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UCSB alum Josh Elliott ties knot with ABC anchor Liz Cho on private Montecito estate, P. 6
THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P.10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P.42 • OPEN HOUSES, P.41
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LADY LESLIE’S LEGACY
After donating $8.2 million to help launch planned $68-million Cancer Center of Santa Barbara on 3.38acre site near Sansum Clinic, Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree says she’s ready to give even more to ensure the effort’s success, P.5
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6 Montecito Miscellany
Josh Elliott marries Liz Cho; Katy Perry versus nuns; Michael Douglas on Australians; Jeff Bridges selling house; Ken Berris pens baseball book; MoholyNagy exhibit; Nina Terzian hosts reception for Mara Abboud’s art; The Music Man at Garvin; Idaho’s Tater Team; MAW’s summer festival; AHa! picnic; Lieffs host holiday gala; and Joan River’s house goes for $28M
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Hattie Beresford, an MJ contributor, opines about oaks; G. Hebet grateful for Daryl Hansen; Rooster Cogburn gets political; Patti Putnam chimes in about Lad Handelman; William Dentzel on desalination; it’s all Greek to Don Michel; and Larry Bond defends the Donald
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Ernie Witham reflects on July 4 celebrations from sea to shining sea – specifically from New Hampshire to Santa Barbara to our nation’s capital
34 The Way It Was
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Editorial
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Leslie Ridley-Tree’s Legacy
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Leslie Ridley-Tree (center, with red hair) surrounded by the Cancer Center’s highly qualified healthcare providers
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he first time I met Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree (“Lady” was her late husband, Paul Ridley-Tree’s term of endearment for his cheerful bride), was nearly 17 years ago at a fundraiser at a private estate. It was not her home, but she was sponsoring the affair. The Journal was relatively new at the time (we celebrate our 20th anniversary next month), and I didn’t even know what she looked like. “The lady with the bright red hair,” I was informed. “She’s in the kitchen.” Indeed, she was not only in the kitchen, but my first glimpse of that radiant head of red was just below the utility sink line. Her sleeves were rolled up and she was scrubbing a rather large pot. There are not many philanthropists who actually dive in with both hands and/or feet when a cause dear to them is in play. Ms Ridley-Tree is one of those rare creatures; as far as I know, she always has been an All-Hands-On-Deck kind of sponsor. There are very few (and they are all women) who can call upon the level of devotion Leslie commands: Diana Starr Langley and Hiroko Benko among them. These are women we can never say “No” to. Leslie Ridley-Tree has just given $8.2 million to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, an amount that has revved up what is now a 10-year-old effort. And, to ensure the effort is ultimately successful, she promises she will “donate more” next year. “Strangely enough,” she adds during a Sunday morning (after mass) sitdown in the living room of her Montecito home, “it’s the most joyful thing that I’ve done. My heart just overflows.” The new Cancer Center of Santa Barbara planned for a 3.38-acre site on Pueblo Street, just two blocks from Cottage Hospital, is a combined effort by Sansum Clinic and the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara, which owns the land. “It’s the most beautiful piece of land,” Leslie marvels. “The idea,” she says, “is that people being treated for cancer can look out the window and see this beautiful landscape that will be created along Mission Creek; it will be part of their healing. Before,” she notes, “although you were being treated wonderfully well, you were sitting in a chair facing a blank wall. Now, you’ll be able to look out and see these magnificent trees, and the brook, and the wonderful landscape.”
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Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News. He moved to Montecito eight years ago.
It’s Cho Time for Elliott
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ormer Good Morning America anchor Josh Elliott plighted his troth to fellow ABC anchor Liz Cho on a private rented 22-acre Montecito estate at the weekend, I can exclusively reveal. Josh, 44, a former UCSB student and editor on the college newspaper, the Daily Nexus, who now works for NBC Sports, got engaged to WABC New York’s Cho, 46, last summer after two years of dating, and I’m told wanted a relatively intimate wedding with family and friends rather than an extravagant bold-faced named-filled bash. Former GMA meteorologist Sam Champion, now with the Weather Channel, officiated at the 70-guest service at the Villa Sevillano with Cho wearing a blush silk Ramona Kaveza gown, while Josh wore an Ermenegildo Zegna blue suit.
Former ABC anchor Josh Elliott and Liz Cho tie the knot in Montecito
Guests included Cho’s co-anchor, Bill Ritter, an old acquaintance with whom I used to appear on Good Morning America Weekend, along with Robin Roberts, until she was appointed a co-anchor on the daily show 10 years ago.
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Up with the Oaks
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ecently (“Selfish and Irresponsible” MJ #21/25), you responded to a letter and stated that photos of early Montecito (mostly from the 1880s) showed there wasn’t a forest of oak trees here, just mostly open rolling hills. Just so you know, this openness was the result of cutting oak trees for fuel and other uses over the previous 80 years. When Francesco Franceschi, who started the Southern California Acclimatizing Association with Charles Frederick Eaton at Riso Rivo (today’s El Mirador) in 1893, he did an inventory of native and imported plants which he published in Santa Barbara Exotic Flora: a Handbook of Plants from foreign Countries Grown at Santa Barbara, California in 1895. One of the things he noted was that shortly before his arrival, an ordinance had been passed which prohibited the cutting of oak trees. He completely approved of this ordinance, which protected a native species that was on the wane. So “El Montecito” was, indeed, once thickly covered with oak trees. I suppose with the current push toward native species only, Franceschi, who was a proponent of eucalyptus trees among other non-native species, is no longer the hero that he once was. It would be interesting to try to imagine what one’s property would look like without the plants that Franceschi, Eaton, and other noted horticulturalists introduced to California, which, by the way, suited a Mediterranean, subtropical climate, not tropical. Hattie Beresford Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Mr. Franceschi may have been a lover of the eucalyptus tree, as evidenced by the one intriguing room in his soon-to-be-razed former home in Franceschi Park made entirely of eucalyptus, but eucs were brought here, I believe, to be used as fast-growing trees for building homes. They proved to be entirely unsuitable for that purpose and our region is now plagued with these unruly and dangerous trees that tend to explode during wildfire events. The trees are called “widow makers” in Australia, their native habitat, for their propensity of dropping large and heavy limbs during windstorms. As for the waning of the oaks, I’d need more evidence. Montecito was indeed a heavily wooded enclave, but my understanding is that most of the dense foliage was made up of chaparral featuring Manzanita, sumac, ceanothus, sage, and, yes, scrub oak. Please correct us if this is incorrect. – J.B.)
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UPS’s “Mr. America”
How wonderfully timely was your issue that featured the personality of Daryl Hansen of UPS (“Good-Bye Daryl” MJ #21/25). We are thinking that Daryl truly is a Montecito Mr. America. He has proven that his real life pattern is American. He gave hard work, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness, a sense of duty and follow-through day by day with high responsibility. All received politeness and good humor. How wonderful the meaningful example he displayed for the public and UPS every day. Thank you, thank you! G. Hebert Montecito
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
You may recall that a few weeks ago, President Obama spoke of three former presidents making prisoner swaps at the end of wars that took place on their watch, “Much like this swap “ he said convincingly. CNN carried this quote: “This is what happens at the end of wars.” Barack Obama boasted when he was asked about swapping an American Army sergeant deserter for five vicious Taliban terrorists. “That was true for George Washington... that was true for Abraham Lincoln and that was true for FDR. That’s been true of every combat situation, that at some point, you make sure that you try to get your folks back... and that’s the right thing to do. “ That statement blatantly demonstrates that the most powerful man in the world and two-term president of the United States lacks even a grade-school level of knowledge of American history; specifically, history as it relates to three of our most famous presidents, and it demonstrates again that we have essentially elected a foreigner who has no understanding of the very country that he reigns supreme over. Then again, he was educated at an Ivy League school, so you can’t expect too much. What’s wrong with his statement? Let’s keep it simple: everything he said is incorrect! 1) George Washington did not become president until six years after the Revolutionary War ended in 1783. By 1789, there were no longer any prisoners for him to exchange.
2) Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in mid-April of 1865. The Civil War ended the following month. He was still dead at that time. No deals were made to exchange prisoners after the war. All prisoners were simply freed. 3) FDR died of a stroke before the end of WWII. Like Lincoln, he stayed dead after the war so he couldn’t do what Obama says he did. You’ll recall that Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, ending World War II. He made no deals for prisoners. We went in and released them when necessary. 4) None of the presidents that Obama noted were in office at the ends of those wars, making it impossible for them to make any sort of prisoner swaps, let alone the five for one, plus unspecified cash, for a deserter and traitor by our “57 States” president. 5) It should be pointed out that countless deserters and traitors were shot or hanged during all three of the aforementioned wars. What amazes one even more than the ignorance of this president is that he has managed to surround himself with a staff that is just as clueless, or willing, as the media are, to cover for his dumb lying rhetoric and behavior. By the way, Obama mentioned during an interview on Super Bowl Sunday while in the White House
kitchen, that George Washington drank beer in the White House when he was president. George Washington never lived in the White House; it wasn’t built yet. Rooster Cogburn Ventura
A Lap in Time
Due to Lad Handelman’s recent notoriety in the Bahamas, Montecito Journal published a cover article about his recent expedition (“Taking A Dive” MJ #21/22). Lad gives his own description of what it was like to be in those deep depths. As he states, it was like Old Home Week to him down there; he just didn’t have to dodge giant drill bits or fight off great white sharks. What Lad doesn’t tell us but we can only imagine is what he felt when he swam freely in the warm blue Caribbean waters with the dolphins, unencumbered by a wheelchair or bed, sun on his back, salt water on his lips, wondering if it was only a dream… Lad’s journey began with the question “Why should I do this?” and went to “Why not?” His example of running full force with it, undaunted by the unknowns ahead of him, is something we can all learn from. It is so easy to sit back and let life happen around us
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Lad Handelman and friend share a secret in the Bahamas
rather than embrace the hard stuff, taking on the bigger challenges that give us even bigger rewards. He did it and he is still smiling! Patti Putnam Santa Barbara
A Finite Habitable Ball
Car traffic is so often heavy in this coastal playground; roads, earthmoving, and housing continue to penetrate the dry hills. The needs of the incoming people, in addition to those already here, seem to hinge on a concept that the natural tendencies for this unique region aren’t good enough and we need to change them by adding exotic – that is, massive machinemade – elements in order to improve them. Historically, water has been one of the biggest valves on our growth paradigm. During the days of controlled growth and conservative water practices, our region was more predictable and stable, ergo naturally and sustainably beautiful. That is no longer the case. We seem to have lost our way. We have made choices, not always in our best interests; we don’t have to continue... do we? Using tremendous amounts of electricity and fossil fuel to build and operate a plant, a big electrified concrete water factory, to try to regain water stability and also allow a poorly thought-out growth paradigm to continue, will only exacerbate our long-term ability to achieve a goal of water security. Going down desalination redux road causes more greenhouse gases, encourages other communities to do so, and adds to the disrupting effects of global climate change; more poignantly, planet-wide habitat, wildlife, and human-life degradation. We easily forget that planet Earth is a finite habitable ball alone in deep, dark cold space, we must care for it wisely. Conservation, not technological tricks, will begin to repair the shameless damage our contemporary civilization’s massive resource extraction practices have caused. In an extreme existential crisis desalination of some sort, such as solar distillation, might save us, but we aren’t anywhere near that condition. To the contrary, we sit on one of the most beautiful regions in 16 – 23 July 2015
the developed world. A huge percentage of California river water is used for agriculture; much of it wastefully and highly industrialized. Do a few privileged Californians really need to grow the world’s food? Can this task be more broadly diffused? Yet this same sector contributes a very small portion to the state’s overall economy. Can’t adjustments be made to these outdated riparian rights before resorting to big, expensive desal projects? How will the long-term pumping of desal effluent into our coast affect the seawater and sea life? Could this have negative repercussions on the beaches, the classic unintended consequences (“oops”) shoulder shrugging? The plan is to suck seawater out of our coastline, filter it, drink it, flush it, etc. Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, upwind and upstream from us, uses billions of gallons of seawater every day to cool its reactors. The water coming out of that plant is a disturbing 20 degrees warmer and has lost all its microscopic life, plankton, the foundation of the ocean’s food chain and oxygen production. Additionally, the water now contains radioactivity that cannot be filtered out in a desal plant. With time, passing more and more virgin seawater through these machines will bring the most unwanted and uncontrollable consequences to your family, no matter where you live. What sort of legacy do you want? How is it we can’t put our full attention to conservation rather than expensive cheesy Band-Aids? Could it be that there are a few people out there who will gain some great short-term profit as long as the local citizenry just stays out of the way? If you don’t like the heavy road traffic around here – more trucks, more large consumer projects – think seriously about the long-term consequences of this huge desal plant commitment local politicians would like to quickly push through before anyone looks too closely. Don’t just sit around and accept this as inevitable; it isn’t, in fact it will most likely implode. But rather than wait for that and pay a big price, why not just be wise and smart shoppers now? Conserve, reuse, gray water, etc. Ask the same of the big statewide agriculture holders, too. All of humanity must take on the responsibility of caring for this small planet, it’s the only one we have, ever. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all can easily happen without this desal plant, without Diablo Canyon as well. Act responsibly. Thank you for hearing me out, William Dentzel Summerland (Editor’s note: We respect your reservations about desal, as we too have some. However, to imply that setting up an operating desalination plant would
be an “expensive cheesy Band-Aid” simply doesn’t ring true. We’re also not sure that Diablo is spewing “radioactive” water back into the ocean. On a positive note, there has been talk, for example, of converting one of Venoco’s oil platforms to a desalination center that could alleviate many of the worries of such a plant becoming a noisy and potentially polluting neighbor. If we get rain this winter, such a plant could be installed with a maximum capacity of, say, 3,600 acre-feet of potable water. We could continue to use our wells and our reservoirs and allow those 3,600 AF to refill all the underground aquifers that have been drained by this drought. It just seems wise to be prepared. We can also work on learning how best to recycle the water we do use and when and if it ever becomes feasible to convert the desal plant to solar we can do that, too. – J.B.)
