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BROTHERS OF INDUSTRY Woodworking wizards Peter and Andrew Hernandez have just opened their first shop (at 740 State Street); believe it or not, they’ve made everything you’ll find for sale there…

by Matt Mazza

Family Ties

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verybody has stories about bad neighbors. There’s the shady drug dealer and the aspiring musician alcoholic and the full-nude male sunbather and the abusive husband and the overly active zoning and building regulatory citizen-cum-bureaucrat-cum-policeman… you get the idea. It’s not always easy out there. And if you haven’t had one of the foregoing, then it’s overwhelmingly likely that you are one of the foregoing.

Think about it.

But that’s not my point. My point is that there is a flip side to the bad neighbor coin. That’s right, it turns out that there are actually good neighbors out there too. There’s the family that helps in your garden and the polite and respectful kids that yours love to play with and the handyman who always seems to know just how to replace that window or build that fence (even if it isn’t exactly up to code) and the dusty, noisy, beer-drinking woodworkers and… hang on.

Dusty, noisy, beer-drinking woodworkers are good neighbors? Give me a minute.

I just checked with my wife and it’s settled. Dusty, noisy, beer-drinking woodworkers are indeed good neighbors. Some of the best, actually.

And the truth is that we miss living next to them.

Like A Good Neighbor…

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Mazza’s Missive – Though they sometimes kept him up late nights with all their dusty, noisy (jolly) woodworking, Matt still really likes the Hernandez family and is thrilled about their Brothers of Industry business that just opened up its first retail shop just off State on De La Guerra. Go check them out, and tell them the Sentinel sent you.

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I t’s Crime Time with SBPD – It’s baaaaaack. Men beating women is all too common this week, a horny thirty-something from LA grabs a breast and is arrested and girls act badly sometimes, too. (And don’t worry, Crime Time is alive and well.)

L etters to the Editor – The Sentinel actually facilitates a commercial transaction (yeah!); Crime Time fans cry out for more; H.T. Bryan is bummed on our national debt; Laurie Leigh is stoked on the Mary Ellen Tiffany piece (and the Sentinel’s bottle of wine).

The Dish – Oh Wendy, we missed you last week. TAP Thai Cuisine looks and sounds terrific, nice column. Now, everybody head over for Preaw’s Pad Thai.

The Beer Guy – Thanks Zach, your column on Black IPAs this week is “fairly malty” and has a “thick, luscious body.” It also encourages morning drinking.

Perfect.

Eight Days A Week – The Sentinel’s new weekly calendar(esque) offering. Get out there and do a few things this week. You won’t regret it. (Most of you won’t, anyway.)

Santa Barbara View – Sharon Byrne’s piece on homeless encampments and panhandling is really eye-opening and definitely worth the read; Ray Estrada’s Business Beat covers lots of ground this week and is too.

The Weekly Capitalist – Jeff Harding is back from a vacation up north spent considering the ramifications of sequestration and our national debt. Uh-oh.

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Presidio Sports – Providence Hall girls’ hoops is in the CIF Finals (go get ‘em, Lady Lions); SBART Athletes of the Week; Spring sports for local high schools get started in earnest this weekend so go check out the action.

Man About Town – Mark is fired up on UCSB’s Arts & Lectures Winter Festival, which offers a bountiful smorgasbord of things artsy and lecturey. (Like Mark himself.)

Girl About Town – Julie Bifano spends a quiet afternoon inside Randall House rare books on Laguna Street. (Definitely a hidden gem, Julie, keep them coming.) oleta Girl – Jana Mackin is abducted by aliens and taken to a UFO lecture on G Turnpike. Were any surgical procedures performed? Is this why she’s leaving Goleta temporarily? Questions, questions… (We’ll miss you, Jana, much love and travel safely. Do write us from time to time… we’d love the occasional column. Peace.)

Keepin’ It Reel – Jim has a look at Return to Oz, Snitch, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and Side Effects. Are any of them worth the $40 it costs to take a date to the movies these days? Read to find out.

Plan B – Briana’s youngest daughter hates panties. And she apparently likes rodeos deep in the wilds of Northern California. This makes father Paulie a little… uncomfortable.

L OVEmikana – Grow your own greens (sprouts, in this case), and go check out the new Local Artisans Market featuring local homemade grub and handmade wares. The Weekend Guide makes you look like an insider. (Doesn’t everybody want to be an insider? We do.)

esidential Real Estate – Real estate is off to a great start in 2013, and Michael R takes a look at a few vintage homes in the downtown area. Justin does the math.

And the Sentinel’s new open house guide will get you headed in the right homeshopping direction, so check it out.

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Thanks for showing me around, Hayley, the place looks great.

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Mill Valley. We were just settling in after moving all day when there was a knock at the door. I answered it and there were two very well-dressed Marin County hippies smiling widely and holding a bottle of Veuve Cliquot and a couple champagne flutes.

“Welcome to the neighborhood,” they offered warmly, “we hope you’ll enjoy it back here as much as we do.”

Two minutes. That’s all it took. (Well, two minutes and a pretty solid bottle of champagne, to be precise.) Two minutes and we loved the house and the neighbors and the neighborhood. And that feeling carried right through our time in that little house. We still talk about the big fireplace and creaky old floors and old wavy windows and built-in everything and the stormy nights back in the woods.

Lily was conceived in that little house.

It was a happy place, and those damned hippies made it that way.

Flash forward a few years and we were

moving into a terrific place in Santa Barbara. (We’d just moved out of one we’d been in for years in town, one which we are pretty sure that the next-door neighbor was in fact a drug dealer. The others were fantastic, though, and many remain friends to this day.) It was small, tucked back away from the hustle and bustle (mostly), with a creek and some privacy and a lot of space for the kids.

Within a few days of moving in, our new neighbors, the Hernandez family, had not only stopped by to offer a very warm welcome to their small neighborhood, but also to invite us over for a backyard dinner party one evening.

I won’t forget it.

Kate and her husband, David, were gracious hosts, friendly and kind to us and our kids, showing us around their great place. I remember that they had a keg of beer tapped and explained that they just plain enjoyed a good brew after a long day.

They immediately offered up a pint glass

and I shared one with them.

One of their sons, Peter, was interested in food, I remember, and was cooking up a great barbeque meal with all sorts of accoutrements. Andrew, Kate and David’s other son, was working in Los Angeles doing some cabinetry and carpentry work.

Kate explained that she had quite a passion for antiques and had even owned a shop in Summerland; David was the Director of Health Services at Westmont College and a practicing pediatric doctor.

A lovely family, the Hernandezes. They always stopped for a chat in the morning while walking the doggies (Apollo (RIP) and Hemi) and talked about their great gardens (that we tried to mimic but failed miserably). If the kids got sick, we’d slyly

slip in a question or two to David so we might better know what to do. Et cetera.

Great neighbors, for sure.

Then Andrew came home, I imagine with glorious tales of the glamorous (but indeed dusty and noisy) woodworking business in Los Angeles.

Peter suddenly forgot about food – mostly, anyway – and started thinking of how to use his business degree with his brother. Then Kate got into the mix with all of her antique knowledge and know-how.

David the doctor soon took an interest too.

And everything changed. A business emerged. A family business.

There goes the neighborhood. (Not really.) ...continued p.19

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It'sCrimetime...

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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.

What Do You Call A Man With No Arms and No Legs…

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ome on, tell us the truth; you didn’t actually think we were finished, did you?

Seriously?

But we used words like “yay” and “neat-o” and really thought that would sufficiently communicate our ruse. But it appears – from the letters section and a number of comments made to our wonderful stiff (oh, excuse us, staff) this week – that our tone wasn’t sufficiently sarcastic. Maybe we were just obnoxiously obtuse. No matter, we’ll be crystal clear from here on out.

We swear.

Importantly, anytime we say we are backing down from the “banal brawlers” that have “bloodied and bruised” us, please disregard our alliterative prose immediately. It is highly unlikely we will ever back down in the face of an unprincipled adversary – even a vocal one – and even if we did, we’d never publicly admit our cowardice.

We just aren’t that kind of paper.

Come to think of it, any time we say we are turning tail and running from a fight, please think immediately of the Black Knight.

What’s the Black Knight, you ask? Oh boy.

(Picture the immortal John Cleese with flames bursting out of his ears right now.)

…The Black Knight

There’s a great (and quite famous) scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) involving King Arthur and the Black Knight. Basically, King Arthur approaches a small bridge on faux-horseback and a knight dressed completely in black blocks his path and steadfastly refuses to move.

After a bit of a duel involving ridiculously (indeed purposefully) bad swordplay, King Arthur hacks off one of the Black Knight’s arms and declares himself the victor of the fight. “‘Tis but a scratch,” the knight proclaims defiantly.

“A scratch?” King Arthur is incredulous. “But your arm’s off.”

Alas, the Black Knight isn’t finished with King Arthur, and another duel of absurdity begins and ends, this time with King Arthur hacking off the Black Knight’s other arm.

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Again, the knight wants to continue the fight.

“Look you stupid bastard,” says Arthur, “you’ve got no arms left.”

“It’s just a flesh wound,” the knight retorts, indignant, and then kicks King Arthur right in the ass.

The fight continues until King Arthur has chopped off both of the Black Knight’s legs and crosses the bridge and goes on his way – with the Black Knight taunting him all along.

In some ways, that’s us in a nutshell, the Sentinel is the Black Knight. We know, it’s not the most flattering comparison, but we’ll live with it. And we think you will too.

Violations of the law were committed all over Santa Barbara last week, and we’re going to report them. It’s Crime Time, damn it, so start the TV dinner, pour yourself a High Ball, settle in to that La-Z-Boy and get used to it.

Sex Starved Maniac Attacks Woman in Trailer

CRIME: A man comes home to his trailer after a long Monday on the job and tips back a few tall boys to relax with his girlfriend. She’s standing in the soft light of a fading Santa Barbara sunset near the “kitchen area” when he approaches her and expresses a desire to “have sex.” She ignores him. So he socks her in the face and she calls 911. He is arrested for beating a woman.

OBSERVATIONS: We don’t know, but punching a gal in the face might not be the right approach to getting her into the sack. Try flowers next time. Or a bottle of wine. Or a house.

COMMENTS: Better yet, hey creep, leave her alone. If she’s not in the mood then go wedge yourself into your tiny shower and soap the worm. But don’t hit girls. We don’t like to hear about big tough men beating up women. Ever. So stop it.

Thug With Bad Sportsmanship Beats His Live-in Girlfriend

CRIME: A 61-year-old transient man with a cane smashed his “live-in” girlfriend’s face in after she beat him in a game of dice. (Her injuries were severe, really, with a potentially broken jaw.) He was arrested for battery.

OBSERVATIONS: Again, beating your girlfriend is not the best way to express your disappointment in losing a game of dice. If it were, Bunko wouldn’t ever have gained such popularity. And the idea of the smoking hot woman with the lucky craps hand wouldn’t exist. Here’s a better idea, tell her that you enjoyed playing and that you’ll get her next time. Then finish your glass of wine and go make some love. Isn’t that a better way?

COMMENTS: Come to think of it, hey creep, leave her alone. If you can’t handle losing to your girlfriend then date a man who is bigger and stronger than you are and get used to disappointment. But don’t hit girls. We don’t like to hear about big tough men beating up women. Ever. So stop it. (Wait, didn’t we say that already?)

Horny Co-ed Grabs Mammary…and Squeezes

CRIME: A visiting 34-year-old Los Angeles man was apparently enjoying himself in a popular local nightclub last weekend when he began relentlessly hitting on some poor woman who repeatedly “turned down his advances.” After around ten minutes of swings and misses, the man’s friends motioned for him to leave and he agreed…but before he walked out, he threw his drink in her face. And as she was wiping his vodka-cranberry (or whatever the hipsters drink these days), he “grabbed her breast, over clothes, and squeezed once (1) using his hand.” He then ran, but was apprehended by security and eventually arrested for a sexual battery.

OBSERVATIONS: Talk about Tune-in-Tokyo, our friend from LA really went the extra mile to win this young vixen’s heart. Not only did he harass her and make an ass of himself, he also sexually battered her. We think we’d wait three days to call. Maybe four.

COMMENTS: At the risk of repeating ourselves, hey creep, leave her alone. If you can’t handle rejection then try a massage parlor in the Castro. (We can say it, at least one of us lived in the Castro at one point. And it’s an objectively true statement.)

Girls Are Bad Too

CRIME: A young Isla Vista woman was so drunk she actually got into a police car on State Street thinking it was a taxi. (“Yeah, ah, like I need a ride to jail please. And can you make it quick, I’ve got stuff to do.”)

OBSERVATIONS: We’d like to say that’s the end of the story, but it isn’t. When a black bouncer approached the woman to try to point her in the right direction before she was arrested, she turned to the cab driver – er, ah, police officer – and said, “All I want is for this [shockingly bad racial epithet] to get me a cab.”

COMMENTS: If you can’t handle your booze, then don’t drink. And if you’re a racist, then go back to wherever you came from and leave us alone.

Yeah, that’s right, it was a tough few days out there everybody. Here’s an idea: Treat each other well for the next few days. Let’s have no beatings. No sexual assaults. No destructive language. The weather’s going to be beautiful, so grab somebody you love and head to the beach. Talk and laugh and enjoy each other’s company.

And be good this week folks.

We’ll be watching.

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Thanks for putting us in touch; just another reason I pick up your fine periodical. Cheers.

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A Politically Incorrect View of Political Correctness Matt, we’re sort of newcomers up here as we transition from somewhere deep in Southern Cal. We recently read your Sentinel for the first time and absolutely howled. (Notice I didn’t write “literally.”)

