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Interior designer and antique aficionado Marc Normand Gelinas opens upper village outpost, p. 44
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 27 • LETTERS, P. 8 • SPIRITUALITY MATTERS, P. 22
SHE’S A LEGEND
TEXAS-BORN MONTECITO RESIDENT CAROL BURNETT’S “THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW” AIRED FROM 1967 TO 1979 ON CBS-TV AND THE POPULAR PROGRAM’S AUDIENCE RAN UPWARDS OF 30 MILLION VIEWERS EVERY WEEK. MS BURNETT HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, NUMEROUS EMMY, TONY, AND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, AND NOW, IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HER EXTRAORDINARY AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE, THE COMIC-ACTRESS-HOST WILL BE HONORED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AT THE GRANADA LEGENDS GALA ALONG WITH OPERA SANTA BARBARA AND MEG AND DAN BURNHAM (STORY BEGINS ON P. 14)
Artists On Display
It’s called the Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour, but this year five of the thirty-five open artist studios are in Montecito, p. 18
Palms Down
The spindly (though elegant) palm tree is not only not native to Southern California, it’s dying all over; Just Ask J’Amy, p. 5
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Just Ask J’Amy
J’Amy Brown answers a reader’s question about the fate of palm trees, which are included in the 101 Sheffield and Coast Village Road Roundabout design
6 Montecito Miscellany
34th annual Zoofari ball; Footloose 35th anniversary; Michael Hammer wins award; La Cocina opens; Tony Bennett plays Arlington next month; Shaun Tomson surfs in SD; Ellen DeGeneres defends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; Meadow Walker shares post about Paul; Katy Perry goes solar; Julia Louis-Dreyfus thanks cast of Veep; Brad Falchuk and Gwyneth Paltrow move in; Stavros Niarchos to wed; David Koch passes; sightings
8 Letters to the Editor
A collection of communications from readers Julie and Robert Teufel, Nancy Carlson, Page Roos, and Steve King
10 This Week in Montecito
Eat. Sip. Shop. Connect.
A list of local events happening in and around town
Tide Chart 12 Village Beat
Preparing for potential power outages; Laura Capps announces campaign; Marc Normand Gelinas opens shop in upper village; Friendship Center updates
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16 Seen Around Town
MClub members venture south to Orange County; part one of their adventure incudes a stop at the Crystal Cathedral
18 On Entertainment OPEN HOUSE
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22 Spirituality Matters
Steve Libowitz experiences Authentic Movement; Backbone Storytelling back at Yoga Soup; New Moon Silent Tea Ceremony; Tea + Yoga event; Dawa Tarchin Phillips teachings
23 The Way It Was
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27 Ernie’s World
Ernie and Pat continue to explore Alaska Brilliant Thoughts Ashleigh Brilliant recalls the ten best gifts he’s ever received
30 Our Town
Morrison Hotel Gallery hosts “Woodstock: 3 Days That Lasted 50 Years” exhibit
38 Legal Advertising 42 Calendar of Events
UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum exhibit; Lost ‘80s Live tour; Jon Anderson in Ojai; Cocktails for a Cause; helicopter in Carpinteria; Peter Noone plays Libbey Bowl; PCPA Theaterfest presents The Importance of Being Earnest; Hendrika de Vries signs book
44 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising
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47 Local Business Directory
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JUST ASK J’AMY
by J’Amy Brown
A 25-year resident of Montecito, J’Amy Brown served as Chair/Commissioner of the Montecito Planning Commission, Commissioner, County Historic Landmark Commission, President of the Montecito Association and 20-year Captain of the Middle Road Area Neighborhood Watch. She has written extensively about Montecito for the Montecito Journal, the Independent, Edhat and The News-Press. She says, when it comes to Montecito, she gamely accepts the mantle of “Know it All” because, in fact, she probably has seen or done it all. She wants your questions: Contact: j.amy.brown@att.net
Palm-Lined Path to Paradise?
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. Palm trees are being suggested as part of the recently rolled-out design schemes for the new 101 and Coast Village Road projects. I see from national news reports that palms throughout Southern California are dying from disease and being removed. Why are we installing palms if everyone else is getting rid of them? A. Is your question punctuated by a daily drive along the city’s 101 median, where about a dozen failing palms poke up their dead, black heads? That strand makes quite an exclamation point about the suitability of palms for road landscaping purposes! Your question, if it’s thumbs-up or thumbs-down to palms embellishing our expensive, long-awaited roadway projects, is well-timed. Palms are featured in both the 101 Sheffield landscape design and the Coast Village Road Roundabout plan, recently rolled out by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG). Those designs are now making the rounds to gather public input. Among the stops were several MBAR meetings where conceptual comments were offered. Initially the board favored a more “cultural” traditional landscape of Cypress and Juniper, reminiscent of the historical Montecito Parkway. However at the last meeting, an MBAR-frond waving board member rallied for palm tree inclusion – noting they “say California.” So, hey dude, what could the board do – they demurred, peacefully adding palms to the pallet. That decision may have been understudied and could end up being costly to
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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards
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, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 12 years ago.
Happy Campers
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emories reigned supreme when Santa Barbara Zoo held its 34th annual Zoofari gala with a Summer Camp theme, billed as “more fun than jumping off a dock and more exciting than flashlight tag.” More than 600 guests, dressed in camp counselor T-shirts, cargo shorts, lifeguard outfits, safari attire, flip flops, and hiking boots, converged on the 30-acre menagerie, which houses 600 animals, raising more than $210,000. The super summer soirée, chaired by Montecito uber philanthropist Leslie Ridley-Tree, who as “Camper of the Year” has attended 25 Zoofari balls and served on the zoo board from 1993 to 2000, was creative- Summer campers Kirk and Randee Martin (photo ly decorated with bell tents and by Priscilla) 1 8/16/19 12:59 PM Clambake_HalfPagePrintAd_9.866x6.19_HR-Print.pdf
Betsy and Chip Turner, Bobbie and John Kinnear, Helene Schneider, and Mark and Alixe Mattingly at the zoo (photo by Priscilla)
staffers singing camp songs, while guests quaffed cocktails of ice tea, lemonade, and vodka before noshing on carrot walnut soufflé, mac and cheese au gratin, cedar plank salmon, barbecue chicken kabobs, and oak-smoked tri-tip from Rincon Events. A raffle prize included an eightday trip to Fiji, while auction prizes included stays in Seattle, an afterhours picnic with the zoo’s anteaters, falconry lessons, and the chance to Zoofari’s “Summer Camp” event chair Leslie Ridley-Tree and Brian King (photo by Priscilla)
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TO THE EDITOR
If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
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ith recent helicopter traffic that has increased in our neighborhood over the last few years, the application for a private helicopter pad by Pat Nesbitt will open the door and set a precedent for more. If granted, the impact will compromise the integrity of our communities, disrupt our environment, safety, privacy, wildlife, is dangerous and will cause disruptive noise pollution. The overwhelming opposition from our residents should speak for itself. Santa Barbara Airport is a 20-minute drive from Summerland. We all chose to live in our beach community to enjoy a relaxed and friendly lifestyle. Helicopters flying overhead is not relaxing or friendly by any stretch of the imagination. It is hard to understand how the convenience for a few could be granted at the expense and disturbance of so many. Julie and Robert Teufel Summerland
Stamping it Out In his “Brilliant Thoughts” column (MJ # 25/32), Mr. Brilliant put forth a thought about cars contributing to traffic congestion (duh!) and air pollution (double duh!) in his own disclaimer (i.e., while “saying” something about cars and congestion and pollution). Does anyone care about that? (Just kidding, Ashleigh; caught you out, hunh?) Here’s something else in the matter of waste: normal-sized postcards don’t cost 50 cents to mail, not yet. Those many postcards produced by Ashleigh all fall within the standard dimension. So, whoever is posting these with 50-cent stamps is wasting her or his money. As for the cost of manufacturing one-cent coins, who can calculate the real worth of a penny when it’s employed over and over – maybe countless times – to square up USA cash transactions?
Just sayin’! Nancy Carlson Santa Barbara
Long Time Melt
My great-great uncle George Bird Grinnell founded Glacier National Park. If you read his writings or any of the books about him, he saw that the glaciers in the “Land of the Walled in Lakes” were melting rapidly from the time he first observed them in 1885 to the time the Park was established in 1910. So, it would be hard to attribute the majority of “Global Warming” to human industrialization, which has mostly occurred after that time. Ref: “Grinnell’s Glacier” by Gerald Diettert, “Grinnell” by John Taliaferro, Review WSJ: The Western Establishment. Page Roos Santa Barbara
Uncle Sugar Daddy
“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.” – Frederic Bastiat Social Security is a paternalistic program implemented by FDR and other progressives in 1935. It has many shortcomings, not the least of which is potential insolvency. This intergenerational wealth-transfer program (it’s been likened to a Ponzi scheme) presumes people are incapable of providing for their retirement without a coercive employment tax. These early 20th century progressives were similar to the ones in Bastiat’s day and today. They generally believe ordinary human beings are incapable of managing their own lives and must be protected by people of superior intelligence and wisdom; you know, politicians. These purveyors of helplessness and dependence, for self-aggrandizement and political power, take advantage of a common human weakness: a preference to live at the expense of others. Hence, they autocratically establish
costly and often counterproductive institutions of welfare, education and whatever they perceive as essential for the feeble, clamoring masses. Naturally, as a result of establishing these institutions and programs, and subsidizing these weaknesses, an amplification of irresponsibility and dependence, follows. The results are apparent in the burgeoning number of jobless, homeless, and drug-addled. Why prepare for the future, or accept responsibility, if it’s advertised as not required? How many of these castaways and/or mentally disturbed were initially injured by: 1) compulsory state education; 2) disabled by public assistance; 3) broken by the drug war; or 4) maimed by state warfare? Whether the state or a rich uncle leads one to believe they will never have to be self-supporting, that individual may not develop the motivation or skill to provide for himself, or appreciate the effort it takes to do so. If for any reason this false promise of leisure fails, that individual may become a burden on taxpayers. Can society alone address social problems? Of course, if its concern is genuine and goes beyond a raid on someone else’s property to pay for it. Government, as an uninvited interloper, dramatically increases the cost of things society should do for itself. When will government spending and debt to sustain these programs reach the breaking point? Who knows, but perhaps individual preparedness incentivized by necessity would work better than handouts and coercion? “...It is in vain to summon a people who have been rendered so dependent on the central power to choose from time to time the representatives of that power; this rare and brief exercise of their free choice, however important it may be, will not prevent them from gradually losing the faculties of thinking, feeling, and acting for themselves, and thus gradually falling below the level of humanity.” Alexis de Tocqueville Steve King Carpinteria •MJ
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This Week in and around Montecito
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Movie Night at the Mart Today is the last Movie Night at the Mart this summer! Montecito Country Mart hosts a kid-friendly movie in their center courtyard. Tonight’s film: Winnie The Pooh. When: 6 pm Where: 1016 Coast Village Road at Hot Springs Cost: free SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including
jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more. When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 Open Studios Tour Santa Barbara Studio Artists proudly announce their 18th Annual Open Studios Tour, featuring the works of 45+ studio artists, along with exclusive access to the artists in their studios. The tour, which is the largest and most prestigious event of its kind on the Central California Coast, takes place Labor Day weekend and benefits the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. The tour caters to buyers and collectors on Saturday and Sunday, with tickets priced at $50/individual; $40/ couple, and to students, families, and others with a free half-day on Monday. Children 12 and under are free all three days. Tickets can be purchased online and at Santa Barbara Fine Art, where the tour can be previewed through August, and where maps of the tour are also available. When: tour takes place Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm, 11 am to 2 pm on Monday Where: maps available at Santa Barbara Fine Art, 1324 State Street Suite J Info: www.santabarbarastudioartists. com First Annual Miramar Clambake Rosewood Miramar Beach, California’s newest ultra-luxury destination, will host the first annual Miramar Clambake this Labor Day weekend on the resort’s Great Lawn to celebrate a summer well spent. Hotel and local guests are invited to enjoy traditional East Coast delights with a West Coast twist such as American Riviera Clambake Chowder and