We’re All Greeks Now
Just when you thought that the United States was on the verge of retaining its title as having the most number of spoiled brats per capita of any country in the world, out of nowhere, comes Greece to snatch the title from our grasp. Not only did the narcissistic and self-absorbed Greeks default on their loan payment, but through a national
referendum they soundly defeated a backup plan from the EU designed to save them. Thousands of Greeks were in the streets demanding that lenders remove any suggestions of austerity in Greek spending habits. How dare a lender have any loan requirements of Greeks, especially a requirement of repayment of the loans? The world simply needs to understand that Greeks will make no adjustments to their lifestyle, whatsoever. They must have their 10 am cup of ouzo as they rush off to their non-existent jobs. Greeks now get the bronze medal on the award stand in the category of people most easily offended. The silver and gold medals go to gays and Muslims, respectively, who seem to be offended by everything. On an unrelated note, just which locker room is Bruce Jenner going to use when he plays at Birnam Wood? Don Michel Montecito (Editor’s note: It’s not so much which locker room Mr./Ms Jenner will use that concerns us golfers; it’s what tee box he/she chooses. Think of the advantages Bruce/Kaitlyn will have if he/she decides to drive it down the fairway from the ladies’ tee! – J.B.)
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Luncheon & Lecture Channel City Club presents Dirk Rosen, founder and executive director of Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE). Rosen will speak on “The Magnificent Ocean Wilderness of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.” Dirk and MARE have been exploring and documenting the deep waters of Channel Islands for 15 expeditions dating back to 2003, and the implementation of the state’s first network of Marine Protected Areas. MARE deploys Remotely Operated Vehicles, or robotic submarines, to film and assess fish and invertebrate populations, and the changing habitat they live in. When: check-in begins at 11:30 am Where: Fess Parker Resort, Sierra Madre Room Cost: $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers; reservations required Info: www.channelcityclub.org
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Stuffed Animal Sleepover Drop-off Bring your stuffed friends for a great evening out at the library. Once the library closes, the stuffed animals will “come to life,” and library staff and volunteers will capture their after-hours antics on film. Young patrons may return after noon, the next day, to pick up their stuffed animals, along with a photo of their animals’ adventures, a certificate of participation, and other special surprises. Children who forget to bring an animal can sign up to follow the adventures of a loaned library character during this free event. When: 3 to 5:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
FRIDAY, JULY 17 French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Summerland Soirée Join Malibu Market & Design in Summerland for a soirée featuring local talent Billy Woolway, Sdy Jewellery, Summerland Essentials, Dana Walters Leather Goods, and more. When: noon to 4 pm
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Where: 2173 Ortega Hill Road Info: 565-9902 SUNDAY, JULY 19 A March of Mourning Justice for Puppy Davey: The public is invited to take part in a vigil to remember the puppy who died due to abuse and torture, and to protest the light sentence his abuser received. Those who take part in the event will be sending a crystal-clear message to judges and lawmakers: an animal’s life has value and those who abuse animals deserve appropriately harsh sentences. The March of Mourning will begin at the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens at 1 pm; at 3 pm, mourners will walk down State Street toward De la Guerra Plaza in a silent march for Puppy Davey. Diana Basehart, co-founder and president of the Diana Basehart Foundation, is spearheading the vigil. She and other outraged citizens are coming together to try to protect innocent animals, letting lawmakers know that they want stricter sentences for abusers. Chris DeRose, a well-known animal activist and recipient of the 1997 “Courage of Conscience” International Peace Award will be speaking at the event, along with others. When: 1 pm Where: 1100 Anacapa Street Info: daveys-law.com Mindfulness Meditation A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD. All levels welcome. When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 TUESDAY, JULY 21 Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this week’s title: Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen; new members always welcome. When: 1 to 2 pm
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Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Prayer Circle at Montecito Library A prayer circle for Ecological Peace and Human Enlightenment, held every Wednesday at three times; each circle starts promptly and lasts for 20 minutes. All are welcome, including pets. When: 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm, and 7 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5683 THURSDAY, JULY 23 You Can Become an Artist If you’ve been hesitant about creating art, this is the day to start on your journey. Especially geared for the beginning artist, learn to create simple sketches, learn essential watercolor techniques and more, in a supportive and encouraging format. Hosted by Joni Chancer, who has facilitated art workshops nationally and internationally for more than 20 years. When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $109 with lunch; $95 without Info: www.lacasademaria.org Community Workshop The Alliance for Living & Dying Well recommends using the Five Wishes process developed by Aging with Dignity to lead your conversation and help formulate the decisions you put into your Advanced Care Directive. To get this conversation started, The Alliance offers free workshops for members of our community to attend and gain knowledge on end-of-life care! When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road, Fellowship Hall Registration and information: 845-5314 Swazzle Puppets Swazzle is a puppet company
Effortless Being: Finding Freedom in the Midst of Life For thousands of years, spiritual traditions have taught meditation as a way to awaken to the happiness, joy, and love that are our true nature. Yet, many people find meditation tedious and difficult, a never-ending struggle to quiet the mind or focus the attention. This has led to the popular misconception that meditation requires great discipline and years of practice. Peter Russell, who has been teaching meditation for 40 years, shows that the key is giving up all effort and trying. During this weekend workshop, you will learn practices that clarify and deepen your experience of meditation, allowing you to open more readily to the stillness within. He will show you how to manage thoughts, surrender resistance, and let go of attachments; how to distinguish ego from the true self; and how to use inner guidance in support of spiritual practice. He will also share his latest thinking on the nature of consciousness and spiritual awakening. When: 7:30 pm tonight through 1 pm on Sunday Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $390; includes 2 nights lodging in a shared room, meals, and tuition Info: www.lacasademaria.org dedicated to the art of live puppetry. This time, they’ll take young readers on an adventure with Superconductor: An Adventure Through Music. The show tells the story of Superconductor, a daring hero who goes on a comical quest to rescue Melody, Harmony and Rhythm from the clutches of the villainous Decomposer. Best for ages four and up. Please arrive early, as space is limited. When: 4 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker magazine. When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Theatrical Production Showstoppers brings the magical world of Once On This Island to life with a talented cast of Santa Barbara youth. When: July 23 through 25 at 7 pm Where: La Colina Jr. High School, 4025 Foothill Road
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t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) meeting, the board discussed the issue of short-term vacation rentals in the Montecito area. The discussion was in preparation for a Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance Workshop that will take place on Thursday, July 30, at Westmont College. After a three-hour meeting last month, the County of Santa Barbara has undertaken a project to clarify zoning ordinance provisions related to short-term rentals (less than 30 days). Although never allowed in residential neighborhoods, the county stopped enforcing zoning provisions that preclude this use after counsel determined that existing ordinance provisions lacked necessary clarity. Members of the public are invited and encouraged to share their thoughts on how and where the use may or may not be permitted, and the Montecito Association has decided to make a statement at the workshop. To decide what their statement would be, the MA board discussed results from a survey they compiled last year, in which 300 Montecito residents responded. Sybil Rosen, who sits on the sub-committee that has been looking into the issue, reminded the board that the MA’s mission statement asserts that the Association is “committed to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the semi-rural, residential character of Montecito in the spirit of the Community Plan.” Rosen strongly suggested the MA board take a position to protect that mission, given the growing number of vacation rentals in the area. “It isn’t about how I feel or you feel, it’s about the mission of the Montecito Community Plan,” she said. Several board members agreed, including Frank Abatemarco, who said: “Our intent should be to get in front of this whole thing, not behind it. We have an obligation to preserve the semi-rural character of our neighborhoods.” President Cindy Feinberg added: “If there is an issue that affects a homeowner, we need to address it.” Other members believed the results of the survey where not compelling enough to start supporting impositions and regulation on property owners. The link to the survey was sent to 1,200 MA members; 300 responded. Of those respondents, 59 percent believe short-term rentals present issues in residential neighborhoods, and 52
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percent believe their operation should be subject to regulation by the county. After much discussion, the board voted to make a statement at the workshop that reiterates the Montecito Community Plan guidelines, which call for preservation of the semi-rural residential character of Montecito. The MA has fielded complaints from residents regarding short-term vacation rentals for many years, and the board intends on working with the county to develop an ordinance that protects residential neighborhoods. Residents may provide comments for the workshop to project manager Jessica Metzger at jmetzger@coun tyofsb.org. More information on the project will be available at http:// longrange.sbcountyplanning.org/ programs/Short-term%20rentals/ ShortTermRentals.php. The public workshop will be held in Montecito on Thursday, July 30, at Westmont College in the Page Hall Multipurpose Room, 955 La Paz Road. Also at the MA board meeting, Montecito Union School superintendent Tammy Murphy reported that her board voted to take $1.4 million out of reserves to address some immediate safety issues at the school. The board continues to look at updating the campus, after a bond measure failed last November. The immediate work will address flow issues in the north parking lot and make old windows safer by adding a film that prevents shattering. Murphy also reported that enrollment is up at the school, including three new sets of twins and one new set of triplets who will start at MUS when school starts August 26. Cold Spring School superintendent Tricia Price also reported higher enrollment numbers, with enough kindergarteners for two classes. At that school, work continues on a project to build an administrative building at the front of the campus. A request for qualified architects will be released next week; construction is slated for next summer. In other community reports, fire chief Chip Hickman said the District’s board is pleased to hear there is a 90 percent chance of a strong El Nino winter, which could bring record rainfall. Chief Hickman and District reps will be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission on August
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Gardens and Geishas – Part 2 Japanese geishas and perhaps maiko (students) or fakes
The gates to Fushimi Inari shrine in Nara
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anazawa was our next stop. This was one city that was not bombed during WWII and boasts the three best gardens in Japan. One of the most visited in Japan is the Kenrokuen Garden, which was opened to the public in 1875. We also walked the area where the samurai – Japan’s famed class of noble warriors – once lived. Many of the houses are in use as residences.
Kanazawa has a local tradition since the 16th century and that is producing thin sheets of gold leaf. They are used for everything from handicrafts to Buddhist altars. Outside of town, we took an excursion to the secluded and remote mountain villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama that are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Their houses were unique with steeply pitched thatched roofs unlike any
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by Erin Graffy de Garcia
Another Kind of Independence Day
Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol zips out to Santa Cruz Island to find Scott Burns and to take him back to shore where a kidney awaits
Scott and Lisa Burns, a picture of health. They had been waiting seven years for an organ donor to make a kidney transplant possible for Scott.
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t was July 4, so Lisa and Scott Burns held their Chili Cook-Off, with 22 contestants. While this event annually honors the Fourth of July, this year the couple celebrated their own special Independence Day: weeks earlier, Scott received a new kidney! And therein lies a tale of great local heroism and duty. Back in 1979, Scott Burns came to
the aid of a woman in distress in the parking lot behind the old restaurant 1129 State Street. Long story short, there were some bad guys out there and they were fully loaded, in more ways than one. And though our Good Samaritan personally survived the gunshot wound, his right kidney did not make it. Well, no matter, there is always one more spare kidney.
