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Making It Happen

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love it when a good plan comes together.

Wait. I should start again.

I love it when a good plan comes together. Fast. It’s just better that way.

Don’t get me wrong, Wendi and I sometimes plan things way in advance, but not so much anymore. We used to do just that all the time but often found that by the time the vacation or trip or whatever rolled around, it was over-hyped and over-engineered and over-budgeted and over-populated and usually didn’t live up to what we imagined it might.

So we were over it. And we stopped with all the planning and the plotting and the related perspiring and just started rolling with it.

That was perhaps never more the case than when we travelled around the world a few years ago. We literally had no plan, no agenda, for months. We cruised. We did what we wanted, when we wanted. We lived not only day-today but moment-to-moment. And it was beautiful.

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes with just rolling with it.

And freedom is groovy, baby. Very groovy. ...continued p.20

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C ity Council Candidate Question of the Week – Better read up so you know who to vote for; there’s lots of candidates for just a few seats. And el future de la zona de funky Santa Barbara pende de un hilo. Seriamente.

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It’s Crime Time – The Crime Time writing staff does its best to pop-culture(ize) the column this week. And fails miserably. (Nice, guys, real nice.)

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The Dish – Wendy Jenson does Italian in Isla Vista. (We’re hitting Sorriso Italiano next time we head up to the press in Goleta, Wendy, thanks for another fun suggestion.)

L etters to the Editor – Interesting basket of correspondence this week: A Crime Time complaint turns into praise for the paper (yeah!); the Sentinel is in India as a consequence of poop jokes and porta potties (super!); Mac McGill returns asking for a favor (ironic!); and SBPD is called out by an anonymous writer (fair?). Worth a read this week, we think.

T he Beer Guy – Beer and children. (Hmmm, feels inappropriate already.) And the wonderful sport of squash. (Ah, Zach, everything ok man? Maybe you’re drinking too much of those pumpkin beers you wrote about a few weeks back. Let’s talk.)

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Eight Days A Week – Jeremy Harbin ain’t got nothin’ but love, babe, eight days a week.

(That’s the least imaginative thing we’ve ever written.)

I n the Zone – Fermented and sweetened tea – better known as kombucha – mixed up right here in the Funk Zone. Jeremy Harbin sits down with mixologist A.J. DeNecochea at the Organic Kitchen and gets all the details.

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S anta Barbara View – Sharon Byrne gets rear-ended by a homey on Milpas and good things happen (Serendipity is a terrific title, we think, Sharon, fun story), and people are gathering to clean up SB on October 12 (find out details here); Ray Estrada brings news of the governmental shutdown affecting a cyber-crime talk for small business here in town.

(Wait, the federal government is shut down? What?)

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Presidio Sports – Football, volleyball, soccer, SBART Athletes of the Week and all sorts of sporting scores and schedules and other… stuff. (Just go read it. Sorry.)

Get Pumped – Jenny Schatzle needs some balance in her life. So do you. (So do we, frankly. Better listen up.)

I n the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans – More Orchids for Dummies and the Rest of Us. (It’s Part II in a 700-part series.) Also, how to care for those cacti and succulents you just bought and killed.

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Wings and Wine – First time contributor Lynn Kirst – a regular over at the Montecito Journal – brings a relevant story about American falcons massacring European starlings over wine grapes. (Great, Lynn, first time and you’re instigating an international incident. Let’s tone it down in the future, we aren’t quite so aggressive over here at the Sentinel.)

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Mad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon is sick and twisted. Wait, no… she’s just sick. And she’s pissed about it. (Not really. We got started on the wrong foot here and are too lazy to go back and rework it. Fun piece on the science of colds. There.)

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Man About Town – Mark Léisuré on Indian culture at Live Oak, Jazz at SOhO, metal working in the Funk Zone, the Lucidity Festival, Theatre Organ and avocados. (Mark, man, that is way too much for a purported man of leisure. Let’s talk.)

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Girl About Town – Julie Bifano hits the one-year anniversary party at Summerland boutique Waxing Poetic. And she lives to tell about it.

K eepin’ It Reel – Jim Luksic’s movie review column is back on a weekly basis. (Welcome back, Jim, great to have you. Matt says he expects reviews on Children of Corn II and Friday the Thirteenth, Part III on his desk ASAP.)

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Plan B – Briana Westmacott has fantasies about hunky football players. So does her husband. (Ah, Briana, this is really pushing it. Really. Let’s just say TMI.)

The Santa Barbara Skinny – Movies, trampolines and food and wine. (What?) Beer, food and wine and running. (Huh?) Next week – stylish barf bags made from recycled products. Thanks Skinny!

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Residential Real Estate – Meteorologist Michael Calcagno takes a break from the weather desk and talks political climate change and real estate forecasting. Justin Kellenberger smiles and waives.

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CANDIDATE QUESTION OF THE WEEK: On the Future of the Funk Zone (or Con Respecto A El Futuro de la Zona de Funk) T P he Funk Zone is a hotbed for all sorts of activity these days, as everybody knows, and we thought it appropriate to ask candidates their respective positions on the future of the area and how City Council might play a role in it. No bells and whistles this week; here’s our question, and everybody’s responses. Enjoy.

“It’s no mystery that the Funk Zone has gone and continues to go through a metamorphosis of significant proportion. Some – ok, most – seem to like what’s happening; others not so much.

Regardless, everybody is talking about how best to retain character, develop responsibly and support what has traditionally been a vibrant arts community in the neighborhood. What can City Council do to ensure a meaningful balancing of the various constituencies in the area as it moves toward being more gentrified? Are stricter zoning and building requirements necessary?

What do you see as the future of the Funk Zone, and how can the City help shepherd one of Santa Barbara’s newest and most exciting large scale revitalization projects in recent memory through what will undoubtedly be a key three or five year formative period?”

Mike Jordan

The Council’s most important role in this process is to encourage and support the Funk Zone to organize, either among themselves or as an alignment with an existing business or tourism group. The Zone needs to establish a relationship within itself as a neighborhood, work on common goals and a plan or vision for the future. It’s not the City’s role to tell the Zone what that looks like.

The Council and City should also be ready to give an organized FZ a place at the table in discussions on retaining that character, especially in topics such as development, traffic, parking and pedestrian safety, and in connection with how those interact with their future vision.

The eventual challenge in the Zone will be the willingness of the property owners to support the historical uses and ongoing metamorphosis. Current land uses will certainly allow for gentrification that challenges the current charm. I think the area merits a collaborative process that involves all the community stakeholders. The City has done this in other areas facing similar issues, Upper State Street being the most recent.

ANY QUESTIONS?

lease rest assured that we are full of political inquiries and can go for weeks and weeks (and weeks) in this format. With that said, however, we thought we’d ask you, our readers, what questions you’d like answered before you head to the ballot box on November 5. So, please, if you’re interested and have a nagging query that just won’t leave you alone, let us know. If we like it and find it likely to be of general interest, we will publish it with your name, sort of like we do in our Letters to the Editor section (unless you’d like to remain anonymous, of course). We are looking forward to hearing from you; if we don’t though, we’ll continue asking the questions to which we’d like answers. Thanks for reading.

The pressure is only going to increase as lower State Street projects are completed.

The La Entrada project will help propel more people into the FZ, as will the new public parking lot on Helena Avenue and the intersection improvements at Helena and Cabrillo. I would be committed to getting out in front of this issue with all parties, rather than waiting and watching the loss of this area’s charm due to inaction.

(Sentinel Says: Well said, Mike, and we generally agree. But what if the constituencies of the FZ can’t reach internal agreement? We suppose that then it is in fact the City’s job to step in and try to do what’s right for SB. Hopefully it won’t come to that.)

David Landecker

The Funk Zone presents an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary creativity of our community rather than simply extend the lower State Street bar scene. I envision a pedestrian mall with outdoor and indoor spaces for public art shows and demonstrations, murals, sculpture, public gathering areas designed for demonstrations and food prep lessons (like at the SOL Festival), access controlled spaces for beer and wine tastings and classes, art galleries, a year-round YES Store and of course a variety of food and beverage establishments.

Special efforts should be made to feature local artists, locally grown food, regional ...continued p.22

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It'sCrimetime...

...with the SBPD

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

Black Velvet

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43-year-old transient man was arrested last Sunday night after he passed out on the front porch of a Westside business. Officers approached and bestirred him, only to find that he was totally incapable of actually walking away due to his overindulgence.

What, you ask, was the man’s apparent drink of choice for the evening?

Black Velvet Blended Canadian Whiskey. (The good stuff.) A 200ml bottle – which costs around $4 – was found at the scene.

What a second… 200ml? We’re not hugely familiar with that pesky metric system (damned Euros), but isn’t that less than a good old American cup of booze? Must be powerful stuff. Sort of like a new religion that will bring you to your knees.

Next time for us?

Black Velvet, if you please.

The Shining A 40-year-old local man was passed out on the sidewalk at the intersection of State and Haley. SBPD observed him sitting on the ground, leaning on a building, in the exact same position for at least fifteen minutes before arresting him for public drunkenness.

(Let’s just ignore the fact that officers apparently watched this man sit there for at least fifteen minutes and move on.)

Anonymous bystanders reported that the man had been walking around repeating, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” before he completely lost touch with reality. “We didn’t think he was drunk,” one shaken young man who refused to provide identification told Sentinel reporters, “we thought he was frozen solid like a human popsicle. It was really creepy.”

Million Dollar Baby A guy got beat up by his ex-girlfriend on the Mesa last week after a fight broke out between them at around 2am. (Wonder if there was any liquor involved in this one.)

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CRIME TIME QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Stop.”

– SBPD to a man on a bike after they observed him (gasp!) failing to signal before turning and riding on a residential sidewalk. When he ignored officers’ impassioned plea, they drove up alongside of him and repeated, “Stop.” He (incredibly) ignored them again. We don’t know, officers, but maybe something a bit more urgent would do the job next time, especially for such a serious crime. (Betcha they thought he had some meth in his bike bag. Most cyclists carry meth, remember? (Research Shows Most People On Bicycles Are Carrying Methamphetamines, Vol. 2, Issue 37).)

The woman admitted to starting the fight by calling the young man – who never touched her, by the way – a demeaning name referring to his alleged homosexuality.

She also admitted to “touching” his face in the heat of the argument, but couldn’t seem to explain the blood on his cheek.

Hmmm. It’s a bona fide mystery. Better get Sherlock on the case.

Regardless, we were able to reach the woman’s trainer, “Frankie,” who told us that she has since been paralyzed by a dirty boxer in a prize fight and wants to be euthanized.

Frankie – who looks distinctly like Clint Eastwood – is clearly struggling with her request for death mightily, repeatedly and forlornly referred to the woman as “Maggie” and “My Darling.”

We’re keeping an eye on old Frankie.

We think he just might do it.

Third Rock SBPD came across a 46-year-old homeless man who was generally known to be on probation (with search terms) for drug possession. Officers approached and searched him, and found some hash oil and a used glass crack pipe. The man then admitted to smoking not one but three gigantic crack rocks and leaving his sober living center (we hope not in that order) a day earlier.

He was overheard telling officers, “I’m an alien.”

But nobody believed him.

(Editor’s Note: Ok, all right. The cat’s out of the bag. The crack Crime Time writing crew (no pun intended) is trying hard – maybe too hard – to do a little pop-culture Crime Time. This last one is a real stretch, of course, and I’ve been informed that you’ll only get the joke if you ever watched Third Rock from the Sun, a sitcom about a few aliens who were sent to our planet, disguised as a human family, to report on life on Earth (the third rock from the sun, colloquially). It was a terrible show, objectively speaking, so this one is likely not well-received. I sure as hell didn’t get it. Sorry. Let’s get back to it. – MSM)

Hey Yo Yella Boy, Kick Me That Funky Ass Beat Right Here A 45-year-old transient man – who had been involved in a “disturbing the peace” call earlier in the afternoon – was arrested for “slobbering on himself ” at around 6pm one evening last week. (Remember Less Common Bodily Secretion Leads to Arrest, Vol. 2, Issue 37?) Apparently, he had also consumed an absolutely stupefying amount of malt liquor, which was a contributing factor (to both the drooling and the arrest for public intoxication, we assume).

Some hard questioning resulted in the realization by SBPD that, despite the fact that the man had been disturbing the peace and generally drank lots of malt liquor, he was not named Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube or MC Ren, but that he was indeed born in the same part of L.A. Compton’s in the House, y’all. Fer shizzle.

(Editor’s Note: That’s about enough of that. Does anybody even remember NWA? Let’s move on. Actually, let’s just be done this week. That didn’t work at all. – MSM)

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Letters

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

A Loyal Reader

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ear Matt, thank you for responding to my email last week, I never expected to see it in print! (A Very Serious Complaint (Really), Vol. 2, Issue 37.) And you’re right about the source of my discontent – kinda.

What I neglected to include in that email (so focused was I on page 6) were kudos to the rest of your paper which I thoroughly enjoy reading. It’s informative, fresh, intelligent, and yes, humorous in all the right places. Ms. Cusimano’s The Rant on Trader Joe’s was one of the best articles I’ve read in a while.

Oh, and congrats on 50 – yeah 50, baby! – issues.

Katie Turner Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: This might sound funny, Katie, but yours may be the single most gratifying pair of letters I’ve ever received.

Crime Time – always on page 6, as you clearly know – has been a polarizing column and, frankly, I’ve struggled with it at times. But your comments above, especially when read together with your comments last week, seem to suggest that maybe, just maybe, we’ve reached a place as a paper where the Crime Time perspective can be understood and tolerated by even the portions of our readership that don’t always agree with what’s there. I truly do believe that it provides a public service of a different sort (with, admittedly, some occasionally sophomoric humor… but what’s wrong with that?), and we will keep running it.

I’m truly glad to hear that you enjoy the paper and find it “informative, fresh, intelligent, and yes, humorous in all the right places.” I feel similarly about what we are doing (I’m biased), and your letter means a lot... thanks for taking the time.

Please pick up the next fifty issues and the fifty after that. We’re growing constantly these days, and have lots in store. So keep reading. – MSM)

Holy Crap: The Sentinel Is In India Dear Ms. Jana Mackin, I have read your piece on portable sanitation (Tour du Porto-Let, Vol. 2, Issue 35) and generally agree with your assessment that the sanitation situation in developing countries can aptly be said to be reflective of a situation which is more a carrier of death than of life. In view of this we rightly remember, and should do so, perhaps with gratitude, those greats who have contributed, in a large measure, in improving the situation –like Harington and Crapper.

The article is replete with facts of interest, viz. origin of the word “gardyloo”

and “night-soil.” One can depend upon Americans not only to come up with Porta Potties but also to term the conversation in American English! All in all, the article is very informative.

A special thanks for crediting me with providing some information.

I look forward to more writings from you on the subject of sanitation and sanitation devices.

With highest regards, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Ph.D., D.Litt.

Sociologist & Social Reformer Founder, Sulabh Sanitation Movement International Expert on CostEffective Sanitation, Biogas and Rural Development New Delhi, India (Editor’s Note: I know, I know…

Dr. Pathak’s letter is not to me and I’m interjecting again. But I can’t help it. India?

I mean, seriously? Have you ever been to India? I have, and it’s amazing that a tiny little paper from SB made it all the way to an uber-educated and socially active Ph.D. in New Delhi. That’s especially the case when one considers the fact that the article in question is about portable toilets and contains myriad poop jokes.

Man, I need to run a tighter ship.

Anyway, Jana, do you have anything to say here? Can we leave the poop talk out please so that I can retain the shred of editorial integrity that I have left? Pretty please? – MSM) (Dr. Bindeshwar, the recent government shutdown has prompted me to come out of the closet – the water closet that is. My day job is intrepid Sentinel columnist (i.e., muck raker) but by night I moonlight as a liquid waste sanitation engineer. That’s a fancy way of saying I dispose of the crap I disturb. My work has taken me to the most dirty, rat-infested, nightmarish sewers imaginable where I work tirelessly to rid the world of “night soil” and “gardyloo.” I liken it to your project to combat the public health problems associated with untreated sewage in New Delhi and other developing areas.

