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Mazza’s Missive – Editor-in-Chief Matt Mazza shamelessly self-promotes his objectively bad screenplay concept and then goes on to fluff the Film Festival folks relentlessly. Can he glad-hand his way into the movie biz?

T he Sentinel’s Take – Setting aside the self-serving soliloquy in Mazza’s Missive, the Sentinel asks whether the SBIFF actually does benefit local businesses of all shapes and sizes. Weigh in, citizens of Santa Barbara, have your voice heard. Is the Film Fest all it’s cracked up to be? Here’s your chance…

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I t’s Crime Time with SBPD – Santa Barbara-based crimes lend themselves well to a wide variety of film concepts for screenwriters and filmmakers. Check out a few Sentinel suggestions. (Dr. Bender highly recommends reading.)

L etters to the Editor – Contributors tackle everything from “anonymous” letters to Mara’s Take on the Roosevelt lawsuit. Much-deserved Props to Presidio Sports. And Sheldon gets a fancy new car.

The Dish – Wendy Jenson likes The Shop, a new hipster-food joint on Milpas that was started by a few long-time restaurant industry folks. We’re interested and coming in for some of that homemade goodness.

T he Beer Guy – Beer gut? Zach Rosen thinks it should be called an Overindulgence Gut. Learn something about shedding a few pounds while still pounding beers. (Nice column, Zach.)

S anta Barbara View – Sharon Byrne counts the homeless and has coffee with community cops; Loretta Redd is back and tackles Lance Armstrong (figuratively); Ray Estrada talks SB Chamber and Spirit of Entrepreneurship Nominations (literally).

I n the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans – More incredible edibles from the beloved Randy Arnowitz, this time in the context of Container Farming.

(And, again, for the last time… we aren’t talking about that kind of incredible edibles.)

The Mindful Word – Celebrated local prolific writer Diana Raab joins the Sentinel this week (and going forward!), discussing Jared Diamond’s recent talk on Aging in America. (Thanks Rebecca… er, ah, Diana, great start… looking forward to more from you.)

Plan B – Briana Westmacott teaches her kids a lesson at a Zumba fitnessdance class. (At least she thinks she does.) And she really improves her dance moves, to boot.

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o I have this idea for a screenplay.

Wait! Don’t go… it’s not what you think. This one’s different, way different, seriously, just hear me out… please. Come on, let me buy you another glass of that Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir you’re drinking. I mean, if you leave now, I don’t know what I’d do. I might actually have to keep practicing law for a living.

And that’s just unacceptable.

Anyway, here it is: A well-educated, reasonably successful business litigation attorney – let’s call him the anti-Ally McBeal – is fed up. Fed up with bullshit lawsuits and boardrooms and lots of other legal crap.

So one day, he walks out. Closes up shop.

Leaves it all behind.

And he travels around the world with his wife and young daughters.

There’s comedy – a near-death experience and related rescue mission on a horrifyingly long zip-line in Lyon, a lost three-year-old in Venice, a few hours driving the wrong direction through central South Africa.

There’s romance – time spent cruising the canals of central France on a rented boat, working on organic farms in Tuscany, a fourth birthday on a Croatian island, a night with friends in Istanbul near the Blue Mosque, a fish farm in northern Thailand, Christmas in Laos. There’s magical weeks in India and Nepal where other worlds open their doors wide.

There’s beauty and cinematic opportunity everywhere.

There’s a family, together, developing a deeper understanding of each other and the world. There’s an unbreakable bond formed among them that is forged in experience, not material. There’s compassion and tension. There’s fear and wonder.

Goleta Girl – Jana Mackin likes hippies, and she found one named hiTekHOBO in Goleta. Can this modern-day Don Quixote finish his manuscript in his van? Read to find out.

Presidio Sports – Arlington Tavern teams up with Central Coast Dining and PossAbilities to support Andre Barbieri’s bid for Olympic Gold. Get out and see a few terrific sports flicks at the SBIFF… or go see live sports this weekend. Presidio’s got schedules for both.

You Have Your Hands Full – Mara Peters reminisces about a particular Film Fest involving her movie star sister and a fantastic family weekend a few years back, and she’s suddenly inspired to spend big bucks on a Festival Package. (Have a good time, Mara, nice piece.)

LOVEmikana – Ca’ Dario Pizzeria delivers quite a bite; Puremedy delivers the fountain of youth. LOVEmikana’s Weekend Guide gets you where you need to be this week.

Residential Real Estate – Michael Calcagno reminds us of the (American) Riviera just in time for the SBIFF. Not a bad spot for a home in town, frankly, and Justin Kellenberger’s magic numbers make the dream seem possible.

Mitchell Sjerven is ready for another busy year at bouchon.

There’s peace. There’s love.

The anti-lawyer blogs the experience, honestly, and the blog becomes reasonably widely read around his hometown. It unexpectedly turns into a column with a local newspaper. He finds a passion for writing.

And ultimately, the whole damned experience turns into a newspaper.

You’re reading it now. The screenplay is my life.

And I love it.

The Cannes of the Western Unites States But enough about me. Enough shameless self-promotion. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has come to town and it’s quite a spectacle. Quite a spectacle indeed.

I suppose it’s cliché at this point, but tremendous kudos to Executive Director Roger Durling for putting together yet another highly anticipated and undoubtedly fantastic event. There are nearly fifty nations represented, and some of the finest screenwriting and filmmaking talent in the business is right here in Santa Barbara.

“The Festival has seen a remarkably rapid ascent since Roger took over,” Film Fest Managing Director Stephen Blain told me, “it has really been an amazing ride.”

Yes it has.

There will be approximately 70,000 extra people around town for the eleven-day event this year, with around 600 rooms filled with Festival-goers each night. Many ...continued p.12

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he 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival is now fully underway. It features a wide array of this year’s “stars,” everyone from six-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis from the independent film Beasts of the Southern Wild (she’s now nine years old, but was six when filming began three years ago), to Argo star and director, Ben Affleck, with many names known and unknown in between.

And, despite lulls and setbacks during its 27-year existence, the Festival has become quite an important place at which to exhibit one’s film or film-related product, or to show up for the scheduled salutes and honorifics Hollywood is so good at. Come to think of it – and we mean no disrespect here – there is perhaps no other business we can think of that spends so much time honoring and even glorifying its members. Except, of course, the business of government and political gamesmanship, as anyone who has ever gone to a city council or supervisors meeting can attest.

Alas, friends, we digress…as usual.

Does the Film Festival Really Fuel A Fiscal Feeding Frenzy?

We actually have a fairly simple question this week, directed to Santa Barbara business folk and even elected officials at the local level: Is this 11-day event good for business?

Yeah, yeah…we know. We aren’t supposed to ask questions like this. Of course our beloved SBIFF is good for business. How dare the Sentinel ask such a question. It’s practically blasphemy. (Grab the pitchfork, honey; I’ll get the torch!) And Mazza’s Missive (“A Film Festival Fast Pitch”) and The Money Machine on the cover this week certainly seem to toe the proverbial line with respect to the endless bounty of riches that the Festival purportedly provides. So what gives?

The truth is we figured the Festival must be good for hotels and restaurants, but we’ve had mixed reviews even with those auxiliary businesses. Restaurant owners we’ve spoken with – no names, please, no one wants to get on the bad side of festival organizers! – grouse

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that except for the eateries immediately adjacent to the theaters where films are unspooling, business is just so-so, perhaps even slower than normal. Same with hotels: the big ones, such as the Bacara, Fess Parker’s Doubletree, the Biltmore and maybe (okay, likely) the San Ysidro Ranch, probably see an increase in whatever business they may have done (and summer is their big season, not winter, so any additional business must be greeted with gratitude and enthusiasm). But what about the smaller hotels, motels, and inns: do they benefit at all?

Do shopping malls, boutiques, wineries, and smaller restaurants away from the action see an increase in business? The Funk Zone? (Why aren’t there any movies in the Funk Zone, anyway, isn’t it artsy and hipster-friendly and uber-cool? We think so, for the record… so what’s the problem?) How, for example, do Goleta businesses fare during the Festival?

Not so good, we are told. And that is understandable, as why would anyone from say, Los Angeles, hike it up to Goleta (unless, of course, there were some screenings going on)?

Do any of these moviegoers spring for a new or used car while visiting? Do they buy clothing or go to Lazy Acres or Whole Foods? Do they, in fact, go anywhere outside the 10 blocks that stretch from Cota to Victoria? We think not. (But we’ve been wrong before.)

Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (At Least Until Next Year) So, with that in mind, we’d like to hear other views about the Festival from Sentinel readers; we’d like to know whether the whole dog and pony show is a net positive from your perspective. Does the Festival shine such an all-encompassing light on the entire Santa Barbara area that it’s worth whatever inconvenience it may create? Is it all good or all bad?

Is it something in between?

Do you, as a Sentinel reader, ever even go anywhere near the film festival? Do you go to any of the movies or do you sometimes attend some of the more interesting salutes and interviews with the bigger names?

Let us know; it’s probably worth the conversation it may generate. Either way, though, we’d sure like to hear from you. We actually take pleasure in throwing ideas, criticisms, observations and objections around as we responsibly enjoy (read: guzzle) a Firestone Double Barrel Ale or two and hash out what’s going into the next issue.

Better yet, maybe you could join us some Wednesday evening as we put this thing to bed.

We really are interested in how you feel. And we almost always have cold beers.

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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.

Storyboarding Santa Barbara’s Seedier Side

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ejoice, Santa Barbarians, for the 28th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival has descended upon us in all of its glory. We’re spoiled, frankly, by Executive Director Roger Durling and his cast and crew, who have undoubtedly outdone themselves yet again this year. Indeed, nearly 50 countries are represented in the Festival in 2013, and many promising and established filmmakers from around the globe are here to show off their wares.

The SBIFF is no joke, folks, it’s the real deal. Internationally recognized and acclaimed.

Prestigious. A real potential launching pad for many of the aforementioned filmmakers.

And so, as we sat this week scouring SBPD’s media book for the sorts of interesting misconduct we endeavor to relay, we thought long and hard about our potential contribution to the creative and collaborative community we savor so much.

How can we inspire the most imaginative and innovative amongst us, we pondered, how can we add to the artistic visionary conversation happening right here, right now?

Mightily we struggled with such profound rhetorical questions, battling a steadfast internal adversary fighting for simplicity, for more of the same, in the face of such creative greatness. And ultimately, we won. We triumphed over tediousness. We overcame apathy.

Onward we push. Let the mundane be damned.

It turns out that Santa Barbara is chock-full of interesting stories. Interesting stories that might best be told by, say, documentarians. Or by quasi-documentarians who base stories, often loosely, on allegedly factual underpinnings. Or, perhaps, by anti-documentarians, who base stories on nothing but their own experiences, whether real or imagined.

Whatever.

Here are a few thoughts for the Film Festival’s best and brightest to consider as they move forward to the next project. We think there is potential for real cinematic genius here, so get out the notepads and start storyboarding. (Ah…we aren’t movie people and just made that last part about storyboarding up. It seems to make sense but we could be way off base.

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CRIME TIME QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Yeah, I had too much to drink.”

-54-year-old mansient passed out, late morning, behind Blockbuster on Milpas.

Just start doing whatever you do to begin the creative process of movie-making. You won’t be disappointed.)

Wardrobe Malfunction CRIME: A drunken 22-year-old woman from San Francisco was found screaming into a cell

phone at her boyfriend while urinating in an alley near the Wildcat at around 1:30am last weekend. Perhaps not surprisingly, she was arrested for public intoxication.

OBSERVATION: When the young woman stood up from her squatted position to address SBPD, one of her breasts, ah…fell out. (Classy.) It’s hard to know whether the youthful boob was exposed in an intentional effort to sway SBPD’s opinion regarding her level of intoxication, but let’s just say that it didn’t do her any good. (Maybe she should have just pulled both out and really gone for it – if you’re going to be a bear, after all, you might as well be a grizzly.)

