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Creative by Matt Mazza Problem Solving

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think I’ve got a drinking problem.

Maybe I should explain.

I work these longs hours, you see, my days typically start before the sun rises and then race forward at mach speed into the late afternoon or early evening. The blinders are on; I’m right in it, thinking strategically and arguing points and putting together deals and preparing for oral arguments and depositions and meetings and all the other things a reasonably busy litigator does to ensure his (or her) clients get the result they want. The result they deserve.

The litigation road is no easy one to hoe, friends, ask anyone who has experienced a case or two. It’s a tough business filled with tough problems and tough personalities. The stakes are often high and the pressure to succeed – perhaps more importantly, not to fail – is ever-present. Stress management is a necessary skill, one that I have personally developed pretty damn well.

What’s my secret? A glass or two of red wine each night, right around dinnertime.

It’s hard to come down after a high-energy and output day, and I have this wonderful little stress-free family that likes to cook together and garden and play board games and read and chase the chickens around the yard.

I used to get home from the office – still stressed to the hilt and buzzing hard from the day – and be just in time for dinner, baths and bed. I’d hear all about my wife’s and the kids’ respective days. Well, mostly anyway, since my mind would often wander back to a case or a

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Mazza’s Missive – Matt has a drinking problem, and Seth and Magan Kunin’s latest venture, Anacapa Vintners, might just be the solution. Don’t understand how great wine in a great spot can solve a drinking problem? Neither do we. But Matt does.

And that’s what’s important.

I t’s Crime Time with SBPD – Sometimes people – even yogic masters – make bad choices. Sometimes they do very bad things. Sometimes they hock loogies on cops.

Sometimes they drink too much Jack Daniels and get naked on State Street. And more often than not, they pay the price.

Letters to the Editor – The Sentinel actually makes Laurie Richardson laugh; it also helps Heal the Ocean. Bryan Rosen sheds some light into the sometimes dark recesses of legal conservatorships. And even surfers like the paper. (Tubular, dude.)

The Beer Guy – Zach takes a bit of a sabbatical from beer aboard Pyrobar, a fire-breathing, aerial dancer facilitating mobile art car bar. (It does serve beer, for the record.) The eccentric beast is endangered, unfortunately, and needs our help. Can Zach help save it?

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Eight Days A Week – Everyone feels like their work week stretches eight days, but it doesn’t. The Sentinel’s quasi-calendar does, though, and actually proposes adding some fun to your life. Check it out.

Santa Barbara View – Sharon Byrne exposes the Gaia Movement green box scam (they’re not donating those old clothes, people); Loretta Redd talks movie theaters and popcorn sales (and Oscars); Ray Estrada likes SBCC’s Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series and Barefoot Wine. (Not as much as Matt likes Anacapa Vintners, though.)

Dust & Cover – Jeremy Harbin is back, this week with a musical version of six degrees of separation. Wait, was Kevin Bacon a musician? What the hell is going on here?

Presidio Sports – Providence Hall girls’ hoops won the CIF Championship (nice work, Lady Lions); SBART Athletes of the Week, and other awards. Barry Punzal’s weekend calendar to boot. Rincon Classic results on page 17 and more photos on page 24.

The Mindful Word – Diana Raab spends time at the Santa Barbara Healing Sanctuary and finds spontaneous self-healing in a safe, nurturing and creative environment overlooking the Pacific Ocean. What role might dreams play in the healing process? Read and find out.

I n the Garden with Mr. Greeenjeans – Randy Arnowitz advocates creative healing too, especially for those among us suffering from the woes of Chronic Shearing Syndrome. Can he get a witness?

Keeping It Reel – Sentinel movie critic Jim Luksic likes beans, endures the Cold War and doesn’t like kids in their twenties. (Come on, Jim, don’t slow-motion vomiting scenes and public urination suit your fancy?)

Man About Town – Mark likes exuberant and jubilant child singers from Africa but is concerned that none of them seem to want to pursue the arts; he also likes to watch people dancing (voyeuristic, much, Mark?). And there’s a lot of potentially interesting (and fun) music coming up. Check it out.

You Have Your Hands Full – Mara Peters looks back at the impact of Bear on her Teddy.

(Or something like that.) It takes a village to raise four kids, and sometimes that village is populated by stuffed animals. (Nice column, Mara, thanks.)

LOVEmikana – Benefit comes to State Street and has Briana Westmacott frothing at the lashes; Ascendant Spirits makes great booze in the Valley and has Eve Sommer-Belin frothing at the liver; The Refillery’s eco-consciousness has Courtney Dietz frothing at the… ah, where do green advocates froth? (Who knows, let’s just stop there.) The Weekend Guide involves fashion, brunch and chocolate. What else is there?

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C ommercial Corner – Austin Herlihy and Chris Parker from Radius Group actually call apartment buildings “sexy.” We don’t know, guys, maybe you’re spending too much time analyzing commercial real estate. We really appreciate the insight but maybe you should get out more. esidential Real Estate – Michael likes the direction the residential real estate market is R heading, and he’s not just a self-interested realtor saying it. (Don’t worry, Mike, we believe you.) There are lots of open houses this weekend, so get out there.

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by Matt Mazza ...continued from cover

decision or strategic position or whatever.

So I started in with the beautiful red wines. I got immediate results.

A simple glass of a complex, hearty Cabernet Sauvignon or Zinfandel helped me to more quickly forget about the day and focus on the immensely important task at hand (i.e., being a good father and husband). I listened more carefully, I was really engaged, I played board games with more pizzazz… you get the idea. So I moved on to lighter Pinot Noirs and fruit forward Syrahs and maybe a Cabernet Franc or some blend or whatever. I mean, red wine is good for your health if taken responsibly. It’s practically like a vitamin.

Just say the words out loud to yourself, softly, with a bit slower cadence. Cabernet Sauvignon. Pinot Noir. Zinfandel. (Do it, seriously.) They sound good, man, the words themselves, properly pronounced, are sensual, provocative.

I should stop.

It’s hard to talk about it. This is getting uncomfortable.

The bottom line is that the whole thing works well for me, and frankly I’d be hard pressed to change it.

But it’s starting to cause a problem.

Meeting Challenges Head On I have another job, you see, one that starts when the kids go to bed. It turns out that I am the Editor-in-Chief of a weekly paper here in town. And that requires work. Work that begins at night. Work that often ends in the wee hours.

But now that I’ve knocked down my glass of Syrah and my stress has melted away, I find it hard to sit back down and knock out a few thousand words. I want to read that dusty old copy of Anna Karenina on my nightstand; I want to turn on some music and play Scrabble with my lovely

Seth Kunin and Caitlin Caron engage and educate the crowd at Anacapa Vintners.

wife, enjoy her company a bit. I want to have fun.

So, often, I do.

This is my drinking problem.

And I’ve got to get it under control.

The law has taught me a few things over the years. Most important among them, perhaps, is that it is best to face problems early, and head on. Ignoring them, allowing them to fester, exacerbates. And exacerbation – as opposed to a rhyming word that everyone reading now has locked in the forefront of their collective mind – is bad.

So I decided to write about a tasting room this week.

Seth Kunin Harshed My Mellow Anacapa Vintners is in a cool space on Yanonali Street, near its corner with the new label and tasting room’s namesake.

It’s got what I would call sort of call a minimalist rustic-industrial-wine-chic aesthetic (thank God I’m not writing for Architectural Digest, they’d fire me with that sort of ridiculous description), and it’s immediately appealing. Poured concrete floors, high ceiling, clean lines, fun interactive wine and grape-growing ...continued p.19

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It'sCrimetime...

...with the SBPD

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

Very Bad Things

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verybody starts out good. We’re born practically perfect in every way, innocent and naïve, a tabula rasa. It’s beautiful, really, a true miracle.

But it can’t last forever.

The world starts to write on our blank pages, slowly, delicately. At first, the authors are predominantly our parents, and the script is love and happiness and satisfaction (more often than not, anyway). As we get older, though, additional writers join the fray and we start getting new messages, different and sometimes conflicting messages, from peers and friends and televisions and history books and media and mentors and the big nasty world at large. Some of the writings are light, but others are dark. Both have effects on our respective psyches and behaviors and perspectives.

And somehow, at some point, some of us start doing bad things. Very bad things.

Things that we likely wouldn’t have done under different circumstances.

Things that get us into trouble.

Who bears responsibility for these actions? There are many who look to displace blame, and sometimes rightfully so, but ultimately, at the end of the day, each one of us bears responsibility for our own actions. Each of us must choose to act rightly rather than wrongly, no matter what the people and institutions with pens wrote upon us over the years.

Sometimes people make the wrong choice.

Sometimes people make lots of bad choices, compounding their problems and making life, ah, difficult. Examples are everywhere, of course (think Tiger Woods or Mel Gibson or Lindsay Lohan, for instance), but let’s focus our attention on the decision-making of the poor souls below, each of whom has made a few bad choices recently.

Maybe it ain’t their fault…but they sure are going to deal with the consequences. We guess that the old saying is right: “Life’s a bitch. And then you die.”

A Downward Facing Dog

CRIME: A Santa Barbara yoga instructor made an “unsafe turn” at the corner of State and Figueroa that resulted in his car striking another vehicle and then sliding into a bicyclist before bouncing up on to a curb. Rather than getting out and checking for injuries stemming from their blunder, however, the guru and his passenger friend used their strength and flexibility to push their car off the curb, then they jumped back in and began to drive away. A Good Samaritan leaped in front of the vehicle blocking its path while taking down its license plate, but the yoga instructor pressed the accelerator repeatedly, effectively threatening to run the poor guy down. (No good deed goes unpunished.) He yielded eventually, under duress, and the yoga instructor sped off.

(Hang on, we’d like to make a wager: we’ll bet our dollars to your dimes that these guys were hammered. Any takers?)

OBSERVATIONS: There’s a whole sequence of bad decisions here. Don’t get us wrong, the whole “unsafe turn” situation may have simply been an inadvertent action that caused an unfortunate chain of events, but the pushing the car and the mashing the accelerator and the speeding off were basically inexcusable bad choices. Oh, when police found our hapless yogi (and his buddy) at home soon after the Good Samaritan gave officers the license plate number, they discovered that the guy was in fact intoxicated (surprise!) and also unlicensed. Let’s just say that we can add a few more bad decisions to the list.

COMMENTS: Ultimately, the stoic yogic culprit was arrested for DUI, felony hit and run (with injury), driving without a license and dissuading a witness (to say the least). His buddy was arrested for accessory to felony hit and run for helping him move the car.

That was another bad call. See how a series of compounding bad decisions can change your life in an instant? This guy went from a couple beers after a busy day of Hath yoga with what was likely a crowd of beautiful Santa Barbara women in yoga outfits (not bad) to fetal position pose (that’s a new one) in the slammer in a matter of hours. Hope he’s been working on pranayama and other meditative practices – our guess is that he’ll want to stay away from the old Down Dog for awhile.

Border Patrol Candidate?

CRIME: A 28-year-old mansient was wasted (surprise!) around 1am last weekend and decided to harass a local cab driver by “pounding on his hood” and “demanding his green card.”

OBSERVATION: Let’s state the obvious. Bad decision. Preceded, undoubtedly, by a long series of bad decisions that resulted in his current less-than-desirable position.

Enough said.

CRIME TIME QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “ Yeah I’m drunk, and Santa Barbara is full of wankers, you idiot.”

- An intoxicated 63-year-old SB resident to SBPD after harassing employees and throwing food around the “dining room” at Jackin-the-Box on Milpas. (Maybe it all had something to do with his “dining” experience.)

COMMENTS: We want to help here. This guy is homeless, right? Needs a job? We’ll buy him a bus ticket to Arizona. We hear that they are really searching for qualified applicants for citizen border patrol initiatives like the Minuteman Project or the Arizona Citizens Militia. (Go ahead, look them up. We are indeed a diverse people.) We’d suggest a federal application but there may soon be a hiring freeze due to budget deficit issues.

(What? It’s just a thought. We’re trying to help.)

Drunk Man Hocks Loogies On Cop, Gets Arrested… Again

CRIME: A homeless 55-year-old male from Detroit was arrested for public intoxication.

Here is what happened when he arrived at County Jail in the back of a squad car.

SBPD: Alright sir, please exit the vehicle.

MANSIENT: [Blank] you, pig.

(Drunken homeless man hocks loogie on officer’s leg. Classy.)

SBPD [Patiently wiping loogie]: Sir, please understand that I will have to arrest you for battery on a police officer if you do that again.

MANSIENT: [Blank] you, you fat [blank] pig.

(Drunken homeless man hocks another loogie, this one toward the arresting officer’s face, but officer artfully dodges it.)

MANSIENT: [Blank] you, I’ll spit at who I want.

(Drunken homeless man is arrested for the second time in an hour, this time for battery on a police officer.)

OBSERVATIONS: Again, we bear witness to a series of bad decisions, all of which were likely preceded, again, by another long series of bad decisions. (These things compound, people, they grow geometrically.) We sincerely doubt that we need to relive the experience. But with that said, there is in fact some prolific loogie action here. He must’ve been drinking Mickeys or some other malt liquor.