Santa Barbara Horticulture Society Join Matt Ritter, professor of botany at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and author of the new book California Plants, for a visual tour and celebration of California’s iconic native flora. There are more than 5,000 native species in California. One in five is now rare or endangered, and Ritter’s richly illustrated field guide to those spectacular natives seeks to raise awareness of the unique beauty that’s at risk. Matt will use his beautiful photographs, insight, and humor to share the natural history of California’s fascinating plants. A book signing will follow the presentation. Dr. Matt Ritter grew up in rural Mendocino County. After earning a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from UC Santa Barbara, he attended UC San Diego for a PhD in plant biology. He’s the author of several books, including the funniest and best-selling guide to California’s urban forest, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us (Heyday, 2011). He gave an entertaining lecture to the Horticultural Society about that book at the time. Gathering on a regular basis since 1880, the Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on the corner of Foothill and La Cumbre Road. Visitors are always welcome. The program includes a free plant exchange, refreshments and a plant raffle. Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society meetings are open to the public. When: 7 pm Where: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 909 North La Cumbre Road Info: www.sbchs.org Stone Crab with Drawn Butter coupled with local wines and specialty drinks. Gather together to relish a memorable summer and begin a new seaside tradition in Montecito with festive live music, children’s activities and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Guests can indulge in a decadent menu by Chef Massimo Falsini to include fresh summer fare and clambake favorites. When: 5:30 to 8:30 pm Where: 1759 South Jameson Lane Cost: $145 per adult and $50 per child (children under four are complimentary; pricing excludes taxes and fees) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Montecito Association Land Use Committee The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito; today the Land Use Committee meets to discuss upcoming projects
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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius
When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Great Wines for a Good Cause Join for a relaxing yet festive gathering in the courtyard of Friendship Center with ten local wineries, breweries, and other beverage purveyors providing their wares for tasting. Enjoy live music along with hearty hors d’ oeuvres. The annual Big Heart Awards will be presented to notable supporters, and guests will have the chance to contribute much-needed funds with silent and live auctions. A portion of proceeds from the event support LEAP, our Life Enrichment Activity Program, providing music and movement sessions led by local entertainers and instructors to engage our members in body, mind, and spirit. When: 4 to 7 pm 29 August – 5 September 2019
Where: 89 Eucalyptus Lane Info: www.friendshipcentersb.org FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Carp-a-Cabana Benefitting Carpinteria Union School District, the event features a hosted bar, buffet dinner, music, and live and silent auctions. This year, Carpinteria Education Foundation is proud to honor Elise Unruh, who has led the district’s highly acclaimed Performing Arts Program for more than 30 years. Elise has shared her passion for music and theater with multiple generations of students in our community. She teaches drama, vocal ensemble, and orchestra at the high school and band at both the middle and high schools. Elise is a wonderful
advocate for the performing arts, and the advisor for Muses, Carpinteria High School’s fully inclusive drama club. Online ticket sales end August 29. Tickets may be purchased at pre-sale price from August 30 to September 6 at Westerlay Orchids, 3504 Via Real. All proceeds from Carp-a-Cabana will benefit the Carpinteria Education Foundation and help to support Visual and Performing Arts in all CUSD schools. When: 5 pm Where: Carpinteria High School, 4810 Foothill Road in Carpinteria Cost: $100/person at the door SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Santa Barbara Country Music Festival The day will include live country music, over 40 vendors, a huge dance floor, live DJ all day, beer garden, 10 food trucks, kids’ area plus free onsite parking. This year’s headliner is Hunter Hayes; also on the line-up are Devin Dawson, Savannah Burrows, and Honey County! Presented By The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara and Homegrown Events. When: 1 to 7 pm Where: SB Polo & Racquet Club, 3300 Via Real Info & Tickets: www.SantaBarbaraCMF. com •MJ
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e’re not pulling your ear – pardon, leg – when we tell you that Carol Burnett, the funny lady whose career dates back nearly six decades – is coming to downtown’s jewel of a theater next month to be honored as a Granada Legend. They could hardly have picked a more worthy or highly decorated entertainer, as the comedienne-actress has won Emmys (the first in 1962!), Golden Globes, People’s Choice Awards, the Peabody and a Grammy, and has been the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The City of Los Angeles named an intersection near her alma mater Hollywood High School “Carol Burnett Square”, while CBS Studios dedicated “The Carol Burnett Artist Entrance” in her honor. Just three years ago, Burnett was bestowed with the prestigious Life Achievement Award honors from her acting colleagues at the 2016 SAG Awards, while earlier this year at the Golden Globes, Burnett was honored for Achievement in Television, the first recipient of a new award that is named for her. After switching from journalism to a theater major at UCLA, Burnett began performing in New York City nightclubs, then received a Tony nomination in 1959 for her role in the Broadway hit Once Upon a Mattress. But it was back in Hollywood that the buzz really took hold, as Burnett turned appearances on The Gary Moore Show into a 10-year deal with CBS that led to the launch of her own 196778 variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. Despite running during a very turbulent period in Vietnam War-era America, the non-political show was a smash across big cities and small towns, in the Northeast, Midwest, South and everywhere, averaging 30 million viewers per week, the shows invariably closing with Burnett tugging on her ear. The one-size-fits-all format still works today, as evidenced by the enormous ratings for the 2017 airing of The 50th Anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show special, and the release earlier this month of a 21-disc DVD Box from Time Life, featuring every classic skit from the series and a whole lot more. But Burnett didn’t stop when the show ended, instead burnishing her reputation by penning several New York Times bestsellers, co-writing a Broadway play with her daughter, starring in any number of films,
Carol Burnett will be honored at the Legends Gala at the Granada on Friday, September 13
including movie adaptations of the musical Annie and the play Noises Off, directed by Peter Bogdanovic, and several more, plus numerous TV specials and guest shots on series, from Glee to Law and Order: SVU. The 5th Annual Granada Theatre Legends Gala takes place on Friday, September 13, and this year also honors Opera Santa Barbara, one if its resident companies, as well as former Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts board president Dan Burnham and his wife, Meg, who actually live above the theater in the Granada Building penthouse. (More on them later). The event comes just shy of two decades after the irrepressible Burnett and her husband, Brian Miller, relocated full time to Montecito after spending just a single summer in what was supposed to be merely a weekend getaway home. The 86-year-old comedy icon graciously spoke about her career and life in Montecito over the phone earlier in August. Q. Let’s start with staying local: what is it about Montecito and Santa Barbara that had you moving up here permanently back in the early 2000s? A. It’s like the Riviera without the French. Not that I don’t like the actual Riviera, or the French, but it’s just so beautiful here, and the locals are very nice. We’ve made some very good friends. Also, it’s a very artistic community. There are so many people in show business, artists, musicians. There’s a lot to do. The restaurants
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Rev. Schuller writes that he was “born at the dead end of a dirt road with no name and no number.” The farm in Alton, Iowa had no electricity or plumbing. His father only went to the sixth grade. But at age four, Schuller knew he wanted to be a minister. He graduated from high school in 1943 and went to a reform church school for college in Michigan. One summer he was on tour with a singing group that visited California and had a premonition he would return. He went to Theological Seminary, but didn’t agree with their dark view of humanity. He had a theology of hope and joy, not shaming and blaming. Schuller married Arvella DeHaan, who was a talented musician. He pastored a church in Chicago for five years, beginning with only 38 members and growing it to 500. He and his wife then drove to Orange County with their two children, $500 in assets, and a small trailer. Orange County had a population of 500,000 and
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On Entertainment by Steven Libowitz
The Accidental Abstract Artist
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eggy Ferris knew she wanted to be an artist ever since her childhood on Long Island, when she used to escape a chaotic family that included four sisters by heading into her room to draw. “I was really intrigued with capturing images, particularly of horses, trying to catch its spirit in a drawing,” she said, sitting on a couch in her Foothill Road-area living room decorated with dozens of her abstract paintings. The desire to capture spirit on canvas still holds. But back then her parents strongly discouraged her from pursuing art in college at UCSB (the family moved to L.A. when she was in junior high), so Ferris earned a degree in English, then defiantly and abruptly left for Europe in 1977 seeking exposure to fine art. A seven-month trip became a two-year stint in The Hague, where she attended the Royal Academy of Art, studying graphic design and apprenticed with a local design firm. Lured back to the state by her parents’ offer to pay for her studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Ferris graduated with honors, then soon returned to Santa Barbara, where she launched a two-decade career as the sole proprietor of a design firm where her client list included ones as diverse as Elvis Presley’s Graceland and Forest Lawn Mortuary. In the early 2000s, bored by the migration of design work to websites on the Internet, Ferris returned
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to the fine arts, quickly finding success – perhaps perceptibly enhanced by the once ubiquitous lawn signs directing traffic to her open studio in Montecito. This Labor Day weekend, Ferris will once again throw open the doors to her five-year-old live-work space called Chaparral Studios as part of the annual Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour. “Experiencing art in person is so special,” she said. “You’re seeing where it was made, the paint on the floor, the big mess. It’s really great to be around the energy of original art.” Q. How did you make the transition from graphic design to fine art? A. Actually, it happened acciden-
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tally. I hurt my wrist playing tennis and it was too painful to work with a mouse. So, I got a tablet with a pen. One day I was talking on the phone on headset, just doodling on the tablet in Photoshop. All of a sudden I looked down and saw that I had an amazing piece of art that looked like an eightfoot painting. That’s when the light went on. I thought, “I’m going to do this.” I had picked up the thread of what I was doing in Holland many years earlier, which I had always meant to get back to. At that moment, I knew it was my exit from graphic design. It was a huge vision: right away, I flashed forward to a solo show of my paintings. I dropped most of my design clients, and took a painting class at Adult Ed, and two years later I had the solo shows, one at Sansum Diabetes Clinic, then in the Funk Zone, in 2004. From graphic design to abstract art seems like a huge leap. It is, but the paintings I was doing at that time were first designed on my computer. I’d create them by free hand, and then paint them exactly to match. They were hard-edged paintings, which were really planned out, and it was pretty laborious. But I did it for four years. How has your painting evolved since then? The biggest transition was to working really loosely and spontaneously. I realized it was such a better way to paint for me. That was the beginning of what would become my style: lots of mark making, minimal use of color, attention paid to color and composition. It’s the designer’s eye applied to fine art. At first, the forms were very architectural, similar to graphic design, as if a newsletter were being transferred to a painting. It was a format I was familiar with. Then that phase wore itself out, and I started painting even more loosely, with more of a gestural style, particularly after moving to Via Chaparral, where I’m more connected to nature, and everything feels more organic. I think people are very affected by their environment. I started painting more minimal pieces with more subdued colors that reflected the huge open spaciousness here. Your technique is quite fascinating. I see lots of layers in the work. It’s a reductive process that incor29 August – 5 September 2019
porates gestural abstraction. They’re created by putting a lot of information down on the canvas, just random paint and marks, gestures with chalk or markers, to have something to work with. Then the material information is reduced, eliminating parts of them by painting over and simplifying, choosing, and isolating shapes to save. Given how intuitively you work, I’m wondering how your art serves you? Is it expression, communication, exploration, or something else? Painting is a way of out-picturing retained impressions or emotions from my subconscious. I don’t know what I’m going to come up with when I start. It’s a process, and it’s really pleasurable, the act itself. It’s very engaging. Are we supposed to understand your art, to know where the imagery comes from, or what it means? Or even what the process is? I don’t think it’s necessary. You can always read the artist’s statement, which describes the thinking in creating them, a window into understanding. Each of my series has a different story. But often it’s not revealed to me until after the series is finished. So it’s also a way of knowing myself. People generally respond viscerally to my paintings. They just resonate with them, maybe because it’s an honest unfiltered expression. The viewer might have a completely different relationship with a painting than I do, which is great.
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Speaking of which, has your relationship to your work changed over time? By now, I know who I am as an artist. Your artistic point-of-view stays the same, like DNA. My personal aesthetic is a combination of very refined and funky at the same time, like my home (which find old rusty miniature tractors displayed on shelves next to beautiful sofas and below many of her paintings). That doesn’t change and I strive to get the painting to match my own aesthetic impulse. The way I paint is the way I dress, is the way I decorate, is the way I dance, and the way I talk. It’s a continuum; they’re no longer separate. It’s why I like being here, in a fluid live-work space. My life is integrated with making art. There’s no real distinction between the two.