FILM CONCEPT: We like this as an opening sequence in a romantic comedy starring the poor dude – David Doherty – on the other end of the phone. We see David in a soft light, sleeping innocently, peacefully, then suddenly and violently yanked into the far less pleasant world of the living by the shrill, piercing screams of his lunatic binge-drinking sorority girlfriend, Kaitlin.

FADE IN: EXT. DARK AND SEEDY ALLEYWAY “Wait just a second you son-of-a-bitch,” Kaitlin slurs as she pulls her skin-tight mini-skirt up around her hips and squats defiantly in the darkened alleyway, “you’re going to tell me where the hell you were last night.”

“Baby, I swear, I stayed home and watched this great documentar…”

“Don’t you lie to me. I know what you did. I know who you did. It was that yuppie prude at the coffee shop. I’ve seen you looking at her caboose, you…”

“No baby, I swear, it’s not like that…”

Cut to a wide angle as SBPD shines their flashlights on the drunken nightmare.

Cue sleazy breast exposure and attempted drunken explanation.

Fade in on the poor boyfriend at some coffee house a week later, saddened by his recent break-up, shy and tender and alone. But he’s soon emboldened and emotionally bolstered by this smoking hot, super-sensual hippie barista named Jennifer Aniston or something. The relationship blossoms (hippie pun intended) after they make some sappy deal not to drink while seeing each other. The film ends with their wedding and clink of champagne flutes, going to black just before the each sips from their respective glasses.

Hey, hang on a second, we smell a sequel.

We don’t have it all worked out yet, but Wardrobe Malfunction II starts with a long night of post-wedding partying and some hilarious related problems including conception, and then yet another sappy deal to not drink, this time during pregnancy. Wholesome romantic hippie fun ensues. The film ends with the birth of a baby and a celebration where champagne is poured, glasses clinked and…well, you get the idea. You can take it from there.

Saving Sara CRIME: An intoxicated 30-year-old female SB resident refused to pay a $6.20 cab fare and was arrested for petty theft. (We’ll say.)

OBSERVATION: She would have likely gotten away with the sophisticated caper but, after

yelling at the cab driver, kicking the cab and running upstairs to her apartment, she was unable to locate the keys to get inside. The cabbie quickly found her and called the cops.

FILM CONCEPT: Tear-jerker. Straight up. This young woman – Sara – has been perfect her whole life, a 4.0 student, concert violinist, champion triathlete (etcetera). But suddenly her behavior changes, and she becomes withdrawn and anti-social and unpredictable. She’s quickly diagnosed by a hunky young doctor – Dr. Jon Bender – with some sort of rare brain disorder, and spends the rest of her days in and out of lucidity under his compassionate care.

Ultimately, Bender is faced with the heart-wrenching end-of-life decision and confronted by his close friend and colleague, the less hunky but even more passionate Dr. Cox. “Dr. Bender, you took an oath when you decided to practice medicine. Not just any oath; the Hippocratic Oath. You know the right decision here – for the patient, for Sara, Jon – and you must act upon it. You must…”

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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.

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ou’ve done an increasingly good job with the Sentinel’s covers. In fact, starting the year with Holy Schatzle! and A Brew With A View was terrific. Problem is that I have no idea who those women on last week’s cover are, and I couldn’t find their names anywhere in the paper. What gives?

Phil Miller Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Thanks for pointing out my shortcoming, Phil. The women on the cover last week are Kerry Bennett (left) and Ashley O’Brien up at Brophy Bros. Take a minute and say hello next time you’re in the Harbor, they are both quick with a smile and some fun…even when the restaurant is so damned busy you can’t get a seat. But hey, standing up on the deck and snacking on some garlic baked clams and a cold beer on a hot day while staring out at the harbor (and beyond) is a true SB treat. See you there.–MSM)

Reconsidering Anonymity I previously corresponded with you early on about your SBPD column and appreciated your response that your goal was to motivate people to start discussing tough issues. You have exceeded your initial goals as evidenced by the most recent addition which contains a greatly expanded and very lively Letters to the Editor section. The Sentinel is making a positive impact in providing a forum for members of the community to express themselves on matters they deem worthy of comment.

However, with the best of intentions, I believe you do a disservice to our community by allowing such expressions to be printed “anonymously.” The very fears of “retribution or retaliation” only further allow a climate of fear – to the extent it may have any real basis (versus a perceived one) – to persist. Can’t we do better than this? If in fact retribution and retaliation is a serious issue, then what better way to deal with it than to shine the bright light of day on such anti-social behavior? Those with views should be able to take responsibility for them in an effort to make positive steps toward effecting change. It takes a firm first step to initiate positive change, and you have the ability to take that step. I urge you to please seriously reconsider and revise your policy concerning printing “anonymous” submissions.

Bob Ornstein Montecito (Editor’s Note: Thanks, Bob, important point. I remember your November 2012 letter calling Crime Time a “meaningful public service” – if memory serves – and asking “Who guards the guardians?” when it comes to SBPD. I’m glad you’re still reading. And I agree about last week’s letters section; we

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN SB (FOR A WHILE ANYWAY) SO HEAD DOWN TO THE HARBOR FOR BROPHY’S AND SOME FUN IN THE SUN

ife can be tough; there’s no way around it. Sometimes things just don’t go the way you plan. In fact, sometimes things fall apart completely and you’re left standing there, cold and alone, faced with the prospect of picking up the pieces and starting anew.

Again.

Take this past Wednesday. I had my day all mapped out. The previous week had been a busy one, so I’d promised my wife and kids that I would make dinner. It had been cold outside, quite cold indeed, so I suggested a beautiful little saffron-roasted butternut squash risotto from homemade chicken stock, with a little salad from the garden out back and a splash of a lovely Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir for me and the wife.

That’s right. The whole nine yards. The cat’s meow. The full monty.

The excitement was palpable that morning. Wendi was glowing, visibly thrilled with the prospect of a night off from the kitchen, and the girls were bubbling with the knowledge that whenever I cook, there’s a reasonable chance of a decent meal and a near lock on a surprise dessert. Things had started well.

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have noticed a steady growth not only in the volume of correspondence received but also in the quality of the thinking and content (no disrespect to early letter writers, we are just seeing more breadth and depth now).

To the meat of the matter: The anonymous author. It’s tough, frankly, and I literally just discussed this very issue with a friend over a glass of wine last week. There are times when anonymity may be required for a variety of valid reasons and my gut with respect to the letter to which you refer, for better or worse, was that (1) the content was worth publishing and (2) the veil of anonymity was reasonably necessary. But, of course, that very anonymity can also be a way to shed responsibility for an unpopular or misguided opinion, an ill-conceived thought or just a plain old mean-spirited attack. Publishing such content anonymously is irresponsible, certainly, and we are doing our best to make ...continued p.18

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Shop Talk

A former Foster’s Freeze, orders are taken at the window at The Shop restaurant on Milpas.

The fab four Shop owners are Dudley Michael, Scott Manser (he’s single, ladies), and newlyweds Amy and Chris Vigilante.

After rising in the sun for hours, Shopmade bread is prepped for the oven by Chef Richard Maxwell.

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t must have been one heck of a java jones. When east side resident Chris Vigilante craved coffee, he had to go all the way downtown to get some. “We love all the Mexican restaurants, but wanted a neighborhood coffee place,” he says of the impetus for opening The Shop, at the corner of Milpas and De La Guerra streets. No wonder one wall in the restaurant’s kitchen reads “Get Your Fix.” Four friends opened The Shop on December 13, 2012. Along with Chris, they are Scott Manser, Dudley Michael and Amy Vigilante. Dudley and Chris were roommates back in the day at UCSB. When Chris was Director of Restaurants at San Ysidro Ranch, he had to fire thenbusboy Scott. Apparently, Scott was a good worker who couldn’t resist taking a dip in the resort’s pool on his day off. “It was the most beautiful day,” Scott repeatedly says in his defense. Chris and Amy Brisendine met when they both worked at Wine Cask. They married two months ago.

In the end, the space dictated what the restaurant ended up being. Built as a Foster’s Freeze in the ‘50s, there was a window for order taking, an inside dining room and outside eating area now filled with picnic tables. There was an efficient, but not massive, kitchen. Hence the menu grew beyond coffee shop fare. The exposed kitchen called for attractive appliances. A pricy Vulcan oven was discovered at an auction house. A red Hobart mixer from 1948 was found and refurbished. The name The Shop is a nod to J’s Tire being just off the back.

Everyone has his or her role in the restaurant. Amy greets guests and takes orders. It makes sense that she’s the face of business. Amy could give Jennifer Garner a run for her money in the great

“Celia,” named for Celiac disease (gluten intolerance), is a new addition to the menu. It’s quinoa, faro, roasted corn, kale, winter squash, mandarin orange and feta cheese, toasted pistachio, and chili lime vinaigrette, $10. The “Shop Burger” is a 1/3 pound seasoned patty, green goddess salad dressing, spicy cheddar (it has a kick to it), lettuce, bread & butter pickles on a Shop bun, $8.25.

“In-Yo-Face” is thick-cut Shop toast topped with Shopcured salmon and dill crème fraîche, $6.50. “Granola Yogi” is Shopmade granola, vanilla yogurt, local honey, citrus and banana, $7.25.

smile and dimple department. Chris is the coffee man, using local Green Star Coffee (certified organic and fair trade). Dudley is in the kitchen with Scott, who also pinch hits wherever needed. Curly haired Chef Richard Maxwell hails from Puerto Rico.

He moved to Santa Barbara eight years ago to open Sevilla.

In keeping with other Milpas Street eateries, prices are reasonable. The most expensive item on the menu is $10. “It’s like a diner, quality food at a good price,” says Amy. Everything is Shopmade including ketchup, mayonnaise, jams, pickles, BBQ

sauce, ranch and Thousand Island dressings.

The menu is broken down into “Breakfast” and “Later.” “We serve food that you’d crave when hung-over,” says Dudley.

Dishes are cleverly named. “Best Damn Oatmeal” is organic steel cut oatmeal, brown sugar, mascarpone, golden raisins and pecans, $7.25. It takes over an hour to make. Real men can order quiche here. “The McQueen,” named after the manliest of actors, is quiche with scallions, black beans, corn tomato salsa and cheddar cheese, $6.00. “Mac on Crack” is Gorgonzola, pecans, chopped apple and bacon, $8.00. The “Lunchbox” is fries, onion rings or salad and soda with your choice of grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, corn dog or cheeseburger, $6.50.

All breads and pastries are made on site, $2.25. The buttermilk biscuit is giant, and the cinnamon bun is sweet, literally and figuratively. The Sea Salt Brown Butter

The Shop Chef Richard Maxwell.

Cookie, similar in texture to shortbread, is sensational, $1.50.

After ordering, diners get a number to take to their table. Dishes are brought to you so you don’t have to wait for your number or name to be called. “Once you sit down, you can relax. We’ll bring it to you,” says Amy. At most, the wait is 15 minutes.

A steak sandwich, fish taco, shrimp poboy, and shrimp ‘n’ grits are soon to be added to the Later menu. There are plans to stay open through dinner, rather than closing at 4:00pm.

Hipsters will feel at home here, but so will everyone else.

The Shop is located at 730 N. Milpas; 805-845-1696. Open 7:00am to 4:00pm Monday thru Saturday; 8:00am to 4:00pm Sunday.

Eagerly awaiting tips, tips, tips: If you have any restaurant information, please contact me at wendy@santabarbarasentinel. com.

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Dosage First off, everything is about dosage.

Show me one medicine bottle whose label says: Directions: When taken in unhealthy dosages, these pills will have these health benefits... that just doesn’t make sense. The key is moderation. Just remember that health is about lifestyle, not diet. Excessive consumption usually goes hand-in-hand with excessive inactivity.

