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Beautiful You 10-17 December 2020 Vol 26 Issue 50

SERVING MONTECITO AND SUMMERLAND

How Montecito’s “best-kept beauty secret” is making it work during the pandemic, p. 16

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In Passing

A tribute to the tireless, hardworking, dedicated, and effective advocate for the underprivileged, Barbara Tellefson, p. 43

Back in Baja Montecito

Montecito-raised Mark Osiel lands in Summerland after leading a life of lawyering, p. 27

The Secrets of Stem Cell

A Montecito doctor turns to a less invasive option to treat severe injuries, p. 34

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Inside This Issue

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Editor’s Letter

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Montecito on the Move

Please don’t take off your seat belt just yet. We’re so very close to home but we’re not quite there yet.

A little holiday cheer and the unlimited possibilities for good deeds, kindness, and compassion

10 Letters to the Editor

A collection of communications from readers Lawrence W. Dam, Fran Davis, Bryan Rosen, Eileen White Read, and Nancy Freeman

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Mollie Ahlstrand asks residents to be part of a relief effort for Ethiopian conflict

14 The Shopping List

An eclectic compendium of holiday shopping suggestions from some of the area’s most celebrated boutiques

Compounding Pharmacy Vitamins and Supplements Cosmetics and fine Gifts

16 People of Montecito

Megan Waldrep profiles four resilient retailers and how they made their businesses work in trying times

18 Montecito Miscellany

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David Gersh’s latest novel; Ellen snags Dennis Miller estate and other celebrity house swaps; the former Royals home for the holidays; functions for fundraising; and collections up for auction

22 On Entertainment

Brad Nack rings in the season with reindeer art book; a virtual chat on Vines & Visions; the wonder of It’s a Wonderful Life; comedy and concerts for a cause

26 Perspectives by Rinaldo S Brutoco

A time to choose: we can still decide to end this plague

The Optimist Daily

Live a long and healthy life by treating your friends to homemade treats and treating yourself to 11 minutes of daily exercise

27 Summerland Buzz

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32 Dear Montecito

Montecito native Tobias Cole crosses the world to attend university in Scotland, and then crosses the country by bicycle

34 On Medicine

A Montecito doctor turns to stem cell therapy as a less invasive option to treat injuries

40 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant explores all manners of power – the power we seek from money, or political office, or social status and the power we derive from cars and the sun

43 Remembering Barbara Tellefson 44 Nosh Town

Revolver shoots out New York-style pizzas and other Italian favorites; curbside menu spotlight for COVID era

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47 Local Business Directory

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Editor’s Letter

by Gwyn Lurie CEO and Executive Editor of the Montecito Journal Media Group

Just a Few Miles from Home

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ust hours into what is hopefully our final lockdown order, it’s deja vu all over again. I’m worried about my mother in Los Angeles and my in-laws in assisted living at Maravilla cooped up for the holidays. As we head into what’s meant to be a joyous season, I’m missing my family and friends, I’m feeling bad for my kids, and I’m concerned for our local businesses that depend on the holiday season to make their yearly nut.

But this is not the time to get fed up. Nor is it the time to lighten up. With the promise of a COVID vaccine around the corner, we have reason to be hopeful.

But with the holidays coming up before that vaccine can be distributed, we also have reason to be vigilant. There’s no such thing as a person who looks like they have COVID. Too many people on ventilators seemed perfectly healthy… until they weren’t. As we learned from the Thomas Fire and debris flow, the threat is not over when we’re tired of the threat. So even with the end in sight, now is the time to double down on caution.

Don’t Fudge the Bubble

For starters, don’t “fudge” the bubble. It’s hard to be 100% COVID kosher, but I know so many people (myself included) who make “special allowances” for the hairdresser or the tutor or the “friend who hasn’t seen anyone” and I think we all can and should try to do better in terms of domestic crowd control – especially hard around the holidays.

Another important way we can pitch in is by supporting our local businesses. That book may be cheaper online than at Tecolote or Chaucer’s, but that’s because our one-off shops are paying fair wages and competitive rents. They have legitimate personalized customer service, they know their clientele, and they have unique local character. Our beautiful local stores are part of what we love about our village and we want them to be here when COVID is over. So please support them whenever possible.

Our shops remain open and set up for safe, socially distant shopping. Or, if you’d prefer, pick up the phone and call. Most of our local businesses will be happy to wrap and send out your holiday gifts for you. And don’t forget, everyone loves gift cards!

Another way you can pitch in is to CALL or WRITE to our ELECTED OFFICIALS and demand that Santa Barbara be allowed to form its own Central Coast COVID grouping along with our Tri-County sisters Ventura and San Luis Obispo. Our Supervisors have just voted to support this, but your voice matters too. Maybe even more.