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Fast-forward 30 years. Scott had some back trouble and popped some OTC pain relievers on the advice of his doctor. Unfortunately, a rare allergic reaction to Aleve irrevocably damaged Scott’s remaining kidney. So, our hero has been waiting for a transplant for seven years, and during that time he and his wife were busy bringing information and awareness about organ donating to the public square. Well, over Memorial weekend, the intrepid Scott went sailing to Santa Cruz with a friend. Naturally that’s when Lisa got the call: the amazing life-gift of an organ donor. Vivian Beutel, a popular local neonatal nurse, had died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 44. Her family knew Burns, and that he was waiting for a kidney and designated one of her kidneys to him. Immediately, Lisa called her hus-
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band, moored out at Santa Cruz Island, but got no response (no cell reception on the islands). She called everyone she knew who owned a boat. In desperation, she called SB Harbor Patrol officer Ryan Kelly for help and his group swung into action. The made a call-out on VHF radio... got no response. Next, the Coast Guard was contacted to utilize a more powerful transmitter, but also no response. Then they tried contacting all the boats they knew out around the island... to no avail. To top it off, the weather was crappy and the water was choppy, and no one else was out that way. Time was of the essence. These kinds of events are not covered in the Harbor Patrol handbook, so our guys – Jan Martinez and Anthony Lombardi simply took things into their own hands. They figured “If not us – who else? If not now – when?” They got approval to race out to Santa Cruz, and an hour later they found the boat moored in Fry’s Harbor right where Lisa had suggested they might be. Harbor Patrol pulled up to the stern just as a man was walking out on deck. They yelled, “Hey man, are you Scott Burns?” “Yep.” The unflappable Scott seemed nonplussed that two complete strangers would roar up in a power boat and call out his name. Then they told Scott, “Well, there’s a kidney waiting for you... and we’re here to take you back.” At this point Scott was utterly floored. Next thing you know, he jumped on board and Harbor Patrol roared back to the harbor, where Lisa was waiting to take him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The boat ride back might have felt more rough then the surgery, which went smoothly. With one full-working kidney now, Scott Burns, a former Old Spanish Days El Presidente, looks forward to really being able to enjoy this year’s Fiesta. (He and Lisa hope his story will inspire people to put a pink dot on their driver’s •MJ licenses to donate organs!)
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The ceremony with I Madonnari Festival artist Ann Hefferman playing violin, was particularly poignant for Josh, given his mother, Toni Jordan, passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago at the age of 74. He proposed to Cho during a romantic summer vacation last year and, according to The New York Post, gave her “a simple gold band” that was a family heirloom and had a lot of sentimental value. Cho split from her husband, Evan Gottlieb, by whom she has a daughter, Louisa, 8, while Josh is divorced from his first wife, Priya Narang, with whom he has a daughter, Sarina, 6. Both girls were at the ceremony as maids of honor. The couple, who had a pre-wedding party at Casa de la Guerra, met when he was co-anchoring GMA and she was at WABC-TV, where she co-anchors weekday editions of Eyewitness News. Josh, whose ABC salary was reportedly $1.2 million, quit GMA last year when Roberts signed a new contract reportedly worth $14 million a year and he wanted a similarly high salary of around $10 million. ABC countered at between $4 and $5 million, but he decided to move to new pastures and was replaced by Amy Robach, a longtime member and anchor substitute of the GMA team. Josh is scheduled to appear on NBC Sunday Night Football in the fall..
Nuns of Her Business It seems that Taylor Swift is not the only person feuding with Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry these days as the singer is currently engaged in an unseemly legal battle with a group of nuns. The 30-year-old former Dos Pueblos High student is about to head to court against the sisters at Immaculate Heart of Mary after she purchased the convent they live in for $14.5 million. The problem with the deal is that Perry bought the property in the rarefied enclave of Los Feliz, a tiara’s toss or two from the Griffith Observatory, from Los Angeles archbishop Jose Gomez, and the five remaining nuns, who range in age from 77 to 88, are claiming they had already accepted an offer for the lush estate for $1 million more – a total of $15.5 million – from a local restaurateur and aspiring hotelier Dana Hollister. They then learned Gomez had sold the property to Perry, claiming the sisters had no rights to the estate. He says he has signed papers from three of the five remaining wimple wearers, giving him the power to decide who gets the property. Sisters Catherine Rose, 86, and Rita Callanan, 77, are the two holdouts and both are claiming their fellow sisters signed the papers under duress. They purchased the convent decades
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ago after pooling their money, which is why they have the right to sell, and not the archbishop. As to why Katy’s lower offer would be accepted over Hollister’s, it would seem her agreement to pay the full price in cash was more appealing to the archdiocese. Making matters more complicated is the fact that Hollister had already moved into the property, while Katy was also there recently with an architect. For the nuns, her pop persona is clearly one of the reasons they do not feel comfortable offering her the estate. “Well, I found Katy Perry and I found her videos and... if it’s all right to say, I wasn’t happy with any of it,” fumed Sister Rita. “We have given many years to this archdiocese and we have served them well. For the archdiocese to... put us under a bus and run over us, I’m sorry, it was just too much for me.” Stay tuned. Down Under Thunder Former Montecito resident Michael Douglas might be doing the promotional rounds for his latest film, Ant-Man, but he’s giving the nod to Australian male actors who have cracked Hollywood. The 70-year-old Oscar winner blasts that budding American actors are missing out on parts to Brits and Australians because they are “too vain and asexual.” The Wall Street star, whose father, Kirk, still resides in our Eden by the Beach, labeled Aussie actors more “masculine” saying it’s why they beat American thesps to the best film roles. Despite Michael not naming antipodean actors who he thinks are similar to Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt,
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19 to make a presentation regarding the MFPD Community Wildland Protection Plan, which provides for the assessment of wildfire hazards, wildfire risks, the identification of potential hazardous fuel mitigation treatments, and more. “This deals with how we move forward into the future,” Hickman said. The meeting will be held at 9 am on August 19 at the Montecito Planning Commission. The next Montecito Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 11.
New Planning Commissioner
This week, Montecito resident Susan Keller was sworn in as the Montecito Planning Commission’s newest commissioner, following her appointment by First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal at last week’s Board of Supervisors hearing. “The planning commission is always where I’ve wanted to be,” Keller told us during an interview last week, shortly after she resigned from her previous role as director on the Montecito Fire Protection District Board. Keller has lived in Montecito for the past 15 years, and in that time has served on many committees and boards, including the Montecito Association’s governance committee – which ultimately led to the creation of MBAR and MPC – the land use committee, the MA board (she served as vice president), MBAR, and most recently, the MFPD board. Other committees on which she’s served include the Arts Advisory Committee, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Lobero Theatre Foundation, Women’s Political Committee, and many others. Keller tells us her time on the MFPD board was instrumental in preparing her for the MPC, a role she feels ready to take on. “We’ve accomplished so much in the two years since the board expanded to five people, and I’ve learned so much,” she said. She says she did not plan on resigning early from that board, but when planning commissioner Sue Burrows stepped
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down earlier this year, Keller felt compelled to apply. “I was reluctant to leave the fire board prior to completing my term, but this current opportunity seemed to be my best chance to be appointed as a Montecito Planning commissioner, a position that has always been of great interest to me and for which I feel very well qualified,” said Keller, who is no stranger to Montecito land use issues, being instrumental in such developments as the Biltmore and Coral Casino plans and Westmont’s Master Plan several years ago. The Montecito Fire Protection District Board will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, July 22, to discuss the process of filling the Keller vacancy. The founder and artistic director of the Santa Barbara Revels, a non-profit theater company, Keller has both a performance background (she’s a former actress and producer) and a legal one, having attended law school at UCLA. “I hope to do a responsible job on the planning commission, asking pertinent questions, and not being afraid to express beliefs,” Keller said. Keller lives in Montecito with her husband, Dr. Myron Shapero, a Los Angeles concierge medical doctor who provides care to hotel guests. The couple has a son, Matthew, who is earning his master’s degree in range management at UC Berkley. Keller joins other planning commissioners Michael Phillips, J’Amy Brown, Jack Overall, and Joe Cole. “I’m looking forward to working together with them,” she said.
Whistle Club Opens on Coast Village Road
A new clothing boutique has opened in Olive Mill Plaza on Coast Village Road, in the space once home to Summer For Kids and, most recently, pop-up versions of Crazy Good Bread and JuiceWell, which closed last year to open more permanent locations in the Santa Barbara Public Market. The boutique, called Whistle Club, boasts an “east-meets-west” design sensibility, featuring a carefully curat-
Rebecca Blair, owner of Whistle Club, Coast Village Road’s newest clothing and accessory boutique
ed selection of women’s apparel, gifts, and accessories. Founded by Rebecca Blair, the shop moved to Coast Village Road from Paseo Nuevo, where Blair says she was able to fine-tune the offerings and learn about her clientele. “We realized Montecito was the place to be for us,” she told us during a recent visit to the bright and airy space. The Paseo Nuevo location was open for just over a year when Blair’s sublease was up, and she says the Olive Mill Plaza location was an ideal place to offer the type of shopping experience she envisioned. Each product in the store tells a story, Blair says, adding that the lines and designers have been picked for their focus on integrity, quality, and style. “I saw a need for the advanced contemporary entry price point in Santa Barbara’s clothing market,” said Blair, a UCSB alum who worked in the corporate fashion industry in New York for several years before returning to Santa Barbara to open the shop. “I always wanted to return to the West Coast, and opening Whistle Club was the perfect reason to do so,” she said. Offerings include ready-to-wear pieces from Rachel Comey, jewelry from Blanca Monros Gomez and design company Open House, and arm wear from Shinola Watches, a Detroitbased company that offers completely handcrafted watches. Additional
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represented designers include Tibi, Closed Denim, Zimmermann, among others. From dresses to bathing suits, jumpers, jeans, blouses, shoes, and purses, the store is West Coast casual infused with East Coast charm. Blair also carries products from a few local designers, including Make Smith leather goods. To add to the shopping experience, a bar featuring espresso drinks and cold-brewed coffee from Portlandbased Stumptown Coffee Roasters keeps shoppers and shopping partners caffeinated and happy, Blair says. “We want Whistle Club to be a welcoming, lighthearted place,” Blair explains. “People shop, in part, for an experience, and we want to offer that,” she added. Whistle Club is located at 1235 Coast Village Road, and is open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday, and 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday. For more information, visit www.whistleclub.com.