The theory is that wine drinkers tend to live healthier lifestyles than beer or spirit consumers and therefore are less prone to weight gain. So what is a “healthy” dosage of the brew? One to two drinks per day seems to be the accepted amount. Notice that that the quantity is given per day and not per week. It is far healthier to consume a moderate amount of alcohol every day than to binge for one. This number has been adopted because it is the quantity where studies have found a reduced risk in overall mortality and coronary heart disease when compared to people who drink excessively, or even abstain completely. Females are on the lower end of this spectrum.

Sorry ladies.

The Calorically Minded Dieting largely consists of calories and content. At 7 cal/g, as compared to 4 cal/g for protein and carbohydrates or 9 cal/g for fats, it is alcohol itself that adds the majority of the calories to any grown-up sippy cup.

So when thinking about the calories of your beer, go for a lower ABV (alcohol by volume).

In “light” beers, the first thing to be lowered is the alcohol content. Then add a dash of extraneous enzymes to help

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Fortunately beer scientists around the world are hard at work researching how to get higher contents of these compounds in our brews.

So there it is. Beer bonging in IV is not the same as having an IV in your arm, but, with moderation, beer can certainly contribute to a healthy lifestyle lacking in beer bellies at any time of the year, not just the beginning of it. Cheers.

Resolving the Beer Belly ersonally, I’ve never really believed in New Year’s resolutions. They always seem like another form of procrastination. If there is a change I want to make, I am going to make it regardless of where we are on the calendar.

Right around this time of the new year is when people begin to sway from the differences that they have resolved to make.

One of the most common resolutions people proclaim is to drop some pounds.

(About eight years back I had made a similar choice and less then a year later I was about 80 pounds under.) A recent discussion at The Brewhouse got me thinking about the subject of weight loss and beer. An individual commented that he was drinking wine as to keep away from a “beer belly.”

As someone who lives a healthy (enough) lifestyle but who also consumes more than his share of beer, I wanted to clear up some misconceptions about the brew and the belly.

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convert spare carbohydrates into the desired alcohol content. And presto, we have a light-calorie lager. Most of these lesser brews have about 100 calories per can. Want to actually taste your beer while trying to be calorie conscious? Try a Guinness Draught, which only has 126 calories per bottle (not nearly as filling and rich as it sometimes seems). You can easily burn that extra 25 calories walking to the store to pick up your 6-pack.

What’s In It? Let’s look at what is actually in beer before we condemn it as the thunder in our thighs. Firstly, beer is a natural product, containing only water, grains, hops, and yeast. Beer essentially has zero fat (bubbles can’t form in the presence of oils) and a relatively low protein content. Wheat has a higher amount of protein than barley, so drink hefeweizens if you are looking to pump up the protein. Unfiltered and bottle conditioned (the ones that have yeast in the bottom) beers will also have increased protein content, among other minerals and vitamins that are contained within the yeast.

A Pinkus Hefe-weizen from the world’s first certified organic brewery is loaded with both wheat and yeast.

Carbohydrate contents vary drastically from style to style. Sweeter, thicker bodied beers will generally correspond to more carbohydrates. Paulaner Salvator, a doppelbock, was actually designed as “liquid bread” to help sustain monks through Lent. Don’t believe it? See J Wilson’s blog, Diary of a Part-time Monk, where he investigated these claims by consuming only beer and water for the entire Lenten period.

These represent the basic building blocks of beer nutrition. But wait! Beer has other components to offer as well. Most noticeable is beer’s high silicon content. This mineral has been found to increase bone density and may help fight osteoporosis. On a similar note, a recent study from the University

The Beer Guy’s medicine cabinet.

of Tokushima examined the effects of 8-prenylnaringenin and its ability to prevent muscular atrophy (break down) in aging mice. This compound and other flavonoids (especially xanthohumol) found in hops are the two rising stars in the beer science world and are being investigated for their potential as anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and anticancerous agents just to name a few. There is a catch though. The amounts found in beer are not nearly high enough to produce the desired result. Darker, highly hopped beers (think Russian imperial stouts) have the highest amount of these compounds.

If you are interested in learning more on this subject, look into the book, Beer: Health and Nutrition by Charles Bamforth. Based out of UC Davis, Bamforth happens to be one of the foremost researchers in beer science. But if you feel like really getting geeky then seek out Beer in Health and Disease Prevention, edited by Victor Preedy, which will give you more than a day’s worth of nerdiness.

This 1000+ page tome with 103 chapters (and 28 online) covers everything from the chemistry of aging beer to xanthohumol and its “anti-invasive and proapoptotic effect” in cancerous cells. Both of these books (among other various research papers) have contributed to writing this piece and the information they contain about this extremely complicated subject could hardly be summed up here. There is also more to be said about my personal history with beer and health, but that story is best saved for a future column.

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Milpas on the Move

Sharon Byrne

by 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.

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Homeless Count, Cops, and Pedestrian Safety

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t’s been a jam-packed week – I did the Common Ground Homeless Count, which means getting up at 4:00am, heading out along the beach near Garden Street, and waking people up to ask them a slew of questions. I got to lead a team of excellent quick-studies. We found a lot of people, as would be expected in this area. This is my third count – I did one in Santa Monica in 2011, to learn from them, and then the Common Ground count here last time.

Why do it? Well, you learn a lot, and you’re part of gathering data on the scope and extent of the problem. Without it, we’re reduced to emotional arguments and anecdotes. It’s impossible to measure progress without establishing a baseline.

My hope is that we focus on achieving measurable results, and realistically assess how we’re doing.

My terrific teammates for the beach/Funk Zone area homeless count: Judy and Mike Maybell, Leif Nunneley, and Kathy McMilliam.

Coffee With a Cop – Milpas McDonald’s

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offee With a Cop was started by Kasi Beutel, and has been well received, apparently. Community policing is a great concept – a well-connected officer knows the problem spots, and who they can go to for reliable intel on goings-on.

Milpas has two of the best beat cops you can ask for: Officers Gutierrez and Wojciechowski. We know them as Adrian and Wojo. Both live on the Eastside.

Adrian is at every community meeting, and organizes neighborhood watches. He runs a citizen’s academy course, and just graduated a huge Spanish-speaking class. He could write the book on community policing.

Like Adrian, Wojo is a community-based cop, and both have been deeply involved in PAL, or Police Activities League, which provides free sports training, team jerseys, and tournaments to kids after school. My daughter was in PAL basketball for the Santa Barbara Junior High team. She’s not the least bit athletic, but worked hard. We all cried and cheered her team when they fought back from dead last in the early rounds of the citywide finals to claim a second-place trophy.

Cost to us: zero.

Value: priceless.

Once we learned these two officers would tag-team the Eastside beat early last year, we threw them a “Welcome Beat Officers” party at La Casa de la Raza. Many neighbors came, brought a ton of food, and welcomed them to the beat.

They’ve been at all our community events, and engaged with concerned citizens on a

Officer Beutel talks with neighbors while Councilman Rowse arrives at the Milpas McDonald’s Coffee with a Cop (Wojo is seen in the background).

Campus Resource Officer Marshall, and Officer Reyes in the background with Browning Allen at McDonald’s.

Dave Peterson chatting with Cam Sanchez.

Tri-County’s John Dixon with Officer Adrian Gutierrez and the infamous donuts.

wide array of topics.

A group of concerned neighbors walked Officers Buetel and Reyes through West Downtown last year, and they were responsive, helpful, and incredibly observant. It means something to me to run into these officers, get a warm greeting, catch up on how each other’s kids are doing, and talk to them about what’s going on in the area. They know the neighborhood issues. They work on them. They keep you in the loop.

And you know them. You feel a connection there.

I am a convert to the church of community policing, without a doubt.

Thus the Coffee With a Cop on Milpas was a delight. They all came: Kasi, John Reyes, Adrian, Wojo, Torres, Beecher, and our new campus officer Marshall (I love her. As a SBHS parent, I am thrilled she’s there. Even just an occasional monitoring of Roger Dodger’s Edhat scanner report reveals she’s earning her keep, and then some).

Cam was there. Browning Allen from Public Works was present. Councilmen Rowse and Hotchkiss came by and chatted with the neighbors.

And so did the neighbors. I arrived early, and was greeted by a grinning Dave Peterson, owner of McDonald’s, son of the famous Herb Peterson, creator of the Egg McMuffin – right here in Santa Barbara!

Dave is also father of the famous Lakey Peterson, one of the top surfers in the world.

John Dixon of Tri-County Produce arrived, with a dozen donuts for the cops.

We all got a good laugh out of that one.

It was a great event, and we extend a hearty thanks to SBPD for coming to the neighborhood, and strengthening the

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ongoing relationship with this community.

The police are doing a sting this week on Milpas at the new pedestrian signals at Yanonali and Ortega. If you’ve been driving Milpas lately, you‘ve probably seen the signals in action – bright, rapidly flashing yellow lights. I’ve seen people crossing without using them (dangerous!), and cars sometimes going through the intersection even when they’re flashing. Hopefully the sting will help educate everyone about the appropriate behavior at these intersections.

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

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Money and Sports: Lance’s Pseudo-Confession

by Loretta Redd

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ance Armstrong, aka “The Boss” and “Big Tex,” is a liar and a cheat. He put his ego and income ahead of integrity, character and truth.

I’m amazed at how many sports writers have offered at least something of a ‘mea culpa’ to Lance in their articles following the Great pseudo-Confession. “Lance Armstrong had a tough go of it this year,” they write, “seven Tour de France titles stripped, sponsors jumping the ship, and being forced to give up his position as head of Livestrong.”

But I don’t feel sorry for him in the least, except to say that I don’t believe he has fully confessed, and may not be innately capable of actually telling the whole, ugly truth. Well, not unless a media icon like Oprah Winfrey is seated across from him. Maybe he should have started in a Catholic confessional first, but my guess is his last opportunity will be in front of a judge.

How does a man who was diagnosed with testicular, brain and lung cancer in 1996, underwent surgery and chemotherapy, then declared cancer free in 1997, take that miracle and warp it into a blood doping, performance enhancing drug empire?

Where is a man’s soul who owns a business in Texas named Juan Pelota Cafe (a play on the Spanish translation: one ball) who goes on to father five children, then uses their innocence for a photo op onstage with daddy dearest as he accepts the Cup of a winner in Paris, France?

During his recent Oprah ‘save my butt’ interview, our cycling hero tears up during his recollection of telling his son to stop defending his father’s record to his schoolyard chums.

Unfortunately, his son and the rest of us are still waiting for the truth about offering

a representative of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency a “donation” of roughly $250,000 in 2004. So many confessions, so little primetime.

No, I have no sympathy for Lance Armstrong, or any of the other cheaters in major sports today, most of who confessed not out of consciousness, but in an attempt to save their financial empires. The Olympic Committee plays cat and mouse every four years with the newest cocktail of injectable gold medal enhancement; Bud Selig struggles to keep the Barry Bonds, Melky Cabreras and Mark McGwires of the teams from unjustly claiming that their hard work and genetic talent caused a baseball to almost sail over the stadium wall and into the parking lot.

Money. That is the source of the travesty; the real growth hormone of so-called professional sports.

Lance Armstrong’s net worth is assessed at $100 million, but that is chump change in an era when illegal wagers for professional sports top an estimated $380 billion, not including product endorsement and advertising. Whether it is the marketable Olympic gold medal around the neck of the flying squirrel Gabby Douglas, or Tiger Woods’ $600 million in endorsements, the amount of money in sports is totally out of control, and we have only ourselves to blame.

On December 18, 2012 the Los Angeles Times wrote an article outlining the salary inflation in pro sports, referring to it as “Bank-Breaking Work.”

Major League Baseball: In 1985, Dale Murphy was paid $1.6 million. In 1995, Ken Griffey, Jr. got $7.6 million. By 2005, Mike Piazza was claiming $16.1 million, and today, our ‘Angel’ outfielder Josh Hamilton has an average 5-year contract of $25 million.

