations had reopened as The Good Lion. As of a few minutes earlier.

“Welcome!” said Brandon, the overallwearing new co-owner. “You’re customers number 3 and 4.”

We weren’t, though, if you define customers as folks who actually buy something. Brandon had poured us each a glass of his opening-day concoction, a spicy blend of brandy and wine, and engaged us in conversation about why a guy from L.A. would move to Santa Barbara just to open a pretty darn small watering hole (even if it is next door to one of the city’s cultural jewels). The curtain was about to rise for Act II, so we didn’t have time to partake of any of Brandon’s five signature cocktails, which include the Rosemary Clooney (vodka, rosemary, citrus, honey, absinthe) and Red Viper (vodka, pomegranate, aperitif wine, tea, citrus, bubbles), plus Estrella Damm and Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA. Classy joint, though, and a very charming fellow at the helm. We’ll be back.

at all about Pulp, the new production from the ensemble, due to the fact that – in keeping with the theme of the evening – they gave us all ripe tangerines and doused us with mimosas (of any strength and number we desired) both prior to the show and during intermission. I do love me some orange juice and champagne, and while I can honestly say I was feeling no pain (other than the morning after) those brilliant mental notes I took got washed away in a river of bubbly juice.

But I hear it was great!

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I’d like to tell you all about the intricacies of wild Up’s exhilarating concert at Hahn Hall in early November, a show that breaks down just about every classical music barrier and engages the audience in encouraging ways, from the youth and vitality of the players to the creativity of its settings.

I’d like to, but I can’t.

Because I really don’t remember much

More Holiday Libations

“Big Dave’s” Egg Nog comes from a family heirloom recipe originated David Lentz’s father. Now, Lentz, who owns The Hungry Cat restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara (as well as outlets in Hollywood and Santa Monica Canyon) is making the concoction available at all his locations, where patrons can drink it by the glass – finished with nutmeg and cinnamon – or take some home. The egg Nog carries a bit of kick, of course, a blend of spiced rum, brandy, and Jameson whiskey, but even Lentz doesn’t know the exact mixture. “It’s a classic egg nog, and I’m assuming it’s a crème anglaise base, but my father won’t tell anyone,” the owner/chef said in a press release. “I’m still waiting to sign the confidentiality agreement.” The Egg Nog comes in reusable flip-top glass bottles, priced at $38 a liter ($34 refills), and is available through New Year’s Day.

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very once in a while, I find myself in a dilemma. Sometimes I want the flavor of a beer but don’t necessarily want the intoxicating effects of alcohol that come with drinking one. This is where non-alcoholic (N/A) or session beers come in. Alcohol-free beers or wines are usually scoffed at by drinkers; however, they do serve a purpose.

Drinking and driving is a serious problem during the holiday season, and N/A beers can allow a designated driver to partake in the celebration while still fulfilling their responsibilities. Session beers should have an alcohol content below 5 percent ABV (alcohol by volume) and are great for someone who wants to have a few drinks during a holiday party but doesn’t want to become over-intoxicated. Getting the alcohol out of beer is not as easy as you would think and the engineer in me is fascinated by the process.

simplest method. Saccharomyces uvarum is the standard lager yeast. Its close relative, Saccharomycodes ludwigii, acts similarly except for one difference: it lacks the key enzymes for digesting maltose, the primary sugar in wort. S. ludwigii can be used in the same exact way as a lager yeast, but the downside is that it ferments at a slower pace. After fermentation, the beer will be a little over the required minimum of 0.5 percent ABV, so the brewer dilutes

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

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Going Low

In the US, low-alcohol drinks have a maximum of 2.5 percent ABV and alcohol-free beverages contain 0.5 percent ABV or below. A biological or a physical process can be used to remove the alcohol from beer. Biological processes are the most common, because the brewery just needs to control the brewing process and does not have to introduce expensive specialty equipment to the brewhouse.

For biological methods, the wort (sugary, unfermented beer) produced during the brewing process is critical for controlling the production of alcohol in beer. Fermentation is the process where microorganisms break down sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol. This means that the sugar content of the wort will determine how much alcohol can be produced. Since low sugar content is required for biological methods, it will probably be awhile before we see alcoholfree versions of strong beer styles like barleywine or double IPAs. The mash is the first stage of brewing and is the step where enzymes break down starches into simple sugars that are digestible by yeast. Enzymes function at very specific temperature ranges, and the brewer can increase the mash temperature to lower the productivity of enzymes. This produces a wort that contains less simple sugars and more starches, making it difficult for the yeast to ferment the liquid and therefore not produce any alcohol.

From here, the brewer has three options. The use of a special yeast is the

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Here we are, folks. We’re now in the post-Thanksgiving holiday season. That means the businesses that were holding out on playing Christmas music are now switching over to K-Lite FM. The people putting off shopping are now making lists. Neighbors are putting up decorations. And we’re not allowed to complain about it being too early anymore. Celebrate – or drown your sorrows – with the Figueroa Mountain Fourth Anniversary Celebration.

It’s at their place in Buellton, so maybe just pop into their local Funk Zone outlet and tell your bartender to pass your tidings along. See you there, and Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah / Happy Chinese New Year / Happy Kwanzaa / Happy Winter Solstice / Happy Festivus!

Sunday November 30 They’re Back

Who here loved the ‘90s? There was AOL, Bill Clinton, Seinfeld and Friends, Dolly the Sheep, R.L. Stine, and the band that took the world by storm, changing rock music forever… Toad the Wet Sprocket – Santa Barbara’s own ‘90s icon! Ah, the ‘90s… remember how you used to feel? If all you want is to feel that way, to be that close, to feel the same, then you need to attend tonight’s Toad show at SOhO (1221 State Street). Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Monday December 1 Lunch Time

It’s the first day of December. If you haven’t done so already, start your shopping. Take a long lunch break and make your way to, say, Guitar Bar (137 Anacapa Street) to pick up a high-end instrument for the axeman or axewoman in your life. Then maybe you could check out Gauthier (921 State Street) and pick out some designer jewelry for the person in your life who likes nice things. After that, go to the Harbor Restaurant on Stearns Wharf to get yourself some lobster.

Hey, this is your lunch break, after all. Who are these ungrateful people in your life who expect you to skip lunch just so they can have presents?

Tuesday December 2 Tree Lighting

If you’re in the mood to get in the Christmas mood, you might want to check out the festivities at Westmont College (955 La Paz Road) this evening. (If not, I wouldn’t worry about it; you’ve got all month to get into the holiday spirit.) They’ll hold a ceremony at 5 pm in which the “Pickle Tree,” a 150-foot redwood, will be lit up, and cookies will be eaten. It’s free and open to the public. Expect also: apple cider. Bring a canned good or unwrapped toy and get a picture with the real Santa Claus.

Wednesday December 3

Walkin’ in a Retail Wonderland

‘Tis the reason for the season: keeping the local economy afloat by buying lots of stuff from retailers and restaurants. And La Arcada (1114 State Street) is here to help you do just that with its 20th annual Christmas Walk. Stroll the shopping streets from 5 to 8 pm and stop for treats at the likes of Cielito or Jeannine’s. Buy gifts from open-late stores like Coast 2 Coast Collection or Oliver & Espig. Get your picture taken with the real Santa on a sleigh. It’s free. (The Santa part; you will need legal U.S. tender to buy food and presents.)

December 4

Sure, you could pay $15 to see the 10th annual Westmont Christmas Festival this weekend, but the true cheapskate will want to take advantage of tonight’s free dress rehearsal at 7. It might not be as good as when the musicians are all fully prepared, but… did I mention it’s free? If you can’t attend tonight or insist on paying your way, see the show, “Behold, I Am Making All Things New,” Friday and Saturday at 8 pm or Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm. All performances are at First Presbyterian Church (21 East Constance Avenue).

Friday December 5 Reindeer Art

There’s an artist in town, Brad Nack, who’s known this time of year to break out his pictures of reindeer. They’re pretty popular, and every year people come from all over to look at them and then give him money for them. That’s how art buying works; you look, you buy, you look. Lots of looking, a little buying. Do both at the Arts Fund Gallery (205 Santa Barbara Street) starting today until January 3. It’s the 100% Reindeer Art Show. Tonight’s opening reception is from 5 to 8 pm.

Saturday December 6 Lisztomania

Anyone with a decent education surely knows that Hungarian composer Franz Liszt visited Istanbul in 1847. What they might not know is that they’ll have an opportunity to see the pieces he performed there today at 2 pm in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Public Library (40 East Anapamu Street). Presented by the Santa Barbara Music Club, this concert will feature pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran, who will tickle those ivories in all the right ways. This event, as all great library events should be, is free.

Sunday December 7

Say C’est Cheese

What says Christmastime in Santa Barbara better than wine and cheese? Probably a few things, but for the purposes of this calendar entry, let’s say nothing says Christmastime in Santa Barbara better than wine and cheese – specifically sparkling wine and cheese pairings at C’est Cheese (825 Santa Barbara Street). They’ll be serving an Italian prosecco, a cap classique, and a champagne, each with two cheeses, so you’ll leave full of not only cheese and wine but also plenty of ideas for your Christmas celebration at home. Get tickets cestcheese.com.

Monday December 8 Trains

Do you love the holidays? Do you love the library? Do you love model trains? If you answered “yes” to all three of those questions, then, boy oh boy, do I have the event for you. All day today, Tuesday, and Wednesday, you’ll be able to take advantage of the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Holiday Festival of Trains at the Goleta branch (500 North Fairview Avenue). The best part?

The model trains work and actually chug around on a track! The even better part? It’s free, if you can believe it!

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Those fun-lovin’ seniors over at Garden Court (1116 De La Vina Street) are throwing a party tonight from 6 to 8:30, and they want you to be there. They’ve got all sorts of entertainment lined up: an appearance by Mr. and Mrs. Claus, the Inner Light Gospel Choir, and Ron Paris from the Platters. Expect also food and crafts. If you’re buying a Christmas tree, you could do that here tonight so that the cost benefits Garden Court’s resident activities fund. It’s free.

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Noosance is a local rapper whose debut Alone was selfreleased earlier this month. His is the kind of morbid, menacing hip-hop that sounds heavily influenced by Gravediggaz, but that’s more likely heavily influenced by Odd Future. Sample lyric, from lead single “Slaughter”: “Say we’re offensive, we give no f***s / Wanna call the cops? Go ahead, so what?” The bio on his Soundcloud page says “I do drugs and make music.” I think he should probably focus on one or the other, but see him do what he does tonight at Velvet Jones (423 State Street) with Dope by Design and The J Pigg Project.

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Do Christmas Right

We’ve all been there: The family comes over for Christmas dinner, greeted by hired valets.

