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hen I decided to write a “Gifts For Gardeners” piece for this week’s column, I had no trouble coming up with bushels of ideas and suggestions for what to get that gardener-person on your holiday list. I did, however, have a difficult time finding a catchy and clever title for the article. The no-nonsense “Gifts For Gardeners” is concise, alliterate and does not mince words. It is straightforward, familiar and, like a pair of comfy slippers, you know what you’re getting into when you put them on, or begin reading, as the case may be.

I wrestled with “Toys For Toilers,” “Fun Stuff For Farmers” and “Garden Goodies For Guys and Gals.” I even considered “Holiday Hoe, Hoe, Hoes,” but didn’t want to give folks the wrong idea. “Yuletide Gift Guide” almost rhymed, but was unremarkable and sounded like an owner’s manual for what’s under the tree. And, apologies, but I just couldn’t make anything happen with “Planta Claus.”

No matter what you call it, it’s the thought that counts, right? Hopefully, my “Gifts For Gardeners” will make your holiday shopping a little easier. ...continued p.18

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L etters to the Editor – Holiday Shop n’ Roll is fun (so go already); self-righteous sarcastic irreverence in connection with – you guessed it – Crimetime; more antibiotic resistant superbugs; and Ron Atwood is the man.

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8 Days a Week – It’s exactly what you’d expect from comedy writer Jeremy Harbin.

There’s some stuff to do around town interspersed with jokey-jokey time. Can’t you just write a straight calendar, Harbin? No seriously. Is that in your repertoire? IS IT?!

Santa Barbara View – Rick Feldman puts on the 20th Annual Kids Day at the Eyeglass Factory on Milpas (this is a big deal, Rick, you’re doing something very special here, thanks); religious holidays have roots in Roman festivals (shocker!); the apathetic American public is, ah, pathetic. Merry Christmas!

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GRAMMY® Award-winning singer Shawn Colvin crafts songs with deep meaning that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners.

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merican Girl – Former L.A. rocker Tommie Vaughn shares some secrets for shopping A thrift around town. (Hit up Cominichi’s new spot, for starters.) And she may also have some insight on how to “avoid crappy 9-5 jobs so you can have time to create but still make just enough just enough money so you don’t get evicted.” (You know, like EIC Matt.)

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Presidio Sports – KJEE’s Phat J predicts NFL winners in Presidio’s Picks for Charity, which benefits the Santa Barbara Junior Lifeguard Program (right on, guys, great cause); Santa Barbara High’s girls basketball coach Andrew Butcher is Presidio’s Sports Figure of the Month.

P ump It – Jenny Schatzle wants only one thing from you as you work your way through incessant holiday parties and revelry: Think about food. That’s it. Just think about it. Then do a super gnarly workout that will have you begging and pleading for mercy. (Thanks Jenny. Love your thang, girl.)

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In the Zone – Jerry Herdin explores the space at Wall Space Gallery. And he likes what he sees. Especially a deflated balloon tied innocently to a stone, which really, he says, “opens the doors of his mind to the dimensional significance of time.” Wow, Jerry. Deep.

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M ad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon’s boyfriend almost tosses his cookies when she explains that she is heading to a new fertility clinic in town. Hey Rachelle, maybe you should write about the science behind men’s general incapability of hiding their negative emotions next week. Just a thought. (Oh, the piece on Southern California Reproductive Center is terrific, by the way. Thanks.)

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Food File – Wait, food? We have food in the Sentinel? Phew, it’s about time. (Food writers, let’s get going again already. Seriously.) Christina Enoch does Le Café Stella. And she likes it. A lot. So go there and eat and drink with friends. Good food and good booze.

What else is there?

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He goes less deep, but still somewhat reasonably deep, with Santa Barbara-born Berklee College of Music attendee Christina Apostolopoulos. (Is she of Greek heritage? Hard to know.) Christina is playing SOhO soon, so you’d better read up.

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The Santa Barbara Skinny – Candles and hair. And books, wine and roller skating. Girlfest! (Sort of. Uber masculine EIC Matt apparently really likes skating. And wine. And hair.

So that stuff’s not just for the ladies.)

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Real Estate – Michael Calcagno is a funny realtor. In fact, he might consider quitting the business of residential real estate and instead take his real estate comedy act on the road.

To hell.

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

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piles of hideous rejects to discover our very own bohemian treasure – the perfect addition to our stage outfits – that was different and new, even if only to us.

I’m a bit older now, have just a bit more cash and am living in a rather different zip code, and yet I’m still addicted to the “find.” It doesn’t matter if it’s clothing or furniture, I’ve become a thrifty shopper over the years and I’m damn proud of it.

I’m drawn to places in Santa Barbara like The Closet or Buffalo Exchange, and recently I felt like I’d died and gone to thrift store heaven when I walked into the brand new Cominichi’s at 19 East Haley.

Cominichi’s is My Kind of Place The beauty of Cominichi’s is that it’s like ten amazing thrift stores all under the same roof. As a seller’s collective, artisan buyers have their own respective spaces that they lovingly create with their distinctive style

Rules of the Thrift

Cominichi’s owner Gina Comin has really put together a world-class thrift store right here in SB. So get in there!

and tastes, giving shoppers a vast array of one-of-a-kind pieces to choose from.

Owner Gina Comin, whose spectacular antique jewelry display took my breath away, has hand selected the most talented artisans, who, in turn, scour the racks up and down the coast weekly, giving shoppers the cream of the crop of antique furniture, collectables and vintage clothing. Buyer Jesse Keenan specializes in mid-century modern pieces with a

1. Once your hand is off the merchandise, it is fair game. So never, EVER, pass up anything that has caught your attention. Even if your arm is overdraped with clothes, that could be the one item that you will dream and kick yourself about for weeks, lamenting “Why, why, why did I ever pass that up?” Start a room early on and hold onto everything until you absolutely know you are not going to purchase it. This is the most important rule, the golden rule if you will, of shopping thrift.

2. Never look your fellow shoppers in the eye. The pros will size you up with one easy glance and begin to invade your space if you show them any sign of weakness. (You know the type. As you’re ...continued p.33

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So there. Now that you know the inside scoop of where to go hunting around town, I think you’ll appreciate the following cheat sheet I’ve developed for all of you totally original girls and boys who love to thrift:

by Tommie Vaughn Tommie adapted her love of the stage to the love of the

here are many things I learned being a young, starving artist living in Hollywood. How to stretch a single pot of bean stew in order to feed yourself for an entire week, how to avoid crappy 9-5 jobs so you could have the time to create but still make just enough money so you didn’t get evicted, how to always keep your sense of humor handy in a city that wanted to eat you alive and, most importantly, how to look cool and edgy by shopping thrift.

Yeah, that’s right. Thrift.

As a musician performing on a weekly basis, I always wanted something new to wear on stage. But since I barely had any money to eat, buying new clothing was completely out of the question.

And so my girlfriends (who were also in bands) and I all became pros at uncovering the perfect “find” at places like The Wasteland on Melrose or, our favorite, Jet Rag on La Brea, with its weekly dollar sale. Every Sunday we would sift through

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

Seasons Beatings (Preliminary Note: In light of yet another letter disapproving of entries regarding alcohol abuse in this column (see Hey Wait... Is That Sarcasm We Detect?, p. 7), I specifically asked the Crimetime writers to dig deep for alternative crimes this week. Here’s what they came up with. Brace yourselves. – MSM)

Face-cell A 24-year-old local woman smashed her boyfriend’s face with her cellular telephone during a heated argument one night last week around 10:30pm. He, in turn, threw her to the pavement outside their Mesa residence. Police were called and arrived on scene. Investigative efforts led to the arrest of the woman – the domestic battery aggressor – for her conduct.

Consequences of the Disease of Alcoholism A 26-year-old man shoved his girlfriend to the ground in their small kitchen after accusing her of cheating on him one evening last weekend. Witnesses who heard the commotion advised that he’d beaten her up many times previously. We aren’t supposed to talk about it, but the man apparently suffers from the Disease of Alcoholism; he was intoxicated during the incident.

A Rock and a Hard Place Officers arrested a 35-year-old transient woman after she threw a large rock at her boyfriend’s head at approximately 8:30pm last Sunday, causing a “bleeding gash.” He’d been trying to civilly end their relationship so he could go back to his wife.

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CRIMETIME QUOTES OF THE WEEK “[Her leg] must’ve been in the way.”

-A 39-year-old Santa Barbara man trying to explain to SBPD how he innocently slammed his ex-girlfriend’s leg in a car door multiple times during an argument in front of their child, just before he was arrested for domestic battery.

“This ain’t my jacket!”

-A 39-year-old local man – who clearly suffers from the Disease of Alcoholism – as officers tried to help him to bed in a sobering center after they detained him for public intoxication, having found him urinating in some bushes on Garden Street and nearly unable to stand. They’d returned his jacket to him so he could sleep with it but, well, the Disease caused him to forget that he’d worn the jacket and to become so agitated with SBPD that they had to tackle him to the ground and take him to jail.

A 22-year-old homeless man slammed his guitar case into his wife’s stomach ”accidentally” one afternoon last week. He was arrested for domestic battery.

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A 28-year-old local man socked his wife in the face after she refused sexual intercourse one afternoon last week. She vomited from the pain. He was arrested on all sorts of domestic battery-related charges.

(Editor’s Note: You know what? Let’s get back to the drunks. – MSM)

Disease of Alcoholism Results in Building Battery An intoxicated 20-year-old Santa Barbara man was found punching the side of a building and shouting profanities just after 11pm last Saturday night. He was detained for public drunkenness. Officers are still questioning the building to determine whether it wants to press charges for battery and disturbing the peace.

(Editor’s Note: There. That’s more like it.)

Disease of Alcoholism Results in Fighting and Vomiting A 21-year-old local man was seen with a friend beating up a third man late one night last week. When officers approached it was clear that the aggressor suffered from the Disease of Alcoholism: He smelled of alcohol, slurred his speech and was unsteady on feet. Then he vomited all over himself.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Disease of Alcoholism Results in Traumatized Children A 26-year-old drunken mansient was found “urinating near the open fence near the pre-school” at 10am on a Wednesday. But he suffered from the Disease of Alcoholism so there’s nothing to really say here. Other than that, coincidentally, all the children in the pre-school that day now suffer from the Disease of Viewing the Exposed Genitals of a Man Who Suffers from the Disease of Alcoholism. There’s no known cure.

“Massage Parlor” A couple local “masseuses” were arrested for soliciting prostitution last week after they repeatedly offered sexual favors to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Bureau Detectives, who declined, of course, to participate in any such wrongful conduct.

We’ve made a Freedom of Information Act request to determine the precise address of each targeted massage parlor. This clearly needs further investigation.

We clearly need another eggnog with brandy.

Enjoy the holiday, everybody.

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Ink for the Rink

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att, thumbs up to Katie Falbo, Valerie Velazquez and David Miles, Jr. for the Holiday Shop n’ Roll event. (See The Rolling Revolution, Vol. 2, Issue 48.) I had a great time “finger painting” out there (inside skating joke, see the film entitled The Cutting Edge).

Although people around here often use the East and West Beach bike path for skating, being on a rink provides a different experience with an energetic social atmosphere where skaters are more likely to do more than just put-putting around forward. Rinks provide a reasonably sized, flat, smooth surface that is both safe and legal to skate on.