Whether you realize it or not, you composed a 13 paragraph treatise on The Total Absurdity of What Is Called Political Correctness in your Crime Time column

(Vol. 2, Issue 7). Bravo! So much could be said about the destructiveness of that 30-year American phenomenon.

Your personal story, in reply to the disgruntled reader, was touching. I know from a troubled childhood. In my case, it was a malignant narcissist mother, and I’m always a little taken aback with how many people think parents deserve awe and respect no matter what. Anyway, life has been pretty good to you, and to me, since then, and you’re fortunate to have found such a great profession – writing! You are very good at it. We’ll be picking up the Sentinel from now on.

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Top Tip: Try TAP Summer Roll is tofu, carrot, green leaves, and sweet basil leaves wrapped in sheer rice paper and served with peanut dipping sauce; $5.

Top Warit Tulyathorn, Aon Prippan Tantiprasertchai, and Preaw Kanokwan Chamchoi of TAP Thai Cuisine.

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n the website for TAP Thai Cuisine, there’s a section titled, “Why Tap?” It says T.A.P. is the combination of the owners’ initials, as in Top Warit Tulyathorn, Aon Prippan Tantiprasertchai, and Preaw Kanokwan Chamchoi. The names themselves are mouthfuls, so TAP was a simpler way to go. “In 1998, we met at architecture school in Bangkok, and have been friends ever since. Over years of restaurant experience and trying and observing the art of Thai cooking and restaurants all over the States, we decided to share our passion for Thai food in Santa Barbara.”

Today, Top lives in Manhattan, and Aon in Pasadena. Preaw lives near the Santa Barbara restaurant, as she oversees daily operations. Prior to moving to town, she had only been here to get her hair cut – hers is a decidedly chic asymmetric cut.

Preaw says her first name rhymes with “meow.” She is super patient with Americans (present company included) who repeatedly butcher her name. Besides architecture, Preaw has studied fashion merchandising and massage. To pay her way through school, she worked in Vietnamese and sushi restaurants, and her aunt’s Thai restaurant in Ventura.

Of her native Kingdom of Thailand, Preaw says she misses Thai massage and the huge weekend market in Bangkok.

When she was 10, Preaw moved from the Chainat Province in Central Thailand to the Capital City. She studied English, but says it was mostly “baby” stuff. You know, the cat sat next to the rat with the hat.

The Eggplant Salad is fried eggplant tossed in a tangy Thai dressing with tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, shrimp and crispy onions; $11.

TAP opened in October 2010. For the first year, Preaw manned the kitchen.

When a cyst formed in her hand from too much time holding a wok, Chef Alfonso Pangan took over the cooking of her recipes. The transition was a smooth one, as Preaw had drawn pictures of all her dishes. Presentation is important to Preaw (a fashionista at heart) and she’s chosen plain white plates to showcase her work.

TAP’s décor reflects its young owners’ design backgrounds. The interior is basic but hip. A neon signs greets guests, and exposed bulbs dangle over tables.

Underneath the TAP logo (designed

by Top) on the door, it reads, “Herbal Awesomeness,” which sounds like something Preaw would say and laugh.

A friend from massage school painted the restaurant’s walls with large black and white drawings of common Thai ingredients. The names of each – ginger,

TAP Signature Pad Thai is rice noodles, eggs, bean sprouts, ground peanuts and tamarind sauce; $10.

It can be made with tofu, chicken or shrimp; the latter for $12.

Fried Banana surrounds Coconut ice cream, honey and peanuts; $7.

San Diego) to study.

Brave for opening a restaurant. Using a Thai metaphor, she explains, “You are little cow.

You don’t know what a tiger looks like so you don’t feel afraid.”

While Preaw is hardly a little cow, her point is made. There are also a few charming typos on the menu; i.e. streamed A friend of the owner painted common Thai ingredients on the restaurant’s walls. vegetables. This is garlic, mushroom, coconut and lemon authentic Thai food.

The menu starts with the “Small” grass – are written beside each in Thai category, read appetizers like Corn Cake, script.

So beyond the name, why TAP? The which is sweet corn fritters served with food is good, home style with many sweet & sour sauce; $4. Traditional healthy options. If you had a Thai Chicken Satay is chicken breast marinated grandmother, this is what she’d make in Thai herbs and spices on skewers, and for you. Everything is fresh to order. The served with coconut milk, peanut sauce word “clean” seems appropriate. A line on and a small cucumber salad; $6.

Other categories include “Soups,” the menu states: Every dish can be made “Salads,” “Woks & Curries,” and “Sweet vegetarian.

TAP is Thai with a twist. “People think Treats.” The Papaya Salad and Coconut all Thai food is spicy. We try to educate Rice is among the more popular dishes; them,” says Preaw. “Not every dish is $9.50. Most curries are spicy and the spicy, but all are flavorful.” Rather than Green Curry and Yellow Curry are no Thai style, which is family size meant for exception; with chicken or tofu $10, with sharing, the portions at TAP are intended shrimp, $12. For dessert, the coconut ice for one. Rather than going on ad infinitum cream is subtle and light. Thai iced teas with countless options like so many Thai (Cha Yen) are served in mason jars; $3.25.

TAP is located at 2611 De La Vina restaurants, the menu here is well edited.

This way, all the bases are covered and Street (by Jedlicka’s Western Wear), near Constance Avenue; www.tapthaicuisine. quality can be maintained.

Choose from seven lunch specials, all com. There’s street parking and a few spaces served with soup of the day and green salad in the back. Open for lunch Monday thru for $9. Pad Thai is among the offerings. Friday from 11:00am to 3:00pm; dinner “Seriously, I make Pad Thai really well Saturday thru Thursday 5:00pm-9:30pm; because I just love it so much,” says Preaw Friday 5:00pm-10:00pm; 805-682-1114.

Eagerly awaiting tips, tips, tips: If excitedly. True to her word, Preaw’s Pad you have any restaurant information, Thai is exceptional. Not overly sweet.

Many have called Preaw “brave.” please contact me at wendy@ Brave for coming to the States (first to santabarbarasentinel.com.

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remains one of the best examples of the style and perfectly illustrates, as Stone describes it, the “liquid dichotomy” of a rich, hoppy IPA in a pitch black setting.

Surf Brewing Black IPA

Style Profile: Black IPAs

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ark beers can be intimidating to the uninitiated. The black color usually indicates that the liquid is going to be chock full of flavors – coffee, chocolate, burnt malts.

Oooohhhh. I’m getting thirsty already.

While many love these flavors in their beer (myself especially) there are quite a few who do not want their beer to taste like espresso. If you are one that is dissuaded by the deep color of a brew Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his then there is still at least one dark style of background in chemical engineering and the beer for you: a Black IPA. arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and The term IPA (India Pale Ale) is discover how beer pairs with life. showing up everywhere these days and you may be wondering what the difference is between a regular IPA and a Black IPA. Normally, an IPA is known for its hoppy aroma, increased alcohol content and bitter finish. Its color can range from a sunny gold to a light copper.

A black IPA is simply that, an IPA that has been colored black. It still typically has the traditional flavors of an IPA but its color is dark. The surprise though is that such dark IPAs will not have any significant chocolate or acrid coffee flavors in them. Some versions may have a hint of toast, but the roasted coffee and burnt malt flavors really should remain more in the mind of the drinker than on their actual palate.

This oral optical illusion is made possible by a unique malt called Carafa Special.

With this particular grain, the barley kernel is dehusked before being malted. This procedure greatly reduces the burnt, coffee-like flavor of the malt and allows beers to be darkened while keeping the roasted character to a minimum. While lacking in those traits, the use of this malt does tend to make the brew richer and fuller in flavor than its paler counterparts. This grain should always be used in a black IPA and the dark color, absent of any roasted malt character, is what makes this style differ from hoppy porters or stouts.

What’s In A Name?

This confliction is expressed more than just in the style’s character but in its title as well. In the years since its creation, beer geeks have been arguing over the name, Black India Pale Ale, since it is a little contradictory to call something both “black” and “pale” in the same name. Some other names have been put in use, the most popular being India Black Ale or Cascadian Dark Ale (referring to the Cascadia region in the pacific northwest and the classic American hop, Cascade, from the same area). In 2010, the Brewers Association officially recognized the style under the moniker, American-style Black Ale, however Black IPA continues to be the most common phrasing.

The original Black IPA is said to have been brewed in 1994 at the historic Vermont Pub & Brewery under the name Blackwatch IPA. Throughout the years, this beer has inspired several other versions of a Black IPAs but it was not until Stone Brewing released a Black IPA as their XI Anniversary beer that the style became really popular. This beer was such a favorite that they decided to release it as a year-round offering under the new title, Sublimely Self-Righteous.

All right, I’ve geeked out hard enough. Let’s drink some beer.

Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale Stone Brewing’s Sublimely Self-Righteous is now a classic and considered to be the epitome of the style. The illustrious liquid is rich with flavors of grapefruit and pine resin and does not hide its 8.7% ABV (alcohol by volume) in the aroma. The brew is fairly malty and accompanied by a luscious, thick body. (I’m still talking about beer.) True to Stone’s brewing-style, a strong bitterness lingers afterward.

And despite the slew of Black IPAs that have been inspired by this particular brew, the Sublimely Self-Righteous still

This Black IPA from our local Ventura-based Surf Brewery is the roastiest of the bunch with the malt flavor just arriving to a chocolate character before departing into a pine-like finish. At 6% ABV and a medium body, Surf ’s Black IPA is hardy and nourishing. This brew would make for a great follow up after an early morning surf session. (I pass no judgment and am perfectly fine with a responsibly consumed morning brew. Especially after a session.)

Firestone Wookey Jack Wookey Jack is said to be brewed with a sprinkle of “wookey dust.” While this special ingredient remains at large, the truly unique element of this beer is its use of malted rye. This untraditional twist to the Black IPA style gently layers a spicy complexity to its flavor and crispness to its body. Hints of toasted malt quickly leave the flavor with a soft sweetness and a light, bitter finish. But don’t let the lightness on your palate fool you. At 8.3% ABV this beer is quite powerful. The strong alcohol content is apparent in the nose and when mixed with the floral tones of the hops, the aroma has a menthol-like finish. And at that strength you may just feel like there is actually some wookey dust in the air.

Whichever Black IPA you go for, this style of brew is sure to offer you an intense experience layered with complexity. And now you know not to be dismayed by the dark demeanor in the glass, for these are just everyone’s favorite IPAs but with a richer flavor and dark color that simply deems them black.

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• Friday

• Monday

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Beat the Monday Blues

So it’s Friday again. But this one is different than the last couple dozen Fridays have been. It’s in the mid-seventies and the skies are blue. There’s a light offshore breeze. We’re feeling Spring (fever) and Summer beyond it. (Gives us butterflies in the stomach just thinking about it.) Cut out of the office a bit early and head for the waterfront. Tough to go wrong, but we are feeling Brophy’s for all you single folks and young couples sans kiddies.

Some garlic-baked clams, maybe an oyster shooter and steamed mussels, you know the drill. Tell Ara that the Sentinel sent you and order a few obscure tropical cocktails that involve lots of muddling. (Just kidding, go easy on Ara… he’s one of the good ones.) www.brophybros.com.

Beach Brews

For those of you with the youngsters, hit Shoreline Beach Café. It’s just a no brainer on a day like this. There are sand toys and acres of beach to occupy the tots, and there are Coronas in buckets and carnitas sandwiches and fish tacos and toes in the sand to occupy, well, you.

It’s actually the precise location that Editor-in-Chief Matt Mazza wrote his first editorial all those months ago. And it’s just about time to start getting back into the whole beach scene. Tell Steve hi and pick up a Sentinel before you find a place to sit and relax for a few. Have a good time. Santa Barbara it. Hard. www.shorelinebeachcafe.com.

• Saturday

March 2

Music Guild Competition

For the sophisticated amongst us, Westmont has something cool going down Saturday night. Seven high school seniors will be competing for Westmont music scholarships at the Music Guild Competition. The soloist finalists are from around the world – including one from Dubai and another from the UAE – as well as from right here in our own backyard. Good luck to all, but perhaps especially to Sofiya Pyrkhitko of San Marcos High. The winner will receive up to $10,000 in annual music scholarship funds (that’s $40,000 over four years) and the show should be pretty darn solid. And when the competition is over, the Siloam String Quartet will perform. The whole thing starts at 7pm at Deane Chapel and is free to the public. Why not? Try something new.

• Sunday March 3

Ulysses at Uptown

If you haven’t noticed, we like to go slow on Sundays. Wake up late, crank some Zeppelin or maybe some Dead, make a little breakfast, play with the kiddies or your significant other, and cruise. Then get over to Uptown Lounge around 1:30pm to see Sunday standard Ulysses knock out some spirited New Orleans and Chicago jazz. They put on a great show, and the Uptown is quite the cool new spot to pass a few hours. There’s a grand piano on stage, and they’ll be doing some pizzas from their wood-fired oven to satisfy your food urges. So get to the Uptown. 805.845.8800.

This will undoubtedly be a tough Monday if you had too much fun at the Uptown Lounge yesterday. But that’s ok. Really. Don’t beat yourself up too bad. Most importantly, do not – we repeat – DO NOT over do it at the office this morning. Take a long lunch at Panino at Santa Barbara and East Canon Perdido Streets. We like the no. 9, turkey with brie on a baguette, and a medium-sized San Pellegrino. Then stop at Handlebar Coffee Roasters (128 East Canon Perdido) for a short black coffee on your way back to the office. (Say hi to proprietors Kim and Aaron.) That’s all you need to get going for the afternoon. Hit it hard, be productive, make up for some lost time this morning and earn a few bucks. You’ll need them… there’s plenty to spend your dollars on next weekend.