The problem with our current grouping is that we are tied to the massive Southern California COVID Region, which has much higher infection rates and fuller ICU wards than we do. As a result, our ability to ease restrictions is tied to the status of the rest of Southern California rather than the real life (and better) COVID performance we have going on locally. Allowing the Tri-Counties to meet the state’s thresholds for COVID locally rather than bundling us with half the population of this state will help save businesses by evaluating us regionally. To me this seems only fair. So if you agree, please contact our State Senator Monique Limón, Assembly Representative Steve Bennett, and Governor Gavin Newsom and tell them how you feel about a Tri-County COVID grouping.

For anyone who’s ever received a moving violation and opted for a stint in traffic school in lieu of a ding on your record, you know there’s little memorable about those mind-numbing hours of penance. But I learned one statistic while “doing time” that I’ve never forgotten: 1/3 of all car crashes occur between one and five miles of the driver’s home.

There’s a comfort associated with driving in one’s own neighborhood. Drivers become lax because they feel like they’re almost home – abuzz with what awaits them. Seat belts come off, texts are checked, minds wander.

The same is true with this pandemic. The end is in sight and we can almost feel the prick of that vaccination that we hope will enable us to resume “normal” life. We love the holidays and we want so much to feel normal and joyous and celebrate with our loved ones, but please don’t take off your seat belt just yet. We’re so very close to home but we’re not quite there yet.

We have come so far and as a community we’ve done so well and we’re so close. So be safe. Continue to take this virus seriously. Wear your masks. Keep your distance from others outside your home. Don’t gather in large groups, especially indoors. We MUST remain diligent. And of course, we should count our blessings. Because if this community is the place you call home, you have many.

Oh, and did I mention… shop locally?

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by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association

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overnor Gavin Newsom’s shutdown order, in place for a minimum of three weeks, means no more dinners out for a while, coffees with friends, all of that. However, this is Montecito, a special, magical community of strong people that have been through a lot, with love in their hearts. This renders them fully capable of staring down the Grinch of 2020 and making wonderful things happen. Some great opportunities and good news follows to help you have the most wonderful, meaningful holiday this year.

Season’s greetings from the Santa Barbara Police Department: We consistently make our sheriffs feel welcome here. They’re our partners in the Hands Across Montecito project to help our area homeless come indoors. They report on crime in Montecito faithfully at the top of every monthly board meeting. California Highway Patrol and Sheriffs anchor our Montecito Association Transportation Committee, and led our Fourth of July Motorcade Parade. When we walk Coast Village with the sheriffs on homeless outreach, Montecito neighbors always greet and thank them for being in our community. We’ve now added SBPD to our enforcement partnerships, meeting with them at the Montecito Country Mart last Friday. To our delighted surprise, SBPD’s Craig Burleigh brought us swag bags, with all kinds of SBPD-themed goodies inside. Kristin Teufel loaded him up with Caffe Luxxe gift cards for his fellow officers. It turns out cops love safe bathrooms (who knew?) so they’ll be visiting the Country Mart quite a bit, and using the parking lot for an early morning briefing. Nextdoor mavens – please be sure to get that right, and don’t fret online that police in the parking lot means a bank robbery. We’re creating a community partnership with SBPD, so please make them feel welcome here!

Hands Across Montecito Meets an Angel

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n an article in MJ’s Dec 3-10 issue, Rinaldo S. Brutoco describes the recent Supreme Court decision in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v Cuomo as astounding, shocking, incredible, and “out of left field.” The only thing shocking to this former trial lawyer is Mr. Brutoco’s total misstatement of the facts of this case and the law.

The facts were that the Governor of New York by executive order placed severe restrictions on the number of individuals that could attend religious services when their service area was classified as red (no more than 10 people) or orange (no more than 25).

These restrictions were without regard to the denomination or size of the cathedral, church, temple, or mosque.

In the Catholic Diocese which brought the case, 26 churches were covered by the order: Almost all held at least 500; 14 held at least 700; and two held over 1,000. The restrictions applied notwithstanding the precautions the churches had taken including requiring social distancing, masks, open windows and doors, eliminating singing, and disinfecting between services.

The restrictions applied notwithstanding the absence of COVID outbreaks at these houses of worship.

None of these severe restrictions applied to business and activities that were deemed essential. Included in this excepted category were acupuncturists, camp grounds, garages, airports, bus stations, hardware stores, liquor stores, laundromats, bike repair shops, pet stores, big box stores, accountants, lawyers, and several more.

The church plaintiffs appealed the

lower courts’ decisions refusing to enjoin the Governor from enforcing the law against the churches.

