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Santa Barbara’s Bible of Architecture Nicholas Schou is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of several books, including Orange Sunshine and Kill the Messenger, his writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and other fine publications. If you have tips or stories about Montecito, please email him at newseditor@montecitojournal.net.
George Washington Smith’s iconic Casa del Herrero, 1925
Appleton, McCall, and Easton
MONTECITO JOURNAL32 W alking into the lobby of the Montecito Club, one of the first things you notice is a coffee table decorated with a copy of the third printing of arguably the most important book ever written about our local domiciles, the straight-forwardly titled tome Santa Barbara Architecture. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, I spotted the book on my way downstairs to eat lunch with Wayne McCall, the man whose brilliant black and white photographs grace the volume, which was first published in 1975; architect Bob Easton, who designed the last two printings of the book in 1980 and 1995; and architect Marc Appleton, whose Tailwater Press was responsible for publishing the most recent fourth printing of the book.
Over a refreshing lunch of salad and fish tacos which included an impromptu handshake with club owner Ty Warner, the three men told me how they came together to preserve this veritable bible of Santa Barbara architecture.
“I bought the first edition of the book back in 1975 and I always cherished it,” Appleton tells me. “I have always thought it was a classic book. It’s one of a kind – the only historical survey of architecture in Santa Barbara.” Easton agrees. “It’s especially valuable to architects and anybody interested in architecture not only because of its documentation of the history of Santa Barbara architecture, but also because it introduces people to George Washington Smith,” the landmark architect responsible for introducing the Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Although McCall wasn’t initially wild about the idea of producing a fourth printing of the book, Appleton and Easton refused to give up, repeatedly taking the photographer out to lunch and pressuring him with praise until he gave in to the notion. “I was satisfied that it had a pretty good run,” McCall says.
“Our first lunch ended on that note,” Appleton adds, laughing. “We had a second lunch where we tried to talk Wayne into it, and by the third lunch he was begrudgingly saying okay.” As it happened, the printing plates to the most recent edition were in China and in unknown condition, but after some suspense, it turned out they were in relatively fine shape. “So Tailwater, my publishing entity, committed to doing this,” Appleton continues. The original printing of the book was effectively financed by local realtors who figured the volume, which features many Montecito estates, would make a great gift for clients.
For this most recent printing, Appleton tried the same marketing strategy. “In the space of one day I went around to eight or nine realtors with an old copy of the book and we presold about two hundred and fifty copies,” he says. “Our motto at Tailwater is we publish books that nobody else in their right mind will publish, but this one I really believed in, and so did Bob and Wayne was ultimately happy as well. We felt it shouldn’t leave the bookstores of Montecito and Santa Barbara. I felt that it should have a life, and I still do, and it has and still does.” •MJ “The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thornton Ladd’s Bear House in Montecito, 1957 The second Tremaine house by architects Warner & Gray, 1973
one of the city’s leading design firms, Clay Aurell offered. “Architects can lead on these issues.” These kinds of charrettes are part of what architects consider their social responsibility to the community.
Importantly the project showed how 3,000 additional housing units could be artfully integrated into the State Street Chapala Anacapa Street corridor creating blended residential and commercial density. “If you want long-term sustainability for our downtown you’ve got to have people down there,” said Detlev Peikert of RRM Design, who was also key to the AIA endeavor. “That’s how you get a long-term sustainability and the economics of vitality.”
“Decoupling” housing and parking
The earthquake destroyed the historic core of the city
was another hallmark of the plans – meaning an end to surface street parking lots. One quick expression of how wasteful parking space can be was presented in another overlooked presentation “Building a Resilient Future 2019 Santa Barbara,” which demonstrated the graphic truth about parking allotment versus living space. The size for a two-bedroom apartment equals roughly the size of two parking spaces. It doesn’t pass the common-sense test.
“Surface parking is the lowest functional land use. It’s just a matter of time until it’s gone,” Rob Dayton remarked. Dayton, Santa Barbara’s Transportation Planning and Parking
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we’ve seen increase sharply following wildfires across the state.
The bill would require an admitted insurer that offers or sells residential property insurance to, at a minimum, offer or sell the existing residential property insurance coverage it most commonly offers or sells to an applicant or insured who owns a residence that has an estimated replacement cost consistent with the insurer’s underwriting guidelines.