Cookies for CALM

By the way, a local Girl Scout Troop composed of 22 Roosevelt Elementary second grade girls will be selling cookies from 2:45 – 4pm at the corner of Chapala and Victoria Streets to raise money for CALM’s services and programs. (For those of you unfamiliar with CALM, it stands for Child Abuse Listening Mediation and seeks prevention of child abuse and neglect; it’s a terrific organization.) Take another coffee break from the office (so much for that coffee-induced productivity mentioned above), walk on over to Chapala and Victoria, and go support the cause while making a few second-grade girls’ day. And get some Thin Mints, Dosi-Dos and Savannah Smiles to boot.

• Tuesday

March 5

Poet and He Knows It

Poetry. That’s something new. (In fact, we are thinking about a poetry column, so please send us your prose for consideration.) Westmont Professor of English Randall VanderMey – sounds like a poet, doesn’t he? – will read selections of his rhyme and verse while discussing the role of poetry with his audience in a lecture entitled “Occasional Poems: Readings and Reflections on a Suspect Genre.” Marianne Roberts and Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, Professors of History and English, respectively, will respond to VanderMey’s talk. It’s another freebie up at Westmont, and it runs from 7–9pm in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Sentinel will be there. (Yeah, that’s right, poetry, man, we dig it.)

• Wednesday

March 6

Open Mic Night

We like The Marquee quite a bit. It’s a comfortable place for a drink before or after a show (or whenever, really). The two-year-anniversary of the Marquee’s Open Mic Night is this Wednesday night, and should attract a pretty wide variety of talent from far and near. It really is the most popular event of its kind in town, and performers get happy hour pricing all night.

So dust off that old songbook from your guitar strumming hippie college days (or that old poetry notebook from your aloof sensitive loner days,

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perhaps) and get over to The Marquee. The show starts at 8pm and goes until midnight… that should give you enough time to imbibe enough liquid courage to get up there and let it rip. Break a leg! www.marqueesb.com.

• Friday

• Thursday

Ortiz-inal Pottery

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Watanabe Be Startin’ Somethin’

It’s a busy Thursday and there is lots of cool stuff going down. Here are a few highlights.

First, ex-pro skateboarder Mike Santarossa and other artists, like the Sentinel’s own Trent Watanabe (who also has a show at 19 Blue – 19 West Ortega – the same night starting at 6pm), are putting on what we think should be a fantastic art show at Municipal Winemakers from 7-9pm. NO COMPLY is a collection of reshaped and designed skateboards, and all proceeds are going toward building a new mini-ramp up in Goleta this Spring. There will also be a short flick by Andrew Schoneberger at Backyard Studios that looks great. This will be a good one, for sure, and the Sentinel will be there. Especially since we already dig Municipal Winemakers and always look forward to spending some time in their space, enjoying one of their many offerings. See you there. www.municipalwinemakers.com.

StoryMan It’s also First Thursday and that always means lots to do and see. Complete listings are at www. santabarbaradowntown.com, but we’re looking forward to the grand opening of Santa Barbara Arts’ new location in La Arcada, featuring works by storyteller Brian Andreas. (Brian will be doing a book signing as well.) Wine by Grassini Family Vineyards and music by Will Jennings. Should be cool. 1114 State Street, Suite 26; 5-8pm. 805.884.1938.

Up in Ohms

And just a reminder that His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, a much-loved and widely celebrated teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, will be giving a talk at the University Club from 7–9pm. Definitely worth checking out if you are so inclined.

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OK, all right, everybody is exhausted from Thursday night. We get it. (We’re tired just writing about it.) But there is a unique thing happening at the Santa Barbara Boys & Girls Club that is worth considering. Starting on Friday, March 8, there will be a Mata Ortiz Exhibition and Workshop at the club (632 East Canon Perdido Street). The opening night will not only showcase over 300 pieces of Mata Ortiz pottery and silver and shard jewelry from various artists, but there will also be a couple of free demonstrations and presentations too. Then there is a two-day workshop on Saturday and Sunday (we know, we are doing a ten day week all of sudden) during which you’ll build and paint your own Mata Ortiz-style pot. (Your finished piece will be fired on Sunday and ready to take home by the end of the day.) All materials are provided; early registration is recommended since space is limited. This is a unique weekend event that should be a blast for you artsy and craftsy types out there. And 15% of proceeds go right to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara, so you’re doing some good too. Call Rebecca Russell at 805.708.1637 (you can email her at rebeccajorussell@gmail.com, if you’d prefer) to get more information and lock in your spot.

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Milpas on the Move

Sharon Byrne

Encampments

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oger, world-famous EdHat Scanner Guy and neighborhood-watcher extraordinaire, contacted me about drinking, late-night yelling, and other fouls behind 211 South Milpas. Panderia Veronica, at the front of the property, reported significant panhandling outside her front door beginning at 6am.

I checked out the site, and found a new encampment on Caltrans’ property at the rear. I contacted CHP, as they have jurisdiction over Caltrans’ property, and CC’d Councilmember White. Lower Milpas is Officer Wojciechoski’s (Wojo, for short) beat. He was organizing an encampment clean out at the railroad tracks, and 211 was a block up the street.

He’d knock out both, in a Herculean effort.

I arrived just after 8am Saturday behind 211 South Milpas to find Officers Wojo and Gutierrez (the Eastside’s muchbeloved neighborhood cop) already working. They’d rousted the transient campers. Caltrans and the City’s Streets Division were clearing the encampment with SWAP (Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program).

Martin Sanchez from Caltrans reported they’d found a full bucket serving as a toilet. SWAP bagged up a slew of Trader Joe’s breads, still in wrappers. Trader Joe’s donates food weekly to homeless shelters. The aggregated donations are routinely ripped open and rifled through by homeless, a constant insult to injury, as the edges of Trader Joe’s parking lot are the most heavily panhandled on the corridor.

The food donations are an attempt to curb that, if you read the small signs at those same edges.

The residents upstairs at 211 reported camping in the elevator area at the rear, but felt sorry for the campers, and let them stay there.

Then it got out of control.

First lesson: What you tolerate, you get more of. Two campers becomes four, then eight. Then you end up with Party Foul Central. Stop before it goes there.

Second lesson: Loitering and panhandling are legal on public property.

However, on private property, those activities are trespassing. So is camping.

From a round-robin of the neighbors, I pieced together the encampment crowd’s routine. Up at the crack of dawn, they’d panhandle in front of the Panderia, buy booze, and amble down to the beach. The Batting Cages reported new intoxicated and aggressive men in the area. They were nervous about asking them to leave.

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.

Wojo and Gutierrez meet a neighbor at 211 South Milpas encampment site.

Third lesson: Be careful in approaching when you’re not familiar with the individuals trespassing, and/or they’re clearly abusing substances. Best bet: call the police.

The drinking crew would later head back to the encampment and get cronked.

Late night, the neighbors heard yelling, glass breaking, and other raucous sounds, and woke up to guys sleeping and peeing in the elevator alcove and around the dumpster.

They didn’t call the police. The residents on the adjacent property called.

It’s clear why this became such a problem spot so quickly. Nobody knew their rights and responsibilities here.

Fourth lesson: See first lesson. When you let it get out of hand, the City, County and State have to deal with it,

Trash at the encampment before being cleaned out.

Encampment on South Milpas.

which equals taxpayers. Save us all some money. Nip it in the bud.

I advised the Panderia that panhandling and loitering are illegal on private property, which they are sitting on. They need to call the police when it happens.

They shook their heads, concerned their customers will think they are mean for running off panhandlers.

Fifth lesson: Final ingredient in the perfect storm recipe: allow panhandling on your property out of some misguided sense of charity. Panderia’s early-morning customers (some of whom might have actually experienced true poverty in their lives) gave money to the drinking crew hovering at the door because they

felt sorry for them. Many early-morning Panderia customers are immigrants who work hard for their pay. They gave with sincere hearts, believing they were helping someone in real need. But their donations funded these clowns drinking all day. One wonders, if they knew, would they still hand their hard-earned money over?

Would you?

We posted no trespassing signs and contacted the property owners to encourage them to get their tenants to call the police for problems.

At the railroad tracks encampment, Officers Gutierrez and Wojo cut back the heavy brush that provides concealment. Eliseo Campos (Streets Division) and the SWAP team bagged up reams of trash.

Cleaning out encampments costs a pretty nickel in government resources: labor plus trash hauling, storage costs for blankets and personal items (courtmandated) and disposal. One clean out

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generated three tons of waste. Cleared encampments are often immediately reoccupied, much to Caltrans’ despair, and ours.

Lest you be tempted to think this is a Milpas-only problem, there are encampments off the Castillo, Garden, 154, and Olive Mill exits, too.

People say that if the City and State quit making life so comfortable for lawbreakers, we wouldn’t have these problems.

Agreed, but we citizens have responsibility too. What we tolerate, we get more of: illegal camping, panhandling, public inebriation, taunting, public urination – why put up with it? Let them know that behavior is not acceptable, direct them to a shelter, call the police, etc.

Allowing them to carry on as they wish should not be an option.

Business Beat

by Ray Estrada

Business Sponsors, Exhibitors Sought

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ponsors and Exhibitors are being sought for the Santa Barbara Business Expo, organized by the Women’s Community Business Network, from 9am to 2pm on April 20 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Hotel & Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

Organizers plan on making the expo an annual event, to develop continuity along with the launch of the on-line Business and Services Directory.

The expo will feature area business people who will share their experiences and offer tips and tactics. The event will include dozens of displays, booths, hand-outs, samples, and information on a variety of organizations with businessoriented products and services.

Organizers say the Santa Barbara Business Expo is an interactive networking convention designed specifically for the needs of the Santa Barbara business community.

Expo speakers will focus on the importance of networking in business; why your business must grow to survive; how to use social media for your business; funding your business; printing and advertising in 2013; and how Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, can affect business.

Pre-registration for vendors for the expo is now open. Organizations looking to set up a booth and be a part of this exciting event should sign up quickly because the best and most visible spots will go first, event organizers said.

For more information, e-mail sandy@ wcbusinessnetwork.com. Vendors will have the opportunity to display products and services they feel will be of interest to the business community of the area.

More information may be found at the expo’s website: www.BusinessExpoSB. com.

Network Hardware Tops Sales Network Hardware officials this week reported that 2012 represented another year of record growth. The company, which buys, refurbishes and resells computer equipment, shipped more than 730,000 items in 2012, which was 35 percent more than in 2011.

Dargan Buys Pub Building The proprietor of Dargan’s Pub & Restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara, Paul Dargan, purchased the 5,600-square-foot building at 18 E. Ortega St., which has been operating since 1997.

Using Small Business Administration financing, Dargan bought the building with the aid of brokers Francois DeJohn, Steve Hayes and Kristopher Roth of Hayes Commercial Group. The purchase price was $2.9 million, Hayes officials said.

Dargan’s grandfather Lawrence built a pub and market in Ireland in 1902.

Dargan’s uncle Benny took over the business when Lawrence retired. Dargan moved to California at the age of 21 and later became owner of the Irish pub in Santa Barbara.

Awards Nomination Deadline Extended Because of numerous requests, nominations for the third annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards have been extended until March 8, said Cathy Feldman, head of nonprofit Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation in Santa Barbara.

Winners will be announced at a May 10 awards dinner. Women entrepreneurs will be honored for their successes and

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contributions to the economy in eight categories, including: beauty and fitness; communications, media and publishing; emerging business (less than two years old); hospitality and tourism; medical, science and technology; professional services; retail, wholesale, manufacturing; and Rock Star: Life Achievement Award.

Feldman said winners will be selected by independent judges not connected with the foundation. Three nominees in each category will be recognized before the event, but the winners will not be announced until the gala dinner at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort.

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

The winners of the New Venture Challenge Awards will be guests and receive their prizes at the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards dinner.

Proceeds from the awards will also pay for prizes for the student winners.

For information about the awards, e-mail info@soefoundation.org or call (805) 682-8380.

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Locals Night Happy Hour

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Bill Avila & MissBehavin 8pm-11pm

SATURDAY

Featuring

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Chel Marquez All-Star Music

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SUNDAY New Orleans Style Jazz

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MONDAY Industry Night

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TUESDAY MARCH 5

Brian Kinsella’s Open Mic Night 8:30pm-11:30pm

WEDNESDAY

All Night Happy Hour w/ M&M

MARCH 6

Featuring: Jazz by Justin Claveria Jazz Trio

THURSDAY MARCH 7

Ladies Night Happy Hour (Ladies Half off) 4pm-7pm

Featuring:

Brian Kinsella Band 8pm-11pm

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The Weekly Capitalist

by Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding publishes The Daily Capitalist, a blog on economics and finance. He is the president of Montecito Analytics, LLC, and is a real estate investor who lives in Montecito.

Sequestration Consternation

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hile on holiday roaming the beautiful hills of Pt. Reyes, I managed to catch the President’s State of the Union address where he tried to assure us that almost everything was fine. Then he launched into the economy where things aren’t all fine.

The first part of his speech dealt with the fake crisis he and his fellow politicians manufactured to convince us that just slowing down the increases in federal spending will harm the economy.

Don’t believe it. The economy will not go into the tank (we’re sort of still in it). Mr. Obama and his friends would have you believe that government is the fountain of wealth and jobs in this country and curtailing federal spending would lead us into (further) recession.

Not true.

Government spends money. They don’t create anything in the economic sense.

Only the private sector creates wealth and jobs. The fact that government spends your money on things that employs people isn’t the same as in the private sector where a self-sustaining businesses actually creates wealth, which creates jobs. Stop funding the USPS and they would fold. Stop using FedEx and

they will probably still be around or, if not, UPS or DHL will step up in their place.