COMMENTS: Look, we get it, you’re down on your luck and you’ve tipped a few (dozen) Colt 45s back at the children’s park. Now you’re upset that you were interrupted while defecating in plain view of some young mother pushing her toddler on a swing. But leave the cops alone, man; they’re just doing their job. And pig jokes aside, nobody likes or deserves to be spat upon. Hock loogies on your drunken buddies all you want, but don’t spit on cops.

Jack Daniels Results in Public Nudity

CRIME: An intoxicated Santa Barbara man, sans abode, was screaming at and generally threatening passersby on State Street at 2:30pm on a Thursday. At one point he stripped off his shirt and his pants, exposing himself fully, in a lovely display on our beach-chic community’s main thoroughfare. How… sophisticated.

OBSERVATIONS: This one is a little tougher than those above. The obvious bad decision here is the screaming and threatening and (sophisticated) strip teasing. But if that was your guess, then you’d be wrong. What you don’t know is that our friend later admitted to drinking a large amount of Jack Daniels earlier in the day. Take your time, consider this new fact. It’s important.

COMMENTS: What did your come up with? If you said, “drinking Jack Daniels,” sorry, you’re wrong. There was no bad decision here. First, Jack Daniels is a terrific drink, assuming reasonably responsible consumption. The problem is that reasonable, responsible consumption of this particular concoction often results in unreasonable, irresponsible consumption. And unreasonable, irresponsible consumption of Jack Daniels quite frequently results in public nudity and screaming at people. It’s just true.

So our poor friend here is a true victim of circumstances. Truth be told, he actually made no bad choices here.

What can we say? Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

Be good this week, folks. Focus on making good decisions. It’s just that easy. (Unless, of course, you’re drinking Jack Daniels, in which case you simply cannot be held responsible for your own actions.)

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ear Matt – Thank you for producing the Sentinel. I am enjoying it very much. I find it to be an educational, delightfully humorous look at the town I love so much! I love all the columnists’ insights, turns of phrases and comical images. It’s not my nature to find life particularly humorous but your paper has me laughing until I leak!

The Crime Time column is terrific.

It was so good to see it return last week – the first week I picked up the Sentinel was the “Crimeys.” That write up, at the time of the Film Festival, was genius.

Even the real estate columnist, Michael Calcagno, sharing about his lack of sleep, due partly to what his dog ingested and the subsequent surgery, was priceless! It made Michael much more real.

As I truly learn from and am giggling with all the columnists’ styles, it’s hard to pick one favorite. But, as a mom to now grown twins and a preschool teacher, Briana Westmacott’s adventures in parenting is hysterical! In fact, last week’s column on her daughter not wearing undies was the best. I was laughing so hard that I could barely breathe!

Has she considered skipping the panties and just letting her wear shorts under her dresses? Many of my “preschool princesses” do this.

Anyway, I had to write in a BIG thank you. It’s a joy to pick up the Sentinel on Fridays. I love how you all write in a witty, in-depth and darn funny style; yet, you are definitely not mean-spirited. Thank you! Keep me laughing, you have no idea what a gift that is.

Laurie Richardson Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Wow, Laurie, now that’s some enthusiastic support. And to think that you hand-wrote that letter – I actually received in the mail – well, that’s just plain cool. The most important thing to me about your commentary is that you really seem to “get it” in connection with what we are trying to do. We want people to laugh, to enjoy the read, and we are doing everything we can to be positive and not meanspirited (while at the same time honest and genuine). We are not and don’t want to be a traditional newspaper in any sense. We want the Sentinel to stay fun and relatively light; and yet we want to be informative, intelligent and interesting. I hope all of that continues to come through, and that others see it your way (and mine, frankly).

I spoke to Briana and asked her about substituting shorts for (often absent) panties and she said she’ll give it a try. (Any port in a storm, right?) And Michael’s dog is just fine; although ironically his sleeping habits

haven’t improved. (Baby on the way!) And you have our collective word: We all will do our best to keep you laughing – that’s a success all by itself in what many see as quite troubling times. Thanks so much for the letter. – MSM)

Helping Heal the Ocean What a tremendous reaction to that one page ad, dear Sentinel! I want to thank you again and forever! We have had many enquiries about our Dinner Show at the El Encanto Resort on September 28 as a result, and just this week we made a contract with a Rat Pack troupe, so our Event is officially A NIGHT WITH THE RAT PACK! There’s no auction or raffle – just 8-star dining and a lot of fun. And as a result of the unofficial announcement in the Sentinel, we’re half sold out already.

Thank you thank you thank you!

Hillary Hauser Executive Director Heal the Ocean (Editor’s Note: That’s truly terrific news, Hillary, I’m personally just thrilled we could help. Yours is a good cause and just the type we want to support going forward. Please don’t hesitate to call on us again – and don’t stop the fight to keep our local beaches and oceans healthy and intact. Have a great time with the Rat Pack. – MSM)

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Mark Goerner (center), current Pyrobar custodian with partner Corinna Schmidt, decked out in full Pyrobar regalia.

My Pyro Friend The sun sets on Pyrobar – representing the very best in imaginative eclectic Santa Barbara art – in all its glory on the tundra at Burning Man.

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here you drink is just as important as what you are drinking. The surrounding sights and sounds can push and pull the flavors of your beer (or any beverage), emphasizing an aroma here and encouraging the sharpness of a flavor there. The same is true with the company you keep around your drink.

Some friends you don’t see that often, for example, but when you do the experience

is one to remember.

Mark Goerner is one of those friends I don’t see as often as I’d like but our interactions have always left a lasting impression. He is also a pyromaniac. I normally don’t look at pyromania as a positive attribute in my acquaintances, especially if we are going to be drinking together (which is common for those who do accompany me) but I am willing

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

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You may have seen Pyrobar gracing our town with its presence at various art-centric events around Santa Barbara including Focus on the Funk Zone that went down last October. But for those unfamiliar with it, this ‘75 Chevy RV has been converted into an open air bar where guests can sit and drink beer (and cocktails) from within the belly of this fire-breathing beast.

Cool, huh?

Two large torches project flames from the front of the truck like a pair of firespewing horns and with the push of a button, a fireball bursts forth from a large crane in back. The crane hangs above the bar and dangles aerialist dancers from an astounding height as they swirl over imbibers’ heads. At the bar itself, the audience is submerged beneath shimmering lights and lanterns hanging

around metal and wood in vibrant earth tones as they sip upon their beverage (certainly a provocative place to have a beer).

Pyrobar’s mystical appearance has the effect of watching clouds where one can see many shapes and objects in what Mark says is “describable only by adjectives.”

Sometimes it looks like a dragon with flames bursting from its nostrils. In back, the aerialist dancer, suspended midair, appears as a princess hanging from the dragon’s tail, waiting to be rescued. From another angle, Pyrobar materializes as a Chinese junk ship or Afghani jingle truck. Poles jut out from the roof and flutter fabric of Eastern-influence in the wind, ready to take its eager passengers on an adventure. While these ideas have all inspired its design, this bar is an indescribable piece of art that has been a shared vision and labor of love from our local artists.

A History With Fire Last week Mark and I met at SOhO for a Figueroa Mountain Hoppy Poppy before the Erland release party for their new album, On Our Side, to discuss Pyrobar’s epic journey. It turns out that Mark and Corinna are not its original owners. Pyrobar was first created in 2004 by the now defunct Santa Barbara-based art collective, Clan Destino. After several years of performance at Burning Man, the masterpiece enjoyed by so many had been left to slumber in a Reno storage lot.

Blasphemy, I say.

In 2010, Mark and Corinna heard the art car was up for grabs to the first people who claimed it and they rushed to rescue the hibernating beast from its cage. Mark recounted the epic journey in which they conquered not only violent snow storms

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More Than Just Beer (Or Cocktails and Dreams) People started to enter SOhO and Mark took a break in our conversation to point out Mike Mooneyham, an Erland band member and Soho bartender. “The drinks we serve at Pyrobar really made a change when Mike took over,” Mark told me. While they do keep a nice selection of craft beers on board, cocktails are really where Pyrobar shines (yeah I know, I’m the Beer Guy but no objections here as

I have been known to have a cocktail or two when a beer is not in my hand).

Mike’s cocktail expertise evolved the bar’s previous offerings of energy drinks and well vodka into a luxurious selection of customized concoctions.

He introduced house-made liqueurs featuring kombucha and other exotic ingredients to accent the cocktails of the bar. Mark and I began discussing the drinks that have been served at each event Pyrobar has ornamented and while traditional mixtures have been made, Pyrobar really specializes in moment mixology; blending beverages that fit the present mood and the person consuming them. Our conversation took a quick tangent as we dreamed about the possibility of installing a refrigeration system so that drinks can be cooled quickly and keg beer could be served off a proper draft system rather than the “party taps” that pump air into the keg and oxidize the beer (quickly degrading its quality).

Dare to dream, Mark. Dare to dream.

Nate Keezer, Erland’s drummer, walked up to us and, after introductions and other niceties, these two friends begin to ponder on their favorite Pyrobar moments. They laughed as they told me about the time that Nate played his drums while secured to the top of the vehicle. As I watched them reflect on this fond memory, I saw Pyrobar’s lights shimmering within their eyes while they relived these experiences in their minds. Watching them reminisce, it became clear how much Pyrobar means to not just those who have had a hand in its creation but also to the thousands

of people who have had a cocktail put in their hand under the lights and fire and aerialist dancers.

A New Beginning As with all (okay, most) stories worth telling, there is some misadventure associated with Pyrobar. Tragedy struck last year when Mark and Corinna were bringing it home from Burning Man. The truck lost two wheels, and luckily good fortune and Corinna’s Autobahn skills (she’s of German descent) were enough to keep the vehicle on the road. They were able to get it home but the bar now had impaired mobility. It became clear that it was in need of a major overhaul if the Pyrobar was to continue to live on.

Mark and Corinna recently started a Kickstarter project (ending at 3:45pm on March 11) in an effort to raise the funds they require ($10,200). A dragon’s weakness is his belly and they want to use these resources to reinforce the chassis and underside of Pyrobar so that it remains strong in its soft spot. After several breakdowns the engine is going to need rebuilding too if the beast’s heart is to continue beating. The sad shift in our conversation quickly turned to optimism as we began to dream of the journeys Pyrobar could go on and the beers and beverages that could be served if it was allowed to live on.

With the night beginning, Mark and I finished our conversation as people entered and the band warmed up. While Mark headed off into the gathering crowd, I imagined Pyrobar as a living, loving person. And I knew, as I finished my Hoppy Poppy, that if it were a being, it would be there next to Mark, raising a glass and applauding Erland as they played.

Pyrobar is a supportive friend, and now it is our time for us to lend a little support to our friends too. Because this friend will do more than supply the central coast with cocktails (plus beer!) and fire and dancers suspended in mid-air, it will allow us to highlight and celebrate our eclectic art culture.

So if you’re interested in contributing to this beverage-supplying, fire-breathing art piece, then get your checkbook out and search for “Pyrobar” on Kicksarter to help in any way possible. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps – but, as mentioned above, you must act before March 11. So get on it. (Even the Sentinel has kicked in a few bucks.)

God willing, one day Pyrobar will be able to continue its historic voyage of spreading joy, drinks and fire to the Santa Barbara community and beyond. Fingers crossed.

(Check out www.pyrobar.com for information and some amazing footage of Mark and Corinna’s voyage from that faraway land called Reno.)

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See, I told you aerial dancers could hang from the crane and delight the masses below. (Support Pyrobar; it’s awesome.)

P-artsy bus.

That’s Corinna looking great at bottom left (in all black).

but Pyrobar’s nemesis itself (aka the DMV) to return the celebrated mobile art bar to its sunlit home of Santa Barbara.

With the steed back in its old stable, Mark and Corinna were ready to resurface this creature of flame and cocktails but they could not do it alone and needed the help of our community. The effort went beyond just artists as welders and technicians contributed their skills to resurface this fire-breathing beast of joy. The collaborative effort on the part of our art community has resulted in its amorphous design that has taken influence from all who have touched it.

(For example, local artist David Cooley adorned the crane with a mesmerizing display of string woven throughout the crane’s trusses to form a geometrical array of color that trumps any spider’s web.)

All these influences come together in an image that is eclectic (eccentric?) but somehow complete and representational of a shared vision for the space where art and booze collide.

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• Friday

• Sunday

– Get Merry on the Mesa

– Menudo Matchup

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Happy Friday, everybody, the weekend is here. We suggest starting this one off on the Mesa. The first step requires skipping out on work a bit early. Assuming that is not a problem – we assume it isn’t – then step two is selecting a place for a late(ish) afternoon snack. We like the idea of a smoothie at Lazy Acres, but you could also go get a Negro Modelo and a Chicken Torta at Mexican Fresh if push came to shove. (We’d say chill out at Rose Café but you won’t have the time, unless you just hit it for lunch and then never leave. It’s not a bad idea, frankly.) When you’ve got something in you, head over to Santa Barbara City College for a talk by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, founders of Barefoot Wine. (How, exactly, did Michael and Bonnie turn Barefoot into a top-selling brand in the nation with no prior winery experience? Do tell.) There will be the chance for some personal interaction – no not that kind of personal interaction – at a reception following the talk. The whole thing is free, though space is limited and advance registration is required. The talk starts at 4:30pm and goes until around 6:30pm at the Fe Bland Auditorium on SBCC’s West Campus. Go to www.scheinfeld.sbcc.edu to make it happen. Be there or be square.