Want to try the National Basketball Association? Start with Larry Bird in 1985 at $1.8 million, then Hakeem Olajuwon’s $5.3 million in 1995, to the Laker’s Kobe Bryant in 2005 at $15.9 million, and LeBron James will beat that at $16 million this year.

Maybe you’re a National Football League fan. Let’s start with Joe Montana in 1985 at a paltry $1 million, to Brett Favre at $2.9 million in 1995, to Tiki Barber with the 2005 Giants’ $6 million contract, and finally Peyton Manning (with his 1-4 start this year) still took home $18 million.

I would be naive to pretend that gambling and money haven’t been a part of sports since before the days of GrecoRoman wrestling, but like so many areas of influence today, it is the amount of money that is destroying the pillars of our national character.

From the time of Pee Wee competition, parents and coaches all hope for a winner, and push those with sufficient talent toward ever more lucrative rewards. High schools are tempted to socially promote players into college while being offered money for product endorsements; college stars choose professional contracts over educational degrees, while their alumni cram money

into athletics rather than intellect; and the pros seem willing to do anything from withstanding irreversible brain damage to secretly injecting themselves with growth hormones like heroin addicts in order to attract an agent.

Money in sports has made tramps of us all – both as competitors and as fans – we are selling the art of physical agility and strength for the thrill of a dollar, and we – like Lance Armstrong – should do more than just confess.

Ray Estrada

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

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Business Beat

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New SB Chamber Board Chairman Sees Bright 2013

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ew Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman Scott Hadley is the managing partner at Bartlett Pringle & Wolf, Santa Barbara’s old certified public accounting firm, which opened in 1948. Hadley has been with BPW for 15 years. BPW has been a Chamber member since it started operation.

“Our 2013 business plan will be unveiled February 7 at the State of the Chamber luncheon at the Coral Casino,” Hadley told Santa Barbara View. At the earliest, Hadley said, a replacement for 24-year Chamber chief Steve Cushman could be named by the end of March.

Cushman retired abruptly in May, just after the Chamber vice president and marketing chief left. Former Ventura Chamber chief Zoe Taylor was named interim president and chief executive officer. Taylor initially was brought on board to serve until this month or until a replacement was found.

Hadley said the Chamber is posting the national search for a new leader with the Western Association of Chambers of Commerce. Applicants will be interviewed in February, he said.

Meanwhile, the SB Chamber is trying to grow its more than 800 members to the level of its glory days before the recession, when membership was well over 1,100.

Some now-former members said they were not getting enough return on the hundreds of dollars paid in dues to the Chamber annually. Many quit the group and joined other organizations.

Hadley said the Chamber board is turning that trend around. “The Chamber will be the voice of businesses,” he said.

It will provide more networking events, business information and advocacy to

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supports its members, said Hadley, a Buellton resident who earlier served as Chamber treasurer.

The new chairman said the group has surveyed its members and found more of the things they want from their membership. “We hope people will come out and give the Chamber a good look,” he said.

Spirit of Entrepreneurship Nominations Sought

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his week, nominations opened for awards to honor eight woman entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara County, while raising scholarship money for future business people.

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation, formerly the NAWBOSB Foundation, will stage a gala awards dinner in May to honor the eight winners and present scholarships to local student entrepreneurs. Winners will be nominated in eight categories. Nomination deadline is February 22.

“We have added a new category this year for Emerging Businesses to level the playing field for women who are just starting their businesses,” said Cathy Feldman, board chairwoman and CEO of the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation. “Anyone can nominate herself or someone else just by going to our website, www.soefoundation.org, and clicking ‘nominations’ and filling out the form.”

Feldman said the selection of winners will be done by independent judges who are not connected with the foundation to preserve the integrity of the awards.

The top three nominees in each category will be recognized, but the winners will not be announced until the dinner at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Hotel & Resort. Lynda Weinman, co-founder and executive chairwoman of lynda.com, will be the MC for the event.

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards is held with the Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Santa Barbara City College. A week before the event, the Scheinfeld Center will put on its New Venture Challenge, a two-tiered business pitch competition for SBCC students and area high school students to promote youth entrepreneurship.

Three student prizes at the college and high school level will be awarded.

Winners of both tiers of the New Venture Challenge will be the foundation’s guests and receive their prizes at the Spirit of Entrepreneurship dinner. Proceeds from the awards will fund cash prizes for the student winners.

“The mission of the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation is to support entrepreneurship at all levels in Santa Barbara County because entrepreneurs are the engine for growing our economy,” Feldman added. “By recognizing both women and student entrepreneurs with the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards, we believe we are making an important contribution.”

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shows and ticket packages sold out early this year. Media from all over the globe, literally, are swarming, scratching to get the best photos and interviews with the heavies right before the Academy Awards. (They are just a month away and SBIFF is the last major film festival before they go down.) In fact, the Film Festival has been forced to limit press passes in light of tremendous demand to ensure there are plenty of seats for nonmedia film festival goers.

With the crowds and media attention came the stars – actually it’s more of a chicken and egg problem (did the stars bring the crowds and media or vice-versa?)

– and further heightened attention. That, in turn, piqued the interest of film acquirers, who began frequenting the SBIFF to scout and purchase films, and, voila, a major international film festival with globally recognized talent was born. (Just that easy, right Roger?)

“We’ve really become the Cannes of the Western United States,” Steve Blain said, “we have high-caliber, high-quality films and filmmakers, and plenty of industry insiders to complement that new talent.

And we’re just thrilled to bring all of it to Santa Barbara.”

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It’s not just the citizens of Santa Barbara who tend to embrace the Film Festival, it’s the business owners and community too.

“I served on the SBCVB (Santa Barbara Conference and Visitor’s Bureau) and the Film Commission,” said local restaurateur extraordinaire Mitchell Sjerven, “and I saw firsthand the benefits bestowed upon the Santa Barbara business community by the Film Festival. It happens in the offseason for Santa Barbara and really brings a meaningful boost to the local economy at a time when we might otherwise see a slow or flat period.”

Mitchell’s bouchon has traditionally seen strong numbers throughout the Festival, often simply as walk-in business. “Our location is terrific for the Arlington, of course,” he confided (sort of… it’s no secret).

The Arlington Tavern also has a pretty terrific location for the Arlington, and expects quite a turnout. “This is our first

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Film Fest neophyte Diego Barbieri has his Arlington Tavern looking tight.

Film Festival,” proprietor Diego Barbieri said with a smile, “but we are involved as a sponsor and are really excited for what we expect will be quite a couple weeks.”

(Arlington Tavern, along with many other local restaurants, is participating in Film Feast, a program by which local restaurants offer fixed price menus for the duration of the Festival.)

As one might imagine, bars are hopping too. Joe’s Manager Paul Livacz explained that the Festival has a “positive impact on business every year,” and that “Joe’s sees lots of walk-in business before and after shows.” Intermezzo expects great crowds again this year as well, and will be showing Sideways and pouring a few terrific related wines by the glass (Hitching Post Pinot Noir, Sea Smoke Southing Pinot Noir and Tantara Syrah).

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“Don’t you go playing God, Jon, although Christ knows you have the talent.”

But Dr. Bender’s efforts to save Sara aren’t enough, and she passes quietly, holding his hand, in her sleep. Fade to black. (We can see a whole sequence in which Dr. Bender’s life really goes to shit prior to the end of the flick – license revoked, lost in the bottle – but he is saved by Dr. Cox. And the two do or do not begin a passionate love affair. Depends on the target demographic, we suppose.)

Crossing Paths CRIME: A 31-year-old mansient entered an area thrift shop, sat down on the floor and

refused to leave. When the exasperated shopkeeper finally threatened to call SBPD, the man pulled out a “concealed dagger” and held it to the proprietor’s neck. He took off and was found later by SBPD with the “concealed dagger” and a meth pipe. (Go figure.)

OBSERVATION: Our experience – having done this for at least three months – is that any concealed weapon of any kind is usually being hidden right next to a filthy old meth pipe.

Coincidence?

FILM CONCEPT: We’re feeling one of those flicks where there are a number of seemingly disjointed characters and storylines that all eventually come together in the end – sort of like Crash a few years back. This one starts with the scene in the thrift store, and gets the audience feeling scared and sorry for the apparently innocent do-gooder shopkeeper, aggressive and disgusted toward the mansient drug addict and enthusiastic for the all-American cops.

But then come the back stories for each constituency. The transient drug addict’s story begins with an abusive father and alcoholic mother who used to burn him with hot fixedblade knives when he didn’t get home from school on time. He carries the knife as a little security blanket, not as a weapon, and weaves hemp jewelry to earn money to take care of his new clean girlfriend and her two fatherless kids. He was in the thrift store to buy some winter clothes for them, and sat down from overwhelming exhaustion stemming from an all-night weaving session. (He had fallen off the wagon for the first time that night and smoked a little meth to stay up and get the jewelry done since a storm was coming and he needed the money to get the warm clothes for the kids.)

The shopkeeper is by all outward appearances an upstanding citizen, serving an underserved community. But it turns out he’s some weird creep who lures kids to the office behind the thrift store with candy. He occasionally burns them with a knife.

The two cops who ultimately chase the mansient down after the climactic thrift store scene are drug addict criminals who spend their days shaking down innocent street folk for their next high. (You know, the usual.)

By the time the thrift store scene comes around again toward the end of the movie, the tables have turned and the audience has changed its perspective and is rooting for the homeless guy to kill the weird pedophile shopkeeper and get away from the despicable druggie cops. But the flick ends with the mansient behind bars (and his girlfriend and her kids freezing in the winter storm), the cops high as hell on his leftover meth, laughing, and the shopkeeper free to continue his wretched abuse.

The world is dark and unfair.

Fade to black.

That was way too fun. We could literally spend hours and hours (drinking wine, chugging beers, smoking whatever) and coming up with this stuff. Hey, wait…isn’t that what screenwriters and filmmakers do for a living? We want in, man, come on! What the hell were we thinking starting a weekly newspaper for cryin’ out loud?!

Watch out, SBIFF 2014, we’re entering the script contest. And we’re coming correct.

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Wine Cask and Intermezzo GM and Executive Chef, Sarah Rudd and Brandon Hughes, can’t wait to get down to business this week. (Nice picture, Sarah, told you!)

It’s no surprise that local hotels and inns also benefit from the event. “We see repeat visitors from the industry year after year,” said Marjorie Robertson, Events Manager at The Upham Hotel, ”The Festival really gets the Upham – and Santa Barbara more generally – terrific exposure in a beautiful way.”

That pretty much says it all, Marjorie, thanks.

(Note that Marjorie’s point is a theme I’ve heard before. When zillions of visitors pile into our streets from oft-bemoaned massive cruise ships off our shores, one of the main aims of city fathers – and mothers – is to ensure a solid guest experience so that some (or all) will return again to stay in

Marjorie Robertson enjoys a moment of peace and quiet in the Upham’s cozy lobby. (Thanks for taking the time, Marjorie, much appreciated.)

our hotels, eat and drink in our restaurants and bars and shop in our boutiques and stores. So this is a good time for our town to shine – it will only further ensure a successful tourism business down the road.

And I’d argue, admittedly a bit reluctantly, that’s actually good for all of us, believe it or not.)

More Than Meets the Eye? Everybody talks about the glamour of the Festival but there is more to it than that, frankly, and it is worth remembering a few less publicized things that make the whole event even cooler (to me, anyway).

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Julienne Sous Chef team Kyle Spencer (right) and Brad Watson put out a hell of a meal – and they are all geared up for another weekend of packed houses and great reviews.

The SBIFF is a bona fide non-profit and does give back to the community (not just in the form of attracting visitors that likely benefit local business). It also ensures that the people of Santa Barbara are able to see at least some of the movies for free on the weekend immediately following the festivities. And there are kids screenings with free popcorn and soda (great).