MWD Appoints New Director
Last week, the Montecito Water District Board of Directors announced the appointment of Charles A. Newman to fill an existing vacancy left by Darlene Bierig on the board. Newman was formally sworn in as a district director at the board’s meeting of July 7. According to the District, Newman brings a significant professional background in the law, business, public information, and finance. He has special district experience in having represented the Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis, Missouri, which provides sewer and storm water services to its 1.3 million residents. He is currently a law partner in Dentons US LLP in St. Louis, where he has practiced since 2009, and was formerly a partner and associate in several other law firms since the mid 1970s. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and holds an undergraduate degree from UCSB in political science. Newman has been a resident of Montecito for seven years. He served on the boards of numerous other non-profit community organizations in the St. Louis area. •MJ 16 – 23 July 2015
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of a game with current and former major league stars based on his baseball card collection. all came together in the last year. “It investigates the mysteries of baseball, fatherhood, and faith. It’s a share-with-your-friends celebration of life and afterlife wrapped up in in a good, old-fashioned story of belief and hope.” Ken, who directed and wrote the screenplay of the 1999 movie The Manor, starring the late Peter O’Toole and Greta Scacchi, is already planning to turn the book into a film. “I’m already fielding some offers,”
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LETTERS (Continued from page 9)
A Straight Shooter
Given all the bad press Donald Trump has received in the past week, from the mass media, I thought I would send this along in the interest of free speech. His initial comments caused Univision and NBC to cancel plans to air the Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants, and ESPN to announce it was moving its ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic on July 14 from Trump National Golf Club to Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach. It seems to me that Trump is being punished due to his refusal to bow-and-scrape to the politically correct cabal. This is what he claims he actually said, taken off Yahoo: “I don’t see how there is any room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the statement I made on June sixteenth during my presidential announcement speech. Here is what I said, and yet this statement is deliberately distorted by the media: “When Mexico (meaning the Mexican Government) sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you (pointing to the audience). They’re not sending you (pointing again). They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people. But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people. It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably from the Middle East. But we don’t know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop and it’s got to stop fast.” “...The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world. On the other hand, many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally, and are severely hurt by those coming in illegally. I am proud to say that I know many hard-working Mexicans – many of them are working for and with me and, just like our country, my organization is better for it. “The Mexican government wants an open border as long as it’s a one-way open border into the United States. Not only are they killing us at the border, but they are killing us on trade… and the country of Mexico is making billions of dollars in doing so. “I have great respect for Mexico and love their people and their peoples’ great spirit. The problem is, however, that their leaders are far smart16 – 23 July 2015
er, more cunning, and better negotiators than ours. To the citizens of the United States, who I will represent far better than anyone else as president, the Mexican government is not our friend… and why should they be when the relationship is totally one-sided in their favor on both illegal immigration and trade. I have pointed this out during my speeches and it is something Mexico doesn’t want me to say. In actuality, it was only after my significant rise in the polls that Univision, previously my friend, went ballistic. I believe that my examples of bad trade deals for the United States was of even more concern to the Mexican government than my talk of border security. “I have lost a lot during this presidential run defending the people of the United States. I have always heard that it is very hard for a successful person to run for president. Macy’s, NBC, Serta, and NASCAR have all taken the weak and very sad position of being politically correct even though they are wrong in terms of what is good for our country. Univision, because seventy-percent of their business comes from Mexico, in my opinion, is being dictated to by the Mexican government. The last thing Mexico wants is Donald Trump as president in that I will make great trade deals for the United States and will have an impenetrable border; only legally approved people will come through easily. “... The issues I have addressed, and continue to address, are vital steps to make America great again. Additionally, I would be the best jobs president that God ever created. Let’s get to work.” It is obvious to all that Donald is a straight shooter, and that’s why I like him, plus he’s definitely brought some interest to what was shaping up to be just another ho-hum political season, and the predictable rerun of the battle of the dynasties. However, he does need someone to remind him that the PTB consider, “A free mind in a free man,” to be the biggest threat to their stranglehold on the country, and their plans for their New World Order. He should also keep in mind the admonition from 1984 by George Orwell that “In times of universal deceit, speaking the truth is a revolutionary act.” Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: You may see the Donald as “a straight shooter,” but many – including yours truly – see him as just another windbag whose monetary contributions to Democrats such as Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton are as disingenuous as his newly found “Republican” leanings. The sooner he drops out of the race, the better off this election season will be. Donald Trump is a spoiler and an egomaniac. The successful, brave, determined, and competent Wisconsin governor Scott Walker should be our next president. – J.B.) •MJ
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the 20-something new head of theater at San Marcos High, as well as her predecessor, 30-year veteran David Holmes. Equity actors Meredith McMinn and Philip Levien soon signed on, as did such local stalwarts as BOXTALES co-founder Matthew Tavianini and Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre’s Suzy Couch. “It’s this great group of people who are looking to form not just show-byshow friendships but a company they can feel safe and comfortable coming back to every summer,” Bergstrom said. The first season focuses on re-imagining historically gendered narratives of female experience and includes a devised collaboration, a full-length play, a one-act ethnographic installation, a double-feature of two one-act plays, and a staged reading – all works that are new to Santa Barbara, including a world premiere. The plays will be staged at various venues around town. Works include Footprints at Laetoli, about famed archeologist Mary Leakey’s unresolved relationship with her late husband, Louis; Caylee’s First Big Show and Sweet Child, a double-feature of one-acts by Roxie Perkins – a portrait of an amateur singer-songwriter as she questions her identity in the midst of heartbreak staged as a pop concert, and a teenager struggling with her troubled family history and her own fantasy projections; and This is Not a Love Song, subtitled A Virtual Ethnography on Asian Dating, by Heewon Kim, which stars Bergstrom in a role that was written for her and served as the catalyst for the whole festival; Lady-Oke!, an interactive karaoke performance incorporating live music, song, and dance and art installation in homage to historically prominent female sirens and songstresses; and a staged reading of Monsters of Paris, based on the true story of Joseph and Henriette Martel, which occurred in the months before the onset of WWI. “This is all brand-new premiere work,” Bergstrom stressed. “None of the plays have even been published. We want to keep it that way, always support new writers. It’s our mission to create a company who continually works in the brief moment of summer in Santa Barbara.” (A complete schedule, ticket prices and locations for On the Verge are available online at www.onthevergefest.org, or call 455-5598.)
“Mad” Man of Hope
Hot on the heels of its popular production of My Fair Lady, PCPA Theaterfest has whipped up another classical musical for its mid-summer show at the Solvang Festival Theater. Man of La Mancha, adapt-
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ed from the 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes, began as a TV drama by Dale Wasserman under the title I, Don Quixote broadcast live in 1959. The original Broadway production debuted six years later and ran for 2,328 performances, winning five Tony Awards including Best Musical, and has enjoyed four Broadway revivals. The show is the inspiring story of the “mad” knight, Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. Man weaves a tale of chivalry in which the hero tilts with the great dark forces that only he can see and through his vision of hope and possibilities he inspires goodness in others, which is personified in the anthem “The Impossible Dream”. La Mancha plays under the “unreachable stars” July 17 – August 16. David Studwell stars as Don Quixote, with PCPA veterans Erik Stein, Andrew Philpot, Michael Jenkinson, Kitty Balay, and Elizabeth Stuart among the large, impressive cast. Jenkinson also provides the choreography for director (and PCPA alumnus) Mark Herrier. Tickets cost $38.50 - $49.50 with discounts for seniors, students, and children. Call 922-8313 or visit www.pcpa.org.
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Plaza Playhouse’s latest original production, Over the River and Through the Woods!, is about a single, ItalianAmerican guy from New Jersey named Nick whose parents have retired and moved to Florida. But both sets of grandparents are still hanging around the Garden State, and Nick sees them every Sunday for dinner. They don’t want that routine to come to an end, so when he tells them that he has been offered his dream job as a marketing executive out west, they come up with a series of schemes to keep Nick around, from guilt trips to a blind date. Jordana Lawrence directs and Enrique (Ricky) Aurelio stars as Nick in the 1998 comedy by Joe DiPietro, whose first produced work, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, ran for 12 years and more than 5,000 performances off-Broadway. DiPietro and co-writer David Bryan (of Bon Jovi) won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical for Memphis. Over the River and Through the Woods! plays at the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria July 17-26. Tickets cost $12-$15. Call 684-6380 or visit www. plazatheatercarpinteria.com
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Boise continues Thursdays-Sundays through July 26. Company co-founder Rob Grayson stars alongside Blake Benlan, Aaron Linker, Jenna Scanlon, and Katelyn Tustin in the up-to-theminute modern story that takes place in the break room of a Hobby Lobby craft store in Idaho. Will, a former member of a fundamentalist evangelical church, has come to Boise seeking a fresh start and a chance to connect with the son he gave up for adoption as an infant, who also works at the same Hobby Lobby. The play takes a look at the minimum-wage working class and the challenges of faith and religion. Stephanie “Babz” Farnum directs. As always, tickets are free, but reservations are a must (and donations are gladly accepted). Upcoming venues include McDermott-Crockett Mortuary, Captain Fatty’s Craft Brewery, Carpinteria Women’s Club, Casa Esperanza, The Narrative Loft, Java Station, and Alexander Gardens. Check the website www.elementstc. org for details and reservations. Meanwhile, SBCC’s mounting of the massive and moving semi-autobiographical musical The Music Man – which stars Santa Barbara native Siobhan Doherty as Marian – continues at the Garvin Theatre for two more weekends, Thursdays-Sundays through July 25. Call 965-5935 for visit www.theatergroupsbcc.com. Posthumous Tribute Rubicon Theatre Company hosts a celebration of the life of actor, director, and dramaturg Chester William (Bill) Keeler, Jr., who died on May 28 after suffering a heart attack in his car in front of the Ventura theater where he was attending the first preview of the company’s production of Other Desert Cities. Rubicon’s dramaturg for more than 15 years, Keeler was a highly respected New York and regional theater artist whose illustrious career spanned more than half a century, and included appearing in the Off-Broadway and National Tour companies of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile and five seasons with the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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Santa Barbara is over-ripe with wineand-dine events, especially during summer weekends. But there simply isn’t anything to rival the breadth, scope, and sheer size of the California Wine Festival, which marks its 12th year in town this Thursday-Saturday and its selection in 2014 as one of the Top Food & Wine Festivals by Trip Advisor . The celebration encompasses four different events, beginning Thursday, July 16, with the well-times and smartly-themed Old Spanish Nights Tasting at the historic De La Guerra Adobe Courtyard, site of the original Fiesta. The evening celebrates the wines, foods, and music of the city’s Spanish roots, where the flowing vino is accompanied by Spanish-themed appetizers, as well as colorful Flamenco dancers performing to flamenco guitars and more. Friday starts with the hour-long CAB Collective Tasting at the Doubletree Resort, centering on Bordeaux-focused producers from Paso Robles’s promised land for Cabernet Sauvignon. Sample wines and hear what’s happening in the fast-growing region. Then take the short walk down Cabrillo Boulevard. For the annual Sunset Reserve & Rare Wine Tasting at Chase Palm Park Plaza by the Carousel, some of California’s best winemakers dust off their rare and reserve level bottles, including Napa trophy cabs, rare bottles from Sonoma, old vine wines from the high Sierras and the best from California’s Central Coast and Santa Barbara County. Enjoy hot and cold gourmet appetizers and take in (or dance to) the live music al fresco in the romantic summer night under the stars. The festival wraps up with the big one – the Beachside Wine Festival on Saturday, July 18 – where literally thousands of wine lovers pour onto the beach side of Chase Palm Park to imbibe samples from hundreds of premium California wines, and taste offerings from more than two dozen restaurants and food purveyors, plus shop for wine-related gifts and crafts. Details, tickets, lists of wineries and restaurants, and more are available online at the fest’s comprehensive website, www. •MJ californiawinefestival.com. 16 – 23 July 2015
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nlike the vast majority of aspiring professional classical musicians who comprise the fellows program at the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival, Asa Maynard didn’t grow up in a musical family. Nobody even played classical music on the stereo, let alone an instrument. Perhaps that explains why the 22-year-old from New Haven, Connecticut, found himself drawn to the double bass as his primary vehicle for musical expression rather than more popular instruments such as the violin or piano – maybe no one was expert enough to dissuade him. But the truth is he was seduced by a super spy. “We were required to start an instrument in middle school, and all the musicians gave a short demo,” Maynard explained. “The bass player just played an excerpt from the James Bond theme. I was in fifth grade, and I thought it sounded really cool.” Maynard took to the instrument right away and displayed an unusual talent. By the time he was 14, he started studying with Dr. Eugene Levinson in the Pre-College and College Divisions of the Juilliard School, and has served as principal bass of the Juilliard Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, and Yale Symphony Orchestra, and as assistant principal of the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He’s performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and Moritzburg Festival Academy in Germany. Now, in his first summer at the Music Academy, Maynard has teamed with Korean violinist Hwi-Eun Kim to play Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante, capturing one of the coveted spots on Concerto Night at the
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Granada this Saturday, July 18. “I’ve won concerto competitions before and played with orchestras, but never in such a big hall,” Maynard said, looking forward to performing the entire 15-minute work in front of his instrumental colleagues on stage downtown. He recently talked about the piece, and his musical journey and experiences. Q. How did you discover your musical talent when you had no background at home? A. I had no musical experience before middle school. Neither parent is very involved with music, although they’ve come to really love it through attending my concerts and listening to pieces I recommend. But I had a series of good experiences at the beginning and got more serious as I went on. I got to go to Kinhaven, a great music camp in Vermont for four summers. That’s when I fell completely in love with music. The structure of camp was fun and all these young kids my age were really talented but also great people. We did chamber music and orchestra, like a small-scale festival. But there were also summer camp activities. It was a great introduction to what classical music could be. I’ve gone to a summer festival every year since. While we’re on that subject, how has your summer been going? How does MAW compare to other festivals? I’m having a great time here. The administration is so focused on our learning experience, which is new to me; at other festivals, it’s just rehearsing and performing and then having downtime. Here, they’re very interested in having us learn a lot in master classes and private lessons, as well
2015 Concerto Competition winners Asa Maynard on double bass; Luca Buratto, piano; Mark Teplitsky, flute; and Hwi-Eun Kim, violin (Photo Scott Alan Mount)
as playing. I appreciate how invested they are in having us gain something from our time here. I’m getting more work done than I normally would over the summer. That’s a good feeling. I’m thinking winning the concerto competition also felt pretty good. Did you both feel like you nailed it when you were done? No. I think competitions are very unpredictable. Even if you play your absolute best, it’s rare to say something like “We got this.” We felt good about our performance, and we had a good time. But it’s better to go into those things with high hopes but no expectations. So we weren’t high-fiving. Were very impressed by the other performers. Whoever won would have deserved it. And playing with another person is great. I’ve never done a duo concerto before. It’s a nice feeling to share the spotlight. Did you meet Hwi-Eun Kim at Juilliard? Had you played together before? We did overlap for a year. But I didn’t meet her then. When we got here, I was interested in the piece for the competition, and I just asked if she wanted to learn it. She listened to it and liked it. She learned it very quickly; the first round was just 10 days later.