• Saturday

March 9 – Princesses and Frogs

Family day. Editor-in-Chief Matt Mazza is starting early, planning a little French toast breakfast with his daughters followed by some time at the SB Zoo. It’s Princess Day and Save the Frogs Day – a double whammy!

– where kids can meet Snow White, Sleeping Beauty Rapunzel and other princesses as they help celebrate the frogs that turn mere mortals into princes. Dress up as a princess (or a pirate or cowboy or even a knight) and play some frog-themed games or do some similar crafts. Fun times, 10am to 3pm. www.sbzoo.org.

– OrchidFest 2013

Alternatively (or ambitiously, we suppose), you could head over to the 68th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show at the Earl Warren Showgrounds. This is literally the oldest annual orchid show in the country and will not disappoint. There are all sorts of orchid-related madness going down. And if you can’t make it from 9am – 5pm, then head over for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s 10th Annual Orchid Show Gala in the Main Exhibit Hall from 6:30 – 9:30pm, where there will be food, wine, music and fantastic silent auction items as well as a raffle involving a trip to Puerto Vallarta for the winner. (This is also the Botanic Garden’s major fundraiser, so go support a real local treasure.) www.sborchidshow.com.

– Classical Concerts

There are also a couple of concerts you might consider. The first starts at 3pm at the Faulkner Gallery in the SB Central Library (40 East Anapamu), where the SB Music Club will present tenor Gabriel Silva and pianist Betty Oberacker for three classical works as well as a variety of additional musicians. It’s free, so if you’re into the whole classical thing, then head over and check it out.

At 4pm, there is an open invitation for students and their music teachers to join the SB Youth Symphony on stage at the First Presbyterian Church (21 East Constance Avenue). This one is also free and is meant to demonstrate the importance of music in building community and collaboration and friendship. Should be a very cool experience for music-minded kids and their teachers. Right on. www. thesymphony.org.

It’s Sunday, and that means one thing: Menudo! (No, not the Puerto Rican boy band from the 1970s and ‘80s, we’re talking about the food.) SBPD’s Youth Police Explorer Program – okay, we admit, that sounds frightening – is hosting the First Annual Menudo Festival, in which local restaurants from Taqueria El Bajio (Santos Claus!) Taqueria El Buen Gusto (and everything in between) will be competing for the trophy and bragging rights. Music and entertainment for the kiddies will be provided; tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids (4-12) and kids three and under are free. Head over to Franklin Elementary School from 9am – 2pm and pick your favorite. See you there... this one should be fun.

– Rethinking Money

After your Menudo session, go home and take a nap. (You’ll need it.) Then get yourself a cup of coffee at the Coffee Cat and walk over (again) to the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Central Library for an evening with international currency expert Bernard Lietaer and award-winning journalist Jacqui Dunne as they discuss their new book, Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity. We’re pretty sure that you won’t need a degree in economics to understand these two engaging speakers, and you might even learn something.

Not bad for a Sunday. If you pre-register, the event is free; but if you’re lazy and just show up then it will cost you $20 at the door. The evening begins at 6:30pm and ends at 8:30pm; pre-register at sb@monetaryecology.com (enter “registration request” in the subject line).

• Monday March 11

– Pub Sing

Oh boy, St. Patrick’s Day is coming. Get in the spirit nice and early at Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant with Santa Barbara Revels’ Sixth Annual Pub Sing from 6 – 8pm. Best to leave work at 5pm for this one and walk over to get a seat (and a quick pint). Tickets are available at the door, and cost $15 for adults and $10 for the kiddies. Admission includes a beverage to melt your inhibitions and a songbook to ensure you can sing along with Ken Ryals as he gets everyone involved in some folk classics and traditional tunes. This is going to be good (as it is every year) so make it happen. Nice start to the work week. At least one Sentinel staffer will be present. www.darganssb.com.

• Tuesday

March 12

– Muddy and the Wolf

We get it. You got a little carried away at Dargan’s last night. Hit Backyard Bowls (331 Motor Way) for a healthy breakfast and grab a coffee at Santa Barbara Roasting Company next door to break the day. Proceed with caution. If you’re up for it, there is a cool blues show up at UCSB tonight, starting at 8pm. The Arts & Lectures program has done it again with Blues at the Crossroads Two: Muddy and the Wolf, which pays tribute to, you guessed it, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. 8pm, Campbell Hall; $40 (General Admission); $18 (UCSB Students). Be warned: This will rock. Hard. www.ArtsAndLectures.ucsb.edu.

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• Wednesday March 13

– Dreaming in Color

It’s Wednesday. Time to chill a bit (especially if you’ve done the Dargan’s Pub Sing and the Arts & Lectures blues bash already this week). Go see some art. Relax.

The Arts Fund is showing an exhibit by Artwalk for Adults entitled Dreaming in Color, which includes over 20 vibrant acrylic paintings done by many different artists. The gallery is open from 1pm – 5pm, so head over early and get home for an easy night. Make a little dinner. Read a book on the couch, you know, the comfortable one. Go to bed.

– Plan Ahead

Before you do, consider getting your tickets for CALM’s 27th Annual Authors’ Luncheon, where guests will get the chance to hear from celebrity and renowned local authors alike (think Tiffany Baker, Marcia Clark, Cat Cora and Milt Larsen), all to benefit CALM and its benevolent mission to prevent, assess and treat child abuse. The event doesn’t go down until Saturday, March 16, 10am, at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, but tickets go fast so best to think about it on a slow Wednesday night. Entry will cost you $125 but it should be good and the money goes to a great cause. Call (805) 967-1954 or visit www.calm4kids.org to get yours.

• Thursday March 14

– Magic Carpet Ride

It’s opening night for La Colina Junior High’s Spring Musical, Aladdin, and it should be fun for the family. Tickets are on sale at the door and in advance at the La Colina office during school hours (830am – 230pm). Call (805) 967-4506 for more information. The show starts at 7pm. 4025 Foothill Road.

– Avid Anchor Eater

If that’s not your thing, then consider heading over to Anchor Woodfire Kitchen & Bar (119 State Street) for some dinner.

Our experiences have been great – both with cocktails and food – and the place is consistently packed. (Last time we were in, we had the quail app, a special little pizza chef and owner Jason Tuley made for the table to share and a terrific wood grilled New York Steak with marrow… but we’ve pretty much knocked out the whole menu at this point and have no objections, seriously. And be careful with Charlie’s cocktail, sinfully delicious but best to designate a driver first.) Make reservations, otherwise you’ll be sitting at the bar… if you’re lucky. Say hi to Jason for us. (805) 845-0989; www.anchorwoodfirekitchen.com.

• Friday March 15

– Friday on My Mind

It’s Friday again everybody. Another eight-day week has come and gone. Sure, there’s MULCH, a group art exhibition you could check out at the Art from Scrap Gallery, featuring painting, ceramics, woodworking, horticulture and more “inspired by early spring, the scent of turned soil, the decay of organic and man-made materials, new growth and rebirth.” Free, 5 – 7pm, 302 East Cota Street; www.artfromscrap.org. And SBCC is kicking off its six week long fundraising effort called the Campaign for Student Success with an evening of entertainment, music, art, food and door prizes starting at 5pm and going until 6:30pm (www.sbccfoundation.org), which is an important community event and should be fun, frankly.

But honestly, we’re just not there yet. Swing by either of the foregoing shindigs if you’re interested, but otherwise leave next Friday open. Let’s see what happens this week. After all, eight days is a long time… and who knows what might pop up. Peace out.

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Milpas on the Move When “Green” Is Not So Golden

by Sharon Byrne

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ast week, I popped in to see the manager at the Chapala Market on Milpas with Pablo, our new Community Service Liaison from the Police Department. The manager complained the green box on his property was causing a lot of problems. It ate up the sidewalk in the parking lot, and people were scattering clothes all over.

What green box? Who put it there?

The manager said some guy turned up with a big metal clothing donations box and said the city permitted him to put it there. He made it sound like a city mandate. Who was the humble Chapala Market manager to argue with the greatand-powerful city? But now it was causing him a lot of grief. Could the city please remove it?

Pablo and I looked at each other. The Chapala Market parking lot is private property. It’s true that our city does extend tremendous reach over what we can do

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

sbview.com with our private property. You can’t trim certain trees on your property without checking in with Parks and Recreation and the urban arborist. You can’t add a bathroom to your home without getting all your neighbors to sign off. Just one miscreant dissenter can kill off your hoped-for lavatory, I hear.

But the city doesn’t mandate the placement of big green metal clothing collection boxes on your property.

So we checked out the box in the parking lot…

I’d never heard of the “Gaia Movement.”

I wrote down the phone number on

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The big not-so-green Gaia Movement box, formerly placed at Chapala Market.

the box, and told the Chapala Market manager I’d check into getting it removed.

Back at my desk, I looked up the Gaia Movement. Its website was feel-good stuff: collect gently used clothing and sell it to thrift stores. The funds go to support local and international environment projects.

A check with the Better Business Bureau revealed Gaia failed the non-profit test because “according to the organization’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, it spent 1% of its total expenses ($1,140,881) on program service activities.” According to the American Philanthropic Society, a charity watchdog group, Gaia Movement has an “F” rating.

It took the boxes a while to get out here. They started in the northeast, and spread to Chicago, according to several articles. The clothes and shoes dropped into the boxes are not given away, like most givers would expect. They are sold, depriving local charities of donations of clothing that could help their community.

Sometimes the company doesn’t bother with the ‘city permit’ ruse – big metal boxes just mysteriously show up outside unsuspecting businesses.

Gaia Movement recently built a $10m retreat in Mexico. There’s a lot of profit in used clothing, apparently.

The organization was founded by Tvind, a cultish group in Denmark. The boxes have changed labels a few times: PlanetAid, Campus California, etc, but the scam is worldwide. Tvind’s high-ranking members are under criminal investigation in Europe for embezzlement, tax evasion, and money laundering schemes.

And now their boxes are in Santa Barbara, the home of Earth Day, land of supreme enviro-consciousness.

I called the number on the box, and of course it went straight to voicemail, no

legitimate non-profit manager handy. I left a message with the box location, and stated they have 24 hours to remove it, or go hunt for it in its new home in the landfill.

(Note to real environmentalists: No, I wasn’t really going to put it in the landfill.

That thing is near capacity, I know. But THEY don’t know that. I figured those big metal boxes cost a pretty penny, and they’d rather not lose their investment. If they refused to remove it, I’d have given the clothes to a local charity, and recycled the box for scrap metal. But it didn’t get to that point – read on…)

I got an immediate call back from a guy in Bakersfield. He had no idea how it got there, how they pick sites for placement, or why they lie to businesses by telling them the city permits them to put a box there.

He’s just a driver, and his boss told him to call. Where’s the box, again.

They removed it the next day. This is the second time this has happened on Milpas.

Joe from Santa Barbara Kitchens took care of the last mysterious box, using pretty much the same tactic.

I emailed the mayor and city attorney about it. If companies are using the city’s clout to intimidate businesses in a scam, I figured the city ought to know about it.

Net: just because it’s labeled ‘green’ doesn’t automatically mean it’s golden.

POP Goes the Oscar

by Loretta Redd

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scar night is over, and “in the can” as they say in moviemaking land.

Gowns and tuxedos are either hung in closets, returned to rentals, or off to consignment shops while glittering diamonds head home to the vaults at Harry Winston. Depending on who you talk to, the evening was either a return to the sophisticated elegance and glamour of the past, or pandered to a younger generation captivated by potty-mouth bears and numb to oncehorrifying blood and gore.

What is an industry to do when challenged to make sufficient profit from films to pay for their stars’ Beverly Hills lifestyles, the attorneys’ Bentleys, inflated insurance premiums, and the legions of other salaries and location costs?

The answer is an escalating ticket price, and like the gasoline it takes to get us to the theatre, it seems we are reluctantly willing to pay it. The younger generation seems increasingly content to watch a movie on a screen smaller than their shoe, while becoming thoroughly bored if someone doesn’t crash in flames or bleed out within the first two minutes.

This Oscar season, it would appear the more senior viewers are turning to the ‘big screen’ for meaningful stories about interesting people. Rather than Avatars and action figures, complex and

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moving stories of politics, espionage, mental illness, survival and loss filled the screen. This year human heroes recaptured Hollywood, and inspired viewership with six of the nine best picture nominees earning more than $100 million in the U.S. alone.

With all of this success, and higher ticket prices, you might think that theatre owners are also making out like bandits. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Back in the pre-depression days of Santa Barbara’s Flying Ace studios, the moviemakers also owned the theatres.

Once referred to as Nickelodeons after the price of entry, theatre managers were referred to as exhibitors because most combined stage performance with the early silent films.

With the advent of the ‘talkies,’ the movie industry soon exploded with the introduction of Technicolor and big screen epic films. Control of the industry had become a monopoly, with the major studios dictating where their films could be shown.