There is also a huge and, unfortunately, less well-known outreach and education program that is pretty amazing. Local high school and college students interested in screenwriting and filmmaking work with mentors and produce ten-minute films during the Festival; dozens of local interns from UCSB, SBCC, Westmont and Brooks find educational experience working at it; thousands of young grade school kids take field trips to the movies and learn from prominent industry insiders.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The end result is that the Film Festival brings in an interesting crowd for local business and ensures that Santa Barbara is the center of the movie biz for a couple weeks each winter. There is much to do and see with the whole family so get out, enjoy a flick, and eat, drink and be merry.

The Film Festival is here. Go have some fun.

Stuff I Like I like the SBIFF. I won’t possibly bore you with the long list of stuff I will be attending.

Just go check out www.sbiff.org and make it happen.

I also like photography, although you’d never know it by my pictures. The Goleta Valley Historical Society is inviting local folk to submit images of favorite places, spaces and views for a chance to have them featured in a community-created exhibit at Rancho La Patera & Stow House.

Youthful participants – those under 18 – must submit images by January 31; adults have until May 15. Send those pictures to photos@goletahistory.org, and learn more about the program at www.goletahistory.org (805.681.7216).

Finally, I like worms… but only when they are busy composting. Explore Ecology is offering two environmental education workshops in February. One is a worm composting seminar in Santa Barbara (February 2) and the other is a school gardening and composting seminar for teachers, aides and parent volunteers in Goleta (February 6). Each workshop costs $5; you can learn more and register at www. exploreecology.org (805.884.0459).

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So, if your inner farmer is being kept “inner” due to limited gardening space, you do have options. Planting in raised beds, choosing smaller-sized fruit trees and growing vegetables in containers can easily keep your hands dirty, your thumbs green and supply you with a harvest of incredible edibles.

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

Incredible Edibles The Sequel: Container Farming

Coming Attractions – Gardening Myths: “I forget, why are we doing that again?”

– Choosing The Appropriate Spring And Summer Flowers And Vegetables (or How Come My Lettuce Keeps Bolting?)

– Letters from you. (I’m waiting by my inbox.)

Probably best not to grow broccoli in small, terra cotta pots.

bagged soil. Some garden supply centers sell a top soil/compost blend that is available in bulk by the scoop or yard.

Okay, you’ve chosen your containers or built your raised beds and you’ve planted your seeds and starts. So, now how are you going to keep this stuff watered?

You can pick up the hose and risk blasting your sproutlings out of their beds or you can install a simple watering system comprised of drip line and small misters or sprayers. This set up can be hooked up to a hose bib and turned on either manually or by a battery powered irrigation timer.

If you want to live on the edge, you can even connect it to an existing hard-wired,

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ust so you know, my partner in gardening crime, the artistically and verdantly gifted Michael Reukauf will be showing his work at the restaurant and gallery Roy. Michael’s surreal and often mystical landscapes have been described as sinister, mysterious and disturbing, yet at the same time, beautiful, playful and whimsical. Many of his paintings are inspired by his hours spent in the garden.

The show is up for the month of February.

Roy is located at 7 West Carrillo Street in Santa Barbara.

Wine barrels are sturdy, long-lasting and most nurseries sell them.

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et’s review. Last time, we talked about growing edibles in your backyard, especially if you have space restrictions. We mentioned that containers are good alternatives to growing directly in the ground, as are raised beds.

An important thing to keep in mind when using containers though, is to use the largest size that you can reasonably afford and comfortably manage in your garden space. Naturally, larger containers don’t dry out as quickly as smaller ones so you won’t have to water as often.

Also, deep-rooted veggies such as carrots obviously need some room down there to send down their, uhmm, “carroty-ness.”

I never use containers smaller than, say, fifteen-gallon size nursery containers.

As previously mentioned, half-wine barrels are the Cadillac, or rather the Lexus, of planting containers because not only are they big but you can build or install a trellis in them if you’re growing string or pole beans in the summer or snap, snow or shelling peas in the winter. Since you will need at least six feet of height for most vertical crops, it’s best to attach the trellis securely to the sides of the barrel to keep it from blowing down once it’s covered in vines. Flowering sweet peas can be grown in them as well. It’s surprising how many blooms you can reap from just one barrel o’ sweet peas.

Using garden soil in your containers is not a good idea, as it tends to compact and get hard and cement-like if allowed to dry out.

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Speaking of Soil Potting soil is the best medium for container growing. I try to avoid the types that are too light and fluffy, as they dry out quickly. Although it costs more, I‘m a big fan of FoxFarm Ocean Forest potting soil.

It has built-in nutrients, so you may not have to feed your plants for a month or so from the time you plant. Recommended by the best growers (I am told), it’s premier stuff and the graphics on the bag are even worth the extra cost.

However, if you have large, raised beds to fill, it may not be feasible to buy that much

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Ultimately, we’ve expressed a preference for writers to provide their names, and we’ve had relatively few anonymous postings. I’d personally like to see names at the bottom of each and every letter, for sure, but that might not always be the case. With that said, the Sentinel will continue to weigh pros and cons of each anonymous submission and do our very best to be reasonable and responsible when (if ) we publish any further nameless, faceless pieces.

For clarity, make no mistake: I (we) greatly prefer open and honest dialogue here and requests for anonymity present certain challenges (as Bob so eloquently puts it).

Those of you considering anonymous letters, please keep in mind that something as simple as your name carries a lot of weight and will undoubtedly lead to a position being taken more seriously. Isn’t that what this is all about?

Thanks again, Bob, you (and other readers and contributors) are a big part of that “positive impact” you mentioned with such thoughtful commentary. Much appreciated.– MSM)

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Dear Matt, I wanted to respond to Mara Peters’ op-ed about Roosevelt. I applaud her for speaking out against the alleged discrimination by principal Dr. Ronzone and for sharing her family’s positive personal experience. Our son, Samuel, is in his third year at the school in the second grade. We had recently moved back to town shortly before he started kindergarten. After touring five excellent Santa Barbara public elementary schools, we choose a rental in the Roosevelt district because of the school’s diversity, outstanding academic program, and neighborhood walkability.

I admit I was a little nervous when Samuel started kindergarten; Roosevelt seemed so different than the small private school I had attended as a child growing up in Santa Barbara. But we have not been disappointed. Each child is held to the same high standards and the children who need extra support – who are not just the Latino students by the way – get it at Roosevelt.

The school’s high API scores coupled with the high percentage of non-white students prove that Dr. Ronzone is doing something right. If you visit the playground at recess, a

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rainbow of kids play together without a tint of color-coding. Samuel doesn’t categorize his friends by hair and skin color. He doesn’t know to feel awkward about inviting his friend, whose parents don’t speak English, to his birthday party. At Roosevelt, a friend is a friend and Birthday Party is a universal language.

I have worked closely with Dr. Ronzone and volunteered weekly in Samuel’s classroom and I have witnessed only the best kind of tolerance and respect that the rest of us can learn from. And that alleged residency “interrogation?” On the first day of school this year, my blond-haired, blueeyed kid and I were sent to the office before going to class, along with every other family that had not updated their addresses.

Isa Eaton Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: I’m glad you wrote, Isa, it’s an important issue that will have communitywide repercussions and we all need to keep an eye on it. I don’t want to speak for Mara here (she can certainly speak for herself ) but I personally agree with her position, even without having a kid at Roosevelt. The bottom line is that this type of litigation is harmful to the community – win, lose or draw – and conceivably sets a very dangerous precedent of teachers suing administrators. That’s not to say I would turn a blind eye to any alleged discrimination (I most certainly would not), it’s just that there are better, more efficient and productive ways to address an issue like this one. A contentious public fight in the courts benefits nobody, and it risks that certain wonderful innocence in all of our kids. I doubt anyone will say it was worth it when this one is over. And I’m a litigator. Thanks for the letter, Isa.–MSM)

Tesla Makes Cool Cars I find the Sentinel a breath of fresh air for SB…so keep up the good work! Thought you might like enjoy a few pictures of my all-new electric (300 mile range) Tesla.

Sheldon Sanov Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Right on, Sheldon, thanks for the email. I assume that’s Tesla’s relatively new Model S. Very cool ride. Elon Musk certainly has his detractors – I’ve even personally heard that he isn’t the easiest guy to work with – but Tesla and the more affordable, longer range and apparently fairly luxurious Model

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S is an interesting story that is still unfolding after years of expectation and demand. I suppose only time will tell how Musk and the company go. Either way, it’s a beautiful car… and I have lots of questions. Does one still have to get on a list to obtain such a machine or are they more readily available these days?

(I know Tesla has boosted production but are they keeping up with demand?) Is the Model S as sweet as the Roadster in terms of comfort and technology? (It certainly looks as sweet.)

Most importantly, can I go for a ride? (Pretty please?)–MSM)

SB Maritime Museum Is Fun In The Harbor, Too I enjoyed your Midsummer Night’s Dream article on the Harbor. Next time you’re down here stop by the Maritime Museum, I’d love to give you a tour and show you all the museum has to offer.

I wish you continued success with the Sentinel.

Greg Gorga, Executive Director Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (Editor’s Note: I know the Maritime Museum well, Greg, but my wife would have left me if I spent a few more hours in the Harbor that day. (That’s an exaggeration; my wife loves me despite my wandering gypsy soul…right babe?)In any event, I’d love a tour and will indeed take you up on the generous offer. Thanks so much. Note that your name is ringing a bell – I think we met years ago through Sunrise Rotary. I could be wrong, of course, but if I’m not, and you’re still involved in that wonderful hard working group, then please tell them all hello next Wednesday morning. I remember them fondly and wish I had a bit more time to contribute.

See you at the Museum.–MSM)

Presidio Sports Hits A Home Run Your January 18th issue was one of your best. Great letter exchange on homeless issues. Great article about Roosevelt School. Wendy Jenson. Crime Time.

Wow. Barry Punzal did a fine job on the 2nd half of Kathy Gregory’s coaching career.

Tracking down former players, opponents and coaches really added to his story.

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You can tell Barry knows his way around East Beach, and sports generally. That said, there wasn’t room to cover Kathy’s early coaching years, with people like Charlotte Mitchell and Jackie Campbell, or some words about the All-American player Kathy most admired, the late Judy Bellomo. Judy’s spirit, tenacity, will to win and constant improvement took her right to the Olympic trials before tragedy struck.

Her temperament and approach to the game resembled Kathy Gregory’s, as her era’s dominant player.

Today, we think of 8-ft giants like Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh as the norm. Kathy’s eyes got real wide the first time she saw them, out of Long Beach State and Stanford. “I just don’t know how we can defend them,” she would say. So it’s good to recall that Kathy Gregory was America’s best beach player for years, possessed of only “average height” and speed. Like Pete Rose, Kathy’s determination, relentless energy, refusal to quit or let up, no matter what the score, set her apart – and above – the rest.

Her knowledge of the court, the game, psychology…all helped her regularly beat younger, bigger, faster, stronger players. Those were the qualities she tried to teach a generation of women athletes. It wasn’t always easy. But those players who survived came out of the program with confidence and life skills they probably couldn’t have gotten at Princeton or interning for a Nobel laureate. Thank you, Barry Punzal and the Sentinel, for a great profile. Thank you, Kathy Gregory, for a great career.

Lee Moldaver Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: I really enjoyed Barry’s piece on Kathy, as well, Lee. Thanks for filling in some additional information on an amazing career – we probably could have given Barry two more pages of space on Kathy and still missed a few nooks and crannies. He and John and the rest of the gang at Presidio Sports continue to do an outstanding job bringing locally relevant sports stories to the community, and should be celebrated for their efforts. It’s no easy task to cover everything happening around town, and I know the athletes and their families – not to mention local sports buffs – appreciate the ink. We’re thrilled to have them as part of the paper, and definitely do not take their work for granted.