The sequester “crisis” is phony. I say let it happen because the only way we are going to stop runaway federal debt is to force them to do it. Politicians are genetically engineered to spend money because they buy votes with it. Like migrating birds that must fly south, their instincts render them incapable of cutting spending. If we don’t cut spending, the growth of government will squelch the private economy and we will just stagnate.

Why don’t we start with the Department of Defense, which is a good example of bloat. They have 800,000 employees! If, say, we stopped declaring wars on dictators (Iraq) or stopped trying to finish a war we had won (Afghanistan) and then lost because we went after the dictator, then perhaps we wouldn’t need such a huge military. No, this isn’t naiveté. It’s not isolationism. And it won’t render us defenseless or less safe.

Our defense budget is larger than the next 17 largest countries combined. The Realpolitik here is the out-of-control military-industrial complex. That is the

tail that wags the spending dog.

The President then went through his Progressive checklist: cure Alzheimer’s, solve global warming, develop clean energy, build up our infrastructure, fix our schools, and create JOBS. It sounded like he was in his first term.

But didn’t he promise all this stuff four years ago? Yes he did. The result? The government is still embroiled in wars, money is wasted on green energy (see

“Like migrating birds that must fly south, politicians’ instincts render them incapable of cutting spending.”

Solyndra and NREL), food prices are driven up because of ethanol subsidies, farmers are paid to not produce, schools are still bad compared to the rest of the developed world, all the outhouses in national parks now work fine, the economy is stagnating, and employment remains structurally high. And more national debt. Much more.

Bush added $4.9 trillion in his eight years; Obama is up $5.7 trillion in only four years and growing. We now stand

at $16.4 trillion in debt with budget deficits running at $1 trillion plus annually. In fact by borrowing, he and Bush have spent money that hasn’t even been earned yet and which someday we the taxpayers must repay.

Folks, almost everything that politicians tell us is wrong or a lie. This is not a Republican-Democrat thing. I hear Republican John McCain telling us that sequestration will seriously harm our national defense. Ditto Democrat Leon Panetta. They are saying that a $44 billion cut in 2013 spending (the actual impact per the CBO) out of a $3.5 trillion budget will bring disaster. This is ludicrous.

Don’t bother complaining to Lois Capps, our Representative. She’s in lock-step with President Obama and Democratic leadership. A check of her website revealed nothing on sequestration. And her commentary on jobs and the economy is several years out of date. But she is quick to let us know that she’s keeping the pork rolling in to Santa Barbara.

Now, after some fed-up Congressmen dug in their heels on spending in 2011 and forced sequestration on both parties, we are seeing a circus in our nation’s capital.

Everyone is squirming and covering their respective asses. It’s not pretty. But what’s uglier is more debt and economic malaise for all. I hope we will fall into sequestration – after the dust settles it might turn out to be a positive turning point by stopping government’s growth.

And hey, if you like circuses sit back and enjoy.

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Lions Have Continued To Roar Under Quiroz

by Barry Punzal

Providence Hall senior Sydney Hedges has averaged 30 points per game in the CIF playoffs this season.

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t was the unspoken goal of the players on the Providence Hall girls basketball: Get back to the CIF Finals.

The Lions advanced to the Division 6 title game for the second straight year on Saturday by routing Hesperia Christian 61-29 in the semifinals on the road.

They’ll play against Rio Hondo Prep for the championship on Saturday at 11:30am at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana. Last year, Ariana Gnekow guided the Lions to the title game and came up short against Orangewood Academy, 34-31.

Ernesto Quiroz took over this year’s Providence Hall team after Gnekow left to pursue a career in the health care industry. Quiroz is an experienced coach.

He has been coaching girls basketball in California for more than 25 years, most recently at Fillmore High and Laguna Blanca School.

At Fillmore, he guided the Flashes to a Tri-Valley League co-title with Oaks Christian in 2008 and was named the TVL coach of the year.

In his first season at Laguna Blanca, he took over a program that was coming off a 1-17 campaign and finished 11-7 in 2009. The next year, the Owls won the

Condor League title and advanced to the semifinals. Natalie Nomura, his assistant coach at Providence Hall, played on that Laguna Blanca team.

Providence Hall Athletic Director Keith Luberto said Quiroz’s success and experience made him the right choice for the job.

“We knew going into last season that Ariana would not be returning,” Luberto said. “After the season I posted the opening on the CIF website and had about 25 inquiries. Ernie stood out.

“The transition was very smooth, and I give all the credit to Ernie,” Luberto added. “Ernie and Ariana are so different, and the girls loved Ari. Ernie stepped in and has done a wonderful job getting all the girls on board to his game plan.”

Quiroz recalled when he was interviewed and hired for the job that returning to the finals “was definitely a goal for the adults at the school,” he said.

After all, he was taking over a team that returned most of its starting players.

For the girls, though, he said the idea of making the finals again “was an unspoken goal. They certainly spoke of what had happened (last season) and how they

came so close, but I have emphasized a mentality to believe in the moment. I have continually stressed how they need to deal with the task at hand, with the goal in mind to play hard for thirty-two minutes. I didn’t want them to live in the past and dwell on what could have been. I have continually focused on the here and now.”

It’s been evident in the postseason.

Seeded second in the tournament, the Lions have roared through their side of the bracket. Their closest game was a 6549 quarterfinal win at Joshua Springs.

“I have associated our playoff run with our tournament play earlier in the season: four games, with each opponent getting a little tougher, and how we, as a team, responded to that challenge.”

Quiroz has been fortunate to have three senior leaders on the team: Sydney Hedges, Lizzy Beebe and Lacey Gonzalez. They not only provide leadership, they put up good numbers, too. Hedges leads the team in scoring with a 22.8-point average, Beebe is the top rebounder (11.7 rebounds per game) and Gonzalez leads in assists (3.4 per game).

“All three of them are team captains and all three of them understand how important it is for them to be team leaders,” Quiroz said. “Their experience is evident in how they conduct themselves during practice and games. They are all very respectful of their teammates and have really bought into my philosophy of trusting your teammates. We have some less experienced, less skilled players on the team, but these three keep the motor running.”

Hedges, Beebe and Gonzalez have been playing together since the 8th grade.

They were teammates on the Blazers club basketball team, coached by former UCSB star Carrick DeHart.

Quiroz also cited juniors Olivia Johnson, Olivia Barroca, and Hannah Park, who have played together for three years.

“Their experiences from last year provide a reference point, but they also recognize that we play a different style this year and they have really embraced it.”

Hedges is the centerpiece of the Lions’ attack. She can score inside and out, and play tough defense.

“Sydney has certainly been a joy to coach,” Quiroz said. “She has responded to my challenges to expand her game by developing her perimeter skills. What I have been most impressed with is her love of the game. It is not often you get the opportunity to coach someone as talented as Sydney who has a genuine respect for what I do as a coach and what her role is in the success of the team.

“It’s refreshing to see a player who recognizes that her success is predicated on her ability to mesh with her teammates.

It’s also something to coach someone who understands she is in the spotlight, but isn’t overwhelmed by it.”

Quiroz said it’s been a rewarding

experience coaching this group at Providence Hall. He noted how the players all get along with each other and work hard.

“They all respond to my challenges to improve their games and understand that I am there to help them be better players and, more importantly, better people. I share my experiences with them and let them know why I enjoy coaching them,” he said.

Deserving Praise Falls On Local Coaches

By John Dvorak

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oaching matters. That much was evident at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon as more than one speaker took the time to praise the influence of coaches making a difference.

San Marcos High School’s Phil Womble Award recipient Anastasia Kunz.

It started with San Marcos High School’s Phil Womble Award recipient Anastasia Kunz.

“It’s been an honor to participate in San Marcos athletics,” Kunz said. “All the coaches, all the students, all the athletes that participate are really fun to be around and are a pleasure to work with. The coaches are really motivational and very helpful, always willing to offer advice and anything I ask, so thank you.”

The Round Table presents the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award to student-athletes who demonstrate the highest standards of ethics and sportsmanship. Each school selects a junior on an annual basis.

Kunz was presented by former Royals Athletic Director Bob Archer and San Marcos teacher and coach Marylin Hantgin.

“Stasy is a model for all young women,” said San Marcos coach Marylin Hantgin.

“She is confident, hard working, caring, genuine, and above all, beautiful inside.”

It happened to be the day that San Marcos recognized its Coach of the Year. Athletic Director Abe Jahadhmy introduced Ray Stevens, with wife, Sandy, as the Royals’ selection. Stevens has been a long-time coach with the

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UCSB swimmer Sophia Yamauchi, Athlete of the Week.

football and wrestling programs.

“The two Stevens share a common bond. That’s caring for the community, the kids, and reaching out to help in any way,” Jahadhmy said. “San Marcos is a better place because of Ray and Sandy.”

UCSB women’s water polo coach Cathy Neushul started her time at the podium by praising the work done by Santa Barbara High aquatics coach Mark Walsh.

Walsh led the Dons girls water polo team to the Division 1 CIF semifinals last week after coaching the boys team to the CIF Championship game in the fall and his girls club team to a national title last summer.

“Kudos to Coach Walsh,” Neushul said.

On a more somber note, Santa Barbara High’s baseball program recently lost one of its cherished coaches and will be honoring the late Simon Chavez prior to Tuesday’s home opener at Eddie Mathews Field.

The Dons are seeking their 15th straight appearance in CIF this season.

“The streak on the CIF is something that we take a lot of pride in,” said Dons coach George Rempe.

Providence Hall has a streak of its own going. The Lions’ girls basketball team has reached its second-straight CIF championship game and will try to bring home its first Southern Section title on Saturday in Santa Ana. Head coach Ernie Quiroz was at the luncheon with players Olivia Johnson and Olivia Barroca.

“For us it’s been a wonderful time,” Quiroz said.

Both of Westmont’s basketball teams are also seeing great success on the hardwood.

Each of the regular-season GSAC title holders host conference tournament games this week. The men play on Thursday and the women on Friday.

UCSB swimmer Sophia Yamauchi and Westmont baseball player Tommy Hocutt were announced as Athletes of the Week.

Yamauchi was named MPSF Swimmer of the Year at last week’s MPSF Championships for winning four events. The Gaucho junior won the 200 Individual Medley and the 200

Laguna Blanca is fielding its first-ever Sand Volleyball team this Spring. Coaches Dillan Bennett, left, and Julia Chamberlin, right, are preparing the team with twice-weekly practices at East Beach. (photo: John Dvorak)

Westmont head coach John Moore cuts down the net after his Warriors clinched the regular-season GSAC title. Westmont is competing in the GSAC Tournament this week before moving on to the national NAIA Tournament. (photo: Brad Elliott)

breaststroke. Yamauchi also contributed to UCSB victories in the 200 and 400 medley relays.

UCSB swimming coach Gregg Wilson brought Yamauchi, Marissa Neel and Kimmie Kreuzberger to Harry’s.

Wilson takes his men’s team to the Pac12 Championships that start Sunday in Washington.

Hocutt connected on two walk-off home runs last week as Westmont won four of five games. Hocutt first blasted a grand slam on Thursday, which was then complimented by a two-run game-winner in extra innings on Saturday.

“Our soccer coaches told me they were practicing on the bottom of our campus and heard the field erupt twice on Thursday and Saturday,” said Warriors head coach Robert Ruiz. “So it was kind of a neat experience.”

“Winning in that fashion is stressful, but once it’s all over it’s pretty fun and enjoyable.”

6pm – The Vaqueros host a state perennial power at the Sports Pavilion.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: GSAC Tournament semifinals, at Westmont, 7:30pm – The Warriors play for a berth in the conference tourney final. This will be the last chance for the community to see Tugce Canitez, the greatest women’s basketball player of all time at Westmont.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Mira Costa at Santa Barbara, 7pm – The Dons get an early season test against the No. 1-ranked team in CIF Division 1.

SATURDAY COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Gaucho Classic, 10am - 2pm – UCSB hosts Seattle and South Dakota in a pair of tournament games.

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Westlake at Dos Pueblos, 6pm – The Chargers, ranked sixth in CIF Division 2, play host to a traditionally tough Westlake program.

PREP TRACK: Rincon Races, Carpinteria High, 10am – The annual event for smalland medium-size schools kicks off the high school track season in the area.

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PREP SWIMMING: Channel League Relay, at SBHS, 2pm – The five schools get their feet wet in the first competition of the season.

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with Mark Leisure

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.

and six to the South Pole. On Sunday afternoon at Campbell Hall, Ousland reports on his latest expeditions, with photos and hair-raising video fresh from the field.

Moonwalking with Einstein

Arts & Lectures’ Ambitious Winter Festival

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hink your job is hectic? Be thankful you don’t work for UCSB’s Arts & Lectures.

The nonprofit organization charged with bringing name-brand musicians, entertainers, movies, speakers, dance companies and other assorted artsy types to campus and downtown is deep in the middle of its inaugural Winter Festival, a two-week long extravaganza boasting daily events designed to focus attention on its first-ever endowment fundraising campaign.

The goal is not only to spearhead raising $20 million over five years split evenly between establishing the endowment and covering operating costs, but also to show off the wide variety of events A&L produces and promotes.

It’s quite an impressive list. You’ll be rocked and rolled, jazzed up, lectured to and told a lot of stories, both fact and fiction. And a few of the shows are even free (no wonder they need an endowment!).

African Children’s Choir

Politics, Policy, and Reality

of patients with HIV in the mid-1980s in rural Tennessee and the significant life lessons they gave him.

Ernie Pook’s Comeek Creator

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aturday brings Gwen Ifill, the 13year tenured managing editor of PBS’ Washington Week, perhaps the most iconic – and certainly one of the longest running – public affairs programs on television.