My grandfather, Robert Wilby, was one of the early giants in the theatre industry, as owner and manager of movie houses across the Southeast.

Wilby-Kinsey survived the depression years and impact of World War II, but the Justice Department ultimately led to his retirement.

In what was known as the Hollywood Antitrust case, the 1948 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Paramount, ruled that movie studios could no longer own theatres, nor hold exclusivity rights to the films that were shown.

The court determined that what had been a nice return on investment, had also muscled out the smaller studios and early ‘independent’ filmmakers.

Suddenly, theatre owners had to pay production studios for the ‘rental’ of the films, and fiercely compete with one another for first releases.

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Making a profit in today’s world of piracy and downloads to computers is increasingly challenging. With today’s escalating costs of movie production, the first couple of months of income from ticket sales head directly back to the studios. So where do the theatre owners look to secure a profit?

Popcorn.

The opulent movie theatres of the 1920s and ‘30s, built to resemble Italian opera Houses, Egyptian temples and the like, did not take kindly to the thought of candies, soda or popcorn kernels being ground into their fine carpets or velvet covered seats. But the search for new sources of revenue quickly brought the fountain shops and popcorn vendors that once flanked the theatre entrance into their lobbies as concession stands.

“Today, that 10-cent bag of popcorn has reached blimp-sized inflation in both price and volume.”

buds, but the paper napkins necessary to wipe away the butter-flavored motor oil we drown them in.

With the average American consuming 13 gallons of popcorn per year, it would appear that this profitable kernel is here to stay. CNNMoney refers to it as “America’s biggest ripoff,” and Toptenz. net cites popcorn as the second largest price markup of all products, surpassed only by prescription medications.

But here’s one place I hope they outlaw the stuff. However strong the association between movies and popcorn, I implore the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to cease concession sales during any of the Tribute Awards held at the Arlington. I had to constrain myself as some guy behind me chomped his way through the Jennifer Lawrence interview, shaking the bag and rattling ice cubes while his straw squeaked in the lid, sounding much like gerbils having sex.

But back to the glamorous golden night of Oscars. Perhaps you noticed as the scantily clad usherettes strolled through the aisles of the Kodak theatre, handing out little bags of popcorn to the patrons that were there.

That will be $5.50, please... enjoy the show.

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And we’ve been making ‘concessions’ with our wallets ever since.

Today, that 10-cent bag of popcorn has reached blimp-sized inflation in both price and volume. Although the size of a bag of popcorn remained fairly constant until the 1940s, the advent of television created tremendous competition for movie-goers. These were the early days of fast food takeout, which offered various size containers, leading to the small, medium and bathtub size popcorn tubs we have today.

Yes, we pay dearly for the same thirstcreating, over-salted kernels of corn served almost a hundred years ago. But it’s one of those rare foods that engage every one of our five senses: you hear it being popped; you see it flowing over the cooker and sitting under those warm little lights like baby chicks; you smell it the minute you walk through the doors; and you feel not only the lightweight

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Barefoot Wine Founders to Speak Friday

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ichael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, founders of Barefoot Wine, are scheduled to discuss their enterprise from 4:30 to 6:30pm on March 8 at the Fé Bland Forum on Santa Barbara City College’s West Campus.

Their appearance is part of SBCC’s Scheinfeld Center Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series, which is open

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

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to the public and free of charge. However, space is limited and RSVPs are required.

To register, visit http://scheinfeld.sbcc. edu/events_lectures.html.

The program will explore how the founders grew Barefoot Wine into one of the top brands in the nation, with no prior winery experience.

SBCC business professor Bonnie Chavez will moderate the discussion.

The audience will have an opportunity to personally interact during a reception and networking to follow.

“The Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series gives students and our community unprecedented access to highly successful and unique entrepreneurs and innovators and inculcates inspiration and motivation not only for aspiring entrepreneurs but also for existing business owners,” said Scheinfeld Center director Melissa Moreno. “Bonnie and Michael are a dynamic team with a great story to share about critical lessons learned as they grew a major wine brand from literally nothing.”

To view past speakers in the series, go to the Scheinfeld Center’s virtual Video Library: http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu/ video_library.html This event is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Small Business Development Center, a public service offering no-cost, one-on-one counseling and coaching to small business owners.

For more information, visit http:// scheinfeld.sbcc.edu.

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Dust&Cover

by Jeremy Harbin

Learning to write by tracing the artist bios on the backs of album covers, Jeremy Harbin spent his formative years in the Southern state of Georgia, but please don’t hold that against him – since becoming a resident of Santa Barbara, he’s gotten used to wearing shoes and driving on paved roads. He immediately regretted his rock-writing self-education when he realized all that record sleeve scrawling decreased the eBay appeal of his collection. Send him local music news (he will cover it) and records for review (he will write about it) by emailing dustandcover@gmail.com.

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ext time you find yourself on the beautiful UCSB campus, make your way to the Department of All Science (something to do with budget cuts) and ask any of the grad students in white lab coats to verify this fact: all instances of recorded sound are separated by six degrees or fewer from Santa Barbara. It’s true; from the well known to the impossibly obscure, every album ever recorded comes back around to the American Riviera. I didn’t believe it either, but as I read the news on the DOAS website, I decided to try it out, starting simply with what I had playing at the time. So from country-rocking The Anomoanon to songwriting legend and one-time Santa Barbara resident Carole King, here’s proof of the theory.

The Anomoanon – Summer Never Ends When The Anomoanon does get ink – the band never has gotten nearly enough – writers often draw comparison to the Grateful Dead. That’s not quite accurate, but not totally off-base either; while not sonic dead-ringers, an Anomoanon record might scratch the same itch that the Dead’s Workingman’s Dead or American Beauty do. Summer Never Ends sounds a bit like Jerry and the gang before they became interested in Egyptian vibes, if they started pickin’ about twenty-five years later in the alt-country scene of the ‘90s. Here, The Anomoanon rise above that pigeon-holing genre descriptor: Summer’s dirges gallop in slow motion past the somber detachment working to keep them grounded and into a triumphant atmosphere. This disc comes highly recommended by yours truly, and makes an excellent end-of-the-night or first-thing-in-the-morning record. Let side one play out while you drift off; wake up and flip it over for a hazy but not groggy soundtrack to your breakfast.

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The Anomoanon is understandably overshadowed by its lead’s older brother, Will Oldham, aka, Bonnie “Prince” Billy. The elder Oldham provides backing vocals to Anomoanon records and has a producer credit on Summer Never Ends.

Will’s more prolific than his Anomfronting brother Ned Oldham could hope or want to be (the same could also be

said for most other musicians). He’s also somehow become a cult figure while still being visible to the mainstream. Case in point: aside from at least six 2012 releases under one of his own monikers and several more collaborating with others, he provided musical accompaniment to a book of paintings based on a poem; in the same year, he worked with talking head David Byrne for the soundtrack to the Sean Penn starring This Must be the Place and contributed to a Fleetwood Mac tribute album. For the unfamiliar, 2009’s studio album Beware is an even-keeled place to start; if you like what you hear, there’s a lot more of it out there for you.

Tortoise and Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Brave and the Bold This promising collaboration between Oldham and the world’s best instrumental indie-rock slash fake-jazz slash electro-dub band Tortoise is more interesting than it is listenable. Too bad; the concept of these music-makers involved coming together for an album full of covers both rare and easily identifiable seems weird enough to work, but it didn’t. This one’s for the die-hards of either act or the oddityseeker, which it has from beginning to end. And it has its cuts that work – the re-imagining of the Elton John-Bernie Taupin hit “Daniel” is serviceable – but both Tortoise and Bonnie Billy are too reined in throughout.

Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges – “Cravo É Canela” The lead-off and a stand-out track covered for The Brave and the Bold, “Cravo É Canela” is originally found on the 1972 album Clube da Esquina by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges.

Named for the group of like-minded musicians involved in its creation, the album stretches homegrown Brazilian forms out into the realm of British and American psychedelic pop. The result is an ethereal yet deliberate, lucid record that sounds more earnest and engaged than the imported rock its players took inspiration from. This double album should please a wide range of listeners; it’s mellifluous and

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consistently pleasant without being always laid-back, technically astute without sacrificing the song itself. It reminds me that I should be spending more listening time outside the U.S., that classic albums don’t originate only from within Englishspeaking borders.

Milton Nascimento and James Taylor – “Only a Dream in Rio” Catching up with Nascimento twentytwo years later, we have the album Angelus and its cover of “Only a Dream in Rio,” featuring the man who penned it, folky soft-popster James Taylor.

Look, many artists lose the urgency and relevance of their prime as they progress in years, and reaching out to a peer is a common way they try to boost their flow of creativity and flow to their wallets – or so they think. The unsuccessful collaboration is a rock ‘n’ roll rite of passage; let’s just consult the track listing for Santana’s pretty funny 2010 album Guitar Heaven, which has him playing “Smoke on the Water” with the guy from Papa Roach, “Riders on the Storm” with the guy from Linkin Park, and “Sunshine of Your Love” with the guy from Matchbox Twenty. Yikes.

A simple fact of rock life, edge-loss happens, and no one expects these types to sustain greatness forever. That said, this iteration of “Only a Dream in Rio” sounds like a track that wasn’t good enough to make it into a Disney movie. Its greatest achievement is, perhaps, serving as the penultimate link in this article.

Carole King Finally, we arrive in Santa Barbara.

No stranger to the ol’ collabo, Carole King’s most recent team-up was with Mr. James ‘Rio Dreamin’ Taylor himself for a commercially successful tour and live album. Not only was she one of the subjects of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Audience Award winning film Troubadours in 2011, and not only did her Troubadour Reunion Tour stop at the Santa Barbara Bowl the year before,

Carole King, whose Tapestry won the Grammy award for Album of the Year in 1972, once called Santa Barbara home.

but King could once be counted among the residents of our fair city, Santa Barbara.

Send your examples proving the Six Degrees of Santa Barbara theory to dustandcover@gmail.com.

Out of the House: D&C’s Considered Shows in March March 7: PAPA at SOhO Phil Collins, Robert Wyatt, Levon Helm, and now Darren Weiss from poppy craftsmen PAPA: the definitive list of singing drummers available on this calendar.

March 20: Black Lips at SOhO What makes the SOhO proprietorship fear fines due to broken public decency laws makes a fun show for the rest of us.

March 25: Jeff Mangum at the Lobero Theatre The beloved and magically eccentric Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind graces Santa Barbara with his heavyhanded wail.

March 27: Black Francis at SOhO Say what you will about the solo material released in the last ten or twenty years by Charles Thompson, a.k.a.

Black Francis – he was in the Pixies, and you can’t argue with that, apparently.

March 27: Pure Bathing Culture at Muddy Waters Their songs sweeter and smaller than Beach House – and just as self-serious – should fill this room nicely (I’m saying I like this band).

March 29: Heartless Bastards at SOhO The earnest blues and country-leaning rock band continues to tour after the release of 2012’s Arrow.

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Providence Hall, Palmer, Gil, and more Feted at Press Luncheon

by John Dvorak

Providence Hall Girls Basketball team, CIF champions.

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resh off the first CIF Championship in school history, Providence Hall’s girls basketball team attended Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon.

Eleven players were introduced by Lions head coach Ernie Quiroz, including Female Athlete of the Week Olivia Barroca.

Barroca scored a team-high 16 points in Saturday’s championship game, a 4946 victory over Rio Hondo Prep. With the Kares keying in on star player Sydney Hedges, Barroca stepped up to be the first player other than Hedges to lead the team in scoring during the playoffs.

“Olivia Barroca over there, has done a tremendous job for us. She’s the epitome of what we’re trying to do as coaches,” Quiroz said. “Someone who takes the moment, seizes the moment, and rises to the occasion.”

The Lions won a CIF title after losing in the championship game last year.

“What that shows me is that these girls have really matured as players and as individuals,” Quiroz said.

Providence Hall continues its season on Wednesday in the State Tournament. The Lions host AGBU of Canoga Park at 7pm at Westmont College.

Santa Barbara High’s girls basketball team is also in the State Tournament and will travel to Hanford West for a 6pm game on Wednesday. The Dons had a large contingent at the luncheon as team captain Ivette Gil was recognized as the school’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Also there were head coach Andrew Butcher, assistants Jesse Martinez and Carolina Gonzalez, plus players Saralisa Ortega and Melissa Lemus.

Gil carries a 4.43 GPA in the classroom.

She serves as the ASB President and she is also the Vice President of the Red Cross Club and the Unity Through Diversity Club.

Gil was the leading scorer in all of the Southern Section’s Division 3-AA CIF Tournament, averaging almost 24 points per game.

“Student-athlete, but student first.

Amazing athlete, but student first,” said Dons head girls basketball coach Andrew Butcher. “As one of my assistant coaches says, a humble athlete – she does not think of herself as a star. If she has a weak point as an athlete it is because of her

Male Athlete of the Week, Chargers Gabe Speier.

Ivette Gil, SBHS Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Providence Hall’s Olivia Barroca, Female Athlete of the Week.

Sportsperson of the Month, founder of the Vipers youth basketball program David Palmer.

selflessness.”