Thanks again, Lee, keep reading.–MSM)

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THE MINDFUL WORD

by Diana M. Raab

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

Aging in America

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was excited to be invited to hear Jared Diamond, author of the newly released The World Until Yesterday, speak at UCSB last weekend. This 75-year-old UCLA professor and geographer has a huge following and though I have not yet read any of his books, my understanding was that he is a compelling writer. Certainly anyone who Googled him or looked at his résumé would be easily impressed.

For me, however, the best part of his presentation was his classic audience participation. He said he would ask three questions and wanted us to answer by a show of hands. “Raise your hand if you are over the age of sixty-five. Raise your hand if you hope to live past sixty-five. Raise your hand if you have a parent or grandparent who has lived past the age of sixty-five.”

By the third question, all the hands were up, thus illuminating the fact that his talk would be pertinent for everyone in the ‘sold out’ auditorium.

The audience seemed pleased after the 42-minute talk. However, in spite of the build up and stellar book reviews, I am

Jared Diamond’s most recent book is The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

uninspired to read his works, and a group of us who chatted at the Beachside Café afterwards shared the same sentiments. In Diamond’s defense, and according to last weekend’s New York Times book review of The World Until Yesterday, in the 499page tome he covers many subjects, and it would have been impossible to address all of them in this lecture. Unlike most writers on a book tour, in lieu of reading excerpts, Diamond chose to focus on one subject, which was the difference between aging in America and more traditional communities. As quoted in The New York Times, he held up “tribal societies as a mirror for our own lives.” The topic of aging is interesting and timely indeed, but sadly, I did not learn anything new about growing old in the United States versus in traditional cultures. It seems common knowledge that the elderly in the United States tend to be isolated and often living far from their next of kin, whereas in tribal cultures they continue to play roles such as bestowers of wisdom and caregivers for grandchildren.

Diamond did say that certain characteristics of our modern life were superior to traditional life, but accentuated the fact that where we fall short is in our child-rearing patterns, dispute resolution, and the treatment of the elderly. He spent most of the time discussing the latter subject. “Loneliness,” says Diamond, “is not a problem in traditional societies as people spend their lives in or near the place where they were born, and they remain surrounded by relatives and childhood companions.” There is no doubt that the quality of life lived by seniors is very dependent on their usefulness, and of course their health condition. “Patriarchal societies,” says Diamond, “tend to care for their elders more readily.” He mentioned, and perhaps this is a well-kept secret, that American hospitals have a mandate to give preference to younger patients. While practicing nursing in Canada in the 1980s, I don’t remember anyone ever alluding to this mandate.

I agree that loneliness and isolation are serious problems facing the elderly in America today. However, it is important to acknowledge that some seniors decline living with their families because they cherish having their privacy, even though

being surrounded by loved ones does offer security, especially during times of trauma or illness. Some seniors simply choose, due to circumstance or life path, to be independent and take care of themselves like they probably did their entire lives, and we know that people age like they live.

Thus, I believe the communal life is not for everyone. In my opinion, Diamond refrained from eliciting much sensitivity or

“It is important to acknowledge that some seniors decline living with their families because they cherish having their privacy…”

awareness to differences in needs and desires among our population.

My mother is a perfect example of someone who prefers her privacy. She was an only child of two working immigrant parents and often fended for herself. She is now 83 years old and has been widowed for nearly 25 years. She lives on the opposite coast and declined an invitation to move near us. She loves her independence and daily routines, where she does what she wants to do in the restraints of her own time frame, without the need to take others’ schedules into consideration. This independent routine sustains her. We speak on the phone every day, but outside of her few activities, like sessions with her personal trainer, lunch with friends and daily visits to her horse, she does not have much human contact. Her younger friends don’t want to be bothered and the older ones have passed on. At some point she will need assistance and I will then have to make some hard decisions.

I suppose it gets down to how an individual has lived his or her life. She was always independent and will probably die that way. It is her choice and that’s part of the beauty of living in America. Freedom of choice.

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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.

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So, You Think You Can Dance?

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ope, I don’t dance. Rhythm has never been something that has come naturally to me. You could even put me in the category of choreographically challenged; klutz is not a foreign term. So, when a friend asked me to go to a Zumba fitness/dance class, my first answer was, absolutely not.

The only time you may catch me shaking my thing in an attempt to dance would be after a few too many, which I’m quite aware could better be defined as comedy.

With the New Year at hand, I decided I should expand my horizons a bit and dabble in some sober dancing. I dug out some workout gear that looked dance friendly, dusted off my headband and leg warmers (not really), and accepted the Zumba invite.

I also had the brilliant idea that my daughters would have fun participating in the dance adventure. The vision was in place, my girls and me, sashaying and sambaing together in unison… a vision, indeed.

Setting the Stage On a bright Saturday morning (when I would typically be hiking), I packed us all up and headed down to the Carrillo Recreation Center. The Zumba class was being held in the Grand Ballroom, a beautiful hall with windows and sparkling wood floors all polished and ready for dancing feet. We quickly took some spots in the very (very) back. I surveyed my fellow Zumba colleagues. I was nervous (truly a testimony of my dancing skills) and only slightly set at ease with the fact that there were no mirrors in the room. I also began to settle as I observed the diversity that surrounded me, young and old, big and small, men and women; it was the epitome of eclectic. I could shimmy in here.

Like a sonic boom, Josette took the stage above us. The music began to play and I quickly focused my attention and tried to follow her guided instructions, while encouraging my girls to shake their little booties too. Here we go!

This is a Dance War… Within a matter of minutes, things started to go south for my kids. “The music is too loud, Mommy!” Elli declared as I tried to coerce them into having the “fun” that they were supposed to be having. Nope, they weren’t having it. So, I sat them down on the wall and told them, “Watch Mommy do the dancing. That would be fun, right?”

Nope, they quickly demanded a new locale where the music wasn’t so loud (it was a bit booming). In between all of these demands, I was attempting to follow Josette’s dips and shuffles and “hands in the airs.” Let me just say, it was pretty damn fun. After more whining, I moved my darlings to a sweet park bench just outside the large, open French doors (in the sunshine, with a fresh patch of grass in front of them, I might add). And, I kept Zumbaing.

This was really fun. The smile on my face was growing as I began to break out in a sweat (it’s a serious workout). People were hooting and hollering as we all jumped around, happily imagining that we looked just like the lovely Josette who was calling out our steps with power and grace. She makes dancing look like it should.

Meanwhile, in the corner of my eye, I could see my seven-year-old outside, dramatically holding her face in her hands in an attempt to display the torture she was being forced to endure on that park bench… torture. She actually summoned up some tears and a kind older woman went out to console her (come on, lady, she is not truly in pain, she just doesn’t want to be here). I scurried out between cha-chas to reassure my adopted grandma helper that my children were not in harm’s way. I was getting some glares and stares and I gave Elli a fierce, “You just need to play here for half an hour more!” before I quickly got back to the mamboing.

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by Jana Mackin

A journalist and a poet, Jana has lived everywhere from New Orleans and Butte, Montana to Saudi Arabia, where she taught English to children.

Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Washington Post and San Francisco Examiner. She now lives in Goleta.

The Man of La Mancha Rides Again hiTekHOBO Grows Roots in the Goodland

Tom Sepa – aka hiTekHOBO, Tommy Bronx (pictured here) and Skylar Thomas – lets it rip in his Rocinante, a 1989 Ford Aerostar.

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never actually thought I’d say this (and that’s really saying something), but I think I just met Don Quixote at Goleta Coffee Company.

Yes, right here, amidst the Wall Streetravaged ruins of American society and the still unexplained conspiracy swirling around World Trade Center 7, a knight errant has embarked on a hero’s journey to find himself. In the process, he tilts against the blustery windmills of info-tainment and silences the bells and whistles of the idiot box. Combining the best of Miguel de Cervantes, Jack Kerouac and John Steinbeck’s road-warrior protagonists, our very own modern day Man of La Mancha has spent the last seven years on a journey as much to see America as to live an off-the-grid life; a life that by its very existence critiques the corporate oligarchy’s diversionary tactics used to control us in the twilight of individual freedoms.

(Yeah, that’s right. Chew on that one for a bit.)

Outside of the Coffee Company, his faithful Rocinante – a 1989 Ford Aerostar – awaits further adventure in the parking lot.

Tom Sepa Is Free Fifty-eight year old Tom Sepa is free. Truly. A rugged individualist and constitutionalist, Sepa ranks among the few truly genuine human beings I’ve ever met.

Here is a man courageous enough to follow his passion and embrace the uncertainty of being uniquely individual. He searches for a spring of truth in the drought of a thirsty Democracy. In the fading light of the

American dream, he constitutes a threat to a fear-based society.

Why? Because, like I said a few words ago, he is free. Truly.

During the couple hours we talked, I viewed in his journey a mirror to my soul – a gypsy poet whose faint breath frosts the glass. I felt the soft pulse from the specter of my unrealized dreams. My inner voice kept harping “sold out,” given my own abandonment of my starving poet self years ago in exchange for the dark shadow of a hack. And the illuminant narrative of this modern Don Quixote wakened my sleepwalker psyche.

“I’m rich,” he said. “I do what I want when I want.”

It’s hard to argue with that, Tom. Hard indeed.

hiTekHOBO Gets Educated and Pays the Bills For the past seven years, Tom has made a living online as hiTekHOBO, earning around $2,000 a month with his Best Sales Lead business. He is not homeless and does not take handouts. While others fear the great outdoors, he basks in the freedom and has the place to himself.

“We live in a fear-based society. It’s a guilt trip, divide and conquer,” he told me.

“The term ‘homeless’ is totally denigrating to people. I want to give people hope who are down on their luck. I want to show you can make it if you have a computer, internet and wireless.”

“People have helped me,” he added, “so I

want to help others.”

Such Kennedy-esque ethics were born in a working-class Italian-American Bronx family. Tom’s father was an Industrial Arts teacher in Harlem for 30 years. His mother, now deceased, was a guidance counselor in the South Bronx for about the same amount of time. He has two sisters, Lisa and Maria.

Tom recalls his family fondly. “Their goal was to fulfill Kennedy’s ‘New Frontier’ of a well-educated population that permits students to lift themselves from poverty through education. They believed in the New Frontier. They believed education could change people. They believed a welleducated public is the best defense against tyranny.”

“They called the TV ‘the idiot box,’” Tom relayed, “always stuck with me.”

“My dad said, ‘Get an education,’ but he didn’t mean a formal education. He meant learning from whatever life throws at you and using it to improve your situation.”

Tommy Bronx Saves His Own Life

Embracing uncertainty, Sepa embarked on his first road trip in the mid ‘70s. He left New York City for the Canadian Rockies, then he headed south thru Glacier National Park and Yellowstone, and ultimately west to San Francisco and the Bay Area.

“Everybody should go on a road trip.

It’s within the reach of everyone. No one is ever denied a ticket,” said Sepa, who has lived in Goleta in his van for the past couple months.

In 1979, he was a guitarist known as Tommy Bronx in The Adaptors, a punk rock house band that opened for a lot of others at Mabuhay Gardens. A cross between DEVO and the B-52s, they released an album, Trust In Technology / In The Slot, but Sepa still needed a day job. Over several years in the Bay Area, he worked in various roles as a salesman, manager and even as the founder and chief executive of his own video production business. During that time, he married his first wife. They divorced after ten years in 1991.

Later, he met his second wife, to whom he remains married. Unfortunately, Tom hasn’t seen her for a while because she had to return to South America – but “we still Skype

about every day,” Tom told me with a smile.

After she left, he couldn’t afford the rent so he moved into a single resident occupancy hotel in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Surrounded by the “dregs of society,” Sepa opted to begin camping and living in Golden Gate Park beginning in 2005. His perspective was simple: “It’s better to sleep under the stars than rub elbows with crack addicts and criminals.” (Also hard to argue with.) After three years and saving $10 a day while camping, he bought his van in 2008 and hit the road.

He made the hero’s choice.