Ifill will share the low-down on current political trends mostly from inside the Beltway in a presentation at Campbell Hall called, “Politics, Policy, and Reality: What’s Really Going on in Washington.”

onday brings science journalist and author Joshua Foer to campus to talk about his international bestselling book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.

Delve into Foer’s forehead as he explores the cultural and scientific components of human memory – and his own yearlong quest to become a “memory champion.”

Don’t Foer-get: he’s also a 2013 Santa Barbara Reads author.

Sacre the Storyteller

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artoonist-graphic novelist Lynda Barry gets the UCSB A&L treatment on Thursday at Campbell Hall, where the creator of “Ernie Pook’s Comeek” will dish on the prickly pimpled pre-teens that populated the strip for the better part of three decades.

Festival Finale

Fantastic Photos

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icking off the final 10 days at Campbell Hall on campus this evening (Friday), the African Children’s Choir is a mighty outfit of singers whose hearts are bigger than their bodies (yeah I know that doesn’t make any sense, we’re being figurative here). Made up of the orphaned and impoverished children from war-torn Uganda, the choir has guts and gusto – and remarkable vocal chops – which have resulted in Grammy nominations and performances on Good Morning America, The Tonight Show and American Idol, and gigs singing alongside superstars like Mariah Carey and Paul McCartney.

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et an in-person glimpse into the glossy magazine you probably grew up reading when the intrepid National Geographic explorer Børge Ousland recounts his exhilarating Adventures in Polar Exploration. A former member of Norway’s equivalent to the Navy SEALs, Ousland barely bats an eye before braving extreme conditions including very low temperatures and ultra high latitudes he’s encountered on 18 trips to the North Pole

The action finally moves off campus for Tuesday’s appearance by Antonio Sacre, a charismatic storyteller who comes by his gift naturally: dad is Cuban and his mom Irish-American. No blarney – Sacre draws from his mixed heritage to fashion fascinating and funny tales that has won him gigs from the National Storytelling Festival the Kennedy Center. His show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is called “Imaginations Soar: Bringing Fables and Family to Life.”

Medicine Man

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t’s back on campus to Campbell Hall for Dr. Abraham Verghese, the author of the popular novel Cutting for Stone, who will lecture on “The Search for Meaning in a Medical Life” on Wednesday. The good doctor has been praised for melding medicine and storytelling. His talk here will cover his experiences of taking care

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ig splashes are in store to wind up the Winter Festival next weekend, including the Santa Barbara debut of the Montreal-based dance troupe Compagnie Marie Chouinard at the Granada on Friday, a solo recital from classical pianist Jeremy Denk (who will also serve as a guest artist at the Music Academy of the West this summer) at Campbell Hall on Saturday, and the return of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the estimable trumpeter/bandleader Wynton Marsalis at the Granada on Sunday.

Tickets, prices, info and more info are available for all events online at www.

ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu, or call 8933535. If you like what you see, bring your checkbook, because every donation counts, no matter how small. And if you make it to all the events (and you don’t work for A&L) let us know – we’d like to find out your secret!

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See, I told you, it’s a genuine love fest. Even Hayley’s dog, Remy, is in on it.

The Brothers of Industry, Andrew (right) and Peter Hernandez, at the shop in Carpinteria. (Thanks a lot, guys, appreciate the time and the tour.)

A Family of Artisan Craftsmen Brothers of Industry was born right there in the Hernandez family’s garage, just a few dozen yards from our old front door. “I’d been doing some side work with my mom,” Andrew reminisced, as he, Pete and I stood in the middle of the Brothers’ 8000 square foot shop in Carpinteria.

“We started building barn-wood mirrors and selling them at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in L.A. People liked them. And they bought them.”

Pete joined in and helped with the manufacturing aspect but also started looking at the “side work” as a real

potential business opportunity. So they built more mirrors and even a few tables and other furnishings and brought them to the flea market. People liked their wares.

And they continued to buy them.

The Brothers’ first big break came after months in the flea market, when a Silver Lake-based restaurant happened upon them and asked whether they could build a slew of tables and fixtures for a new venture.

“We actually made some money there,” said Peter, still almost pleasantly surprised, “and we reinvested it back into the business, bought some better tooling and made a concerted effort to grow a little bit.”

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“Yeah,” Andrew agreed, “we saw a real niche opportunity. And it sure beats a nine-to-five job.”

(I like these guys.)

So the Brothers (and their Mother) kept at it. They started going to flea markets in San Francisco, too, and really trying to get the word out about what they were doing.

I recall this period quite well for a variety of reasons. Andrew and Peter were often using their new tooling and equipment out in front of their garage next door. They’d spend all day building a table or a mirror or something, then they would spend all night loading everything into a trailer and driving to some flea market somewhere.

They worked hard, for sure, but they were a generally jovial bunch and all seemed to not only enjoy what they were doing, but the camaraderie of working with family.

I thought they were nuts, frankly.

With that said, I must admit that the stuff they were building was beautiful.

I dug their aesthetic right away. It was something about the reclaimed wood and Kate’s eye for interesting design and the Brothers’ ability to put it all together that was just plain cool.

Yes, it was all going down right next door. And yes, it was generally loud and busy. And yes, there were times when I considered walking over and telling Andrew and Peter exactly what I thought of that new saw they were using.

But like I said, it was cool, man, it was genuinely inspiring watching them work together, crafting something beautiful out of a few pieces of wood they got their ...continued p.22

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...continued from p.7 hope you’re enjoying SB as much as I (and many others who live here) do. I tend to agree with your comment on political correctness, it can quite easily be argued that the doctrine (practice?) helps to perpetuate the very stereotypes and biases that it purportedly seeks to overcome. With that said, there are definitely certain respect-based and empathetic underpinnings in language that really shouldn’t be ignored. It’s the whole balance and common sense thing rearing its not-so-ugly head again. Just treat each other with respect and dignity and integrity and everything should be fine. It’s that easy, right? Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed the piece and the paper, and encourage you to keep on picking us up. Right on. – MSM)

Desperately Seeking Crime Time, Part I I’m so bummed that Crime Time went away. It’s irritating when the whiners win!

I looked forward to any humor to help lighten the realities that we all face day to day. You guys were just saying what most of us are thinking. Please take back off your reigns and run! First time to write in, anywhere.

Clifton W. Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Glad you took the time to write, Cliff, really appreciate the support.

The reigns that were never on are now officially off. Check out this week’s Crime Time and let me know what you think.

Most importantly, keep reading. And thanks again for writing. – MSM)

Desperately Seeking Crime Time, Part II Matt, as I opened Volume 2, Issue 7 of the Santa Barbara Sentinel, I was extremely disappointed to see that the Crime Time column I look forward

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to reading each week is now defunct.

What gives? Are you seriously caving?

If those vocal complainers can’t find the humor in your column then they need to find another paper that caters to their sensitivity. You don’t need them anyway.

Maybe it’s better if I let Bluto Blutarsky say it straight: “Over? Did you say ‘over’?

Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain’t over now.

‘Cause when the goin’ gets tough... the tough get goin’! Who’s with me? Let’s go!“ Sincerely (disappointed), Ryan Muzzy Santa Barbara (Mesa) (Editor’s Note: First of all, Ryan, terrific John Belushi/National Lampoon’s Animal House reference. It’s a nice corollary to the Monty Python/Dark Knight reference in Crime Time itself this week. Most importantly, know that the column is alive and well. And that, for the record, we, as a paper, cater to sympathizers too. (Just not the people who are sympathetic to those damned Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor.) Thanks for writing from the Mesa (yo!), and keep picking us up… because if this doesn’t work out, “Christ, seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the [expletive] Peace Corps.” (As Bluto would surely say.) – MSM)

Funk Zone Art and Development Musings Hey Matt, love how you mentioned to Mr. Jordan last that the Raybans are not really “gangsta.” In fact, they are sort of anti-gangsta these days. Love your paper… hope you’ll check out my new mural... there’s been a lot of talk about it and its message about landlords on social media. Check it out on your off time, maybe on your walk for that 3rd cup of coffee! Cheers to you and the Sentinel.

Wallace Piatt Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Thanks for the letter, Wally, you hit it square on the head: I’m not really much of a gangsta, as it turns out. I know your work and really enjoyed seeing a bunch of it recently in 7 Bar & Kitchen on Helena Street in the Funk Zone. (Hey Shawn and Michael, when are you opening those doors, guys? Let us know!) I also took your advice and went and found your mural; it looks great and raises an important issue in the conversation about the development of the FZ. I’ll be brief.

On the one hand, I am aware of and really support a couple very interesting projects happening that will definitely enhance the Funk Zone experience and bring some much needed new life to SB. There is a real chance to do something special down there that will benefit the broader community, for sure, and people are working hard to make that happen.

But what of the art scene that thrives in (and really attracted interest to) the area? Will it be priced out? Won’t that fundamentally change the Funk Zone and turn it into something that is less interesting and more homogenous and thus self-defeating? This is not a novel case, of course – artists and creative types

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make an area interesting then funky then cool then hip then trendy, larger interests move in and develop expensive work/live lofts and other attractive stuff, then the lawyers and doctors start moving into the latest “up-and-coming spot” and driving prices up. There’s lot of examples. (Soma and South Beach in SF; Soho in NYC; Venice Beach and Silver Lake in LA, etc.)

But here is what I think is going down right now in the FZ: I actually believe that there is a thoughtful, concerted effort, certainly with the people I know working in the area, to keep it true to its roots while at the same time responsibly developing some of what’s there to really breathe fresh life into SB in a very interesting way. In other words, much of what’s happening is not the typical sell out. I’m into it, but do agree that there is a risk of gentrification.

Let’s avoid that and do well by as many constituencies as possible. Is that too much to ask? Thanks again for the letter, Wally, the mural looks great. – MSM)

Crime Blotter Blabber

Matt, I couldn’t help but write in again. Here’s my response to your recent attempt to conform your Crime Time column to the public’s taste. (Nobody’s

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making them read it, I say).

A 37-year-old man was arrested for drinking under the influence.

A 53-year-old woman was arrested for public botoxification.

A homeless man (age unknown) was arrested for possessing an excessive tan.

A 30-year-old Santa Barbara man beat his girlfriend at cards and was not arrested.

A 49-year-old Mesa plumber bent over on the job was arrested for indecent exposure and intent to distribute crack.

A 39-year-old Montecito woman was arrested for taking public transportation.

A 6-month-old Buellton infant was arrested for public urination when his diaper became undone.

A 25-year-old local high school Teacher’s Assistant was apprehended and taken into custody for selling math.

A male 20-something from Carpinteria was arrested for not stating his exact age.

A sex offender was arrested for failure to register for the Seminary.

A 50-year-old Ojai woman was caught with a juicer and several bags of organic green vegetables and was arrested for public detoxification.

A 44-year-old San Roque resident was arrested for driving under the influenza medication.

Sequestration and the National Debt

Crime Quote of the Week PD: “You have the right to remain silent – so shut up.”

Woman: . . .

Alan Hurst Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Alan! Great to hear from you again, couldn’t help but run this one.

From “rubbing chests with Hollywood starlets” at the film fest a few weeks back to arrests for “public detoxification” by Ojai residents this week. Pretty funny (to me, anyway). Keep them coming. – MSM)

Hey Matt – loved the story on Mary Ellen! You really captured her – so much so that I found myself smiling and tearing up thinking of her being gone for six months and how I would miss her. However, knowing that it has been on her “bucket list” for a LONG time and that she is finally doing it made me smile because I know she is so excited for this journey and all the possibilities it holds for her. I hope she sends us a few postcards along the way – otherwise, I might have to join you for the risotto and wine when she gets back!

Keep up the great job.

Matt, there’s lots of talk about fiscal cliffs and sequestration lately. But the real issue is not the impending (pathetic) $85 billion spending cut (aka sequestration), which comes to a paltry .05% of our out of control World Record National Debt – a Generational Debt, imposed upon our children, grandchildren and the unborn, that just blew past $16,585 trillion – instead it is our $3.8 trillion in yearly spending (of which we have to borrow 36%).

The implications of our federal debt and it consequential effect upon the very survival of our nation is apparently not comprehended by our President, Senators and Representatives, not to mention the Media. Wow. H.T. Bryan Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: I get it. Maybe that’s because I represent neither the office of the President, any Senators or Representatives nor the Media in any way. That may indeed be a prerequisite to understanding.

Or the sky is falling. Thanks H.T. – MSM)

P.S. And a belated thanks for the nice bottle of wine you delivered to us over the holidays – very classy!

Laurie Leighty American Riviera Bank Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Well said, Laurie, I too hope Mary Ellen is out there enjoying

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the start of her travels and sends a few postcards. If you haven’t already popped that bottle from the Sentinel (all of our advertisers got one, by the way), then plan on bringing it over for that risotto when she returns. I’m glad for the note and also that you got something out of the column.

Thanks for writing. – MSM)

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...continued from p.19 That’s Rogelio Lucio – one of a dozen employees – grinding down a metal plate for the Brothers’ latest creation.

(Local jobs and Made in the USA. Not bad, guys.)

hands on one way or another. And they were always respectful and friendly and great neighbors. And they always had a few good beers lying around.

How could I complain?

Growing a (Real) Business Out of Weird Lights The Brothers were still working out of that same garage when their second break came along. (By the way, I don’t mean that these guys caught a lucky “break.”

I saw firsthand how hard they worked and can confidently say that the “break” that came along was an earned one, just like the first one was. But I digress.) An international retailer liked a particular table they had crafted, and asked them to produce a “whole bunch” of them. (Peter’s words.)

By the time that project was finished, the Brothers had reinvested in additional tools and moved out of the garage (hallelujah!) and into around 1000 square feet in Carpinteria.

“That was when we started taking weird metal stuff and turning it into lights,” Andrew said proudly.