They’re handed a handcrafted, seasonal cocktail upon entry into your lavishly lit foyer – which you pronounce foi-yay – and then ushered into the great room, where a string quartet plays Christmas favorites until dinner is served. You think everything went perfectly well, but then you overhear your aunt whispering about your “déclassé table design.” How mortifying for you! Make sure that doesn’t happen this year by attending this evening’s class at Town and Country Events (1 North Calle Cesar Chavez). Presented by Flutter Mag, this $68 crash course in garlands and table design will feature floral designer Anna Le Play Taylor and professionals from Town and Country and Jill and Co. Events. Old Aunt Norah will have to keep her mouth shut this year. Get tickets at fluttermag.com.

Friday December 12 Festive Stuff

If you’ve made it this far without attending a Christmas party or concert or event of some kind, good for you. But that ends now. It’s all that’s happening anymore. December the 12th, baby, we’re in this. We’re deep in the season and there’s only one way out. Try the near-one-man-show version of A Christmas Carol at the Granada at 7 pm. Or, say “Bah humbug” to that and go watch the UCSB Gospel Choir at 8 pm on campus at the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. If you don’t like that idea, there’s the traditional Celtic ensemble Danu, also on campus, in building 402. None of that sounding good to you? Then maybe you should just throw your own party. You know, invite your friends and family, serve food and drinks, maybe hold a gift exchange. Get creative.

Saturday December 13

Milpas Holiday Parade

This whole calendar, it’s been annual Christmas this and annual holiday that. But this evening’s annual event has them all beat. It was 61 years ago that somebody started parading down Milpas, and the tradition continues at 5:30 pm. Anything new about this march from Ortega to Canon Perdido? Well, yes, thanks for asking: the Milpas Storefront Holiday Decorating Contest.

Participating Milpas businesses each chose a holiday, decorated accordingly, and hope to win.

This year’s theme is “A December to Remember.” See you there!

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...continued from p.9 temperature or removing the yeast. Ethanol contents of 0.4 percent ABV or below can be achieved by this method, though it does have a number of drawbacks. First off, the fermentation must be carefully and accurately monitored, so that the yeast stays in the proper conditions and consumes sugars but does not produce alcohol.

In arrested fermentation, the wort is not aerated before the yeast is introduced to the liquid. If oxygen is not added, the yeast stays in the lag-phase, a metabolic state where the yeast is consuming and metabolizing sugars but is not propagating or producing alcohol. The lag-phase is where many natural, but undesirable, flavors are produced. Normally these compounds are consumed during fermentation and do not end up in the final beer. In arrested fermentation, the brewer must remove these off-flavors.

Oftentimes, this is done by bubbling carbon dioxide through the liquid to strip the undesirable compounds out of the beer.

In the cold contact process (CCP) a non-aerated, normal-strength wort with a high-starch content is used in conjunction with a high concentration of yeast. This lowers the ratio between available sugars and yeast cells, making the yeast less likely to propagate and produce alcohol. The yeast is added as a thick slurry or in an immobilized form wherein the yeast cells are attached to an inert material or placed behind a porous membrane. Whether a brewer uses the slurry or the immobilized form depends on this or her set-up and the desired finished product. By using CCP, alcohol contents as low as 0.1 percent ABV can be achieved.

Getting Physical

Biological methods often produce a N/A beer that tastes sweet or worty. In contrast, a regular beer can be produced and then the ethanol can be physically removed after fermentation. Ethanol has a lower boiling point than water.

This thermal property can be used to separate alcohol from beer. The liquid is heated and the alcohol is boiled off until very little of it remains in the beer.

This process comes along with some major disadvantages. Besides needing expensive equipment and additional processing time, heating up beer increases the color, caramelizes sugars, and removes or damages many of the flavors. A lower temperature can be used by decreasing the pressure and boiling the beer in a vacuum, similar to how water boils at a lower temperature at high elevations where the atmospheric pressure is lower. Vacuum distillation is the most efficient process and is capable of producing beers with 0.1% ABV or below. Vacuum distillation is a common technique for producing low-alcohol wines since the sugar composition and

fermentability is more difficult to control in must (unfermented wine) than it is in wort.

A semi-permeable membrane can also be used to physically separate small compounds such as water and ethanol from the fully fermented beer.

Membranes have less thermal impact on the beer, but the equipment comes with a high price tag. They are also less efficient than vacuum distillation and often produce a beer that needs to be diluted down to reach the minimum of 0.5% ABV. Without getting too technical, the membrane process uses either a concentration (dialysis) or a pressure (reverse osmosis) gradient to cause ethanol to diffuse through the membrane and out of the beer. The membrane separates out components mostly based off of their size, and is not selective. This results in desirable flavor components like higher alcohols and fruity esters being removed. There are various equipment setups that can reduce these losses, though generally membrane processes are not desirable, since they are expensive and require a greater degree of engineering and operator skill.

Same Beer Taste

Ethanol is not flavorless as is commonly said. It has a slightly sweet taste and it also changes the perceived flavors of other compounds.

Alcohol-free beers will not be able to achieve some of the same flavors as normal beers, but there are still a few examples out there that have a little more character than your generic lager.

O’Doul’s is certainly the N/A beer that jumps to mind for most people. They also make an O’Doul’s Amber that has a touch more malt character. I prefer the Clausthaler Golden Amber, which has a fuller flavor. Of all of the N/A beers I’ve tasted, Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei is by far the best. This alcohol-free hefeweizen has a bready taste and fuller body with a gentle aroma of fruity esters and clove.

If you are not the designated driver but want a low-impacting beer, then session brews are definitely the way to go. Many of the session beers are based off of the IPA style. Quite a few of them can come off as a little thin-bodied and too bitter, but there are a few shining examples. Lagunitas Brewing Daytime IPA (4.7 percent ABV), Firestone Walker Easy Jack (4.5 percent ABV), and Stone Brewing Go To IPA (4.5 percent ABV) all offer the floral, spicy, and citrus hop flavors with a balanced, crisp malt character that make the IPA style so popular.

Those are by no means alcohol-free, but their reduced alcohol content make having one more round less of a dilemma.

Whatever brew you choose, make sure to enjoy your holidays safely.

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Derion, Dance & Debuts

UCSB’s student dance company is readying its fall concert for the weekend of December 12-13, and the show, dubbed Axiom, includes faculty and senior BFA student choreography. The program features works by students Gianna Burright, Maura Harris, Monica Moe Mulvany, and Kalalni Hicks along with a remounting of faculty member Jerry Pearson’s Artifice and a new work by faculty member Christina McCarthy.

Don’t sneer at these student shows – this is where Derion Loman first made his mark as a dancer and choreographer, less than three years before he joined Pilobolus.

That company made its thrilling return to Santa Barbara a couple of weeks ago with astonishing show at the Granada that showed Pilobolus in its best light – a combination of power, grace, agility, sensitivity and humor born of collaboration and adventure. Loman looked like he was having the time of his life.

Christmas is Comin’

Even 22 years after relocating from the frigid East Coast, I still find it a bit absurd to be talking about Christmas – even worse, hearing “Frosty the Snowman” and “Sleigh Ride” in stores and on the radio – when it’s still 74 degrees outside and people are surfing sans wetsuits and

Tyrone Wells released his first-ever Christmas album last November. On Tuesday, December 4, he brings his “A Mostly Christmas Show” back to SOhO, one of his favorite haunts. The pop-soul singer-songwriter will be backed by a full band with singers, and Wells will also be hand writing and personalizing lyrics sheets for sale as a partial benefit for The Messages Project. So it’s a great chance to feed his soul and yours.

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The artist Brad Nack has a new job as executive director at The Arts Fund, but he’s still cranking out the tiny reindeer paintings – featuring the wintry critters posed in all sorts of whimsical ways – that have been his main stock in trade for more than a decade. Naturally, the reception for his 100% Reindeer Art Show, slated for Friday, December 5, has been moved from the downtown hustle-and-bustle of Restaurant Roy to his new digs in the Funk Zone, but the good news is that the worlds will stay up long past the 5-8 pm opening, rather than coming down off the wall at the end of the night when virtually all would be purchased.

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launched November 10 of this year, he explains the method to the madness.

The Carpinteria studio is dressed with world maps, images of current and future clothing collections, pictures of travels past, and youthful/Americana memorabilia. The presence of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, fashion designer Ralph Lauren, and photographer Bruce Weber are there, too.

He continues, “I came home on November 11 (2013) with this little swatch of fabric and I said, ‘Sweetheart, I quit my job and this is our future.’” They had just bought a house in Burbank two months prior and his wife was six months pregnant. With an, “All right. Let’s do it.” from his wife, Ace Rivington quickly came to life.

So what in the world would compel someone to base his entire future and his family’s future on a cut – a small cut, mind you – of woven yarn? Years of experience, a gut feeling, and serious cojones. But challenge has always been a friend to Lawrence and this was no exception. With the idea to create the greatest sweatshirt ever made, he launched a Kickstarter campaign a mere two days before Christmas in 2013 – “probably the worst day to launch,” he admits with a laugh, “but it didn’t stop me.” His intuition proved correct and then some: the project was not only funded in 34 days, he doubled his goal and became one of the top apparel businesses on the fundraising site to gain this amount of success in 2014. (Google “Ace Rivington video” to see the video that made it happen.) For any company, especially apparel, this does not happen.

Final Boarding Call

Lawrence and his wife sold the house in Burbank and began a journey into the unknown. “I left the corporate world to take this huge risk,” he explains, “but

The swatch of fabric that started it all

I proved the concept on Kickstarter, which was a great shot in the vein for understanding that there is actually potential behind it.”

One sweatshirt design initiated the creation a full men’s clothing line in less than 10 months. As a man who has always set ambitious goals for himself, he is attempting to make this brand a staple in the fashion-basics apparel world. “I think what I have to credit it to is a solid understanding of design and being able to build a beautiful product. The other part of it is putting together a great story.” (That last sentence is a mild understatement.)

The story behind the clothing company’s namesake, Ace Rivington, is complex involving characters and destinations equally as enticing as the clothing itself.

Each chapter of the story coincides with the season’s design collection through colors, fabrics, and clothing styles. For example, the spring collection corresponds with Ace’s travels to Cuba. The tropical and warm environment lends inspiration to lightweight woven shirts, shorts, swimsuits, and other spring wardrobe essentials. The summer collection will authenticate his next destination and so on. ...continued p.20

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Protein Bars: Fuel or Futile?

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n today’s on-the-run society, where sitting down for a meal is sometimes an impossible luxury, the emergence of nutrition bars felt like the perfect solution to satisfy hunger while staying healthy.

Although the pocket-sized protein bar led the trend with serious athletes looking for a competitive edge, now anyone who feels the need for a nutritional boost may keep a few stashed in their bag.