With that said, even you would be shocked by the proliferation of raw, unabridged, rank, uncensored, rancid, stinking proliferation of filth generated by what the New York Daily News calls the “House of Turds,” and I refer to as the “Congress of Crap.”

Never in all my years of cleaning portalets of the most rank persuasion have I witnessed what I can only describe as the ...continued p.32

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by Wendy Jenson

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

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Italian Smile The Gerli family is Antonio, Sofia, Davide, Filippo, and Elisabetta.

Northern Italians are known for their light blue eyes.

S

orriso is “smile” in Italian, and Sorriso Italiano is a nice new eatery serving Italian fast food in Isla Vista.

Antonio Gerli smiles a lot, and he’s a warm and chatty host and sommelier.

Sorriso’s kitchen is the domain of Elisabetta Penso, Antonio’s partner in business and life. In the pair’s

native Northern Italy, Antonio was a sales director of LED streetlights, and Elisabetta worked for an accountant.

Guests to their dinner parties always said, “You should open a restaurant.” So they did… in America.

Here’s how it happened: A solo Antonio scouted locations near a California

everyday’s a sundae…

University, traveling from UC Berkeley (outside San Francisco) to San Diego State. When he visited UCSB he entered the campus via its main entrance. Says Antonio, “I saw all these bicyclists heading in one direction so I followed them” to IV. “We thought it was the right place to grow our kids,” Elisabetta says of Santa Barbara. For a year before the big move, the three Gerli children studied English with a private tutor.

For a business in collegiate IV, Sorriso Italiano is surprisingly family friendly.

“It’s true Italian famiglia food,” says Elisabetta, pulling aromatic house made focaccia bread from the oven. The menu is relatively small as everything is made fresh, from scratch, each day.

Adjustments were made to Americanize the menu since opening. A perfectionist

and traditionalist, Elisabetta resisted adding chicken to fettuccine alfredo as it’s just not done back home. It quickly became the best-selling dish. “We have meat sauce, but not meatballs in Italy,” she says. Meatballs with Focaccia is $8.95, and Fettuccine Alfredo is $6.85, add chicken breast for $2.35. The imported pasta is organic, and gluten-free (not typically found in Italy) is available.

Elisabetta quickly learned that Americans prefer their pasta cooked more; al dente is made upon request.

Start with the Insalata Mista or mixed salad for $3.95, or the Caesar Salad for $4.65, add chicken for $2.35. Try the Panzerotto, a savory pastry filled with mozzarella and marinara sauce; $3.95.

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Drink for Good

And if you are going to drink, why not drink for a good cause? Proceeds from the SB Beer & Wine Festival will benefit the Santa Barbara School of Squash (SBSOS). (No, not the vegetable, but the sport… although a school dedicated to the squash-atorial arts would be awesome and delicious.)

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The Santa Barbara Beer & Wine Festival: Transcending Subcultures at Casa de la Guerra

See? Told you the SBSOS brought the kids down to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. The big question is whether they used the facility as a squash venue. Hmmmm.

Let’s drink beer!

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ctober is beer festival season and in the midst of all these events, one with a different flare is coming to Santa Barbara. On Sunday, October 13, from 12 – 4pm, the beer and wine drinking communities of Santa Barbara will come together at Casa de la Guerra for the Santa Barbara Beer & Wine Festival.

The festival will be small, limited to 300 people, and will feature only a handful of breweries and wineries (a stark difference to the other events that try to cram in as many vendors and people as they can).

This intimate setting provides a special opportunity to taste and enjoy both the libations and the company of similarly inclined folks.

But that’s not all that makes this festival different. This one is not just focused on drinking, but rather will combine different subcultures into an environment that is pure Santa Barbara.

When Casa de la Guerra was founded in the early 19th century as the home of José de la Guerra, it quickly served as a cultural center for the community.

The SB Beer & Wine Festival hopes to to rekindle this relationship by providing a warm setting that blends a love for craft beverages with music and art.

These different scenes are driving culture in Santa Barbara and this festival will highlight the creative communities of Santa Barbara by bringing together these forces under one roof (or I guess, within one courtyard).

Sign me up.

More than Just the Art of Good Drink The SB Beer & Wine Festival will go beyond just serving great beverages and will highlight local artists and expose attendees to the birth of new art. For example, graffiti

artists from Media4Good (www.media4good.org) will transform a piece of plywood into a work of art in front of people’s very eyes. Some of the other artists include Chris Potter (www. chrispotterart.blogspot. com), whose landscape paintings capture scenes from around the Central Coast area. Peruse his paintings and see if you can find your favorite local spot or watch as Chris paints a new piece.

Photographer and artist Amanda Bailard ( w w w. a r t i s t i c j u n k i e . com) uses melted crayons on canvas to produce art that combines pop images with outrageous colors. Amanda will be displaying her pieces at the festival and you can sip on some beer while watching how she splatters crayon on canvas to produce these vibrant images.

These are just a few of the interesting artists who will be there; interactive installations will be featured at the festival as well, such as those of craftswoman Fatima Rahmanovic, who will help guests make their own necklaces. To set the mood, the stylings of DJ Fab will spread their way through the courtyard, filling the space with tunes and good vibes.

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

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It’s October, time to get out the candy corn. As you figure out how exactly you’re going to dress as “government shutdown” (or maybe sexy government shutdown?) at the office Halloween party, consider this non-partisan event that goes all month long. County of Santa Barbara Animal Services is running an adoption special they call “Fall in Love with a Shelter Pet.” You can adopt a dog for the discounted rate of $75 and get a free microchip, adopt a cat and get a free microchip, or get a cheaper rate on all white rabbits. Find the Santa Barbara Shelter at 5473 Overpass Road.

Saturday

If you’re bushed from your wild Sunday of sweet viola action, you might want to take it easy today at your neighborhood bar… The Neighborhood, a relaxed, friendly, fun sports bar with a big outdoor area chock full of beer pong tables for your competitive drinking delight. And if you’re light on cash because of all the white rabbits you adopted on Friday, you’re in luck, because The Neighborhood has specials out the wazoo. Everyday from 3 to 6pm, ten bucks gets you some food and a drink. Today, 11pm to midnight is the hour to get food and beverage on the cheap. Find The Neighborhood at 235 West Montecito Street.

Tuesday

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Vital Organ

The Arlington Theatre (1317 State Street) will host a benefit today for the Santa Barbara Theatre Organ Society called “An Afternoon with Buster Keaton.” The day starts at noon with a brunch and silent auction. At 2pm, the Keaton silent comedy classics Cops and Steamboat Bill, Jr. will screen, accompanied by Scott Foppiano on the organ. The event will conclude with a tour of the theatre and the Wonder Morton organ. It costs $25, $15 for the films only. Call 805.963.4408 or go to www.thearlingtontheatre.com to get tickets.

Sunday

On a Boat

Maoli means “native” in Hawaiian, and it’s also the name of the group playing at SOhO Restaurant and Music Club (1221 State Street) tonight. The Hawaiian Music Award nominees stop in Santa Barbara in support of their newest record, Arise. The video for their single “Blew It,” a reggae meets R&B jam, features the band partying on a boat with a bunch of girls in white bikinis. They seem to be having a good time. Will the band bring the gang of swim-ready young ladies to the stage tonight? Probably not, but there’s only one way to be sure. The show starts at 9pm; doors open at 7pm. $12 to get in. See more information and get tickets at www.sohosb.com.

Wednesday

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World-class violist Helen Callus has performed internationally, released four albums and taught at UCSB since 2003. Today, the British musician will conduct a master class in the Deane Chapel on the Westmont College campus (955 La Paz Road). From 7 to 9pm, students will get schooled by the master on pieces by William Walton, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn.

The class is free and open to the public.

Call the Westmont Music Department at 805.565.6040.

October 9

Stop… Hammerstein

Tonight on the rooftop of the Canary Hotel (31 West Carrillo Street), the weekly “Sing Along Under the Stars” free film series continues with The Sound of Music. Put on your best themed costume (there will be prizes) and think about what you might like to order from the Finch & Fork. The hotel will pass out blankets and light the fire, but you can also warm up with something from the restaurant’s craft cocktail menu. Go up at 7:30pm; the movie screens at 8.

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...continued from p.9 program is for students to remain involved in SBSOS throughout all of grade school so that they can continue to train, learn and pursue their passions.

SBSOS is more than just an athletic program. It aims to help each child realize his or her academic and personal potential by exposing them to other educational experiences. Through fundraising and generous donors, children go beyond the classroom on educational adventures that take them to places like the Walt Disney Concert Hall or on a Yosemite camping trip that submerged them in the outdoors and taught them about the splendor of nature. Debbie Brown, Executive Director of SBSOS, has even partnered up with other youth-oriented programs, like Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara, where students learned from master Lia Suzuki Sensei, 6th dan, about the peaceful principles of Aikido.

I could stop there, but I’m not going to.

And, Of Course, There’s Great Beer

warming Ravena Stout, a cream stout made with oats. If you feel like something a little lighter, then head over to Surf Brewery where they will be pouring a special edition of Wahine Wheat brewed with lemon to give it a refreshing snap.

Make sure to check out the festival’s website at www.sbbwfest.com for a list of all those participating.

If these beers are making you hungry, don’t fret, entry into the festival also includes a meal ticket. Hoffmann Brat Haus will be on site, preparing their wonderful sausages for everyone and bringing a touch of Oktoberfest to the mood.

So make sure to take part in this unique experience. It will be a wonderful afternoon of art, music and, of course, good drink. And by helping support the SB School of Squash, we can nurture the next generation so that they can continue to fuel our community and culture with their unique talents.

Maybe some of them will become great brewers.

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t’s a magic potion with the powers of everlasting life. At least, that’s one of the wilder claims about kombucha, the sweetened tea that’s fermented with a live culture called a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast).

It’s more likely that the drink could help support your immune and digestive systems, but it’s often viewed as an allaround health-giving elixir. “It’s different strokes for different folks,” offers A.J. DeNecochea, who brews his own right here in the effervescent heart of the Funk Zone. “I notice it helps me with my allergies a lot. It wakes up my senses.”

A.J. holds free tastings every Sunday from noon until two at the Organic Kitchen, the lush south side spot where he pours from batches he’s crafted on site. While his kombucha may not hold magical properties, there could be some divination at work; the former Carl’s Jr. commercial writer ended up here after leaving his L.A. life behind at the suggestion of a horoscope.

So wander in and have a taste. A.J.

knows his kombucha and he’s happy to talk about it.

Beginner’s Batch To get here, just follow the music: either the hazy strains of guitar ambiance supplied by Michael Million, who sets up some Sundays by the Kitchen’s courtyard fountain, or the sustained gongs from the dining room’s oversized wind chimes. The less whimsical might want to play it safer: Just find 205 Santa Barbara Street on a map and go.

Sunday is usually a slower, lazier day in the neighborhood. A.J. likes to come in, leave the Kitchen’s doors open and get some work done while he waits for folks to amble by. Once they’re in, he’s pouring.

A.J. identifies our first glass: “This is simply green tea with a little bit of lavender and holy basil mixed in. It’s light in color, crisp and refreshing. A lot of people, when they start out on kombucha,” he says, “they always say it tastes vinegary or tart, so I like to start them off on something really light and sweet.”

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The glowing kombucha case in the Organic Kitchen’s indoor dining area shows off A.J.’s available flavors.

A.J. DeNecochea gets ready to start the tasting with his green tea, lavender and holy basil flavor.

Like you might at one of the area’s more common kinds of tastings, ask questions as you sip. A.J.’s not only knowledgeable about the history of the beverage and the process to make it, but he has his own unique method that employs medicalgrade water in the initial brewing stage and oak wine barrels for fermentation.

More Complex “This one is going to be a little more tart,” A.J. says as he pours a second glass. “It’s going to be a little darker.” It surprises the palate with a zing, and then evens things out with the smooth taste of black tea.

“I moved into Santa Barbara from L.A. on a whim. It was in my horoscope,” he says. “I became a bartender because it said Scorpios make good bartenders.” Before that, A.J. made his living in a number of ways.

He’s worked in marketing. He’s done stand-up comedy. He’s a writer with a book out. Within six months of being in Santa Barbara, he was managing the bar of a downtown restaurant. He’s now settled into his current gig at the Organic Kitchen, and also teaches at Pacific Coast Bartenders School in Goleta.

“It was such a crazy passage, my life in the past years,” he observes.

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red pears, lime juice and elderberry,” he announces – is enough to make skeptics reconsider astrology. The horoscope that brought him here to bartend was right.

The strawberry batch, dark pink in color, draws a raised eyebrow from the more experienced of the two tasters. There must be added dye, she insists for a second time.

A.J. goes to work. He lowers his voice, leans in and nods as he tells the story of how he came up with the idea for the flavor. His grandmother was Swedish, he says. He was inspired by the way she used to mash strawberries to make jam. There is no red dye, just the natural result of juicing strawberries into the tea.

“I’ll do a bottle of the pink,” the woman says, and leaves with some of A.J.’s finest under her arm.

A.J. DeNecochea holds free kombucha tastings every Sunday from noon until 2pm at the Organic Kitchen (205 Santa Barbara Street) in the Funk Zone. The kombucha is sold by the bottle at the Organic Kitchen, Isabella Gourmet Foods and DiviniTree. Book Ends Café has it on spout. The Organic Kitchen serves lunch Tuesday through Friday and dinner on the weekends; call them at 805.637.8222.

A.J. calls it “mushroom tea” for short, but these SCOBYs aren’t actually mushrooms; he keeps these “pets” healthy for experimentation (the tea he pours and sells is fermented in oak wine barrels).

glass. “This was a really popular bottle,” he says of his honey guava flavor. “At first, it was too sour, so I infused it with honey by boiling it together.” He struck the right balance of flavors. It’s comforting with its sweet, coating honey, and the guava mingles in to keep things interesting.

It’s becoming clear that A.J.’s time as a bartender complements his work here very well. “I like mixing things. I like the mixology. I like the art of it,” he says.

“I like pairing things and finding new flavors. So I brought that idea over to kombucha. I’m able to serve a fermented product, but it’s a health product. Which gives me even more confidence serving.”

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by Sharon Byrne

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hat’s not the right title for this story.

But I don’t know how else to title it.

I’m not even sure I can tell it the way it needs to be told. But I’ll try.

It’s 8am Friday, September the 13th. I’m driving down Milpas, having just dropped off my daughter at school. Thirteen is a lucky number in my family. My dad’s birthday was that same day. I’d already phoned him at 6am, since he’s three hours ahead. I was selling my car today. My daughter (newly 16) and I were going to buy a new one to share. My buyer was due at noon.

Suddenly the car jarred forward, and my coffee exploded, dousing me thoroughly.

I’d just been rear-ended.

I got out. The car behind me had a crumpled front end. The driver was shaking his head. Washington plates.

Tattoos. Cell phone in hand. Likely texting, I thought.

His car took the worst of it. I had chipped paint, black streaks, and scratches on my bumper. But still. I was supposed to sell the car today.

He’s polite, apologetic. Turns out he was supposed to sell his car today too. He thinks a little paint and some buffing will fix my bumper. He starts trying to wipe the black streaks off. It doesn’t work.

I realize he likely doesn’t have insurance.

We move the cars over into the Santa Barbara Plumbing lot. The employees are watching. They know me.

We talk. His kid goes to school at SBHS, as does my daughter. He just dropped him off. I see “Eastside” tattooed on his neck.

Great. I’ve been hit by a homey.

He shows me his license. Tells me his correct address. I photograph it, record the address in my phone.

He couldn’t stop talking. He’s very nervous. He had been stopped the week before for rolling through a stop sign. His car was impounded – driving without insurance. He paid $600 to get it out. His license is now suspended.