It’s expected that the bill, which could have a positive effect on those looking to buy insurance in fire prone areas of Montecito, will be heard on March 20.
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Fallen Eucalyptus on Butterfly Lane
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5 – 12 March 2020 MONTECITO JOURNAL34 “If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.” – J.M. Barrie THURSDAY MARCH 12 5:00–7:00 PM FREE Community Event with Advanced Registration www.vna.health/phorum Sponsored By In Conversation with Dr. Michael Kearney The pedestrian tunnel under Highway 101 was closed for a brief time last week as crews cleaned up debris following a downed Eucalyptus tree on the south side of Butterfly Lane. An unoccupied SUV fell victim to the fallen tree, which split in half and caused significant damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported. In Business: Reflections
Friends and neighbors Dottie Allen and Carole Shafran have turned their love of creating beautiful things into a business, opening Reflections in Montecito’s upper village. Located between Wells Fargo and Montecito Village Grocery, the small space showcases the ladies’ love of the sea. The space was originally built out for an area in which to sell flowers, and has had multiple tenants including the latest, Eye Society, which closed a few years ago.
Reflections opened for business in late December, after the women realized they wanted to sell their seashell creations to more than just their friends and family. Shafran explained that she first got the idea after visiting Allen’s home in Carpinteria, which is filled with handmade seashell art. Allen, who has spent the majority of her life designing aquariums and traveling around the world, began creating the unique pieces after learning the skill from Scott Hogue, who passed away in 2018 after spending the last two decades of his life making a name for himself in the floral business.
Shafran and Allen began sourcing seashells from various places, including the Tucson Mineral Show and a wholesaler in Los Angeles. Reflections offers all their handmade wares, including wreaths, mirrors, picture frames, driftwood garland, shadow boxes, ornaments, and even lamps, made from large coral pieces. The shop also carries a plethora of shells and corals, some of which are over 300 A fallen Eucalyptus tree on Butterfly Lane near the train tracks totaled an unoccupied SUV
The shop features handmade shell artwork including wreaths, frames, driftwood garland, ornaments, lamps, and more
Carole Shafran and Dottie Allen have opened their small shop, Reflections, in the upper village, located between Wells Fargo and Montecito Village Grocery
years old and extremely rare. Allen explained the pieces are sourced from the bottom of the ocean floor, once they are no longer living, or housing a live crustacean. “It’s a beautiful way to bring the ocean into your home,” Shafran said. Rounding out the offerings are fresh plants including an array of colorful orchids. The pair is also available to make custom artwork with a customer’s own shell collection.
Allen, who has owned retail aquarium stores in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Carpinteria, and Ojai since 1983, still runs an aquarium maintenance business in the area, servicing some of the largest aquariums in town. She says she loves working with living creatures underwater, and her artwork that is sold at Reflections is simply an extension of that. “It’s beautiful both in and out of the tank,” she said. She is planning on opening a new aquarium store in the upper village this summer, located in the space occupied by Stationery Collection, which closed in January after 85 years in business. The shop will be a retail showroom for saltwater tanks, a rarity in the Santa Barbara area. We’ll have more on the store as the opening approaches. “We are happy to bring new business to this shopping center, and hopefully will help bring people to the area on the weekends,” Allen said.
Reflections is open Monday through Saturday from 11 to 5:30 pm. For more information, call 805-765-0925. •MJ
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by a crocodile at the age of 18, gave a fascinating insight into the thinking of jungle animals, as well as tracking lions and leopards in the African bush. Among the supporters listening raptly to the lecture were Marla Phillips, Christina Rottman, Judy Anticouri, Rob and Pru Sternin, rocker Kenny Loggins, Nicholas Farnum, Laura Givertz, Sam Tyler, and Russell Ghitterman.
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MONTECITO JOURNAL36 “Music is the strongest form of magic.” – Marilyn Manson Let’s discuss your real estate needs. Susan Pate | Beverly Palmer | Mitch Morehart 805.895.9385 susan.pate@compass.com themorehartgroup.com DRE 01130349 | 01319565 | 00828316 It was a very B-list performance when classical guitarist Miloš, who hails from Montenegro, made his debut at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall along with a quintet from the British 12 ensemble, playing works by Bach, Boccherini and the Beatles.
The highly entertaining UCSB Arts & Lectures show, part of the Up Close & Musical series sponsored by Robert Weinman, also included pieces from Enrique Granados, Manuel De Falla, Isaac Albeniz, Simon and Garfunkel, and the group Radiohead.