Gil was accompanied to the luncheon by parents Jose and Sanjua, and Athletic Director Joe Chenoweth. Award sponsor Bob Huhn of Human Performance Center presented the award to Gil, who thanked the Santa Barbara High coaches and administrators who selected her for the award.

“I’d also like to thank my parents,” Gil said at the podium. “Mom and Dad, you have been the greatest examples in my life.

For me to follow through each and every day, I just try to work hard and follow your models. So thank you once again.”

Another special award, the Sportsperson of the Month, was received by David Palmer.

Palmer, who won a CIF Championship at Santa Barbara High and a State Championship at Ventura College, is a fixture in the local basketball community as the founder of the Vipers youth

basketball program.

“He really is a life coach who uses basketball as his vehicle. He’s an incredible young man,” said presenter Dave Pintard, who thanked award sponsor Maho & Prentice Attorneys.

Palmer’s leadership has helped the Vipers program grow from scratch to eight teams.

“Great work David,” said Westmont men’s basketball coach John Moore.

“Great work with all the people that you work with in our community. I’m so proud of you.”

Palmer brought three young players and coach Chris Vines to share the spotlight.

“You’ll have to excuse me I’m a little nervous but thank you, this is huge to me,” Palmer said.

“Coaching, you really don’t do it for the money, you do it for the love, or for the community, for the kids, and that’s what I’ve been doing for fifteen years,” Palmer

said. “I really appreciate this award, but it’s really about the kids,” he added.

When the coaches’ reports rolled around, the crowd received updates on baseball, swimming and college basketball.

Many coaches began by congratulating the Providence Hall team – especially those that have experienced the thrill of winning a CIF title – knowing it’s a special life-long memory.

Chuckie Roth and Mark Walsh among them, brought swimmers who just started their spring season on Friday at the Channel League Relays.

Also just starting their seasons are the baseball teams from Dos Pueblos and San Marcos. The Chargers were represented

by Male Athlete of the Week Gabe Speier and new head coach Nick Katzenstein, who started by acknowledging the local baseball coaches for developing young talent.

“I know that the players that I deal with right now had some great youth coaches coming up and it makes my job pretty easy,” Katzenstein said.

The Chargers are off to a 3-1 start.

DP won their last game, in which Speier recorded 10 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings, 6-5. Speier was 2-for-4 at the plate in that game, and, earlier in the week, Speier was 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs and a home run in a victory on Tuesday.

Honorable Mentions for Athlete of the Week were Bryan Fernandez, Dos Pueblos Track; Alan Williams, UCSB Basketball; Drake Gilliland, Dos Pueblos Baseball; Cody Bidlow, SBCC Track; Jackson Powell, Santa Barbara Tennis; Tugce Canitez, Westmont Basketball; Stamatia Scarvelis, Dos Pueblos Track; Niema Poindexter, Dos Pueblos Track; and Veronika Gulvin, Dos Pueblos Softball.

The Westmont basketball teams are nearing the NAIA Tournament. The women’s team can finish off a perfect GSAC season and presumably earn a No. 1 seed in the national tournament with a win over Vanguard on Tuesday at Concordia College.

Coming off a loss on Saturday in the GSAC Tournament semifinals, men’s coach John Moore was soothed by the presence of former player Santiago Aguirre, who also played at Santa Barbara High and was there to support Palmer.

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“As soon as I walked in here, I knew that we were going to have a great national tournament,” Moore said, happy to see the old Warrior who’s currently playing professionally in Mexico.

Next week’s luncheon will feature teams from softball, track & field, tennis and volleyball.

Weekend Calendar

By Barry Punzal

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et the madness begin.

The UCSB men’s and women’s basketball teams play their final regular season games this weekend at the Thunderdome before heading off to Anaheim for the Big West Conference Tournament.

The teams play doubleheaders on Thursday and Saturday. On Thursday, Carlene Mitchell’s women’s team plays Long Beach State at 3pm in a battle for fourth place in the standings. The Gauchos are 9-7 and the 49ers are 8-8.

The Gaucho men take the court against Cal State Fullerton at 7:30pm. Bob Williams’ club has all but locked up the No. 8 spot for the conference tournament.

On Saturday, the women play UC Irvine at 2pm and the men close out the regular season against UC Riverside at 7pm.

Other events worth checking out this weekend: FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Prep Swimming: Oaks Christian at Santa Barbara High, 2pm – Dons take on one of the strongest programs from Ventura County.

Men’s Volleyball: Stanford at UCSB, Rob Gym, 7pm – The Gauchos have won two of their last three matches, winning at USC and UCLA. Saturday, March 9 Running: Orchard to Ocean 5k, 10k/ mile run, 7am registration, Carpinteria Main School – The 21st annual event has supported all public schools in the Carpinteria Unified District.

College Baseball: Hancock at SBCC, 1pm – The county rivals meet in a Western State Conference game at Pershing Park.

Sunday, March 10 Women’s Tennis: Cal State Fullerton at UCSB, 1pm – The Gauchos take on the Titans in a Big West match.

Monday, March 11 Prep Softball: Pacifica at Dos Pueblos, 3:30pm – The Chargers make their home debut.

Golf: SBCC Golf Classic, La Cumbre Country Club – A fundraiser for SBCC athletics program.

Tuesday, March 12 College Baseball: Notre Dame at UCSB, 3pm – The Fighting Irish make a rare visit to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

Boys volleyball: Valencia at San Marcos, 6pm – Royals play host to a perennial CIF Division 2 power.

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Rincon Classic Results Professional 1. Conner Coffin 2. Mike McCabe 3. Kilian Garland 4. Pete Mussio Men’s 1. Simon Murdoch 2. Colin Schildhauer 3. Javier Moreno 4. Sean O’Toole 5. Matt Maheri 6. Adam Lambert Legends 1. Kit Cosart 2. Andy Neumann 3. L. Paul Mann 4. Dave Johnson 5. Bruce Hosmer 6. Tom Mckeown Women’s 1. Demi Boelsterli 2. Catherine Clark 3. Sierra Partridge 4. Abby Brown 5. Poppy Brittingham 6. Lisa Wynn Luna

Longboard 1. Cole Robbins 2. Jeff Belzer 3. Evan Trauntvein 4. Oliver Parker 5. J.P Garcia 6. Tony DeGroot

Masters 1. Aaron Smith 2. Gabe Venturelli 3. Ian O’neill 4. Max Cail 5. Josh Pomer 6. Kas Alves

Juniors 1. Pat Curren 2. Vinny Leonelli 3. Charlie Fawcett 4. Micky Clarke 5. Jason Knell 6. Bronson Wheelen

Gremlins 1. Tommy Mckeown 2. Zane Booth 3. Jabe Sweirkocki 4. Kaden Tsuji 5. Fisher Devoe 6. Gavin Eason

Grand Masters 1. Tony DeGroot 2. Chuck Graham 3. Dave Johnson 4. Tony Luna 5. Craig Jennings 6. Steve Reichel

Boys 1. Josiah Amico 2. Micky Clarke 3. Peter Healey 4. Jeff Knell 5. Henry Hepp 6. Jace Kennedy

Wahine 1. Abby Brown 2. Jesse Ransone 3. Alana Moore 4. Poppy Brittingham 5. Zoe Luna 6. Olivia Siemens

Surfer Frank Curren cheers on Rincon Classic crowd-favorite Andre Barbieri as the amputee catches a wave on Sunday.

Andre Barbieri takes a break from the waves.

Conner Coffin won his first pro division title at the Rincon Classic on Sunday, taking the local crown at Santa Barbara’s largest annual surfing contest. Coffin, 19, bested defending champion Mike McCabe and past champion Kilian Garland in the final.

Young surfers watch the Rincon Classic.

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THE MINDFUL WORD

by Diana M. Raab

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

Healing Sanctuaries

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ast month I was honored to be a part of the Santa Barbara Healing Sanctuary, working in collaboration with Robert Bosnak, a Jungian analyst.

The sanctuary is modeled after an ancient Asclepian (healing) Sanctuary, a tradition dating back more than 2500 years.

Asclepius, the Greek God of healing, was approached by anyone who was ill or in need of comfort or healing. The sanctuary served as a place for people who had tried, without success, other healing treatments.

This many years later not much has changed. We are still looking for the best way to maintain our health and proactively treat whatever ails us. In the field of medicine and healing, we are at an important crossroad, and in a time of impactful observations and changes, as many people are learning that there is more to healing than the current western medical paradigm can offer. Thus, we now are witnessing some impactful observations and changes. For example, recent discoveries in neuroscience have validated the important mind/body connection and the potentially powerful role of ancient healing traditions that are thousands of years old. One of those traditions is the formation of these healing sanctuaries, which were part of the original foundation of Western Medicine.

In September 2001, Santa Barbara became the home to the first sanctuary of its kind in the modern world. The Santa Barbara Healing Sanctuary (SBHS), was founded by Robert Bosnak, psychoanalyst and author of Embodiment and Little

Course in Dreams, and clinical psychologist Stephen Aizenstat, Founding President of Pacifica Graduate Institute. Under Bosnak’s direction, the sanctuary is facilitated by a group of highly experienced and accomplished professionals to form a unique program designed for those who wish to maintain optimal health or heal from a pre-existing condition.

The SBHS fosters spontaneous selfhealing in a safe, nurturing, and creative environment. The 10-day residential healing program, open to a maximum of six participants at a time, is multifaceted and multi-disciplinary and takes place at a stunning mountain retreat overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Each participant receives a personalized treatment plan to assist them in focusing on becoming an active participant in their own healing process. This is provided with the support of professionals, each an accomplished master in fields such as nutrition, meditation, therapeutic yoga, acupuncture, aquatic therapy, and the creative arts, such as writing/journaling and painting, and sessions in all of these practices are included in the program.

Healing Potential of Dreams What makes the SBHS unique from other integrative healing programs is its emphasis on the healing potential of dreams. Dreaming is the core of all radical new learning, and is the basis for

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the activities conducted at the sanctuary.

Dreams give individuals access to a form of intelligence originating from deep inside the brainstem, where signals travel up to the cortex and down through the neurological and endocrine systems to affect the body at a micro-cellular level. This activity, as natural and innate as the human heartbeat, has extraordinary therapeutic potential, and is thought to trigger the body’s own self-healing response.

“Dreams have been known to have healing powers and can touch our body and soul, thus being a source of revival.”

Bosnak has pioneered the concept of embodied imagination, a therapeutic and creative form of working with dreams and memories where dreams are seen as epiphanies. Dreams have been known to have healing powers and can touch our body and soul, thus being a source of revival. Bosnak’s technique enables the dreamer to flashback into the landscape of their dream as a way to experience and explore its significance. When working with the dreamer, Bosnak helps them enter into a hypnagogic state, the place between wakefulness and sleeping. The dreamer is then asked questions so they can reexperience and learn from the dream, as a way to change what is happening in their life outside the dream.

Based on extensive scientific studies, Bosnak believes in the power of the selfhealing response and that imagination and expectation have the potential to cure many ailments, and in many cases significantly reduce dependency on prescription drugs.

Individuals who have experienced profound healing effects from attending

the sanctuary include those with: multiple sclerosis, cancer, chronic pain, impaired mobility, obesity, addiction, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), joint problems, arthritis, relationship problems, depression and anxiety. The program also inspires and helps those suffering from extreme dispiritedness, lack of purpose, and a sense of meaninglessness in life.

Bosnak claims that since the sanctuary’s beginnings, he has seen miracles happen.

For example, he says, “Without even noticing, those who could hardly walk have left their walkers and canes behind only to realize later they were ambulating unassisted. Some have been freed of their addictions and addictive behaviors, others have transformed their marriages and those with cancer have found their lives enhanced.”

I co-facilitated the session on Embodied Imagination and Journaling with Bosnak.

In my role as a journaling instructor, I demonstrated the power of embodied writing, which originates from deep inside of us, and utilizes all of the senses. Since imagination is based on memory, when we write we always bring in our memories.

“Much of our past is potential presence, constantly ready for embodiment, and open to change,” says Bosnak. And like he says, “Embodied imagination is a call to the senses.”

Upon acceptance into the program, individuals will meet with and receive a medical work-up with the sanctuary’s physician, who will explain the powerful merging of contemporary and original Western medicine.

The next sanctuary will be in Santa Barbara, May 14-24, 2013. It is mandatory for participants to stay on the sanctuary grounds, even if they live in Santa Barbara.

For more information, check out the website: santabarbarahealingsanctuary. com

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Elkpen’s mural really draws you in and captures your attention over a glass of Chenin Blanc.

More action at the bar; it was a busy little Sunday. Perfect dynamic for wine tasting and a good time.

stuff, some seating in huge front windows or around a shared table in the center of the room.

Comfortable.

Cool upbeat jazz plays at just the right volume, something I’ve heard before but nothing I can put my finger on. The music is punctuated with laughter, occasionally, and talk about wines and grapes and vineyards and life from patrons.

Warm. Friendly.

I process all of that quickly as I walk into the room, but my attention is soon pulled to a huge ceiling to floor (almost) chalk mural behind the bar that depicts Santa Barbara County through the lens of its recognized AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) and dominant grapegrowing weather characteristics and varietals. After studying it for some time initially, I kept finding myself looking back up at it and seeing something new and vaguely familiar, just from a totally different perspective.