What drew you to the Bottesini? It’s a really fun, lighthearted, overly romantic double solo piece for violin, bass, and orchestra. It’s extremely flashy – there are fireworks coming out of both instruments throughout. It’s very virtuosic. It shows what the violin can do, which most people have probably seen. But also the bass, which most haven’t, since the bass isn’t often used as a solo instrument. Most bass players at least know of it, but not that many play it, because it’s very difficult, and trying to find a violinist who is willing to learn it can be challenging, too. It’s quite tricky. I’ve never even seen it performed live before or know anyone who has played it. I understand the Gran Duo can be done in different tempos, varying by as much as 20 percent. What’s your tempo and how did you get there? We searched for the right character of each section. It was a mix of what works well for the instrument as well. If it’s too slow, it can be difficult to play and going too fast can make it become unhinged. So we tried to serve the music and have it work for us. Ours is around 15 minutes. What are your goals down the road for your career? The top right now is to get into an orchestra. I love the orchestral play-
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ing and the symphony repertoire. I’m getting my masters in the fall, and then I’ll be taking more auditions. But I’d also like to do more solo playing and possibly record an album of solo bass music if I get to that point. Even now, it’s not seen as a solo instrument. The reputation has been getting better over the last 20-30 years, but people still don’t think of the bass as an instrument that can make really beautiful music. I’d like to work against that stigma. And eventually, I’d like to start a music festival of my own. (Maynard and Kim perform with the Academy Festival Orchestra conducted by the New York Philharmonic’s Courtney Lewis at 8 pm Saturday, July 18, at the Granada. Also on the program are Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”), Mvt. III, with pianist Luca Buratto; Reinecke’s Flute Concerto, Mvt. III, performed by Mark Teplitsky; and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Tickets cost $10-$50)
This Week at the Music Academy Saturday, July 18: It’s Super Saturday at the Music Academy! Between the Concerto Celebration at the Granada at night (see above), and the Marilyn Horne Song Competition all day long at Hahn Hall, just about every fellow on campus this summer (save for some of the solo pianists) are performing in public today. The singers and vocal pianists team up to compete before a distinguished jury who will adjudicate their ability to deliver the song repertoire (three selections per), as well as their knack for communicating with the audience. The winning duo each receive $2,500 and will be presented in a national recital tour next year, (10 am & 1 pm; $20 each) Monday, July 20: Pianist-composerconductor Thomas Adès, who made a memorable MAW debut last summer conducting his own work, begins his 2015 residency coaching solo piano fellows in a master class (1 pm; Hahn; $15).... Want more star
power in a master class? Former Los Angeles Philharmonic concertmaster (1985-2010) offers his expertise to the violin fellows (3:15 pm; Lehmann Hall; $13).... Finally, the JACK Quartet makes its MAW debut tonight with a recital at Hahn Hall, but it’s not the first visit to Miraflores for violinist Ari Streisfeld, who attended the summer festival from 2001-03. He’s the ‘A’ in JACK – an acronym for the first names of the players, which include violist John Pickford Richards, violinist Christopher Otto, and cellist Kevin McFarland, who met while attending the Eastman School of Music. If the appellation is modern, the music is even more so; JACK is fiercely focused on commissioning and performing new works. They’ve collaborated with composers John Luther Adams, Derek Bermel, Vijay Iyer, György Kurtág, Matthias Pintscher, Steve Reich, Salvatore Sciarrino, and John Zorn, among many others. Tonight, they’ll play Zorn’s The Alchemist (2011) and Pintscher’s Study IV for Treatise on the Veil (2009), as well as Caroline Shaw’s Ritornello 2.sq.2.j (2014) and Xenakis’ Tetras (1983) (8 pm; Hahn; $55). Tuesday, July 21: Get JACK-ed up again, as the modern music mavens JACK Quartet run the chamber master class (1 pm; Lehmann; $13) in the afternoon before heading over to the Lobero for tonight’s MAFAS concert, where they’ll play Adès’s piano quintet alongside the composer. Sandwiching that piece are MAW alumnus (2001) James Stephenson’s Vignettes with trumpeter Paul Merkelo and percussionist Michael Werner, and Spohr’s Nonet, featuring nine of MAW’s faculty members. Hence the title of tonight’s program: Two, Five, and Nine. (8 pm; Lobero; $42) Wednesday, July 22: This afternoon’s vocal master class is actually a chance for the understudies for the main roles in the opera to sing through the entirety of Rossini’s Cinderella in the annual opera covers concert. (3:15 pm; Hahn; $20) •MJ
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intervened to prevent the bombing of Kyoto’s artistic and historical treasures. Kyoto was Japan’s imperial capital from the eighth to the 19th centuries, now a UNESCO Heritage Site. In Europe, one is inundated with cathedrals and churches – or as they say, “ABC. Another Bloody Church.” In Japan, and especially Kyoto, there’s an abundance of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. We saw the Kinkakuji Temple dating from 1397 when it was built by a shogun (military commander). At the Nijo Castle, it seems more a royal estate than a military post fortified with weapons. The largest building on the grounds is Ninomaru Palace, intentionally built with squeaky floors so an intruder could be heard. It’s still squeaking. There were rooms for everything, including concubines. On to Sanjusangendo Hall, which was built in the 12th century and contains 1,000 standing statues and
one gigantic seated statue of Kannon. She is the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Then there was the Kiyomizu Temple dating back to 778, with sweeping views of Kyoto. We were told there are some 260 shrines and 1,600 temples in Kyoto. Perhaps in Japan, it’s ABS. “Another Bloody Shrine.” Have you ever walked through a bamboo grove and heard the wind blowing? The light-green color is magical. Kyoto has such a forest. There are 400 species of bamboo, and it’s so tough it can go through steel. Nara was the first permanent capital of Japan founded in 710 and once the eastern end of the Silk Road. It boasts the largest wooden building in the world and within is the largest, gilded bronze Buddha in existence. There are 900 curls on his head, each one the size of a human head. The surrounding park is famous for its 1,200 tame free-roaming deer. No problem to feed or pet them, but be care-
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Japan has a variety of good natural waters. With more than 2,000 breweries, I thought it an amazing coincidence that we went to the Gekkeikan (it means “laurel wreath,” a symbol of victory and honor) brewery, which is a brand Trader Joe’s carries. I always have some in my cupboard. We went to a 400-year-old temple to practice Zen meditation under the guidance of a Buddhist monk. They believe divine wisdom resides in each person, and meditation reveals this divine nature. I think I flunked the course – sitting and breathing were supposed to calm my mind and shift away from the mundane. I don’t think so! The next part I could do – which was partaking in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, called sado. But it’s not just about tea; the ceremony is a traditional art form exhibiting the Zen ideas of the beauty of simplicity and mindfulness of movement. You must enjoy the aesthetics of the place where the tea is prepared. I could do that! Monks may marry and 10 percent are female. In India and China, they only eat two meals a day, but in Japan they eat three. First breakfast and lunch, and the third is call “medicine.” Near the Ryoanji Temple is the Rock Garden. It’s 25 meters by 10 meters and is certainly different from the gorgeous gardens of the court nobles in the Middle Ages. No trees are to be seen: only 15 rocks and white gravel in
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’ve always loved the Fourth of July. In New Hampshire; it meant winter was officially over and the temperature had gone from below zero... “Jeez, can’t wait til it warms up.” …to above ninety. “Jeez, can’t wait til it cools down.” It also meant that barbecue season had arrived, and we grilled anything and everything. “More spaghetti?” “Sure, if you can pry it off the charcoals.” It was also a day of patriotic celebration. As a kid, I sometimes got to march in the Fourth of July parade with my ball team. “Can somebody give me a pull?” “Told you not to wear spikes on hot asphalt.” For fun, we used to carry pockets full of peanuts. There were real bragging rights on the line if you could get one into the marching band’s tuba. “Ompha ompha... arrgggggh.” In the afternoon, everyone went to Opechee Park for the carnival, which included classics like turtle racing, where small turtles were put inside of a large metal ring with numbered openings all around. If a turtle went through your opening first, you won a five-pound bag of Domino Pure Cane Sugar. Seriously. “Come-on-I’ve-got-to-win-again-Ialready-finished-the-first-two-bags.” They also had coin-toss games where you could win a goldfish in a plastic bag that you then had to carry around with you the rest of the day or release into Lake Opechee. “Go free, little fishie. Yay!” Chomp. “Ohhhh.” Then at dark, a couple guys with permanently singed eyebrows and stubby fingers would set off fireworks that flew high into the sky and exploded into beautiful colors – or flew not quite so high and landed with a loud thud on someone’s car, exploding into a small fireball. “Oh look, the Wilsons now have a convertible.” Years later, as an older kid, er, young man, I moved to Santa Barbara, and found out that people staked out a piece of Leadbetter Beach early in the morning of the Fourth. Then we dug huge pits in the sand and carried in chairs, couches, kegs of beer, blenders, and gas-powered compressors and over the course of the day drank enough margaritas to put Mexico to shame. Then we’d swim for a while. Drink some more. Swim. Drink. Swim. 16 – 23 July 2015
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“I may need to take a break. I just drank a glass of seawater and tried to dive into the punch bowl.” We also carried in fireworks and, as soon as it got dark, lobbed them into other people’s pits. “Bummer. My mom’s couch just went up.” “Everybody grab a corner and we’ll donate it to the pit next to us. Bomb’s away!” I’m all grown-up now (some might dispute this). So last year, my wife and I decided to do something special for the Fourth. “You’re one in a million,” my wife said. I looked up at the towering Washington Monument, then around the vast National Mall, and across the reflection pool to the Lincoln Memorial at the huge crowd gathered for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. “Maybe more,” I said, then added: “Good thing you are wearing red, white, and blue, in case we get separated.” Earlier in the day, we had witnessed the reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the National Archives after a debate about breaking away from England: “Huzzah!” Or staying with the status quo: “Boo!” The huzzahs won out and we all took selfies of ourselves. Probably a good thing there were no selfies when I was younger, or I might not be “free” today. After the reading, we sat on the curb on Constitution Avenue to watch the Fourth of July parade. It went on for hours. I didn’t know there were that many tubas in the entire world. “You don’t happen to have any peanuts, do you?” We spent the rest of the day visiting Smithsonian museums larger than my entire hometown, eating hotdogs that weren’t even burnt to a crisp, and drinking beer that didn’t have sand in it, before staking out our little spot on the National Mall. The professional pyrotechnical fireworks were the most amazing I’d ever seen. We then walked back to our car with enough people to make up the entire state of New Hampshire. Not one of them was carrying a goldfish. •MJ
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he says. Ken is slated to direct the upcoming feature movie, Major, about the cycling legend Marshall Major Taylor, a black Indiana teenager, who earned acclaim at the turn of the 20th century, becoming one of the world’s most famous athletes at the time, later this year. Holy Moholy! The galleries at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art were heaving when more than 700 guests turned out for the opening of the latest exhibition, The Paintings of Moholy-Nagy: The Shape of Things To Come. The artist, who died nearly 70 years ago, is recognized as one of the most influential members of the Bauhaus school. The colorful new show, curated by Joyce Tsai, has 33 works of art ranging in date from the 1920s to the 1940s, including paintings, works on paper, photograms, video projections, and a facsimile replica of Moholy’s prescient Light Prop, one of the first kinetic sculptures of its kind. Among those turning out to go back to the future were the Hungarianborn artist’s daughter Hattula
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Moholy-Nagy, Michael and Ceil Pulitzer, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Alex and Eileen Rasmussen, Dwight Coffin and Barbara Hadley, Robert and Joan Dewhirst, Pamela Perkins-Dwyer, Robert and Christine Emmons, Allan Ghitterman, Bruce and Pat Hinds, Frank and Sheila McGinity, David Pratt, William and Lois Rosen, Sigrid Toye, and Salud Carbajal, The exhibition runs through September 27...