“Yeah,” Peter chimed in, “we took these antique turkey feeders and made them into lighting fixtures.” He held one up with a big smile. ”I think we sold like two hundred of these.”

The Brothers saw a lot of potential in lighting, and so they brought in local electrician/artist Thomas Masker to head that area up.

And they’ve been turning weird stuff into lights ever since.

A Genuine Love Fest

The story goes on from there. More private engagements for restaurants and businesses, more flea market sales and interesting relationships, more access to a wider variety of reclaimed wood and other cool raw materials, more reinvestment back into the business, and more and more praise and success.

The punch line is that Andrew and Peter – together with Kate and David – have built a very interesting local business from the ground up, and I really hope that the broader community will rally around and support them. They are truly great people and deserve it.

“We get mad at each other every

Lacey Grevious is making something interesting happen at The Refillery on De La Vina. Go check it out.

day,” Andrew and Peter laughed, “We’re brothers. But we always end up okay. It’s never been anything a beer won’t cure.”

Sometimes it’s hard to remember that these guys are in their twenties. There is not a lot of ego or competition, just a genuine desire to maintain and grow a quality business with some staying power, ingenuity and integrity.

I dig that.

“Our dad really planted and fostered the entrepreneurial spirit behind Brothers of Industry,” they told me, “and we wouldn’t be here without that.” “And mom too,” they continued, “her love of and passion for antiques and crafting remains absolutely indispensible.”

And Andrew and Peter’s craftsmanship ain’t bad either.

Okay, Enough is Enough…

Go See Them Already!

So, how can you check out the Brothers of Industry?

It’s simple.

They just opened their first retail shop at 740 State Street, Suite 1. (You actually enter on West De La Guerra, just off of De La Guerra Plaza.) It is a beautiful space that they have done really well with.

I won’t do it justice with my words, so just go down and check it out. Very, very cool.

Most importantly, say hello to Kate or Andrew’s longtime girlfriend, Hayley Bridges. Both of them work in the shop and know everything about every piece in the place. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6 and Sunday from 11-4. 805.845.5780. You can get a feel at www.brothersofindustry.com or www. industry-home.com.

I promise, you’ll like them.

But I wouldn’t suggest living right next to their shop.

Stuff I Like

Believe it or not, I like at least a few businesses that don’t work with wood. For

example, I really like a new store in town called The Refillery. Owner/Proprietor Lacey Grevious offers a stockpile of various eco-friendly goods you use every day – think shampoo, lotion, laundry detergent, dog shampoo etc., and you’ll have the right idea – that you can use to replenish and refill your already purchased but now used up and empty bottles with fresh environmentally safe products, all without adding anymore plastics to the planet. My wife and I have both stopped in and Lacey is really on to something here. So if you actually care about being eco-friendly, I suggest that you run over and check out The Refillery sooner than the next trip to the market. 3016 De La Vina Street (across from Trader Joe’s).

805.364.2919. Learn more at www.therefillery.com.

I also like the Garden Street Academy.

It’s a small K-12 independent (and non-profit) school that really strives to cultivate a love of learning through a challenging and integrated curriculum and diverse student body dedicated to the development of not just intellectual gifts but also spiritual and emotional and physical ones. My kids don’t attend the school but I have heard very positive reviews from friends and like what they are doing. Garden Street Academy’s annual auction is coming up on March 9, and it represents a fun and approachable way to get to know the school if you’re interested. This year’s theme is Gypsy Caravan, and appropriate attire is encouraged. Best is to contact Erin Muslera for more information or to make reservations (805.450.8263; emuslera@gardenstreetacademy.org).

All proceeds benefit the school, of course, so get over there, have a good time and support local education. Even the private schools can use a hand these days.

And last but not least, I like a Crunch Burger and a Bloody Caesar. Know what I mean?

Have a good week, everybody.

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with Julie Bifano Ms Bifano is Drawn to micro-fiction and is currently writing her first novel – “The Grace Below.” She has a B.A. in English with an emphasis in writing from the University of San Francisco and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing, also from the University of San Francisco. More of Julie’s stories and poetry can be viewed on her website juliebifano.com.

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The Randall House sign at the base of the unassuming driveway in the heart of downtown.

Bibliophile’s Dream complete set of books on Baja travel. As I flip through the pages of these enchanting books, my mind begins to sail off on potential imaginary adventures.

Pia, Ron, and I discuss how important it is to keep literature alive. Pia explains, “Being around books is a part of life.” She also expresses how much she enjoys having people come in and touch the books. Ron adds, “This is one of the best kept secrets Randall House is filled with rare collections of books, many of them first in Santa Barbara.” I couldn’t editions inscribed by the authors. agree more and highly All the books are for sale and as Pia notes, recommend this hidden gem as a gateway “Not all rare books are expensive books.” to literary adventures of your own.

The Randall House is located at 835 Many of the books are first editions inscribed by the authors. We pass through Laguna Street. For more information, other rooms filled with manuscripts call (805) 963-1909, or visit www. including The Bounty Trilogy and a randallhouserarebooks.com.

Randall House Rare Books, 835 Laguna Street.

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anta Barbara continues to acquire corporate stores filled with tech gadgets, home goods, and cheap buys at stores like Costco. I love the occasional Costco visit, but meandering to the minuscule book aisle doesn’t compare to what it feels like to be in a real bookstore, or in my case last week, a rare book house. There is something about the musty smell of an old book, rifling through the pages with your thumb, and seeing different colored covers and various titles that is unique. I don’t own a Kindle and, thankfully, neither does Ron Randall of the hidden Santa Barbara gem, Randall House.

As you drive up the unassuming driveway to Randall House, you approach the front lawn, abundant with overgrown weeds and yellow mustard flowers. An ‘open’ sign hangs above a wooden door in the distance. As I enter, Ron, a distinguished and proper fellow, invites me in. It felt like I was setting foot into another time period. I learned that the house itself is a National Landmark, constructed in 1825, and there are five adobe fireplaces and three furnaces. Ron lives there (in another section of the house) and he welcomes guests, along with another bibliophile Pia

Ron Randall and Pia Oliver live in the old adobe building, and welcome guests to browse their book collection for sale.

Oliver, giving tours and answering any questions about the remarkable rare book collection.

The first room Ron and I walk into has a display of rare nautical fiction, and another wall is filled floor to ceiling with first edition books on American History.

A collection of books on the American Revolution. On top of the cabinet is a limited edition travel series of Baja, California.

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MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) field investigator Preston Dennett, is author of 15 books and came to Goleta to deliver his “UFOs Across America” lecture.

by Jana Mackin

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

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

UFOs Over California

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oleta Girl’s UFO column has taken on alien life of its own.

What was supposed to be the usual tongue-in-cheek feature about little green men (actually grays) abducting Desperate Housewives has mutated into a column about Wow! after she attended “UFOs Across America,” a presentation

by Preston Dennett, a MUFON field investigator and author of 15 books and more than 100 articles. (MUFON is an acronym for Mutual UFO Network, an American non-profit that investigates cases of UFO sightings.)

Hosted by MUFON Tri Counties, Dennett’s presentation lasted for nearly three hours on Feb. 23 at the Center of the Heart on Turnpike Avenue. More than 50 people (I don’t believe any aliens were in attendance) listened to Dennett’s chronicling of cases, many of which were drawn from his investigations in his books UFOs Over New York, UFOs Over New Mexico, UFOs Over California and UFOs Over Topanga Canyon.

Among the many topics and case discussions were how California leads the nation in UFO sightings and encounters with more than 5,000 reported incidents from the late 19th century through the early 21st century. He discussed how the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was caused by UFOs. He discussed how New Mexico is a leading producer of UFO crashes with some 200 incidents. Also Farmington, New Mexico was the site of

possibly the largest mass UFO sightings in U.S. history. He spoke about the possibility of an underwater UFO base off the California coast and the existence and historic surgical removal by a Ventura physician of alien implants. He also stated that one in 40 people have had some kind of UFO/Alien encounter, sighting, etc.

The “Science” of UFOlogy Now before you dismiss Goleta girl as a wacko abductee wannabe (hey, any date is better than nothing!) suffering terminal aftermath of way too may trips via Purple Haze, let her remind you skeptics out there that among the volumes of UFO sightings are reputable, credible witnesses: pilots, astronauts, high-ranking military officers, and others. And, consider that supporters of UFOlogy include the likes of prime ministers, generals, CIA, FBI and government officials, dignitaries and contractors, and celebrities.

In wake of such esteemed friends of UFOlogy, Goleta Girl decided to attend the presentation. Between what she learned at the presentation and audience accounts, well let’s just say her skepticism took a back seat to Wow! “UFOs are real, there is no doubt,” said Dennett, who began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he

has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is not only a field investigator for MUFON, but also a ghost hunter and a paranormal researcher.

He has also appeared on numerous radio and television programs including Coastto-Coast and the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers.

“I was very skeptical of the subject. If someone would have told me there were UFOs I would have told them they were lying, hoaxing, or on drugs,” said Dennett who lives in Reseda.

“I was expecting a hoax. I went out to prove it was a hoax and found just the opposite. I became obsessed.”

The Great Blackout Explained The Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was of particular interest to Goleta Girl being she is older than dirt and remembers the incident. However, she was stunned to hear about the blackout’s cause.

“There is no doubt this blackout was UFO-related,” said Dennett.

According to various reports, including rense.com, on November 9, 1965, the largest blackout in history occurred.

The northeast power system broke up a few seconds after an initial disturbance, and 30 million people were without electricity for up to 13 hours. 1965 was a banner year for UFO sightings coastto-coast. Sightings increased leading up to the event. On the evening of Nov. 9, hundreds of UFO sightings were reported throughout the Northeast. A report states, “ In New York State, luminous objects were seen hovering over three very significant locations. A Niagara Falls power plant, a [Syracuse] relay station, and the heart of New York City.”

Shortly after the Syracuse sighting, an estimated nine northeastern states and parts of Canada experienced the largest power failure in history. Media accounts including those by NBC news, The Associated Press, and some local papers reported the UFO sightings. High numbers of reliable witnesses including pilots and other officials as well as photos corroborated reports.

In New York City, UFOs with a strange glow were reported, and a photograph of an object was printed in Time magazine.

The official cause, according to the Federal Power Commission, was a Canadian power plant’s broken relay. However, “Major

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Was it a UFO or simply a jetliner taking off? Hmmmm.

Roger K. Leir, a Ventura physician and private pilot, along with another doctor, performed a series of surgeries to remove alien implants from two abductees, making UFOlogy history on August 19, 1995.

Subsequently he performed other implant removal surgeries. Implants were sent for extensive study and analysis. What was discovered was that some of the samples contained up to 11 different elements in a ratio only found in meteorites.

Implants and Abductees

Keyhoe reports that a private investigation by the utilities industry later concluded the relay had not broken, but had been tripped by a huge, unexplainable surge of power.”

Hmmmm.

Tempest In Topanga “This is real,” said Rick Browman, a MUFON field investigator who organized the presentation. “It’s a huge cover-up. They don’t want this to become mainstream.”

Another subject that piqued Goleta Girl interested was Dennett’s discussion of the UFOs over Topanga Canyon wave from 1992 to 1994. He explained that Topanga Canyon has been a hotbed of UFO sightings since 1947. June 14, 1992 marked the beginning of the two-year wave of UFO sightings and experiences.

He chronicled more than 80 eyewitness accounts of UFO activity, including unexplained lights, alien-human

abductions, face to face alien meetings, mysterious metallic ships, strange animal sightings and missing time phenomena.

(Seems I suffer a lot from that “missing time phenomena,” but I chalk that up to senior moments.)

“Whatever went on that particular night, there were hundreds of objects,” said Dennett. “We’ve got to stick to the truth. Otherwise we won’t get to the heart of it.”

But for some of the attendees, such as Roger Schlueter, the truth is that UFOs do not exist. Schlueter, a pilot, diver, engineer, etc., discusses the lack of science and the unreliability of eyewitnesses.

“What struck me about the presentation is the lack of science... Where is the science? Where are the measurements?

Where is the data? Give me something to chew on,” said Schlueter.

What riveted Goleta Girl was the discussion of alien implants and some cases of surgical removal in Ventura. Dr.

Jana’s Journeys Kitties and Tutus

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iki Time with Kitty Chow & Fisherman who play Jungle Jazz Exotica at The Mercury Lounge, Saturday, March 2. If that doesn’t suit your fancy, then go see some dance.

Attend An Evening with Goleta Ballet Theatre where students in the Goleta School of Ballet pre-professional training company will perform a special presentation of “The Sleeping Beauty.” The event is scheduled for Sat. March 2 at 7 pm at Center Stage Theatre. More Info: www.centerstagetheater.org.

I (HEART) Goleta

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ut your money where your mouth is and show Goleta some love by attending a community workshop and free dinner, featuring Peter Kageyama, author of For the Love of Cities. He will share his insights on the effect of love upon a community. He will work with attendees on how to identify, improve and maximize affection and the identity of Goleta Goodland. This community workshop and free dinner is sponsored by the City of Goleta. It will be held at the Goleta Valley Community Center, 5670 Hollister Avenue, Goleta on Thursday, March 7 from 5 to 9 pm. Reserve your space at ILoveGoleta.eventbrite.com, call 961-7500 or email ftownes@cityofgoleta.org. Learn more about Kageyama’s work by visiting www.

FortheLoveofCities.com.

Game Time At The Library

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et your game face on at Family Game Day at Goleta Library with board games galore for families and friends. The library will provide all sorts of board games from Chinese Checkers, Sorry, Life, Can You Name 5, Sort it Out, Encore, Trivial Pursuit and Operation! among others. The free event will be held at the Goleta Library On Sunday, March 10, 2 – 4 pm.