“I had to recreate myself in order to save my life,” he said, “I had to act out an inspiring story.”

So he did.

In Search of Sal Paradise Tom’s travels have included a recent crosscountry trip to visit his father in Florida, stopping by Four Corners and Durango where he rode the Durango Silverton train featured in movies like Night Passage with Jimmy Stewart. He also visited the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.

Sepa had never seen the California Central Coast and decided to head this way.

After staying for a time in San Luis Obispo, he came south to Goleta arriving around his birthday in November 2012. He’s been here ever since, and has settled into the vibes of Goleta Goodland quite nicely. In fact, he has finished about half of his 50,000-word novel entitled hiTekHOBO, in search of Sal Paradise right here.

The book is based on hiTekHOBO’s experiences, and is written under the pen name of Skylar Thomas. (Sepa’s third pseudonym, if you’re keeping track.) It plays on Jack Kerouac’s character Sal Paradise in On The Road. And as Sepa writes, his quixotic quest to find himself unfolds through experiential narrative.

And Goodland Goleta is playing a picaresque role.

“Don Quixote never finds the imaginary enemies he’s looking for, but in the process of the hero’s search, he finds himself,” said Sepa. “It’s taken me seven years to write.

And I’m not leaving here until the book is done.”

Take as much time as you need, Tom, you’ve got a home in the Goodland.

And I can’t wait to read the manuscript.

Goleta Girl’s Picks Barney Brantingham Whispers About Libraries

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Come learn the subtext of the Dewey Decimal System, the back-story of what’s inside hardbacks. The free lecture will be held on Sunday, January 27, at 2pm, at the Goleta Valley Library, 500 North Fairview Avenue.

Live Theater In the Goodland

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re you ready for a Restoration period farce with a modern twist? Then a free mustsee is the Elements Theatre Collective’s presentation of Or, a play by Lizy Duffy Adams. Among various presentation sites, the play will be shown on Thursday, January 31, at 6:30pm, at Friendship Manor, 6647 El Colegio Road, Isla Vista. Check out www. elementstheatrecollective.com for more information.

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Arlington Tavern supporting PossAbilities, Barbieri’s Olympic quest

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entralCoastDining.com and local restaurant Arlington Tavern are teaming up in January to support Loma Linda University’s PossAbilities, the organization that is helping local athlete Andre Barbieri continue competition despite the loss of his left leg in a snowboarding accident in 2011.

PossAbilities means something special to Arlington Tavern’s owner/ manager Diego Barbieri. It (along with many local businesses and community members) played a key role in helping Diego’s brother Andre on his road to recovery following his debilitating accident.

To support Andre and PossAbilities, CentralCoastDining.com is offering $80 to spend on dinner for two at Arlington Tavern for $40, and 10% of the proceeds go to benefitting Team PossAbilities and the athletic aspirations of Andre.

Learn more about this special offer and others on CentralCoastDining.com.

Andre has not only begun to overcome his loss, but in many ways has grown stronger and more resilient to life’s challenges.

PossAbilities’ goal is to offer disabled individuals who were born with or have suffered a permanent physical injury a sense of community and provide activities and practical help to give them the opportunity to become valuable members of society.

With the help of PossAbilities, Andre has gained access to prosthetic technology and racing equipment that has enabled him to become a shining example of courage and sheer athleticism.

It was with Andre’s own perseverance and the assistance of PossAbilities that he has been able to pursue new endeavors and maintain those he has always loved doing including, walking, cycling, surfing and swimming. Where healthcare and insurance fell short, it was PossAbilities who stepped in to provide Andre with direct access to funding for equipment such as a racing bike, a running prosthetic, a cycling prosthetic, a wetsuit and resources for training and competition expenses.

Andre’s life-long passion for surfing is alive and well as he still paddles out at Rincon to catch a few waves despite the challenge of balancing with one leg. His sessions are about to get a little boost with the help of PossAbilities and a Texas based company called Limbs International. Both organizations are working to provide Andre with his own surf prostheses.

All this support and a lot of hard work from Andre have led to a pretty busy and successful athletic schedule. Andre is not only competing but he’s blowing people away with

SBIFF To The Maxxx

Each year the Santa Barbara International Film Festival features adventure and action sports films in its “To The Maxxx” series.

This year is no different as the film festival, which opened on Thursday, has seven films ranging from big-wave surfing to a documentary on Frisbee culture and lifestyle.

Here is a listing of this year’s selections organized by the date of their first showing.

Other show times are available on SBIFF.org.

The Signal Hill Speed Run Fri, Jan 25, 7:00pm Lobero Theatre

Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones, search to find and conquer the world’s biggest “un-surfed” waves. Their journey is shown in 3D technology that all but allows the audience to feel the ocean spray. With the help of meteorologist/surf forecaster Ben Matson, they discover a wave seventyfive kilometers from shore, and head out on the most dangerous mission of their lives.

With the help of PossAbilities, Andre Barbieri will train and compete for a spot on the National and 2016 U.S. Paralympic Teams.

his athletic ability. In August of 2012 Andre swam in SB’s Reef and Run competition at East Beach, in which he placed second in the 1K swim. Recently, Andre pulled all three talents together to compete in October’s San Diego Triathlon Challenge. He was the fifth person in his category out of the water!

He is currently training for the Tour of Palm Springs on February 9 and a half marathon on Catalina Island in March.

Andre’s renewed energy for life and an appreciation for his body have led him to realize his goal of competing in the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil. For the first time in history, Triathlon is going to be an event in the Paralympics and Andre can think of nothing more rewarding than competing on his home soil in Rio de Janeiro while representing Brazil for a medal.

PossAbilities is going to support athletes like Andre in their effort to train and compete for a place on the National and 2016 U.S. Paralympic Teams.

The people at Arlington Tavern appreciate what this organization has done for a member of their own family and hope to raise awareness and support for PossAbilites and its goal to recognize the inherent greatness in all people with physical challenges, and to support their educational and athletic endeavors by providing unparalleled sports and educational opportunities that lead to success in life.

Bravo.

In 1975, the Guinness World Records TV show called James O’Mahoney – now owner of the Santa Barbara Surf Museum – and asked him to stage a skateboard race.

The result was Signal Hill Speed Run, the world’s first skateboard contest. It soon turned into an annual event, with crowds of over 5,000, television crews, and coverage

by Sports Illustrated. Some winners even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The film shows the evolution of this downhill dash, attracting daredevils of all types, until closing for good in 1978.

Alaska Sessions: Surfing The Last Frontier

Wed, Jan 30, 7:30pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art

The Invisible String

Sat, Jan 26, 1:00pm Metro 4 Theatre A local surfer in Homer, Alaska, sells his house and buys a fishing boat to start an epic surf adventure. With his crew they travel to the isolated Alaskan coast in the dark cold winter. This is a true story of a few guys who aren’t exactly pro surfers in very unusual conditions. The result is homegrown, inspiring, and true story.

Isolated

Wed, Jan 30, 8:00pm Arlington Theatre The Frisbee story begins in the early 1900s at the Frisbie Baking Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where delivery truck drivers started tossing empty pie tins during their lunch breaks. This film traces the development of Ultimate Frisbee, Frisbee Golf and Frisbee Freestyle and includes vintage footage of exhibitions in Santa Barbara provided by Santa Barbara’s own Scott Starr.

Storm Surfers 3D

Sun, Jan 27, 8:00pm Arlington Theatre In this epic expansion of the Storm Surfers television series, two of the greatest surfers the sport has ever known, Australians

Five surfers embark on a journey to search for one of the world’s last undiscovered waves. They go to the island of West Papua,

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New Guinea, where danger becomes all too real as they encounter cannibals, discover human rights atrocities, and expose an unethical mining corporation. This film features never-before-seen footage of an ancient aboriginal culture – as well as the discovery of an epic new wave. Narrated by actor Ryan Phillippe.

UCSB’s men’s basketball team will take on Hawaii on Saturday at the Thunderdome in the first Big West Conference meeting between the two schools. The Gauchos will be without the services of leading scorer and rebounder Alan Williams, pictured, who is out temporarily with a hamstring injury.

The 4pm game is being televised on Fox Sports West. (Photo

by John Dvorak/Presidio Sports)

Driftwood

Thu, Jan 31, 7:00pm Lobero Theatre

Santa Barbara director and SBIFF veteran Peter Trow directs this film about a team of stand-up paddle boarders who take the lesstraveled path. Those locations include Sri Lanka, Iceland, Colombia, Nova Scotia, and the United States. Narrated by surf legend Shaun Tomson, the film features gorgeous scenery, photography and a meditative approach to editing and storytelling.

No. 23 Jersey Retired at SBHS

Discovering Mavericks

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the UCSB Winter Invite at Campus Pool.

UCSB, ranked No. 15 in the country, is playing seven games in three days. It opens the tournament on Friday against Azusa Pacific at 9am, Concordia at 11:45am and Cal Baptist at 4:45pm. On Saturday, the Gauchos play Sonoma State at 11:20am and Arizona State at 6:20pm.

The marquee game is Sunday at 8am, against No. 3-ranked UCLA. The Bruins feature former Dos Pueblos High stars, sophomore goalkeeper Sami Hill and freshman attacker Kodi Hill.

The Gauchos close out the busy weekend against Pomona Pitzer at 4:10pm.

UCSB is led by goalie Ruth Milne, an All-Big West first-team selection and an honorable mention All-American last year.

She averaged 7.4 saves per game and set a school record with 405 saves last season.

The Gauchos opened the season last week with wins over Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State San Bernardino, and the freshmen made an immediate impact. Samantha Murphy scored five goals in the two wins and Holly Smith tallied three goals against San Bernardino.

Coach Neushul said the new players will be counted on right away.

“As a matter of fact, a very significant number of those freshmen are going to see playing time this year. They are a really skilled class,” she said.

Other events worth checking out:

Friday

Fri, Feb 01, 7:00pm Lobero Theatre

Boys basketball: Santa Barbara at San Marcos, 7pm – The Royals won the first two meetings: in the final of the Jim Bashore Holiday Classic in Carpinteria and the first Channel League encounter at Santa Barbara.

San Marcos is in first place in league play and Santa Barbara is in third.

Saturday

Girls basketball: Rio Mesa at Santa Barbara, 4pm – This non-league game will feature two of the top all-around players in the tri-counties: Ivette Gil of Santa Barbara and Ashley Ontiveros of Rio Mesa.

Men’s basketball: Hawaii at UCSB, 4pm – This is the first Big West meeting between the schools. Hawaii boasts the tallest team in the conference. Its probable starting lineup goes 6-8, 6-8, 6-10, 6-4, 6-4.

The story of Mavericks, California’s most notorious wave, is one of triumph, danger and loss. Director Josh Pomer, an SBIFF veteran, gives an insider’s view of how the wave was discovered and made into legend. Interviews include many big wave legends including Jeff Clark, Richard Schmidt, Flea, Peter Mel and Jake Wormhoudt. Sharks, cold water, unpredictable swells and rocks add obstacles that have led to two deaths. The film also tells the story of Mavericks’ most recent victim, Jay Moriarity.

Early Next Week Monday, Jan. 28

Boys basketball: Buena at Dos Pueblos 7pm – The Chargers try to stay in the hunt for the Channel League title.

Tuesday, Jan. 29

Girls soccer: San Marcos at Dos Pueblos, 5pm – The Royals surprised the Chargers in first meeting.

Boys soccer: Dos Pueblos at San Marcos, 5pm – Goleta Valley rivals played to an exciting 2-2 draw in the first meeting.

Men’s basketball: Concordia at Westmont, 7:30pm – The defending NAIA national champs come to Murchison Gym to face the GSAC-leading Warriors.

Weekend Sports Calendar

by Barry Punzal

UCSB women’s water polo coach Cathy Neushul hit the recruiting trail hard during the off season and landed one of the strongest freshman classes in program history.

The talented newcomers join eight returnees from a team that won 20 matches, forming a squad that has high hopes for the season.