I remember in the ‘80s there were once eleven roller rinks between Simi Valley and Paso Robles and now, as far as I know, Skating Plus Ventura is the only one of those rinks left (not counting rinks that are exclusively hockey or roller derby). It’s a shame, because roller and inline skating are such wonderful forms of recreation with a variety of fun and challenging things that can be done. This is exemplified by the USA Roller Sports website (www. teamusa.org/USA-Roller-Sports) as well as various aspects of skating posted on Youtube. It may not have the opportunities that ice skating does, but it is much more economical. Until Santa Barbara gets a roller rink (not likely anytime soon), I hope there are future Shop n’ Roll events and that they become bigger and better.

Hey, maybe next time I’ll even land a Double Lutz and crank out better Camel Spins.

Ed Geswein Lompoc

(Editor’s Note: Thanks Ed, I’m no figure skater but I did see the film you mentioned (maybe 20 years ago) and vaguely remember the “finger painting” reference. I think it came in a very blue-collar hockey bar, if memory serves, where a bruising former hockey player announced his intention to figure skate and nobody could comprehend what he was saying. Funny. (Embarrassing?)

Anyway, I took my daughters up to the Earl Warren Showgrounds one night last week for some skating and to support Katie and Valerie – both terrific young women with creative entrepreneurial perspectives, by the way – and we had a real blast. I hadn’t skated in, oh I don’t know, 25 years but was flying around the rink in no time, playing tag with Lily and Kate and trying not to crash into or otherwise harm any women or children. Super fun, man, straight up. We should open a roller rink together.

By the time this issue hits the racks, there will be just three more nights of the Holiday Shop n’ Roll: Friday December 20 – Sunday, December 22. I can’t recommend it highly enough; there’s food and drink and ice cream and shopping and smiling friends and laughing neighbors and, of course, some terrific skating. Go get some! – MSM)

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f you are anything like me, then you probably have not yet started your holiday shopping. Alas, it can be a mad scramble to assemble some last minute tokens of affection for the ones you love.

But there’s one gift that you may not have considered, one gift that can really make all the difference in the world for the right guy or gal.

Beer.

If you think that such a gift might bring tears of joy to the (bloodshot) eyes of someone you love, well, you’re perhaps serendipitously reading the right column.

For I, the Sentinel’s Beer Guy, can help ensure that you pick a quality brew or brew-related gift that is overwhelmingly likely to be well received.

So if you are – or think you could be – shopping for a fellow beerdoe this season and have not yet bought a gift, here are some ideas that won’t only instill joyful elation in the recipient, but will also make you look pretty darned good.

What can I say? It’s a win-win.

Hey Mom, if you’re reading, ah, look no further.

Beer Clubs: Guaranteed Winners

A bottle of something special is always well received, but most local beer geeks have tried everything available on the

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for just a single month, every month, or anywhere in between, allowing a highly customizable gift that can fit any budget.

Similar clubs for wine, cheese, chocolate, cigars and flowers are available and can be combined with beer clubs to suit the interests of whoever you are shopping for.

Surf Brewery in Ventura has some great homebrewing equipment…

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

Santa Barbara beer shelves. This is why the Beer of the Month Clubs from www. beermonthclub.com are the perfect gift.

Each month the U.S. Microbrewed Beer Club delivers a 12-pack of 12oz beers to the respective doorsteps of its members.

In the package, there are three bottles each of four different hand-selected beers from exceptional U.S. craft brewers.

There is also an International Beer Club – cerveza, por favor – that instead highlights beers from outside the country.

Their most popular club blends these two options into twelve 12oz beers featuring four different varieties from both U.S. and international breweries.

The U.S. and International Beer Clubs offer a wonderful selection of beers that are not easy to find (especially in our area), but The Rare Beer Club – founded

by Michael Jackson (no not that Michael Jackson but rather the greatest beer and whiskey writer the world has ever known) – really kicks it up a notch.

The Rare Beer Club is for the true beer connoisseur and is dedicated to delivering some of the best (and hardestto-find) beers in the world. Each month members receive two different world class beers in 750mL bottles. Many of them are special edition, one-off brews, like the cleverly named Prostator from Elevation Brewing Co. This hearty, smoked doppelbock was produced as part of the Pints for Prostrates project that uses proceeds to benefit prostate cancer awareness. They have also featured brews like the Arctic Saison, a collaboration beer between Grassroots Brewing and Anchorage Brewing Co., that has a peppery theme and funky finish from the microorganism brettanomyces.

Some of the beers featured in The Rare Beer Club have been made before but are just very hard to get your hands on. This is the case with Boon Mariage Parfait, a beer I had spent years waiting to find.

Mariage Parfait is French for “perfect marriage” and I have never tasted a beer that so confidently lives up to its name.

This beer is a blend of several different aged lambics to form a style of beer called geuze. Lambics are a family of beers from the Senne Valley in Belgium that are spontaneously fermented from the microorganisms naturally occurring in the

air. They take years to produce and are considered the height of the brewer’s art.

The aroma of Mariage Parfait is a delicate dance around the fruit bowl, bringing together white grape, lemon and unripe peaches. The rim of these flavors are accented by white pepper and a dusty, musty note that has a leather earthiness laced within to bring the weathered theme that exhibits this beer’s age and the various microorganisms it contains.

It was brewed in 2009 and has matured, losing the sharp acidity that can accompany younger geuzes. The tart character is in perfect balance with a sweetness composed of apricots and honey flavors that is followed by an abrupt dryness, punctuating the finish like a crash of the cymbals. You could write a book on the flavors of this beer, but in the end any words you use to describe it will fall short of the true symphony of flavors that grace your palate. Mariage Parfait exemplifies the care and consideration that goes into selecting these obscure offerings from only the best breweries in the world.

The Rare Beer Club.

It’s sort of a big deal.

And it’s a great gift.

The selection process for the beer clubs is exhaustive and performed by skilled palates so don’t expect to see Budweiser on your doorstep soon.

(I mean, not that Bud isn’t a world-class brew of course. It is.)

Memberships can be given

Has your loved one been talking about trying their hand in homebrewing?

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8•Days• a•Week We Ain’t Got Nothin’ But Love, Babe…

by Jeremy Harbin

Want to be a part of Eight Days A Week?

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

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It’s finally here! After all the excitement and anticipation… the thing that has everyone spreading cheer… it’s got everyone feeling all warm and fuzzy and festive… yes, it’s 8 Days a Week! To kick this one off, we want to remind you all that you have today, tomorrow and Sunday to check out the Holiday Shop n’ Roll at Earl Warren Showgrounds (3400 Calle Real).

If you picked up the Sentinel last week, you might have read all about this indoor roller skating rink and artisan market. Tonight, organizers Valerie Velazquez and Katie Falbo will extend the skating hours until midnight for a special adult skate that starts at 9pm. See a full schedule and a list of vendors at www.shopnrollsb.com.

We’ve read your letters: You love it when we print your letters. So, here’s a great one we got this week: Dearest 8 Days, I write a column about the artists, businesses and events in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone called Zoning In for a local online-only publication. I thought you might be interested in an event being thrown by the neighborhood’s Santa Barbara Running Co. (110 Anacapa Street). It’s called the Ugly Holiday Sweater Fun Run. All ages can participate for free, just by wearing their ugliest Christmas sweater or any holiday costume. The run will start at 2pm at SB Running Co. Until 5pm, there will be snacks and drinks. Participants can enjoy 20 percent off of everything in the store. Find more information at sbrunningco.com.

Thank you 8 Days!

Love, Jenny Herron

Sunday December 22

I Can See Clearly Now

It’s Kids Day today at the Santa Barbara Eyeglass Factory. That means they’ll be administering free eye exams and giving out glasses at the Factory (1 South Milpas) from 9am to 2pm. To keep the kiddos entertained while they wait for a doctor, the real Santa Claus will be there to field all last-minute requests. Santa Barbara police officers and firefighters will also stop by. Other screenings – hearing, nutrition and diabetes – will also be offered. The Eyeglass Factory has held this event for 20 years.

Monday December 23

Sparks and Recreation

Adults think the kids are excited about Christmas. Here’s what they don’t know: Children don’t care so much about Santy Claus. They just want to tinker with circuitry. So give your little one aged seven to twelve the gift he or she really wants: to attend the City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department’s Circuit Craft Holiday Workshop. There, the young electricians will build “trees that go blink, wreaths that shine and ornaments that glow.” It takes place today only at the Carrillo Recreation Center (100 East Carrillo Street). There is a $45 registration fee. Sign up at the City’s website: www.santabarbaraca.gov.

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it or not, it’s today. So do what you need to do, folks: get together with your family and friends, curl up by the toasty fire under your camouflage Snuggie that was given to you for Christmas three years ago, sip your mulled wine or hot chocolate with marshmallows and reflect on the meaning of the season. Or don’t. You could just head to Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant (18 East Ortega Street) for a special Christmas dinner. Their food’s authentic and their pints are, well, pint-sized – which is a good thing when referring to beer. (Pssst… they open up tomorrow at 6pm.)

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Join us at Bella Vista for a decadent celebration of flavors from around the globe. Enjoy an elaborate and interactive buffet-style dinner featuring lively action stations, made-to-order creations, elegant desserts, and much more.

December 25

Rhymes with Hairy Pitsmas

At the risk of coming across like a bunch of closed-minded, backwards-thinking nuts, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas. (Now let’s go open the gifts under the Holiday tree.)

Thursday December 26 The Gift of Pizza

December 31st 6-10 pm $125++ per person

What would you want to go and eat leftovers for, ya big silly goose? What you really want to do is call in an order to Giovanni’s, go pick up that big delicious pizza pie and bring it back to your humble abode and eat it slice by slice as you stand over all the wrapping paper and empty iPad boxes strewn across your living room floor. Here’s the info: Giovanni’s of Montecito (1187 Coast Village Road; 805.969.1277), Carp (5003 Carpinteria Avenue; 805.684.8288), Mesa (1905 Cliff Drive; 805.560.7492) and State (3020 State Street; 805.682.3621).

$150 includes admission to Ty Lounge party, featuring entertainment until 2am and champagne toast ($40 cover charge will apply otherwise)

Friday December 27 SOhOhoho

It’s Friday, so put on your new socks and underwear, the polo shirt your mom bought you and the khakis you already bought with your Gap gift certificate. Then head right down to SOhO Restaurant and Music Club (1221 State Street) for their $4 Happy Hour from 5 to 8pm, when all kinds of food and drinks are priced at – you guessed it – four dollars. Stick around for the Donavon Frankenreiter and The Mattson 2 show. There’s no charge to attend happy hour, but the concert costs twenty-two bucks. And always remember to tip your bartender and to Tell ‘Em 8 Days Sent Ya.

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Here Comes Kids Day!

by Sharon Byrne

Rick Feldman (left) with Salud Carbajal as a happy mother thanks them at Kids Day 2012.

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ot on the heels of the highly successful 60th Anniversary Milpas Holiday Parade, Rick Feldman is gearing up to throw the 20th Anniversary Kids Day at the EyeGlass Factory on Milpas. I’ve been to the event several times, and it’s really heartwarming.

I caught up with Rick this week to check in on the 20th anniversary, and the origins of the event. “I was getting phone calls from educators and school nurses about kids failing in school, and the root cause was that they couldn’t see,” he said, adding, “How can any kid be successful in school if you can’t see the chalkboard or the lesson materials?”