From weight loss to increased energy, these bars tout a long list of benefits.

Unfortunately, many of them contain more sugar than a candy bar. How do we know whether your bar of choice provides real fuel or is a futile attempt to nourish the body?

Protein is the hot ingredient of the moment in processed foods, joining the terms organic and gluten-free as a major selling point to pitch to health-conscious shoppers. The average American eats 248

pounds of meat every year, or about 40 percent of his or her total caloric intake.

Most nutrition experts agree that we are eating excessive amounts of protein in our diet. With that said, it’s easy to understand the excitement.

Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues.

Along with fat and carbohydrates, protein is a “macronutrient,” meaning that the body needs relatively large amounts of it. Vitamins and minerals, which are needed in only small quantities, are called “micronutrients.” Unlike with fat and carbohydrates, the body does not store proteins and has no reservoir to draw on when it needs a new supply.

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a convenient alternative for someone who would otherwise be reaching for a doughnut or using the vending machines for snacks at the office. After one endures a tough workout, these bars can fill the gap and help to rebuild muscle for those who don’t have access to a higher-quality protein source, such as a hard-boiled egg or some organic turkey slices. If weight loss is your goal, research has also shown that protein bars help you to feel fuller longer, thus helping to prevent overeating.

However, even protein bars packed with ingredients cannot replace all the nutrients found in whole-food sources.

For example, if consuming a bar with nuts and dried fruit, why not just choose an apple with some nuts or nut butter instead? The difference in calories and nutrient balance can be significant, for example two to three times the amount of sugars in the bar versus the fruit option.

Consumer Labs conducted a study of 30 protein bars and found that 60 percent of those tested failed to match their nutrition labeling claims. On average, their carbohydrate and sugar content was actually higher than indicated.

The convenience of protein bars also comes at a price. Sports nutritionist Nancy Clark estimates protein bars can cost up to three times more than whole foods containing an equivalent amount of protein. If your regular food intake supplies sufficient protein and energy

to meet your fitness needs, consuming protein bars will only add unwanted calories to your diet. You will get far more nutrition from an egg than from egg protein powder or from peas rather than pea protein powders. The powders used in most protein bars are heavily refined, making them difficult to digest with most of the nutrients stripped away.

At the end of the day, if your options are limited to a protein bar or skipping the meal altogether, then I would highly recommend eating the bar. After all, maintaining stable blood-sugar levels is pretty important to lasting health. With that said, you need to know what you are buying. If there are 20 ingredients – most of which you are unable to pronounce – in your protein bar, or if the bar has more sugar than a Snickers, that’s a sign it’s best to look for another option.

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year ago, 15 Milpas elves stole out to the roundabout in the wee hours on the day before Thanksgiving. They mounted a 15-foot tree into the roundabout and powered it with solar lights. A neighbor saw us putting up the tree and ran home to create a star for the tree-top. She called me, excited, and I explained it had to be solar, as there is no power in the Milpas roundabout.

So, her husband put solar-powered lights on the star, and John Dixon of Tri-County Produce scurried up the ladder to place it on top. It was the city of Santa Barbara’s first solar-powered public holiday lighting display, and Milpaserenos felt like rock stars heading off to work after putting up that tree.

When do you ever hear of a community pulling together like this? Milpas just has this way of producing miracles, and we never know where they’re going to come from.

Sadly, a Grinch took a hammer to the solar panels, so we’ve got to replace them.

We also needed to figure out how to pay for this year’s tree, as the Milpas Community Association is voluntary and runs on a small budget of donations provided by Milpas businesses. We’re busily trying to raise money to get the starlights up on our light poles. Where would we find the funds for the tree? How are we going to create a “December to Remember” on Milpas this year?

Enter the Santa Barbara City Firefighters Association. They put a big fire engine with Santa into the Milpas Holiday Parade, and they bring the fire engine around to Kids

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Tony Pighetti, president of the Firefighters Association, told me, “It was unanimous, instantly. Of course we’re going to help the community, and provide the Christmas tree for Milpas. How could we not?” The firefighters will pay for the tree, and provide some needed muscle to get it up in the roundabout, no small feat.

There is no one better able to help us with this kind of community endeavor. This holiday season, I am grateful yet again for the huge heart in this community. I am particularly thankful for the miracle of the community Christmas tree returning to Milpas, courtesy of our firefighters.

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...continued from p.14 Another clever twist: while the character travels the globe, the brand highlights countries and cities and, in turn, builds a social media presence and global following in its wake. The attitude, vibe, and continuation of the story creates an ability to connect with the Ace Rivington brand on multiple levels. Lawrence has taken a character, created a story, and designed a merchandising platform that supports itself. From a consistency standpoint, and how they are able to communicate the Ace Rivington world to customers, the possibilities are as endless.

For Lawrence and his team, the best form for being able to incorporate the storyline elements and the product is through a catalog. The paper kind. Nostalgic as it is personal, the catalog is in the form of a destination guide showcasing actual hotels, restaurants, and bars – a concept the company plans to continue every step of the way.

Looking through the Holiday clothing collection, we follow Ace to Hollywood to the SLS hotel, Yamashiro restaurant, and The Golden Gopher dive bar. In a sense, it’s a “who, what, wear” guide in the featured city. You’ll want to make room for it on your coffee table. Each catalog ends with an ellipses of where Ace is going next. “I think a lot of this for me is about being able to share the world with people, because everybody doesn’t have the opportunity to travel like that.” (Get your copy at www.acerivington.com.)

I was curious where the character of Ace came about. Lawrence reveals he wanted to “create a character who was 100 times more interesting than myself.” I couldn’t disagree more.

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From speaking to Lawrence, I can attest two things: the man knows the fashion industry and he is about as genuine a person as they come. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Valencia,

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California, his fashion interest peaked out of high school when a friend asked him to contribute to an up-start screen printing company. Inspired by the idea and a 365-day road trip in his Volkswagen Westfila, he instead began studying at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising), where he excelled.

Just before graduation, he was chosen to manufacture the military costumes for Kevin Costner’s film Thirteen Days. Next, he put in a bid to create costumes for Pearl Harbor and, after two months with no word from the studio and looking at a job in pizza delivery, he got a position designing girls’ pajamas. Six weeks later, Guess Inc. called. He became the assistant designer to men’s woven shirts whereupon he was so inspired by his job he would “go home at night, make a shirt, and wear it to work the next day.”

With the need to take care of his family in Valencia, he shifted gears and began working at Territory Ahead. The Santa Barbara-based company gave Lawrence a glimpse into the catalog world along with the realization that a hundred-milliondollar fashion company can exist just miles outside Los Angeles. Eventually, his family situation stabilized, and it was time to get back in the fashion design game. He went to Seattle to work for the

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change his life forever. “It answered a lot of questions for me in trying to figure out what I wanted to do and how I was going to start. I found it and I said, ‘I just want to live in this fabric.’” He respectfully resigned his position, took the three-inch swatch of fabric, and moved his family to Carpinteria to start anew. He discloses the transition from corporate to start-up was “scary as hell” but also incredibly fulfilling for all the support he has been given by family, friends, and colleagues past.

He didn’t go into it totally blind. Four years prior, he built out a business plan for a company he had yet to define. “If it wasn’t for finding that fabric, I never would have thought to make a sweatshirt or to launch the brand on Kickstarter.”

With a background designing denim, it would have made the most sense to start with jeans. But that’s just not the way he works. He wanted to prove himself in a different category.

“And boy, has making a sweatshirt proven to be challenging,” he exclaims. But he succeeded, as he always has, in creating one of the most well-made garments out today. The finishing is impeccable, and the garment is washed two to three times after sewn, making it soft and cozy with no threat of shrinking. But he didn’t stop there. In less than a year, the Ace Rivington brand now offers premium denim (read: top-of-the-line denim), button-up shirts made from custom-built fabric, polos, T-shirts, outerwear, and the list goes on. Collaborations with brands such as Pendleton Woolen Mills, Randolph Engineering eyewear, Wolverine boots, and Santa Barbara’s own SeaVees shoes round out the collection creating a lifestyle brand with an American heritage feel.

Lawrence’s prior relationships with vendors, coworkers, even childhood friends

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have afforded his brand exposure to topnotch suppliers and manufacturers in the industry. “I’ve nurtured every relationship that I’ve created in my life. From presidents of companies to the gardener, it’s all about building relationships and now these people are helping.” For example, Ace Rivington is the only brand in America that Italian company Candiani Denim, a specialized family-owned mill, allows to use the Rivetto D’Oro or golden rivet packaging. “I’m certainly not one to ever simplify things. If I was smart, I would just be selling sweatshirts right now, but I’m not smart.” He continues, “I’m always trying to take it one step further, and I took it a thousand steps further with this.”

A women’s line is making an appearance in a few short weeks. And to think, this is just the beginning.

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Lawrence and his team have accomplished an amazing feat. The company has the feel of an established brand while only being in operation for less than a year. “I’ve got an incredible team around me, and there is no possible way I could’ve pulled this off without all the help that I have,” He also praises the handful of people who have been involved at different stages along the way. “I think more than ever in my career, I really understand the importance of that.”

It’s easier said than done, but hard work, perseverance, and trusting your gut go a long way. “I took me years to listen to myself... but when you do, you get to the finish line faster,” Lawrence says, “Just trust your judgment and don’t ever hesitate.” Words to live by. He has already proven that.

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You have Star Trek with huge starships patrolling the universe, apparently created in vast orbital shipyards. The USS Enterprise is supposedly 2,400 feet long. And there was a fleet of them in 2264. Can you imagine how much they cost?

Then there is Star Wars, where apparently one could build Death Stars the size of a small moon, or huge battlestars that carry out Imperial rule.

Of course, the Empire controlled a galaxy which, no doubt had command of vast resources. But geez, that’s a lot of resources.

Or how about all those sci-fi movies that portray a dystopian future: Mad Max, Soylent Green, Escape From New York, Brazil, Terminator, to name just a few.

I just saw the movie Interstellar, the latest of this genre, which I liked, but I thought it was deeply flawed cinematically (too long) as well as factually. The idea of the film is that we’ve got to abandon dust bowl Earth for new planets so our species will survive. As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said about the movie, instead of terraforming a new planet, why don’t they just terraform earth? That aside, there are huge orbiting space stations, a mysterious blight destroying all food crops (“Okra will be gone soon” — wouldn’t that be great), and incredibly sophisticated space ships. All produced by a devastated economy?

Or last year’s Elysium, the Matt Damon movie about 2154, which involves the poor and downtrodden masses here on earth controlled by robots and ruled by a small fabulously wealthy elite orbiting above in luxury. It was a thinly disguised

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rant against wealth inequality and health care (it bombed). French neo-Marxist economist Thomas Piketty must have written the screenplay.