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Given that your studio is right next door, do you find yourself painting every day? No, I paint in spurts. It’s important for me to keep the energy fresh. If I paint every day I tend to repeat the same moves and it becomes a little formulaic. I prefer to almost “forget” how to paint between sessions so that
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the taxpayer. A story in the Tampa Bay Times notes thousands of date palm trees along highways in Florida and Texas are dying from a disease called “Lethal Bronzing.” The story explains Tampa is taking a proactive approach by inoculating 300 trees every four months with an antibiotic at a cost of $9,000. Since 2017, Los Angeles has had to remove hundreds, if not thousands, of diseased and dying palms. Even though some 75,000 palms stand as criterion to of the image of L.A., the city has decided, except in culturally important sites, not to replace the dead palms with palms, choosing instead more sturdy replacements. After environmental considerations, arborists believe there are better choices. Palms, they note, do not provide much shade, they are more of a grass than a tree so they don’t fight pollution, and they are a favorite nesting place of Norwegian Tree Rats. Most concerning, however, is that palms can be jeopardized by a variety of diseases. Other than the California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filigera), palms are not native to California and while a fungus is normally harmless to native
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plants, it can be deadly to non-native palms. Some of these attacking-diseases are fatal, some are not and some can be treated at a high cost. Evergreen Arborist Consultants notes Queen, Mexican Fan, California Fan, and Kentia Palms can be threatened by a fungus called Pink Rot. It can be controlled by pruning and proper irrigation. Diamond Scale, a fungus, rarely causes death but it can compromise the aesthetics of a palm by causing browning of the leaves. The University of California Cooperative Extension Ventura reports the expensive ($10,000 plus) Canary Island Date Palm can be infected by Fusarium Wilt, which weakens the plant, usually leading to its death. The Cooperative’s informational directive adds that disease is often carried mechanically by pruning equipment and the life of palms can be hindered by planting, soil, watering, pruning, or “planting out,” which is isolating individual trees from a more wind protected grove of palms. Finally, as to those picture-perfect postcards of palm-covered native California – well it’s only in the movies! It seems palms were brought into Southern California in the 1920s to sell the bleak desert land. Nataly Keomoungkhou, in USC Storyspace, reveals palms were just a prop. Quoting Victoria Dailey from Piety and Perversion: The Palms of Los Angeles, “Palms were useful in selling Hollywood as a new Mecca, just as they had sold Los Angeles as a desert Eden. Los Angeles was primed to become one big movie set, a fantasy land, a city of palms signifying ‘anything goes’ – and it did.” Now that the glamour is erased, what do our local experts have to say about the practicality of palm-lined projects? MBAR vice-chair and respected local landscape architect Sam Maphis, who has formally reviewed both the 101 and the Coast Village Road projects, says he is open to palms, but continues to investigate any durability issues. “There are a large variety of palms that grow on our south coast and there are many we could recommend for these projects that would not be affected by the potential of diseases. Some smaller, lower palms are more resilient to these biological challenges,” Maphis explained. “The most resilient trees should be chosen for these projects for long-term durable landscape.” And, Jim Shivers, public information officer for Caltrans District Five, says palm disease or demise has not been cause for Caltrans concern. “The only palms affected that are in our right of way in Santa Barbara is the Canary Island Palm. That said we have several other palms species in the right of way and median including Mexican Fan Palms, Windmill Palms, and Queen Palms that are not being impacted,” he explained. “While the Canary Island Date Palm has had a large amount of die-off in the Southern California region, it does not appear that the Mexican Fan Palm has been experiencing this blight. The Mexican Fan Palm has had some blight issues in Florida, but so far, not here as far as we can tell.” Shivers added the designer responsible for the Sheffield portion of the landscape design said palms may be included in the planting palette but, at MBAR’s suggestion, they will not be a major feature of the landscape and not arranged in a dominant or formal manner. Shivers said the designer explained the current proposed plan has some random scattering or groupings of Mexican Fan Palm interspersed with evergreen species like Monterey Cypress and Coast Live Oak which are the more dominant species of the planting concept. Congratulations! You are now a Master of Palms, so go forward with your new knowledge and opinions! The next opportunity will be on September 3 at 4 pm at the Montecito Association Land Use Committee. Acting-Land Use Chair, Dorinne Lee Johnson, says the Olive Mill Roundabout, with its proposed palm-lined corridor, will be on the agenda. The fate of Montecito roadway palm trees – magical or maiming – now rests in the palms of the public’s hands! •MJ
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Authentic Movement: A Truly Moving Experience
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ntil two months ago, your faithful correspondent had never experienced Authentic Movement, a simple form of self-directed movement in the presence of at least one witness, with attention directed inward. As movers follow present-time inner impulses to produce spontaneous gestures and movements as well as moments of stillness, the witness watches and tracks his or her own inner responses. My initiation came during an Authentic Relating Games experience with the new leaders at Yoga Soup, which previously had offered a preponderance of verbal games. The idea of moving, eyes closed, while being watched – and as the witness reporting the impact also only through movement – boggled my mind almost to the point of paralysis by analysis. In other words, it was quite a challenge. Three weeks ago, at the Body Mind Centering Conference at UCSB, I had a drastically different experience. Without having fully read the description, I had no clue that that specific 90-minute workshop slot was centered on Authentic Movement. Terror briefly ensued. In this workshop, however, led by the highly experienced Mary Lou Seereiter, half the group witnessed the other en masse rather than individually. By the time my turn came – and wearing the teacher’s scarf so as to make it easy to keep my eyes closed – some-
thing had shifted. Somehow my mind was willing to cede control and let my body-spirit dictate the movements not only largely without fear of judgment but mostly just as an observer of the embodied actions of my own real-time impulses. Maybe this is what most people do during regular dancing, or the ecstatic version, but for me it was a revelation. That was confirmed the next day via a second exposure with a different teacher, David Hurwith, whose style was to be the only witness as the entire group engaged in Authentic Movement simultaneously. Last week, I finally made it to a Movement Lab at Yoga Soup, the weekly 90-minute gathering that offers any number of movement-based practices from dance to yoga and more depending on the leader. Yes, because, Authentic Movement was on the menu. Jenna Tico’s began with a warmup of quivering, stretches, and more, and a period of pairing up for interactive movement filling our partners’ negative space in turn. Then the music continued for our one-on-one approach to Authentic Movement, the first time I’d experienced the practice with anything other than silence. And we closed by sharing some impressions as the witness, again a new twist for me. It turns out I like that there are so many different ways to practice! Just as Hurwith has written, I can’t tell you what Authentic Movement is:
Movement therapy? Embodied meditation? I just know that, again in his words, my internal self senses an environment where it is right to go deep without the divisions of body and mind or conscious and unconscious… leading to being able to understand the self in new ways. I know I’m the columnist, but can anyone point me to where we can experience more Authentic Movement locally?
Backbone is Back, at the Soup
Tico, meanwhile, has announced a second season of Backbone Storytelling, described as “a space to share the meaningful, moving, and mortal stories inspired by the place that we all have in common: a human body.” The showcase features stories that are “as physical as they are spiritual and emotional,” meaning the tellers are encouraged to share their tales through both spoken and nonverbal language. Backbone debuted at Oreana Winery in March with stories emerging from a theme of “Gut Instinct.” The theme for the upcoming October 12 event is “Blood is Thicker,” which storytellers are free to interpret as they wish. Anyone is invited to submit a “blurb” of 250 words or a two-minute recorded pitch with the gist of your journey to storieswithspine@gmail.com. Tico curates the submissions, hand-picking the stories to represent the diversity, vulnerability and truth associated with the theme. The deadline is September 12. Visit www.facebook. com/backbonestorytelling.
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The Way It Was
by Hattie Beresford
The People Behind Montecito’s Roads (Part II)
Advertisements for the new Loureyro Tract began in 1905. The tract lay in the hinterlands of El Montecito and even the promise of an Interurban Electric Railway didn’t speed up sales. (Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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oureyro Road is named for the family of Spanish-born José Maria Loureyro, a Basque who came to California in the 1850s. He served as president of the Santa Barbara City Board of Trustees in the 1860s and early ‘70s. In 1865 he approved an ordinance regarding the development of the streets in Santa Barbara, and in 1866, he and five partners were given a franchise to build and maintain a wharf in Ventura. By 1871, José and his daughter Josefa had claimed a great deal of property below the confluence of Hot Springs and Cold Springs creeks, and by 1899, Josefa owned several parcels north of the county highway on the eastern edge of Montecito. José died in 1881, but Josefa continued to co-own the properties of the Masini/Ortega Adobe with her friend Josefa Lopez de Etchas until her own death in 1896. Her will required that the property be sold and most of the proceeds be given to three cousins living in Spain. That will was contested by Josefa de Etchas, who had taken care of Josefa Loureyro during her prolonged 11-year illness. Josefa de Etchas claimed she’d been promised $2,124 for her service as cook and housekeeper, but the will had made no mention of this fact. It took years before the suit was settled and estate cleared for sale. Most of the property was eventually sold to Anastasia M. Carpenter in 1905 and subdivided into 19 parcels lying between San Leandro Lane and the Coast Highway and along Picay Creek. Lots averaged 150x200 29 August – 5 September 2019
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.
Sales of the lots in the tract were slow, and may have come to a screeching halt in 1907 when oil companies expressed an interest in 12 of the lots for oil development. It came to naught, and in 1908 there was a brief spurt in sales after Mrs. Carpenter planted 2000 eucalyptus trees in the lowlands. As time went on, the lots became more and more desirable and today are filled with beautiful homes. Interestingly, José Loureyro has two headstones for his remains – one a crypt at the Santa Barbara Mission graveyard, and the other at Calvary Cemetery — leaving us with the question, “Where in the world lies José Loureyro?”*
Hixon Road
The Hixon family first came to Montecito in 1884 where they purchased two parcels of land between San Leandro Lane and the Coast Highway. Representative of the questing, restless spirit of early-1800s farm families looking for cheap land and abundant opportunity, the Hixons began hopping ever westward from Massachusetts to Michigan to Illinois to Indiana and, finally, in 1868, to northern California. In 1884 siblings Almira, Isadore, Mary, and George Hixon set to farming in Montecito and George also took work as a carpenter. They became charter members of El Montecito Presbyterian Church, which was officially organized on November 13, 1887. By 1915, only Mary Hixon was
feet in size and $600 in price with the exception of Lot 19, which was three acres and cost $2,000. Advertisements promised broad avenues with sidewalks and a median of beautiful shade trees. Josefa de Etchas lived on a portion of lands belonging to her until she died in 1925. Earlier, she had deeded some of that land to her sister, Bernarda Lopez de Arroqui, and her husband Juan Arroqui, another Basque but born in France. One of the roads in the Loureyro Tract is named Arroqui Lane.
still alive and she started subdividing her lands into residential lots. Mary’s will gives us sense of her character and her life. In it she writes, “I have been advised to have a lawyer write my will so that it could not be contested, but have decided to do my own writing as I never yet have heard of a will that could not be contested if anyone was enough interested to try it.” She gave her friend Anna Sharman a life’s tenancy to her home and left substantial sums to El Montecito Presbyterian Church, “as I have been interested in its work for a good many years and love it dearly.” She left only $5 to her sister Ella’s children, however, “as neither of them care at all for me or have ever been kind to me.“ The rest of her estate went to her nephew Lennie, who had continued to be kind to her in her “loneliness.” Hixon Road lies along the eastern boundary of the former farm. Up until recently, Mary’s home was still extant, but the historic building has since been demolished.
Dinsmore Lane
When the Panic of 1857 destroyed his lumber business in Anson, Maine, Bradbury True Dinsmore was determined to recoup the family fortunes. The 50-year-old Dinsmore and several others ventured west to drive a herd of horses and cattle across country to Humboldt County. Finding the area conducive to development, he returned to Maine, farmed for a year, and then gathered his extended Mary and Isadore Hixon moved into this new modern home at the turn of the 20th century. The old home was a dilapidated two-story farm house a short distance away. (Courtesy Charles Wilson)
Mary Hixon on the porch of her home on Hixon Road (Courtesy Charles Wilson)
family and set out via Panama for Hydesville, California, in 1861. There he opened two mercantile houses and joined his son, Augustus Irving, and his son-in-law, Orchard Danforth Metcalf, in setting up a pork packing business. In 1863, his daughter Frances married Thomas Hosmer (Hosmer Lane) and in 1867, due to Augustus Irving’s poor health, the entire family moved to the famed health resort of Montecito. Bradbury purchased most of the land that would become the San Ysidro Ranch and moved into a one-
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where the public is invited to preview the tour, get a map showing the location of the 35 artists – including five in Montecito – and buy tickets. Studios are open Saturday and Sunday 11-5 and Monday 11-2 pm. Visit www.santabarbarastudioartists.com.)
Two weeks after the tour, you have a new show opening, Unhinged, opening at the GraySpace gallery in the Funk Zone, along with fellow abstract painter Francis Scorzelli and assemblage artist Dug Uyesaka. What can we expect? My pieces represent the Forager series. I call it that because the process is about foraging to find the parts of the painting you want to keep. It’s also a metaphor for life. I can be something as simple as choosing an apple out of a bin, or spying beach glass on the sand. You’re always looking for those special things. That’s how I end up with a painting. It’s a random sample of things I found interesting in the work.