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The Way It Was
Exploring the Saguenay
by Hattie Beresford
Ragged tree stumps host ferns, algae, and mushrooms on the leafy mulch of the forest floor
Clifftop trails lead to expansive views of the Saguenay Fjord
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hen French explorer Jacques Cartier paused by the mouth of today’s Saguenay River on his return to France in 1536, his mind was on the Iroquois’ tale of a Royal Kingdom called Saguenay that was ruled by blond-haired men whose wealth of gold and diamonds lay far to the north. Could this large tributary to Quebec’s Saint Lawrence Seaway be the route to that elusive kingdom and the passage to Asia? As time would prove, there was no northwest passage, and the riches of the Saguenay lay not in precious stones and metals, but in fur, timber, fish, and whales. That it also retained a radiant natural beauty went unremarked by the early explorers and settlers. Today, the Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec is recovering from the exploitation of its natural resources and is an El Dorado for outdoor adventures, great natural beauty, historic cultural sites, and regional cuisine. The 124-mile Saguenay River flows from the immense Lac Saint-Jean and empties into the Fleuve St. Laurent (St. Lawrence Seaway) at Tadoussac. The last 62 miles, encased by towering cliffs, comprise the southernmost navigable fjord of the northern hemisphere. More than 13 varieties of whales inhabit its confluence with the fleuve seasonally, and the white beluga whales range deep into the fjord itself. Last September, drawn by these tales of majestic beauty and a wealth of cultural and recreational opportunities, we booked a chalet with a view of the fjord in the petite ville of L’AnseSaint-Jean and set about exploring the area.
Spectacular Clifftop Views
Since 1983, 3,000 square kilometers (1,560 sq. miles) have been preserved in the Parc National du Saguenay. Hiking in the national park requires
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Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Settlers started arriving in the 1830s, and soon lumber mills crowded each bay as the white pines were stripped off the mountainsides
Michael Beresford poses on one of many wooden bridges that take the trail through the forest up to the Halte Bellevue
a daily registration fee, so we drove to the information center at nearby L’Anse-à- Tabatière to obtain our permits. There, a short trail on top of the cliff offers breathtaking views of the fjord and the village. For the next several days, we hiked through dense woods of conifer, birch, and maple and listened to the music of a myriad cascades bouncing down the rocky slopes and trickling between the crevasses of the lush landscape. All along the trails, a cornucopia of mushrooms festooned the leafy litter of the forest floor, and granite boulders, wrapped tight by a lacework of roots,
wore coats of algae, moss, and ferns. Ever upward the trails rose, across bleached wooden bridges, past ragged stumps hosting fungi under trees tinged with autumn. Stone stairs took us up to granite precipices scoured smooth by ancient glaciers. At the top, we were greeted by expansive views of the fjord and villages along its banks. At La Baie-Eternité, the sentier took us to the Halte Bellevue lookout. At Petit-Saguenay, the Chemin St. Etienne took us to the trailhead for Pic au Vent. After getting lost a few times, we finally found the trail that wended through the forest to another magnificent view of the fjord, and, luckily for us, no wind.
L’ Histoire de L’Anse-Saint-Jean
The village of L’Anse-Sainte-Jean cascades down the St. Jean River from Route 170 and meanders through the meadow along the bay. It is considered one of the most beautiful villages of Quebec and claims to be the first settlement in the area. Dating from 1668 when Père Louis de Beaulieu convinced the native Montagnais (Innu) to help him construct a chapel,
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the settlement only existed for a short time. A terrible winter filled with ravaging maladies caused the missionary to abandon his flock. In 1838, two expeditions from Charlevoix, funded by the Société des Vingt-et-un, set out to explore the Saguenay territory. One came by land along the old Indian trails and the other via the fleuve and the fjord. The schooner was delayed by ice, so the land party arrived first. Among that party was François Tremblay, who became one of the founders of L’AnseSaint-Jean and whose descendents still inhabit the village. At that time, the territory of the Saguenay was under the control of the Hudson Bay Company, which held a lease on the land. With the fur trade on the wane due to the near extinction of the beaver and the growing popularity of silk hats, the company insisted that the colonists not engage in agriculture; rather, they should build sawmills and harvest the white pines that grew abundantly along the Saguenay, thereby increasing the coffers of the HBC. It was a foolish demand. The settlers needed sustenance, so agriculture was practiced
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SEEN (Continued from page 30) A remote village outside Kanazawa called Shirakawa-go Gokayama, a Unesco World Heritage site
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between. I didn’t get this garden at all. It’s very Zen and even internationally famous, created around 1500 by a Zen monk. We visited farmers, picked spinach, and then took it to a 300-year-old samurai house to learn how to make sushi, which we ate for lunch. We were then presented with certificates saying we had mastered the skill of sushi making (I’m not so sure) from the Kameoka City Tourist Bureau. We went to a private home for a music session on instruments with histories dating back to the 16th century. One was the three-stringed shamisen.
Don flunked bamboo flute blowing. It wouldn’t make a sound. The musician couple lived with their two children and three grandkids, but they had three kitchens. Geishas are always fascinating to the western world. A maiko is a geisha in training. There will be no gestures while walking and never steps long enough to divide the kimono. They wear no watch or rings and no pierced ears. There are places where you can go, and in two hours they will make you up like a geisha and send you out with a photographer. When taking photos on the street, be careful: you might get a fake geisha. It costs $1,000 per guest to hire a geisha for a party. She is not just there to pour wine or offer food; her dances and songs are more important. A century ago there were thousands of geisha, but today only about 100 perform at parties. Machiko told us, “My mom walked behind her husband. If there were two packages, she carried them. Today I walk beside my husband. If there are two packages, we each carry one. My son jokes that in the next generation, the man will walk behind the woman and carry both packages.” It’s hard for women to work, because the men won’t help at home. Most women stay
A music teacher demonstrating the way beggars go about the streets playing an instrument
home after they have their first child. Don thought he might starve, but he even managed to gain weight. We ate mostly Japanese, but also had French, Mexican, and Italian. Shame on us! We used forks instead of chopsticks, so we didn’t learn the chopstick manners like don’t stab your food, etc. There were usually no napkins or tiny ones, but there was always a wipe or hot washcloth. One of our best memories was walking in a park with many school kids on field trips. One group came up to
The author and a statue in the Hakone area
us with their teacher. He said, “This is part of my class that’s learning English, and they’ve never spoken to an American. May they talk to you?” The kids had questions to ask and dutifully wrote down our answers, giggling and laughing. Then we took pictures and waved goodbye. And so we got ready to say “Sayonara” to this enchanting country with its friendly and hospitable people and centuries of culture. According to Hans Christian Andersen, “To travel is to live.” I second that! •MJ
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WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 34 The Maison des Houde was built in the Quebécois style in 1867. It once housed the telephone exchange and switchboard, and once served as the general store.
The village of L’Anse-SaintJean follows the river to the fjord. A self-guided, albeit in French, history tour can be enjoyed on bicycle or foot.
Traditional Quebec bread ovens were constructed of clay and sheltered by shingled roofs The covered bridge is also a drive-through art gallery
clandestinely in hidden valleys. After the Hudson Bay Company’s lease on the land expired in 1842, agriculture was practiced openly. Although virtually no good roads connected the outside world to the Saguenay, they were unnecessary for the great super highway of the river provided for transportation. The Saguenay and its tributaries also provided the settlers with salmon and other fish. In addition, commercial and recreational fishing soon developed. Since good roads into the area weren’t constructed until the late 1950s, the residents of the Saguenay were left both isolated and free. The villages that grew up in the bays of the Saguenay were small. There were no health services, so women soigneuses, knowledgeable in the art of medicinal herbs and plants, took care of the community from early times until just before WWI. In L’Anse-Saint-Jean, missionaries visited the village four or five times a year. In 1856, the citizens built a small wooden chapel, but the wind carried it away. Eventually, a proper stone church was built. Carpentry was a natural outgrowth of the timber industry. Probably the premier craftsman of this art was Laurent Bouchard, who constructed covered bridges and schooners as well as cabinets and other furniture. Most of the homes in the village were made of wood. Perhaps due to the threat of fire, clay bread ovens were erected outdoors away from the houses. Iron doors with traditional designs covered the openings, and small, steeply pitched shingled roofs protected them
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Destruction of the habitat by the lumber industry and overfishing and unrestricted practices by both sport and commercial fishermen led to a severe decline in the salmon of Saguenay region
Sainte-Rose-duNord lies in an amphitheaterlike vale on the east side of the fjord
The author catches up on news from home on the porch of a chalet at L’Anse-Saint-Jean
from the elements. On our third day in L’Anse-Saint Jean, we took La Promenade de M. Achille Boudreault, a self-guided walking tour of the village. Accompanied by his carte patrimoniale and a rudimentary knowledge of French, we discovered much about the architecture and early residents of the village. Mainly, however, we just enjoyed the walk past colorful houses, along vineyards and orchards, and through the woods bordering the river on the piste cyclable (bicycle path). We ended our loop by crossing the covered bridge, which, being accessible to automobiles, is a sort of “drive-through” art gallery.
The Fjord
By 1845, just eight years after the first sawmills were built, officials noticed a decline in the salmon fishing on the Saguenay. They blamed the mill dams and timber industry as well as overfishing and the practices of commercial fishermen. In 1857 and ’58, the government imposed regulations that
forced forestry entrepreneurs to install fish passages and defined the types and numbers of nets allowed. It also instituted a prescribed season. In 1874, the government set up a fish hatchery at Tadoussac to help restock the rivers. Nevertheless, abuse of the environment led to the virtual disappearance of both the white pine and salmon until recent movements supporting a cleanup of salmon habitat led to areas of restoration. Visitors to the Saguenay today benefit from those efforts. On our last day, we had planned to kayak on the fjord, but though the sun shone brilliantly on the water, the temperature was frigid. Instead, we took the Les Croisières shuttle boat to Sainte-Rosedu-Nord, a village farther north. The views of the lofty cliffs from the fjord were amazing. In every crevice and pocket, fir trees have claimed a home. In some areas, wooded slopes reach down to touch the waters. In
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others, the cliffs rise almost vertically 1,500 feet. Where the fjord meets the mountains, the tide line is clearly visible and tides can reach over 19 feet. We bundled against the icy wind and retreated below from time to time for the warmth of a red wine or hot coffee. The ship dropped off passengers at the tiny dock at the quiet little bay of Eternité and picked up passengers at the quay of SainteRose-du-Nord, whose buildings cheerfully dot its tiered amphitheater-like valley. On the way back, the boat paused at Cap Trinité on top of which stands the white statue of Notre-Dame-duSaguenay. She has been keeping watch over travelers on the fjord since 1881. With great fanfare, the windows of the boat were thrown open and from the loudspeaker an operatic rendition of Ave Maria rose in homage to Notre Dame and signaled that the end of our sojourn in the Saguenay was near. •MJ 16 – 23 July 2015
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A view of the proposed Cancer Center, as seen from the Mission Creek side
Leslie’s doctor, as fate would have it, is Kurt Ransohoff, M.D.; he is also CEO and chief medical officer of Sansum Clinic. “He had pictures of the concept on his computer,” she recounts, “and in total innocence, he was saying to me, ‘Leslie, we’ve got this idea, and I’d like to know how we should approach people: when, and how, and who.’ When I saw the pictures, it was as if a door had opened, and that this was the right thing for me to do. It was like a privilege that I could do it.” The center will combine the oncology and radiation departments, along with treatment and research facilities, all in one location. “What is wonderful about it,” Leslie says, “is that collaborative work will be done in one place, and it’s only two blocks from the clinic and the hospital. People from all over the state can come to this one place for treatment.” Although reticent about putting a date on it, Leslie expects – or at least hopes – that the center can open “within two years.” She feels a sense of urgency. “The need for this, to me,” she explains, “becomes very evident every moment as people that have heard about it come up to me in the grocery store and the gas station, and I am overwhelmed and shocked by the number of my acquaintances and people I don’t know at all who say, ‘I’m in the middle of treatment,’ or ‘my husband is,’ or even my friends who have been secret about it. We are surrounded by people who have cancer and we don’t know.”
The Architect
Brian Cearnal of Cearnal & Andrulaitis is the architect in charge of the project. He tells us there will be 53,000 square feet under roof in a three-story Craftsman-style woodand-stone building when completed. “We have permits for demolition (for the cottages along Pueblo and some
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Tenor Tyler Thompson, soprano Deborah Bertling, and pianist Kacey Link are set to entertain on Condor Express’s first annual Opera Cruise
apartments off Junipero) and grading right now, and we’re going to have a permit for the parking structure (for 180 vehicles) very soon” he says. “There’ll be lots of glass, deep overhangs for sun control, and a remarkable storm-water drainage system associated with the creek.” The parking structure will be built first; the Cancer Center will follow, and the plan calls for six apartments to be built along Junipero later, which will be made available to Cancer Center employees. The entire first floor of the facility will be radiation oncology, “along with a couple linear accelerator-type vaults,” says Cearnal. The third floor is where people will receive infusions; the second floor is a combination of doctors’ offices, meeting spaces, and patient services. Cearnal has been working on the project since 2005, and plans were approved in June 2010. “It’s been particularly satisfying for me,” he says, “as I went through a little cancer scare.” He spent four months receiving treatment for bladder cancer before he had his bladder removed. “It’s such a needed facility,” he proffers, “because you’ve got the surgeons, you’ve got the oncologists, the radiation oncologists, you’ve got the nutritionists.