Miloš, who studied at London’s Royal Academy of Music, was scheduled to visit our Eden by the Beach two years ago, but had to cancel because of a hand injury.
But it was clearly worth the wait, particularly with the Lennon-McCartney and George Harrison repertoire, which included “Yesterday,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Fool on the Hill,” wrapping with “Here Comes the Sun.”
Just 48 hours later I was at the Granada for another Arts & Lectures show, the creative Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo, making its third visit to our tony town, the last time in 2017.
The dancers, under artistic director Paulo Pederneiras, performed two works, the 24-year old “Bach”, using creative costume changes and acrobatics on metallic “stalactites” over the stage and “Gira,” a three-year-old work, evoking poetic musical themes. A glorious body of work... Kenny Loggins, host Bobby Shand, Boyd Varty, Rand Rosenberg, and Stephen Vella (photo by Priscilla) Grupo Corpo dazzles (photo by Jose Luiz Pederneiras)
Five of the city’s major entertainment organizations combined forces at the Granada to present a special benefit performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, an enchanting tale of adventure and bravery that transfixed the sold-out young audience. Maestro Nir Kabaretti led the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, with a narration by English UCSB professor Simon Williams, who also directed the show, which included SB Youth Opera singers and Gustafson Dance students from the State Street Ballet. “As well as serving as a benefit for the theater, the event was intended to showcase the wonderful facility’s partnerships with select area arts presenters as the city’s premier venue for cultural programming, including CAMA, the Community Arts Music Association,” says Palmer Jackson, the theatre’s executive chairman.
The work, which premiered in 1936, has each animal character represented by a particular instrument and musical theme.
Walt Disney produced an animated version ten years later. Annette Caleel and her grandsons at Peter and the Wolf (photo by Baron Spafford)
Sheep Thrills The bosses of Elings Park are feeling decidedly sheepish! Executive director Dean Noble tells me the popular 230-acre park, built on a former city dump, is importing more than 200 Merino sheep from the Cuyama Lamb company, to remove fire prone plants and devour invasive weeds.
Sheep corrals will move every few days to target specific areas of the sprawling recreational area with details on latest locations posted on the park’s social media.
“We take our proximity to neighbors on the Mesa seriously and this is a safe alternative to herbicides,” says Dean, who formerly worked at Santa Barbara Zoo. “While the park is nearly three times the size of Disneyland, the flock will be concentrating on our
Time to Retire Montecito resident Charlie Munger, 96, vice chairman of Warren Buffet’s financial colossus Berkshire Hathaway, is planning for his retirement with his longtime 89-year-old business partner.
Buffett tells shareholders that both are ready to step down. Dubbed the Oracle of Omaha, he is known for his track record of brilliant investing and philanthropy.
“Charlie and I have very pragmatic reasons for wanting to assure Berkshire’s prosperity in the years following our exit,” says Buffett, who has a net worth the of $89.5 billion, with substantial holdings in American Express, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Apple, Amazon and Geico. Munger lives in the gated Sea Meadow community, consisting of 28 properties, which he built in 1989. I have dined at his home a number of times and the locale is known by residents as Mungerville.
He also owns one of the world’s largest catamarans, the 85ft. Channel Cat, which is moored in the harbor and is available for charters, and is often lent for charity fundraisers. Six years ago he donated $65 million to UCSB, the largest gift in the university’s history, and four years later gifted the 1,800 acre Las Varas Ranch, including two miles of shoreline on the Gaviota coast, worth around $70 million, to the university.
New Resident Ryan, who also appeared in Top Gun, When Harry Met Sally, and Courage Under Fire, has purchased a 4,268 sq. ft. three-bedroom, three and a half bathroom home on one and a half acres in a gated community for just over $5 million.
The ex-wife of actor Dennis Quaid and former fiancée of rocker John Mellencamp, used to own a house in Bel Air, formerly owned by Diane Keaton, and had apartments in Manhattan’s Soho and Tribeca districts. She also owns a property in Martha’s Vineyard, which she bought in 2006 for $6.5 million.
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Amaizing Fare The Luna-tics were out in force when prolific restaurateur Carlos Luna opened his latest Mexican eatery, Flor de Maiz, on Cabrillo Boulevard, just across from Stearns Wharf.