Also in Art
Finally, I have to ask what was up with those “Abstract Art Studio Sale Open” directional signs that blanketed Coast Village Road when you lived in Montecito. I’m not sure whose idea it was between me and my (realtor) husband. But I was too mortified to put them up myself, so he did it, just using real estate-type signs to direct people to my studio. It was just a few at first, mostly in the summer. Then it kept expanding. It was astonishing how many people followed them up to my studio. It was a treat for them to see the setting and the space where I created my paintings. People were enraptured with all of it and I sold a lot of work. I think people are just hungry for company, for human contact. I heard the most unbelievable stories as they came through. It wasn’t just about selling my art, but also connecting. I loved it. But then the signs started getting knocked over, so it was time to move on. Peggy Ferris’ “Chaparral Studios” is located at 1041 Via Chaparral. (The 2019 Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour takes place August 31-September 2. The opening reception is 5-8 pm the Friday before at Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery, 1324 State Street [in the Arlington Plaza]
Brian Anders Chessmar, a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, has been a Santa Barbara-based sculptor since 2004. Working in the mediums of stainless steel and bronze, Chessmar’s creations can be seen throughout Santa Barbara, notably in the recently remodeled Cottage Hospital’s boardroom terrace and central garden. This weekend, Chessmar Sculpture Studios is having a grand opening and reception for a new gallery at 320 East Anapamu Street from 3:309:30 pm on Saturday, August 31. The new space serves as both showroom and office and comprises both indoor and outdoor spaces to display sculptures. Live music, passed hors d’oeuvres, and wine will be offered, plus a silent auction of a sculpture for charity, while the artist will speak at 6 pm. Call (805) 637-7548 or visit www. ChessmarSculpture.com.
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WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 26) Dinsmore family and friends on way to rustic Santa Barbara Forest Reserve station at Maldulce Canyon circa 1904 (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)
Gus (left) and Tom Dinsmore cutting hay at Mono Flats circa 1910 (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)
Carl Stoddard (left) with “Old Steve” at Rancho San Gervasio, today’s Ogilvy Ranch, on Mono Creek (Courtesy Jim Blakley)
From left, Carl Stoddard, Linda Romero Stoddard, Agnes Tubbs Dinsmore, Gus Dinsmore, and Tom Dinsmore in Montecito circa 1900 (Montecito Association History Committee)
Agnes Dinsmore on white horse and Ann Hosmer Wright in divided riding skirts circa 1910 in Santa Barbara back country (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)
room adobe. Augustus Irving had a house nearby off San Ysidro Road and the Metcalfs and Hosmers crowded in with them until establishing themselves elsewhere. Bradbury, now aged 57, enthusiastically returned to farming. After scraping the land of chaparral and rocks, he planted all sorts of grain crops and hundreds of citrus trees as well as nut and stone fruit trees and exotics like figs, bananas, and pineapples. Several acres of strawberry and grape vines were planted between the rocks on the foothills. Dinsmore’s ranch was continually lauded by visitors and the press. In
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1877, the Morning Press opined, “One of the finest and most romantic pieces of property in this part of the county is that owned by Colonel Dinsmore in the Montecito. The approach to it is through a well timbered tract abounding in small game of all kinds and the road winds through it in a zig-zag fashion, every now and then disclosing to view a beautiful spot of sylvan scenery.” The visitor found the house embowered with roses and honeysuckle and the air redolent with the perfume of sweet-smelling flowers. Colonel Bradbury T. Dinsmore died in 1881 and his lands and orchards were later sold for $10,000 to Goodrich
and Johnston who formed the San Ysidro Ranch. One of the earliest American settlers in Montecito, Dinsmore was eulogized by the press as “a man of great public spirit, noted for his charity and noble works.” Dinsmore descendants continued to live and work in Montecito for many generations. Irving Winfield Dinsmore took over his father Augustus Irving’s 103-acre ranch on the southwest corner of Hot Springs and East Valley Road until his own death in 1899. (Dinsmore Lane lies within this former ranch.) Another son, Albert William, ran the Miramar Dairy in the 1920s and ’30s. Thomas Thorpe Dinsmore farmed for others in Montecito, and in 1905 joined the newly-formed Forest Service as an assistant ranger. His son Gus worked as a ranger for a time as well. In 1924, Thomas was elected District Supervisor for Montecito, a position he held until his death in 1943.
Stoddard Lane
Carl Stoddard came to Montecito with his parents in 1873 because of his father’s failing health. A descendent of the 1630 colonists led by Thomas Hooker to settle the Connecticut Valley, Carl’s father Henry graduated from Yale in 1856 and established a paint manufacturing business with two of his brothers. On the 43-acre parcel they purchased in Montecito on the site of today’s Cold Spring School, Henry’s health improved and he lived another thirty-five years, during which time he was appointed
“I’ve heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I’ve never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.” – Uzo Aduba
postmaster by President Hayes and elected county recorder. Carl Stoddard joined the new forest reserve system in 1904 and became ranger and district supervisor for the Santa Ynez Forest Reserve. (In 1938, with the merging of several other forest reserves, it became part of the Los Padres National Forest.) Carl patrolled the front and backcountry, built trails, fought fires, and made reports as to conditions in the wilderness. The stories of his backcountry adventures were often reported in the local paper. Carl married Eslinda Romero in 1897 and was close friends with the Dinsmore family with whom he took many excursions into the mountains. In 1901, Carl acquired the San Gervasio Ranch on Mono Creek from the Hildreth brothers. Sometime after he retired from the forest service in 1914, he sold this ranch to Arthur Ogilvy and moved to Lompoc where he purchased a forty-acre ranch together with Tom Dinsmore. * Another look at Josefa Loureyro’s 1889 will reveals that she requested she be buried in the Loureyro tomb at the Mission, but if that were not possible, then her sister Antolina and her father were to be moved to wherever she was interred. Apparently, that is Cavalry Cemetery. (Sources: The files of the late Jim Blakley, back country historian; David Myrick’s Montecito and Santa Barbara; contemporary newspapers; Hixon family records; Schwald Family Genealogy; ancestry.com resources.) •MJ 29 August – 5 September 2019
Ernie’s World
by Ernie Witham
Ernie is the author of three humor collections including his travel humor book “Where Are Pat and Ernie Now?” available at Chaucer’s and online.
A Whale of a Time
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was watching an extremely large man from one of the five (yes, five) cruise ships that were in port in Juneau, Alaska. The man was having trouble fitting through the door on a floatplane and two young workers were using their shoulders to gently aid his boarding. The man was wearing black shorts that could have been used as a parasail, and a white shirt that must have had at least three Xs before the L on the size label. “I’ll have the orca,” I said. “Excuse me?” I turned to the waiter. “Sorry, I mean the halibut tacos.” We were at “The Hangar on the Wharf” restaurant where you can watch floatplanes take off and land. There was a line of well-fed tourists waiting to claim one of the plane’s 10 window seats. When full, the planes would taxi out into Gastineau Channel, rev up the engines and accelerate. Many of them bounced along before the whining engines could lift the load. “Another beer?” the waiter asked. I looked back toward the dock. The man was in and the floatplane was rocking. “Yes, but a light one this time.” Earlier, we had taken the Mt. Robert’s Tramway 1,800 feet almost straight up to get an overview of Juneau. It’s a small city with a population of 32,000, not counting the cruise ships which can double that number during the height of tourist season, which we were experiencing. “The floor of this tram is quite uneven,” a lady wearing a “Don’t Moose With Me” t-shirt said. “That’s because you’re standing on my foot,” I said, mostly to the window my face was mashed up against. At the top, Sally, Pat and I decided to do the “easy .25-mile hike” to Father Brown’s Cross and back. “Wheeze. I think some kid painted in that dot. Wheeze. Surely, we’ve gone twenty-five miles by now.” “Look out!” Sally said. In the middle of the path was a pile of bear dung. “Okay, people, let’s pick up the pace!” The tram and lunch were great, but now it was time for our biggest adventure – boating out to see the glaciers. “Get comfortable,” the captain said. “Today’s trip to Tracy Arms Fjord and back will take seven hours.” “Oh man, I should have eaten more.” 29 August – 5 September 2019
“You had all of your lunch and half of Sally’s,” Pat said. “There was enough halibut in those tacos to make it a legal catch,” Bob added. “True but being out on big water works up my appetite.” “Donut hole?” One of the crew held out a box. It was our second boat ride and both times they had given us donut holes. “When in Alaska…” I said and grabbed a handful.
There was a barrage of clicks, including several from a guy who had a lens so big it must have required its own seat. The boat ride was great. We saw a few bald eagles, and the captain pointed out some houses far from Juneau where people lived off the grid. “No Netflix? Primitive!” Finally, we saw a small iceberg. There was a barrage of clicks, including several from a guy who had a lens so big it must have required its own seat. I moved to a different part of the boat so my lens wouldn’t feel bad. We passed more icebergs. One of them looked like a fish. We also passed a number of towering waterfalls. “That one is called the hole in the wall,” the captain said, pointing out one that had a hole in the wall. Finally, we saw the first glacier. It was huge. In front of it were a lot of small icebergs covered with harbor seals. The captain explained that the seals went there to give birth. The water was too murky for predators so they were safe, but there was no food for the seals either, so eventually they had to leave. I pictured a bunch of predators bobbing about wearing bibs just waiting for lunch to come by. The glaciers were an amazing shade of blue and we spent almost an hour motoring around in front of them. I took hundreds of photos. Then we headed back. Suddenly, the boat slowed. I looked out and saw a huge flash of black and white. Had the cruise boat guy fallen out of the floatplane? Nope, this time it was an actual orca. I love Alaska. •MJ
Brilliant Thoughts by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com
Blessed to Receive
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friend suggested that I should give you a list of my “Top Ten” – but he left it to me to choose a category. I think he had in mind something like movies or songs. But I’ve decided to tell you about the Ten Best Gifts I ever received. In each case the gift had a big effect on my future life. Here they are, in no particular order:
#1. My First Ball-Point Pen
It was a birthday gift from my parents. Ball-points were then so new and special that each pen came elaborately mounted in a cylindrical transparent box. And yet, for some time, we weren’t even allowed to use them at school! Another example of how often what’s new and different is viewed with alarm and suspicion. But what’s really remarkable to me is that, apart from a few improvements like retractable points, we’re still, so many years later, using that same basic writing instrument.
#2. A Puppy
It was a gift from a school-mate in London, who had several to dispose of. I had to go to his house, and I brought the furry little thing home on the bus, tucked inside my jacket. We were never sure of the breed – probably a Cockapoo – a mixture of Cocker Spaniel and Poodle. My mother called him a “Schmoodle.” I named him Happy, because that’s how he made me feel. I’d never before owned any animal larger than a turtle. I loved him more than I loved anything or anybody else. But I somehow outgrew that love – at least to the extent of being willing to leave him as my parents’ responsibility when I emigrated to California. When they too came over, they gave him to some people I didn’t know. Years later, when back on a visit, I cared enough to go and see those people – but they simply told me he had died.
#3. My First Bicycle
Another gift from my parents, it was a red and white “Rollfast,” a typical American kid’s bike, big and heavy, with back-pedal brakes and balloon tires. I was very attached to it – but in many ways, it was a big mistake. We bought it while we were still living in Washington, D.C., but shortly before we returned to England, after the war. My father’s
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position as a British official gave us a generous baggage allowance, and so, when we came back, after seven years away, I was able to import the whole bicycle (along with my large collection of comic books). I’d been told that the English bicycles were much different – and so they were – lighter, with thinner tires and hand-brakes. But instead of considering getting one, for years I stubbornly stuck with my “Rollfast,” enduring all kinds of problems, such as the difficulty of getting spare parts, and even of getting the tires pumped up. I took some kind of perverse pleasure in being the only kid with an American bike.