All those things come into play and now they’ll all be in one place, which is great.”
Raising the Funds
We contacted Dr. Ransohoff and Jill Fonte, public information officer, Sansum Clinic, to learn more about the fundraising effort. “We’ve really just begun the initial contact with people who we think would be lead donors,” Dr. Ransohoff says in response to my query as to how much money will need to be raised. He and his team haven’t decided upon an exact figure; they plan to work with some of the lead donors first and expect to come up with a realistic number within two months or so. “Obviously,” he says, “Leslie’s $8.2-million gift is an unbelievable boost for our program. But, we’ve only just begun.” The estimated cost of the entire project at this point is $68 million, including the land, priced at $15 million, and which is being contributed by the Cancer Foundation. They’ve raised $15 million to date. Another reason for a first-class building and consolidation of efforts under one roof is that, according to Dr. Ransohoff, “it should be an appealing
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place for future doctors to want to work in. We’re trying to get the same doctors,” he explains, “as UCLA, or Cedars, or [the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center]; we’re trying to get that quality of physician and we need a great facility to attract them.” Along with enticing the best doctors and consolidating research facilities, creating a soothing environment for patients is another priority. “It should be a good setting to come and deal with a really bad problem,” Dr. Ransohoff says. “Getting chemotherapy is not fun, no matter where you’re getting it but at least we should try to make it as good an environment as possible. “Our goal,” he stresses, “is to get people in Santa Barbara to say, ‘I don’t need to go hither and yon. I may go for a consult somewhere else, but I can come and get my care close to home.’ That’s a big deal, and we think this center will really help achieve that.” All we know here at the Montecito Journal is that if Leslie Ridley-Tree is 100-percent behind the effort not only will it succeed, but also puts us 100% behind the effort. If you’d like to learn more or are interested in donating something to the cause, you are invited to contact Rob Dunton, director of philanthropy, Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara at (805) 898-3620 or rdunton@cfsb.org; or Dru A. Hartley, director of philanthropy, Sansum Clinic, (805) 681-7726 or dhartley@sansumclinic.org.
Opera at Sea
On another entirely different note, and speaking of Hiroko Benko, owner and operator of Condor Express, Santa Barbara’s premier whale-watching nautical concern, this Friday is launch date for its first ever Opera Cruise. Getting underway at 6 pm Friday, July 17, and returning at 8 pm, the sunset sail onboard the Condor Express features tenor Tyler Thompson and soprano Deborah Bertling, accompanied on piano by Kacey Link. The trio will perform as the vessel slowly plies its way down the coast from Sea Landing to Montecito and back. Views of our spectacular coastline, the Clark Estate, Ty Warner’s bluff-front mega mansion, Coral Casino, and soonto-be refurbished and re-opened Miramar, are on the viewing agenda while Thompson and Bertling hurl love songs at each other as the sun goes down. Cost is just $40 and includes complimentary appetizers and a no-host bar. For reservations, you are invited to call Sea Landing at (805) 963-3564. For more information, please go to condorexpress.com/specialtycruis es/. Bring a sweater or coat! •MJ 16 – 23 July 2015
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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider adoption of a Solar Energy System Permit Ordinance in compliance with State Assembly Bill 21882014. You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. On Thursday, July 23, 2015, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. /s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager July 15, 2015
F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ocean Aire, 125 Harbor Way Suite 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Jon Payne, 6 Harbor Way #239, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 4, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20150001804. Published July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RJL Capital Management, 812 “A” Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Richard Joy Love, 757 Ashley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This
statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 8, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20150001826. Published July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Divine Bits of Beauty Mosaics; Divine Bits of Beauty Wedding Ceremonies, 1722 Mountain Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Wendy Harriss Brewer, 1722 Mountain Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 5401
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3795
Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5401 for the Sanitary Sewer Acoustic Inspection FY16 will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 30, 2015 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “Sanitary Sewer Acoustic Inspection FY16, Bid No. 5401".
Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3795 for the FIRE TRAINING PROPS SITE WORK will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 30, 2015 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “FIRE TRAINING PROPS SITE WORK, Bid No. 3795".
The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to perform Sanitary Sewer Acoustic Inspections on approximately 2,000 pipe segments utilizing the City provided Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SLRAT). The Engineer’s estimate is $120,000. Each bidder must have a Class A, or the appropriate class of license applicable to the work, to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.
The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete site improvements including permeable pavers, infiltration basins, grading and compaction per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $90,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.
There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Friday, July 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at the City of Santa Barbara’s David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Lisa Arroyo, Supervising Civil Engineer, 805-5645486. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.
There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at 4 S CALLE CESAR CHAVEZ. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Bradley Klinzing, Project Engineer, 805-564-5456. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.
GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: July 15th and 22nd, 2015 Montecito Journal
• The Voice of the Village •
William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: July 15 & 22, 2015 Montecito Journal
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is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20150001788. Published July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: California Wood Fired, 3463 State Street #157, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Michael Escobar, 1939 Blue Rock Dr. #301, Tampa, FL 33612. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 9, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20150001857. Published July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015.
California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Alejandro Guerra The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 6, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: September 2, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5
California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Sydney Crystal Clarke The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 8, 2015 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 26, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01613. To all interested parties: Petitioner Mario Alejandro MoralesGuerra filed a petition with Superior Court of
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01526. To all interested parties: Petitioner Sindy Tibaire Clarke filed a petition with Superior Court of
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01527. To all interested parties: Petitioner Tala Wael Hishmeh filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of
Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Tala Nadeen Hishmeh The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed July 8, 2015 by Terri
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Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 26, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00896. To all interested parties: Petitioner Dustin Brady Minter filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Dustin Brady Misael Larrazolo The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition
for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed June 25, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 5, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22
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I never dreamed you’d leave in summer. – Stevie Wonder
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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)
ONGOING
FRIDAY, JULY 17
Concerts in the Park – If it’s a Thursday during summer in Santa Barbara, it must be time for Concerts in the Park, the perennially popular series of pop performances and picnics. Townsfolk in-the-know and visitors alike assemble on the gentle sloping hill facing the stage at the public park across the street from the waterfront for two sets of music from a variety of bands. Food and drink (alcohol is officially prohibited), playing with dogs, Frisbee tossing, juggling, and lots of dancing are all a part of the gatherings, which span either side of sunset through the tall palms across the street. The season has been truncated to just five concerts this year, all in the month of July. This week (July 16): 1950s/’60s rock ‘n’ roll faves Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries, for the umpteenth consecutive year. Next week (Thursday, July 23): Rainbow Girls, the Santa Barbara-born band of five female singer-songwriter-instrumentalists who rotate as front woman as they combine folk, blues, funk, reggae, rock, and just about anything else they’re in the mood for in a harmonyladen mix that’s entirely danceable. WHEN: 6-8:30 pm (blanket/chair setup begins at noon) WHERE: Chase Palm Park, mountain side of Cabrillo Blvd. COST: free INFO: 564-5418 or www. santabarbaraca.gov/concerts
Nola at SOhO – Vaud and the Villains is the 19-piece 1930s New Orleans orchestra who actually hail from Los Angeles. Dubbed “Americana Noir meets Moulin Rouge,” the band put on much more than a concert in their club show – it’s also a cabaret show you can not only watch but dance alongside. As they like to say, the diverse ensemble offers a show that’s one part Sunday service, one part rock and roll dance band, one part circus, including a couple of stilt walker-dancers who exhort the crowd the boogie along. Although they hail from So Cal, Vaud and the Villains have played in New Orleans at French Quarter Fest at Le Petit Theatre with added shows at One Eyed Jacks and Chickie Wah Wah, and even squeezed in a couple shows in France during the Cannes film festival this past spring. Exorcise your demons, or invite in new ones, at this rollicking adventure. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 in advance, $18 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com
by Steven Libowitz
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SATURDAY, JULY 18 Cat on a Hot Series – Calico is the trio put together by Kirsten Proffit, Manda Mosher, and Aubrey
ENDING THIS WEEK Au Revoir, French “Wave” – Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) third warm-weather mini-fest focusing on a single area of foreign film – and the second featuring French films – fills the first four days of this week’s issue. Each of the 11 movies screens twice over the course of the fest, so you can still catch all of them with proper planning. The features range from comedies to thrillers and dramas, and include 40-Love (Terre Battue), about a former company executive setting up his own business and his 11-year-old tennis-playing son aiming for a professional career; A Perfect Man (Un Homme Ideal) about a struggling writer moonlighting as a mover who purloins the diary of a deceased soldier to pass off the stories as his own, and the similarly themed Nobody from Nowhere (Un Illustre Inconnu), about a bored landlord who not only assumes the identities of his tenants, he dons homemade latex masks and wigs to do so; the unusual romantic comedy Caprice; the mafia movie Marseille (De Guerre Lasse); and Now or Never (Maintenant ou Jamais), about a housewife and mother turned bank robber. WHEN: July 15-19 WHERE: Riviera Theatre, 2300 Alameda Padre Serra COST: $10 general, $8 seniors & students for individual films or $80 for a festival pass INFO: 963-0023 or www.sbiff.org
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Singing in the Sunshine – Classic silent films were the theme for last year’s free Summer Film Series screened both out in Isla Vista and downtown at the County Courthouse Sunken Gardens, where blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics – even wine and beer – are most welcome. But UCSB and the city of SB are bringing back the noise for a genre of films in which sound might be the most important factor – the great movie musicals of the Golden Age of Hollywood. This Friday, July 17: take a hop, skip, and jump down to the yellow brick road as Judy Garland and company set off to find The Wizard of Oz. Next week (7 pm Wednesday, July 22, at Isla Vista Theater; Friday, July 24, at the Sunken Gardens): you’ll be humming “Tonight, Tonight” as you leave the screening of West Side Story, the electrifying musical that sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s’ New York, where the Sharks and the Jets battle for territory and respect. Leonard Bernstein composed the astonishing, groundbreaking score and Jerome Robbins not only reprised his choreography from the original Broadway show, he also co-directed. This film adaptation of the Broadway smash-hit broke box-office records and won 10 Academy Awards, more than any other musical before or since. WHEN: 8:30 pm WHERE: 100 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Richmond, each of whom enjoyed accomplished and celebrated solo careers before deciding to join forces. The name stands for “California country,” the genre spawned in the canyons of Los Angeles decades ago and still showing up in nearby pockets. The ladies (of the canyon) create something magical when they come together, which showed up right away when they first joined forces just two years ago. Since then, they played more than 400 shows, and garnered a National Touring Artist of the Year award at the Los Angeles Music Awards in 2013. The interconnections are also evidenced on their debut album, Rancho California, stocked with rich harmonies and a rootsy Americana ethos, as well as on songs that have showed up on TV shows such as ABC’s hit series Nashville, and NBC’s The Night Shift. Tonight’s Sings Like Hell concert marks their Santa Barbara debut at the Lobero Theatre. Opening is Patrolled By Radar, self-described as a “consummate bar band in the ‘70s Pub Rock tradition” who have shared the stage with such artists as Los Lonely Boys, Taj Mahal, The Jayhawks, and others. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $30 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