Before I get into my point here, and before you accuse me of throwing a wet blanket over good stories, let me restate my enjoyment of the genre. I like stories that pit man against evil, the intelligent use of technology as an ally (or foe), the creation of alternate worlds that stretch the imagination and make one think. My problem is that most of these movies completely miss the point about how societies organize themselves. They perpetuate myths about economics, especially capitalism, and most people believe these myths.

Let’s start with Star Trek. I recall scenes in which it was said that “money” was no longer used; it was seen as 20th century and obsolete. Now before you Trekkies correct me – yes, I understand the film record is mixed about “money” and “credits” and all that. But the point is that this future is a utopian paradise where poverty has been eliminated, we all get cured by machines, and we are all usefully and joyously employed.

I think this idea of a moneyless society is one that many people believe could happen. Well, get that out of your collective heads: it can’t. Money is an economic necessity in any society, free or not. Not just for buying stuff but for the efficient allocation of scarce resources for things people want. There are no computers that can do this.

There are no bureaucracies that can do this. This is the reason socialism failed everywhere it was tried. It’s not that they didn’t have “money”; it’s that they didn’t have a free market system whereby consumer preferences (how folks spend their money) set the prices of goods, which informed producers about where to invest their capital to satisfy our

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So how do you allocate resources in 2264? An all-wise computer that decides what people want? Umm, an all-wise computer programmed by all-wise human beings? Good luck with that.

There are billions of economic decisions that are made every day by individuals who, as we all know from personal experience, are fickle, often not very wise, and can change preferences in a split second. Suppose in a couple hundred years there is a computer that can process all this data? What’s the point? The market system works pretty damned well in satisfying consumer needs – if we let it do its magic. All the capital spent on those computers would be a waste. Even in the 23rd century, people will still want to make their own decisions. In 2264, we’ll still be using money.

Death Stars? Another waste of capital.

Yeah, I get it, the Emperor is a power hungry SOB and his control of the Dark Side of the Force will get him whatever he wants. Not! The Empire, as we all know, is an oppressive dictatorship controlled by a vast military with the resources of the Galaxy at its bidding. It’s tough ruling a galaxy 24/7/365, so these rulers don’t have the time to produce anything. They need someone else to produce the stuff they need to build Death Stars. They probably figured out that socialism doesn’t work, so it’s most likely a fascist type of economy whereby the producers are cronies of the Emperor and they use the military to command resources and labor to supply the Empire, within the confines of a highly controlled market economy (this isn’t capitalism, folks).

The only problem is that those systems don’t work very well and eventually they collapse because they create poverty, not wealth. Eventually, the war machine crowds out the market driven economy, destroys capital, and everyone becomes poor. North Korea is a good example of this kind of economy. The only things holding up Kim Jong-un and his fellow Mafiosi are counterfeiting, meth production, fraud, murder, and the threat of dropping a bomb on its very successful capitalist neighbor, South Korea. They have been trying a tiny bit of capitalism and that has somewhat saved the regime. By the way, according to an official website, Kim Jong-il, the father of the current boy dictator, never defecated. Let the Emperor top that!

The Empire would have eventually collapsed on its own, but I applaud of the brave efforts of Luke, Han, and Leia to topple the evil Empire. I just hope that they don’t fall back on some kind of monarchy – I mean, Leia is a princess and you know that power corrupts.

Instead, I hope they turn to freedom and free markets, and then the galaxy’s citizens will live long and prosper.

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

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

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t’s inevitable that I will cave in to Terrible Bosses 2, if only because of my respect for Jason Bateman, but don’t expect any personal opinion about Dumb and Dumber To [sic], which is lower on my priority list than shopping on Black Friday.

Meanwhile, I remain on edge for Michael Mann’s Blackhat, starring People magazine’s newly minted “Sexiest Man Alive” (as opposed to dead?) Chris Hemsworth. I would be forever indebted to Mann on the basis of his spectacular Heat, had he never made another movie. American Sniper, which spotlights Bradley Cooper and is curiously slated for December 25 – perhaps to rustle up some Oscar votes for director Clint Eastwood – can’t arrive in Santa Barbara soon enough.

Although devotees of Tolkien swear The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be the final installment, it will take a large buttered popcorn to convince me. (The only lingering mystery about Peter Jackson’s latest venture is how many more times “the” can be in its title.) Elsewhere, here’s hoping Exodus: Gods and Kings proves as formidable as its name.

For now, it’s time to slash through another blockbuster that shouldn’t have been split in half:

To Kill A Mockingjay

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s the third (but lamentably not final film) in a trilogy by author Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 is an exercise at once sluggish and histrionic that follows the wearisome path of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence with darker hair that matches the darker narrative). She soon agrees to fight for “District 12” and her ostensibly brainwashed love, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), though our heroine’s passion for him doesn’t prevent her from kissing Gale (Liam Hemsworth) again. That twoguys-one-girl triangle isn’t the lone parallel to the similarly overwrought Twilight franchise.

As Madame President Coin, Julianne Moore is neither especially convincing nor charismatic, and Donald Sutherland, slumming it as villainous President Snow, scarcely holds our attention as he did in the first film.

It’s regrettable that a cast that not only teems with big names but talented ones who get saddled with a maddeningly dumbeddown script. Two particulars: While watching Peeta address a camera to warn Kandiss, one onlooker responds, “That’s a warning.” And when a deaf character points to a specific bird that whistles, then points to his mockingjay badge, our heroine replies, “It’s a mockingjay.”

(Who knew?)

What’s more, many of the spate of supporters look uninterested or, in the case of Moore, lack the necessary magnetism. As if to balance such monotony, Hutcherson and Lawrence are prone to overemoting, though credit the latter for being plucky enough to attempt singing a cappella.

Elizabeth Banks and Stanley Tucci (who can’t even be bothered to stand up) return as well, but barely register despite chomping through clichéd dialogue. Conversely, my favorites on board – Jeffrey Wright and

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Woody Harrelson – are underused and the movie suffers as a result. (I’ve never been more motivated to draw up a fresher role, to submit a more original script, for the talented Wright.) The late Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final film, doesn’t appear so much understated as simply bored to death.

In his allotted two hours, director Francis Lawrence – I’d remiss not to admit – serves up a handful of worthy images and sequences, though we should be grateful he didn’t inflate this production to the 150-minute range. As it stands, the “propaganda” material feels stretched and pulled, padded with over-extended scenes rife with camcorders and first-person “on the scene” narration. The shameless cliff-hanger, spotlighting a tied-down captive going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, comes across as something out of a hammy Hallmark drama or Desperate Housewives. Let freedom ring.

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he story arch of Beyond the Lights puts a fresh spin on the “controlling mother” tale, tracking the soaring path of a singing sensation Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and her craving for true love. The heroine’s relationship with a musical partner is out of tune, as she thinks everyone – including her overbearing mom (Minnie Driver) – sees her only as a celebrity.

That’s until Noni takes a drastic step, catching the eye of a strapping policeman (Nate Parker), who doesn’t initially realize or care that she’s interested.

At front and center – behind the microphone and on the hotel balcony – is the innately mesmerizing Mbatha-Raw, an eye-opener in last year’s British tempest in a teapot, Belle.

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood – who rightfully made a name for herself with Love & Basketball and, more recently, The Secret Life of Bees – wrote this story as well. Lights is redolent of The Bodyguard (has it really been 22 years?) and Prince-Bythewood has, in effect, flipped the script from Maid in Manhattan, wherein the lonely public figure was male.

By nature, it indulges our sweet tooths, and it’s fair to call the premise formulaic.

That said, the filmmaker’s take on the downside of celebrity and what female stars endure on a daily basis can’t be considered a “reach” or nonsensical spin. If the pushy mother seems like a feminist mouthpiece, it’s more about greed than man-hating. Male characters – including that of Danny Glover – are fairly fleshed-out, given their share of screen time.

And though it’s a bit erratic, nudging us toward the need for “suspension of disbelief,” the movie is more authentic and supplies more genuine, emotional heft in five minutes than all of the concurrent Hunger Games. A few moments should’ve been left on the cutting-room floor, but damned if Lights – packed with behavior truths – isn’t the season’s most enjoyable picture.

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ith California facing such intense drought and even water theft, it’s hard to remember that there is such a thing as too much water. But, while California bakes, other areas of the country have experienced record flooding. No, don’t worry. I’m not going to be talking climate change. Although believe me, I could!

Last September 2013, Boulder County in Colorado got more than 17 inches of rain in less than a week. Their average rainfall for a year? Around 20 inches.

As you might imagine, getting nearly a year’s worth of rain in one week lead to catastrophic flooding. At least seven different waterways overflowed their banks.

People were stranded on rooftops, animals fled for higher ground, crop fields were drowned under feet of water, and still the rivers swelled. Experts told the nation that Colorado’s South Platte River Basin was experiencing the worst flash floods the area had ever seen in recorded history, perhaps even in 1,000 years.

With time, the river receded. With a lot of hard work and a little FEMA funding, Boulder County and 14 other counties in the northeastern portion of Colorado began to recover. Debris was cleared away, new construction began, and life resumed for the residents. Of course, life was not exactly as it was before the flood. And a lot of the changes were not easily seen.

Cue the entrance of post-naturaldisaster scientific investigation. With our understanding of the delicacy of ecosystems, it was expected to see scientists show up alongside disaster-relief volunteers and construction contractors. So, shortly after the flood waters receded, scientists hurried over to Colorado to assess the damage.

Expecting to find changes to wildlife habitat and growth patterns, environmental they found something a bit smaller, but with potentially much larger consequences.

A team of environmental scientists, led

by Joshua Wallace of the University of Buffalo, tracked the changes in the state of the South Platte River Basin before and after the flood. They were shocked to find that the post-flood samples taken in the months after the flood contained recordhigh levels of drugs, mostly human and animal antibiotic therapies.

Imagine going to your favorite spot on the beach. It’s probably a pretty clean stretch of the coast, with active conservation policies in play. Now imagine going there again.

This time, it is covered in plastic bags, broken glass bottles, a thick layer of sludgelike tar, and metal bottle caps scattered everywhere. You would be shocked, horrified, maybe even heartbroken. That is likely exactly how Dr. Wallace and his team felt when they saw the post-flood test

A self-professed nerd, Rachelle has her M.A. in psychological and brain sciences and she occasionally appears as a co-host on a science and innovation TV show. While her degree focused on the brain, Rachelle never could settle on one area of science. So she shares her love of all things science here and on her blog: www.redhotsci.com. Now, go do some science!

results. The South Platte River Basin was considered nearly pristine before the floods, with low levels of contaminants across the board. The basin was as near to untouched as you could imagine.