So he decided to do something about it. First he did it as a onetime event, by arranging a day when families in need could come and get eye exams and a free pair of glasses. But when he saw the need, he started doing it annually. Now it’s evolved into a terrific partnership

with SEE (Surgical Eye Expeditions International) and they do it year-round.

They’ve given away over 1,000 pairs of eyeglasses this year. But Rick still hosts the Big Event – Kids Day – and delivers a lot for the community.

He brings in a coalition of non-profit partners to create something unique – a health fair focused on kids. Dr. Mast provides the eye exams. Rick provides the eyeglasses, and not just any old pair.

“If you don’t feel like you look good in your glasses, you won’t wear them, so we let the kids pick out hip frames they’ll feel good about.” He also understands that kids might lose or break their glasses, so he provides free replacements.

While the primary services provided at Kids Day are related to sight, the COW (Clinic on Wheels) will be there to get kids enrolled in the “Gateway” health insurance program. They’ll also be providing free flu shots, nutritional

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advice, and some basic dental care.

To top it all off, Santa pops by for a visit, crowning the day.

“It’s an emotional thing,” says Feldman.

“It takes out the bureaucracy and makes things happen for our kids.” It’s also one of the things Milpas is doing exceptionally well, where businesses partner with non-profits to provide benefit to the community. Rick has spearheaded that kind of partnership, followed closely by John Dixon at Tri-County Produce, and other businesses.

“I hope enough people see what we’re doing, pick up on the idea, and serve kids around the country. Think about the tremendous needs we have in this country, and focus on them.” Feldman is one of those guys on Milpas that’s all heart.

Rick recalls one of the early Kids Day attendees, and a little girl that got him misty-eyed. As she proudly donned her new glasses, a news anchor asked her, “What does this mean to you?”

She turned to him, and proudly announced, “Well, now I can see!”

That’s what it’s all about.

Merry… Feliz…

Happy… Io Saturnalia?

by Sharon Byrne

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ou’ve got to love those Romans.

Even if you’ve never been to Rome, or it was totally boring to study ancient Roman history, Roman heritage is part of your life. In America, our founding fathers embraced the idea of the Roman republic in their framing of the (then) new American republic. E Pluribus Unum, and all that. We continue to elect Senators and representatives to government.

Much of Roman common law evolved into British common law, and was then imported into what would become the American system of laws. Roman sewers, concrete, bridges, roads, heated baths and homes, and mass entertainment have got to appeal to your modern sensibilities.

The Romans were first-rate political advertisers, so you can thank them when you scream over the deluge of ads in the next election. Emperor Julius created the Julian calendar, still in use today. Those of us speaking Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese are using regional adaptations of Latin – the ancient language of the Romans, still in use in Catholic rituals, biology and, of course, the legal system.

But the Romans weren’t just builders and lawmakers. Some of their festivals and customs are still in use today. The most recognizable and widely celebrated is the Saturnalia, though you may not have ever heard of it by that name.

Saturn was the Roman god who

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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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That sounds like an early god of capitalism, doesn’t it?

Most of the Roman Empire was in Europe, and it gets dark there around 4pm this time of year. That’s a bit depressing, so leave it to those hedonistic Romans to fix that problem! They invented the Saturnalia, running roughly from December 17 through December 25.

This period marks the start of Capricorn in the astrological year, with Saturn as Capricorn’s ruler. The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, was important to the celebration. People lit candles en masse to symbolize the quest for knowledge and truth. Feasts, gifts, role reversals between master and slave, and lights marked the Saturnalia.

People gave gifts, mostly on December 23, and verses often accompanied these gifts, perhaps a precursor to the modern greeting card. Children got toys as gifts.

No work was allowed during the high feast days, and an atmosphere of revelry prevailed.

Not everyone was thrilled with the Saturnalia: Seneca wrote: “It is now the month of December, when the greatest part of the city is in a bustle. Loose reins are given to public dissipation; everywhere you may hear the sound of great preparations, as if there were some real difference between the days devoted to Saturn and those for transacting business.”

Pliny retreated to his Laurentine villa “especially during the Saturnalia when the rest of the house is noisy with the license of the holiday and festive cries. This way I don’t hamper the games of my people and they don’t hinder my work or studies.”

Perhaps these were early incarnations of Scrooge and the Grinch.

The renewal of light and the coming of the new year was celebrated in the later Roman Empire at the Dies Natalis of Sol Invictus, the “Birth of the Unconquerable Sun,” on December 25. From this point on, the days would grow longer, and soon the warm summer days and harvests would return.

If this sounds a bit familiar, it should! It’s

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what we now celebrate as Christmas. Lest anxiety arise that this somehow conflicts with Christian teachings, please relax.

Facing the Herculean task of converting people entirely happy with their present religion, thank you very much, early Christian leaders showed a particular genius in marketing and psychology. Long after the fall of Rome, it was clear people were not going to give up celebrating the Saturnalia, so the wise church fathers simply adopted the holiday as a Christian one, relabeled it, added new religious significance to it, and allowed to continue on to present day – a highly successful strategy in the spread of Christianity throughout the old Roman empire.

So enjoy the lights, festivities, presents and everything those Romans handed down to us at this, the darkest time of the year. Issue whatever greetings you like: Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Happy Hannukah! Feliz Navidad! Cheers!

And send a nod to those ancient Romans with a hearty Io Saturnalia!

Imposters and Impossibilities

by Loretta Redd

W

hen I first heard about the imposter interpreter who used unintelligible sign language gestures at the Nelson Mandela memorial, I figured it was a “throw away” story designed to capture a small percentage of readers or listeners attuned to the irreverent and irrelevant, more than significant “news.”

But after days of front and second page print coverage while carrying the lead on every cable news channel, I’m convinced our nation has fallen to the level where we are living the cultural equivalency of Animal House.

Welcome to the Roman Empire, just before the fall.

The moron on stage in South Africa, flapping his hands like RuPaul with a seizure, was the front man for a circus of players passing themselves off as legitimate interpreters. Since the discovery, his partners have flown the coop. But rather than admit his transgression, rather than accept responsibility or hold himself accountable in any manner, shape or fashion, he had the audacity to conjure up an even bigger lie about having a psychotic episode brought on by visions of angels entering the stadium.

Yes, maybe more time for security and background checks would have exposed this fraud standing ten feet from ninety global leaders, but that’s not the point.

The tragedy is that while the President of the United States gave one of the most honest and moving speeches of his life and other dignitaries spoke eloquently of the unassailable compassion of Nelson Mandela, this idiot’s portrayal of sign language continues to capture the headlines.

“We must search for his largeness of spirit somewhere inside of ourselves....”

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What we have chosen as of late to focus on in the world of 24-hour media is far from a tribute to our “higher” selves.

What has happened to us? Are we Americans so entrenched in this increasing frat-boy mentality, that personal accountability has taken a second seat to the number of views on YouTube’s latest mind-numbing stupid-tricks video?

The day after Mandela’s memorial, halfway across the globe in Fort Worth, Texas – a place no less antediluvian than most of Africa – a 16-year-old male was given probation after running his big-boy pickup truck over four pedestrians, killing every one of them.

The year before, this same nowmurderer was caught in his pickup truck with a passed out 14-year-old girl.

According to court records, he started driving at 13, and drinking at an even earlier age, all with the passive approval of his criminally-indulgent parents.

So what horrific psychological condition did this young person suffer from that would provide rationalization for his reckless endangerment and unconscionable behavior? According to his defense psychologist, Dr. G. Dick Miller, it was “affluenza,” where wealth and privilege apparently cancels out any modicum of accountability.

“Affluenza” is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as a valid diagnosis, but maybe in Texas, blowing a 0.24 blood alcohol three hours after mowing down four human beings doesn’t really qualify as being drunk, either.

Especially if your parents are going to pay $450,000 out of pocket per year so their darling can attend a country club-style “recovery” center.

Just because rehab didn’t work for Lindsay Lohan the first sixteen or so times, doesn’t mean this Texas genius won’t graduate from treatment with more than a great tan. I think he should share a jail cell with his parents.

Maybe authorities used the same DSM manual to diagnose “psychosis” in the fraudulent interpreter in South Africa, as they did for the equally culpable “affluenza” brat in Texas. Neither speaks well for the legitimate practice of Psychology, or for the Justice system, yet both are an indication of where our values have come to reside and what we now think of as newsworthy, regardless of what continent on which you stand.

Hail, Caesar.

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...continued from p.7 and wetting themselves before being carted off to the cop shop or Cottage had me in stitches of laughter. The situations in which these feckless sots find themselves are hilarious enough but what really tickles me is the way they are described – the wit, the irony, the verbal pyrotechnics of your writers astounds and captivates, e.g. “He quickly awoke and admitted to barfing under a bench….she was so, oh what’s the technical word… wasted… she was so um, hammered.” Brilliant! Simply dazzling writing.

So why am I done reading this stuff?

Well it’s become kind of old. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those prissy, self-righteous lefties who thinks Reagan should never have shut down the loonie bins where these scumbags belong. No, my problem is that you’re not casting your net wide enough. Sure, alcoholism and alcohol abuse are recognized mental illnesses, listed in the psychiatrist’s “bible,” the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (alcohol dependence, DSM-IV 303.90; alcohol abuse, DSM-IV 305.00). But let’s move on to some real rib ticklers. How about paranoid type schizophrenia (DSM 295.30) or generalized anxiety disorder (DSM 300.02) or, for a really good laugh, anorexia nervosa (DSM 307.1)?

So my point is this; why confine yourself to the SBPD and the mean streets of Santa Barbara? A quick call to

the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services of Santa Barbara County should get you into any of their facilities. You’d probably find some real nutters in there… and then your column might, once again, be good for a real laugh.

Robin Corcos Goleta (Editor’s Note: Timely letter, Robin, thanks for it. The truth is that I personally think old Crimetime is getting a little long in the proverbial tooth these days, and we are actively thinking through a variety of ways of changing it up in the New Year. (We’ve done that once or twice before, of course.)

We’ll consider your suggestion, even if you won’t be reading. I hope you’ll reconsider.

I won’t re-assert my positions on the column or, for that matter, the Disease of Alcoholism, I’ve done that too many times to count at this point. (With that said, I’m still searching for the cure; any ideas? Also, is it contagious? If so, I’m not going downtown anytime soon.)

One thought I had as I read your letter was that perhaps you should consider foregoing not only the Sentinel but also all forms of opinion-based and other media and pop culture, as part of your monastic abstinence from anything that “bores” you. All of that stupefying stuff is plain chock full of the same old tired stereotypical jokes and gags about drunks and drug addicts and “loonies” and mentally challenged citizens, et alia.

Hell, it’s hard to believe but sometimes even indiscriminate aggression and crazed violence

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are championed and teased. Oh, you should never tell or listen to any jokes, either, and you shouldn’t talk to anyone who does. Almost all of them deal in subjects that the more civilized among us would never dare discuss, much less permit to result in a sinful giggle.