He was flat broke. He just got divorced in Washington, and moved back with his kid to his hometown. Selling that car was

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his plan to raise some much-needed funds.

All hope of getting my bumper fixed on his nickel evaporated instantly.

I should have called the cops. Me, Miss Law-and-Order, of all people.

But something about him was very… vulnerable. It’s the only way I can put it.

A truly crappy situation.

He gave me his mobile number. He promised a local body shop – he knew the guys – would take care of my bumper.

He moved his car to the parking lot next to the tattoo shop at Milpas and Canon Perdido, a known Eastside gang hangout.

We called the body shop and they said come over. I offered him a lift home. He lived up on the Riviera, in a rented room.

The body shop looked at my bumper, and wanted assurances he would pay. I knew he couldn’t.

I paid.

He texted me he would get money from his dad for my bumper. Loads of apologies.

My car sold the next day, newly fixed.

We bought our new car. I forgot about this guy.

Then the Taste of Milpas week dawned.

Harried 16-hour days screamed by. I spent a lot of time on Milpas at night, closing last minute arrangements with the restaurants.

And I didn’t like what I saw. Scarylooking homeys, blaring music in cars, trolling, loitering, throwing mad-dog looks. Officer Gutierrez confirmed activity was up.

I started sweating. On the inside.

Milpas needed this first Taste to be a success.

The guy that hit my car texts me a few nights before the event. He’d seen me on Milpas that day. Still apologetic, and wants to do something to fix this. Anything.

Here’s what you’re going to do, I say, to make this right.

You’re going to be a good father to your son, and that means making better choices. Right now.

You’re going to work the Taste of Milpas. I need muscle to load equipment.

You’re going to be that muscle.

And you’re going to tell the Eastside gang to stand down during the event. I need Milpas to be safe and welcoming.

Make that happen.

He was a little miffed about what I said about being a good father. But he would deliver.

And he did. He showed up, ready to work. He hugged me. His son was with him. They worked hard.

And not one single scary-looking character was visible anywhere during the event. He kept his word.

Sharon Byrne

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

sbview.com After, I said to him, now we’re done.

He disagreed. I still owe you, he said.

I nodded, after a moment. Then I’ll be calling on you until we are square.

He said, please, anytime, Sharon.

If he hadn’t rear-ended me, if his choices hadn’t strapped him financially, if he hadn’t seen me later on Milpas, and continued to apologize (when I fully expected never to hear from him again), well, he wouldn’t have been there when I needed him. And I sure didn’t know I was going to need him a mere two weeks after he rear-ended me.

But I did, in the strangest of ways.

Life has this funny way of serving up exactly what you need in the oddest of packages. It’s happened often enough that I ought to expect it as a matter of course, as serendipity.

Don’t think I’ve gone soft here; I haven’t.

But I’ve done dumb stuff in my life. We all have. And maybe someone we were stupid with realized they too had been stupid once, so they extended a chance to you to put it right, rather than levy the swift hammer of condemnation. I’m certainly grateful for the second chances I got.

This guy did the honorable thing, when I extended the chance to him. He did that in front of his son. He delivered what I asked of him.

And I have the distinct feeling there’s a further installment to this story.

I look forward to its unfolding.

Community Clean-Up Day: Showing Our City Some Love

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en years ago, Pastor Dale Swanson of New Life Church participated in an inter-faith Global Day of Prayer that raised a sizeable amount of money for community projects. They wanted to do something for the city, Pastor Dale explained, “As members of this community we want to actively participate in endeavors that can bring encouragement, hope and blessing. We want to continue to be a vital part of what makes this area and our community so special.” So they contacted then-mayor Marty Blum. She told them to

call Lorraine Cruz-Carpenter, Executive Coordinator of the City’s Looking Good Santa Barbara program and the two immediately started working together to coordinate what is now the City’s annual Clean-Up event.

In the early years of the event, the cleanup location went back and forth between East and Westside neighborhoods, but church groups indicated that they wanted to concentrate on the Eastside so they could see changes over time. For several years, volunteers and neighbors cleaned up litter, planted trees, removed graffiti, gathered abandoned shopping carts and worked in neighborhood parks, to name just a few projects. Every year, the event grew larger, drawing more than 500 volunteers from throughout the community, and producing bigger results that have had the long-lasting effects volunteers had first hoped for.

Here’s what they’ve accomplished over the past 10 years (and why Lorraine is worth her weight in gold – look what this one city employee scales up to): • 3,600 volunteers since 2003 • Total of 10,900 hours of volunteer time donated • Volunteer time valued at $270,211 • Approximately 70 tons of trash/ recycling gathered • Over 300 trees planted About four years ago, I was serving on the Franklin Advisory Committee, organizing for the Big Eastside CleanUp. Bendy White, our council liaison, wanted to get more people involved in it, and spread the effects. We floated up a collective dream: at some magical point in the future, everyone in Santa Barbara would come out for one morning, all at once, and clean up our city, together.

Wouldn’t that be something?

And now, finally, that dream is starting to take form. On October 12, starting at 9am, at three different locations in this city, hundreds of people are going to take to the streets to show some love for Santa Barbara. Here’s how it will go down:

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he home for the clean-up is at Ortega Park. I’ve seen hundreds work this area. They all don t-shirts and the bright green safety vests, grab supplies, and fan out to take on their assignments. I’ve driven through past clean-ups to take photos, and thrilled to see all the bright green vests in the neighborhood cleaning it up. They’re instantly recognizable.

Youth teams from Boys and Girls Club, PAL, Police Explorers, Don’s Riders, Casa de la Raza and area schools take to the streets and wipe off or paint over graffiti, pick up litter, weed and plant trees. These organizations teach kids to put their hands on their neighborhood, and shape it into the kind of community they want to live in. There’s tremendous power in that.

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Afterwards, we all eat lunch (provided) in Ortega Park and celebrate as a community.

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his clean-up is headquartered at Calvary Baptist Church, on Islay just off San Andres, and features a pancake breakfast to get you started.

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he next installment of the West Downtown mural story: Laura Inks (who runs the Creative Collaboration Network, responsible for the murals at State and Mason) has partnered with the West Downtown neighborhood to bring art to the Autohaus wall at Cottage Grove and De La Vina. We won approval from the Architectural Board of Review for three years of unlimited murals for this wall, overseen by the Arts Advisory Committee.

Artist Uriel Leon will put up the new mural during the clean-up .The neighbors are closing off the street for the event.

We’re excited about art replacing the blight that has been there!

After the morning clean-up, the neighbors will then throw a block party and BBQ for the artists. By the end of the weekend, the whole area will have received a massive facelift, at the neighbors’ hands.

So get involved! Come out and show your city some love October 12! To

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Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara tackles the Eastside in the 2012 clean-up.

volunteer, call Lorraine at Looking Good Santa Barbara, (805) 897-2526. They also have a student fundraising program for local youth. Earn funds while cleaning-up a local neighborhood. Limited spots are available.

Business Beat

by Ray Estrada

Federal Shutdown Delays Cyber-Crime Discussion

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n anticipation of the federal government shut down this week, a South Coast discussion on cyber-crimes has been postponed until sometime next month,

organizers said.

The free discussion for small business owners was supposed to feature officials from the California Attorney General’s Office, local law enforcement and other experts on October 3 at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Santa Barbara.

“Because of travel restrictions for key federal guests, we must postpone the October 3 Santa Barbara Cybercrime Briefing until November,” However, event sponsor Santa Barbara Business Matchmaking’s Ann Marshall said. “We will notify you of the new date and look forward to seeing you then.”

Organizers of the presentation said studies show 60 percent of small businesses attacked by cyber crime do not survive.

Those studies show the most dramatic increase in such crimes can be found in the food and hospitality industries, professional services, IT, manufacturing, engineering and retail.

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Craig Moropoulos celebrates a last-second SBCC win over L.A. Valley in a battle of undefeated football teams.

Moropoulos said he liked the photo so much, he made it the wallpaper on his cell phone.

(John Dvorak photo)

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t’s rivalry week for the local prep school eight-man football teams as Cate travels to Laguna Blanca on Saturday.

Cate athletic director Wade Ransom gave props to Shane Lopes’ Laguna Blanca squad, which has only 14 players on its roster. The Owls are 3-1, 1-0 in the Condor League and ranked No. 6 in latest CIF poll.

“They’re a top ten team for a reason, because they’re good,” Ransom said at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Café.

Cate, also 3-1, 1-0, is ranked fourth in the eight-man Division 1 poll.

Ransom introduced Nik Pajouh as one of the key players for the Rams.

“Nik is unique for a couple of reasons,” he said of the senior captain. “One, you don’t have too many kids who start their senior season at 15 years old. Hence, his nickname, ‘The Pa-genius.’ Most great football teams have an undersized guy who acts like a bulldozer on both sides of the ball, and that’s Nik.” Ransom expects a tough game from Laguna Blanca.

“Hopefully, we can bring our A game on Saturday,” he said.

Lopes recognized the play of Peter Rusack and quarterback Stephen McCaffery in the win at Coast Union.

Rusack, who played a different position on defense because of injuries, pinned Coast Union deep with his punting, blocked a PAT and recovered a fumble at the 5-yard line. McCaffery had a monster game, passing for six touchdowns and rushing for another.

“He has all the qualities you look for in a quarterback,” said Lopes, a former star QB at Dos Pueblos. “He’s tough, he’s intelligent, he’s composed, he’s a great leader and he was truly a field manager on Friday.”

Lopes said the kickoff for the Cate game is at 2pm.

Anthony Linebaugh’s 5-0 San Marcos team puts its undefeated record on the line Friday at defending CIF champion Nordhoff in Ojai.

“We know it’s a daunting task, but we can’t wait to get started,” he said.

Linebaugh praised the play of offensive lineman/linebacker Sebastian Adams and receiver/defensive back Joe Estrada in the 38-33 comeback win over Channel Islands.

“It was definitely one where the fans

got their money’s worth and the coaching staff was stressed out about it,” he said of the game.

Bishop Diego defensive coordinator Ralph Molina said he was glad to be wearing a headset on the sidelines at Inglewood on Friday night because there was so much noise throughout the game.

“It was very loud,” he said. “They have more kids in their band, cheerleaders and drill team than we have in our whole school. They played from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. And, of course, [the stadium is] right over LAX, so we had planes flying over us the entire game. Thank God I had the headset on because it was so loud.”

Molina lauded junior running backs Danny Molina (his son) and Abel Gonzalez for picking up the slack as senior Aidan Williams recovers from mononucleosis.

Molina has rushed for more than 200 yards and averages six yards a carry, while Gonzalez has nearly 500 yards with a 9.5 average per rush. He’s run for more than 100 yards in four straight games.

The Cardinals (4-0) travel to Santa Fe Christian (3-2) in Solana Beach on Saturday. SFC suffered its only regular season loss to Bishop Diego and earned a berth in the CIF Division 3 state championship last year.

Santa Barbara coach Doug Caines said his team fumbled four times at Centennial of Bakersfield and that made it difficult to win a game.

“Our kids had chances and we didn’t capitalize,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to execute a lot better and the score doesn’t reflect that.”

Caines introduced Jordan Guzman and Russell Enholm as key players.

The Dons (2-3) play their Homecoming game Friday against Pacifica.

Ben Hallock said quarterback Ian Craddock, linemen Jacob Saenz and Nick Estrada, and linebacker Jesus “Chuche” Lozano were instrumental in the Warriors’ 42-19 win over Santa Clara, which gave them a 5-0 record.

Carpinteria plays St. Monica at St. Bernard’s High in Playa del Rey on Friday.

“We’re hoping to close out the preseason with another victory to set ourselves up going into league,” said Hallock.

Dos Pueblos got solid play from strong safety Alfonso Ponce de Leon and multidimensional player Leshon Bell in a 28-0 win at Rio Mesa, said coach Nate Mendoza.

The Chargers forced three turnovers and converted all three into touchdowns.

Bell had a fumble recovery for a score.

“We want to stick to the motto: Get better every week,” said Mendoza.

In their last pre-league game, the Chargers (2-3) play host to San Juan Hills (4-1) on Friday.

Craig Moropoulos thanked Presidio Sports for a picture that shows him celebrating after Saturday’s 25-23 win over L.A. Valley that was decided by a field goal with seven seconds left.

He liked the picture so much he made it his wallpaper on his cell phone.

“I’m showing my emotion because I love the win, and I’m proud it,” he said while holding up the phone. “Sometime you get caught up in a lot of stuff you got to do as a head coach. When that happens, I’m going to keep looking at that picture.”

Moropoulos wanted to dispel a couple of stereotypes associated with football.

First, the game is not all about the skill players scoring touchdowns. It’s about the guys up front in the trenches. He said any skill guy that scores should “go hug an offensive lineman.”

The other stereotype was SBCC doesn’t have local kids on the team. Two offensive linemen proved that to be wrong. Xavier De Alba is a guard from Carpinteria High and Matt Escobar of Santa Barbara High plays at offensive tackle.

Volleyball

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anta Barbara coach John Gannon thanked senior Tessa Dewell for stepping into her role as team captain.

“She’s done a great job of being a senior presence at practice and in the matches,” he said.

He also lauded junior Jackie Starnes for being one of the key components on the court for the Dons.

“Last year, I was pretty tough on Jackie,” he said. “This year, I kind of let Jackie do her own thing. It made me realize as a coach that sometimes when you try to mold players or shape players, you can kind of shape them in your own way of doing things. If you just let them be who they are, some ways they’ll enjoy the game more and thrive in that environment.”

Marilyn Hantgin, speaking for San Marcos volleyball coach Erica Downing,

said the Royals have two outstanding student-athletes in setter Andie O’Donnell and Anastasia Kunz. The have respective GPAs of 4.9 and 4.79.

San Marcos plays at DP on Thursday.

Jim Alzina liked how his Laguna Blanca team responded after being down 2-1 in sets at Viewpoint. The Owls won the next two sets handedly to take the match.

Alzina introduced sisters Clara Madsen, a four-year varsity player and the team’s setter, and her younger sister, Phoebe Madsen, an outside hitter.

Cate coach Greg Novak reported that he has five seniors and one six-foot freshman. He said the Rams are playing tougher teams this season, which will better prepare them for league play and the postseason.

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n Saturday, Westmont plays its Homecoming soccer match against San Diego Christian. At halftime of the men’s game (around 12:45), the 2012-13 women’s basketball team will receive its NAIA Championship rings in a special ceremony.

UCSB women’s soccer opens Big West play at home on Friday and Sunday against UC Irvine and Long Beach State.

It will be a battle of unbeaten ranked teams when San Marcos travels to Nordhoff on Friday for the final tune-up before league play starts next week.

Nordhoff (4-0) is ranked second behind Bishop Diego in the CIF-SS Northwest Division. The Rangers are coming off a 24-10 win over Thousand Oaks.

San Marcos (5-0), No. 9 in the Western Division for the second straight week, showed great character and confidence coming from behind in the fourth-quarter to slip past Channel Islands, 38-33.

Bishop Diego puts its No. 1 Northwest Division ranking on the line against San Diego Section small schools power Santa Fe Christian in Solana Beach on Saturday.

The Cardinals have been top ranked since the preseason.

CIF Football Polls Western Division 1. Serra 5-0 2. Chaminade 3-1

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Cate Student Wins Womble Award Cate junior Maddie Becker was awarded the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award.

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addie Becker is a dying breed of high school athlete, Cate School athletic director Wade Ransom said.

The junior plays three sports at the school and excels in each one.

She’s also on the yearbook and school newspaper staffs, is an accomplished pianist and carries a 3.9 GPA. Last year, as a sophomore, Becker was awarded the Reddington Cup, given to the top underclass Cate athlete who embraces the ideals of competition, hard work and success with honor.

Becker was honored as the September winner of the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award. The award is given to a high school junior.