The 140-seat eatery, wedged nicely between the Bluewater Grill and the
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Sleepless in Seattle star Meg Ryan, 58, is the latest celebrity to call our rarefied enclave home, joining fellow actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman. Meg Ryan buys in Montecito (photo by Georges Biard)
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Flor de Maiz family and staff Antonio Lugo, Carlos Luna, Sara Luna, Christian Luna, Alejandro Munoz, and Hector Arellano (photo by Priscilla)
Flanked by Flor de Maiz chefs Francisco “Racco” Cavazos and Pedro Montano are partners Michael Bank, Carlos Luna, and Michael Schmidtchen (photo by Priscilla) Amethyst Ball co-chairs Anne Towbes, Holly Murphy, Sue Neuman, Dana Mazzetti, Diana MacFarlane, and Betsy Turner (photo by Isaac Hernandez)
FisHouse, is named after the flower xochimoyahuatl, when the tribes of pre-Hispanic Mexico venerated corn as the seed of life, between the creation and the sacred.
The restaurant, on the site of the former El Torito, is the latest concept from Carlos, who owns a number of Los Agaves outlets, and Santo Mezcal on State Street, near the Hotel Californian. Among the guests enjoying the Oaxacan fare of chef Francisco Cavazos were Doug Margerum, Christina Luria, Nate Diaz, Sara Rotman, Aaron and Geneva Ives, Michael Bank, Heather Taylor, Tim Sulgar, and Eric and Jennifer Zacharias. Scrumptious...
Pre-Ball Bash CADA – The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse – hosted a kickoff party for its 34th annual Amethyst Ball Motown at the Miramar on March 27. The bash in the ritzy Rosewood hostelry’s library was to find underwriters for the various components of the popular ball, including invitations, car parking, the band, and decor, so that every penny raised on the night goes to the charity, which is estimated to be around $600,000.
Among the supporters noshing on Alaskan king crab and burgers were Bob Bryant, Bob Fuladi, David Edelman, Peter Hilf, Earl Minnis, Anne Towbes, Holly Murphy, Diana MacFarlane, Dana Mazzetti, Susan Neuman, Betsy Turner, Paul Orfalea, Merryl Brown, Steve Thompson, Terry Valeski, and radio host Catherine Remak. There was also a musical quartet with Lois Mahalia singing Motown hits, a portent of things to come...
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Silly Rich The number of billionaires in the world has reached a record 2,816 worth a record $11.2 trillion in total – more than the GDP of every country except the U.S. and China.
An extra 346 people are on the list this year, including MacKenzie Bezos following her divorce last year from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 56, who retains the title of the world’s richest man with a net worth of $140 billion. She is ranked 22nd with $44 billion.
The billionaires’ total wealth, based on their net worth as of January 31 this year, has increased 16 percent over the over the past 12 months, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2020.
There are 479 new billionaires this year while 130 dropped off, 16 of whom died. The increase is largely due to the boom in the tech industry and rising stock markets. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, 35, with $84 billion, Google founder Sergey Brin, 46, with $68 billion, Larry Page, 46, with $67 billion, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, 63, with $67 billion, and Bill Gates, 64, with $106 billion, are all in the top ten.
China has the most billionaires with 799, which outnumbers America’s record billionaires’ population of 626. The two countries are followed by India, Germany and the U.K., who each have more than 100 billionaires. The only Montecito resident on the list is Google honcho Eric Schmidt, 64, ranked at 60 with $18 billion, who lives on TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’s former estate, a tiara’s toss from Lotusland.
What a Deal Longtime Montecito resident Dick Wolf, the creator of Law & Order and the multi-TV show Chicago franchise for NBC, has become the network’s $1 billion man.
Wolf, 73, has signed a new five-year deal to stay with NBCUniversal, his studio home for the past 36 years, which includes three-year renewals for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Chicago P.D. The deal is said by the website Deadline to be somewhere in the nine-figure range, which, along with Wolf’s other nine-figure deal for his entire catalog of shows for the NBCUniversal Peacock streaming service, are both said to be worth $1 billion combined.
The mega-deal also includes multiple series commitments for other unspecified shows all over NBC’s different platforms.
Law & Order: SVU is now on its Law & Order creator Dick Wolf’s latest TV contract makes him a billionaire
record 24th season, making it the longest running live-action primetime program in TV history.