In his book The Aliens and The Scalpel, Leir wrote, “The composition of the objects includes metals whose isotopic ratios are clearly not from Earth.

Moreover, the form of these objects is clearly engineered and manufactured with precision rather than being a naturally occurring form.”

Goleta Girl spoke at length with one attendee, Donna (no last names: a stigma still exists), who was there.

A certified clinical hypnotherapist, she witnessed the historic surgery on August 19, 1995 in Camarillo. She also

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recalls, “My abductee support group ran from 1993-1995. The members of the group,” she reports, “suffered from fear to go to sleep, physical scoop marks in their legs, arms and behind the ears, memories of procedures being done to them involving implants being put into them, lots of missing time, bruises and painful areas on their bodies, and terrible psychological problems involved with not being able to control their lives.

When you are abducted against your will, you are completely helpless.”

While some in the UFO community feel such implants have a benevolent motive, Donna does not concur, seeing the traumatic consequences of such experiences.

“I have seen the devastating consequences. Anything that hurts our bodies, our minds, our families, is not good. Anything that is implanted in us against our will is not good.”

So does Goleta Girl believe in UFOs? Let’s just say she was shaking so much after the event that she had to settle her nerves with a few glasses of wine at the Mercury Lounge.

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by Jim Luksic

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

Return to Oz

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t isn’t often that a non-mobster trailer excites me, but this Kansas native shall be first in line for Oz: The Great and Powerful. Jaded critic or not, I will feel right at home – like a scarecrow in a cornfield. Although I hold no particular fondness for James Franco, there are hot-air-balloon hopes for his role in the latest update of the fabled childhood tale. Along with its breathtaking aesthetics, the picture also gets a visual lift from Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams. “Great and Powerful” might not be hyperbole.

Elsewhere, the pickings aren’t slim either:

The Rock Returns

Get a piece of the Rock with the crime drama Snitch, in which Dwayne Johnson – on his second marriage – runs a truck company, whose rigs come in handy for the drug deals on tap.

When his son lands behind bars, our hulking hero’s business enters the realm of politics and cartels.

Director and co-writer Ric Roman Waugh, an ex-stuntman, clearly has an ear for street dialogue.

Yet he keeps the narrative light on its feet not with gratuitous violence, but through nuanced scenes, authentically acted – though Susan Sarandon seems off her game. To the rescue come Jon Bernthal, Barry Pepper (Broken City) and Michael Kenneth Williams. Alas, this pleasant surprise’s merits won’t save it from being forgotten, much like The Grey precisely a year ago.

Lost in the Woods

I had avoided Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters for weeks, secretly hoping it would slither away.

The revamped Brothers Grimm fairy tale (scary tale?) includes a grim brother-and-sister pairing: Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the orphaned siblings who grow into the titular killers. We can’t feign surprise upon seeing the witches’ leader is tall, dark and mysterious Famke Janssen (a shrewd bit of casting). If nothing else, credit writer/director Tommy Wirkola – in his English-language debut – with rounding up a cadre of foreign comrades for this “babes in the woods” reworking.

What fails to impress, what truly underwhelms, is Wirkola’s pedestrian prose; his idea of a wisecrack is any line with the F-bomb, which sounds more out of place than Peter Stormare’s wavering accent. Amid the bloodshed and forced profanities, I don’t recall laughing once. And the 3-D version is akin to putting whipped cream on manure. As the wicked witch triggers another fight with our dynamic duo, she proclaims, “The end is near.” Promises, promises.

Steven’s Stellar Side Effects

Beware of Side Effects, wherein Steven Soderbergh, who got more credit for last year’s Magic Mike than for his 2011 masterpiece Contagion, returns to stellar form. He

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turns psychology, medication and murder on their heads – and the upshot proves intoxicating. Start with the filmmaker’s attention to detail, his overall vision. Then marvel at the interaction between psychologist Jude Law and depressed patient Rooney Mara, who’s conflicted about her marriage to Channing Tatum’s ex-convict.

Frankly, Mara’s persona here isn’t much of a stretch for the actress; as a guest at last year’s SBIFF, she acted similarly reticent and demure. Law’s turn as the framed doctor, from where I sat, couldn’t be improved upon.

Everything appears in place, but the screws haven’t been tightened. As the legal ramifications build, Soderbergh ratchets up the truth and consequences; he scores a direct hit.

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Sun - 1:00 3:20 5:40 8:00 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK  21 AND OVER (R) Thu 3/7 - Does Not Play!

1:30 4:20 7:15 (R) Fri-Sun - 2:20 4:55 7:20 9:40 Saturday at 9:00 am Mon-Thu - 3:10 5:30 8:00 ESCAPE FROM MET OPERA - LIVE IN HD PLANET EARTH (PG) in 2D WARM BODIES (PG-13)  Wagner’s PARSIFAL (PG) 1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 Fri-Sun - 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:20 Mon-Thu - 2:40 5:00 7:30

Thursday, March 7 - 9:00 pm

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OZ

THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Metro 4 & Camino Real in 2D &PLAZA 3D DE ORO RIVIERA 371 Hitchcock Way - S.B. DARK SKIES (PG-13)

ACADEMY A ROYAL AFFAIR Fri-SunAWARD - 2:10 4:40 7:10 WINNERS! 9:30 Academy Award Winner!

2044 Alameda Padre Serra - S.B.

Mon-Thu - 3:00

5:20

7:50

(R)

Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:00 7:45 Sat/Sun - 1:40 4:40 7:45

4- LIFE OF PI 1- ZERO DARK THIRTY ESCAPE FROM AMOUR (PG-13) 3- ARGO 1- AMOUR DJANGO UNCHAINED ARGO (R) Daily - 8:00 (PG) PLANET 2EARTH Fri & Mon-Thu - 4:45 7:45 in 2D: Fri-Sun - 1:40 6:20 OF PI (PG) in 2D LININGSLIFEPLAYBOOK 2- LINCOLN Sat/Sun - 1:45 4:45 7:45 1- SILVER Mon-Thu - 2:30 Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:15 - 4:00 in 3D: Fri-Sun Thursday - March 28Sat/Sun - 7:30 pm - 2:00 5:00 CAMINO REAL

Best Foreign Language Film!

Mon-Thu - 4:45

 ADJANGODEEPER SHADE METRO 4 UNCHAINED Features Stadium Seating Fri-Sun- 8:30 Mon-Thu- 7:15 OF BLUE 618 State Street - S.B.  JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Features Stadium Seating

CAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE Hollister & Storke - GOLETA

in 3D: 1:15 in 2D: 4:10

7:10 (PG-13) 9:45

FAIRVIEW

 21 AND OVER (R) Features Stadium Seating 1:50 4:20 6:50 9:15 225 N. Fairview - Goleta

(PG-13)  THESNITCH LAST EXORCISM PART 4:00 II (PG-13) 1:25 6:40 9:25 1:10 3:20 5:30 7:45

IDENTITY THIEF (R)

Academy Award Winner!

1:40 4:30 7:20 9:55 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK 4:20DAY 7:15 A1:30 GOOD TO (R)

DIE HARD ESCAPE FROM (R) Fri-Wed - 2:15 4:40 (PG) 7:00 in9:35 2D PLANET EARTH 1:003/73:10 Thu - 2:15 5:20 4:40 7:30 7:00

(R)

PASEO NUEVO Theatre Ewan McGregor (PG-13) Arlington  JACK THE GIANT SLAYER

8 W. De La Guerra Pl. - S.B.

in 3D: Fri-Sun - 3:50 9:25 Academy Award Winner!

ARLINGTON FIESTA 5 Mon-Thu - 4:50 Best Actress Courtyard Bar Open Features Stadium Seating in 2D: Fri-Sun - 1:10 6:40 Jennifer Lawrence Fri & Sat - 4:30 - 8:30 916 State Street - S.B. Mon-Thu - 2:10 7:30 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK 1317 State Street - 963-4408  THE LAST EXORCISM 2:10 5:00 8:00 (R) A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD IDENTITY THIEF (R) PART II (PG-13) (R) Mon-Wed Fri-Sun - 1:50 4:20(PG-13) 6:45 9:10 Fri/Sat Fri-Sun &- 1:25 4:00 -6:50 9:35 QUARTET 3:20 5:40 8:00 Mon-Thu - 2:50 5:10 7:40 Mon-Thu - 2:20 5:00 7:40 2:00 4:30 7:15 Sun - 1:00 3:20 5:40 8:00  21 AND OVER (R) ThuSAFE 3/7 - Does Not Play!

(PG-13) HAVEN Academy Fri-Sun - 2:20Award 4:55 Winner!

7:20 9:40 Fri-Sun - 1:00 3:40 6:30 9:15 Saturday at 9:00 am (R) ZERO DARK Mon-Thu - 3:10 THIRTY 5:30 8:00 Mon-Wed - 2:00- LIVE 4:40 IN 7:20 MET OPERA HD 1:30 7:45 Thu 3/7 - 2:00 PARSIFAL 4:40 WARM BODIES (PG-13)  Wagner’s Fri-Sun - 2:00 4:30 7:00 SIDE EFFECTS (R) 9:20 SNITCH (PG-13) Mon-Thu 2:40 5:00 7:30 4:40 7:30

SAFE HAVEN (PG-13) RIVIERA DARK SKIES (PG-13) Fri-Wed - 2:00 2044 Alameda Padre5:00 Serra -7:45 S.B. Winner of 2 Academy Awards Fri-Sun - 2:10 4:40 7:10 9:30 Thu 3/7 - 2:00 5:00 Academy Award Winner!

Best Actor- -3:00 Daniel5:20 Day-Lewis Mon-Thu 7:50 Best Foreign Language Film!

LINCOLN (PG-13) 4:50

Thursday 3/7 - 9:00 pm ESCAPE FROM AMOUR (PG-13)  OZ (2D or 3D) (PG) PLANET EARTH (PG) Fri & Mon-Thu - 4:45 7:45 BLESS ME, ULTIMA (PG-13)

in 2D: Fri-Sun 1:45 - 1:40 THE GREAT AND 4:45 POWERFUL Sat/Sun - 1:45 7:45

Mon-Thu - 2:30

6:20

PLAZA DE ORO

Fri-Sun - 1:40 4:20 7:00 9:45 371 Hitchcock Way - S.B. Mon-Wed - 2:30 5:10 7:50 ROYAL AFFAIR (R) ThuA 3/7 - 2:30 5:10 Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:00 7:45 Sat/Sun - 1:40 Thursday 3/7 -4:40 9:00 7:45 pm

ARGO Daily  OZ (R) (2D or 3D)- 8:00 (PG) THE GREAT POWERFUL LIFE OF AND PI (PG) in 2D Fri & Mon-Thu - 5:15

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Plan B

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

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

Rawhide

“I

need you.”

It was a simple statement, really, but my husband’s face pretty much said it all.

Something was amiss.

I made my goodbyes short and hurried to keep up with his pace as we strode back towards the rodeo arena. When we were out of earshot from others (and somewhat comically situated underneath my high school bleachers), Paul proceeded to explain our indecent situation in more detail.

He’d urgently pulled me away from a group of old classmates that had convened at my hometown rodeo. (Yeah, that’s right, I have a hometown rodeo.) I quickly gathered enough information to ascertain that the situation had something to do with my youngest daughter and her underwear – or absence thereof.

Lila has had a “panty problem” for quite some time, you see. Tears are shed when she has to put them on in the morning and oftentimes my lovely little Lila finds a way to secretly remove those undergarments before we reach our final destination. I’ve found her undies stashed in the cupholder of her car seat, tucked neatly under the seat in front of her or shoved into her sweatshirt pockets… you get the picture.

And with her coinciding dress obsession, this has proven to be somewhat problematic.

Yee-Haw Where I come from is quite different from a lot of places, and it’s a far cry from Santa Barbara. You basically get on the 101 freeway and if you don’t stop driving for ten hours, you’ll end up in Willits, California. That’s right, you don’t even need to exit the 101 freeway, it actually runs right through the middle of town.

There are three stoplights, so if you blink or sneeze, you might miss it.

Willits is a small town in every way. I grew up driving on our dirt roads by the time I was twelve and going to truck pulls and shooting at snakes and riding horses through backcountry and cow tipping.

(Yeah, that’s right, we tipped cows in my hometown. Not one of my finer moments and I’m certainly not proud to say it… but I did it. So what?) We even had a rodeo.

And, in Willits, the rodeo is sacred.

Wrangled “No,” Paul continued, “it’s too late for the panties.” I was confused. My husband is the greatest dad (I’m biased, I know)

Lila’s sister Elli, in panties with her cousin and enjoying the Willits rodeo.

(She made it eight seconds on this one.)

Lila, riding her urban pony. (I’m pretty sure she’s wearing underpants here.)

and he can usually handle anything and everything parenthood decides to deliver his way. Missing drawers had never dictated a state of emergency before and so I was beginning to get nervous.

Something had gone beyond the quick fix of adorning Lila in fresh skivvies.

But what?

He went on to paint an indelicate picture. You see, our seats for the rodeo were directly in front of a large stadium set of bleachers. Mind you, these bleachers contained my former coaches, teachers, crushes, employers… basically everyone from Willits was at the rodeo. It’s like a fricking class reunion every year. (I don’t even know why they plan any official reunions – the beer gardens at the rodeo work just fine.) So while I was reuniting with some old friends, my husband and kids were taking in some barrel riding and bullishness. Well, at least until Paul had an older (and highly concerned) woman tap him on the shoulder to rudely inform him that he needed to “cover up” our daughter.