#4. A Rhyming Dictionary
It was given to me by a fellow student at the University of London, whom I had invited to my 21st birthday celebration. I’m not sure if I even knew then that such books existed. But, as a budding poet in an era when rhymed verse was still not considered unfashionable, I found this work, by Langford Reed, published in 1947, very helpful. And, although I hardly ever saw that girl again, I still have the book, and am somehow moved by her inscription: “January 1955 To Ashleigh, with best wishes for a very happy and successful future. Pamela Hart”
#5. Ear Plugs
Until I was well into my twenties, one of my worst problems was a sensitivity to noise, especially when trying to sleep. It was particularly oppressive when I was traveling, and began to encounter situations in which inconsiderate people with whom I had to share close quarters at night felt quite free to talk loudly, despite my pathetic pleas for quiet. It was Allen Carrico, a friend with whom I’m still in touch, who was managing a house in San Jose, California, in which I was one of several residents, who introduced me to what then seemed the godsend of ear plugs. In those days two came in a little blue box. They were scented, pink, waxy, and cylindrical, and softened with warmth to the shape of your ear – and they worked! Tune in next week for the other five of my Top Ten Gifts. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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ing bizarre and strange statements. “He’s a very extreme version of me, quite a bit more hyped up than I am, and more mean-spirited,” Bratton said. “Not to be too grandiose, but now it’s part of the zeitgeist. Who knew? We thought we were going to be canceled the first season. It changed all of our lives.” On the other hand, Bratton was a successful musician with Office-like fame long before he was an actor. As the lead guitarist for the 1960s poprock band The Grass Roots, Bratton recorded four albums with the band, and in the summer of 1967, scored a Billboard Top 10 hit with “Let’s Live for Today.” Bratton left two years later under some controversy, a well-documented subject he’d rather not discuss, although he still plays some of the Grass Roots hits. “I’m doing ‘Temptation Eyes’ with a fingerpicking arrangement that’s amazing on my next album,” he said. There have been nine solo records so far, largely singer-songwriter affairs full of earnest and emotional material, drawn from his personal experiences. “It’s my subconscious, my soul giving me advice, telling me how to deal with what’s happening in my life, maybe anger, and how to be happier in the moment,” Bratton said. “It’s the spiritual side of me coaching me. I just write it down.” Hopefully that spiritual side will be welcomed when Bratton returns to SOhO for a solo show on Friday, August 30, with the audience attentive to his introspective offerings, and keep The Office references relatively in check, he said. “You can only hang on your mama’s apron strings for so long. So I’ve
DJ Darla Bea is about as ubiquitous a song spinner as Santa Barbara has ever seen. You’ve caught her in costume at the Summer Solstice parade delivering the dance beats for La Bohème, or found her furnishing the frothy tunes on Friday nights at the Biltmore. You can hear her regularly on top of the Canary Hotel – even when you’re just shopping at Ralph’s or up on a similar plane in the open air rooftop of the MOXI Museum for AfterHours events. It’s a wonder she still finds time to work in web marketing and publicity. Now the master mix-stress who always rocks the tunes topped in a brightly colored wig and sporting headphones that glow in the dark is turning 40 and everyone is invited to come make a splash at her Birthday Pool Party Bash on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, at the Goodland Hotel in Goleta. The 12 noon to 5 pm party is a fantasy-filled, ocean-themed “Shell-a-bration” featuring an opportunity to swim with mermaids, ride a unicorn, eat seashell cupcakes, play games, watch bellydancing by Beth Amine, and view a drag performance by Vivian Storm. Admission to the family friendly event is free. Reserve tickets at https://nightout.com/events/laborday-pool-party-with-dj-darla-bea/ tickets. One gig on a holiday weekend would be out of character for DJ Darla, so you can also catch her back on the Canary Hotel Rooftop’s Kick Off your Friday Shoes & Cut Loose shindig featuring the Molly Ringwald Project from 7-11 pm on August 30. The Endof-Summer Jam features four hours of retro 1980s rock and dance hits, from both Bea and the popular local live band. Tickets cost $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Info at (805) 884-0300 / www.FinchandForkRestaurant.com or https://nightout.com/events •MJ
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Photographer Henry Diltz takes a photo of musician John Sebastian speaking about the Woodstock exhibit
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Woodstock Photography Exhibit At the Morrison Hotel Gallery Sunset Marquis exhibit opening are Michael Lang, John Sebastian, and Henry Diltz
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he prestigious Morrison Hotel Gallery (MHG) held a VIP exhibit soirée to launch their newest photography exhibit titled, “Woodstock: 3 Days That Lasted 50 Years,” at their Los Angeles Sunset Marquis Hotel gallery on Wednesday, August 7, followed by openings in New York City and Hawaii. Thanks to Dawn Kamerling, The Press House PR for the MHG, I was invited to cover their Los Angeles event. The exhibit features framed archival silver gelatin and digital prints in black and white and color taken by photographers official photographer of Woodstock Henry Diltz, Al Clayton, Amalie R. Rothschild, Baron Wolman, Danny Clinch, David Gahr, Eddie Kramer, Elliott Landy, Frank Stefanko, Graham Nash, Jim Cummins, Joseph Cultice, Ken Regan, Lisa Law, Norman Seeff, Rowland Scherman, and Sam Erickson. Key photographs shown at the gala were: Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar solo of the United States National Anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Johnny Winter, John Sebastian, Janis Joplin and The Who by Diltz; The Band by Seeff;
Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie by Landy; Santana, Grace Slick, and classic images of the attendees by Wolman. MHG print framing is done by Brian Mazor, formerly of Santa Barbara. Celebrity photographer Timothy White welcomed the guests and introduced Diltz, Michael Lang (one of the four original Woodstock founders), musician John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful), and photographer Baron Wolman. They shared their memories of the festival and talked about each photograph as the guests toured the exhibit with them. They talked about convincing Richie Havens to open the event (Sweetwater was supposed to but couldn’t get there), who played for three hours and made up the song “Freedom” as he had run out of material; Max Yasgur, a republican who supported the Vietnam War, who chose to rent his 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York for the event settling on approximately $75,000; the iconic playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” by Hendrix occurring at dawn simply because the band schedule was six to eight hours behind; a photograph of
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Michael Lang under the photograph of him on his vintage BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) British motorcycle at Woodstock 1969
The iconic photograph by Henry Diltz of Jimi Hendrix playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to close the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969
Diltz’s personal notes from the event that reveals the goings-on for two weeks from set up to take down; and Swami Satchidananda’s appearance, which was requested by Lang to set a tone of peace at the beginning of the festival due to the overcapacity amount of attendees at 500,000, who said, “let us find peace within ourselves first.” The presentation closed with guests invited to have a photo-
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op with Diltz, Lang, and Sebastian on stage taken by the MHG’s event photographer. Guests included Kelly Kathleen, Gianluca Gibbons, Alexandra Tweten, filmmaker AJ Wedding, KLOS radio’s Sarah Garcia Cano, Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols), Julia Oxman, Gabriel Olsen, Alison Martino, Jerry de Wilde, Eric “ET” Tecosky with Katrina Nelson, Ross Halfin, James T. Miller, and Kimberly Faye Davison. Lang’s new book, Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music, was available for purchase with a personalized signature from him and Diltz at the opening. The open bar and hors d’oeuvres were prepared by the Sunset Marquis Hotel’s James Beard Award-Winning Chef Michael Schlow. The MHG is inviting anyone who attended the original Woodstock Festival to contact the gallery to participate in a special legacy project: www.morrisonhotelgallery.com •MJ 411: The Morrison Hotel® Gallery was founded in 2001 by former record company executive and producer Peter Blachley, music industry professional Richard Horowitz, and music photographer Henry Diltz, and is joined by NYC photographer Timothy White in representing the top photographers of music in the world. 29 August – 5 September 2019
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In order to implement a PSPS, a number of factors have to be at play including a red flag warning, low humidity levels, forecasted sustained winds generally above 25 MPH and wind gusts in excess of 45MPH, a high concentration of dry fuel, and on the ground, real-time observations. “When we have all of these factors going on at once, the company can then determine that the conditions surrounding that equipment could be considered so dangerous that we need to disengage that piece of equipment in order to ensure public safety,” Daniels said. PSPS would primarily impact circuits in high fire areas, but other circuits in non-high fire risk areas may be impacted if transmission lines are de-energized. “Everyone in our community needs to be ready to be on their own for 72 hours,” Guthrie said. The County’s Office of Emergency Management extended that further, urging residents that they need to be prepared to endure a power outage lasting 3-7 days. The companies discussed how a PSPS would be implemented: 4-7 days ahead of a forecasted event, weather and fire conditions would be closely monitored. Three days ahead, SCE and PG&E would begin notifying local governments and first responders; customers and small businesses would be notified about 48 hours ahead of the electricity shut-off. Power would be restored once weather is improved, and the lines have been physically inspected. The Supervisors and members of the public voiced concern over the impact such an action would have on those members of the community who are dependent on an electrically powered life-saving device. Individuals dependent on a life-saving device that requires electricity need to enroll in their electricity provider’s Medical Baseline Program. This will not only result in a discount on your electricity bill in the amount that it costs to keep your life-saving device going, but enrollment in the program is how SCE will identify those dependent on electricity; those people will be the first to be contacted in preparation for a PSPS. Other issues include food waste during an extended outage, and disruption in livelihood for those who require electricity to conduct work. First District Supervisor Das Williams asked several questions of the utility representatives and newly installed Director of Emergency Management Kelly Hubbard, who also spoke at the hearing. Hubbard outlined a number of issues with a PSPS, including the lack of emergency shelters – American Red Cross will not set up emergency shelters or receptions centers during such events; limited or overwhelmed cellular/internet services, which creates challenges for 29 August – 5 September 2019
the public to receive emergency alerts; the potential for food-borne illness from contamination of spoiled food; and potential life-threatening situations for those medically dependent on electricity. The Board asked that the Office of Emergency Management and the utility companies come back to the Board at a later date to flush out more details about the program, including public outreach. We’ll have much more on this issue as the PSPS program is implemented over the next several months.
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At a gathering at the Mission Rose Garden on Tuesday afternoon, School Board member – and daughter of Walter and Lois Capps – Laura Capps formally announced her bid for First District Supervisor, challenging incumbent Das Williams in the March 3 primary election. Capps, surrounded by school children, including her son Oscar, her supporters, and her mother, Lois, said her mission in office will be to combat homelessness and hunger in schools, as well as take on climate change and the increasing weather-related events that the County faces. “My North Star will be the kids of the county, and the future that they deserve,” she said. Capps was born and raised in Santa Barbara and is an alumna of local public schools – Roosevelt Elementary, Santa Barbara Jr. High, Santa Barbara High School – before earning degrees from UC Berkeley and the London School of Economics. Her work has been based in providing opportunities for working families, fighting for immigration reform, forging a more environmentally sustainable future, and supporting the rights of all people. She serves as the Vice President
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Nick Churton of Village Properties Realtors’ London office gets all dreamy-eyed at an A-list house on the ocean-view slopes above Montecito, California. The Property: 818 Hot Springs Road, Montecito, California
The Broker: Village Properties Realtors The Agent: Patricia Griffin I half expected Cary Grant or Grace Kelly to meet me at the door of 818 Hot Springs Road, Montecito. In my mind, I was easily transported to the set of To Catch a Thief or any number of rich, Technicolor 1960s movies set in the South of France. By the time I reached the ocean-view rear terrace, I was a little disappointed that David Niven wasn’t lounging elegantly in a deepcushioned recliner, sipping a Martini. But the house did not disappoint me – far from it. Here is a French-inspired home designed in the 1930s by celebrated local architect, Lutah Maria Riggs. It oozes style and class. But, better still, it has received the sort of attention in the last year a buyer could only dream of.
Seemingly, without compromising the integrity of Riggs’ original design, the layout has been reimagined for a different age. This new, modern interior answers all the requirements of a modern family while retaining the effortless style of the original home. Outside is a masterpiece of garden design. If it hasn’t featured in the pages of House & Garden, then it should have done. The French influence continues with the striking boxwood partier and beautifully tended rose beds. The terrace and pool area could not be more Cote d’Azure if it tried. Except this is not the Mediterranean. It is the Pacific, and it is Montecito, and this home is all the better for it. This is a grand house of mature design and serious specification. But it is also light of touch with delightful moments of levity. I particularly enjoyed the octagonal anteroom that has become a black and white marble bar area. Here my imagination intruded once again as I fancied I saw CoCo Chanel mixing cocktails. Reverie aside, this house is a dream.
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Campers at the 34th annual Zoofari ball (photo by Priscilla)
Peter Kavoian, Mimi Michaelis and Luke Swetland and Stacey Byers (photo by Priscilla)
Miles Hartfeld, Gretchen Lieff, Anne Towbes, and Patty Zucherman (photo by Priscilla)
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Kenny Loggins, Janet Adderley, and Matthew Del Negro at the Footloose anniversary performance (photo by Priscilla)
Cutting Footloose The Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High was packed to the eaves when Montecito rocker Kenny Loggins, in collaboration with Janet Adderley’s Advanced Conservatory,
Santa Barbara Unity Shoppe executive director Tom Reed and his wife, Marsha (photo by Priscilla)
Laura Cantin and Jeff Green after the Footloose performance (photo by Priscilla)
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celebrated the music of Footloose on its 35th anniversary. Kenny, who also showed some fancy footwork, composed theme music that would become the 1984 film and, later,
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a Broadway play in 1998, and both performances, which raised more than $100,000 for the Unity Shoppe, were sell outs. The afternoon show featured younger performers while the evening show, which I attended, included American Idol contestant Jackson Gillies, and Teen Star finalists Sofia Schuster and Hunter Hawkins, and Dakota Lotus, a former Adderley School alum, now starring in a Disney TV series. Marissa Reyes and Anna Duboc were also standouts with cracking choreography from Monique Altamirano and music direction from Alana Adderley. Among the sole searchers were Anne Towbes, Tanya Thicke, Katy Perry’s father Keith Hudson, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Rod Lathim, Kerri Murray, Carol Marsch, Ricardo Calderon, Arlene Montesano, Barbara Tellefson, Diana StarrLangley, and Kimberly Hayes. A toe tapping tour de force positively oozing with young talent.