Have a great holiday, Robin. There were only 67 pages of generally positive stories to read in the Sentinel last week, setting aside the one page that Crimetime was on, many of them about your friends and neighbors right here in town. (And I can, and have, made an argument that Crimetime shouldn’t really be aside at all; it raises important issues that plague our little paradise in an approachable way, even if you don’t see it that way.) Maybe you could find one you like. – MSM)

The Return of the Antibiotic Resistant Superbug

Are you aware that in spite of locally planned upgrades, two local sewer plants in Santa Barbara County (because of antiquated Federal, State and local regulatory standards) contaminate with pathogens certain geographic areas vis-avis irrigation utilizing “treated” recycled sewer water for municipal lawns and school playing fields? Research has documented the same data in the area of the plants around Flagstaff, AZ and St. Paul, MN. These pathogens include large numbers of viri (viruses) as well as multi-antibiotic bacteria and their multi-antibiotic resistant

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genes. The public is slowly recognizing that many antibiotics are no longer effective to prevent and/or treat infections.

One curious situation is that federal, state and local authorities of Wastewater Regulatory Agencies do not encourage staff to brainstorm about the efficacy of their own wastewater treatment plants.

Until legislative processes change, the staff of such Regulatory Agencies work only to maintain the current sub-standard standards and not to be creative problem solvers. Thus, the situation continues to grow more serious as “loose” antibiotic resistant superbugs and their antibiotic resistant genes continue to be more prominent in the general environment.

A shift in legislative thinking must occur that will “free” Regulatory Agencies to be more proactive. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistant genes are not due only to wastewater treatment issues but also to clinical preventative overprescribing and treatment for existing infections by physicians and veterinarians and overuse by meat producing industries as well. There is much work to be done.

Monies must come forth to conduct adequate research in order to ascertain whether the above recycled water contamination will eventually become an even more serious threat to our Public Health (i.e., future pandemics, etc.). ...continued p.27

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he local celebrity that agreed to predict NFL games this week is a big one. Literally.

KJEE’s Phat J, the radio DJ who looks like he could be an NFL lineman himself, can be heard on 92.9 FM weekdays from 2 to 6pm. He encourages the town to join him at the annual Peanut Butter Drive Holiday Show featuring Tommy & the High Pilots this Saturday, December 21 at SOhO. The concert helps benefit the Unity Shoppe.

Tommy & the High Pilots, KJEE’s Localize It Pick of the Week, are finishing an eight-date West Coast tour with their SOhO stop. The band will first visit the KJEE studio on Friday afternoon for an on-air appearance.

As for football, Phat J is a self-described San Francisco 49ers fan that had an easy time taking his favorite squad. The 10-4 Niners are hosting the 4-10 Atlanta Falcons. In his “upset” pick of the week, Phat J is rooting for the Baltimore Ravens (8-6) to knock off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (10-4).

The “Local Celebrity Football Picks” promotion with PresidioSports.com and Santa Barbara Brewing Company is raising money for local Junior Lifeguard scholarships while simultaneously raising awareness about different events and important causes around town.

Every week, Presidio Sports collects predictions from a local celebrity on the winners of NFL football games. Each correct pick triggers a donation that is accumulating throughout the season.

The promotion will provide scholarship money for the seven-week summer camp that promotes fitness and an active lifestyle. For over 40 years, the Santa Barbara Junior Lifeguard program has helped develop youth with strenuous daily workouts, water safety, first aid, surf lifesaving, marine education and competition.

So far, Olympic beach volleyball champion Todd Rogers was nearly perfect. Rogers nailed 12-of-13 winners to really set the bar high. Then professional surfer Lakey Peterson took her turn predicting the winners from the NFL’s Week 9 slate of games. Lakey herself went through the Junior Guards program as a Santa Barbara youngster. Also having participated so far is KEYT Sports Anchor

Mike Klan, Chicago White Sox pitcher Dylan Axelrod, Australian adventurer Tim Cope, Independent columnist John Zant and local entertainer DJ Curly.

The “Local Celebrity Football Picks” will be posted online each week and will also appear in here in the Sentinel.

PHAT J’S PICKS: Miami Dolphins (8-6) at Buffalo Bills (5-9) Minnesota Vikings (4-9-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (9-5) New Orleans Saints (10-4) at Carolina Panthers (10-4) Denver Broncos (11-3) at Houston Texans (2-12) Tennessee Titans (5-9) at Jacksonville Jaguars (4-10) Indianapolis Colts (9-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (11-3) Dallas Cowboys (7-7) at Washington Redskins (3-11) Cleveland Browns (4-10) at New York Jets (6-8) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-10) at St. Louis Rams (6-8) Arizona Cardinals (9-5) at Seattle Seahawks (12-2) New York Giants (5-9) at Detroit Lions (7-7) New England Patriots (10-4) at Baltimore Ravens (8-6) Oakland Raiders (4-10) at San Diego Chargers (7-7) Pittsburgh Steelers (6-8) at Green Bay Packers (7-6-1) Chicago Bears (8-6) at Philadelphia Eagles (8-6) Atlanta Falcons (4-10) at San Francisco 49ers (10-4)

Santa Barbara Sports Figure of the Month: Andrew Butcher

by Barry Punzal

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ith high school athletic budgets getting leaner and coaches scrambling to raise money for their programs, Santa Barbara High is fortunate to have a dedicated guy like Andrew Butcher on its staff.

Butcher is the longtime girls basketball coach at Santa Barbara. In his 30-plus years at the helm, he’s sent numerous players off to college, including 21 to NCAA Division 1 schools. Year in and year out, his teams are title contenders in the Channel League and make the CIF playoffs.

Friend Aaron Solis of San Marcos calls him “The Godfather” of local girls basketball.

Butcher is smart, innovative, witty,

resourceful and, most of all, giving. He gives hours of his time throughout the year helping players to become better on and off the basketball court.

Those qualities also have been a blessing to the Santa Barbara High Athletic Department. Through Butcher’s vision, creativity, teaching and labor, the athletic department has collected much-needed funds, worn facilities have received makeovers and students have acquired vocational and life skills.

Presidio Sports is pleased to honor Butcher as the Sports Figure of the Month.

“Andrew Butcher is like gold, everything he touches turns to gold,” said an appreciative Santa Barbara High Principal John Becchio. “He is just a real great spirit around here. He gets his mind on something and goes after it, and it’s always going to benefit the kids.”

Butcher is a basketball junkie and a Don, and he cares deeply about his alma mater.

He’ll see something on campus that needs upgrading, devise a plan and execute it. And he gets good results, just like he does with his basketball team.

He had the idea of a concession stand for the visitors at Peabody Stadium and made it happen. He bought a used food truck, had it cleaned, painted and inspected and parked it at the north end of the stadium for football games. His basketball players worked the stand and the money collected went to the athletic department.

“It helped the visitors, helped the people at that end [of the stadium] and it made the athletic department a lot of money,” Butcher said. “I know one game we grossed $1,800 just out of the food truck. It was a big thing.”

The venerable stadium also got a facelift, thanks to a project taken on by Butcher. He saw the need to organize the seating at the stadium, so he had large vinyl signs made to divide the student section from the reserved seating section. Signs also were made to show the location of the restrooms.

“The signs at the stadium were so rusted you couldn’t even read what they said,” he recalled.

His motivation was to make the stadium more inviting for fans.

“Since I went to school here, I want to keep things up,” he said. “We want people to have something to look forward to again. When I was in grade school, it was a big deal to go to a Dons game.”

He said he wants his 11-year-old son to enjoy that same experience.

“We’ve tried to make it so it will be a better event for people when they come to a game,” he said of the changes at the stadium. “I’m a basketball guy, but football starts the year off and it can get momentum going for all the sports, so

Santa Barbara High School’s girls basketball coach Andrew Butcher is named Sports Figure of the Month.

we’re trying to make it better.”

“My JV coach, Lucia Serrano, and I both went here and we’re always finding flaws,” he said of their motivation behind all the work. “The stadium is ninety-something years old. We did a lot of cleanup on the graffiti, got rid of poles that had been there for decades for no reason. We refurbished the weight room under the stadium because it was full of, I would say, ‘big mice.’ We didn’t have the kids involved in any of that removal. We got the place really usable and nice.”

Butcher also is good at finding bargains.

He found a deal on Craigslist for a couple silkscreen machines. The students learned how to operate them and make designed T-shirts for school teams and events like the Tournament of Champions Basketball Tournament and Think Pink Week.

Butcher said they were losing money on the shirts they gave out at the Tournament of Champions. “The cost of the shirts killed us. You can get a blank T-shirt for $1.50 and the ink is a nickel.”

His basketball players made the shirts for the “Think Pink” breast cancer awareness sporting events on campus last season.

“We made a lot of money for the Cancer Society,” he said. “It’s always fun trying new things and doing projects.

We don’t do anything dangerous, we don’t do anything where the kids aren’t trained. We try to do it right.”

Becchio is impressed.

“Andrew’s one of those guys who’s larger than life but quiet and reserved about it, humble as all could be,” said the principal. “He puts good people around him. He takes some kind of project that no one else would see as anything good and he has a vision it would be great and turns it into great. And he does that with the kids. He takes kids that have never played basketball and in four years they’re great.”

To read the full version of this article, log on to presidiosports.com.

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Give Your Daughter A Life-Changing Gift!

N.A.S.M, Kickboxing and SPIN Certified, Jenny Schatzle is known for changing bodies and changing lives. Her approach to fitness is about not only “getting fit” physically but also how, through exercise, nutrition and a positive motivational environment, you can change your lifestyle for the better. Jenny’s program and the results she consistently achieves have made her one of the most sought-after experts in Santa Barbara.

Holiday Workouts

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his is a tough time of year, as I’ve said before. The equation looks something like this: Food+Alcohol+Family+Friends = Super Fun Times.

Eating healthy and working out is, consequently, sometimes hard.

Do I expect you to be strict and say no to everything that’s not hugely good for you (excessive salt, too much sugar, getting that boozy “holiday glow” going, etc.)? Absolutely not!

It’s the holidays, a time to embrace your family, have a drink with dad, watch movies and munch popcorn with the kids. It’s indeed a time to celebrate and enjoy.

So do all that. I want you all to have an amazing holiday season.

But while you are doing all that, I want you to think about something.

Food. I want you to at least think about food.

Food affects everything from your mood and energy to your skin, motivation and, yes, even your sex life. And when you go to total extremes, your body suffers. So for this holiday season, make it a goal to find balance. Have one or two cookies, not five or six.

Have one or two glasses of wine, not a bottle!

After all, it’s one thing to indulge and a whole other to over-indulge. Have fun, lots of fun, but be smart too.

Most importantly, I wish you all a fabulous holiday season! Here’s a fun little workout that will keep you honest for the next week.

WARM-UP: Run around your block 1, 2 or 3 times. You advanced folks, go run a mile. (Yeah, that’s right, get outside. We live in paradise. The rest of the country is freezing!)

WORKOUT: Here’s one of my favorite workouts, we do it as a group in class and I also give it to clients who travel. You don’t need any equipment and it can be modified to make it as hard or easy as you want. The goal is to make it through the entire workout as quickly as possible.

Beginners should take out the pop ups in between (and the mile at the end is optional).

Intermediate people should warm up with one mile and do one round, finishing with a second mile.

Advanced masochists should warm up with a mile, do one round capped off with another mile, and then do a second round capped off with a third mile. Trust me, that will be some hard work.

For anybody.

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Yes, this is a real thing. If your hard-toshop-for gardener-loved ones already have a mason bee log and a bat house, consider picking them up a toad house. These little garden shelters provide toads (or frogs) with a safe, cool environment away from kid traffic, dogs and lawn mowers. Google “toad house” for a reputable dealer near you.