Becker plays volleyball, soccer and lacrosse for the Rams.

“She easily could be a club athlete in all three sports,” Ransom said. “She chooses consciously to be part of the high school experience and represent Cate in playing three sports for us.

“Her coaches have been on the receiving end of Maddie’s positive energy and hard work,” Ransom continued. “No matter what she’s doing, she’s flying around the field, sacrificing her body, working hard.

She’s definitely a positive inspiration to the other players.”

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arpinteria football player Ian Craddock and Cate volleyball player Cydney Pierce were rewarded for the versatility on the field and court by being named the Santa Barbara Athletic Round

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Finding Balance

Cydney Pierce had 37 kills on the day to lead Cate to the championship of the Carpinteria Tournament.

Table Athletes of the Week at Monday’s SBART press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Café.

Craddock quarterbacks Carpinteria’s option offense. In Friday’s 42-19 win over Santa Clara, he exploited the defense with his legs, rushing for four touchdowns and 176 yards. He also completed a 77-yard touchdown pass.

Additionally, he intercepted a pass, kicked six PATs and put three kickoffs into the end zone.

With the win, Carpinteria improves to 5-0 heading into its final pre-league game against St. Monica.

Pierce sparked Cate to its first title at the Carpinteria Tournament. She slammed 37 kills on the day, served seven aces, had a passing percentage of 2.75 (out of 3.00) and picked up 15 digs. Earlier in the week, she led the Rams with eight kills in a sweep of Nordhoff.

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his week is all about balance.

I’m not just talking about standing on one leg and doing a yoga pose, folks.

I’m talking about finding balance in everything you do: Work, fitness, nutrition, relationships, the list goes on and on. Everybody talks about that ever-elusive life balance, but does anybody ever find it?

The answer, of course, is yes. But it ain’t always easy.

When we get busy or focused on specific things or tasks in our lives, quite often other aspects suffer. Personally, I have to constantly take time and step back as I truly love what I do. Seeing people achieve the success they never thought they could is rewarding and exciting and it is what I live for!

With that said, I have a great fiancé and terrific friends and am lucky to live in Santa Barbara and constantly have to take time to enjoy that and remember how much I should be thankful for.

I have to seek balance. All of us do.

So do me a favor, take a moment this week and think about what you are taking for granted. Take a moment and consider how you might better appreciate those things or people in your life that you care about and rely on.

And then do it. Appreciate them. Find balance.

Finding balance in nutrition is really about making healthy choices and creating a healthier lifestyle from a big picture perspective. I’m not asking you to give up pizza, fried foods or alcohol to name a few, I am just asking you to make healthy decisions. Eat one piece of veggie pizza (not four meat lovers’ specials), have one glass of wine (not three or four or more). You get the idea.

Stay in the middle. Not too far to the left or the right.

Balance.

From a fitness perspective, when you continue to do the same movements and exercises all the time, your body actually plateaus. A balanced fitness program involves variety of cardio, strength and stretch workouts to target, challenge and strengthen all muscles.

So let’s get started and change it up.

This week we are going to use some equipment. Yeah, that’s right. Equipment.

Go to Big 5 or Sportmart and buy a band. They are $10 – $20 and I promise that it will be a great investment that you will use for all sorts of different exercises. (You can even travel with it. Love that.) Alternatively, if you stop by the facility, I can lend you one to help persuade you of the benefits of the band. And if you have any questions on how to do any of the exercises below, I can show you. Easy. Just stop by 590 East Gutierrez (on the corner of Salsipuedes) – you know, the place with all the steamy windows and smiling people running around the block – and introduce yourself.

I’d be happy to meet you.

Now, let’s work out.

Warm-up: Jog in place – 30 seconds Jumping jacks – 30 seconds Squats – 30 seconds (Complete 3 rounds)

Cate’s defense will have its hands full on Saturday when it goes up against Laguna Blanca’s attack, led by quarterback Stephen McCaffery.

Cate is ranked No. 2 in CIF Division 4.

Honorable mentions included Stephen McCaffery, Laguna Blanca Football; Wesley Ghan-Gibson, San Marcos Football; Rodrigo Schaefer, Westmont Tennis; Jarred Evans, SBCC Football; Phoebe Madsen, Laguna Blanca Volleyball; Karina Thornton/Lexi Gulden, Santa Barbara High Tennis; and Jessica Cedillo/Grace Davis, Westmont Tennis.

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Carpinteria quarterback Ian Craddock had a big game against Santa Clara to help the Warriors improve to 5-0.

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Full Body Band Workout: Squat and row – 20 Back lunges – 20 Chest press – 20 Squat jumps – 20 Crunches – 20 Shoulder press – 20 Inner thigh squat – 20/20 heel lifts Bicep curls – 20 Walks with band – 20 side and 20 back Tricep dips – 20

Beginners should do three rounds, intermediate folks do four and you advanced people out there should do five (for time, everybody). Do this workout four days this week and enjoy it. If you work hard, it’s a doozy. (And don’t forget about finding balance; make the time for yourself to workout.) As always, if you have any questions about anything (or you want more or need a little motivation), please feel free to contact me directly at 805.698.6080 or jenny@jennyschatzle.com.

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

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f you recall, last time we talked about the basic water requirements for growing many common orchids (Vol. 2, Issue 36).

Now let’s consider the type or intensity of light that your orchids need in order to thrive and even re-bloom.

Okay, I have to stop for a minute.

Is it me, or do I sound like Mr. Rogers?

“Boys and girls, can you say, phal-a-enop-sis?” I feel like I need to put on my zippered cardigan just to finish writing this. Okay, sorry, I’ll continue.

Again, to keep things simple we will be mostly referring to the more accessible type of orchids that you can pick up at Trader Joe’s (despite the parking) or a regular plant nursery. When trying to get them to re-bloom in your home, consider that these orchids are grown in very bright yet diffused greenhouses. This amount of light allows the plants to grow strong and to develop bloom spikes that become flowers that make their way to the store and then to your living room or kitchen counter.

Now, I think that this is probably the confusing part. You probably wonder if that moth orchid (phalaenopsis) of yours can remain in bloom in your den or dining room, almost like in suspended animation for months on end, why won’t the darn thing throw out another bloom spike in that same room and light exposure? It is very simply because once in bloom, they can remain in bloom in much lower light than it takes to initiate and develop a bloom.

So, when your current orchid is done blooming, put it near a very bright (but not direct sun) window and buy another one for that spot in the dark den. Then, when the first one re-blooms, you can again move it from that brighter area to another, perhaps less bright, part of your home to look at and enjoy.

Be careful because in a south or even west facing window, the orchid leaves can scorch through the glass. I once knew this guy who became such an orchid fanatic that he taped white rice paper to all the south-facing windows in his house so that he could accommodate all the bloomed out orchids that he salvaged from his family, friends and clients. My whole house… I mean, my friend’s whole house was nothing but rice paper and plants. One crazy guy.

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So you go to La Sumida or Terra Sol Nursery and you browse through their healthy and juicy-looking cacti and

My succulents and even cacti thrive behind a bench that gives them some relief from the harsh afternoon sun.

Upcoming column: easy orchids to grow outside in Santa Barbara. Watch this space!

succulents. You plop down a sizable amount of money and take home a not-so-sizable collection of these little plant specimens of unusual and varying shapes and colors. You get them home and maybe you repot them into small clay pots or group them together into little dish gardens with decorative gravel around them, and then you put them out in the sun on the picnic table, the front steps or in the garden.

Do you ever wonder how come, within a short time – maybe even in just a few hours or days – they just don’t look quite as good as they did at the nursery?

Well, the fact is that many echeverias, haworthias, aeoniums, sempervivums (hens and chicks) and other small succulents are actually grown and raised in greenhouses and not in full, afternoon sun. For this reason, once home they’ll grow and look better if grown in bright, dappled or morning sun and not in full hot sun. Even small cacti specimens in

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With enough light, food and water, these Lady Slippers (Paphiopedilum) re-bloom on a bright windowsill.

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small, quick drying pots will often yellow and scald when suddenly set out in the harsh afternoon sun.

In nature, after cacti seeds germinate, the emerging seedlings spend their young years growing beneath or in the shade of a “nurse plant.” Outside of Tucson in the Sonoran Desert, for example, if you look very closely underneath and around the palo verde trees, creosote bushes and other native trees and shrubs, you will find juvenile seedlings of the giant saguaros.

Even these huge, spiny monsters need protection and relief from the hot sun when young and tender.

So, next time you are cacti and succulent shopping, take notice of where these plants are displayed. I bet they’re under shade cloth or only receiving morning sun.

Oh, and lastly, keep in mind that a full sun plant of any type will burn if not acclimated slowly from a less sunny spot

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“Nothing, just a couple romantic nights up in the Valley, no plan, just some tasting and some chilling and some cruising. It’s harvest.”

It didn’t take long. Arrangements were made. Loose plans were quickly considered.

We packed lightly, threw the bags in the car, and hit the sack. Then we woke up, kissed the girls and dropped them at school, and drove up to Ballard.

And we didn’t feel guilty about any of it. In fact, we were downright giddy with excitement.

That’s right, giddy, I tell you.

The Valley Is Money, Baby Ballard Inn General Manager Christine Forsyth (left) and Maryann Elder made our stay in the Valley a good one, and really brought the whole trip home for us. (Thanks, Ballard Inn, we’re coming for dinner ASAP.)

So even now, in our distinctly less-free existence, we still look for those spots where we might sneak away for a few days without a schedule or tour guide or any other manufactured bullshit to spend some time together and have some very unstructured fun. Sometimes we take off with the kids – remember the lovely little Bacara Resort & Spa excursion a few weeks back? And sometimes – like last week – we take off without the kids.

(Oh don’t worry about our beautiful daughters, they’re just fine.)

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There was no reason for us to go anywhere. We had a nice few days planned with soccer practices and swim meets and errands and dinners and and and…

And we cancelled it all right after a single telephone call.

“Hey Matt, how’s it going?” My sister’s friendly voice on the phone radiated happiness.

“Fine, Kim, where’ve you been?”

“Oh, nowhere really. We took a couple

days off up in Los Olivos, tasted some wine, ate some food, relaxed. It’s gorgeous up in the Valley right now and there’s a little buzz with harvest this year…” Her voice grew distant as I drifted away at the mention of the word harvest.

Say it out loud, slowly. Go ahead.

Harvest. Give it a little air, let it roll, softly.

Romantic, isn’t it?

I hung up the phone and immediately made a few calls. And within about an hour, I had a couple nights for Wendi and me all set up in the Valley starting the very next day.

Wendi had no idea what she was walking into when she waltzed through the door after picking the kids up.

“Babe, we need to make a few, ah, arrangements for the kids for the next couple days.”

“Matt. What have you done?” This is a fairly normal response around our house – it goes both ways, trust me – and she was genuinely concerned. Rightfully so.

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General Manager Christine Forsyth and Maryann Elder greeted us warmly and we were immediately at home.

We hadn’t been before but we quickly discovered that The Ballard Inn is really our kind of place. Nothing flashy, just comfortable, thoughtful, quiet and private. There’s a terrific wrap-around porch for sitting and reading or talking over a glass of vino, and the whole thing has a delightfully country inn-ish vibe that just screams RELAX YOU FOOL, TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH. (Only much more civilly than that.)

It’s a romantic place, The Ballard Inn, more than a bed and breakfast but still with a similar charm. And after our bags were brought up to our room (with wine country a view), we decided to head downstairs for some homemade lemonade on the porch. (Told you it was country inn-ish.) We met a few other guests – a group from San Diego that included an ...continued p.28

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...continued from p.5 wineries, breweries and distilleries from establishments owned and operated locally (or at least not by national chains). Upper stories of shops will have artists’ workspaces and small apartments for rent, not expensive condominiums.

Creating the mall will require a community conversation about parking, circulation, delivery hours and methods, impacts on city services and economics, building styles and heights, and should preserve the “funk,” rather than mandate red tile and stucco.

The “visioning” process would have been well suited for the recently dismantled Redevelopment Agency. Without tax increment funding, the revenue source to make these dreams happen would likely be a Mello-Roos assessment district, requiring significant City and public engagement to succeed. A Special District pilot group should be formed to create a plan, collaborating with local residents and businesses, to be executed upon approval by a two-thirds vote of affected landowners. The sooner this discussion begins, the better.

(Sentinel Says: Whoa, David, them are grand plans. Grand plans indeed. Do people want another outdoor “pedestrian mall?” Sounds distinctly un-funky. Also sounds like a lot of government involvement and tax dollars to us. Where will they come from? And a two-thirds majority vote? Will anything ever get done or will we be stuck in bureaucratic purgatory forevermore? We hear lots of Funk Zone buzzwords in your response, but we’re not sure that the pedestrian mall concept is going to be hugely popular. We’ve been wrong before.)

Jason Nelson

The Funk Zone is a vibrant, arts-based neighborhood that has also traditionally maintained many niche businesses throughout its existence – machinists and acting troupes working in harmony thanks to limited development and (generally) affordable rents.

The initial push for tasting rooms and distilleries was a boom for some, exposing tourists and residents alike to the cornucopia of artists who worked in these spaces.

However, not all of those who called the Funk Zone home have been so happy with its recent growth.

Rents have been driven skyward, and with the costs of development exacerbated by bureaucratic red tape, we will see these costs increased further. Most of the “funkiness” will be pushed elsewhere, with a limited number of galleries complimented by more and more drinking establishments.

Currently, there is no infrastructure for pedestrians, no lighting and limited parking.

If this isn’t a recipe for disaster, just add stumbling “tasters” and weaving drivers – I can (sadly) see the headlines now.

I believe we should encourage responsible development and economic growth, balanced between tourism and other economically diverse industries.

Meanwhile, let’s pump the brakes a few times and let the community have its say, develop pedestrian safe infrastructure, and, most importantly, prevent the Funk Zone from becoming the Drunk Zone.

(Sentinel Says: We like it, Jason, although we wonder how exactly you’d “encourage responsible development and economic growth, balanced between tourism and economically diverse industries.” Mike Jordan’s “collaborative process” seems to be a good start, and we hope to see some leadership in the FZ in that regard. Catherine Gee at The Arts Fund and others are stepping up; the big questions are whether the various constituents (i.e., artists, wine makers and tasting rooms and breweries, food folks, bars, etc.) will get a seat at the table and a meaningful voice, and whether any sort of compromised consensus might be realized so that some direction is taken before the politicians and bureaucrats take the reins for them.)

Megan Diaz Alley

The Funk Zone’s ongoing renaissance can be credited to the area’s vibrant arts and entrepreneurial community, and the City should ensure that these hardworking folks are not pushed out by higher rents or creeping “gentrification,” which lead on to homogeneity and a sterile ambiance.

The City can help the Funk Zone’s current occupants to develop a neighborhood or specific plan, which would include design guidelines and other expressions of a community’s character.

The planning or “visioning” process would enable residents to make collective decisions about the future of this ambitious project. And it is ambitious. Our City has already experienced a resurgence in Waterfront activity, and the Funk Zone should be recognized as a gateway to Santa Barbara for residents and visitors alike.

(Sentinel Says: We like it, Megan, straightforward and to the point. And, as we’ve said, we like the concept of cooperation between the folks on the ground in the FZ and government – there’s that collaborative approach again. (But see our response to Mike Jordan regarding potential challenges with organizing the various FZ neighborhood interests.) We must admit that we got queasy at your mention of “design guidelines,” but overall we thought your response quite reasonable and thoughtful.)

Bendy White

I watch the transformation of the Funk Zone with a mixture of appreciation and nostalgia. The warren of woodworking shops, seafood processing plants, boatyards, not to mention the Roundhouse and Puritan Ice Company, is retreating like our glaciers.

I miss them all. The Big Bang happened when the 101 stoplights went away, and that amazing State Street underpass reconnected the waterfront with downtown.