Water polo fans can get their first peek at the new-look Gauchos this weekend at

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ormer Dons basketball star Holly Ford Emerson speaks to the crowd as her jersey is retired on Tuesday night at Santa Barbara High. Ford’s No. 23 can now be found on the south end of JR Richards Gymnasium next to her brother Don Ford’s No. 34 retired jersey. Emerson is the first female athlete to have her jersey on the wall there. Ford was a two-time CIF Player of the Year at Santa Barbara High in the early ‘80s before becoming an All-American at USC.

Wednesday, Jan. 30

Men’s volleyball: UC Irvine at UCSB, Rob Gym, 7pm – The Gauchos play the defending national champions in a MPSF match.

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16th Annual Valentine’s Day Benefit

8 pm to Late

Artistic Director David Maldonado creates a glimmering setting with an array of festive delights, including: G Perfume Mixing G Valentine Crafts G Photo Booth G Dancing G G Truffle, Tequila, and Cheese Tastings G G Tempting raffle items such as jewelry, wine, and original contemporary artworks! G

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...continued from 21 attention. One lady even fashioned earplugs out of toilet paper from the bathroom to see if that would console my children.

However, I was not going to let the kids win this battle. Just about everything I do on a day-to-day basis is for these kids and I firmly believe they should be able to sit (outside in a park-like setting) for a half hour while I careen about. We were in a battle here (me versus the kids) and I wasn’t about to back down. Besides, I was thoroughly enjoying my personal Soul Train moment.

And the Winner Is… I finished the class. The kids continued to cry all the way to the car. I strapped them in and drove home in silence. As we pulled into the driveway, I locked the car doors (yes, I did) and delivered a massive lecture while they were still strapped into their car seats.

The short version of my speech involved the fact that I sit through many activities that

would not be my choice to participate in (I may have gone a little too far and mentioned the soccer field where we were religiously spending every Saturday) and proceeded to paint the picture of the reality that every moment in life isn’t going to be fun and pretty and happy. Sometimes you have to wait through lines. Sometimes you get stuck in traffic. Or you get a flat tire. Or you get your heart broken by a boy. Sometimes it rains and you need to make your own umbrella.

And I realized that we (parents) construct our lives around keeping our children happy… at ALL times. This was a good lesson to give them – I thought. I was helping to get them more prepared for the real world by forcing them to sit outside my Zumba class (ridiculous statement, I know).

My parental trump card was being delivered here, until one of my daughters looked at me and said, “But Mommy, we were just really scared because you looked so weird.”

Yep (sigh), I shouldn’t dance.

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You Have Your Hands Full

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

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

A Film Festival Tribute of a Different Sort

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y the time I went to buy tickets online for Saturday’s Daniel DayLewis appearance, the seats were sold out. OK, fine. I moved on to the next choice; I really wanted to hear Ben Affleck talk about Argo. Not available.

That’s when I got lured onto the top menu bar enticing me with “packages.” Without much hesitation I hit “buy” for the Tribute Package, a golden pass to almost all events, and now I am in full-on festival mania. I’m going to be everywhere.

In the five years I have been in Santa Barbara, I’ve not gone to even one festival film. The stars would just appear, once a year, like an astronomical event. Suddenly the streets would fill with all the fabulous LA people sporting big passes hanging from commemorative lanyards and even bigger sunglasses. The annual migration descends on our sleepy little town with the kind of intensity usually associated with a visit from Prince Wills and Kate at the Santa Barbara Polo grounds. Yeah, I admit it; I’ve snickered

at them – those stylists with the trendy platform shoes and hip-colored hair. The phones, with blue tooth devices attached to their brains, the hands waving wildly as they talk and the quick city pace of their steps.

They are just so, well, LA.

A Fabulous Town Fit For Film But now I am one of them – for 11 days, anyway. I have hired our babysitter for so many hours I think he’ll be able to fund his backpack trip in Europe this summer after graduation. I have dusted off some of my most trendy, relevant outfits and will be hitting the streets, racing from one artsy film to another. I am telling you now; you wouldn’t recognize me without those kids crawling all over me.

It seems odd – now that I am a part of it all – that I have not been more attuned to the festival. The first time I came to visit Santa Barbara was 1997 – and it was for a movie featured in the festival that year: my

CONGRATULATIONS FILMMAKERS!

That’s my sister, Sara, and father, Pierre, just before Plan B opened at the SBIFF back in 1997.

sister was opening her small Indie-wonder Plan B with Jon Cryer.

I came in from NY and drove to Santa Barbara to support her. Our whole family

(including a lot of good friends) stayed at the Upham Hotel and walked down to see her.

My Dad, a major film buff, had a leap in his step; he was so excited. I remember walking down State Street and taking in beautiful adobe, marveling at the palm the If there was ever a place to celebrate trees. it should be in this glamorous town, film, I thought.

Remembering My Father

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We hit the Fiesta 5, right on time to watch my beautiful movie star sister make her entrance. She was wearing a Satin jumpsuit and hair done in a 1940s curl. (I was wearing a tweed dress that looked more like a paper bag.) We took a picture in the downstairs lobby – it still sits in my parents’ living room.

I loved that moment. She shined so bright it felt like a full moon was out that night.

My Dad sat next to me in the audience so proud that he might burst. All those years he took us to the movies – one of his

biggest joys – had come to a climax in this moment; his daughter Sara presenting at a significant film fest. He loved entertainment and Hollywood. He loved it so much he volunteered to be Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s film doctor during his residency.

By the time I moved here five years ago, my Dad had gotten sick with Dementia; he has since passed away. A book club I was in a couple years ago once chose the Upham for dinner. I walked into the lobby and all those memories of that night, one of the best for my father, came rushing back at me – hitting me like a freight train. I frantically searched for the bathroom and sat in a cubical, crying my eyes out.

But this year, I have decided to return to the Upham in style and with joy. I am taking Jackson, my oldest, to see Jennifer Lawrence (he loved the Hunger Games). I will sit at the same table I shared with my father and family and tell my son about his aunt, her movie and the first night I came to Santa Barbara. I will also remember my father, Jackson’s grandfather, and his love of film.

Now that’s what I call a Tribute Package.

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hat do you do?” people always ask me. “Spin? Yoga? Pilates?”

“No,” I tell them, “I go to torture.” That’s the best word to describe a program that shows results in the butt, arms and abs as fast as Dailey Method. It just hurts really, really bad. No matter how often or long you go.

(But boy are those regulars bikini-ready.) Tell Karen Bradshaw, the owner, you are a Sentinel reader and she will give you 15% off a month package or a one-time class. Just remember when it burns, you’ll be tighter, longer and stronger. Dailey Method, 2905 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara. (805) 8451688. www.thedaileymethod.com/santabarbara.html. Get some.

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• LOVE IS FREE What: Funk Zone Block Party Where: 22 Anacapa Street When: Friday, January 25, 6 – 11pm Why: Support local artists and entrepreneurs who are a part of the eclectic 22 Anacapa Street building in the Funk Zone.

How: Start at TropiCali for a swimwear trunk show, then proceed to the Jessica Rose Tattoo grand opening (the space alone is a sweet sight to see), and be sure not to miss CMNDZ’s 2013 spring fashion show and live screen printing.

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For the Love of Pizza!

by Eve Sommer-Belin

What’ll It Cost Me: Free!

• LOOSE CHANGE What: Sandy Hook Benefit Run/Walk Where: Leadbetter Beach, Shoreline Park When: Saturday, January 26 – 9:30am registration, 10am start Why: Run/walk for 26 minutes in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

How: Put your best foot forward.

What’ll It Cost Me: $20 entry fee. For every entry, Santa Barbara Running will donate $6 to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.

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hen the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore! And amore it is at Ca’ Dario Pizzeria. Ca’ Dario has been a Santa Barbara favorite for years and its new pizzeria is quickly following in its footsteps. A cozy space and smiling faces greet you as you enter an old worldly atmosphere. The one-page menu invites you to enjoy simple, straightforward flavors, which are precisely what make every dish beautiful and ever so Italian. You’ll find classics like Burrata Caprese and Margherita pizza or classics-witha-twist like the Napoletana topped with fresh capers and white anchovies (instead of the normal canned-in-oil ones).

Want to practice your Italiano and learn about the wines of Italy? Sit at the bar and clink Salute! while chatting with the enthusiastic Italian barman. Beer more your style? They have several of those on tap, too.

And as we all know, the key to fantastic pizza is the dough. Ca’ Dario Pizzeria rolls it thin and achieves a perfect bite in the intensely hot pizza oven. Slap some amazingly vibrant tomato sauce and fresh high quality ingredients on there and we’re in love. What more could you knead?

You’re sure to find a piece of la vita bella at Ca’ Dario Pizzeria and walk out singing that’s amore! Buon appetito!

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Head to the Movies!

Where: Various theaters downtown When: Now thru February 3, 2013 Why: It’s the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

How: Have a reely good time.

What’ll It Cost Me: Tickets range from $35 up to as much as $5,000 for a private access pass.

GREEN SCENE A Pure Remedy

by Courtney Dietz

It’s admittedly rare when we find a line of skincare products that is 100% natural and also 100% effective, but that’s indeed what we found in Puremedy, a company born down the coast in Topanga Canyon out of a family’s ancient remedy. From chest rubs to wound care to salves for babies, there is a product for just about everything that ails your skin. Blemish got you down? Try the Original Healing Salve or the Acne Free as a spot treatment. We were pleasantly surprised how quickly it knocked down that pesky pimple. Susie scraped her knee? Slather on some First Aid Salve and you can almost watch the healing happen. And unlike those other harsh fixes, these are safe enough to eat. It’s a pure remedy. Available locally at Lazy Acres and Lassen’s. For more information, visit www.puremedy.com.

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1824 Grand Avenue

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

The Riviera

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anta Barbara has long been known by the rest of the world as the “American Riviera” because of its similar Mediterranean climate and picturesque views of the ocean, red tile roofs, and its geography reminiscent of the Mediterranean coasts of France and Italy.

In the early 1900s, the Riviera was not considered for development due to the difficulties of access, the scarcity of water and the rocky terrain. The first large land purchase on the Riviera was 123 acres that were considered worthless by the community and were sold at $1.25 an acre (wow). Today, though, homes on the Riviera typically get premium prices because of their expansive views of Santa Barbara, including the Harbor, islands and mountains, all while being in close proximity to downtown.

While the topography of the Riviera is fairly steep and not easily reached via walking or biking, it is a quick and easy drive for a quick bite out or a movie, say, at this week’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Properties have obviously significantly increased in value from the original $1.25 an acre and have always been in demand for local buyers and out of town second home buyers.

2013 actually marks the 100-year anniversary of the Riviera Company beginning its transformation of the once barren ridge into what we see today. Let’s take a look at a few properties currently on the market on the Riviera.

237 Las Alturas Road

Purchase price: $895,000 Down payment (20%): $170,000 Loan amount: $716,000 Loan payment: $3,235 (30-yr fixed at 3.55% (APR 3.62%)) Property taxes estimate: $820 Home insurance estimate: $100

Total Monthly Payment: $4,155

1703 Paterna Road Purchase price: $2,995,000 Down payment (25%): $748,500 Loan amount: $2,246,250 Loan payment: $10,149 (30-yr fixed at 3.55% (APR 3.62%)) Property taxes estimate: $2,745 Home insurance estimate: $175

Total Monthly Payment: $13,069

Purchase price: $1,650,000 Down payment (20%): $330,000 Loan amount: $1,320,000 Loan payment: $5,964 (30-yr fixed at 3.55% (APR 3.62%)) Property taxes estimate: $1,512 Home insurance estimate: $100

Total Monthly Payment: $7,576

Mortgage statistics provided by Justin M. Kellenberger, Senior Loan Officer at SG Premier Lending Group, Inc. Justin can always be reached at justin@sgpremierlending.com.

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

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