Who knew, right? It used to be sea monkeys that would do the trick.

Potting Bench When there’s more dirt in them than on them, it’s time for new ones. Gardening gloves make great stocking stuffers.

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Sometimes the simplest, most obvious items make the best and most appreciated gifts, especially when you’re shopping for gardeners. A new pair of loppers, hedge clippers or Felco hand pruners (#2s are my favorites, if anyone asks), a durable shovel or rake, a hummingbird feeder, a new hose (Flexogen or Colorite are reliable brands), a 10-gallon plastic Rubbermaid garbage can (or three) and lid for storing potting soil, a bird feeder and bird seed or (and!) a bag of fertilizer or compost all make welcome and useful gifts, albeit gifts that are rather difficult to wrap.

Nurseries are gold mines when shopping for stocking stuffers. A rain gauge, a hose nozzle, some green plastic nursery tape or a roll of twisty tie, blank plastic labels, flower bulbs or seeds, hose washers, a small hand trowel (Corona makes a good one), small packages of Miracle-Gro, Miracid, Peter’s or Shultz plant food, hummingbird food, those hose repair gadgets that replace the broken ends of a hose, gardening magazine subscriptions and/or a gift certificate from a nursery will all fit snugly in a stocking.

Have something edgier in mind?

Buy someone you love an ant farm, a worm box or a compost bin. If you need more ideas, these next gifts look good under the tree, too.

Decollate Snails

Nothing says “I love you” like a bag of snails. This year, surprise someone on your list with some Rumina decollata snails. I’m not talking about the kind of snails that you dunk in garlic butter, I’m talking about predatory decollate snails.

When introduced into your garden, these spiral-shelled, mucous mollusks will hunt down and take out those ravenous, brown garden snails (Helix aspera) that devour everything in your garden except your weeds. These slimy guys cost around $20 for 100 of them – enough to patrol 1,000 square feet of garden. Island Seed and Feed in Goleta can probably order you up some (not recommended as a stocking stuffer).

Basically, this is a workbench-type thingy that is convenient and handy when you have potting to do or flats to seed.

You can keep all your supplies right there and don’t have to go hunting every time you need a plant label or piece of green nursery tape. Some deluxe models even have drawers, sinks and shelves built right in. They’re available at nurseries, home centers and through catalogs.

Gardening Gloves

Don’t you hate it when you put your gardening gloves on and there’s as much dirt inside them as outside? That’s why, no matter how many pairs you already have, it’s always a treat to receive a brand new pair. The inexpensive cotton ones are good to have around, and since they almost always fall apart, literally at the seams, they’re quasi-disposable. And they only run about $1.50 a pair, so consider buying your gardening sweetie several and wrapping them up together in a bundle.

For a bit more money, there are some newfangled gloves available at nurseries.

They’re comprised partially of some neoprene-like material and some rubberytype stuff. Although they hold up well while weeding and planting, they remind me of those things people wear with their scuba gear when harvesting sea urchins from the deep.

For about $12 to $18, you can get leather or suede gloves that last considerably longer. Some of these have little string or leather pulls, or tighteners at the wrists that keep the soil from running back down into them.

Soap

Yes, soap. Soap makes a great gift for everybody, especially people with green or brown thumbs. Daniel Case has a store down in Carpinteria called Soap and he sells all kinds of soap: Gardener’s soap, flowery soap, lavender soap, fruity soap, girly soap and even guy soap. He sells a big, manly bar of sage soap that has gritty little things stuck in it that really does the trick after your hands have been in the soil all day. Soap is located at 910A Linden Avenue in Carpinteria; (805) 684-6695.

Watering Can

A watering can makes a practical present and if you get a fancy one, it’s also decorative. Available are colorful plastic

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truck and filling the bed or hood with winter bedding plants. Other gems to seek out are worn out, rusted garden tools, milk boxes, mail boxes, gates, mirrors, baker’s racks, metal headboards (to grow vines on)… the possibilities are endless. It’s amazing how classy someone’s throwaways look when strategically placed around the garden.

Your Time

Garden art like old milk cans, mailboxes, bedsprings, bird cages and orange metal pigs make great holiday gifts for garden enthusiasts.

ones, old-fashioned types made of metal or copper and new ones made to look old.

Prices vary but one thing is certain: The newer they are and the older they look, the more they cost.

Garden Art

Speaking of things that look old, how about perusing the swap meet, thrift stores or yard sales for junky yet tasteful gift items to give as garden art? Funky old buckets and crocks, rusty, dilapidated wheelbarrows and birdcages look cool (and expensive) when filled with flowers and given as planters. If your budget allows, consider buying a vintage pickup

spend some

How about giving a friend, neighbor or relative a gift certificate good for a garden clean up, a rose pruning or a good, long weeding session from you? These types of gifts are often more valuable than anything you could purchase at a department store, and the only thing you have to spend is your time. Even better?

You don’t have to wrap it.

Happy holidays, everybody.

Randy’s Quick Pick

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verything’s coming up, uhh, roses.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I couldn’t resist.

If you’re like me, you’ve been chomping at the spade awaiting the arrival of this season’s floriferous offerings. In other words, on January 2, La Sumida Nursery will begin selling bare root roses. Offering the largest selection of roses in our area, La Sumida is located at 165 South Patterson Avenue. (805) 964-9944.

Quality Time together

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dearest mallory, it is not our time walking on the e arth that is the me asure of one persons impact, it is how we impacted others on our journey that mat ters. the love, joy and fe arless embracement of life you possessed and have imparted onto others cannot be me asured by pages on a calendar. even beyond your time here with us, you continue to gi ve blessings to others in ever y way. today, you gi ve many saddened families the gif t of life that is beyond miraculous. you have se t the bar high ms. mally, but rest e asy knowing we will forever stri ve to bolster the compassion you embodied and bring love to this world. you have given so much, and now we shall honor you by following your example. if the measure is to leave the world a better place, mallory rae dies has achieved the work of many lifetimes. we love you so very much and you live always in our hearts.

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ou have until January 4 to see the Wall Space Gallery’s current exhibit, Studio Physics: A Photographic Exploration into the Nature of Time, Light, Space and Gravity, which features work by photographer John Chervinsky.

The owner of this Funk Zone gallery, Crista Dix, says, “I look for people who are using photographs in a new and unique way.” Chervinsky’s photography surely fits that bill: “He’s setting up a still life, he’s photographing it, he’s scanning the negative, he cuts out a portion of that negative from the scan, sends it to China, then gets it back, and reinserts it into the photograph and then photographs it again.”

Confused about that China part?

The artist emails his scans to a factory where anonymous employees generate oil paintings. Four to six weeks later, he receives the painting of his scan in the mail. While a portion of his still life is set on canvas and travels to him, time marches on for the rest of the scene.

Also on display from John Chervinsky is a series called An Experiment in Perspective, which is the first thing Crista saw from John when she met him and decided to bring his work to her gallery.

One good way to see Wall Space is on a Funk Zone Art Walk. The next one is on Friday, January 10. Though the Studio Physics show will be over, the gallery will then host art by students from Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Art and Design Academy for a short stint.

Starting in March of 2014, the Art Walks – featuring FZ folks like the Arts Fund, MichaelKate, Green House, Michael Irwin, Lindsey Ross, Koplin/Levin and Gone Gallery – will fall into a regular

schedule: Every second Saturday of each month. More information on the walks will be posted at funkzone.net.

Clock, Outlet and Painting on Wall

Crista, who has a varied background in not only photography but theater and geology, says this is her favorite piece in Studio Physics. “Time is one of those things that absolutely fascinates me,” she explains. “I’m always checking my phone to see what time it is. I’m always thinking six weeks ahead. When you have a gallery space, you’re not only working on this show but you’re working on the next one, so I have to bridge two planets that way. I never really know what time it is. This exemplifies that for me. But I love the fact that it’s grounded into the socket.”

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And, for what it’s worth, I picked this piece as my favorite of the works in John Chervinsky’s Studio Physics .

THE INFO GALLERY Find Wall Space Gallery at 116 East Yanonali Street C-1.

Reach the gallery by phone at 805.637.3898.

Open Tuesday through Saturday from 11am to 5pm, Sunday from noon to 5 pm and by appointment.

Visit Wall Space online at wall-spacegallery.com.

Stephanie has been with the gallery since September. She studied Cultural Anthropology and is a docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in addition to working at Wall Space. This is her favorite piece in John Chervinsky’s current exhibition. “I just love the frame,” she says, “and that apple is probably the most decayed piece of fruit [in the series].”

Find more information about the Funk Zone Art Walk at funkzone.net.

When I talked to Crista and Gallery Director Stephanie Amon, I asked them to tell me about their favorite piece in John Chervinsky’s show. Enjoy this printed mini-tour of a few of the works from Studio Physics, but know that it’s no substitute, of course, for venturing out to Wall Space to see the full exhibit. Also currently showing is Lori Vrba’s show, Anthology.

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inter is finally upon us. (Well, mostly, anyway.) I’m looking forward to the biggest buoy readings of the season so far coming up for this Thursday (today!) and into Friday, but, unfortunately, the swell seems a bit too north for us in town (290-310 degrees) and will most likely have a bit of south wind on it (but not a total blow out). A little gas in the car and a wise spot choice will easily find you waves in the overhead range, and local spots will still be chest to head high. (So not all is lost locally.) Most of the very uncool south wind should be around for the weekend so milk it Thursday evening and Friday. And have a great holiday.

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On Fertility Clinics and Uncomfortable Boyfriends Wendy Chang (far right), here with Drs. Mark Surrey and Carrie Wambach, was really a wonderful host during my time at the Southern California Reproductive Center.

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here did you say you were going?”

The look on my boyfriend’s face was an amusing mix of alarm, concern, confusion and fear.

“I’m off to the new fertility clinic in town. I have an appointment.”

The concern and confusion dropped away, leaving a look of pure terror on his face. It occurred to me I might have forgotten to give him the whole story.

“Oh, no! No. No. No. No. I’m meeting with Dr. Wendy Chang to discuss the practice’s available procedures, their facilities and their equipment. For the Sentinel!” My boyfriend relaxed (I think), and I hopped in the car to meet Dr. Chang.

When I arrived at the Southern California Reproductive Center in Santa Barbara, I was stunned by how beautiful the space was. Blue walls and modern designs made me feel as if I was in a (very stylish) friend’s home. When I commented on the feel of the waiting room, Dr. Chang explained that fertility concerns can be very stressful for their patients and so it was important that the non-medical space be as relaxing as possible, which (as far as I could see) meant making the place look as little like a doctor’s office as possible.

It’s also noteworthy that although the Reproductive Center is right on State Street, the office is located around the

back of the building. I can only presume that several patients will appreciate the privacy of the location.

Before I saw the facilities, Dr. Chang offered to give me a quick reproductive lesson. Despite being a little worried about a flashback to eighth grade health class, I agreed.

And I soon found myself surprised that what I learned is not taught in every high school health course.

The facts stayed the same: Women are born with all the eggs they will ever develop, about 300-400. Men essentially produce sperm continuously after puberty.

No news there. But what Dr. Chang then brought to the table is something that few people consider.