Unbeknownst to my husband, the lovely Lila was not really into watching the goat roping and she had found a bar (not the drinking type) to entertain herself. She was flipping and flopping and dangling and had ended up in a fun, stationary, upside-down position. Not a problem for any regular tot, however my kid was wearing a sweet little dress with absolutely no panties or briefs or undergarments of any kind.

Turns out, her bare ass was, in fact, disturbing hundreds of rodeo-goers.

That’s Lila and me enjoying old Willits. (Both of us are wearing panties here.)

Understandably, the bleacher seats were feeling slightly distracted from the bucking broncos by my beloved’s bare butt dangling in the foreground.

And the rodeo is sacred in Willits. It’s sacred, I tell you.

Roped and Branded Paul finished the story calmly there under the bleachers.

I panicked.

But then I pulled it together and

realized there was only one thing for me to do. I put on my cowboy hat – admittedly hoping to hide, which I know is utterly impossible anywhere in Willits – and I stomped back to our seats. I scooped up my pantie-less princess (and my bootstraps) and strutted to the car to dig out an extra pair of Underoos… and possibly scrounge up some dignity too.

Then I decided it was time to delete myself from classmates.com.

I think I’ve had enough exposure for a while.

Briana’s Best Bets Paying it Forward

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ith Lila’s habit of taking off her panties, we find ourselves having to replenish them at a high rate. I like to shop locally and recently discovered something special on Coast Village Road in a store called Summer for Kids. Not only do they have organic cotton knits (and panties) but Summer for Kids has toys and gear and books and tons of kid supplies. What makes it truly special is that the store donates 100% of their profits each and every month to local charities that support children. Summer for Kids is setting an example within our community of kindness and care, and I like that! Visit the store at 1235 Coast Village Road in Montecito or shop on-line at www. summerforkids.com.

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• LOVE IS FREE What: Get an Art Education Where: Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara When: Weekly, Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 5pm Why: Did you know there’s an Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSB? How: Learn something new. Peruse through four visual art exhibits, both modern and vintage.

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his little micro-garden surprised even us, which is tough to do as we’re eco-minded, food growing fanatics. In just five short days, we had a jar packed full of delicious healthful sprouts that we had grown ourselves. The screen and lid are available at the Isla Vista Co-op (http://islavistafoodcoop.blogspot. com) though you could likely easily make your own with a wide-mouth jar and some cheesecloth.

What’ll It Cost Me: This is a free education. (Think of it as a little DIY project.)

• LOOSE CHANGE What: Local Artisans Market & Food Fare Where: La Cumbre Plaza and Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce When: Recurring Fridays at La Cumbre Plaza from 3 – 7pm; recurring Saturdays at the Goleta Valley Community Center from 10am – 2pm Why: These new weekly markets are made up of two of our very favorite things: Local food artisans and local artists and crafters (aka homemade and handmade, baby).

How: Shop local. Just do it already.

Sprouts in Three Easy Steps • Soak your seeds in a jar overnight.

• Drain seeds and rinse 2x/day until they begin to sprout. Keep out of direct sunlight.

• Once leaves appear, place in sunlight (our kitchen window worked great).

• Continue to rinse 2x/day until the leaves are green.

And with that, you have fresh sprouts ready to add to salads, sandwiches, soups and whatever else you might fancy with some greens. We’ve grown alfalfa and clover, but you can use just about any seed and make it happen. With that said, be absolutely sure the seeds you buy are meant for eating as it ensures they will be clean and safe.

Happy growing!

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Salt Yourself Where: The Salt Cave, 740 State Street When: Friday and Saturday, 10am – 7pm; Sunday, 12 – 7pm Why: We know you’ve heard about it, but have you actually been?

How: Slip silently under State Street and salt yourself silly. (Seriously.)

WINE & DINE To Market, To Market

by Eve Sommer-Belin id you know that on January 1st a new law came into place making it possible for home cooks and artisans to actually sell their goods (with special permits, of course)?

No? Well, rejoice, foodies, for the California Cottage Food Law is now in action.

Thanks to the passing of this law, Santa Barbara is now privy to California’s first weekly cottage food fair – the Local Artisan Market. Brought to you by Local Artisans of Santa Barbara, this weekly market was created to bring all sorts of specialty foods and handmade goods together in one place for all to have access to and enjoy. Discover what our own local folks have been whipping up!

Have a hankerin’ for Belgian waffles? Habanero jelly? Paleo goodies? You’ll find all these delicious creations and more at this new local’s delight. Head on over to the La Cumbre Plaza Courtyard on Fridays and to the Goleta Valley Community Center on Saturdays and you’ll discover what your neighbors have been creating! From local farmers to artisans to food trucks, there is sure to be something for everyone.

To find times, locations and more info, check out www.localartisansmarket.com.

What’ll It Cost Me: $22 – $25 per 45-minute salt session.

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What’ll It Cost Me: Admission is free. The gourmet artisan goods will cost you, though.

PETROS in Santa Barbara

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1316 State Street, SB CA 93101 Restaurant 805.899.9100

SUNDAY - Family Brunch with Live Music & All You Can Eat Buffet Rotisserie Lamb & homemade Slow-Cooked Lamb with eggs, omelets, special dishes, fruit & desserts BuffET $25 PP All DAy Drink SPEciAlS $3 BEEr/$6 WinE

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REAL ESTATE

118 West Arrellaga Street

by Michael Calcagno

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

Downtown Vintage Homes

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his week, once again, has been another stellar one for new listings, pending properties and sold properties in Santa Barbara. We’ve seen 25 new listings in the areas East and West of State Street (including Hope Ranch). In fact, pending sales have again exceeded new listings with a total of 31 pending properties in the same geographic locations. Supply and demand have always been the leading factors to a strong real estate market, and we still seem to have a supply deficiency (or a demand sufficiency, I suppose) based on the past week’s numbers of new listing numbers against pending sales.

Some good news for sellers, finally, after an admittedly long and dismal stretch.

Setting that aside (despite its obvious importance), I want to focus this week on downtown vintage properties that came on the market or had significant price changes.

The downtown Santa Barbara area has always been a much sought after one, and so too have been the vintage homes that embody the character and charm of days gone by for which many yearn and for which Santa Barbara is often known. Varying in size, price and style, these homes are all pretty darn good deals and will surely not last long. All are located within walking distance to downtown, parks and the historic Mission.

These are unique properties, each with its own nuances and character traits. If this is the type of property you like, and one or more on this page suits your fancy or catches your eye (as the case may be), then my only advice would be to move quickly if you’re going to move at all. And if you miss them, don’t say I didn’t tell you so.

Purchase price: $775,000 Down payment (20%): $155,000 Loan amount: $620,000 Loan payment: $2,741

(30-yr fixed at 3.375% (3.42% APR)) Property taxes estimate: $710 Home insurance estimate: $80

Neither Mr. Calcagno nor Sotheby’s International Realty is necessarily the listing broker or agent for any of the following properties.

Total Monthly Payment: $3,531

1922 Anacapa Street 25 East Islay Street

Purchase price: $1,295,000 Down payment (20%): $259,000 Loan amount: $1,036,000 Loan payment: $4,652 (30-yr fixed at 3.5% (3.58% APR))

Property taxes estimate: $1,187 Home insurance estimate: $120

Total Monthly Payment: $5,959 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: $1,740,000 Down payment (25%): $435,000 Loan amount: $1,305,000 Loan payment: $5,860

(30-yr fixed at 3.50% (3.58% APR)) Property taxes estimate: $1,595 Home insurance estimate: $130

Total Monthly Payment: $7,585

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18 West Victoria Street #308 12-5pm $2,600,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #212 12-5pm $2,500,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 2224 De La Vina 1-4pm $1,650,000 3bd/3.5ba Vivien Alexander 689-6683 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #307 12-5pm $1,250,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #108 12-5pm $1,100,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 121 West De La Guerra Street #5 2-4pm $1,059,000 1bd/1.5ba Diane Waterhouse 886-2988 Sotheby’s International Realty 18 West Victoria Street #111 12-5pm $875,000 1bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #109 12-5pm $855,000 0bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 121 W. De La Guerra #4 1-4pm $825,000 1bd/1ba Sofie Langhorne 689-5759 Coldwell 118 W. Arrellaga Street 2-4pm $775,000 3bd/1ba Michael Calcagno 896-0876 Sotheby’s International Realty

San Roque 210 Calle Palo Colorado 3656 Eileen Way 2818 Miradero Drive

1-4pm 1-4pm 2-4pm

$1,299,000 $1,229,000 $599,900

4bd/2ba 5bd/3ba 2bd/2ba

Mimi Greenberg The Easter Team Realtors Rose Van Schaik

570-9585 570-0403 452-2051

Prudential California Realty Prudential California Realty Prudential California Realty

Mesa 860 Miramonte Drive 316 Lighthouse Road 618 Litchfield Lane 321 El Monte Drive

1-4pm $1,895,000 3bd/3.5ba 1-4pm $1,520,000 4bd 2-4pm $1,289,000 4bd/4ba 1-4pm $1,149,000 4bd/2ba

David Kim Scott Westlotorn Isaac Garrett Marcos Lazaro

296-0662 Village Properties 403-4313 Coldwell 729-1143 Prudential California Realty 637-9121 Village Properties

Upper Eastside 333 Junipero Plaza

By Appt.

$5,750,000

4bd/4.5ba

Paul Hurst

680-8216

Prudential California Realty

Riviera 1734 Franceschi Road 1042 Arbolado Road 1300 Las Alturas Road 237 Las Alturas Road 401 Loma Media Road 1209 East Haley Street

1-4pm 1-4pm 1-4pm 2-4pm 2-4pm 1-4pm

$2,525,000 $2,150,000 $2,000,000 $1,595,000 $1,295,000 $842,000

4bd/4ba 3bd/2.5ba 3bd/2.5ba 3bd/2ba 3bd/2ba 2bd/1ba

Jake Ralston Brian King Pascale Bassan Doug Van Pelt T. Katinka Goertz Daniela Johnson

455-9600 452-0471 689-5528 637-3684 708-9616 453-4555

Prudential California Realty Village Properties Prudential California Realty Prudential California Realty Sotheby’s International Realty Sotheby’s International Realty

La Cumbre Area 4687 Via Roblada 3938 Laguna Blanca Drive 4376 Via Esperanza 622 Via Trepadora 550 Via Sinuosa 2817 Samarkand Drive 4660 Vista Buena Road 4540 Carriage Hill Drive

2-4pm $2,995,000 4bd/3.5ba Ken Switzer 1-4pm $2,795,000 3bd/3ba Lori Ebner 1-4pm $2,795,000 5bd/3.5ba Carolyn Fryer 2-4pm $1,950,000 4bd/4ba Sharon Wilson 1-4pm $1,490,000 4bd/2ba Andy Madrid 1-4pm $995,000 3bd/2ba Ron Madden 1:30-3pm $829,000 3bd/1ba Sunnie Maxwell 2-4pm $725,000 2bd/2ba Susan Jordano

680-4622 Prudential California Realty 729-4861 Prudential California Realty 895-8094 Village Properties 570-1551 Village Properties 452-1456 Coldwell 284-4170 Village Properties 455-3003 Prudential California Realty 680-9060 Village Properties

Mission Canyon

1417 Mission Canyon Road 729 Mission Canyon Road 2825 Ben Lomond Drive

Goleta

2-4pm 2-4pm 1-4pm

$2,200,000 $1,995,000 $1,450,000

4bd/4.5ba 3bd/3ba 5bd/3.5ba

Barbara Green John Luca John Gaffney

452-9003 680-5572 448-4663

Sotheby’s International Realty Sotheby’s International Realty Village Properties

549 Sweet Rain Place 1-4pm $5,550,000 3bd/2.5ba Charley Pavlosky 683-7357 Village Properties 9 Arroyo Quemada Lane 2-5pm $2,450,000 3bd/2ba Steve Richardson 689-5769 Coldwell 7769 Bradford Drive 12-4pm $775,000 4bd/2ba Farideh Farinpour 805- 708-3617 Sotheby’s International Realty 5788 Encina Road #2 1-3pm $405,000 2bd/1.5ba Gail Pearl 637-9595 Sotheby’s International Realty 313 Moreton Bay Lane #5

By Appt. $264,000 1bd/1ba Michael Pearl 637-6888 Sotheby’s International Realty 30 Winchester Cyn. Road 1-4pm $189,000 3bd/2ba Cindy Campbell 570-4959 Village Properties

nOTabLE OcEanfrOnT ESTaTE | WEb: 0592359 | $19,995,000 Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876, Nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442

EUrOpEan viLLa | WEb: 0113663 | $19,995,000 Suzanne Perkins 805.895.2138

OnE Of a kind | WEb: 0113622 | $15,500,000 Suzanne Perkins 805.895.2138

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EqUESTrian ESTaTE | WEb: 0113549 | $14,950,000 Suzanne Perkins 805.895.2138

rOmanTic SpaniSH-STyLE HaciEnda | WEb: 0632011 | $5,950,000 Cristal Clarke 805.886.9378

cOaSTaL Living | WEb: 0631886 | $4,950,000 Ron Dickman 805.689.3135

fabULOUS viEWS | WEb: 0631883 | $3,995,000 Bob Hanrahan 805.698.2826

STyLiSH crafTSman | WEb: 0113660 | $3,595,000 Lisa Loiacono 805.452.2799

OcEan & mOUnTain viEWS | WEb: 0113601 | $2,995,000 Tim Cardy 805.637.8078

ULTra-cHic in mOnTEciTO | WEb: 0632050 | $2,495,000 Cristal Clarke 805.886.9378

STUnning pEnTHOUSE LOfT | WEb: 0113626 | $1,850,000 Vivienne Leebosh 805.689.5613, Caroline Santandrea 805.452.0212

ELEganT UppEr EaST | WEb: 0592485 | $1,445,000 Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876, Nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442

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