Engaging. Fun. I ordered a glass of wine. A Rose of Pinot, in fact, from the tap. Perfect for a warm day. I found a seat in the sun in the window and took out my notepad. The first words I wrote follow: “Casual sophistication. Sunday. Great Jazz. Sipping Rose. Relaxing.”

Then Seth Kunin walked in, sat down,

and harshed my quite exquisite mellow.

Thanks Seth. Thanks a lot.

Celebrating Santa Barbara That’s a joke of course. Seth and his wife, Magan, own and operate Anacapa Vintners and have really created something special. They’ve been making wine for nearly two decades now, and have had a very good thing going right down the street at Kunin Wines for the last fifteen years. Anacapa Vintners is a second label for Seth and Magan, and they are on to an interesting concept.

“Kunin started as a real personal project for me,” Seth began, “I really wanted to do old-worldy southern French Rhone wines.” He’d been in the restaurant business for years, and learned quite a bit about wine while serving as the General Manager of the Wine Cask many moons ago. He became friendly with SB wine pioneers Bob Lindquist (Qupe), Jim Clendenen (Au Bon Climat) and Richard Sanford (guess) and “started making a little wine for fun with some friends at the Wine Cask’s old warehouse on Haley.”

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In the Garden with

Mr. Greenjeans

by Randy Arnowitz “Mr. Greenjeans,” as he is known around Santa

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

The Woes of Chronic Shearing Syndrome

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any years ago when I first started in Warren Jones’ plant identification class at the University of Arizona, I remember him saying, “After you take this class you will never look at plants or landscapes the same way again.”

Boy, was he right about that.

All these years later I can’t walk down a street, go on vacation or visit a nursery without my horticultural mind turning somersaults. “That hedge isn’t getting enough water and is cut improperly. That Flutterbye rose looks great there—I need one of those. That lavender must be “Goodwin Creek” – a good choice.” There’s just no way to shut it off. Out in public I’m easy to recognize. If you happen to see me eating, say, at the Natural Café, I usually have one hand wrapped around a turkey burger and the other checking the soil to see if the leafy, variegated pothos plant on the table needs watering. I know, it’s sad.

You don’t have to tell me.

An antidote to CSS (Chronic Shearing Syndrome) is demonstrated by this majestic Ceanothus Ray Hartman used as an informal screen. No eugenia allowed!

This Bougainvillea ‘Rosenka’ used to have brilliant pink and orange bracts before shearing. Too bad.

I have to admit that I have favorite plants. And I also must admit that my favorites tend to change on a regular basis. But I especially love when a favorite plant is used in the correct situation and is allowed to show off all its virtues and

A Fringe Flower (Loropetalum chinense) in all its glory since allowed to reach its trued height and width.

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attributes that make that plant who, or what, it uniquely is.

On the other hand, I get in an instant bad mood when I see a magenta-red Bougainvillea Barbara Karst or an orange and pink Rosenka sheared so frequently and severely that I never get to enjoy their colorful bracts. Even a regular ol’ “freeway shrub” like Plumbago auriculata Imperial Blue is spectacular when allowed to show off those sprays of well, imperial blue flowers instead of being sheared into some amorphous blob.

Call me crazy, but aside from keeping many gardeners employed, I’ve never really understood the concept of deliberately planting a tree or shrub that will outgrow its place in the landscape and then having to continually shear or prune it to stay within bounds to fit into its space.

For example, when you see the popular “Fringe Flower,” sometimes called “Razzleberry,” (Loropetulum chinense) at the nursery in a five-gallon container, it gives you no clue that it can grow into a very large shrub or small tree. The juvenile appearance, (and especially if you don’t read the label) would suggest that you’re buying a very free-flowering, low-growing shrub or ground cover. Not so, my friend. Yes, you can prune it to fit into a small space and even shear it into a hedge, but I think that it looks best in its natural uncut form. Left alone it grows into cascading tiers that are hard to duplicate with even artistic pruning.

Another antidote to CSS (Chronic Shearing Syndrome) is to plant an alternative type of plant for screening instead of eugenia, privet or another tired, traditional hedge plant that requires constant shearing.

Ceanothus Ray Hartman is a fast growing and informal shrub or small tree that makes an ideal and drought tolerant (drought loving) screen. It blooms from winter into spring and can reach sixteen feet or more.

Edible trees and shrubs can be used for informal hedges, too. Pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana), strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) and even citrus can be trained to serve as informal screens.

Once established, an occasional shaping with hand pruners keeps them within bounds. Plus, you get all that fruit.

Okay, I’m stepping off of my soapbox now. But next time you need a plant to fill in a specific space in your landscape you can save yourself hours of maintenance over your lifetime and the life of your tree or shrub by choosing the appropriate plant.

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think you are going to love this one as much as I do. Plus, you can visit and experience this “Quick Pick” without even leaving your couch and chips. Just go to Water Wise in Santa Barbara County at http://sbwater.org and prepare to have your brains fall out. This site has tips on saving water and using gray water systems, links to garden videos, interactive garden tours, education tips, information about the Green Gardener Program, recommendations for waterwise gardens and lots more. Enjoy!

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Jessica Stallings pops another bottle of that delightful Anacapa Vintners Syrah.

of how the process works on a commercial scale. From there, he was hooked. Kunin Wines followed soon thereafter.

So why the second label at this point?

“There is so much happening in Santa Barbara from a wine perspective right now,” Seth explained, “New AVAs, new varietals grown well, lots of interesting diversity. We really wanted to focus on Santa Barbara and the broad spectrum of what is has to offer, while at the same time keeping the Kunin label true to its roots without diluting it.”

“The whole idea of Anacapa Vintners is educating locals and visitors alike about the possibilities in Santa Barbara County, and there are lots of them. We are making small batches – say, forty to sixty-five cases – of seasonally appropriate wines built exclusively from grapes grown in quality local vineyards. We strive to take the best lots of each varietal in the area best recognized for growing that particular grape, then we craft wines that reflect the integrity and diversity of Santa Barbara.”

I’m digging Seth’s whole scene now, and loving my Rose and sunny spot near the window. The place is also filling up, creating a nice little bit of energy and buzz.

And Seth’s into it, grabbing an as yet unopened bottle sitting on a nearby table.

“We genuinely want to educate people about and celebrate the grape-growing and wine producing of Santa Barbara, so that’s where we focus in terms of labeling.”

He points to the label. “See, the vineyard is nonexistent. The region is highlighted.

Even our branding is smaller and less emphasized.”

He’s right. “Santa Maria” is big block letters bolded near the top of the label; above it is indeed a less emphasized “Anacapa Vintners;” and even further down is the varietal and vintage. No vineyard anywhere to be found.

“That’s the point,” he says, “even check out the mural,” he motions to the massive chalk masterpiece mentioned above. “The focus is on understanding Santa Barbara – from regions, to varietals to how our unique geography and climate affect grape growing.”

Seth smiles. “I mean, you just lived in the Napa Valley [he’s right], it’s hotter than hell up there. I hear about Napa winemakers freaking out and pulling fruit early due to all the heat. But down here, we can often wait, let the grapes mature a bit more, hang a bit longer, and then pick.

It’s all about our climate.”

I smile. What a very Santa Barbara description of Santa Barbara grapegrowing.

I go to sip my wine but, alas, as is all too frequently the case, it is now gone.

Seth quickly picks up on my disappointment and suddenly sullen disposition.

“Maybe you should taste through to see what you think.”

That’s a great idea, Seth, you read my mind.

Olivos Syrah (a fruitier wine, smooth and approachable) and a 2011 Happy Canyon Merlot (a younger wine, rich and dark and a touch sweet). I also tasted a citrus-filled Chenin Blanc and lively red blend (“Best Red”) from the tap. And I did truly enjoy that Rose I had while Seth and I talked.

(Oh stop it. I spat once or twice.) ...continued p.28

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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.

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look at three new movies that couldn’t be more different from one another: In Jack the Giant Slayer, the past brushes up against the present – and not always in the audience’s favor; the chatty prologue lingers with patches of tedium. But once the movie hits its stride, not coincidentally when the first beanstalk takes root, it proves spectacular – and adventurous fun ensues.

Some critics bemoan its overuse of special effects, but such complaints are irresponsible. Images herein, starting with the endless stem extending from the ground to above the clouds, provide some eye-popping moments for the actors and filmgoers alike. Nothing compares to the massive, lumbering figures first noticed with partial glimpses: They might be giants.

These larger-than-life creatures, despite what many pundits have suggested, justify the venture’s $190 million budget; there’s ample ingenuity to behold among the big men, each of whom boasts distinctive, individual traits. And when it comes to directing intense action, Bryan Singer (X-Men and The Usual Suspects) knows exactly what he’s doing behind the camera.

The casting proves mostly fruitful: Stanley Tucci, that ubiquitous chameleon who has filled the shoes of infinite characters, rings true again as a devious adviser; blame can’t be placed at the feet of the lord. Similarly, consummate professional Ian McShane appears born to be king. Making less an impression is Ewan McGregor – wholly compelling in recent dramas like The Impossible and Beginners – who gets bumped to the margins, choking out generic lines that must’ve been too hard to swallow.

It is brought down to earth due to dubious dialogue (“You’re barking up the wrong beanstalk” and “I got this”), and silly scripting that defies good taste (one giant enjoys belching, picking his nose and passing wind – he’s the bean dip, so to speak). Even when the subject turns sentimental and serious, its upshot feels predictable: Our hero is informed that his beloved princess “will NEVER marry a commoner” – so we all know what that means. More often than not, it seems the screenwriters don’t know Jack.

Phantom Pulse

The latest Cold War rehashing, Phantom, lives up to its name; blink and you’ll miss it. More suitable for the History Channel than the silver screen, the picture and its title refer to a Soviet submarine “cloaked” in secrecy on its final voyage. Writer/director Todd Robinson keeps it from sinking, but the ride gets leaky: His predominantly American cast doesn’t attempt Russian accents and there will be no subtitles, but hazy flashbacks involving the epileptic captain’s wife. It’s difficult to blame the fine men aboard: We salute Ed Harris, always a steady Eddie, and William Fichtner (never better, despite also shining in Crash, Black Hawk Down and Heat). Meanwhile, villain David Duchovny reluctantly shows any emotion; during the first hour, I wondered why the wooden actor’s co-stars hadn’t held a mirror under his nose.

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...continued from p.7 You guys should get in there, you have lots of support in the community and people are reading. Hope to see you at the Classic next year.

An Interested Human Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: First of all, I just can’t help but be interested in who you actually are.

An Interested Human? Hmmm. I have my suspicions.

Setting that little puzzle aside for now, however, I was down at Rincon this weekend too. Friends Tony Miller and Tarik Khashoggi made a couple heats in their respective divisions, and although Ryan Zukor (another friend) missed his heat (barely) he won a trip to El Salvador.

Not bad. Good, in fact. I had a great time, and friend/photographer extraordinaire Corey Sanders was nice enough to share some photos with us. Check his work out on page 24 (and see Presidio Sports’ coverage on page 17).

I really enjoy the event every year and would love to be a part of it in the future.

But the Indy – a fine paper for sure – has a real lock on many of these types of events.

(Hell, I don’t even have a press pass yet.)

Maybe someday we’ll be cool enough. Dare to dream. Thanks for the note, and keep driving that beat up old Toyota to surf spots from Jalama to Oxnard Shores. Were my suspicions right? – MSM)

A Need for Oversight in Conservatorship System in Santa Barbara When my mother Patricia C. Rosen was put under conservatorship, I discovered the need for reform and public oversight.

For example, she was said to have dementia by professional conservators, attorneys and others profiting off her estate. The neuropsychological evaluator my mom hired by saving her scant allowance, as well as her doctor of 25 years, both found her competent but were ignored. Then the professional conservator resigned due to my “interference,” and my mom was placed in the hands of the Public Guardian, Harry Hagan, whose office found her to be competent. The Public Guardian needed its funds for those truly in need, so it terminated the conservatorship that had been going on for over five years. Unlike the profitmaking network, there was no incentive to keep her under conservatorship.

Conservatorship is a huge cash cow. Is there a conflict of interest here?

Also, conservators are supposed to justify their fees to the court. In my mother’s case, when the conservator resigned, there never was a final accounting submitted to the court. $83,000 of my mother’s money was used up with absolutely no court oversight. I had wanted to contest many of the fees, as I felt the conservator had engaged in wrongdoing, but was deprived

of my right to do so. The judge at the time didn’t try to stop this transgression of due process; in fact, he, along with the attorneys profiting off the estate, signed a court order allowing the conservator to be paid with no explanation to the court.

Many other older persons are having their rights violated in this court system.

Oversight is important, the public needs to be watching. One can help elders by being a watchdog and attending the probate court in Department 5 of the old courthouse building Thursdays at 9am.

Trouble is one can’t hear what’s going on at these “public” hearings. Other courtrooms have microphones. At a recent hearing a man in the audience informed the sitting judge that the public couldn’t hear, but was completely ignored. I don’t think the profit-making network wants us to know what’s going on.

To find out more about how elders are abused by conservators go to the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse (NASGA) website at stopguardianabuse. org.