Caliente Cocina To La Cocina, formerly Somerset, with my snapperazzi Priscilla, to check out the made-over East Anapamu Street eatery, which now features Mexican-Californian cuisine. The charming back courtyard, filled with lavender bushes and gnarled ancient fig trees brought in by flatbed trucks from Northern California and craned in over the rooftops when it first opened after being the Arts & Lectures Café for many years, was the setting for a most delightful repast. As we quaffed agave negro, a heady concoction of mezcal, blackberry, raspberry, jalapeño, lime and agave, we checked out the guacamole and charro bean dip appetizers before moving on to the copper rock cod, and the carne asada, all deliciously prepared by chef Sara Lopez, who works with executive chef Mario Alberto. Dinner wrapped with tres leches, a three-milk sponge cake with straw-
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Patrons celebrate the opening of La Cocina (photo by Priscilla)
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are great. And the traffic isn’t horrible like it is in L.A. I can go to the grocery store (Vons) and be back in half an hour. In L.A., that’s half a day’s trip!
Speaking of the arts, what is your relationship with the Granada? I have gone to a lot of the shows there. I saw Bernadette Peters, who was one of our regular guests on the show. Way back we saw Marilyn Horne with Barbara Cook. Kristin Chenoweth, who is also a dear friend will be there in September, too, so we’ll be there for that. It’s a beautiful theater, and I love seeing music there. [As far as the Legends], I was friends with Michael Towbes and his widow, Anne, who over the past few years said they would love to honor me, but the dates weren’t working out because I was on tour every time. But I’m available this year so I’m really looking forward to it. A lot of my friends will be there. And it should be a lovely evening. There are others being honored that night too, and I can’t wait to meet them, too! I know you’ve talked about this before, and wrote about it in your most recent book. But I’ve still got to ask: Why do you think your variety show was so successful? We were never topical, very seldom did we talk about what was happening in the world. We just went for the funny bone. But it wasn’t just me. The whole rep company was wonderful. There were plenty of sketches where I’d be supporting Tim or Vicky, or they’d been supporting each other, not just me. We had great chemistry. Not every show was a gem, of course. But the audience could see how much fun we were having, and how much we loved each other. I think that was a big part of it… A lot of people grew up with our show. It was appointment television. There was no TIVO, no other way you could watch the show. I get so many letters about how the family would get together and watch the whole lineup, and they would bond. I’m thrilled that audiences of all ages still love it. I’m very grateful. Why can’t American TV do that anymore? Wouldn’t it still be successful? I think so. Funny is funny. You just need to relate to real life. But what happens today with a lot of comedians is that they want to be edgy, bordering on being mean. I’m not a prude, but I’m awfully tired of people making jokes about body parts. It’s just not classy. Well, you mentioned classy, so we’ve got to talk about the dresses. Will you be wearing one of those fabulous Bob Mackie creations at the Granada? Probably. I wear them when I do my Q&A shows. They hold up. They’re
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beaded, so you don’t have to worry about ironing them! I’ve got one that’s 40 years old and it looks fine. You did that evening show here in town a few years ago. What’s the draw for you? It’s just like what I used to do on my show but for 90 minutes. There is nothing planned or planted. I’m flying without a net. People just raise their hands and I call on them and they ask whatever they want to know. I enjoy it because it keeps the old “gray matter” ticking. I have to be on my toes and stay in the present, not thinking about what I did yesterday or what I might do tomorrow. So it’s very good for me.
Opera Santa Barbara has been chosen as the organization being recognized at this year’s Legends Gala
So, Oscars, SAG Lifetime, Kennedy Center honors. Where does Granada Legends land? It means a lot because it’s my hometown now. It’s gone by so fast I can remember when we were the newcomers. It’s awfully nice to be recognized at home.
its Granada offerings is its production of Stephen Schwartz’s Seance on a Wet Afternoon that same year 2009, as OSB became one of the smallest American companies to have presented a world premiere by a major composer. Current Artistic and General Director Kostis Protopapas began his tenure with Opera Santa Barbara in 2015, and this past season the company marked its 25th Anniversary by revisiting Puccini’s La Bohème and offering two OSB premieres in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Robert Ward’s The Crucible, plus a gala concert featuring some of the most celebrated artists of the company’s history. The company’s community and educational efforts include The Opera Lab, the Santa Barbara Youth Opera, a season-long Noontime Concert Series, and the recent launch of its young professionals social club, Operacurious. Opera Santa Barbara’s Chrisman Studio Artist Program, which began in 2007, provides emerging American opera singers with high-level performance opportunities and valuable training. The program’s 100-plus alumni have appeared in the most respected opera houses in the country, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, and many more.
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I know you do the Tarzan yell at those events. Will we hear it at the Granada with 1,300 people in tuxedos and evening gowns in the audience? (Laughs heartily.) Only if somebody asks me to. Maybe if they do, I’ll say, “You do it first!” When someone recognizes me and asks for it, I usually say yes, but not in a grocery store or a movie theater. I could scare people! It seems you are nowhere near ready to retire. Oh, no. Not at all! I go on the road a lot. I’m going to Canada in September, and back East in October. And there’s my writing, and an occasional guest shot on TV shows. If they want me, I usually do them. I enjoy it all too much to stop.
Opera Santa Barbara, which is also being honored as a Granada Legend, was founded by Montecito couple Marilyn Gilbert and Nathan Rundlett as Santa Barbara Grand Opera in 1994, with a vision of creating a professional opera company based in town to serve audiences on the Central Coast. From its humble beginnings when the sets were built in driveways, Opera Santa Barbara has progressed over the quarter century to become a leading performing arts organization in the area. A production of La Traviata in 1995 led to the launching of its first full season of grand opera a year later with La Bohème, Don Giovanni, and Rigoletto at the Lobero Theatre, and 13 years later, the company opened at the Granada Theatre with Carmen in 2009, subsequently moving its major productions to the beautifully renovated venue. Among the highlights of
Meg and Dan Burnham grew up together in Michigan, married three days after college graduation, and have been on a whirlwind of busi-
“Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.” – Maya Angelou
ness and family adventures ever since, more than half a century in all. After earning an MBA and spending time in the Army, Dan Burnham’s career took the couple from coast to coast and back again, and included extended employment at The Carborundum Company and AlliedSignal before he was appointed chairman and chief executive of Raytheon, one of the country’s largest defense contractors, in 1998. He retired from the company in 2003. Like Burnett, the Burnhams originally began spending time in the area in 1997, when, while living in Los Angeles, they bought a vacation home in Santa Barbara County where the couple retired in 2005. Five years later they purchased the apartment on the top of the Granada Theatre, and it became their permanent residence a few years later. So they can just take the elevator down to the Legends Gala. In addition to the Granada, the couple are involved with UCSB Arts & Lectures and Santa Barbara Foundation, The Ensemble Theatre, CAMA, the Santa Barbara Symphony, State Street Ballet, PATH, and fellow Granada Legends honoree Opera Santa Barbara. •MJ (For sponsorship opportunities and ticket information for the Legends Gala contact Hayley Firestone Jessup, Vice President of Advancement, at 805 899-3000 or hjessup@granadasb.org, or visit www.granadasb.org.)
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is keeping his legacy alive. The 20-year-old actress has shared a photo op of the Fast & Furious actor next to a pig while swimming in a lake on what would have been her father’s 46th birthday. “Thinking of you xx” she captioned the pic. Paul died tragically in 2013 when his Porsche Carrera GT crashed into a light pole in Santa Clarita going at 100 mph in a 45 mph area. Chasing the Sun Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry, who just attended the secretive Google Camp on climate change in Sicily, is doing her part in helping the environment. The 34-year-old former Dos Pueblos High student has gone completely off-grid by installing solar panels all over her $19 million Beverly Hills home in the oh-so exclusive Hidden Valley enclave. Katy has also installed solar panels on top of her luxury trailer. You go, girl...
Rodrigo Salinas, La Cocina chef Sara Lopez, Jorge Pultera, and Alicia Palmieri (photo by Priscilla)
berry compote, and a delightfully light coconut pudding. Interior designer and restaurateur Steve Hermann, who purchased the property in 2015, after a couple of false starts has now got a surefire culinary winner on his hands.
in-school mentoring for more than 800 fatherless teenage boys. Last year he raised a handsome $30,767 for Boys To Men Mentoring and plans to eclipse it this year with a target of $33,000. I wish him well.
Classic Crooner With legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who I last saw when he performed at a UCSB Arts & Lectures gala at the Montecito Country Club six years ago, coming to our Eden by the Beach again next month at the Arlington, I see the website Travelzoo is offering half-price tickets. Orchestra seats are available for $44 instead of $88, with an administration fee of $14.88 per ticket and $4.55 per order. At 93 – the same age as Queen Elizabeth –, it may be one of the last times to catch the 17-time Grammy winner singing his signature song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”...
Defending the Royals Montecito TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her partner, actress Portia de Rossi, have jumped to the defense of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, over their jet-setting ways. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, staunch environmentalists, have been under fire after taking private jets four times in 11 days with trips to Sicily, Ibiza and Nice, France, staying with rocker Sir Elton John. Ellen and Portia met with the royal duo while in London recently to talk about their work on wildlife conservation and said they were very impressed. “They were the most down to earth, compassionate people,” Ellen posted on Instagram. “Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you’re trying to do is make the world better.”
Surf’s Up For the sixth year, Montecito-based former world champion surfer Shaun Tomson is participating in the 100 Wave Challenge at Mission Beach, San Diego, on September 21. Along with 200 other surfers, Shaun, 64, and his son, Luke, will be hitting the ocean to help provide
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Remembering Paul Meadow Walker, daughter of the late Santa Barbara actor Paul Walker,
Laughter is the Best Medicine Montecito actress Julia LouisDreyfus says her hit HBO TV show Veep was “a lifesaver” during her recent breast cancer battle. Julia, 58, says: “I’ve had a lot of personal challenges, losses, dear ones in my family, my own battle with cancer.” But she credits the Emmy-winning show’s cast with helping her get through, admitting she would have been lost “had I not had this really close intimate relationship with all of these people.” “We linked arms and tried to do the most joyful funny things possible as a team. It was like being in a sports team, and that was the most buoying thing to be constantly coming back to. “It also gave me something to laser focus on during my illness... so it was a lifesaver.” Finally Shacking Up TV producer Brad Falchuk has finally revealed the reason he and wife Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow waited for a year before moving in together after they had tied the knot. Falchuk, 48, says they decided to wait to live under the same roof for the sake of their children. Gwyneth, 46, has two children, Apple, 15, and Moses, 13, from her marriage to Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, while Falchuk has a son and daughter from a previous marriage. “I’m moving in September,” he tells WSJ Magazine. “We’re just doing it slowly. Divorce is terrible, even when it’s the right thing to do. And it’s really hard on kids.
“A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” – Ralph Lauren
“Come September, we’re all going to Brady Bunch it up, and it’ll be great.” Wedding Bells My congratulations to Greek shipping heir Spyros Niarchos whose son, Stavros – named after his grandfather, who was the arch rival of Aristotle Onassis – is set to marry Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s ex-wife, Dasha Zhukova. Dasha, 38, has two children, Aaron, 10, and Leah, 6, with the owner of England’s top rated Chelsea Football Club. They finalized their divorce in August last year, with the settlement including $92 million worth of property, including a four-story mansion in Manhattan. Spyros, 64, was married to international socialite and beer heiress Daphne Guinness for 13 years until 2000, when she received a $39 million settlement. Stavros, 28, is the second child of that marriage. I used to know Spyros when he lived in great style at the Sherry Netherland, overlooking New York’s Central Park, and was dating Venezuelan lingerie model Yelitza Nigretti. Rest in Peace On a personal note, I remember David Koch, the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States, who has died in New York at the age of 79. David, who I would often bump into at Moreno’s, a popular Italian eatery on Irving Place, when I lived in nearby Gramercy Park, was a towering, gracious and amusing individual, as well as a great philanthropist, particularly with medical research. He later went on to buy Jackie O’s penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue opposite the Metropolitan Museum. Forbes Magazine put his net worth at $42.9 billion, making him the world’s 11th richest man. Sightings: Fashion designer Tom Ford and Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. noshing at Oliver’s... Ashton Kutcher, wife Mila Kunis, and children at Toro Canyon Park... Actor Christopher Lloyd picking up his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 805-969-3301 •MJ 29 August – 5 September 2019
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990
RESOLUTION NO. 16-060 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE COUNCIL OF SAID CITY TO VACATE A CITY-OWNED ALLEY AS MORE PARTICULARLY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF A PUBLIC HEARING, THE POSTING OF REQUIRED NOTICES, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION The above captioned resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on August
INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site at the date and time indicated at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: BID NO. 5753A DUE DATE & TIME: SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. FIRE STATION 3 AND ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING PAINTING
13, 2019.