The fact that intensive development was delayed untill now is a good thing. Land Use Regulations are stronger, with a real focus on neighborhood compatibility and pedestrian friendliness.

The Entrada Hotel on State Street will be the next Big Bang. Thankfully, the project’s two retrenchments over the last few years have resulted in a layout that should be more compatible with the neighborhood.

A good portion of recent development has been of the greenest sort – re-use of the delicious hodge-podge of Quonset huts, WWII “temporary” buildings, and yes, fish processing plants.

So far, our land use laws and project review process are working pretty well. More work needs to be done around parking and transportation.

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With the remaining big properties, the City should encourage the allocation of space to artist studios and galleries. On smaller properties the City should continue to encourage re-use. It’s quirky, evocative, and retains a bit of waterfront flavor minus the smell of fish guts. I will miss the loss of funk in the Funk Zone. I hope it can retain a measure of Soul.

(Sentinel Says: Dig the nostalgia, Bendy, and dig your predisposition toward socially and environmentally responsible development. We don’t disagree that the City should encourage allocation of space to artists and galleries, but how is that best done? You seem to concede gentrification, but is the “loss of funk” really unavoidable? We’re eternal optimists, of course, but we continue to believe that the answer to the latter is a resounding no. It’s all about leadership and direction from within the community itself; if – and it may be a big if, that is yet to be seen – the FZ takes the lead and is generally reasonable, the City is likely to follow and support it rather than fight it. The FZ is a unique area in a unique position to quasicontrol its own destiny, and we hope to see inhabitants take up and meet the challenge head on. Fingers crossed.)

Matthew Kramer

I have enjoyed the Funk Zone for many years. I think that part of the way to balance the area is to create building and zoning requirements that preserve the industrial use and feel of a place that creates the Oscar Meyer hot dog trucks, while providing studio work space for more traditional artwork. Other cities like Los Angeles have incubated their industrial districts into art neighborhoods by providing more greenery and better sidewalks, and targeted marketing to businesses and customers. We can do the same with our beloved Funk Zone.

I am concerned with dangerous or illegal living situations like the fire on Gray Avenue, and I want to make sure that all people in our city are welcome, whether tourist or resident. I would help to promote and direct Cruise Ship traffic into the Funk Zone and help the City create a marketing plan of local attractions. Keep the Funk Zone vibrant yet useful space for all people of our multicultural city.

(Sentinel Says: Building and zoning requirements that preserve the industrial use and feel of the Funk Zone, on the one hand, and promotion of Cruise Ship traffic and a marketing plan of area attractions on the other? Will Cruise Shippers really choose a designated industrial zone over State Street (even with marketing propaganda)? Not sure we see the connection here, Matthew.) ...continued p.33

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Wings & Wine

During an exhibition of “lure flying” at Bien Nacido Vineyards, Tom Savory uses a tennis ball wrapped with the carcass of a European starling tied to a long, heavy string to demonstrate how T.J. will swoop after prey.

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ow does a tasty lunch of European starlings stuffed with wine grapes sound? To an American Peregrine Falcon, also known as a “Duck Hawk,” it’s a preferred meal. To a Master Falconer with the no-punintended name of Tom Savory, it’s what he is handsomely paid to feed his elite fleet of working birds of prey that comprise Avian Abatement Technologies. Or more exactly, vineyard owners hire Savory and his falcons to patrol their acreage precisely so that the pesky starlings can’t gorge themselves on the valuable grape crop.

Extraordinarily successful in North America, the 200 million European starlings that now populate the continent Tom Savory, who has been a Master Falconer for over 40 years,

with his prize bird named Turbo Junior, affectionately called T.J.

are the result of misguided efforts by the American Acclimatization Society (AAS), a well-intentioned group founded in New York City in 1871. They thought introducing European flora and fauna was an exemplary goal, which can certainly be supported in many cases (after all, where would California’s wine industry be had it not been for the introduction of European vines?).

But who knew that European starlings would turn out to be an invasive species on steroids? Certainly not Eugene Schieffelin (1827-1906) who as Chairman of the AAS released 100 of the seemingly innocent birds in Central Park in 189091. Schieffelin’s dirty deed had noble, if exceedingly odd intentions – he and his fellow Shakespeare aficionados had the romantic notion that every bird The Bard mentioned in his writings should wing their way over America.

European starlings have become a bane to farmers, especially blueberry and grape growers. It turns out there is a physiological reason for this, as although starlings will eat just about anything, scientists have discovered that they can actually taste, and obviously have developed a specific taste for the tannins found in many fruits, especially grapes.

Watching enormous flocks of starlings that congregate over fields is a mesmerizing experience, as they sometimes appear as a black cloud that wheels through the sky in an acrobatic display. These undulating starling flocks are what falconers call dragons, as they dip and sway like a Chinese dragon.

While in Chinese culture the dragon traditionally symbolizes good luck, to growers a starling dragon spells disaster, as they can destroy millions of dollars worth of crops in no time. They are no match for a falcon, however, which can clear many acres in just a single flight lasting less than an hour.

“Our job is to scare away the starlings, although occasionally my bird will catch one,” said Tom. “If so, I’ll let it eat, as taking away its kill would develop mistrust. Even though I can have a young falcon free flying within a month of beginning training (their training goes

on for six to ten months before they are used the next harvest season), the training never really stops.”

Savory, who has been licensed as a Master Falconer since 1973 (the first year California issued falconry permits), is enjoying a second career with his abatement company.

“I used to be a contractor/builder/ designer, so this is definitely a retirement job, but with much better pay,” said Savory.

“I reared a family with what I made in the building business, but I make more flying falcons five months a year than I ever did in the same amount of time when I was building.”

Although vineyard abatement work is seasonal, Tom’s commitment to his stable of falcons is year-round, 24/7. They are extraordinary creatures, with few natural predators and a notched upper beak that allows it to kill its prey (which is usually caught mid-air) by severing the spinal column at the neck.

Falcons are also the fastest creatures on Earth, regularly soaring literally out of sight, then making high-speed dives called “stoops” at a normal speed of 100-200 miles per hour. The top speed ever documented for a falcon stoop is 242 miles per hour, a record established in 2005.

In order to survive the g-forces associated with such high speed skydiving, falcons have evolved with a double eyelid. Their regular lid closes from the bottom up like a window blind, opposite of a human’s eyelid that closes from top to bottom. But when diving in a stoop, the falcon’s extra eyelid, which is like a transparent goggle, slides horizontally across the eye from back by its ear, closing toward the beak.

It takes seven years to become a Master Falconer, including two years as an apprentice. The growing demand for Savory’s abatement services has caused him to take on a few apprentices.

“Next year will be different,” said Tom. “I’m going to make use of my pilot’s license, and fly my plane from job to job to oversee my apprentices, who will remain on site with the falcons.”

Somehow it seems fitting that this birdman will take to the air, sharing the skies with his winged partners.

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An Uncommon Cold Destroyed My Celebratory Weekend wo weeks ago, I finished my “Common Cold.” (No more pretending

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academic career (for now, anyway).

I handed in my Master’s thesis to the University, wrote thank you notes to my thesis committee and was given a bumper sticker to commemorate my achievement (yes, really).

I rode off into the beautiful sunset of satisfaction with a martini and an eye towards a couple weeks of fun: Hiking, kayaking and exploring parts of Santa Barbara I have yet to see. Instead, I spent my first week chasing down loose ends on campus. (You’d think a highly regarded university full of Nobel Prize winners and other geniuses would find a way to eliminate red tape, and you’d be wrong.)

Then I spent the next week battling illness. It’s not exactly how I saw myself spending the first days of my newfound freedom. But, by the time I reached the weekend, there was no doubt that my body had lost the battle.

I had to give into the dreaded

it was “just allergies.”)

Saturday was lost to the best cold medicine we know: Sleep. I don’t think I’ve slept for fifteen straight hours since I was a freshman in college. (Somehow I caught mono that year. I swear I don’t know how.).

I slept all day Saturday. Literally. I woke up just long enough to move from my bed to the couch and back. I pretty much slept through the coughing, sneezing, drooling part of the cold that I’ve since passed on to my roommate. I managed to escape with just the chills, a headache and a sore throat.

Even though I only had a few of the hodgepodge of symptoms associated with the Common Cold, it hit me hard.

It’s a funny name for the affliction, really, since it doesn’t feel quite “common” when it’s roaring around my system.

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throat. I’ll ignore bronchitis (much to my officemate’s dismay). But the Common Cold?

It’s my kryptonite.

Least Holy of a Distinctly Unholy Trinity The worst part is that it’s not just one virus that causes the ailment. There are at least three ever-mutating strains of viruses that can cause what we call the Common Cold. Those pesky little viruses have all found ways to enter our bodies and trigger an immune response like no other viruses can.

Of those three types of viruses, there is one dominant bearer of the wonderful gift.

The Rhinovirus.

No, it didn’t come from the rhinoceros. But both got their names from the same place. The prefix “rhino” in both names is Greek in origin and means “nose.” So, the name Rhinovirus means “nose virus” and was likely chosen by the sniffle-y scientists who first discovered the virus as a reminder of the worst symptom of my least favorite indisposition.

The Rhinovirus is at the root of approximately 30 – 50% of all colds, and is constantly mutating. That’s why a household can pass colds back and forth.

By the time the last person succumbs to the malignant malady, it might have mutated, meandered through a mortifying metamorphosis, if you will, thereby making everyone else vulnerable again. This, particularly, is the main reason that I am still walking around my house with my (environmentally safe) disinfectant.

But, to be fair, the Rhinovirus was unlucky too. It was given a bit of a misleading name. The virus itself doesn’t cause any of the symptoms of a Common Cold. Our bodies do all that on their own.

In fact, each and every symptom of the

Common Cold is our body battling one of the aforementioned viruses (typically, the Rhinovirus.)

And it is not a pretty fight.

Exorcising the Demons When the body firsts detects a viral infection, white blood cells – the champions of the immune system – are produced by multi-potent cells in the bone marrow and released into the blood stream. Some of these white blood cells send a signal directly to the brain that the body is cold. (Hence, the chills.) If the brain thinks the body is cold, it will signal us to seek out warmth, effectively raising our body temperature. And a warmer climate is not something the Rhinovirus and its buddies enjoy.

Other white blood cells seek out the infection directly. Upon finding a foreign invader – in this case usually a growing virus population – certain types of white blood cells will release an inflammatory factor. Inflammatory factors alert other white blood cells to entrap the virus. The virus is then killed or expelled. Of course, those inflammatory factors have side effects. (Think headaches, sore throats, stuffy nose, etc.)

Speaking of the nose, this is right about where the ickiest part of your cold symptoms come into play. Mucus buildup during a cold is annoying, but it is a very good sign of your body effectively fighting the virus. White blood cells, you see, expel the virus through your mucus via sneezing and coughing. That’s why people who have a cold are contagious.

They are literally hurling the virus out of their body and into the open air. If not picked up by another host, the virus will die within 6 – 48 hours after being sneezed out.

Oh, and sneezes can shoot snot up to 6 feet, so stand back. Stand back for 6 – 48 hours.

Sometimes the body is really gross. Even so, it’s extremely effective. That sleepiness you feel when you’re getting a cold? It’s your body attempting to redirect energy to the immune system. Let it. You’ll get over your cold faster.

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Then Cloud Climbers Jeep Tours (www.ccjeeps.com) came and picked us up for an afternoon of wine tasting.

That’s Kevin Vanderfleet at Enjoy Cupcakes inside the Saarloos + Sons tasting room.

(Ok, we had a little planning this time, but not much… and it’s not lost on me that I singled out tour guides above. It all happened fast, just like I said. Let’s move on.)

You’ve seen the jeeps around town

before. They are yellow and have open sides with a canvas cover. They look like a lot of fun, and I’d always wanted to try one out.

In light of the fact that our plans were made so late and so quickly, we basically

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The very nice couple visiting from Connecticut, John Fisher and Kerry Donohue, were super accommodating (was it the half-day of tasting already behind them?), and we quickly fell into

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conversation about the Valley and wine and food and Santa Barbara and the East Coast and his job as a statistician with ESPN. (Let me put it this way: Not a bad gig. John, if you ever need a sidekick on the West Coast, you know who to call.)

We first made an easy ten or fifteen minute drive to Gainey Vineyard (www. gaineyvineyard.com) in Santa Ynez.

Cloud Climbers has a deal worked out with Gainey whereby it can take its jeeps on a little country road that winds its way through some of Gainey’s vineyards and out past some gorgeous old barns (where Of Mice and Men was filmed, anecdotally) so guests can check out the property before tasting. It’s pretty cool, and attentive and knowledgeable driver Logan Livermore made the whole thing totally enjoyable.

Neither Wendi nor I had been to Gainey before, and we had a blast tasting through the lineup in the barrel room. (I was partial to the 2011 Sauvignon Blanc and Wendi liked the 2010 Chardonnay, which is really not like her, frankly. She’s more of a light, crisp white wine gal when it’s warm outside, usually. But I digress.) We learned all sorts of interesting facts about the winery (and the reasons for differently shaped wine bottles) from Gainey tasting roomer Katie Bly, who was great. Then we hung out on the back lawn for a bit in the shade of a giant oak before hitting the road.

Good start.

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The group was pretty convivial, and Logan (smartly) took the opportunity to arrange a special tasting for us on the fly.

(See, no plan, man, it’s the way to go.) He made a call and we got back in the jeep for a little drive to Los Olivos – a terrific little town and if you don’t know it, you should. (All of this is within 45 minutes of your house if you live in town. Seriously.)

A Brief Interruption Sorry, but this is a perfect time to digress and it’s worth doing in this particular instance. The media business is funny. People and companies have started sending me stuff to have a look at and use and, I think, talk about any of it that I actually like. I don’t often do this, and I will tell you if I do, but I was recently sent something truly cool that is worth mentioning, especially since we used it extensively on the Cloud Climbers tour (and elsewhere). It’s called a boomBOTTLE (www.scosche.com/ boombottle-weatherproof-wirelessportable-speaker-grey), and when it came in the mail I honestly had no idea what the hell it was. But a brief inspection revealed that it is a cool portable speaker ...continued p.30

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This is that unique tasting with Keith Saarloos (red hat), check out that amazing Lazy Susan. (It was a blast, Keith, thanks for taking the time, man. We’ll be back to buy more of that giant Syrah soon.)

that wirelessly connects to your iPhone or anything else with Bluetooth capability so you can stream music from, say, Pandora or iTunes or your device or whatever. Nice. I mean, how many times have you been somewhere and wanted quality music but didn’t have speakers?

Problem solved.

It’s super simple to connect – if I can do it, anybody can – and is totally weatherproof and durable. I think it’s actually meant for sports and outdoor enthusiasts, and I love it. I was actually sent two of them, and I gave one to the aforementioned nice couple from

Connecticut with terrific taste in music.

They were stoked. (How about that statistician sidekick gig, John, eh?)

Anyway, check out boomBOTTLE, it’s a very cool way to take music anywhere (e.g., the beach, etc.), and I dig it. When I called to tell them how stoked I was on it, they decided to place an ad – not a tit-fortat but they are stoked that I am stoked and seem to like our “demographic.”

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Ah yes, the special wine tasting Logan arranged. That’s where.

Tasting With Keith Saarloos Was Fun (Take Two) We arrived at Saarloos + Sons (www. saarloosandsons.com) and walked inside. It’s a cool place that is creatively designed and inviting, with lots of comfortable seating out front and a cozy, hip interior. (Did I just use the word “hip?” Wow. I should lay off the long-necked Budweisers when I write.

That’s not product placement, for the record.) We were quickly drawn to a small counter opposite the tasting bar that was stuffed full with wonderfullooking cupcakes. We soon learned from proprietor Kevin Vanderfleet (how was that nap, anyway, Kevin?) that Enjoy Cupcakes (www.enjoycupcakes.com) had set up a small shop in Saarloos to not only sell cupcakes but pair them with tastings.