Now, though, the basin is filled with antibiotic drugs, the plastic bags of the drug world. Likely, the contamination came from farm lands and sewage treatment facilities that were drowned in the flood, releasing the antibiotics and allowing them to travel back to the South Platte River Basin as the water receded back to its typical level.

Many of us have heard about birthcontrol drugs or antidepressants found in water ways, and we can easily imagine why that might be a problem: we do not understand those drugs and their impact on non-human wildlife very well. But it may be more difficult to see why having antibiotics in the waterways is a problem.

After all, we all take antibiotics and we know how they work.

The problem with antibiotics in the waterways is that exposure to low levels of antibiotics is a great way for bacteria to become resistant to them. While the levels of antibiotics in the waterways is high in comparison to what we would like to see in nature, those same levels are still not enough to kill all the bacteria in the rivers (a good thing, too). Instead, only a few of the weak strains of bacteria die, and the stronger ones quickly evolve to become resistant to the antibiotics they now face in their environment.

The result is an increased risk of antibiotic strains of dangerous bacteria thriving in the rivers. Unfortunately, that is exactly what Wallace and his team observed. When they tested the water for more than just the presence of drugs, the scientist found a spike in the number of the fragments of genetic material that render bacteria immune to many of the drugs found in the water.

Of course, it is impossible to say if the increased antibiotics in the waterways definitively caused the increase in antibiotic resistance in the bacterial population. But odds are pretty good that one had to do with the other. In either case, both the molecular and microscopic states of the South Platte River Basin have changed.

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From left: Justin Redmond, Sue and Paul Greenwood, Amy Mallett, Joyce Ellen Lippman, and Arlene Diaz

away from his animated, humor-filled presentation edified and inspired.

Being Gen Silent “Tolerance” is a term that today is synonymous with broadminded, inclusive, enlightened thinking. It is a nitwit choice of terminology. To me, the word suggests the clenched bearing up under a burdensome inconvenience. But you have to live with the cultural argot you’re given.

Possibly one of the last and most desperate populations lobbying for “tolerance” in this country are the LBGT (dare I say it – lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) elder community. They can be said to have bravely stormed the barricades of Stonewall in the revolutionary fever of youth, only to find in their autumn years they have been forced back into hiding by, of all things, a healthcare system that is largely, if quietly, hostile to their needs and the needs of their partners.

Filmmaker Maddux has documented this surprise second wave of bigotry in his groundbreaking and celebrated film Gen Silent, which follows the difficulties of six LGBT seniors doing awkward battle with a care industry still coming around to the notion that young gays, lesbians, and transgender folks eventually become older versions of same, and will have the same needs as their loud, gray-rights-insisting straight brothers and sisters. As Maddux says, “There is this phenomenon of people actually going back into the closet because they’re scared of the caregivers out there, and scared of the other people they are living with.”

Sheri Barden and Lois Johnson, KrysAnne Hembrough, Lawrence Johnson, Alexandre Rheume, Mel Simms, Walter Johnson and Ralph Horn lay out their cases in the film, one of them left alone to pass away on camera after a halting, not entirely thorough rapprochement with a disaffected, confused, and angry grown child. Whatever your position on the larger issues, the film, if it does its job, will give you the vicarious horror of seeing frank prejudice and withdrawn social services added to the already tough conundrum of growing older. To date, aging with some

shot at dignity is the hard-won (and still contentious) privilege of the aging hetero class. Maddux, the Paul Revere of the Gen Silent phenomenon, wants to change that.

An Indispensable Outlet The aptly named Amy Mallet does not suffer jackasses.

“Man, if somebody did that to my grandmother, I’d be hard-pressed not to hurt them.”

Mallett, today a much beloved personage in the area’s Senior Social Register, is referring to an episode that marked the beginning of her journey toward Elder Safeguarding; an instance of financial abuse she was pained to witness and felt helpless to prevent while a student at Westmont and caring for an elderly woman of means in exchange for room and board. The woman’s grown children began to openly take indiscreet advantage, pressing upon the older woman her ostensible financial responsibilities as a mother and grandmother and soaking her for dough.

“As we got closer, I was able to see more and more what was happening. She was a very wealthy woman and her family was taking advantage of her wealth and it just struck me as so disrespectful. I could never imagine doing that to my mother or my father or my grandfather.” Smitten with a growing feeling of affection for a senior population with whom she was beginning to deeply empathize, Mallett next took a position with a retirement facility. She soon noticed that the distinction between dedicated caregivers and clock-punchers couldn’t have been more depressingly stark. It rattled her, and it galvanized her.

“You could see the nurses and the CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistant) who were very caring, and then those who just needed the job and could care less about the people. It drove a stake in my heart.”

Today, Mallett is senior director of the Goleta Valley Senior Center and has been for the past 13 years. In that role, she oversees the socializing of 400 or so local seniors for whom the facility is a conduit to life as it is meant to be lived, a combination meeting hub, sock-hop,

and staging area for an array of activities that would exhaust a 30-something.

The spectrum of Things To Do for the members ranges from Bingo to trips abroad (Scotland, Ireland, Costa Rica) and most things in between. “There is a lot of dancing,” Mallett summarizes. The Senior Center is a conversation-and-dance-andmusic-and-travel-and life-filled home away from home for a population to whom home, which is to say the actual house in which they reside, can come to seem a sort of prison for some.

When things are humming at the center, Mallet roams the space like a cruise director, but one whose passengers are all family. She throws herself at her charges, gives them all she’s got, and has learned to take very seriously how indispensable an outlet the center is for her peeps.

“We have a lady who plays bingo here,” Mallet notes, “who is a caregiver for her husband. I had to cancel the bingo game one day because of a conflict, and she was so upset. She said ‘You know, the only time that I get out of the house and have time for myself is these two days a week that I come here to play bingo.’ She was very, very upset.

I really took that to heart. When I’m moving stuff around, I really need to be aware that it could impact a life. That’s the only time she gets to get out and have time to herself. And that’s the way it is for a lot of seniors. You are their key to the outside world. They need to be taken care of, need to be loved. They need to be shown joy. My grandmother taught me that senior citizens are the most important people in the world, and they’re the ones we’re going to learn from. I don’t have my grandmother anymore, but I have them.”

Mallet can be seen in action in a video made to commemorate her winning the

2008 SoCal Honda Helpful Award. In the film, she is self-deprecating and camerashy, and the seniors in the movie clearly adore her, and even more strikingly, she them. Movingly, one vibrant “elder” in the five-minute film exults with a ringing laugh, “She makes us feel like the whole world is happy that we’re still here!”

Give Her a Macarthur Our seniors are ambassadors of another age, an instructively turbulent one. Despite the rigors of their epoch, they walked (and ran) with upturned faces, saw birds fly, stars wheel, partook of their wildly churning world through every hour of its ragged pirouette. We owe them much, if not everything. We owe them our fealty.

Now is our time to act as their guardians, to parent them. They’re warriors and shamans in repose.

Tonight, though, the waitress isn’t connecting with the oldsters who, to her chagrin, are seated in her station. She finds the whole deal off-putting and takes the drink order with a frozen smile that is not lost on the customer. When she gets to the drink station, her shoulders slump.

“The old lady wants a Macarthur,” she says with puzzled disdain to the bartender.

He is likewise flummoxed.

“A who?”

If you suspect elder abuse, report it. Act to protect seniors by bringing suspected abuse to the attention of the appropriate authorities.

To report suspected abuse in Santa Barbara County, call Adult Protective Services (APS) in Santa Barbara at (805) 681-4550, APS in Santa Maria at (805) 346-8303 or APS in Lompoc at (805) 737-6020. If the abused lives in a longterm care facility, call (805) 922-1236.

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love of the page. As lead singer for the band Wall of Tom, she created This Rock in My Heart and This Roll in My Soul, a fictional book series based loosely on her experiences in the L.A. music scene. Now she’s spending her time checking out and writing about all things Santa Barbara. Reach Tommie at www.TommieV.com or follow her on Twitter at TommieVaughn1.

On the Sunny Side of Garden Street The academy’s new state-of-theart recording studio

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hen I heard that Garden Street Academy was set to host its annual Holiday Boutique, I knew this was the perfect opportunity to sniff out Santa Barbara’s most exceptional private school. I do have tiny kids, and since I’m a musical bird had been highly recommended to Garden Street for my little song bird babies, when that someday comes that they must leave the nest and fly off to school.

Consider the Academy’s art, science, and music programs and unsurpassed drama platform that puts on show-stopping plays every term that incorporates every student from grades K-12. There’s even a state-of-the-art recording studio, just recently unveiled, for all the children to enjoy and thrive in.

But talk is cheap, my friends, because once you enter through those glowing gates at 2300 Garden Street, to see the glory in first person, it is only then that you will understand the progressive picture of what educational perfection is and what beauty it creates in every child it touches.

Shop Local, It’s for the Kids

This year, I urge you to support this true Santa Barbara gem, as it celebrates the season with its annual Holiday Boutique on Friday, December 5, from 2 to 5 pm.

The event is free, open to the public, and a family-friendly affair. The boutique will feature several unique vendors with a

variety of holiday gifts, photos with Santa, a photo booth, a Christmas tree raffle, and holiday treats.

This year, as a bonus, the staff is excited to offer professional Santa photos, so avoid the lines at the mall, bring your whole family, and get a photo with Santa for only $15! Proceeds from the event will benefit the Garden Street Academy scholarship fund, which promotes the school’s vision to offer a progressive independent experience to families who might not otherwise have the opportunity.

If that doesn’t entice you, then maybe the upper school choir carolers, or Santa’s elf helpers, along with 20-plus unique vendors, will get you out the door with your pocketbook in hand. I spoke with Angela Bolea, the general manager of Garden Street Academy who gave a personal tour of the school’s breathtaking campus, to find out more about the event, and the incredible staff and children that host it.

A Vision of the Future

Q: Garden Street Academy has quite an exceptional background philosophy on teaching and is progressive in its nature. I have heard that instead of “Teaching to a classroom” you “Teach to the child,” which I think is the way all schools should be. Can you give us a brief mission statement for those who may be new to your school?

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to providing an education, which enables and empowers a diverse group of students to develop their intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical gifts, and to understand and respect the similarities and differences among themselves and others in their local and world communities.

Being a private school, as well as a nonprofit, you hold many fundraising events, like the Holiday Boutique during the year, as an important way that the community steps in to support the school’s scholarship program – which in turn enables that same community to possibly join your school in the future. Can you tell me a bit more about how someone who may not be able to afford the yearly tuition would apply to your school?

Garden Street Academy has long expressed its commitment to admitting and enrolling students who are the best match with our academic program. Tuition assistance is an option and is determined by merit, need, and availability of funds.

Our formula considers income, assets, and expenses of both the student and the parents. The Admissions Committee uses all information to determine what a family might reasonably be able to contribute toward educational expenses.