Scope of Work: Painting of interior and exterior Fire Station 3 and Animal Control buildings.
The publication of this resolution is made pursuant to the
Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time.
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original resolution in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California. (Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager RESOLUTION NO. 16-060 ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on August 13, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES:
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on August 14, 2019.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing resolution on
Note: All bids must be accompanied by a copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. Only the original bid security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope and be received within (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered. Bidders are hereby notified that 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5. There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813. Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776. The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.
August 14, 2019.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published August 21 & 28 Montecito Journal
28, September 4, 11, 18, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT – STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL: The following person(s) has(have) withdrawn as partner(s) from the partnership operating under: Clay…, 6868 Cortona, Goleta, CA 93117. Sheldon Kaganoff, 730 Surf View Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 22, 2019. 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez. Origi-
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FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. BONDING Bidder shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order, a cashier’s certified check, or bond payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid. Bonds must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pacific Southwest Realty Services of Santa Barbara, 1230 Coast Village Circle Ste K, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. PSRSSB EQUITY PARTNERS, LLC, 1230 Coast Village Circle Ste K, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 21, 2019. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 20190002051. Published August
A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on September 12, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., at Fire Station 3, located at 415 E. Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.
A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C-33 Painting & Decorating Contractors license from the California Contractors State License Board and the Contractor, or the Contractor’s subcontractor, to possess an EPA Lead-Safe Certification Renovation, Repair, and Painting at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey
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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, September 17, 2019, during the City Council Ordinance Committee meeting which begins at 12:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The Ordinance Committee will review proposed zoning text amendments to the Zoning Information Report Program found in various sections of Titles 28 and 30 of the Municipal Code, specifically Sections 28.87.220, 28.92.130, 30.200.040, 30.200.050, 30.205.120, and all of Chapter 30.285 and forward the proposed amendments to the City Council for introduction and adoption. The proposed changes will amend the Zoning Information Report Program to require only the disclosure of existing City Zoning and Building and Safety written records by the City to residential real estate buyers prior to the sale of the property. Staff has determined that the ordinance amendment does not require further environmental review under provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines. 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, September 12, 2019, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, will be available at City Hall, 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.
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990
INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: BID NO. 5779 DUE DATE & TIME: SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Window & Door Project at Fire Station 3 Scope of Work: The Successful Bidder shall provide labor and any specialty equipment required for the removal of existing window sashes and doors, and installation of new windows and doors provided by the City of Santa Barbara at Fire Station 3. Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. A Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on September 12, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at Fire Station 3 located at 415 E. Sola Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. BONDING Bidder shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order, a cashier’s certified check, or bond payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid. Bonds must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Note: All bids must be accompanied by a copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. Only the original bid security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope and be received within (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered.
(SEAL)
Bidders are hereby notified that 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager August 26, 2019
Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.
Published August 28 & September 4 Montecito Journal
nal FBN No. 2015-0001020. Original Filing Date: March 27, 2015. Published August 28, September 4, 11, 18, 2019.
Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN No. 2019-0001649. Published August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Entertainment Management, 211 Equestrian Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Kathleen Janell Andrade, 1096 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Steven Rudolph Andrade, 1096 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 11, 2019. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0001669. Published August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Travels With Audrey, 676 Mercury Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436. Audrey Nicole De Monte, 676 Mercury Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2019. 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 Kathy Gonzales. FBN No. 2019-0001813. Published August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Athletes For Life, 204 W. Quinto St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Bell Management Services, 204 W. Quinto St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 2019. 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.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KAI-X Media, 283 Eileen Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455. Dylan Hideo Hopewell, 283 Eileen Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 2019. 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 Mary Soto. FBN No. 2019-0001650. Published August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019.
PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5. There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813. Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776. The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California AGeneral Engineering OR B-General Building contractor’s license, including HAZ-Hazardous Substance Removal Certification & EPA Lead-Safe Certification Renovation, Repair, and Painting at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. ________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
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The Christ Cathedral interior looking toward the altar and set up for a concert Another view, part of the 11,000 panes of mirror
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the magnificent ceiling The precious bronze doors to the Cathedral
Disneyland would soon open. The family couldn’t find a hall for the new church Schuller wanted but they found a drive-in theatre. It was unique and was available in the daytime. His motto, “Come as you are in the family car.” He stood atop the tapered roof of the snack bar to deliver his sermon. In the beginning he had 100 folks for his open-air church in their cars. That influenced him to build the all-glass Crystal Cathedral. He said, “It was there I fell in love with the sky.” His wife Arvella played the electronic organ that was portable and mounted on a trailer they towed to and from their home. One congregant remembered, “Smoke and be in church at the same time. What a trip!” Schueller then proceeded to build the world’s first walk-in/drive-up church. Part was indoors (the Arboretum) and the rest in the drive-in. It was completed in 1960. In 1968 Schuller purchased 10 more acres and worked with architects on the 13-story Tower of Hope with a 90-foot tall neon cross. It was the tallest build-
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ing in Orange Country for a decade. From all the donations coming in, he decided to build the Crystal Cathedral made entirely of 11,000 panes of mirrored glass and white-painted trusses with seating for 2,100. During the recent renovation, it took more than three months just to get the scaffolding down when they didn’t need it anymore. The Crystal Cathedral was debt free when Schuller opened it. Then came the pageant shows. Don and I went to both the Christmas and Easter ones. They were all done with real animals – camels, horses etc. – that walked right through the aisles and the audience. There were human angels flying through the vaulted ceiling above us. It was quite a spectacle. We liked the Christmas one best. It had a better ending. There was a down turn in the economy and the Crystal Cathedral ministries filed for bankruptcy in 2010. It almost went to a secular group, but Schuller spoke to the bankruptcy judge personally encouraging him to let the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange buy it and he agreed in 2012.
The million dollar ladies’ bathroom
Total cost including remodeling was $77 million. After a major renovation and seven years it was completed and dedicated July 17, 2019. The first time ever for a non-Catholic church to become Catholic. The Diocese of Orange honors Schuller’s legacy and shares Christ’s message with all who would come, all faiths or no faith. Also tourists who just want to see the property. The Diocese supports arts, music, dance and painting. Part of Star Wars
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estée Lauder
has been filmed there. The 16,000 pipe organ that Arvella played had to be taken apart piece by piece and sent to Italy. There had been no funds to take care of it. The organ spent four years in a temperature controlled storage unit. It was named Hazel after its benefactor, Hazel Wright. There were termites in it and rusted pipes. Piero Ruffatti built it for the Schullers in 1981 and he came back to supervise installation. It is the second largest organ in the world and should be ready to play in December, 2019. The total organ bill is a whopping $2.9 million. The ladies’ room is something to brag about. The plaque says, “It was made possible thanks to a generous cash gift from an anonymous donor who wanted the women of this church to know that they are beautiful – the best – and deserve to be honored with facilities that are not only excellent but elegant and enduring.” They call it the million dollar ladies’ room. Next week’s issue will be Part II of Orange, covering the Sistine Chapel exhibit and the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. •MJ 29 August – 5 September 2019
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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)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
Interdisciplinary Integration – UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum’s ongoing investigation into the outcomes of the cross-pollination of art and architecture has featured an exhibition focusing on the interdisciplinary creative process that characterizes the work of longtime Santa Barbara artist Mary Heebner and architect Jeff Shelton. Both Heebner and Shelton’s practices revolve around cultures and traditions that developed in the Mediterranean basin centuries ago. But while Heebner dissects images of Roman and Greek figures in collages and watermarked books to “bring them back to life,” Shelton interprets popular Spanish building traditions in architectures and designs that expose his “less is more” sensitivity. To illustrate their integrative working methodologies, the exhibition features Heebner’s studies along with a few works from the Museum’s architecture collection that the artist herself has chosen. Likewise, Shelton’s projects are presented with his own selections from the institution’s fine art holdings. Today, as the juxtapositional joint “Muse Project” exhibit nears the end of its summer run, Heebner and Shelton will appear together to discuss their creative processes, and the way they embrace interdisciplinary references and engage a multiplicity of crafts. WHEN: 6:30-7:30 pm; exhibit closes Sunday, September 1 (Also closing that date: “Lee Mullican: Drawings” and “Roberto Benavidez: Pinatas of Earthly Delights”) WHERE: UCSB campus, across from the lagoon COST: free INFO: (805) 893-2951 or www.museum.ucsb.edu
Lost ‘80s Live – Do you recall – at least those of you who are young enough to remember CDs at all – all those great box sets compiling hits of a single decade that were all the rage in the 2000s? I Want My ‘80s Box! was one of the better ones, in my memory at least, with all those hits one right after another from bands that basically were little more than one-hit wonders in the first place, and no filler. Too bad we couldn’t hear them live like that outside of cover bands. Guess what? Now we can! Recognizing the theory of strength in numbers, the Lost ‘80s Live tour stacks up a bunch of bands from the era, and sends ‘em out on the road where they each play short sets consisting only of their most recognizable songs. The tour makes its first ever visit to the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom with a bill boasting a bevy of English and American new wave artists who were mainstays on MTV during the network’s heyday, including A Flock of Seagulls (“I Ran” and “Space Age Love Song”), Missing Persons (“Words” and “Walking in L.A.”), Wang Chung (“Dance Hall Days” and “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”), Bow Wow Wow (“I Want Candy”), The Escape Club (“Wild, Wild West” and “I’ll Be There”), Real Life (“Send Me an Angel”), The Vapors (“Turning Japanese”), The Motels (“Only the Lonely” and “Suddenly Last Summer”), Boys Don’t Cry (“I Wanna Be a Cowboy”) and Farrington & Mann, the original members of When in Rome UK (“The Promise”). So tease up the ‘do and add a healthy dose of hairspray and get transported
by Steven Libowitz
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Storm Warning – August’s month-long Cocktails for a Cause from the ground-floor Finch & Fork comes to a close with a happy hour happening on the rooftop benefiting the Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation. The local featured winery, Storm, will be pouring samples of its favorite varietals while its sauvignon blanc is a key ingredient in the featured Cocktail for a Cause called the Storm Cellar that also has gin, lemon, ginger, and soda with a float of raspberry syrup. For every Storm Cellar cocktail ordered that evening, Finch & Fork will donate $1 to the Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation, and there will be complimentary bites from the restaurant. WHEN: 5:30-7:30 pm WHERE: Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St. COST: free INFO: (805) 8840300/ www.FinchandForkRestaurant.com or https://nightout.com/events
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Labor of Flight – An authentic Vietnam-era Huey helicopter – one of the war’s most vital aircraft – will be on display all day at the Fosters Freeze in downtown Carpinteria to open Labor Day Weekend. Get a photo in the pilot’s or passenger’s seat of the helicopter and hear about first-hand experiences in the chopper by meeting some of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 218, members who served and fought in-country or during the era (1959-1975) in various other places worldwide. Proceeds of purchases of a Huey T-shirt or other memorabilia will support Chapter 218. WHEN: 10 am-4 pm WHERE: 5205 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria COST: free admission INFO: (805) 259-9779 / www.VVAChapter218.org or email info@vvachapter218.org