Because a woman is born with all her eggs, those eggs age with her and are exposed to every environmental factor she is. This puts eggs at greater risk throughout a woman’s life. Therefore, the older a woman is when she gives birth, the greater the risk is of the baby developing incorrectly. Once women reach about the age of thirty, these risks start to become concerning, as does the number of remaining healthy eggs.

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that many women are not ready to start a family in their twenties. To help women who think they may want to start a family, just not before they are thirty, the Southern California Reproductive Center offers vitrification.

Essentially, they will collect and preserve some of your younger, healthy eggs for later use. By removing eggs from the body, they are no longer exposed to environmental factors and a woman’s aging.

“Freezing” eggs used to be a gamble for women. Eggs contain a lot of water molecules, which form ice crystals when frozen. Those crystals would often pierce the organelles within the egg, rendering it useless.

The Reproductive Center uses a different technique. They remove as much of the water as possible from the egg and freeze the dehydrated egg. This process is FDA approved, , Dr. Chang explained, and over 90% effective.

Of course, saving eggs for later use is only for those who do not want to start a family immediately. For those who do, but are having trouble conceiving, the Center offers fertility testing and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Eggs and sperm are taken from the parents and the egg is fertilized in a lab. The embryo is then developed for a short while outside the womb before it is implanted back inside the mother.

The process is expensive, and (if you remember from old episodes of Friends) a little risky. Sometimes the embryos don’t “take,” and sometimes the embryos are not viable from the moment they are implanted. The equipment that the Center uses cuts down on the likelihood that the embryo will experience environmental stress during in vitro development, making IVF much more successful. In

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A self-professed science nerd, Rachelle has her B.A. in neuroscience from Skidmore College in upstate New York, and is working towards her Master’s in psychology at UCSB. In her free time, she blogs at www.synapticspeculations.com. She never could quite understand why she had to choose just one area of science; they are all fascinating. Especially when paired with some classic rock.

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many fertility labs, IVF embryos are kept together in large incubation chambers.

These chambers are opened every time any of the embryos needs to be checked, tested or otherwise observed. Opening the incubator each time changes the environment and puts all the embryos at greater risk.

And so the Reproductive Center in Santa Barbara uses micro-incubators. Each woman’s embryos are placed in their own incubator equipped with an embryoscope to monitor the embryo automatically and take still images every twenty minutes or so. This new technology maintains a preferable and more stable environment for the embryos and avoids unnecessary handling.

While the equipment had me itching to get back in a lab of my own, I was also blown away by Dr. Chang’s commitment to community outreach. She and her colleagues are committed to reproductive health education. Perhaps one day soon, we will see this new center as a pillar in the community. It is already a great resource with some of the most knowledgeable and compassionate people you will meet.

Even if talking about it still makes my boyfriend uncomfortable.

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Each shop carries a wide selection of ingredients and their knowledgeable staffs can help you put together the perfect gift.

Oh, don’t forget to include a homebrewing lesson. The next one will be at Surf Brewery on Saturday, January 11, from 12 – 3pm and just happens to focus on, drumroll, beginning homebrewing!

(And if it doesn’t work out with the class then you can always get a book on beginner homebrewing. Fun too.)

A Lasting Gift

Books are both my favorite gift to give and to receive. A well-chosen book will keep on giving, bringing countless hours of entertainment and inspiring new interests in the gifted reader. Surf Brewery and Valley Brewers offer a variety of beercentric literature; Chaucer’s Bookstore and other local book sellers carry good selections as well.

For the blossoming homebrewer I suggest The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian, considered to be the grandfather of craft beer. Charlie’s warm demeanor comes through in his words and, together with his approachable techniques, it is clear why this book remains a timeless classic and is the go-to handbook on homebrewing.

If you are shopping for a seasoned homebrewer then I suggest Designing

Great Beers by Ray Daniels, founder of the Cicerone program and senior staff member at the Siebel Institute for brewing. This extensive book gives the reader a highly technical approach on how to construct any beer recipe, but its writing is direct and easy to understand, making it a popular addition to the bookshelves of professional and amateur brewers alike.

Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, is a selection for the more experimental brewers and off-centered individuals.

This vivid piece of writing covers how to brew with exotic ingredients and make the eccentric beers that Dogfish Head has become famous for.

Finally, if you have that friend who thinks s/he knows everything about beer, then The Oxford Companion to Beer edited

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Happy hunting, fellow last-minute shoppers, hopefully these suggestions will help you find that perfect gift for the beer geeks in your life.

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays From the Andersens To you and your friends

Ron’s the Man

With the Channel Islands in the distance, this scene awaited my patience and planning as I stood upon the Goleta Pier hoping for one of Henri CartierBresson’s “decisive moments.”

Indeed it came.

I had gone out before dawn to capture the full moon descending amidst the palms lining the beach behind me this fine morning of December 17th. During the night I had awoken with disturbing thoughts that often come to us when the moon is full. Could I go on in precarious finances much longer? With no sales and not even part-time work available for a dependable $1,500 a month, perhaps my luck was finally coming to an end. Hardly alone in such foreboding thoughts these days, I know I am joined by millions of others losing ground in our world of super wealth at odds with the other 99% much like me… and others far worse as documentaries of real world conditions remind us that 80% now survive on less than ten dollars a day.

Beauty Before the Islands (Ron Atwood 2013)

So I got up early to shoot the moon, and perhaps also to again shoot for the moon as I have in the past over and over again. Yet I tire of the stress as I know so many readers of this paper and watchers of the news everywhere also tire of it, especially in the Christmas holidays of near requisite gift giving.

So, my fellow survivors, let us all strive for economic justice whatever the odds.

Most of us are in the same boat now. Pilot it with bravery in storm or calm. I bring you a moment of such calm to contemplate the beauty that is indeed still there.

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Like I said, it’s a spacious yet cozy ambience. Did you think I was fibbing?

The (Food) Road Less Traveled

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o it’s the holidays. And that means I’m struggling with the same holiday entertainment questions that I struggle with every other year (when not cooking at home, of course).

Where can I take my out-of-town friends and family for brunch or lunch without seeming too pretentious yet while still catering to their foodie wishes? Where should I go with my co-workers for a terrific holiday dinner?

I actually figured the answer to both of those questions out this year, and it shouldn’t have taken me so long; the place has been right under my nose for quite a while now.

Le Café Stella.

I’ve driven past Café Stella on Las Positas so many times on my way to the Dailey Method, Trader Joe’s and Gelson’s that it isn’t even worth trying to count them. It’s a bit off the beaten path – it’s not on or around lower State or the Funk Zone – which is refreshing, actually.

of your car in the parking lot in front.

That’s a good sign.

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French country garden-y. The place just has a nice feel to it.

And my experience is that you will find this adorable European-style café smelling delicious from the moment you step out

Café Stella is spacious yet cozy and comfortable. There is a large wine collection as you walk in – I hate to jump ahead but I highly suggest picking up a bottle of that wine you loved with your meal on the way out – and the whole place has a fresh garden feel to it. I was warmly greeted by staff and escorted to a lovely little outdoor table. The “dogs welcome” sign caught my eye and I wished I’d known; dog-friendly places are right up my alley.

(Shouldn’t they all be dog friendly? Yes is the appropriate answer here.)

Chef Daniel Orozco came out to say hello and I was just thrilled to see a familiar face.

I worked with Daniel when I was doing my culinary internship and he was always a real pleasure, one of my favorites in the kitchen.

I always thought he would make an amazing

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leader and, now, here he was, running the entire kitchen at Café Stella.

I knew I was in for a treat.

Daniel was a chef at Café Stella’s sister restaurant, Stella Mare’s (another great spot off the beaten path, down behind the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge), for 10 years, and he knows what he is doing. In this

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You can buy that bottle you liked so much over dinner on your way out (love that), or you can just make your own little wine basket for another time.

Ilene Hancey, who comes here to work almost every day, enjoys the delicious food and cozy ambience. She said the staff has become like her family. (I can totally see myself doing my writing here. Business expense!)

case, that’s French-style cuisine with an American twist, casual enough to enjoy all day long, on any occasion.

“I like to keep signature classic French dishes that incorporate new ideas to ensure that nobody ever gets bored with our menu,” he explained, smiling humbly. Café Stella’s menu definitely has something for everybody, from buckwheat crêpes to burgers and Croque Monsieur.

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everyone will be pleased with something on the menu, and that’s fairly rare.

The food is delicious. The Coq au Vin is my own personal favorite. This traditional French braised chicken dish is so tasty, so tender, that it just melts in your mouth.

(I’ve attempted it at home many times but can’t seem to get it anywhere Chef David’s. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to keep coming back again and again. And again.) The portion is large and generous; you definitely won’t leave hungry. In fact, I might even consider coming in with a friend and splitting a salad – perhaps some prosciutto-wrapped cantaloupe and blackened shrimp with micro arugula and passion fruit dressing – and Coq au Vin to warm up on a cold day.

We’d both be happy campers.

I could, of course, come for brunch instead and order the following truly delightful little creation: Peach French toast with vanilla creme anglaise. (I’m hungry just writing it.) I wouldn’t split

Veteran Chef Daniel Orozco and General Manager Larry Nobles. These guys are doing a terrific job at Café Stella.

that one with anybody.

Look, the menu is long and the food is terrific (just look at the pictures!), and I won’t belabor it here. I’m happy to recommend Café Stella as a local place with terrific food at a practical price. So grab your out-of-town guests, grab your co-workers – or just grab your damned dog – and get over to Café Stella as soon as possible.

Perhaps they say it best: “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.”

And you’ll certainly do that here.

Happy holidays, everybody, enjoy a meal with friends and family soon!

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Cominichi’s buyer Hillary Dulien gets the ‘60s and ‘70s retro thing.

happily sifting through the racks, they are leaning into your comfort zone, moving in front of you, and thus cutting you off, or “dropping in” on your finds before you can find them.)

3. Get to know your local shop owners and be on a first name basis. A lot of boutique owners in Los Angeles got to know me and my style choices, and they

Olivia Valentine can help you get set up with a distinctive new look. Seek her out.

would give me a call letting me know they had set something aside that looked like it belonged in my closet. This is priceless.

(The aforementioned Shelly Robertson from Cominichi’s, whose taste is very similar to mine, will do the same for me here in town (I hope!), and I bet any of the sellers there would happily do the same for you. Totally awesome.)

4. Get to know the employees. A lot of You’d better call, Shelly Robertson.

You know what I like!

times these fun loving thrifters are design students and would absolutely love to help you with a distinctive look. Everyone enjoys a makeover and these kids can be brilliant stylists that know every piece of inventory by heart. Why not ask Olivia Valentine at Cominichi’s or Rhiannon at Crossroads, or really anyone at The Closet for help? You’ve nothing to lose; everyone is just so damn nice in Santa Barbara. (Note: This rule most definitely does NOT apply in Los Angeles. You must choose your employees wisely there, and that requires a whole different set of rules. If you’re heading down to do some shopping in La-La Land, just stick to this simple rule: They don’t want to talk to you. I digress.)

5. Finally, don’t bulls**t yourself. If something doesn’t fit properly, don’t buy it. The color makes your skin look washed out? Don’t buy it, no matter how much you want to wear that color or how cheap it is. If a trend makes you feel like an idiot, don’t be one and wear it. Learn what cuts flatter you. (A boat neck top, for example,

Mid-century modern pieces with a masculine edge your thang? Look no further than Ultimate Jesse Keenan; he’s your man.

will make you look like you have a bigger chest. Soooo, if you already have large knockers, maybe go for a v-neck instead and accentuate your positive, rather than looking like you swallowed too many pumpkin pies. Digressing again.)