I heard that you just unveiled an amazing high-tech recording studio for your students.

How did that come about, and can you tell us about your empowering music program at Garden Street?

Our recording studio was developed by Ian Putnam and Bryan Kerr, the music and technology directors of the school, in association with student musicians from the Songwriting and Recording program at the school. Performing arts has been a strong focus of the school for many years, and recent course development has incorporated entrepreneurship and aspects of the music industry into the curriculum. The studio grew out of a need for students to learn hands-on aspects of the recording industry.

I love the performances that your students of all ages (since Garden Street is a K-12 facility) put on throughout the year. Can you give a little more background on your theatrical arts program and tell us about any fun shows brewing?

Students participate collectively in an annual drama production that is grounded

in interdisciplinary project-based learning.

We establish integrated units of study that allow learners to explore historical and cultural aspects of the production they are working on. Emphasis is on developing individual craft, as well as team-building while assembling the necessary elements to create a complete production.

Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, set building, and script writing to create theatre and to produce a performance. Students also have the opportunity to help design and create costumes, developing basic construction and design techniques. We just completed Anything Goes for the upper school and Winnie the Pooh for our lower school.

The Holiday Boutique will have for the first time a “Meet and Greet with Santa”, giving the families of Santa Barbara an alternative to the crowds at the mall. Are there any other surprises in store for us at the Holiday Boutique, or any fun vendors you would like to mention?

Santa will make a return visit this year along with his elves. Our upper-school students will be caroling throughout the boutique. We have more than 27 vendors ranging from jewelry, children’s clothing, local food artisans, handpainted wine glasses, and much, much more!

Participating Vendors

Nicole Horstin (children’s clothing, bags, teepees, bibs, blankets, aprons); Jewelry

by Julie Fiscalini; Spruced (handmade/ sewn items for kids and women); Sharon Bolton Scents; Katsana’s Unique Jewelry; My Sweet Pineapple Clothing; It Works!; Jewelry by Lisa Young; Hamaker Wine Glasses; SB Popcorn Co; Stella and Dot, Beanies by Mrs. Reid; Sara Chaney (skirts, tunics, leggings, and dresses that are both fashionable and comfortable); Galit Shani paintings; Inga Hartmann clothing, purses and jewelry; Steve Richardson Fine Art; Jewelry by Breann Hollon; Macaroni Kid Santa Barbara with FREE Crafts for Kids; Cultured & Saucy; La Kaiser jewelry & watches; and Jewelry by Sabrina Plourde I can hardly wait until the Holiday Boutique on Friday, December 5, from 2 to 5 pm at Garden Street Academy, 2300 Garden Street, Santa Barbara. www. gardenstreetacademy.org

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...continued from p.13 night, beginning at 6:30 pm. Next up: the Parade of Lights, with boats showing their flying colors out in the blue Pacific along East Beach and the west side of Stearns Wharf, on Sunday, December 14. Meanwhile there are much larger nighttime boat parades down at Ventura Harbor on December 12-13 and at Channel Island Harbor on December 13.

Worth the travel if sparkly lights on masts and yachts reflecting in the salty brine are your sort of thing.

Ventura is also where you can catch A Tuna Christmas, Rubicon Theatre Company’s 2014 holiday production of the sequel to Greater Tuna, in which just two actors portray (and skewer) the residents of the fictional small town during the holiday season. It plays December 3-21.

Back in Town

Back Santa Barbara way, the annual Folk & Tribal Arts Marketplace occupies Fleishmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History the weekend of December 5-6. Westmont’s extremely popular Christmas Festival concerts pack First Presbyterian Church December 5-7, Gustafson Dance presents its annual student production of Rudolph at the Lobero on Saturday, December 6... Lightwire: A Very Electric Christmas brings its high-tech, high-energy show to the Granada on Wednesday, December 10, and Danu delivers an Irish Christmas concert out at UCSB on Friday, December 12.

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Looking for more melodies or other musical mirth with Mark? Here’s where you might find me this fortnight: Get your Bay Area jam on at the Lobero Saturday night (November 29) when the Chris Robinson Brotherhood – a quintet featuring two former members of the Black Crowes and Ventura guitar god Neal Casal – return to town for a third full concert

almost four years after honing their chops in monthly residence at SOhO... For something a little more intimate, try Doug and The Blacklisted with Courtney and the Heathens at Muddy Waters.

Night Two with local heroes Toad the Wet Sprocket, this time with opening act Cory Sipper, might just be the best double-bill of Santa Barbara acts you’ll have heard this year...or next. Toad is still touring behind their wonderful comebackreunion album New Constellation, and Sipper is returning to performing after almost 10-year-plus hiatus. SOhO will be rockin’ with the townies on Sunday, November 30.

Skip forward to Wednesday, December 3, for a battle of big cities East vs. West style as Long Beach-based singer-songwriter Avi Buffalo, touring behind his justout sophomore album At Best Cuckold, headlines a SOhO gig over Los Angeles Police Department, a moniker adopted by Ryan Pollie for his homespun bedroom pop.... Yes, it’s the great Pretender!

Chrissie Hynde, still rockin’ with brass in her pocket at 63, hits the Arlington Theatre hot on the heels of her (first-ever!) solo album, Stockholm, fronting a new band called Will Travel.

Too many choices for Saturday, December 6, not enough earplugs: Tower of Power bring their wall of funk to the Granada fortysomething hears after first figuring out what is hip back in Oakland.

New Orleans-via-Los Angeles band Vaud and The Villains, who have made SOhO something of a home away from home, return to the club where they can’t even fit all the members of this 14-piece outfit on the stage. Peter Feldmann and the Very Lonesome Boys, who play crisp bluegrass and other old-timey music, make one of their all-too-rare Santa Barbara appearances in an intimate show at the Presidio Chapel. And Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, from the absurdly rich musical soil of Portland (all that rain’s

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Local favorite Toad The Wet Sprocket rocks SOhO

gotta be good for something; maybe bring some our way?), do their rockabilly-soulrock thing at Velvet Jones.

Audra McDonald is the great American actress who has won six Tony Awards (she has collected more competitive Tonys than any other actor male or female, covering all four categories, also a record) for such plays as Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun and Porgy and Bess. She also maintains a very active concert and recording schedule, performing opera and song cycles as well as pop-style concerts. It’s in this latter guise that she comes to the Granada on Sunday night, December 7.... But there’s another classy vocal show just across the street with our own local hero, Kimberly Ford. Hot on the heels of SoCal-based jazz singer Tierney Sutton, who brought her own Joni Mitchell-tribute project to the Lobero Theater last spring, Ford is celebrating the iconic singer-songwriter with a concert tribute at SOhO, performing songs both familiar and obscure.... Meanwhile, down the block at the Lobero, Birds of Chicago, the “musical collective” fronted by husbandand-wife JT Nero and Allison Russell, finally get to play the Sings Like Hell series as a couple. Although each has performed on the Lobero stage for SLH with their previous bands (JT & the Clouds and Po’ Girl, respectively), last year’s scheduled date was postponed due to the promoter’s

illness and the show got moved to the Mercury Lounge. It was pretty cool to see them there, too, but this will be the full five-piece, in road-tested shape.... Earlier on Sunday, SOhO hosts the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s holiday party – a jam session and opportunity for singers and soloists to sit in with the house band, and maybe play a few Christmas tunes – from 1-4 in the afternoon.

If I were a “Strong Persuader”, I’d urge you to see Robert Cray, the blues guitarist/singer whose career kicked into high gear with that hit way back in 1986, at the Lobero on Monday, December 8....

It was only two years later that Melissa Etheridge released her first CD, launching her into orbit as one of the powerhouse DIY singer-songwriters around. On Thursday, December 11, Etheridge returns to the area for a casino show up at the Chumash, touring behind her first post-marriage album, titled simply M.E. Just announced: a true triple threat at SOhO on Friday, December 12, with locals Alan Parsons, Glen Phillips, and Eric Burdon. That’s a whole lotta years and a whole lotta hits – to mention widely divergent styles – taking the stage on one night, the first of a planned series of concerts celebrating the club’s 20th anniversary. Are they cooking up some sort of thing to play together? That’d be cool.

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BY JACQUELYN DE LONGE

Racks of refurbished bikes await their loving owners at reasonable prices. (Just in time for Santa!)

Our former restaurant reviewer takes a closer look – as only a 3rd-generation SoCal native can – at the people, places, and things that make Santa Barbara so unique. When she is not working for us, she keeps herself busy with various writings, chases her two young children around, and practices yoga and Pilates for some sense of sanity.

Wheels on the Bike Go Round and Round…

Ed France keeps the wheels spinning at Bici Centro

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ripping the handle bars leaning in, wind blowing on your face and whistling in your ears. You can hear your breath as you press your feet down, rotating the chain ring and alternately lifting your other foot back up. Round and round the wheels spin, moving you forward with a sense of playful innocence, adding a little fun into your day. Riding a bicycle is a pleasurable memory almost all of us carry with from our childhood.

Unfortunately as we grow up, we start taking the car out more and more and leaving the bike in the garage. It gathers dust, the air slowly leaks out and the tires deflate and the list of reasons why we don’t get back on grows. There are many reasons to avoid getting on a bike – but there are so many better reasons to get on and do it.

The leading enthusiast behind rolling the cycling movement forward in Santa Barbara is Edward “Ed” France, executive director of Bici Centro.

Having spent his youth cruising the paths of Palos Verdes, France longed for that quiet meditative moment to pedal around and be in his environment, not in the glass and steel bubble of his car.

With the excitement of Gene Wilder’s Willie Wonka, France dives into a greater vision of a happier bike-friendly place. “I know in my gut that this is something. I like it and I want others to experience the same thing.” He truly believes in enacting the positive change he wants to see. His proactive participation has increased the bike paths on the UCSB campus, and supported the safe expansion of the bike path along the 101 from Carpinteria to Ventura.

Bici Centro is more than a vehicle

for changing policy. It is a non-profit community center with a low-cost shop for bike repairs, an education center for bicycle safety, and a charitable donation center for used bicycles. Their ultimate goal is to make Santa Barbara the number-one bicycling city in the nation in the next 30 years. I have to appreciate their ambition.

So what is France’s next big thing? A path along Mission Creek? Encouraging more bike corrals in downtown instead of old-fashioned, horse hitching posts (while nostalgic, they are really completely ineffectual: let’s face it, horses have four legs and a bike two wheels).

For now, Bici Centro is focused on its big charity Bike Build on Saturday, December 6. It is an open event where the public generously refurbishes more than 30 bicycles that will be given away to needy children and adults, affiliated with the Franklin Center on the Eastside, on the Saturday before Christmas, December 20. When I found out about this upcoming event, I knew it was a great opportunity to get my kids involved in helping those less fortunate.