So we bought a flight. And they were delicious, shared between Wendi and me right alongside a few lovely wines.

This really brings up an important point. Wendi and I have tasted a fair

amount of wine over the years. We’ve tasted good wine and bad wine and mediocre wine. And what we look for now, more than anything else, is a quality wine and a unique tasting experience.

And we got that at Saarloos.

Logan had set us up with Winemaker Keith Saarloos and we were whisked into a small backroom where Keith talked us through his version of harvest and crush with his family and took us through a series of quality wines. The whole thing was completely unpretentious and totally approachable, and we listened to Run-DMC and Cypress Hill and Dr. Dre and Sublime on fantastic speakers and watched gussied-up home videos Keith had put together of various stages of the winemaking process. (Keith won’t much like that description. The movies were well made – some even involved shots from a mini-camera-carryinghelicopter Keith has mastered – and I’m not sure “gussied up home videos” adequately conveys that. But he’ll live.

Back to the tasting.)

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And so, in light of your vast experience and expertise, Dr. Pathak, I ask that you bring your wisdom to help clean up this stalemate of government guano that has turned Capitol Hill into a dunghill of stool pigeons. What do you say? – Jana Mackin)

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Mr. Mazza, for reasons that I am sure will remain a mystery to both of us, I have decided to share my Kickstarter message and link with you.

Mac McGill Delusional Hobo (Editor’s Note: Hello again, Mac, it’s been awhile. Aren’t you the guy who told me that the Sentinel is the “most meanspirited newspaper in America” a few months ago? And aren’t you the guy who called me a “profoundly qualified douchebag” when we were talking about homelessness and Tom Ammiano’s ill-fated and ill-conceived Homeless Bill of Rights?

Nice to hear from you again.

Let’s be clear: It’s no mystery why you shared your Kickstarter pitch with me – I own and edit a paper that people read every week and you apparently need cash to make movies (or download porn or buy malt liquor, it’s not totally clear, frankly, as readers will see below). What is a mystery is why I am writing and publishing all this in an effort to get you a few bucks.

Maybe this is your ticket to doing some of that work you previously despised so much (remember Arbeit Macht Frei?) Or maybe you’ll make a great film. (I actually think I found your Kickstarter video interesting, even if only in a vaguely bizarre voyeuristic way.)

Whatever, for some puzzling reason, I’m rooting for you, man, I mean that. Let me know if you meet your goal (you’re already almost half way there), and give me an exclusive on your first flick. I’d be thrilled to tell your story some day,

preferably before you’re dead. And I’ll make you a bet: Even if there isn’t a career in film-making in your future, there could definitely be a good job if you were willing to put as much effort into that as you seem to be putting into this.

(What? It’s true.) Anyway, best of luck, Mac. Without further ado, your Kickstarter pitch is below for all to see and judge for themselves.

– MSM)

Mac’s Kickstarter Super Pitch

I have learned at least one valuable lesson from my year of homelessness – other than that malt liquor really is a better value than regular beer – and that is that you must always and constantly be dealing with now.

The number of things you can worry about that can happen or might happen or should happen or won’t happen in the next hour, the next day, the next year is only very rarely worth worrying about. Worry has very little to no effect on the outcome of an event that may or may not come to pass, but it definitely affects your present. If you’re one of those people who likes to worry about things, then I strongly urge you to consider homelessness. There are constantly things to worry about. You’re about to run out of food or money or courage or warm weather or cigarettes or dignity or whatever, pretty much constantly. So if you like to worry, it really is a great environment for that. It’s also a crash course in how to give that crap up, and leave the worrying to worriers.

If your response to that last paragraph was “get a job!” there’s probably little point in you reading any further. I’d also note that I’ve actually had several jobs since I’ve been on the street and I am still on the street.

But ya know what? I don’t worry about it.

One thing I like to do is make videos. Not many people watch them, at least some of them don’t get that many views and some of those come from people I went to high school with. I am totally cool with that. I do them because I enjoy doing them, and as a student of the arts I know a lot of great art got started that way. Nobody gave a damn about Van Gogh’s paintings while he was alive except his brother. Spalding Gray started doing his monologues for audiences of fewer than a dozen people. I could come up with other examples but maybe listing artists who eventually killed themselves would be sending the wrong message, and yeah, okay, it was a wee arrogant to start out talking about “great art.” The thing is, all art, all creativity, essentially starts with a certain narcissism. It’s standing up and announcing “I have something to say, and you should listen.” If nobody does, then I guess you’ve got your narcissism to fall back on. Sometimes, that’s enough.

I find drinking helps too.

So here’s the thing. I would really like to step up my game a little bit on my videos.

Not because I want more people to watch them, because... all right I won’t belabor that point. I’ve been making videos for years now, some of you probably even remember my old cooking show. Right ...continued p.42

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Gregg Hart

The Funk Zone changes currently underway are generated by the private sector and are best left alone by City Government. More than ten years ago, the community engaged in a broad-based visioning process for the waterfront area that had a number of recommendations for the Funk Zone. Ultimately, zoning in the area was largely dictated by the California Coastal Commission and is limited to primarily visitor-serving uses on ground floors. Parking is quite limited in the immediate neighborhood but is available within a few blocks, especially at night in the waterfront parking lots. I would like to see the City adopt a free limited time parking system in the evenings for the adjacent waterfront lots like that available in the downtown parking lots.

The City should also work actively with artists who may be displaced from the neighborhood by rising rents to help find affordably priced studio space. I would be interested to see if it is possible to work with local landlords who have vacant commercial buildings that are between tenants to see if it would be possible for artists to use the building for studio space on a temporary basis for nominal costs.

The economic engine that is being created before our eyes in the Funk Zone is very exciting and will help encourage more visitors to come to Santa Barbara. Local residents should also take the opportunity to discover the many new businesses that are opening daily and enjoy fun in the Funk Zone!

(Sentinel Says: Imagine that, Gregg, the private sector actually doing a good job of developing an under-utilized area without government involvement. (Remember Jeff Harding’s column, The Funk Zone as Urban Renewal, Vol. 2, Issue 32?) Some involvement for the benefit of those being pushed out due to higher rents is good (and we like your suggestion, frankly), but, again, the FZ should first decide as a community whether this is interesting and how it might look.)

Lesley Wiscomb

The Funk Zone may be the ideal neighborhood where people can actually live, work, and play. However, current Zone issues include lack of safe pedestrian and bicycle corridors, inadequate parking, increasing vehicular traffic and lack of easy access to basic neighborhood needs such as groceries and community services.

With City Council’s guidance, careful planning will be required to address these infrastructure issues and the impacts of development on adjacent neighborhoods, and to achieve a character that retains the Zone’s uniqueness while complementing the City.

In the Funk Zone, redevelopment success stories are abundant. Organization is a key to even greater success – organization of business and property owners and residents to envision its future in collaboration with City officials and other supporting organizations. The newly formed Funk Zone Neighborhood Association should lead this effort and define the value of the Zone’s history, diversity, architecture and unique “soul” for its future. It’s City Council’s responsibility to listen, provide feedback and ultimately implement policies that assist neighborhood associations in achieving their visions while also benefitting our City as a whole.

Personally, I hope to see the arts and culture focus continue and grow in the Zone, in addition to retaining the area’s business diversity. These businesses are thriving, bringing in much needed revenues and providing many jobs. Ultimately, however, the vision will be determined through a collaborative process with the City. On City Council, I will work to help the Zone define itself and achieve a vision of which we can all be proud.

(Sentinel Says: Hallelujah, sister, amen! Can we get a witness? Can they get it together and act in unison?)

Cruzito Herrera Cruz

Sentinel Readers: Land-use planning and the future revisions of municipal ordinances should protect the Funk Zone, Eastside and Westside districts. These city districts should through “neighborhood stakeholders” draft models of future protections against development that imposes economic gentrification. We should question large-scale projects. The surrounding community should have direct input to proposed development to balance needs and demand. These models of economy could hurt the very fabric of SB. Our City’s economic development is out-pricing the low-income, working-class and small business owners. The Funk Zone, Eastside and Westside districts need responsible leadership for the public-in-general and future protections of these districts.

Los de Sentinel: El uso y planes de tierra y los futuros revisiones de ordinancias municipales tienen que protejer la Zona de Funk, Este, y Oeste districtos. Estos districtos del la cuidad por medio de “personas del districto comunitaria” en conjunto pueden modelar algo por escrito para las protecciones en el futuro contra el desarrollo que impide el despaciomiento economico. Nosotros tenemos que ser preguntas de proyectos de desarrollo de gran-nivel. La communidad en cercania tienen que tener directo accesso ha declara formalmente sobre el desarrollo proponedo inconjunto con el balance de necesidades y demanda. Estos modelos de economia puede lastimar la tela cultural de SB. Nuestra cuidad esta desarrollando economicamente planes

que esta sobre saltando de pricio ha de bajo-recursos, clase trabajadora, y pequeno negociantes. La Zona de Funk, Este, y Oeste districtos necesitamos liderazgo responsible para el public-en-general y futuro protecciones para estos districtos.

(Sentinel Says: Nice to hear from you again, Cruzito, thanks. We dig the whole “neighborhood stakeholders” and “responsible leadership” thing, but what, exactly, do you mean by “land-use planning and the future revisions of municipal ordinances should protect the Funk Zone?” Sounds awfully invasive…)

(El Sentin Dice: Gracias, Cruzito, para la respuesta. A nosotros nos gusta la “personas del districto comunitaria” y la “liderazgo responsible” cosas, pero que quieres decir cuando dices “el uso y planes de tierra y los futuros revisiones de ordinancias municipales tienen que protejer la Zona de Funk?” Suena mucho invasor…)

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MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT A vacancy on the Governing Board of the Montecito Union School District was created on September 6, 2013.

The Governing Board will be filling the vacancy by making a provisional appointment until the next election in November 2014.

Any person is eligible to be a Governing Board member providing he/she is 18 years of age or older, a resident of the school district, and a registered voter.

Interested community members are invited to complete an application and submit a letter to the Superintendent, Tammy Murphy (385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108), indicating their interest and willingness to serve in this significant public capacity. The application and letter must be accompanied by a personal resume.

The application can be found on the Montecito Union School District website at www.montecitou.org or applications are available at the Montecito Union School District Office at 385 San Ysidro Road between 8:00am-4:00pm.

The final date for submitting applications is 3 p.m. on October 14, 2013. Candidates will be interviewed individually at a public meeting of the Board on October 29th 2013. The person selected will join the Board at their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The person appointed shall hold office until the next regularly scheduled election for district Board Members in November 2014.

Questions should be directed to Mrs. Murphy at (805) 969-3249 ext. 261.

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hink of the 18th annual Chumash Inter-Tribal Pow Wow like a Native American meet-up. While the Chumash haven’t traditionally held such gatherings, other tribes have done it for decades, and they all come together at Live Oak Camp near Lake Cachuma for the annual early fall bash, which boasts nearly non-stop dancing and singing competitions between tribes from across the nation in full headdress and accessories. While the competition is real and offers few concessions to the public in terms of explanation or program notes, there will also be storytelling, healing circles and vendors selling food (both Native American and otherwise), arts and crafts, jewelry, pottery, baskets and much more. The public is invited to gather round and watch and even camp overnight in the expansive space at Live Oak. Hours are 10am-10pm Saturday, 10am-6pm Sunday, and while admission

is free, parking costs $5, camping $20.

Jordon’s Jazz Called “One of the jazz world’s best kept secrets” by Blue Note and “One of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers” by All Music Guide, Sheila Jordan was regularly introduced by the great saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker as “the singer with the million dollar ears.” Sounds pretty good to these ears, even if we’re not all that familiar with the singer who turns 85 this November. One of the pioneers of bebop and scat jazz singing with only an upright bass for accompaniment, Jordan is still active, having received last year’s National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Award. Sunday afternoon, she’s playing with Santa Ynez’s venerable pianist and arranger Ian Bernard along with Richard Simon on bass and Paul Kreibich on drums over at SOhO for

Sheila Jordan performs at SOhO as part of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society on Sunday, October 6.

Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s monthly concert. And this is one organization with an interesting admission structure: $20 general admission (with an $8 discount for Jazz Society members), but just $7 for professional musicians and full-time students. Now that’s how you encourage continuity and new blood for a genre that is perennially struggling to achieve a foothold in town.

Foundry in the Funk Zone Here’s one exciting event down in the Funk Zone, Santa Barbara’s trendy quarter just north of the beach and east of State Street, that doesn’t revolve

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Check out Tim “Frogman” Cotterill’s bronze frogs at the Santa Barbara Art Foundry grand opening this Saturday, October 5.

around food and drink: The threegeneration family-owned Santa Barbara Art Foundry has its grand opening on Saturday, when it will unveil its new center for creating bronze sculptures on site. SBAF uses the “lost wax” method, which goes back 4,000 years in molding molten metal. For the grand opening, which takes place from 10am-5pm at 120 Santa Barbara Street, visitors can watch the artisans at work, touch the sample sculpture at each stage of production, and see the finished works that are available for purchase in the adjacent sales gallery.

Meanwhile, Fox Wine Company is simultaneously opening its first tasting room in Santa Barbara in the gallery, and all those who take the foundry tour will receive a free glass of wine at the end. So come to think of it, you can’t get away from the wine (or beer) in the Funk Zone.

Better to give in and drink up.

Like Lucidity, Just Local Meanwhile, back downtown, Lucidity Festival is staging a one-day event in and around the Arlington Theatre on Friday evening called “Rising Vibes for the Universe” on the same weekend that Los Angeles and San Francisco are hosting Burning Man re-entry confabs.

There will be lots of music, DJs, bands, performance art, art installations, minithemed villages and much more all over the plaza and breezeway as well as on stage from 3pm-1am. And while it cost $39 to grab a seat, you can partake of all of the outside stuff for no charge at all. Get the details online at www. thearlingtontheatre.com.

Bust(er) a gut The Arlington is also the site for Saturday’s Santa Barbara Theatre Organ Society’s 25th anniversary celebration, “An Afternoon with Buster Keaton,” which will screen several films from the master comedian of the silent film era accompanied by organist Scott Foppiano. There’s an optional preshow brunch and a post-concert tour of the organ. Call 963-4408 or visit www. thearlingtontheatre.com for details.

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t has always cleared my head from the business of life to hop in the car and drive north to the quaint town of Summerland. When you’re there looking down at the pristine view of the ocean, life is easy and carefree.

On Saturday, September 21, I headed to one of my favorite places, the charming little jewelry store called Waxing Poetic, on the main drag at 2350 Lillie Avenue.

I arrived to an array of mostly women looking at the fine collections of delicate necklaces, bracelets, charms and rings. It was Waxing Poetic’s one-year anniversary and bubbly chatter filled the diminutive space. I was greeted by founder Patti Pagliei, and she told me, “We’ve been here for a year. We wanted to throw this party to thank the local community and its supporters.” That they did, with flavorful pizzas on the back patio from next-door neighbor, Café Luna, and an enormous birthday cake that was, simply put, yummy.

The band formerly known as The Mobile Homeboys, now named The Doublewide Kings, jammed some

country rock and bluegrass tunes on the back patio, which added to the carefree feel of the day. After listening to some fun tunes and eating a slice of cake, I meandered back inside the store.

Waxing Poetic presents its jewelry in a unique way. Items are placed in books, which is fitting; many pieces have inscriptions that tell a tiny story. These wearable pieces of art with phrases or words are distinctive because they give the owner of the jewelry a platform to share their story with the world.

Due to a few encounters with bees over the summer – including a painful sting on my upper arm – I was drawn to the unusual “bee brave” pendant necklaces that a woman was trying on. There were different choices for stones, which comprised the body of the bee. Options are pearl (my top pick), white, black and aqua.

Another preferred piece was the “planetary traits” cuff. Some of the phrases inscribed are “Ever a Diplomat,” “Loyal and Fiercely So,” “Rebellious when Restricted” and “Lets go and Lets Dreams Come.”