band that spearheaded the Swing Era. The great pianist William Count Basie, who was actually born in Red Bank, New Jersey, not far from Bruce Springsteen’s future childhood home, passed away 30 years ago, but like contemporary the Glenn Miller Orchestra, his ensemble still remains an American institution. Basie started the band in 1935 and maintained meticulous attention to detail in the orchestra, which in turn was able to attract many of the greatest instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz history to serve alongside him, including Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Joe Jones, Joe Williams, Frank Foster, Thad Jones, and Clark Terry. Nowadays, the band plays on under the direction of Scotty Barnhart, who leads an orchestra that still features four musicians who played with Basie and serve as a direct link to his legacy of stomping and shouting the blues with precision and an irresistible swing beat. In deference to the advancing years of the average audience member, the show takes place about nine hours earlier than the clock time referenced by Basie’s signature song, “One O’clock Jump”. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $28-$70 INFO: 8992222 or www.granadasb.org
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TUESDAY, JULY 21
Swing It – This year marks the 80th anniversary of The Count Basie Orchestra, the Kansas City swing
Groovin’ on Guthrie – Songwriters At Play, the SLObased organization that has found
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SATURDAY, JULY 18 Double Dog Days – The 27th annual Santa Barbara French Festival returns to Oak Park this weekend, celebrating as always the American Riviera’s version of Bastille Day, as well as all the things that make the French cultural history so rich. So there will be the usual two days of wine and food – featuring such fine fare as crepes, beignets and other pastries, Cajun shrimp, escargot and so much more – as well as music (Second Wind, a 4-piece ensemble playing French music from the 1930s through today with a touch of Cajun and Quebecois; Jean-Pierre Tibi singing classic French songs; Djangoschmango tribute to the great Hot Club guitarist Django Reinhardt, and Santa Barbara’s own Accordion International Music Society), dance (Can-can, French Polynesian dancers, African belly-dancing, Burlesque, Tango, and mais oui, the Femme Fatales Drag Revue), arts & crafts on display and for sale at more than 60 booths. But this year there will be an even greater plethora of poodles as the infamous Poodles & Pals Parade expands to both days, closing out the entertainment on the main stage on both Saturday and Sunday. These days the proceeds benefit Center Stage Theater and Speaking of Stories – trés chic! WHEN: 11 am – 7 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: 300 W. Alamar COST: free INFO: 963-8198 or www.FrenchFestival.com
another home away from home at SOhO, celebrates the 103rd birthday of folk music legend Woody Guthrie with another tribute night featuring local singer-songwriters covering the legend’s tunes. Best-known for the anthem “This Land is Your Land”, which many believe should replace “The Star Spangled Banner” as America’s national anthem, Guthrie not only had a large catalog of his own recordings, but also left behind a vast treasure trove of unpublished lyrics and poems that have inspired new songs by many artists, including Billy Bragg & Wilco. Expect to hear a wide range of Woody’s music, from Dust Bowl ballads to political
broadsides, kids songs, and singalongs. The roster of performers features longtime Santa Barbara folkbluegrass stalwart Peter Feldmann and several other local luminaries including Donna Lynn Caskey, Mike Mullins, Alan Thornhill, Kyle M. Terrizzi, Tom Corbett, Abby Posner, Mary Scholz, Bruce Goldish, Steve Key, and the band Mission Canyon – but not, as far as we can tell, Woody’s granddaughter Sara Lee Guthrie, who has lived part-time on-and-off in Montecito. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $12 INFO: 9627776 or www.sohosb.com •MJ
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CONCERTO CELEBRATION THE GRANADA THEATRE CONCERT SERIES The Legendary
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Under the Sea – Montecito Marine biologist and cameraman Rick Rosenthal has been filming in the ocean for decades, a career begun in college when he was hired by Sea World of San Diego as the first trainer of the park’s pilot whale. After earning advanced degrees, he worked as a marine biologist at Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he was a pioneer in underwater research in Alaska. Underwater camerawork played an essential part in his marine research and looking to share his observations with the wider world, Rosenthal turned to filmmaking and TV, producing more than 35 films, including the award-winning programs on the great whales Riddle of the Right Whale, Humpback Whales, and Sperm Whales Back From the Abyss shot for the BBC. His film Superfish: Bluefin Tuna is airing on the National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild. Rosenthal, who has also won four Emmy Awards, has spent recent years focusing on the ocean’s vast “vertical migration,” when billions of animals rise from the depths to the ocean’s surface each and every night, but are rarely observed by man due to limited camera and lighting technology. But with his partners, Rosenthal created the technology and then immersed himself into the deep to capture the dramatic migration. The resultant one-hour film, The Dark Side of the Ocean, shot in HK and 4K, screens at Pollock Theater’s state-of-the-art facility tonight, followed by a Q&A session with Rosenthal, and a reception in the lobby. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: UCSB campus COST: free INFO: 967-7580 or www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock
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Welcoming the Premier Patrons Robert and Prudence Sternin; is Nina Terzian, hostess; Marla McNally Phillips and Eddie Sutti (photo by Priscilla)
Eric and Nina Phillips, which attracted more than 100 guests, as classical guitarist Chris Fossek strummed away. “It was a stunning day, and nearly a third of the works were snapped up,” gushes Mara, who donated 20 percent of the proceeds to the State Street theater. Among the tony throng imbibing the creative libations and snaffling the eclectic comestibles were Mike and Anne Towbes, Gretchen Lieff, Diana Starr Langley, Dolly Granatelli, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Wendy McCaw, Tom Parker, Richard Caleel, Hiroko Benko, Palmer Jackson Jr., Mary Dorra, Gene Sinser and Patty DeDominic, Craig and Kirsten Springer, Kristi Newton, Kerry and Geonine Moriarty, Dan and Meg Burnham, Joan Rutkowski, Richard Torin, and Salud Carbajal... Sounds of Music
and Siobhan Doherty, as town librarian, played the principal characters, with Jim Sirianni as the community’s haughty mayor, while David Potter was musical director and Laura Sue Hiszczynskyj choreographer. Featuring popular songs such as “Seventy-Six Trombones”, “Ya Got Trouble”, “Goodnight Ladies”, and “Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little”, the cracking show, which runs through Saturday, July 25, couldn’t fail to please. It was a production of particularly high note, 76 trombones and all... You Say Potato... It was certainly an a-peeling assignment. The world’s largest potato, courtesy of the Idaho Potato Commission, rolled into our Eden by the Beach with its Tater Team to promote the nutritional value of the humble spud. For the past 16 years, local marketing agency EvansHardy+Young has been promoting the product and the 72-foot-long truck is now on its fourth cross-country tour billed as “the world’s largest potato on wheels.” The impressive vehicle made its debut in 2011 in celebration of the IPC’s 75th anniversary and this year will visit 60 cities and travel 22,087 miles during its five-month trek across the nation. “It has been an incredible and rewarding experience for us all to work on such a unique project and
watch it turn into a hugely successful campaign that has garnered immense national coverage, including the Today show and The Wall Street Journal,” says Dennis Hardy, president and CEO of EHY. After celebrating its arrival here, with a Burger Bus bash and the Adam Phillips Band next to the company’s headquarters, the mega potato, which would make the equivalent of 30,325 servings of mashed potatoes and more than 1.4 million average-sized fries if it was real, trundled off to Pasadena. I can only imagine what the residents of San Marino thought of its arrival. Melody Makers The Music Academy of the West’s summer festival continues apace. Clarinet player Richie Hawley was the focus of the artists series concert at the Lobero when he performed the world premiere of composer Pierre Jalbert’s Clarinet Sonata with pianist Conor Hanick. The three-piece work, with Jalbert in
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Just for Funds John Simpson and his wife, Patti Pagliei, co-owner of Waxing Poetic, the popular Summerland jewelry boutique, with her Philadelphia-based sis-
The AHA! (Attitude, Harmony, Achievement) moment includes Rori Trovator, owner of Rori’s Artisanal Creamery; with AHA! co-founders Rendy Freedman and Jennifer Freed; also members Armando OsuaFlores, Benjamin Anderson-Flores Paulina Romero, and Malcolm Cruikshank ready for treats (photo by Priscilla)
Craig Cady and Michael Libera (photo by Ben Crop)
Santa Barbara City College’s Theatre Group kicked off its 70th season in style at the Garvin Theatre with the ever-popular Meredith Willson production The Music Man. The colorful R. Michael Grosdirected show, featuring wonderful costumes from Pamela Shaw and creative scenery by Patricia L. Frank, harked back to more innocent times in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, in 1912 with a full cast of professional and student actors. Craig Cady, the traveling salesman,
the theater for the debut, was of particular note as it had Hanick plucking at the piano strings with his hand, as well as playing the keyboard in normal style. The concert also featured works by Weiner, Kogan, and Brahms’s Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano in D Minor. The week wrapped with the Academy Festival Orchestra, under Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska, making his debut at the Granada with Mahler’s emotionally epic Fifth Symphony in C-sharp minor. Vanska, 62, a former Helsinki classmate of Esa-Pekka Salonen, who led the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 18 years, was in fine energetic form for the 70-minute work, which was preceded by Kalevi Aho’s three-year-old, 15-minute piece, Gejia, Chinese images for orchestra. Another superb evening.
In front of The Famous Idaho Potatoes Tour truck is Tater Team driver Phylliss Johnson; and Tater Team staff Kristia Wolfe, Adam Brandstetter, and in front is Keith Butler, VP of Digital Services (photo by Priscilla)
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ter, Lizanne Hales, hosted a picnic bash to thank fundraisers for AHa!, which serves 6,000 teenagers annually in Santa Barbara County. The 16-year-old nonprofit, which has an annual budget of $1 million, attracted 270 guests to the Carpinteria ranch beano, which featured confections donated by Crushcakes Cupcakery and a new special flavor of ice cream AHa! Rocks, featuring chocolate covered Rice Krispies, from Rori’s Artisanal Creamery at the Montecito Country Mart. Youngsters were also busy painting greeting cards, which accompany blooms delivered to the elderly and hospitalized each week by the Dream 16 – 23 July 2015
Hostess Gretchen Leiff leading patriotic singers Meg Burnham, Ted Baer, and Dan Burnham with Nina and Eric Phillips, accompanied by pianist extraordinaire Gil Rosas (photo by Priscilla) Charles Ward (George Washington) with fellow patriots Martha Gray, Bill and Trisha Davis (photo by Priscilla)
Comfortably gathered on the hillside are families and friends Kai Olsen-Swan, Ellie Lou Olvera with her father, Dan; Michael Zuckerman holding son Bradley, Beryl Kriesel, AHA! president; Yvette Padilla, Neil Kriesel, Rudy Lyon, David Winger, and Greg Pelligrini with his daughter Lena (photo by Priscilla)
Hostess Patti Pagliei-Simpson of Waxing Poetic; with guests Nathalie Gensac, Dale Dewey, and host John Simpson of “The Mobile Homeboys” Band with the little lady on the tree stump, Lulu (photo by Priscilla)
Foundation’s Flower Empower team. Turning out for the rustic repast were Deckers CEO Angel Martinez and wife, Frankie, Salud Carbajal, Wendy Foster, Tom and Heather Sturgess, Bryan and Lisa Babcock, Kristi Newton, Nancy McGrath, and Alixe Mattingly. Lieff-ing the Way To beat the glut of Independence Day bashes, Robert and Gretchen Lieff decided to get ahead of the pack with
a July 3 celebration at their George Washington Smith estate, Los Suenos. Gretchen, dressed patriotically in a stars and stripes dress she had bought in Boston 48 hours earlier, welcomed her usual eclectic crowd, with partygoers invited to read portions of the Declaration of Independence between snaffling the canapés and imbibing the Lieff Vineyards award-winning wine. Among those celebrating kicking out King George III, who I played the following day in the Montecito
Vlllage parade, were Carter and Victoria Hines, Eric and Nina Phillips, Adam and Penny Bianchi, John and Susie Mitchell, jewelry designer Corinna Gordon, Texas gadabout Charles Ward, Dan and Meg Burnham, Michael and Nancy Gifford, and Brent and Lisa Harris. Going, Going, Gone Comedienne Joan River’s lavish Manhattan penthouse, where I used to party with her when I was a regular gossip on her eponymous TV show in the 80s, has just sold for a hefty $28 million. The ritzy triplex, just a tiara’s toss from Fifth Avenue and Central Park, has been snagged by “Middle East
royalty,” I’m told. Joan used to jokingly say, “This is what Marie Antoinette would have had if she had money!” The impressive property was sold by her daughter, Melissa, after her mother’s untimely death last September at the age of 81. The expansive and lavishly decorated apartment occupies the top floors of a seven-story turn of the century Gilded Age mansion near the Pierre Hotel, including the former ballroom. The late actor Marlon Brando used to have a pad on the lower floors and skinny Joan would moan loudly how she could never fit in the elevator with him as Brando’s girth continued to increase alarmingly! Sightings: Comedian Steve Martin watching the village July 4 parade... Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi checking out The Honor Bar...Actress Meredith Birney at Jill Shalhoob’s restaurant Pip! Pip!
Third of July revelers Theip Cung, Dana Sachey, Kristi Newton, Nancy and Robert Adams, Nancy Gifford, composer Norm Gimbel, Penny Bianchi, Kristy Gimbel, Corinna Gordon, Frances Shannon, and Adam Bianchi (photo by Priscilla)
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