Our gift to Bici Centro was a child’s bicycle that had had a big well-loved life before it came to us. It was gifted down from friend to friend to neighbor and then to my son on his fifth birthday.

It was not clean, shiny or fresh off the racks, but Henry’s eyes lit up at this big-boy peddle bike our next-door neighbor gifted him. It had cycled through a handful of children, and the wear and tear of its exterior showed the love it has given. Up until now, Henry had a Big Wheel he thundered down the sidewalk, mastering his spinouts in

Happy with his newfound freedom and new wheels, Henry is all smiles

Well-stocked tools are available to use on any bike repair in the do-it-yourself shop

empty driveways, and a toddler’s pedalless balance bike, which allowed him to quickly figure out to steer and evenly distribute his weight.

Thrilled Henry climbed on to his new gift attempting to pedal away when unfortunately the chain fell off, his feet struggled to reach the pedals, and I could tell he was about three years and two feet too small for it. He swore he could ride it, and for another determined 20 minutes, he tried but eventually he realized it wasn’t working. Being the season of giving I encouraged him to think of others and that maybe we could donate it to another child who could ride it and that Santa might reward him for his generosity with a bike just his size. I try to teach my kids to respect the people and things in the world around them. I use the three Rs; reduce, reuse, recycle, as often as possible. Getting my son a big-boy bike was going to be a great way to apply these lessons. Clearly, my son had out grown his wheels and was ready to transition to the next stage, so we headed to Bici Centro after school.

We rolled in our soon-to-be-donated bike and got to fixing it up with the help of Kevin McClintock, one of their many helpful staff. As an education center, Bici Centro’s shop is full of knowledgeable employees and bike enthusiasts who are more than happy to help diagnose and lend a hand. While I’m proud to say I

can fix and build just about anything, know the difference between a Phillips and a flat-head and can handle power drills, circular saws, and pneumatic chisels, I am embarrassed to admit that I am completely lost at the simple art of bicycle repair.

It didn’t take long before we figured out that the bike’s chain was too big and its derailleur, the gear on the back that helps shifts the chain, was busted.

My son loved getting his hands greasy, searching bins for replacement parts, and helping to shorten the chain. In less than 15 minutes, we had given an old bike a new life, my kids learned a great lesson, and I got a tax-deductible receipt for our donation.

On the way out, Henry spotted a refurbished bike that was just his size, and he jumped at the chance to give it a spin in parking lot. It only took a few laps before he was cruising with a toothy grin. Needless to say, Santa came early for him that day.

With gift-giving season already upon us, maybe it’s time to take a look in the garage, dust off those outgrown bicycles or that old mountain bike you swore you would ride on the weekends and never did, and take them down to Bici Centro where they can have a life again.

While you will receive a tax-deductible receipt for your charitable donation and are doing “good” for others, you might just find yourself rolling out with some new wheels and giving yourself a reason to get back on and ride.

Bici Centro 434 Olive Street 805-617-3255

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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.

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Holiday Wish List

The Jora composter is insulated for maximum temperature retention and makes an ideal back-up storage container when you’ve bought too much Ben & Jerry’s

You’re probably wondering what YamMan has to do with composting, huh? Read on.

The Jora composter has two compartments. When one is full, stop adding green waste, let it cook, and start adding to the second one.

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haven’t even shopped for my Thanksgiving yams yet and already there are shameless Christmas, or rather, holiday commercials for Target and other retailers appearing all over the place. You’d think that they’d at least let us unload the dishwasher or have that nextday turkey sandwich before they bombard us with all this stuff we don’t need, and then have to re-gift to some unfortunate friend or family member.

You might be getting the impression that I don’t love the holidays. It’s just that I need a little breather between being in the “Thanksgiving spirit” getting into the “holiday spirit”.

Which reminds me of why I was always delegated to bring the yams or mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving. I can’t really cook, except maybe scrambled eggs and peanut butter and jelly, on a good day – so I was always in charge of bringing the bottled water or other pre-made and hermetically sealed item. After a few years, I proved myself worthy and was promoted to some potato or yam dish. I eventually mastered mashing, and one year thought I’d expand my culinary talents and horizons. I bought a Mr. Potato Head and one extra sweet potato. I stuck the beady plastic eyes and the nose, ears, mouth, mustache, hands, and feet into the thing and planted that Mr. Sweet Potato Head smack dab into the middle of the pan of potatoes. I have to say that he was quite a hit, until someone obscenely desecrated the hapless yam man with an undercooked asparagus spear.

Although this just-a-tad-early, preThanksgiving, holiday gift-giving campaign may seem premature, I have to say that personally, it may not be too soon for me to start building my holiday wish list. This year, somewhere on that

list, between a modest beach bungalow on Padaro Lane and a new Miata convertible (British racing green with tan, leather interior that won’t show the golden retriever hair, please) I have added a brand-new Jora, two-compartment compost tumbler.

The beauty of this composter is that, as I noted, it has two – yes, two – separate compartments. Why is this so revolutionary? Because—and I’m mostly speaking to folks that are new to composting – when you compost your kitchen and garden waste, it is always best to have two or ideally, three separate piles, bins, or tumblers in operation at the same time. That’s because there comes point when you have to stop adding fresh waste to the pile for it to start its composting process. If you keep adding and adding, the pile will always have a bunch of gooey, un-composted stuff in it.

By stopping, covering and tumbling, you let the contents fully cook and magically morph into useable, odorless, rich garden gold that can be added to your flower and shrub beds. You then begin adding green waste to your second bin or pile.

The Jora composter is divided in half, with two separate compartments and hatches. When one side is full, you start filling the other one. Each time you turn and tumble your new waste, the other side with the older, composting material gets tumbled, too.

One of my clients purchased a Jora composter, and after a few months of using the thing I can say it is everything that they claim it to be.

If the ratio of materials is added correctly, the composter does compost faster than most other composters. That’s because the tumbler compartments are lined and insulated with some type of plastic foam

material, not unlike Styrofoam. That’s a good thing, and the only drawback to this is that you would not want to use a spade, fork, cultivator, or any other sharp hand tool inside the chamber for fear of damaging this foam interior lining.

The tumbler drum turns easily and can practically be rotated with one hand.

When the compost is fully “cooked” and ready, you can open the hatch, spin the tumbler so the opening is on the bottom, and empty the contents into a wheelbarrow or other receptacle. Easy.

The Jora composter comes in four sizes. The first three sizes can handle varying amounts of waste depending on how many members in your household.

The fourth one – an industrial-sized beast – can process the kitchen and yard waste from 250 people. This one is quite impressive and, judging by the picture on the website, appears to double as a hyperbaric chamber and time machine.

I’d have to give my Jora compost tumbler four-and-three-quarters “green thumbs up” out of five. I’d imagine that after some years, the compost drum will begin to rust and you’d have to get a new one. I guess they can’t make the thing last forever, because then they’d never sell you another one, right?

For more info about this product, check out: JORA KOMPOST Canada www.joracanada.ca/en/products.php

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Congratulations to our Fall Contest Winners!

Their pictures are healthy and inspiring, and they each won a gift package valued at $280 *90 minute therapeutic massage & 2 cryogenic sessions at our partner, The Lab (thelabsb.com)

Favorite Fall Activities:

Riding my bike in the morning surrounded by leaves!

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Lessons with a boxing pro in Las Vegas.

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Playing fetch with my dog at the beach - Andria Kester

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Made a most delicious potatoes au gratin (sans potatoes and gluten) - Chelsea Mitchell

Our favorite fall recipe is Vegetable Soup!

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Plan B

by Briana Westmacott When Briana isn’t lecturing for her writing courses

at UCSB and SBCC, she contributes to The Santa Barbara Skinny, Wake & Wander and Flutter Magazine. Along with her passion for writing and all things Santa Barbara, much of her time is spent multi-tasking through her days as a mother, wife, sister, want-to-be chef and travel junky. Writing is an outlet that ensures mental stability... usually.

Grassroots Gals Granting Wishes

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in aprons. There’s nothing sexier than that!” I agree, Brady.

Another Give Back director Kristie Chapman shared, “So many SB wineries, restaurants and artisans are thrilled to donate. It’s truly a testament to the generosity that exists in our community.”

The bash boasts quite an impressive list of auction items including: a private dinner party served by Iron Chef Cat Cora, a photography session with the talented Megan Sorel, and six weeks of boot camp with Jenny Schatzle, just to name a few.

knows that they are doing something positive for our community.”

Last year, Gals Give Back officially established itself as a non-profit organization, and the holiday bash raised more than $40,000 to support the late Heather Black and her family. It was the largest Gals Give Back bash yet, and it seems that they are just getting started.

This time around, Gals Give Back has selected Jake Wilhoite as the recipient.

Jake grew up on the Mesa and graduated from Santa Barbara High. He finished college on the East Coast and had just started his career when he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma.

Jake’s cancer is curable, and the gals are happy to contribute to winning the battle.

Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo

The gals are conjuring up some extra magic during the holiday season. “Nobody makes a penny off of any of this. All of the proceeds go to bolster our beneficiary. It definitely demonstrates just how powerful Santa Barbara can be when we pull together,” Kristie Chapman explained to me. Santa Barbara is quite enchanting.

Gals Give Back likes to call themselves grassroots, digging down into the soul of the community. These ladies have started a holiday tradition that deserves plenty of props and praise. The gals know that life isn’t always a fairy tale, and they have directed their kindness toward granting wishes to locals in need.

It Takes a Village

Meet the gals, from left: Victoria Congdon, Kristie Chapman, Hayley Carty, Lisa McCollum, Brady Charette, and Maggie Saunders

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nce upon a time, there were six women, moms to be more specific.

Their lives were filled with packing lunches, schlepping kids around, work commitments, and volunteering in classrooms. These gals were busy, and yet their friendship beckoned them to gather.

Some had met in grade school, others in college.

All of them resided in Santa Barbara.

Every holiday season, they congregated to share some merriment with a gift exchange. Over the years, their group gift exchange grew. Finally the gals decided they needed to expand beyond their living rooms and see where their hearts and hands might take them… subsequently, Gals Give Back was born.

Making More out of Merrymaking

Four years ago Gals Give Back held its first official holiday bash and used the proceeds to adopt a family from the Transition House. They were able to supply all of the presents and packages for a local family in need, and the seed was planted.

The gals have some great guys (husbands, that is) who step up and help with the bash. The event takes place each year at Duo Catering, which is owned by one of the husbands, Brian Congdon.