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Lori Strantz and Joni Deluccio pose for a quick photo op with lovely necklaces and bracelets.

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As I continued to peruse the jewelry, I kept going back to that “bee brave” necklace.

It has a simple yet elegant design that would go with any clothing due to the silver and gold in the pendant. I left the party with it – and many of the other pieces of jewelry – buzzing in my mind.

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ere we go again. My column is returning to weekly status; now is as bad a time as any. On the precipice of autumn, let’s hope the falling leaves bury summer’s garbage. The September shakedown has uncovered four participants but only two winners:

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Ron Howard’s dynamic chronicle based on reallife racing foes James Hunt and Niki Lauda handles Formula 1’s golden age with reverence (almost too much) and the right amount of reckless abandon.

You needn’t know or care much about professional sports to appreciate and enjoy this gritty, brisk-paced affair set in a variety of racing venues worldwide.

Howard and his pit crew strike a balance among locations and Mother Nature’s conditions; heavy rain comes into play more than once, virtually becoming a character itself. If a few sequences get too amped-up, if conversations become shallow, they’re quickly reined backed in, as more profound ideals and universal themes take the lead.

As the engine-revving stars, Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl prove themselves worthy adversaries on the tracks and off. Whereas the former acts cool as the party-boy poseur with looks that kill, it’s the latter who landed a more challenging role and makes the most of it. Whether his character is tinkering with vehicles, getting mocked as a “rat” or suffering in a hospital bed, Bruhl proves he is in the driver’s seat.

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The stellar production of the whole thing – sturdy acting, sufficient direction, fine cinematography – doesn’t buoy its flat narrative. And its stabs at dark humor are, I regret to report, mostly unfunny and telegraphed.

Not an embarrassing effort, but too often comes across as remodeled, not unlike a 1975 Cadillac.

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Small-town Pennsylvania marks the spot of this masterful, albeit depressing and grueling, crime drama involving the kidnapping of two girls. The particulars of the case, though nothing unique on the surface, pave the way for deep-seated themes of vengeance, regret and machismo – especially when it comes to the furious father (Hugh Jackman), on whom the twitchy-eyed detective (Jake Gyllenhaal) keeps tabs. The child-like suspect (Paul Dano of There Will Be Blood) and his clunky RV are less a concern, thanks to the reassurance of his reclusive aunt (Melissa Leo).

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Oh Karen Lockwood and Robin Smith, we had a blast at Los Olivos Café & Wine Merchant. Thanks so much for the hospitality, loved it.

John Fisher and Kerry Donahue, our Cloud Climbers partners. (Thanks for having us, guys, hope the rest of the trip was great. And enjoy the boomBOTTLE!)

and Keith really made our time there informative and fun. (And those cupcakes were frickin’ divine. So was that gorgeous Syrah, I bought two bottles; Wendi loved the Grenache Blanc, another white wine departure for her. Terrific.)

Biking With Your Wife Is Fun (So Is Eating With Your Wife) Logan drove us back to The Ballard Inn when it was all said and done, just in time for a gratis wine and

light snack hour in what can only be described as the Inn’s living room.

More conversation with other guests, a bit more wine.

A little more of this. A pinch more of that.

Then we changed clothes and jumped on bikes to head into Los Olivos for dinner.

(The Ballard Inn has a quality restaurant but it was fully booked and we felt like

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getting out anyway… it was our first night.

We’ll definitely go back for that experience, we hear great things.) It was a pleasant ride on a pleasant night, and the bikes were available right there at the Inn. Simple.

We were a bit early for food after just snacking back at Ballard, so we rode the side streets and stopped and looked around. (Like I said, Los Olivos is a cool spot, if you don’t know it, make it happen.) We’d heard terrific things from John and Kerry about the Carhartt Vineyard tasting room (www.carharttvineyard.com) – they’d tasted there before we got in the Cloud Climbers jeep – so we stopped in for a glass of wine (not a full tasting).

We found the place deserted and near closing, but Nick Marchi welcomed us in and we sat around chatting for a while on the back porch. (That’s where Wendi snapped that photo of me “working” on Facebook. Nice capture, babe, making me look like I’m earning it. Thanks.)

Another delightful experience.

Then, with our collective heartbeats per minute down to an aggregate of around 10 or 11, we rode a block west to Los Olivos Café & Wine Merchant (www. losolivoscafe.com). We sat at the bar for a moment – Wendi and I often do this in new spots, it really gives you the feel of a place – and immediately liked our choice. (Friendly Bartender Robin Smith made it easy.) We were lucky to sit so quickly without a reservation, but it was still early and we landed in a cozy, romantic table by the fire. The place has a reasonably sophisticated but inviting wine country ambiance (with a wine merchant on one side of the interesting space, as the name suggests); service was attentive but not overbearing (Assistant Manager Karen Lockwood knows her craft); food came out of the kitchen well-timed and presented.

And our meal was delicious.

We started with a variety of simply Roasted Local Vegetables fresh from a farm down the road and a couple Basil Arancini, and followed it up with Classic Café Salmon (Wendi) and an order of Short Ribs (me, sorry Schatzle.) Dessert was a totally wonderful shared strawberry-

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rhubarb pie crumble thingy and a foamy cappuccino.

Blissed out food and wine coma happiness was the byproduct. (Terrific meal, Karen and Robin and Los Olivos Café, thanks very much. We will be back.)

We mounted our bikes and rode slowly back to The Ballard Inn under an oily black sky filled with stars that looked like holes to heaven. (That’s such a cheesy analogy ripped straight from a wildly popular and quite good Jack Johnson song, but I’m not changing it. Pretty lame, sorry.) I played some guitar (I bring one sometimes), Wendi read a magazine.

We surprised some friends who live in the area and visited until the wee hours.

We walked back to the Inn. Sleep came easy.

We woke at 9am. (That’s a hugely big deal for us, and probably hasn’t happened in 10 years. No joke.) Then we enjoyed a quiet little farm fresh breakfast and some quality black coffee downstairs.

And we did it all again.

I won’t say much beyond (1) Lincourt Vineyards (www.lincourtwines.com) was a great place to taste and sit on the veranda looking over the vineyards (thanks for the recommendation Publisher Tim!), (2) an afternoon glass of wine at Saarloos (we went back, unimaginative, we know) quickly turned into a friendly conversation with Karen English and her husband, who recently opened a new high end shoe store in Los Olivos called Romp, (3) craft cocktails and dinner at SY Kitchen were divine (the real deal, that artichoke is amazing and so is the lamb shank) and (4) we finished the night listening to a country band at the old Maverick Saloon. (Yeah, that’s right. And it was just as fun as you think it was… tons.)

We left early the next morning, picked up the kids from their friend’s place, had a lazy morning around the house and headed to soccer. All was well; we enjoyed a couple nights away (alone), they enjoyed a couple nights with friends and we were

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all happy to see each other.

So try not making plans to visit the Valley soon.

You won’t be disappointed.

STUFF I LIKE I love the Santa Ynez Valley and all it has to offer. It’s totally accessible and totally doable, even on short notice. We weren’t disappointed by any place we went (and there were more than mentioned above) but the foregoing really stood out.

I included websites for everything, so look them up if you’re interested. You should be. Get up to the Valley, folks, fast. Harvest only comes once a year. (Oh, that reminds me. Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association Celebration of Harvest is coming up on October 12, 2013, from 1– 4pm. It’s at Rancho Sisquoc Winery in Santa Maria, and there will be over 100 wineries, wine country food, great music and a hell of a good time. I will be there, for sure, and I hope I can persuade my wife to come too. www.sbcountywines. com; (805) 688-0881; $75 in advance, $85 at the door. See you there.)

I also love bad-ass American old-time and folk music and I get it every year at the Old Time Fiddler’s Convention & Festival at Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta. The featured acts are world class, and there are people forming impromptu jam sessions in the bushes and singing and dancing and great food and drink and tons of fun for all ages.

(My kids danced the whole time last year.) This year, Fiddler’s goes down on Sunday, October 13, 2013, from 10am – 5pm, and proceeds go to The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise, which organizes the whole getup every year.

(That’s my old club, and I miss them.

They do an amazing amount of good here and abroad and they are worth supporting, I wouldn’t joke about that.)

Get to Fiddler’s and have a foot stompin’ good time. Find the schedule and all

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The scene at Elings is mellow, and the post-race venue is terrific. This is a good one for anybody looking to run some trails with a few fast friends. (Thanks Caleb!)

the information you need at www. fiddlersconvention.org or just show up. $20. It’s worth every penny. (And then some.)

I love the fitness community here in town, too, and am only just getting to know it better. I was invited to participate in a trail running series up at Elings Park last week and had an absolute blast. (So did my wife and kids.) The Elings Park 5K Terrain Series goes down every Wednesday evening and, if you like to run and are looking for a good time, it’s worth hitting. It’s casual but fast, and the course is probably better than you think.

(I run trails every week and liked it quite a bit.) There’s beer and food and music and camaraderie at the finish line, and Caleb Johnson is doing a great job with it. Get there by 5:30pm to register; $20. Check

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Run hard, this one will get popular over time. Mark my words.

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...continued from p.32 now I am much more interested in things like politics, society, culture, current events and hopefully some more comedy too.

Fred Vorck really wants me to do a parody of Gordon Ramsay, which would involve buying a chef’s coat, which hopefully I can find other uses for as well.

The thing is, my capabilities are pretty limited by what I have in terms of technology on hand, which of course if I had had twenty years ago would blow me away, but right now just ain’t cutting it. It would not take much to do better. I think a minimum of $500 would get me a much better laptop and a camera capable of taking a decent video. There are things I would love to show people about what it’s like to be homeless and I simply cannot do that with the webcam built into my crappy Toshiba. If I hit a stretch goal there are all kinds of affordable editing software packages that would let me do a lot, and even some web-based platforms like Moovly that could let me illustrate certain points with a little more panache.

So, it’s complicated. I get it. Here’s this homeless guy asking for money, which he will almost certainly use to download porn (I will). There’s the whole bootstrap theory of society where if I really want to do all this I should get a job, because work will make you free. Maybe you can’t give and maybe you don’t want to give and maybe you’re just wondering how I got your email address and when I’m going to shut the hell up. I can’t really worry about any of those things. It would help me a lot if you could give even just a dollar to my Kickstarter campaign and share this with your social networks, but if you don’t. I want you to know that I am still extremely grateful that you are now finally reading the last sentence of this email.

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Fed Up With SBPD Matt, I see a lot of articles in your paper about ridiculous citizens that have confrontations with the SBPD. Out of respect for our police department and what officers routinely deal with, I’ve chuckled along ironically – I’ve consciously remained silent.

Tonight I cannot.

Tonight, at my house, as I was cooking salmon with my 6-year-old, we heard screaming and yelling and doors slamming coming from the guesthouse next door.

Many emotions – horror, panic, fear – came over us as we ran outside to see our neighbor’s sweet dog, Brody, being dragged into their home. We stumbled over each other as we turned around, ran toward the nearest door and into the house toward the front entrance. I turned back – I had run through and slammed the door so quickly that I didn’t leave time for her to come in after. I saw her outside panicking, screaming, spinning and then running toward the back, side entrance.

We met up in the middle of the front hall and made our way to the front porch where we were greeted by the police.

The police.

My mind raced for reasons that the police would be on my property. Robbery?

Drugs? Crime? Why would two officers with tasers and another unarmed officer be approaching my doorstep?

The female officer barked at me that a dog had “ferociously attacked her.”

Imagine my disbelief as I thought of Brody, the dog that I frequently allow to play with my own puppy and my 6 year old and her friends, attacking someone.

After doing my best to remain silent (i.e., yelling in panic at officers how wrong this situation was), I looked down at my daughter, who was hyperventilating. We left the scene between neighbors and police. My husband stepped in and told the officers that he would like them to

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come by after to explain.

The officer did come to explain the situation – complaints that the neighbor’s music was too loud and that tasers were required. I don’t know what it was that led up the moment to when our sweet friend got tased, but I do know the aftermath.

My 6 year old is up now way past bedtime. She’s feigning panic attacks, writing journal entries; she’s emulating the “knock at the door”... processing. She is asking and asking to go see Brody – but we can’t see Brody right now. I’m honestly not so sure the dog is into receiving humans at this point.

I wish this were the first time and I could just write it off. But this is just the next, in a long line of (ahem) altercations we have had with the police that, in my opinion, are misusing their power and their time.

In 2011 we were robbed. It took 24 hours for a police officer to come to our house to evaluate the situation and tell us that there was basically nothing he could do except give us a description of the likely perpetrators who would do such a thing.

When I was sick at home, a month later, two people matching the police officer’s description (young men on bikes with backpacks) tried to break in again.

I was there, petrified, and locked everything up as I saw them slinking around my perimeter, testing locked doors, while I called my husband and the police to come to the rescue.

My husband got there first. He had encountered an officer on the way at an intersection. The officer was stopped around the corner, chatting on his cell phone about “some house he needed to investigate.” As my husband approached the vehicle, the police officer became irate – telling him to move on – until my husband informed him that he was involved in the call.

We scoured the neighborhood but nobody was ever found and no officers ever did come to follow up.

A few months later, we were in the parking lot of our preschool and our car was broken into. We tried to chase the perpetrator, who stole my wallet out of my car while we watched from the front window, but he was on a bike and we were on foot. He got away.

Called the police and they never came.

Another incident. I was at a bar in Santa Barbara that spring where my previous intern had been putting on a fashion show.

I grabbed a beer at the bar and, noticing that she was stressed out, asked her to step outside to download. As we were talking, two officers who were making their nightly rounds through the bars stepped outside and started questioning us. Call me old or naïve, but I didn’t realize I couldn’t have a beer on that particular back patio. The officers said some demeaning comments to me about my age and being at such a bar, I tried to explain to the officer what the situation was and he then tried to get

me to tell him the back doorman’s name.

I took the blame, and what became a $650 ticket only to watch the following (disgusting) display: The officer took my (full) beer bottle, slowly sauntered across the street, dumped it in a bush, then came back and threw the beer in the trash bin.

Not the recycling bin. (I’m quite sure the bush very much appreciated beer being tossed upon it.)

His words? “It’s all about the environment, baby.”

Really?

Later, I saw the same officer harassing some kid on State Street, on the (bogus and over produced) “SB Cops” show in the same manner.

I’m disgusted and fed up.

This stuff happens. It’s a small town.

I get it. But come on. Let’s start seeing crooks for crooks and actually catching them or doing something productive.

I don’t want to see any more “Cops at Starbucks” days or overly showy displays of the gadgets and vehicles that my tax dollars have afforded them without some serious training. I certainly don’t want to see them overusing force on innocent victims on anyone’s property.

Go catch the robbers at homes and preschool parking lots with your tasers and approach the residents who are actually paying your salaries with the respect they deserve.

Respectfully, A Mission Canyon Resident (Editor’s Note: I’ll be honest. I don’t love the idea of publishing this type of accusatory letter from an anonymous source without any evidence that any of the foregoing actually happened. (And I’d advise readers to keep those facts in mind when reading the letter. If I’ve learned anything as a litigation attorney over the years, it’s that there are always two (or more) sides to any story.) This paper supports reasonable and responsible police work. Period. And trust me, officers are forced to deal with strikingly challenging situations all the time. So they deserve at least a little slack.

With that said, however, we place an absolutely huge amount of trust in the judgment and discretion of our officers, and it is not only a giant problem of public trust and confidence if they are overreaching but of practical impact as well. (Think unnecessary harassment and/or imprisonment, failures to respond to serious calls, etc.) And that is worth talking about if it’s actually happening.

Are cops spending too much time dealing with drunken transients and college kids, and not enough on more serious crimes? Is the general perception that officers do a good job? A bad one? Hard to know, of course, and perspectives get skewed in connection with these types of questions. But they are still probably worth asking.

So I did.