Bryan Rosen Montecito (Editor’s Note: Thanks for this Bryan, it’s important. Elder abuse, whether by nursing home professionals, conservators or our (beloved?) court system (or any agency or entity) is a serious issue that sometimes flies under the proverbial radar until it is too late.

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I know first-hand the inefficiencies of our courts and related systems. “Give us a better alternative,” their supporters retort, and there is indeed some truth to that. But, as with just about every industry on the planet, there are profit seeking motives and egos to be dealt with and a million other interests that often conflict with a stated mission or objective. My experience is that the courts generally do a good job of protecting the folks amongst us who need it, but there are exceptions. People get over-zealous. The truth gets lost. Etcetera.

I don’t mean to make light of your letter; quite the contrary, in fact. I . applaud Folsom the call &toMcLychok. keep watch and genuinely support people’s freedoms and inalienable rights (including the right to NOT be forced to spend their hardearned dollars unnecessarily defending their sanity.) And although I have not had much experience with conservatorships, I have personally appeared in front of most of our judges here in Santa Barbara and can confidently say that they are doing their very best to balance interests and do the right thing under the law based on the record before them. None of these are easy jobs and I like to believe that all constituencies are keeping their priorities straight and their clients’ (and the general public’s) interest ahead of their own.

Like I said, though, there are exceptions.

Thanks for the letter, Bryan, I appreciate it. – MSM)

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e waited for months. Mother Nature seemed to have forgotten all about Santa Barbara’s favorite annual surf competition, bringing too much wind (from the wrong directions) and few waves in January and February.

Tough love, to say the least. Old Mother Nature can be a cruel mistress. A cruel mistress indeed.

But, alas, good things come to those who wait.

The 2013 Rincon Classic (finally) went down last weekend among fun surf and great vibes. There were barrels ridden, airs blasted, floaters landed, lips bashed, shoulders slashed and waves generally gashed. (There was probably even some smoked hash.)

Jokes aside, the turnout was great and so was the surfing. From the groms, gremlins and wahines to the masters, super masters, pros and wannabes, the contest was a success enjoyed by many. As one friend of the Sentinel put it, “The Classic is one time, every year, when the Santa Barbara surfing community really comes together in one place and celebrates the local scene.”

Well said. And what else matters, really?

Corey Sanders, another friend of the Sentinel, shared some of his photos of the weekend with us, and we thought we’d share them with you. You can check out more of Corey’s work at www. coreysandersphotography.com. (Thanks Corey, you got some great shots.)

Now go surfing. There’s waves.

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of the 2014 Ojai Music Festival, plays Beethoven, Liszt, Bartók and Bach in a solo recital on Saturday night.

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.

Blues at the Crossroads

Child’s Play?

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his man of leisure found himself a little riled up last Friday night. He thought he was going to a rousing children’s choir concert but apparently actually attended what felt a lot like a 70-minute live PBS pledge drive for starving kids in Uganda.

The problem was the non-stop appeal for support and appreciation that began early and continued throughout the set. The three choir leaders each told their own stories of having risen out of poverty via the scholarships they earned via touring with the group years ago; one might have been inspiring, three was overkill. And then there was a video – yes, a video! – featuring a South African news anchor who also got his start as a choir member.

Worse yet the kids themselves seemed to be pandering to the audience through watered-down American gospel tunes played with an pre-recorded elevatormusic backing track, more cloying than adorable.

Particularly revealing was that not a single one of the kids – each of which introduced him or herself by name and then said what he or she wanted to be when he or she grow up – mentioned “entertainer” or “arts” among their career goals. There were a couple of pilots, an engineer and a would-be president, but nary a singer or dancer or drummer.

Sure, the children were exuberant and jubilant, sang beautifully, danced with precision and palpable joy and surely got much of the audience pumped up and excited. But all the peripheral stuff really gave the impression they’re just using the music as a ticket out. Nothing wrong with that, but did you have to keep pounding it into my brain?

DANCEworks

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r. Leisure had a better time last Saturday night, when he checked out the closing night’s DANCEworks performance from (Larry) Keigwin & Company, which featured two new works created on site during their nearly month-long residency at the Lobero. Leader Larry is a great, funloving, playful and energetic guy, and boy does it show in his choreography.

Lots of whimsy, sass, humor as well as athleticism and balance. Love this company. Love DANCEworks and the Lobero for bringing ‘em again. What a gift to Santa Barbara.

Family Ties

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peaking of kids, a couple offshoots of local luminaries – all grown up, that is – are appearing in town this weekend. Santa Barbara Choral Society director JoAnne Wasserman’s son, Alexander, is the special guest pianist for the Masterworks concert at San Roque Church Saturday and Sunday, and Joseph Bottoms’ daughter, Katherine, is the only student actress among equity and community members cast in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, opening Saturday at SBCC.

Class Acts Bob Margolin and company tribute Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf in “Blues at the Crossroads” at UCSB Tuesday, March 12.

Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard croons at the Maverick Saloon on Wednesday, March 13.

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n the pop-folk front, Santa Barbara Revels hosts its annual Pub Singalong at Dargan’s Monday, and SBraised harmonica man Kim Wilson joins blues legend James Cotton, Bob Margolin, JJ Grey and Jody Williams for a “Blues at the Crossroads” tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf at Campbell Tuesday night.

Music in the Valley

H Pianist Jeremy Denk makes his SB debut at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Saturday, March 9. (photo credit: Michael Wilson)

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et ready for some more classical gas.

It’s already been an amazing year for soloists, what with the city hosting world-class violinists Christian Tetzlaff, Leonidas Kavakos, Joshua Bell and Anne-Sophie Muller over the last three weeks. And just this week, word came that fellow fiddler Glenn Dicterow, the longest-serving concertmaster in the history of the New York Philharmonic, will join the full-time faculty of Music Academy of the West when he leaves that post next summer. In the meantime, Dicterow – who just soloed with Phil colleague violist Cynthia Phelps with our own Santa Barbara Symphony in January – will return for a third year as a visiting artist.

Meanwhile, this week brings the Santa Barbara debut of pianist Jeremy Denk at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. Denk, who will also guest at the Music Academy this summer and serve as artistic director

eading north? Vonda Shepard, the singer-songwriter who played a singer-songwriter for five seasons on Ally McBeal, headlines a Tales From the

Tavern concert at the Maverick Saloon Wednesday. The Guess Who – and your guess is as good as mine as to who is actually in the band this time around – plays a casino-circuit gig at the Chumash on Thursday.

Finally, I have a friend who tells women that they “stink good” when they’re exuding a pleasing scent. (No wait, that’s Mr. Leisure himself; no wonder there’s no Mrs. Leisure). In any event, it should stink real good over at the Earl Warren Showgrounds this weekend when the 68th annual Santa Barbara Orchid Show takes over the exhibition hall and environs. Cymbidium anyone?

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You Have Your Hands Full

More Than Words

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

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

Teddy and the Bear

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e were cleaning out the playroom when we found him – Bear. He was tossed aside, forgotten, at the bottom of a large pile of meaningless stuffed animals. His stuffing was almost gone; his shape unrecognizable. But he had the distinct look of being loved dearly, just like the Velveteen Rabbit.

“There he is!” Alpha said, turning Bear to face us. Teddy, our third child, loved him more than anything else in the world.

Bear was a constant presence in our lives; he was always there. He has been in most of our Christmas cards. He has definitely been in the mail (FedEx, too) a few times when left behind in one of our mad dash exits from visits somewhere. Teddy slept with him nightly, pressed right up against his face.

He had his Bear and he had his thumb.

Teddy used to have me. He had all the personality of the last child. He was happy to be taken care of, loved cuddling in my lap and regaled in the attention the baby in the family gets. But then we decided

to have Charlie and, at three, Teddy’s life changed. He was squeezed, really, really hard. Suddenly my growing belly made it impossible for room on my lap and his cute baby mannerisms were constantly and quickly corrected: It was time to make room for the coming baby and Teddy needed to grow up.

A Bear Necessity Then Charlie actually arrived. That was when he loved Bear the most. As I held tightly onto Charlie, Teddy would follow me holding tightly onto Bear. And when he was asked to play by himself or figure something out on his own, he would quietly consult his best-stuffed animal friend. In those first few years of Charlie, Teddy was never without Bear.

That is why finding Bear tossed in the mix with all the other animals caught us so off guard. That is the way of a third child, I suppose. He flies under the radar.

That’s Teddy, sans Bear. (Keep singing and dancing with the waves, kid, you’re an inspiration for everybody around you.)

He is noticed for the wrong things more often than the right. Over the years, I’ve wondered often about birth order. The third child of four is a tough placement indeed. We have our oldest boy who demands most of our attention and all of our angst, we have our only daughter next, then there is Teddy and finally the baby who everyone takes care of. Teddy is the only one without a role or expectation in our house.

We joke that he’s a little “special,” meaning that he is not like any one of us.

He sings all the time, he cracks jokes at the most inappropriate times and he is very sensitive, wearing his heart on his sleeve.

If something bothers Teddy, we don’t have to guess, he lets it all out. He has opted not to be like the uber competitive firstborn, nor like the perfect second.

No, nothing conventional for our Teddy.

He is going for something completely unique and different. Something very distinctive.

I remember watching him on the beach singing to the waves, hands raised, dancing with them as they rolled in and out and letting the glow of the sunshine fill him up. I was taking a brief break from chasing Charlie who was finally up and walking.

Watching Teddy’s joyous play, I found myself thinking that I hadn’t filled Teddy up in a long time. That night, I went to kiss him goodnight and I thought he had already fallen asleep. I gently ran my hands through his hair and kissed his forehead.

I told him out loud that I loved him and he made me very proud. I watched a smile creep all over his face as he squeezed his eyes shut, as if willing it to last forever.

I started doing it every night and continue to this day. It is a moment we share but never talk about. Olivia, on the bottom bunk, listens and smiles too.

She knows he needs to hear it more than she does. And then suddenly, after a few nights of our new ritual, Bear wasn’t held so often, squeezed so tight.

Mother’s Little Helper Charlie is off my hip now and running in the pack – my lap is free again. But Teddy doesn’t really choose to sit in it much. He has developed himself, in his own way, and is moving forward like the rest of us. I wonder sometimes if he would be the joker, the kid with the Michael Jackson moves, and the little boy whose imagination is always at full speed if he was our last child.

“Nice to see Teddy doesn’t need Bear anymore,” Alpha said, gingerly taking the loved toy out of the pile.

I smiled to myself, knowing he learned how to move forward completely on his own, in his own way. I admire that so much in him.

Well, come to think of it, Teddy did get a little help.

From Bear.

Peters’ Pick

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t’s a great place to drink a mojito and have an adult conversation – while watching your kids feed the seagulls fries. A place to feel the hot sand on your feet and to watch the world go by. It’s the best Santa Barbara offers, particularly when the sun begins to shine. Last weekend Alpha and I found ourselves at Shoreline Beach Café on a warm Saturday evening, watching our kids run wild and free on the beach.

Makes you love this town more than life itself. Shoreline Beach Café, 801 Shoreline Drive, Santa Barbara, (805) 568-0064.

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• LOVE IS FREE What: A Spring Fashion Soirée Where: Carlyle Salon and Chapala & Parker Boutique, 350 Chapala Street When: Sunday, March 10, 12:30 – 2:30pm Why: Celebrate Spring with a little bubbly, some light bites, fresh fashion and fun.

How: Add some spring to your style.

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by Briana Westmacott

Lash Out

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ello Flawless!”

The days are growing longer and warmer and brighter. We want you to glow with the renewal of the upcoming season, and Benefit’s new storefront on State Street is the proper spot to refresh your look this spring.

We’d be willing to bet that you’ll smile the moment you step into the shop. It’s cheerful. It’s girly. It’s perfectly pink and floral. So, what goes on in this pampering oasis, you may wonder?

They have a lot of good tricks that can make your face and skin (and daily routine) quite happy and easier to manage. The brow bar specializes in tinting your lashes and eyebrows to boost your face with definition. The lash tinting enables those of us “on the go” to get out the door without applying a daily dose of mascara, while the eyebrow tinting will make your eyes pop. Benefit also offers waxing and spray tanning services along with a full makeup bar. You can have a professional paint you up (or simply give you a natural glow) and help tailor the different products to your specific needs and wants. We love their new Fakeup, which is a fabulous hydrating under eye brightener with crease-control.

And the Benetint has been a long time favorite for a fresh beachy look.

So book your tan. Tint those brows and lashes. Get your makeup done. And See and be Seen with a spring in your step this season. www.benefitcosmetics.com.

What’ll It Cost Me: Free to attend. Sprucing up your style will cost you.

• LOOSE CHANGE What: Brunch, Greek-style Where: Petros, 1316 State Street When: Every Sunday, 11am – 8pm Why: Enjoy a family-friendly Sunday Brunch complete with live music, homemade Mediterranean cuisine, traditional brunch items and more!

How: Family-style. It’s way more fun like that.

What’ll It Cost Me: $25 per adult and $10 per kid includes all you can eat, plus one beverage of your choice.

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Chocolate Making Class Where: Santa Barbara City College (Room CC 203, behind the cafeteria) When: Saturday, March 9, 10am – 1pm Why: Learn how to make delectable chocolates with the SBCC Culinary Club.