back to the decade of neon, spandex, and synthesizers up in Santa Ynez. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $69$99 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www. chumashcasino.com Seeing Good People – As the lead vocalist and creative force behind Yes, Jon Anderson is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable voices in progressive rock if not all pop music. In the 1970s, Anderson was the author and a major creative influence behind the ground-breaking album Fragile, as well as the series of epic, complex pieces such as “Awaken,” “Gates of Delirium,” and especially “Close to the Edge,” which were central to the band’s success. Anderson also co-wrote some of the group’s biggest hits, including “I’ve Seen All Good People,” “Roundabout,” and their ‘80s comeback No. 1 smash “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” released after he rejoined the reconfigured group and helped fashion the multi-million-selling album, 90215. Three years ago, he re-teamed with guitarist Trevor Rabin and keyboardist Rick Wakeman as Yes featuring ARW for a series of highly successful tours, and Anderson was inducted with Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. Anderson has also found success with a series of albums he did with Vangelis, and most recently, as a San Luis Obispo-based solo artist who released the critically-acclaimed solo album entitled Survival and Other Stories. Anderson says yes to outdoor music tonight in an open-air concert at the Libbey Bowl in Ojai. He will also receive FestForums Award at the 2019 FestForums Conference here
“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
in Santa Barbara on November 22. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $58$98 ($125 additional for VIP passes that include a Meet & Greet following the soundcheck, a tour laminate and poster) INFO: (805) 272-3881 or www.libbeybowl.org/events SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Going Wilde Over ‘Earnest’ – Mistaken identity as a theatrical vehicle reached its post-Shakespeare zenith with Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Subtitled as a trivial comedy for serious people, Earnest is a frothy farce and comedy of manners in which two men must assume the name “Earnest” in order to win their loves’ hearts as the ladies are certain they could never be happy married to a man who was named something else. Wilde makes fun of the society of which he was a part, ridiculing the hypocrisy of the class system and of the upper-middle classes, and their ideas on morality, marriage, and gender relationships. PCPA Theaterfest director Roger DeLaurier’s notes are dead-on in explaining the play’s appeal almost 125 years since it was first produced: “Each character is vivid in their point of view and the way they use language. For a class of people who don’t have many worries, they get to play – and they play with language. It’s the idea of language as a playground.” Case in point: among the many memorable lines from Earnest are “The truth is rarely pure and never simple,” “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much,” and the popular aphorism adopted by the New Age set, “Be yourself – everyone 29 August – 5 September 2019
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 No One but Noone – Join fellow Montecito resident Peter Noone over in Ojai for another trip down memory lane with Herman’s Hermits. Noone was just 15 when he achieved international fame as lead singer of the legendary ‘60s pop band whose classic hits include “I’m Into Something Good” “Mrs. Brown, you’ve Got A Lovely Daughter,” “I’m Henry VIII, I Am,” “Silhouettes,” “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat,” “There’s A Kind of Hush,” “The End of the World,” and others. Herman’s Hermits sold more than 60 million recordings, with 14 singles and seven albums going gold, and the band was twice named Cashbox’s “Entertainer of the Year.” Nowadays, Noone – who has a 33-year-old daughter, Natalie, who is a successful Americana singer-songwriter in her own right – still does dozens of appearances with the Hermits, wowing his legion of faithful contemporary fans and even making teen girls scream just as passionately as their mothers (or grandmothers) did back in 1965. Los Angeles-based indie artist Lauren Waller, who bridges the divide between 1980s dark wave and modern electro-textured indie pop, opens the show. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $38-$58 INFO: (805) 272-3881 or www.libbeybowl.org/events
else is already taken.” No wonder a revival by the Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway garnered three Tony Award nominations in 2011. WHEN: Opens 8 pm tonight, performs 8 pm Tuesday-Sunday through September 8 WHERE: Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd Street, Solvang COST: $49-$62 (Discounts for seniors, students, children and members of the military) INFO: (805) 922-8313 or www.pcpa.org TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Hendrika’s Haunting Tales – Local marriage and family therapist and author Hendrika de Vries’ new memoir, When a Toy Dog became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew, begins in her early childhood in the Netherlands at a time “when girls are to be housewives and mothers and nothing else.” A “daddy’s girl” until her father is deported from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to a POW camp in Germany while her mother joins the Resistance, Hendrika watches as freedoms formerly taken for granted are eroded with escalating brutality by men with swastika armbands who aim to exterminate those they deem “inferior” and those who do not obey. The young de Vries absorbs her mother’s
strength and faith, and learns about moral choice and forced silence as she sees her hidden Jewish “stepsister” betrayed, and her mother interrogated at gunpoint. She and her mother suffer near starvation and they narrowly escape death on the day of liberation. But through these harrowing experiences, Hendrika discovers the woman she wants to become. The girl became a swimming champion, young wife, and mother in Adelaide, South Australia, then later earned a BA as a Phi Beta Kappa in Denver. A spiritual quest led de Vries to an immersion in the Depth Psychology of Carl Jung, an MTS in theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, a journey to Greece in search of the mythical Goddess, and a move to Santa Barbara for an MA in counseling psychology at Pacifica. A Jungian-oriented MFT for more than 30 years, she has used dreams and intuitive imagination to facilitate recovery and healing of trauma, address life transitions and relational issues, and empower women. De Vries talks about and signs copies of When a Toy Dog became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew at Chaucer’s Books tonight. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com •MJ
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of the Santa Barbara Unified School Board and is on the board and past president of the Community Environmental Council. Previously she volunteered on the Board of Directors of the Parenthood Action Fund and Interfaith Initiative, and was appointed by then Supervisor Salud Carbajal to the Santa Barbara County Women’s Commission where she served as chair. Capps began her career in government and public service in the Clinton White House, working first as an aide to White House Senior Advisor George Stephanopoulos and then as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. She was Senator Ted Kennedy’s Communications Director in the U.S. Senate, serving as his primary spokesperson and developing strategic communications plans on a wide range of issues. Laura was also a senior aide to John Kerry in his 2004 presidential campaign. For over a decade, Laura has worked with national non-profit organizations, building a reputation as a respected advocate for environmental conservation and climate issues through senior positions at Ocean
Conservancy, the climate non-profit founded and chaired by Vice President Al Gore. Recently she has devoted much of her work to ending poverty in California with advocacy and outreach on the Earned Income Tax Credit, and for several years she has worked with No Kid Hungry and local partners to ensure that more kids in Santa Barbara County have the food they need in the summer.
New Upper Village Shop
Interior designer Marc Normand Gelinas has opened up shop in the upper village, opening in the space formerly occupied by Blake Ashley Design next to Montecito Executive Services. “It was a fitting way to mark my tenth year in business in Montecito,” he told us during a recent visit to the store. The shop, which opened on July 1, offers a carefully curated collection of fine antiques and period pieces, the selection of which is constantly changing as the pieces are sold. “Antiques are a big part of my passion in interior design, and this is a way to bring them
Interior designer Marc Normand Gelinas has opened a storefront in the upper village, offering a curated collection of antique furniture and art
to the forefront,” said Gelinas, who is also running his thriving interior design business out of the space. Gelinas has been beautifying Montecito and Santa Barbara homes for the last decade, offering turn-key, high-end design services that range from full remodels with construction supervision to refreshing one room in a home, and everything in between. After graduating from the Pratt Institute of Interior Design, he spent decades designing homes and apartments all over the country, while
based in New York and Providence, Rhode Island. Wanting a change from the East Coast and seeking new weather for a new phase of his life, Gelinas moved to Montecito in 2008. Gelinas says his ability to get to know his clients and his wide range of aesthetic styles has allowed him to succeed in the business. He says he listens to his clients’ design taste and needs, and seeks to provide a functional, comfortable, and well-designed space, even down to the choosing of sheets and dinnerware. His work has been featured in many publications, including House Beautiful, Traditional Home, and more. For more information, visit www. marcnormandgelinas.com. The storefront is located at 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 153.
Friendship Center Updates
Friendship Center’s 9th Annual Wine Down & Big Heart Awards will be Thursday, September 5 from 4 to 7 pm. Featuring tastings of wine, beer, spirits, and coffee from 10+ local businesses, this is a fun and festive event to support the adult day care facility.
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“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” – Margaret Mead
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Participating beverage purveyors include Buttonwood Farm Winery, Draughtsmen Aleworks, Fess Parker Winery, Frequency Wines, Goleta Red Distilling Co., Kalyra Winery, Lafond Winery, Montecito Coffee Co., Rideau Vineyard, Vinemark Cellars, and Windrun Vintners. Guests will also enjoy hearty hors d’oeuvres and live music by Montecito Jazz Project. Friendship Center’s Big Heart Awards will be presented to notable supporters at the event, and guests will have the chance to contribute much-needed funds by bidding on silent auction of unique gift baskets and live auction courtesy of auctioneer Geoff Green of the SBCC Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from this event go to LEAP (Life Enrichment Activity Program), providing music and movement sessions led by local entertainers and instructors to engage Friendship Center members in body, mind, and spirit. For tickets ($75) visit www.friendshipcentersb.org/wine-down or call 805-969-0859 to purchase by phone. Friendship Center is also pleased to welcome Justin Redmond, Marcella Simmons, and Marti Correa de Garcia to its Board of Directors. “We have an amazing Board of Directors at Friendship Center,” said Heidi Holly, Executive Director. “And I am thrilled to welcome these three talented individuals whose unique backgrounds and diverse experience make them great assets to the entire organization.” Justin Redmond, CLPF, joins Friendship Center’s Board of Directors this year. Justin is a Southern California native who earned his BS in Business Economics from UC Santa Barbara and became a California Licensed Professional Fiduciary in 2015. He has held an Administrator’s License for California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly with the Department of Social Services and is a former member of the Aging Life Care Association. Justin is currently a member of the Professional Fiduciaries Association of California and is an associate fiduciary and care manager for Quinn Fiduciary Services. Marcella Simmons joins Friendship Center’s Board of Directors this year. Marcella grew up in Thousand Oaks and attended UC Santa Barbara, earning a BA in Business Economics. She has made her home in Santa Barbara for over 40 years, and has been a retail store proprietor and worked in sales and business management and as an independent interior designer specializing in kitchen and bath design. For the last seven years, she has been a realtor with Village Properties. In addition to Friendship Center, Marcella currently serves on the Board of the Pearl Chase Society, and volunteers with the Mission Rose Garden and Santa Barbara Beautiful. Marti Correa de Garcia returns to 29 August – 5 September 2019
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Friendship Center’s Board of Directors after serving from 2012 to 2018. Marti attended CSU Los Angeles, moving to Santa Barbara in 1978. She is founder
of T.Y.R.E.S. Inc, a recycling business, co-founder of Coast TV and Santa Barbara Tower, LLC, was a founding board member of Business First Bank,
and is the Administrator-Treasurer of her husband’s architectural firm, Garcia Architects, Inc. In addition to Friendship Center, she currently serves on the Boards of Zona Seca, Inc., Santa Barbara/Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee, and Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo Festival, Inc. Friendship Center ’s Board Officers for FY2019-20 are: Patricia Forgey, President; Julie McGeever, Vice President; Dana VanderMey, Secretary; Joe Holland, Chief Financial Officer; and Penny Mathison, Member-at-Large. For more information about Friendship Center, visit www.friend shipcentersb.org. •MJ
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New Price! 3735 Foothill Road San Roque Built in 1964 4 Bed, 2.5 Bath 2,258 Square Feet Offered at $1,435,000
Open Sunday 2-4 This gorgeous Colonial exudes classic curb appeal with its black shutters & window boxes, red door, and brick entryway. This San Roque gem is elegant yet comfortably casual, offering a traditional floorplan with entry foyer, spacious living room with fireplace, dining room with gracious moldings, charming kitchen & breakfast area, powder room, and a cozy den. Four large bedrooms, including a lovely master suite, are located upstairs; the front bedrooms enjoy gorgeous mountain views. The home boasts a HUGE attic space, offering ample storage space or even additional living space if desired. Well cherished for nearly two decades, this home is an entertainer's paradise, sitting on 1/4 of an acre and boasting a pool/spa, large patio for indoor/outdoor living, and beautiful gardens with fruit trees, roses, and picturesque views. Monte Vista School attendance area.
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$22,450,000 | 650 Picacho Ln, Montecito | 6BD/6+(4)½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 | Lic # 00968247
$11,950,000 | 1050 Cold Springs Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 | Lic # 01209514
$11,500,000 | 1664 E Valley Rd, Montecito | 7BD/12BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 Lic # 01209514
$9,950,000 | 1333 E Mountain Dr, Montecito | 4BD/4+(2)½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247
$5,650,000 | 2303 Bella Vista Dr, Montecito Upper | 5BD/5½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 Lic # 01209514
$5,495,000 | 1164 Hill Rd, Montecito Lower | 4BD/4½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247
$5,350,000 | 2255 Featherhill Rd, Montecito Upper | 4BD/3BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247
$4,850,000 | 255 Bonnie Ln, Montecito | 3BD/3BA Josiah Hamilton | 805.284.8835 Lic # 01415235
$4,300,000 | 560 Meadow Wood Ln, Montecito | 4BD/4½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141
$4,195,000 | 780 Rockbridge Rd, Montecito | 4BD/4½BA Team Scarborough | 805.331.1465 Lic # 01182792 / 01050902
$3,995,000 | 974 Park Ln, Montecito | 2BD/2BA + Art Studio Angela Moloney | 805.451.1553 Lic # 01221588
$3,990,000 | 1077 Alston Rd, Montecito | 4BD/3½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141
$2,795,000 | 330 E Mountain Dr, Montecito Upper | 3BD/5BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 Lic # 01209514
$3,175,000 | 1156 Hill Rd, Montecito | 4BD/4BA Wilson Quarre | 805.680.9747 Lic # 01415465
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