Duo graciously donates the venue and food. All of the other husbands join Brian and tie on aprons to cook, serve, and pour drinks throughout the evening. One of the directors, Brady Charette, told me, “Without our guys, the bash wouldn’t work. And it’s always good to see the boys

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The following year, the gals selected the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation as their recipient and raised more than $12,000 to support Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Victoria Congdon, one of the founding gals, described the bash as an “outpouring of support from local businesses and especially the women who attend the event. Everyone who is a part of this

Briana’s Best Bets • ‘Tis the season, so why not make yourself more merry by enlisting Duo Catering to take care of the deliciousness for your holiday guests? Doesn’t a Lacinato kale salad served with Nori and white Miso glazed rockfish make your mouth water? Top it off with a Crescenza tart and call it perfection. I don’t consider hiring fabulous help cheating; to me, it’s just smart. Contact Duo for catering or to book an event: www. duoevents.com/home • Another big backer of Gals Give Back is OSI Hardware. Be sure to check it out for any of your networking needs: www.osihardware.com • If you would like to help fund Jake’s fight, you can donate via the following link: www. paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LUEBV2B4D48YG

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by Christina Enoch

Tasty Indian Cuisine on Wheels

Delivery master Abraham Martinez, Lucy Carreon, and Nimita Dhirajlal

Homemade chai tea and Mohanthal (Indian fudge made with flour, saffron, nuts, and ghee)

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here’s more than meets the eye (and palate) with Nimita Dhirajlal’s Tapas Truck.

I previously got a taste of her food at a cookbook Santa Barbara Culinary Arts’ launch party, and kept going back to her station for more. I had my camera in one hand and a wine glass on the other but was determined to eat those delicious samosas.

That night, I immediately researched Nimita, soon received emails and updates from her via Facebook – then got an invitation to her house for homemade chai tea. The divine aroma of spices were intoxicating. And perfectly spiced Chai was awaiting my first sip. She also served Mohanthal (Indian fudge made with gram flour, saffron, nuts and ghee): nutty, buttery, savory, and sweet. Forget chocolate; it’s all about Mohanthal now.

Nimita, dressed in her beautiful white sari, is fascinating: born in Mozambi, Africa, lived in Spain, India, and Britain – and speaks six different languages! Talk about “worldly.”

It was while on Canary Island in Spain that she opened an English school, and eventually moved to California and worked with inmates at the Santa Barbara County jail. When Nimita taught the inmates how to cook all vegan, she said they would soften up. She also worked with the Hispanic community as a therapist, and often integrated the art of cooking.

Cooking for guru Swami Vidyadhishananda Giri in Carpinteria for many years, she mastered preparing Ayurvedic “healing” meals and a vegetarian diet by collaborating with local farmers. Her food is healthy and

After years of working full time for an ad agency, Christina found her passion in cooking and food.

Now armed with her newfound title, “Culinary School Graduate Food Blogger,” she writes and shares her passion for food, cooking, restaurants, photography and food styling in her popular blog, black dog :: food blog. Christina’s a proud mommy of not one but two shelter dogs and lives here in Santa Barbara with her husband. She’s also an avid Polynesian dancer, beach lover, traveler, swimmer, snowboarder and most of all, a lover of anything edible and yummy. Check out her ramblings here and at www.blackdogfoodblog.com.

Savory Millet Cake

Coconut green bean curry

Nimita Dhirajlal, dressed in her Sari, speaks six different languages

Kale, cabbage, pomegranate salad

Nimita’s Cuisine home delivery comes all dressed-up in Indian fabric. All vegan, Ayurvedic, and healing – her signature red lentil soup.

nourishing – it tastes homemade. No wonder Julia Roberts kept ordering it while filming Eat Pray Love.

“Don’t just buy from the farmers market stand; interact with the farmers.

You have to feel their energy. See God in the food you cook,” Nimita says.

I had the honor of trying their Thanksgiving Offering.

Abraham Martinez, the delivery master, came to drop off the food at my door. Food was still warm and tasty; there were no leftovers. Now only if she could be here to make me that perfect cup of Chai.

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Butternut squash and chickpea curry

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by Kateri Wozny Kateri is an award-winning journalist with a

background in print, online, radio and TV news. A native of Minneapolis, MN, she has written for the Chicago Sun-Times Media Group, Pepperdine University and Acorn Newspapers. She works full time as a public relations manager locally and loves exploring the Santa Barbara fashion scene. Follow her on Twitter @kitkatwozny.

Soaps Make a Splash

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hristmas is just around the corner, and I suddenly realized I haven’t even started my shopping! Can you say procrastinator?

I decided to finally make it a priority one sunny afternoon and popped into Plum Goods. There, I came across the heavenly scents of Santa Barbara Soaps, which took my breath (and nose) away.

“It’s a piece of Santa Barbara that can be given as a gift or taken home as a bar of sunshine from California,” explained owner Tracy Wells as we chatted over coffee one evening. “I’m very focused on being eco-friendly and sustainable.”

What started out as a fun hobby turned into a successful, bubbling business. A Santa Barbara resident of 20 years and former software programmer, Wells created her first batch of soap – a White Grapefruit scent – in 2008. Fast-forward a few years later, when she connected with Plum Goods owner Amy Cooper, offered to sell the soaps in her shop. They became an immediate hit with local residents and tourists.

“She was a risk-taker and I am so grateful for her,” Wells said. “During the holiday time, I show my appreciation by helping her out in the shop.”

Lathering Creation

Wells compares making soap to baking brownies (I’m drooling). She combines melted essential oils, the fragrance, sodium hydroxide, ingredients such as sea salt or coconut milk, and color micas that are skin-safe. The “batter” is then poured into a tray where it sits for a couple hours before cutting.

“It’s super-fun,” Wells said. “I can create different textures, color combinations,

and scents.”

She even participates in an online forum with soap-makers from all over the world.

“We share about what worked and what didn’t work,” Wells said.

Santa Barbara Soaps come in 11 scents, including Driftwood, Riviera, Butterfly Beach, Salted Lavender (the most popular seller and the one I purchased), Pacific Surf, Sunshine, Montecito, Sea Salt, Rose Garden, Fresh Squeeze, and Milk & Honey. All product and packaging is 100-percent

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Sprecher also contributed to the look.

“I feel honored that all of these great people have helped to make what my business has become,” Wells said.

Owner Tracy Wells has been creating sustainable soaps since 2008 (Monica Montigny Photography)

The Ocean Calls

biodegradable: a winning combination!

“Every soap has a unique characteristic of Santa Barbara or indicative of the area,” Wells explained. “Soap also travels well and is non-perishable. The TSA won’t take it from you.”

Wells also created the popular Triple Treats, three half-size bars wrapped in cellophane tied with raffia ribbons. She also sells a half-size bar in an abalone shell, which she purchases locally from a sustainability farm. Prices range from $9 to $10 for a bar, $21 for a Triple Treat, and $18+ for an abalone.

“The soaps last a long time and create a creamy lather,” Wells said. “Your skin will start to feel softer.”

Santa Barbara Soaps also come with a signature drawing on the packaging called the Bubble Girl, a representation of Wells created by her local artist friend Christy Parker.

Wells’s friend and graphic designer Jeannie

Growing up near the ocean where she learned how to dive, Wells also created a special soap, to honor a cause dear to her heart, called Mermaid. She teamed up with Plum Goods to sell the bar, and half of the proceeds benefit Save the Mermaids, a nonprofit that educates the community about human-sourced ocean pollution and advocates for behaviors that benefit the ocean environment.

“I believe the ocean is the most magical place and gives us so much, so supporting the good works of Save the Mermaids is really my privilege,” Wells said.

As the bubbles thicken, Wells sees her business expanding in the community.

“I love being local and would like to evolve and grow in other Santa Barbara boutiques,” she said.

With a quarter of my shopping now done, I know my family will love them as stocking stuffers – or should I say stocking suds!

Santa Barbara Soaps can be found at Plum Goods and the Four Seasons Biltmore. For more information, visit www.santabarbarasoaps.com.

Don’t forget to like Santa Barbara Soaps on Facebook and follow on Instagram!

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El Montecito School’s Southern Hospitality

Host and vice president of the El Montecito School Board, Jeff Stone, John Davies, co-hostess Karen Stone, and Nina Davies get together before the silent auction begins

Arriving at the lovely Hope Ranch home of Jeff and Karen Stone for the Evening of Thanksgiving El Montecito School fundraiser, I felt a cool breeze; something SB had been lacking the last several months. The entrance was lined by pristine, manicured trees, and with leaves changing color and blowing off in the breeze. The setting was ideal for a Thanksgiving fundraiser and feast.

In attendance was Julianna Reichard, one of the event’s key organizers who could’ve been mistaken her for Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind. The theme of the evening was “A Southern Affair,” and she played the part elegantly. Dressed to the nines in a fluffy Southern-style white dress with a red satin sash, she explained that this was the largest turnout they ever had with more than 200 attendees.

She also expressed her gratitude for some of the key sponsors of the event, Island View Catering, and Lucas and Lewellen Winery.

Nearby, parent volunteer Bethany Frisell chimed in, “El Montecito is like a family. We are at a home for the first time, and we all really care for each other.” Everyone was open and friendly, mingling, and placing their bids on silent auction items. Tasty hors d’oeuvres including butternut squash soup, and bacon-wrapped dates were served.

Upon wandering over to the tented dinner seating area, I bumped into Allison and Tony White, who were at last year’s fundraiser. The warm family-like feeling continued as we were seated at the

It’s a Southern family! Holly and Oliver Merrick with adorable baby Haden show off their Southern style.

Festive attendees Davis and Brooke Darnall love to dress up for the Evening of Thanksgiving

Jack and Peggy Martin look like they stepped off the set of Gone with the Wind. They explained how helpful Victorian Vogue staff was with their costumes.

Greg and Janet Spencer represent a stylish Southern couple

Southern belles Celia Miko and Rebecca Miller show off their authentic costumes

same table again this year. We re-capped the highlights of our year, and enjoyed appetizing ribs, barbecued chicken, mashed yams with pecans, and a flavorful salad with golden yellow beets.

Next came enticing live auction items!

Noteworthy was the “I Need a Napa” package that included a private tasting at a Franciscan Library with barrel samplings, a lunch for four prepared by a Michelin star chef, and a one-night stay at the Franciscan cottage on Oakville vineyard.

Another sweet auction item was the Hot Cocoa Club, where your El Montecito

child could take a mid-morning break from school to have a snack, hot cocoa, whipped cream, and stories with Mrs. Morgan.

As the evening came to a close, emcee Rob Crawford explained the benefits of attending El Montecito. He pointed out the teachers’ investment and respect to the students, the traditions such as field trips to places such as Washington, D.C.,

and the opportunities kids have to thrive in activities like choir. He went on to describe the symbolic bright light each child carries at El Montecito that guides them to be advocates of kindness well beyond their elementary school years.

The warm glow of the chandelier centerpiece on our table provided a nostalgic, quiet ambiance. It’s extraordinary that such a little school has such big spirit.

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