The trick to all this is learning your look and what makes you feel good, and then sticking to it when you’re looking.

This saves time and money, and helps you create a timeless, definitive style that is 100% you.

So get out there and follow the rules; you never know what you might find combing the racks.

Happy hunting!

Make sure to stop in and visit Cominichi’s new store at 19 East Haley Street. It’s open seven days a week (Monday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm; Sunday, noon – 4pm). (805) 962-1413; www.cominichis.com.

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Guitarist Christina Apostolopoulos plays SOhO on Monday, December 23.

with Mark Léisuré

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

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

Christmas Spirits Here’s Robby Robbins in his Draco the Dragon costume.

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nyone who’s been to Robby Robbins’ Westside home during the holidays knows he’s a Christmas junkie… or at least an accumulator of Christmas stuff.

There are knickknacks and decorations all over the place, including so many ceramic pieces spelling out N-O-E-L on the mantle that some of them get randomly rearranged (LONE? ELNO?).

Robbins is also a solstice stalwart, spearheading the float put together by the staff of the Independent – where he’s the media sales manager – for the annual summer celebration.

So it seems a no-brainer that he’d be involved with Santa Barbara Revels, the now six-year-old community-based company that puts on annual Christmas shows pulled from traditions from around the world. The 2014 show – “The Spirits of Haddon Hall,” which features a cast of 60 and songs spanning 800 years of

English culture – plays Saturday (the 21st) and Sunday (the 22nd) afternoon at 2:30pm plus Saturday night at 7:30pm at the Lobero, where the audiences are not only invited but almost expected to get involved – to whoop and holler and sing and dance along. Get tickets at lobero. com or by calling (805) 963-0761.

We checked in with Robbins to get the dirt.

Q. Why are you so into Revels? Is it just anything that has to do with Christmas for you?

A. It’s not just about Christmas. Revels got me on stage after I was away for more than 25 years. I’d always been active in theater, dance and music – I played French horn and sang – but it had been a long time. [Santa Barbara Revels founder] Susan [Keller] heard me goofing around at the Solstice workshop and asked me to come check out Revels. I hesitated at first,

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but she kept after me and finally cornered me when [Independent editor] Marianne [Partridge] was around, and she loves us getting involved in community things. So I sat in on one rehearsal and then, bam, here I am. It’s not The Nutcracker. It’s not the same thing year to year. But there is some familiarity, some touchstones – the dances, some of the songs – but you also get to learn something new each time. If I had to do the same Nutcracker thing every year, I’d kill myself.

You told me earlier that this year is the best one since you got involved. Why’s that?

The storyline really works. From start to finish, it’s easy to understand and never obscure like some of the previous Revels shows. So you know what’s going on. The family wants to see the old mansion before it’s torn down and they get surrounded by the ghosts of their ancestors who tell them, “What are you doing? We’ve reveled here for centuries!” And there are lots of jokes from the ghosts: “You think taxes are killing you? We’ve been through the plague!”

What’s it like inside the dragon costume?

It’s fun. I’m a puppet addict. And I helped create it with Diane Arnold, so I feel some ownership. It’s like puppet drag.

You put on the costume and you can do and say things you never would otherwise.

And it’s fun to be on the edge of being a little bit frightening for the kids, but also thrilling.

What’s your favorite part of the show?

Breaking down the fourth wall and engaging the audience. That’s another thing that makes it a lot more fun than The Nutcracker. We look out and say, “Hey you over there, come sing with me.

Hey girl, get up on stage and dance. Hey kid, come hang with the dragon.” The audience has a lot of ownership of the show. I love that.

“Join us and be joyous” is Revels’ motto: Does it work for you?

Absolutely. That’s all you have to do.

Come and have a good time. That’s what we’re there for. No preaching. No teaching. You might learn something, but it’s all in fun. It works as well for fouryear-old kids as it does for well-educated grandfathers.

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I meant: Does it make you happy?

I’ve been going every Monday and Thursday night and at least one Saturday a month since September. I marched in

the Christmas parade, froze my butt off in front of Marshalls on First Thursday and sang for five hours in Solvang last weekend just to promote show. I’m not getting paid, and I’m not crazy, so yeah, I get a lot of joy out of it.

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Christmas is special to Christina Apostolopoulos, too, in large part because she gets to spend some time back home in Santa Barbara during a break from studying guitar at the uber-prestigious Berklee College of Music.

The videos and tracks found on YouTube and her website (www. christinaapostolopoulos.com) range from confessional folk-flavored songs delivered solo with her acoustic guitar to harddriving covers of Jimi Hendrix to jazzbased instrumentals on electric axes. But Apostolopoulos comes by the approach naturally, or at least scholastically.

“I’m a guitar performance major, and I’ve taken lots of what they call stylistic labs.

You study a certain genre of music with maybe eight guitarists in the classroom, so you learn a lot,” Apostolopoulos told me.

“I’ve had Afro-pop, Brazilian, and Hendrix labs, and I also took a few songwriting classes, at least one per semester as elective, to make sure I keep up.”

Apostolopoulos credits that exposure to myriad types of music giving her the “ammunition and inspiration” for writing everything from jazz tunes to slide guitar blues rockers. “I’m always coming up with new ideas,” she said.

Local audiences will get a chance to check out the many sides of Apostolopoulos while she’s home before she heads back to Boston for her final semester in midJanuary. She’s playing at SOhO (1221 State Street) on Monday, December 23 at 7:30pm on a bill with Mahea and a bunch of other Santa Barbara-raised jazz musicians who graduated from or are still attending Berklee, including drummer Matt Raphaelian, saxist Jared Yee and bassist Carter Lee. Then on Friday, January 3, Apostolopoulos returns to the Cambridge Drive Concert Series out in Goleta, opening for Cindy Kalmenson with just her acoustic guitar in a 45-minute set that will include some of her newer songs.

“That’s the way I always played growing up,” she said. “So that always influenced how I wrote the songs, because it was me playing them on my mind.”

Still, there should be lots of different styles. But no Christmas carols.

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

I Still Don’t Like Middle Earth, But Nebraska’s Just Fine

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egular readers of this column – all five of you – may recall that I’m not a fan of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic chronicles. It’s simply a matter of “to each his own” rather than any particular aversion to the man’s body of work. As much as some folks think I’m insane for watching sports and reviewing movies each week, this Grinch would rather deck the halls than read Tolkien from cover to cover.

Although I respect his millions of devotees’ interest in the goings-on of limitless characters in Middle Earth, the prose and premise of each tale never appealed to my tastes. I became bored of the Rings and have often encouraged film-goers to kick the Hobbit.

Not for a lack of trying: Several years ago, I cracked open The Lord of the Rings trilogy until its deluge of names caused my eyes to glaze over and I bowed like a puppet.

Hence, my reluctance toward the latest silver-screen rendition and its cumbersome title, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It has settled into every cineplex nationwide, standing four-square while staring me down, as if daring me to join in.

Soon I will feel obligated to do so, in part because most reviews have been positive.

Meanwhile, positive would be the last word to describe opinions about Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, based on the filmmaker’s best-known, albeit worst, screen persona.

This time around, “she” gets lured to visit a friend’s daughter in the country, spreading holiday cheer like horse manure and fertilizer. (Perhaps reading Tolkien doesn’t sound so bad after all.)

Frankly, the omnipresent trailers of Perry’s newest ill-conceived comedy are enough to keep me at a safe distance. One moment that still has me scratching my noggin: Madea changing the Virgin Mary’s story to reference singer Mary J Blige, ostensibly and only because they share the same name. (If that doesn’t tickle your ribs, what will?)

This time around, co-star Tika Sumpter – the embodiment of wholesome beauty – is Perry’s sacrificial lamb.

The next week shall bring us the enticing American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. In the meantime, here’s a glimpse at a low-key winner from the nation’s breadbasket.

Lone, Stark State

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Although Sideways was a sort of winesoaked valentine to the Central Coast, and The Descendants a thoughtful ode (rather than a flashy tribute for tourists) to Hawaii, the black-and-white Nebraska returns to the humble heartland of Payne’s pinnacle, About Schmidt.

As a crusty and befuddled alcoholic, Bruce Dern resides in Montana with his sassy and persnickety spouse (June Squibb, who portrayed Jack Nicholson’s short-lived wife in Schmidt). The old-timer is convinced he has won $1 million as part of a sweepstakes because, by golly, he

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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.

Mars vs. Venus

A Girl With Balance and Grace

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t’s really easy to forget sometimes that I have a girl. We’re always headed to the beach (for surfing) or to Elings (for lacrosse) or to the movies (for action films). With three boys plus friends the favorite pool activity is chicken fighting.

Boys smell. And they’re loud and incredibly physical, often punching each other in passing just for fun.

So when Olivia jumps into the front seat and it’s just the two of us, I don’t even see her as a girl – I’m in perpetual boy mode. As the bass beat of Jackson’s rap music runs through my body, she switches the radio and we’re suddenly listening to classical music. That’s when my mind, racing, stops with a thud, and I look over at her grooving on Bach.

Huh? I have a girl?

Her protests in the masculine household are always quiet and understated (in stark contrast to her brothers’ very loud demands). When the pushing and fighting escalate to a point where she can’t deal, I catch her sneaking away and shutting her door; then I typically hear the whirl of the sewing machine. I love finding her in my room, looking through my jewelry, holding it up to her ears, around her neck. Always on her own, very quietly, sometimes humming softly.

She has chosen friends much like herself.

Tomboys who love math, who aren’t afraid to get dirty and play musical instruments.

There is no room for moodiness, never bitchiness and absolutely no prima donnas.

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Which is why it was so eye-opening to take her to Santa Barbara Festival Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Arlington last weekend. It’s Christmas after all, Olivia is 10, and our neighbor was dancing in it. I

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So the doors to the world of beauty and delicate movement slammed shut and we have never looked back.

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Olivia dressed herself in her fanciest dress, made sure her hair was immaculately brushed into a bun and her shoes matched. She snuck into her own little music box and fished out her only necklace to accessorize. When she came out to go, the boys looked up from lunch and immediately made fun of her.

“Hey catch Liv! Why do you look so weird?” they asked.

The transformation included her friend Aiofe who had shed her 49ers shirt for an equally girly outfit. The two of them complimented each other on their clothes and quietly giggled in the car on the way to the ballet. I watched my daughter as she walked ahead of me holding her friend’s hand and marveled at the quiet strength of my Venus.

The curtain rose, the incredible world of Christmas came alive to love and romance.

The girls sat on the very front part of their seats, transfixed at the twirling, the grace and the magic the ballet spun. There Clara was, always on center stage, fighting off the huge mice with her Nutcracker, dancing in magical snow and then finally watching the amazing Sugar Plum Fairy impossibly twirl.

Towards the end of the show, Olivia squeezed my hand tight. I turned to her face, lit up like a Christmas tree, and she smiled broadly.

In the car on the way home, I wondered if I should have made more room for Olivia’s femininity in our house. I started thinking that perhaps I had failed her as a woman. Maybe I had not done enough to allow her Venus to be heard. I had about convinced myself that we needed to do more to nurture the delicate and feminine when she broke into my thoughts.