Thanks for the letter. Next time, give us your name so there is more weight to your claims; it only helps foster a discussion of the issues you raise. – MSM)

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...continued from p.8 On Monday evening, September 1, the Four Seasons Taste Truck debuted at East Beach.

The kitchen as seen from the order counter and dining room.

On Friday, October 4 from 5pm-9pm, the truck will be parked at Telegraph Brewing Company. On Saturday, October 5 from 8am-11:30am look for it at the Downtown Farmers Market, and from 3pm-8pm at Oreana Winery. On Sunday, October 6 from 10am-3pm, it’ll

Simple and delish, the Caprese Salad is sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and olive oil; $6.25.

Fresh focaccia complements the surprisingly light Bolognese Lasagna (with meat) and Vegetarian Lasagna; both $7.95.

be at East Beach. Next stop: The Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills.

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

CALIFORNIA CUISINE, I TA L I A N S P I R I T

Warm Nutella (or berry preserve) oozes out of the scrumptious Sweet Sorriso, an Italian donut served here in the shape of a smile; $3.65, and $5.40 with American coffee. Espresso and Cappuccino are $2 and $2.50, respectively.

Parmigiana for $7.25.

A certificate on the wall attests to Antonio’s membership in the Associazione Italiana Sommeliers. Antonio is baffled

by American waiters who ask for a drink order before you’ve even looked at the menu. “Choose the food first,” he advises, “then pair with a wine.” Every other Thursday, Antonio holds a wine class serving three types of vino and food for $20. See Sorriso’s Facebook page (www. facebook.com/SorrisoItaliano) for dates and details.

A large, bright industrial space with a high ceiling and exposed pipes, the design is distinctly European, executed in the sure hand of Antonio’s sister in law, an architect in Paris. The color scheme is that of the Italian flag: green, white and red. Chic white and chrome chairs by Nichetto & Tinti are from – you guessed it – Italy.

Next time you’re catching an Arts & Lectures performance at UCSB or heading to Costco in Goleta, visit Sorriso Italanio. It’s worth the trip. The food is comparable in quality to much higher priced places in town.

Sorriso Italiano is located at 901 Embarcadero Del Mar and Pardall Road.

Sommelier Antonio paired a palate cleansing white wine with the Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo; $6.85, add chicken for $2.35.

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Go Early The Four Seasons Taste Truck is a hip and successful promotion from the posh and pricey resort chain. On Monday evening, September 30, the truck kicked off its weeklong stay in Santa Barbara at Butterfly Beach, by the promenade across from the Biltmore.

Surf was good, the sunset particularly pastel and pretty, and the line long.

Friends and neighbors chatted over picnic tables and impromptu picnics on the grass. “The food is as good as any found in Montecito,” said Ricardo Calderon, who was there with his wife, Dinah, and their two daughters. Indeed, the gourmet salads, paninis and desserts were what one would expect from the Four Seasons: quality, fresh ingredients nicely prepared and presented, but at budget hotel prices.

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Plan B

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

Now that’s a fantasy squad worth picking…

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

What’s Your Fantasy?

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y fantasy emphatically does not involve any notion of interceptions or tackles or touchdown passes. If I thought about it long enough – and I did, I might add – a quick peek inside the NFL locker room, all steamy with towel-clad men, could make me happy.

But yardage stats and sacks just don’t get me going. Who in the hell coined Fantasy Football, anyway?

It had to be a man.

After all, the “required” male gettogethers that lead up to Fantasy Football season are intended to fulfill every man’s deepest desires. The draft sessions always have mandatory attendance set in order to select all of their dream players. Of course, these drafts always take place in someone’s man cave with beer and football on big screen TVs and heated discussions about who will be the “sleeper” this season. I’m thinking I should set up a “spa fantasy league” for the ladies and get some compulsory meetings on the calendar in retaliation.

I have to admit, I’m harboring a bit of extra ill-will since Fantasy Football also ruined my birthday this year. One of Paul’s leagues had its draft on the evening of my big day. This thirty-something year wasn’t one that called for a big celebration, but I did sacrifice singing and candle blowing with the family for that Washington School Fantasy League. (It did sort of work out to my benefit because Paul felt so guilty about attending a Fantasy draft on the actual eve of my birthday that he

spoiled me for days leading up to it. I made out pretty well, considering, and I am truly grateful, honey. But still…)

Men are from Mars

I knew when I married Paul that sports are his thing. He plays softball and basketball and golfs on a weekly basis… and then there’s the betting and the Fantasy stuff.

(Sigh.)

Don’t get me wrong. I love sports. I was actually sort of a jock in high school. My first love was basketball. In middle school I often slept with a basketball in my bed (true, by the way). It was a good thing, no doubt, as there were absolutely no boys hanging around.

On second thought, it could’ve also been the perm and braces that kept the boys away.

In any case, basketball was a good first love to have. I can only hope that my daughters sleep with their soccer balls or guitars.

In high school, hoops kept me out of trouble and actually got me a scholarship to Chico State. I decided to follow academia and my acceptance letter to UCSB (go Gauchos!), which landed me as a walk-on to Mark French’s squad.

Those Division I recruits kicked my ass for a week and Coach French offered to red-shirt me for two years. It turns out this 5’11” center from Willits was not going to get game time at UCSB until my junior year.

…I’d stay away from this one, though, since most players appear to be headless. Can’t be good for padding stats.

I decided to break up with basketball my freshman year.

And after being a tomboy for so many years, I’m still baffled at the fact that I now find myself writing a “family” column and a style-focused feature each week. I may have evolved with age, but that hoop love is still in my heart.

Even if I’m not in an NBA fantasy league to prove it.

Women are from Venus

As much as I don’t get the whole Fantasy thing, Paul doesn’t understand how I can actually enjoy going shopping, for example. Shopping is his ultimate nightmare. That’s not necessarily the case for groceries (he’ll do that from time to time) but clothes shopping is completely and totally out of the question.

He actually claims to have a real, physical condition that prevents him from entering department stores, or any store with a clothing rack for that matter. There is a long-winded anecdotal story he uses to back this up that involves a childhood injury, but I’ll spare you all the details. It’s close to genius if there are any men out there looking for a lifetime pass out of having to go into a shopping mall. Next time you see Paul wearing a ripped up t-shirt, you’ll better understand why.

We have our differences, Paul and I, all couples do. And we have used our backyard hoop to work out many of our issues on the court. A little one-on-one can be a wonderful alternative to marriage counseling; I throw my elbows at him and he dunks on me. We always walk away smiling.

Right now, however, I am distinctly not smiling. I’m sitting here venting… er, writing, as Paul maps out all his NFL “business” on his phone and iPad and laptop computer. Apparently it takes a room full of technology to manage all those fantasy transactions. And, from what I gather, Adrian Peterson and

Gronkowski are satisfying all of Paul’s fantasies.

I had trouble even typing that line.

That’s it, darling, time to stop tackling those NFL trades and get off the computer.

I’m over here waiting to show you a little something else about fantasy. Ready for a little one-on-one?

(On the basketball court, you presumptuous people. This is a family column, after all.)

Paul’s Pub Picks

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ooking for a place to watch the NFL ticket? Paul has pirated my weekly Best Bets to post a list of his favorite SB sports bars. So come Sunday or Monday (both if you’re lucky!), he hopes you can make it to watch a game or two around town. Paul ranked them (of course), but you’re free to make up your own mind – much of this seems to be geographically-driven due to other Fantasy folks’ residences and general convenience: 1. Union Ale Brewing Company (214 State Street) 2. Uptown Lounge (3126 State Street) 3. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (137 Anacapa Street, Suite F) 4. Santa Barbara Brewing Company (501 State Street) 5. Hollister Brewing Co. (6920 Marketplace Drive) 6. The Neighborhood (for you youngsters) (235 West Montecito Street)

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Where: Telegraph Brewing Company, 418 North Salsipuedes When: Friday, October 4, 5 – 9pm Why: Good things come in threes.

How: Get a taste of Telegraph’s brand new expanded brewery, their 1927 Ale (made exclusively for the Four Seasons) and the Four Seasons Taste Truck – complete with Goulash, Schnitzel, Sausage, Apple Cobbler and more.

ARTS & CULTURE

Cinematic Star Gazing

by Sylvie Butera Rich

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t’s colder (sort of ) and darker earlier (a little bit, anyway). So that means it’s fall, we think (at least it’s as fall as it’s going to get here in SB). You probably feel like getting cozy under the stars by a fire (with the right company, of course). And you like to sing along to musicals (who doesn’t?). And you definitely like cocktails (again, who doesn’t?).

It follows, then, that Sing-Along Under the Stars at Kimpton’s Canary Hotel (31 West Carrillo Street; (805) 884-0300) is the place for you on Wednesday nights in October. The movie series kicked off on October 2 with the screening of Grease on the rooftop terrace; The Sound of Music is up next on October 9, starting promptly at 8pm. Movies are free all month (!), and Finch and Fork restaurant will offer a menu of themed craft cocktails available for purchase. Complimentary blankets will be provided for your viewing comfort.

Summer lovin’ just turned into fall flirting. So save us a spot to snuggle… and sing! www.canarysantabarbara.com/things-to-do/santa-barbara-events/movie-night.html

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Ready to hop on this fitness trend train? Well, lucky for you, Airobic Fitness has bounced into town. Located in La Cumbre Plaza (136 South Hope Avenue; (805) 878-1470), you’re just a hop, skip and a jump away from having an anything but boring time. Go ahead, sign up for a class at the Airobics Fitness facility and rounce (that’s running and bouncing) your way around and around.

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What: epicure.sb Where: Various locations throughout Santa Barbara County When: Now thru October 31 Why: Cuisine, libations and culture meet for a month of delicious, unforgettable moments.

How: Visit www.santabarbaraca.com/epicuresb for participants and events.

What’ll It Cost Me: We’re curious.

How hungry are you?

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sb fills the month of October with food events, prix-fixe menus, hotel deals, tastings, pairings and more! Enjoy flatbreads with a reserve wine tasting, a market tour with a three-course meal to follow, cooking classes and all sorts of other amazing adventures in food and wine. Many local favorite restaurants, wineries and other businesses are participating with unique menus, outings, classes and events.

So get out there and satisfy your cravings, toast to beautiful Santa Barbara and enjoy the delectable fun… epicure.sb is not to be missed! Check out the site for participants and events. www.santabarbaraca.com/epicuresb

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REAL ESTATE

by Michael Calcagno

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

in contract before hitting the open market) and 3 have already gone pending with accepted offers. This week we also had 24 properties that closed escrow and another 28 properties that went pending.

It looks like the basic rule to a rising market, which is the lack of supply with an increase in demand, is still under way.

Since you can’t go to any national parks or national museums, or even contact the Office of Government Ethics (no seriously that’s real and its shutdown... ironic), I suggest you could better spend your time looking at a few of these properties.

Real Estate Shutdown... Uh Nope!

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o far, the government shutdown hasn’t seemed to affect our local market at all (come to think of it, the shutdown hasn’t really affected anything; could this be a good thing?). The market’s activity has stayed pretty consistent all summer long and seems to be continuing into fall. Let’s take a look at the numbers for this week in our usual spots.

In the areas East of State, West of State and Hope Ranch, in the price ranges of $400,000-$1,700,000, there were a total of 23 new properties that came on the market. Out of those 23 new properties, 3 have already closed (most likely those were

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 6

Downtown

18 West Victoria Street #212 12-5pm $2,500,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 504 East Arrellaga Street 2-4pm $1,295,000 3bd/3.5ba Alyson Spann 637-2884 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #307 12-5pm $1,250,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #108 12-5pm $1,100,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #111 12-5pm $875,000 1bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 1924 Bath Street #D 2-4pm $775,000 3bd/2ba Lynette Naour 705-6539 Village Properties 401 Chapala Street #108 11-4pm $750,000 1bd/1.5ba Michael Calcagno 896-0876 Sotheby’s International Realty 236 Por La Mar Circle

By Appt. $575,000 1bd/1ba John Sirois 455-6277 Village Properties 2117 Castillo Street #D 1-4pm $485,000 1bd/1ba Cimme Eordanidis 722-8480 Village Properties

2012 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,195,000 4bd/3ba Alexis Foth 448-6350 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2502 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $1,695,000 3bd/2ba Angela Moloney 451-1553 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2130 State Street 1-3pm $1,425,000 4bd/2.5ba Jay Krautmann 451-4527 Sotheby’s International Realty 729 East Anapamu Street #B 2-4pm $1,249,000 3bd/2.5ba Lee Walsh 886-0660 Village Properties 1818 Olive Avenue 1-6pm $1,249,000 3bd/2.5ba Richard Naiman 448-1239 Village Properties 1800 Garden Street 1-4pm $1,248,000 3bd/2ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties 400 East Pedregosa Street #I 1-3pm $850,000 2bd/2ba Stephanie Wilson 895-3270 Sotheby’s International Realty 1208 Blanchard Street 2-4pm $695,000 3bd/3ba Isaac Garrett 729-1143 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2030 State Street #18 1-3pm $635,000 2bd/2ba Cristal Clarke 886-9378 Sotheby’s International Realty

2321 Edgewater Way 1-4pm $1,550,000 3bd/1ba Christopher W. Hunt 453-3407 Village Properties 209 Mesa Lane 2-4pm $780,000 5bd/4ba John Gaffney 448-4663 Village Properties

3021 Hermosa Road 11-4pm $1,425,000 4bd/3.5ba Mike Nicassio 698-2253 Sotheby’s International Realty 2209 Vista Del Campo 2-4pm $1,025,000 4bd/2ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties 551 Apple Grove Lane 1-4pm $869,000 3bd/2ba Bob Ratliffe 448-6642 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

10 Rincon Vista 1-3pm $1,895,000 4bd/3.5ba Ed Kaleugher 963-1391 Sotheby’s International Realty 1213 Viscaino Road 1-4pm $1,870,000 3bd/2ba Joyce Enright 570-1360 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1300 Las Alturas Road 1-4pm $1,795,000 4bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1808 Loma Street 1-4pm $1,775,000 5bd/4ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty 805 Via Granada 2-4pm $899,000 2bd/2ba Joan Roberts 448-0526 Village Properties

4463 Meadowlark Lane 2-4pm $2,250,000 4bd/4.5ba Dianne Johnson 455-6570 Village Properties 405 Canon Drive 2-4pm $2,195,000 5bd/4.5ba Marsha Kotlyar 698-7941 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 406 Lincolnwood Place 2-4pm $1,599,000 4bd/3ba Louis and Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 3945 Stacy Lane 1-4pm $1,399,000 4bd/2.5ba Jake Ralston 455-9600 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 3666 Eileen Way 1-4pm $1,050,000 3bd/2ba Ron Dickman 689-3135 Sotheby’s International Realty 3879 Nathan Road 2-4pm $999,000 3bd/3ba Nicole Dinkelacker 570-8444 Village Properties 2621 State Street #4 1-4pm $675,000 2bd/2ba Thomas Schultheis 729-2802 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2821 Miradero Drive #B 2-4pm $549,000 2bd/1.5ba Suzanne Lawson 886-9316 Sotheby’s International Realty 3663 San Remo Drive #5k 2-4pm $509,000 3bd/2ba Linda Brown 666-9091 Sotheby’s International Realty

1532 Clearview Road 1-4pm $749,000 2bd/1ba Phyllis Lenker 886-2342 Village Properties 1609 Villa Avenue 1-5pm $749,000 2bd/1ba Gabe Venturelli 680-5141 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

1200 North San Marcos Road 1-4pm $6,495,000 3bd/3ba Adam McKaig 452-6884 Sotheby’s International Realty 492 Pacific Oaks Road 2-4pm $897,500 3bd/2ba Debra Stowers 570-8332 Sotheby’s International Realty 296 Pebble Hill Drive 11-1pm $799,000 5bd/2.5ba Cherie De Lisle 636-5373 Sotheby’s International Realty

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