How: Sweeten up your weekend.

What’ll It Cost Me: $30 per person. Email sbccculinaryclub@gmail.com for reservations.

WINE & DINE

Getting into the Spirit

by Eve Sommer-Belin

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ine country just got a little more spirited!

Located in Buellton and neighbor to great brews at Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Ascendant Spirits invites you to come discover the fascinating world of spirits in Santa Barbara County’s very own craft distillery – the very first one since prohibition!

Take a tour of the distillery with a super knowledgeable guide, oooohhh and awe at the shiny copper still, inhale the smell of aging bourbon in barrels and follow it all up with a taste of Ascendant’s very own bourbon or (and?) vodka. Made with American grains (which they hope to source from local farmers in the future), yeast and reverse osmosis water made on-site, these spirits will make your taste buds soar. We’re already getting excited for their local Caviar Lime Gin aimed to appear in cocktails about town come summer time.

Keep an eye out for Ascendant’s boozy libations to hit select local bars and stores very soon. They’re sure to lift your mood and get you into some good spirits!

Open for tours and tastings on Friday (4 – 8pm) and Saturday and Sunday (11am – 6pm). www. ascendantspirits.com.

GREEN SCENE BYOB… Or Not

by Courtney Dietz ottles and jars and tubs, oh my! Finally a refill station for all our beauty and household needs. At Santa Barbara’s very own The Refillery you’ll find everything from shave oil to laundry soap to sun block with ingredients posted so there’s no guessing what’s in your goop. Ingredients are as organic as possible and the products are also sulfate, phthalate and paraben free so you can feel good (and healthy) about filling up.

Bring in your own clean bottles or be tempted to treat yourself to a whole new set as they have plenty of different shapes and sizes on hand. The best part? All the goods are unscented for those of us with sensitive sniffers. Need more scent? You can add your own mix of essential oils to scent to your heart’s content. So head on over and fill ‘er up!

The Refillery, 3016 De La Vina Street (805.364.2919); http://the-refillery.com.

(P.S. Their grand opening is March 12 from 5 – 8pm… see you there!)

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...continued from p.21 Santa Barbarians Scottee Reid, Amanda Lyon, Joey Benenatti, Samantha Friedman and Kelly Gallagher (left to right) enjoy the window bench seat and a bottle of Santa Maria grown Chardonnay. (Hope I got your names right, wonderful people, no disrespect but my handwriting was a bit sloppy after my tasting. I fully admit my shortcoming.)

There’s that label focused on region first. (Seth and Magan did the design work themselves… looks great guys, congratulations on a real triumph.)

All in all, I had a delightful afternoon with Seth at Anacapa Vintners. And I will return. (In fact, I already have. My wife

loved it too. So will you, I bet.)

So, what of that pesky drinking problem I started with?

After I finished up the tasting, I found a cozy spot to sit and take the room in. And as the crowd and ambiance washed over me, I was inspired. Not to drink myself to oblivion. But to write.

So I knocked out this column and got home in time to play with my wife and kids.

Guess I don’t have a drinking problem.

Actually, I take that back. If you think about it, perhaps the only problem I have with drinking is that I typically start too late in the day.

Thanks Seth, you’ve helped a lot.

Anacapa Vintners is located at 116 East Yanonali Street, and it is open daily from roughly noon to roughly 6pm. Call (805) 453-6768. www.anacapavintners.com. Go have a glass of wine and check it out.

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Stuff I Like Believe it or not, I actually like things other than wine, some of which also help relieve stress. One of my real favorites after a tough day is a stop in to Float Luxury Spa. Admittedly, I went in more frequently when I kept an office at Anacapa and De La Guerra – it was just so easy to walk over (Float is at 18 East Canon Perdido), slip into a robe, read a magazine by the fire and then enjoy an hour of wonderful deep tissue work. There is almost no better way to relax, and Float can do it for you right in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara. Tell Natalie I said hello if you stop in. It’s worth it, and as our friends at LOVEmikana might say, you deserve it. (Hell, get yourself a facial while you’re there, bet you’ll dig it.) (805) 845-7777. www.floatluxuryspa.com.

When you’re done at Float, walk over to C’est Cheese. I know, I know, everybody knows and loves the cheese and wine and charcuterie shop. It’s lovely (and soon expanding, if the rumors are true). But they also have terrific pre-made sandwiches that I’ve happily gobbled for years (my favorites are the Niman Ranch Ham, Comté cheese and grainy mustard on a baguette and the Muffuletta, but there are others and they are all great). And I literally just had one of their grilled cheese sandwiches and nearly fell down while eating it. Mine was smothered with a sinful proprietary cheese combination and some added bacon (Holy Schatzle, Jenny’s gonna kill me!). Go get your own. 825 Santa Barbara Street; (805) 965-0318. www.cestcheese.com.

Finally, everybody knows I like wine.

And while I genuinely enjoyed my time with Seth at Anacapa Vintners and count it as a must see urban wine destination, the Funk Zone is replete with other fun tasting rooms too.

Take a day and walk around, Seth and Magan, like many other local vintners, encourage an eclectic experience. Have fun.

But not too much. You might develop a drinking problem.

Peace, y’all.

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Austin Herlihy

Chris Parker

Commercial Real Estate Agents with Radius Group who have completed over $550,000,000 in total transaction value and Leased/Sold over 2,000,000 SF since 2005. In 2012, along with Radius principle Steve Brown, the team completed 42 deals comprised of 19 sales and 23 lease transactions totaling $113.5 Million in sales volume and more than $21.5 Million in lease value upwards of 500,000 square feet

Commercial Real Estate’s Stepchild Now Golden

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s many commercial real estate investors will tell you, the apartment sector – often viewed as the less sexy counterpart to the office, retail and industrial sectors – suddenly became the “Golden Child” of the commercial real estate industry shortly after the recession hit in late 2008.

Since then, investors have been partial to apartments because the vacancy rates are historically low (current vacancy in Santa Barbara is 0.85% according to the most recent Dyer Sheehan report), financing is very attractive, the rental market remains strong and apartments are a generally recognized hedge against inflation.

In a nutshell, apartments offer everything that conservative investors look for in an investment. And during a recession, everyone seems to be conservative.

So now that the real estate market is turning, will apartments stay hot?

The answer appears to be yes.

Apartments on Fire (So to Speak) To give you an idea, we recently listed a 23-unit apartment complex located at 813 East Anapamu Street and received nearly 20 offers within a few days. These offers all came from qualified buyers and included proposals that were over the asking price, non-contingent and all cash. We’ve also just listed a triplex located at 801-803 Castillo Street and 404 West De La Guerra Street and have seen similar interest.

So, then, what is driving this recent apartment frenzy?

Basic economics, low supply and high demand.

Simply put, demand from investors is high based on the reasons previously stated and, perhaps even more importantly, inventory is very low.

More often than not, commercial properties are sold when there is vacancy in the building and owners are not generating enough income to cover expenses or, if the building needs to be re-tenanted, the expense associated with doing so is so overwhelming the property owner decides to cut it loose. There are not a lot of apartments currently on the market because most apartment owners are in a position where their properties are 100% leased (or close to it), they have

813 East Anapamu Street was quite the hot property with multiple highly qualified offers within a few days of listing.

— a contemporary art museum.

This triplex at the corner of Castillo Street and West De La Guerra Street also went quickly.

no looming re-tenanting expense and they are making money so they have no compelling reason to sell.

Not to mention that if owners do sell, it can be hard to find better investments.

Right now there are currently 15 apartment properties for sale in Santa Barbara and half are in escrow.

So for how long will this buying frenzy continue? Forever?

Not quite.

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We do not believe we have reached the saturation point yet and probably will not until interest rates rise. So if this is your market or you have some interest in an investment in apartments, then you’d better do your research and get out there before all the better cash returns are gone.

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REAL ESTATE

1532 Clearview Road

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

En Fuego!

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’m typically considered an upbeat guy by my friends and peers, but hopefully you aren’t reading these articles week after week thinking I am just one of those realtors that look at the market with a glass half full kind of attitude at all times. Truth be told, I try to look at life in general that way, but when it comes to this article I only report the facts and statistics – and, once again, they are pointing toward a market that is climbing rapidly.

This past week is showing numbers that are on the upswing again. (Hopefully in next week’s column I will have hard fact statistics that show percentages of rising numbers in sales prices from last year.) In the areas East of State Street, West of State Street and Hope Ranch there were 34 new listings, five of which went pending in the first seven days on the market. (Wow!) We also had 20 closed properties this past week and 17 that went pending.

While inventory is steadily coming on the market, the demand for property is clearly rising as well, which seems to be creating a little frenzy with no certain end in sight yet. Before you go and check out a few great deals this weekend you might want to think about getting out your garden hose and dowsing your roof… the market is on fire people!.

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

Purchase price: $535,900 Down payment (10%): $53,500 Loan amount: $482,310 Loan payment: $2,199

(30-yr fixed at 3.625% (APR 3.69%)) Mortgage insurance estimate: $261 (Required when less than 20% down) Property taxes estimate: $491 Home insurance estimate: $80

Total Monthly Payment: $3,031

370 Canon Drive

2765 Foothill Road

Purchase price: $1,400,000 Down payment (20%): $240,000 Loan amount: $1,200,000 Loan payment: $5,060

(30-yr fixed at 3.55% (APR 3.62%)) Property taxes estimate: $1,283 Home insurance estimate: $100

Total Monthly Payment: $6,443 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: $850,000 Down payment (20%): $170,000 Loan amount: $680,000 Loan payment: $3,072

(30-yr fixed at 3.55% (APR 3.62%)) Property taxes estimate: $779 Home insurance estimate: $80

Total Monthly Payment: $3,931

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Downtown

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 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 1634 De La Vina Street 1-4pm $995,000 4bd/1.5ba Jay Krautmann 451-4527 Sotheby’s International Realty 649 Verde Mar Drive A 1-pm $895,000 2bd/2ba Joan Katz 895-6695 Prudential California 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 105 W. De La Guerra #K 1-4pm $835,000 2bd/2ba Phyllis Lenker 886-2342 Village Properties 121 De La Guerra #4 1-4pm $825,000 1bd/1ba Wolfe/Lomas 722-0322 Coldwell Banker 118 W. Arrellaga Street 2-4pm $775,000 3bd/1ba Dan Crawford 886-5764 Sotheby’s International Realty

Eastside

333 Junipero Plaza 2-4pm $5,750,000 4bd/4.5ba Paul Hurst 680-8216 Prudential California Realty 309 E. Valerio Street

By Appt. $2,759,000 4bd/3ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties 122 S. Voluntario Street 2-4pm $749,000 3bd/2ba Mary Whitney 689-0915 Prudential California Realty

Westside

2224 De La Vina Street 2-4pm $1,650,000 3bd/3ba Ron Madden 284-4170 Village Properties 1819 San Andres Street C 1-5pm $639,000 3bd/2.5ba Gabe Venturelli 680-5141 Prudential California Realty

La Cumbre Area

4086 Cuervo Avenue 12-2pm $3,750,000 4bd/3.5ba Adrienne Schuele 452-3960 Village Properties 4163 Marina Drive 3-5pm $3,500,000 4bd/3.5ba Adrienne Schuele 452-3960 Village Properties 622 Via Trepadora 1-3pm $1,950,000 4bd/4ba Sharon Wilson 570-1551 Village Properties 1212 Bel Air Drive 1-4pm $1,795,000 5bd/4ba Amy J. Baird 478-9318 Village Properties 550 Via Sinuosa 1-4pm $1,490,000 4bd/2ba Andy Madrid 452-1456 Coldwell Banker 3842 Center Avenue 2-4pm $829,000 4bd/2ba Louis & Susan Manzo 570-7274 Village Properties

Mesa

467 & 471 Mountain Drive 1-4pm $2,450,000 5bd/3ba Gail Cooley 689-7767 Village Properties 1417 Mission Canyon Road 2-4pm $2,200,000 4bd/4.5ba Sandy Lipowski 403-3844 Sotheby’s International Realty 729 Mission Canyon Road 2-4pm $1,995,000 3bd/3ba John Luca 680-5572 Sotheby’s International Realty 316 Lighthouse Road 1-4pm $1,520,000 4bd Scott Westlotorn 403-4313 Coldwell Banker 618 Litchfield Lane 2-4pm $1,289,000 4bd/4ba Isaac Garrett 729-1143 Prudential California Realty 321 El Monte 2-4pm $1,149,000 4bd/2ba Kathy Henry 637-4400 Village Properties 2822 Ben Lomond Drive 1-4pm $949,000 4bd/4ba Angelika Jones 895-7479 Sotheby’s International Realty

Riviera

1300 Las Alturas Road 1-4pm $2,000,000 3bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Prudential California Realty 1042 Arbolado Rd. 1-4pm $1,995,000 3bd/2.5ba Brian King 452-0471 Village Properties 237 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,595,000 3bd/2ba Alexis Foth 448-6350 Prudential California Realty 638 Colina Lane

By Appt. $1,095,000 4bd/4ba Jeanne Palumbo 689-1968 Sotheby’s International Realty

San Roque

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