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“Mom, aren’t you glad that there are no prima ballerinas at our house?” she asked from the back of the car, her bun now undone, her locks wildly tangled around her shoulders and her shoes kicked off.

“I think the word is prima donna, Liv,” I corrected her.

“No,” she giggled. “No prima ballerinas, I am not sure what I would do with all that.”

We drove the rest of the way listening to Handel’s Messiah, and my thoughts stopped wandering. Christmas is finally coming.

And all is right with the world.

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o what do a Jew and a Christian Scientist do for a Christmas Eve service? (Seriously, this is not a joke.)

When we first moved to Santa Barbara six years ago our family was given a tip: There was a magical temple on Ladera Lane, called Vedanta, a philosophy based on the foundation of Hinduism that acknowledged all religions. We took our four young kids plus two friends to their service on the eve of Christmas. We sat in the temple and sang sing-alongs of carols and listened to a reading of the Bible about the birth of Jesus for an hour.

We have never looked back: This is our Christmas tradition. December 24, from 6 – 7pm, Vedanta Temple, 927 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara.

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What: Winter Solstice Celebration Where: Granada Books, 1224 State Street When: Saturday, December 21, 10am – midnight Why: In celebration of the winter solstice and their six-month anniversary, Granada Books will be offering all sorts of special promotions and discounts every hour, along with live music and refreshments.

How: Book it!

ARTS & CULTURE Light My Fire

By Sylvie Butera Rich e once heard that it’s important to make heat, not fire. In other words, create warmth and avoid a burn, expel the negative. This is the message Jenny Koesling communicates through her Vive Aguanile candles. (Vive Aguanile is a cultural term hailing from Afro-Cubano roots that means to “rid one’s home or soul of negativity.”)

Candles have been symbols throughout history, and Jenny’s unique creations symbolize the power of positive change and the regeneration of mind, body and spirit. Each luxury candle is divine, made with pure essential oils, clean burning soy vintage wax and an enviro-safe cotton wick. So not only do these little passion pyros give off lovely aromas, they also heal the soul.

We agree with Jenny that positive actions and intentions are just the right things in the New Year. Why not pass on some of this wisdom and either light your own fire or give the gift of warmth? A healing candle is just the thing. www.vivecandles.com

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By Briana Westmacott t comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s short. Sometimes it’s long. Other times it’s in between. Curly or straight, blonde, brown or black… we love our hair! So, the Skinny held a little Q&A with Lisa Gaede, owner of Carlyle Salon, to get as many helpful hair tips as she could muster. Read on to find out how the pros care for hair:

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Q: What do you recommend if we are applying heat either for waves or with a flat iron? Is there a spray or serum that helps protect the hair?

A: When the hair is wet (before blow drying), I like to use the Melu Damage Spray.

If the hair is dry, before using the curling iron, I like to use the Kevin Murphy Young Again Oil or Kevin Murphy Hair Resort Spray. Both of these products have holding power and heat protectant.

Q: What’s your take on dry shampoo? How should one use it? What’s your fave?

A: I love dry shampoo and I personally can’t live without it. I have two favorites. Kevin Murphy Fresh Hair lasts a long time and is easy to work with. My other favorite is the new Davines Hair Refresher (this one is great for brunettes). To use, I spray around the hairline and the part – then I brush through to distribute and dissolve the product. If you have an extra minute, you can apply heat with the blow dryer and massage your roots for just a quick minute. This maximizes the product and will truly refresh your hair.

Q: How can we preserve our beautiful blowouts?

A: Dry shampoo is the best hair refresher! My favorite trick for a longer length is to pull all the hair on the crown and tie it up when you go to bed. Always use a tie that is non-binding so you don’t get breakage.

Q: For those who work out daily, is it bad to wash your hair every day? What do you recommend?

A: This is tricky. It’s great if you can plan your workouts around your shampoos, but if you are fitness savvy and work out often, I suggest trying to skip a shampoo here and there.

Try wetting (rinsing) and adding a small amount of conditioner. This helps the integrity of the hair and utilizes our natural oils. Here’s another instance where dry shampoo can be used on some of those lighter workout days.

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What: Grassini Family Vineyards Holiday Charity Event Where: Grassini Family Tasting Room, 813 Anacapa Street, #6 (El Paseo) When: Saturday, December 21, 10am – 7pm Why: Swirl, sip and savor to benefit Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter. Cheers!

How: Bring a new, unwrapped toy and get a 2-for-1 tasting.

What’ll It Cost Me: Wine tastings start at $10 and 100% of the raffle proceeds and tasting fees will be donated directly to Casa Esperanza, a local charity dedicated to helping homeless individuals achieve self-sufficiency. It gets better!

Grassini will match the proceeds 100%!

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Holiday Shop n’ Roll Where: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real When: Friday, December 20, 11am – midnight; Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, 11am – 10pm Why: Skate, shop and savor foods from our favorite local chefs and artisans.

How: Just roll with it.

What’ll It Cost Me: Admission is free on Friday.

Saturday and Sunday admission is $5. Skate rentals are available and of course shopping will cost you!

Q: What is your ultimate hair trick or secret?

A: I think my tips for styling a natural curl may be my best-kept hair secret. First, de-tangle while very wet. Then, apply Momo Curl Enhancing Serum by Davines along with Davines Mousse for curly hair.

Wrap the hair with a damp towel for at least ten minutes. After the towel is removed, do not handle the hair anymore until the hair is dry. People tend to overwork the hair and cause their own frizz issues. When the hair is completely dry, use your fingers at the scalp and use a massage motion to break up the hair for fullness.

Q: What are your three favorite haircuts/styles right now?

A: I love Kate Moss’ layered haircut (her recent collarbone length) and the natural feel of the style. I am loving all the longer bob shapes that we are seeing. For men, my favorite is a tapered, more square shape.

Happy hair days ahead, readers!

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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

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he Holidays are here. It’s almost time to start prepping for your Christmas feast.

Whether you like to deep fry your turkey, make a Turducken (Google it if you don’t know what it is), or have the traditional slow-cooked turkey, one thing is for sure: The market is as hot as the gravy in which you will smother the aforementioned bird meat. While we are seeing the typical holiday slowdown, there is still a lot of great inventory coming on the market, not to mention inventory that has been out there for a while and is primed to sell before the end of the year.

California’s market in general has been getting some good news as of late with its statistics, despite people feeling that it’s getting a little soft. According to San Diegobased DataQuick, the median price paid for a home in California last month was $357,000, up 0.6 percent from $355,000 in September and up 25.3 percent from $285,000 in October 2012. Last month was the 20th consecutive month in which the state’s median sale price rose year-over-year, and the 11th straight month with a gain exceeding 20 percent. Those are some very impressive numbers that even your drunkest relative could understand.

Take a look at few of these recent great deals and get out there and pluck one up for yourself if you’re in the market. While I‘m thinking of it, I have a nifty holiday tip for all readers: Grab a few extra Sentinels, tape them together and use them as an easy and free tablecloth. They make for interesting table conversation. I would suggest putting them facedown so that EIC Matt Mazza’s picture doesn’t ruin your appetite.

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

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

Purchase price: $1,550,000 Down payment (20%): $310,000 Loan amount: $1,240,000 Loan payment: $6,191

(30-yr fixed rate at 4.375% (4.41% APR))

Property taxes estimate: $1,420 Home insurance estimate: $100 Total Monthly Payment: $7,711

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817 Castillo Street

Purchase price: $899,000 Down payment (20%): $179,800 Loan amount: $719,200 Loan payment: $3,590

(30-yr fixed rate at 4.375% (4.41% APR))

Property taxes estimate: $824 Home insurance estimate: $80 Total Monthly Payment: $4,494

Purchase price: $799,000 Down payment (20%): $159,800 Loan amount: $639,200 Loan payment: $3,191

(30-yr fixed rate at 4.375% (4.41% APR)) Property taxes estimate: $732 Home insurance estimate: $80

Total Monthly Payment: $4,003

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OPEN HOUSE GUIDE SUNDAY DECEMBER 22 Downtown

618 Anacapa Street #6 1-3pm $1,795,000 2bd/2ba Lynda Bohnett 637-6407 Sotheby’s International Realty 401 Chapala Street #110 11-4pm $850,000 1bd/1.5ba Michael Calcagno 896-0876 Sotheby’s International Realty 117 Por la Mar Circle 2-4pm $575,000 1bd/1ba Rachael Bissig 895-4449 Village Properties

1818 Olive Avenue 1-4pm $1,249,000 3bd/2.5ba Richard Naiman 448-1239 Village Properties 400 East Pedregosa Street #I 1-2:30pm $799,000 2bd/2ba Ed Kaleugher 687-2157 Sotheby’s International Realty 16 East Padre St #9 1-3pm $585,000 2bd/2ba David Cohn 214-8244 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2030 State Street #14 1-3pm $549,000 1bd/1ba Dave Haws 757-6492 Coldwell Banker

4638 Puente Plaza 2-4pm $1,025,000 4bd/2ba Marcella Simmons 680-9981 Village Properties

1409 Shoreline Drive 1-4:30pm $4,749,000 4bd/4ba Gene Archambault 455-1190 Sun Coast Real Estate

1224 Mission Canyon Road 11-4pm $1,800,000 3bd/2.5ba Ruth Martinez-Infante 570-4646 Coldwell Banker

10 Rincon Vista 2-3:30pm $1,799,000 4bd/3.5ba Wilson Quarre 879-8898 Sotheby’s International Realty 1300 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,795,000 4bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 223 Alameda Padre Serra

By Appt. $1,495,000 3bd/3ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty

3069 Calle Fresno 1-4pm $1,285,000 4bd/2ba Laura Collector 451-2306 Sotheby’s International Realty 2916 Calle Noguera 1-4pm $987,000 3bd/2ba The Easter Team 455-6294 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 3888 Nathan Road 1-3pm $915,000 3bd/3ba Tracy Nelson 246-7288 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1010 Crestwood Place 1-4pm $899,000 3bd/2ba Whitney Schott Taylor 680-3640 Village Properties 2821 Miradero Drive #B 2-4pm $535,000 2bd/1.5ba Suzanne Lawson 886-9316 Sotheby’s International Realty

2375 East Finney Street 2-4pm $8,950,000 4bd/4.5ba Adam McKaig 452-6884 Sotheby’s International Realty

20 Sanderling Lane 10-5pm $984,471 4bd/3.5ba Lorie F. Bartron 879-5017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 50 Sanderling Lane 10-5pm $925,000 4bd/3.5ba Lorie F. Bartron 879-5017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 90 Sanderling Lane 10-5pm $897,000 3bd/3.5ba Lorie F. Bartron 879-5017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 5546 Berkeley Road 1-4pm $799,000 3bd/2ba Cimme Eordanidis 722-8480 Village Properties 7900 Hollister Avenue 10-5pm $600,000 2bd/2ba Lorie F. Bartron 879-5017 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 7042 Marymount Way 1-4pm $479,000 2bd/1.5ba Sam Bayer 222-0088 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 280 North Fairview Avenue #2

By Appt. $429,000 2bd/2ba Gail Pearl 637-9595 Sotheby’s International Realty 357 Moreton Bay Lane #6

By Appt. $349,000 2bd/1.5ba Michael Pearl 637-6888 Sotheby’s International Realty

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