Pandemic Paranoia Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow admits she is “paranoid and panicked” amid the killer coronavirus outbreak that is rapidly sweeping the globe.
The Oscar winner, 47, has taken to Instagram revealing she was wearing a face mask on her flight to France for Paris Fashion Week in a bid to keep herself safe from infection.
Paltrow also poked fun at her ill-fated role in the 2011 medical action thriller Contagion, in which her character succumbs to a deadly disease.
Alongside a selfie in her mask, she penned: “En route to Paris. Paranoid? Prudent? Panicked? Placid? Pandemic? Propaganda?... Stay safe. Don’t shake hands. Wash hands frequently.”
More than 92,000 people globally are said to be infected by the virus, which has caused 3,200 deaths as of Monday, March 2.
Sightings: Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio at the San Yisdro Ranch... Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and TV producer husband Brad Falchuk smooching at Pierre Lafond... Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. noshing at Oliver’s
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Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, e-mail her a pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 805-969-3301 •MJ
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Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
It was amazing how many people got up so early to come to breakfast with the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (TBCF) at 7:30 am at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. It was the 6 th
annual Little Heroes breakfast to raise funds for their programs helping families who have a child struck with cancer.
After wake-me-up coffee in the lobby we filled the ballroom to hear what TBCF does. Sponsor Stephen Watson welcomed the group and interim executive director Eryn Shugart reminded us, “There is no cure for cancer yet.” She introduced 8 th
grader Joanne Tudor who had a friend with cancer. Joanne has been
Teddy Bear co-chairs Brittany Dobson, Matt Fish, and Heather Ayer Teddy Bear board member Sheela Hunt with keynote speaker, doctor and clown Patch Adams and interim executive director Eryn Shugart
performing on stage since age three. She wrote a song in honor of her friend, “Stronger Than You Know.” Hoping to empower other children with cancer, she sang her song for us and will donate all proceeds from the sale of her song to TBCF. It is available on Amazon.
Keynote speaker was the outrageous Dr. Patch Adams. Some of you may remember seeing a 1998 movie (Patch Adams) about his life played by Robin Williams. Patch is a tall big guy. He reminded us that Williams was short, but the message was there. What I remember are the red clown noses he always wore to make people laugh. He still is.
Patch is a medical doctor but uses more humor than medicine to heal people. He has devoted over 40 years of his life to changing America’s healthcare system. He believes that laughter, joy, and creativity are an integral part of the healing process. With friends’ help he founded the Gesundheit Institute which is a project in holistic medical based on the belief that one cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the family, the community, the society and the world.
Adams goes on clown trips regularly, has visited 139 countries and been in many war zones. He graduated from medical school in the ‘60s and was extremely upset at the medical field and its goal for money and reliance on medicine of all kinds. He eschews cell phones,
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“They aren’t smart phones, they are dumb phones.” He doesn’t use a computer, but hand writes a reply to all his mail which is thousands upon thousands. He claims that 70% of the reason people lose their homes is because of medical bills. He says, “I began clowning at age eight to keep the bullies away.” After living on military bases in Europe at 17 he moved to the south and was, “appalled by a water fountain that said, ‘For whites only.’”
Patch believes that mental illness is due to loss of a tribal life – “the nuclear family is a bad idea. Also the loss of nature and arts. Love is never taught in school.” He recommends going to a gag store to find something that amuses you and will make people laugh. The three co-chairs Heather Ayer, Matt Fish, and Brittany Dobson awarded the Little Hero Award to Jolie Ebadi who is a cancer survivor. She expressed how much TBCF meant to her. She has become an advocate for pediatric cancer awareness and speaks at various events. Jeff Zamora was there to do the “ask” for funds but also told of his son’s tragic battle with cancer which he lost at a young age and earned his angel wings. He told how his family was saved by everything that TBCF did for them, including paying bills and giving them a Christmas when they were too traumatized to do it. That was 12 years ago but the audience was in tears.
TBCF served a total of 197 families in 2019. Families receiving financial assistance were 55 and 120 received Project Holiday and more. They offer programs to lessen the immediate financial, emotional, and educational challenges while providing ongoing opportunities for families to connect with each other in a safe space.
TBCF’s next event is a Clam Bake at the Montecito Club Saturday, April 4 at 6 pm. Register at www. TeddyBearCancerFoundation.org/ events. For help or information call 805.962.7466. •MJ
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