The majority of the Supreme Court reversed the lower courts’ decision and granted a preliminary injunction finding the striking difference in the treatment of the religious community to be discriminatory and a violation of the First Amendments prohibition on government making laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

As required in assessing any limitation on First Amendment freedoms, the court applied a “strict scrutiny” standard of review. While the court recognized that controlling a pandemic was a legitimate state interest, any laws regarding such must be neutral in application where First Amendment protections are threatened. The governor’s order was anything but neutral and discriminated against houses of worship. As aptly put by Judge Neil Gorsuch in his concurrence: “while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there in no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques.”

Mr. Brutoco’s editorial sidesteps the patent religious discrimination presented by the facts of the case, and argues the Supreme Court should not have decided the case because the issue was moot at the time of the decision. Shortly before the hearing, the Governor reclassified the Brooklyn area as “yellow” which permitted larger gatherings. Noting that the Governor had reclassified areas of the State several times without notice,

sometimes daily, the Court recognized that the churches were under constant threat of future discrimination and had no immediate recourse. What protection against First Amendment freedoms is there if on the eve of a Supreme Court challenge to a law, the State mitigates the damage by changing the law, only to reenact the original law after the case is heard?

It is simply wrong to suggest that the Supreme Court has never decided a case that was “moot” particularly when denial of Constitutional rights are capable of being repeated, yet may evade judicial review. Most notably, Roe v Wade, was a moot case when it was decided as the plaintiff had given birth to her child and put it up for adoption before the case was heard.

Under Mr. Brutoco’s reasoning, the court should have dismissed the case as “moot” “by the time it arrived at the court”?

Given the facts and the law, to describe the reasoning of the Court in Roman Catholic Diocese v Cuomo as religious prejudice of overwhelmingly Catholic justices wanting to protect their religion is unfounded and smacks of religious bigotry. There is a reason that the free exercise of religion is the first protection granted in the First Amendment, even before freedom of speech, press, or assembly. It was, and remains today, that important.

Lawrence W. Dam

Too Much for the Eyes

Great job on the latest columns! I especially enjoyed the one about plugging the oil leaks and the BAR (with my quote!) and all those damnable white buildings in town. It’s practically eye blinding! Though, yes, I understand, the Xmas shopping possibilities are endless (good job on that one, too), if you’ve got the bucks.

Hope your holidays are okay or even better!

Cheers Fran Davis

Indio Muerto Street: Let’s Remember and Honor the Native American Found There Back in 1851, when the grid for Santa Barbara streets was being planned, surveyors stumbled onto a body of a dead Native American.

The street put in at that location was named “Indio Muerto Street,” meaning “Dead Indian Street.” Because of the story associated with it, Indio Muerto Street has become a landmark in Santa Barbara history.

Due to an outcry from Chumash people and members of the public, on September 30, 2020 the City of Santa Barbara voted to change the name to what Chumash leaders suggested, “Hutash Street.” Hutash is a good word and a good name but does not tell the story of the Native American found there. Is he to be forgotten?

Why aren’t the Chumash leaders honoring one of their ancestors?

Why wasn’t a replacement name about him like “In Honor of the Unknown Native American Street” not chosen?

A similar concept would be the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.” It’s time this concept was applied locally towards a Native American. A great opportunity is being wasted, and the memory of this person is being swept under the rug. The City of Santa Barbara is helping this to happen – but no surprise – as the City has been harming Native Americans for hundreds of years.

However a person feels about the name “Indio Muerto Street,” one cannot deny that it is a reminder of the terrible things done to Native Americans.

The “Indio Muerto” sign is being taken down by the city on December 14, 2020. The Barbarino Chumash Tribal Council is sponsoring a series of events in honor of the name change from December 7-20. Looking at their site, it’s clear they’re standing for some good things. From their site: “These wrapped posts will transform into prayer poles for unknown peo-

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’ve often extolled Mollie Ahlstrand’s food. She’s the owner/chef of Mollie’s on State, formerly Mollie’s Ristorante on Coast Village Road.

In recent months, she has had her challenges. Upon closing her Coast Village Road eatery (after a 25-year run), for example, she and her son, Ali Ahlstrand, opened Mollie’s on State. Then, of course, the pandemic struck and they were forced to close the new place after spending a great deal of money on an upgrade and re-design of the premises.

Along with most other Santa Barbara restaurateurs fortunate enough to have outdoor space, they added heaters and a fenced-off area on State Street when she could no longer serve diners inside and business slowly improved. Now, of course, in the face of this most recent lockdown, she can’t serve anything anywhere and is back to strictly take-out only.

To add to her troubles, Mollie got into a nearly fatal automobile accident a couple months ago, when she, by most accounts, apparently blacked out at the wheel (she’s not really sure exactly what happened). She was severely injured and spent a month in Cottage Hospital and has been recuperating for the past few months at a private home here in Montecito. Mollie is finally out of a wheelchair, has ditched the walker, and gets around – very slowly – with a cane. That she survived at all seems a near miracle and she proudly carries an iPhone CT scan of the various bolts and metal stakes now a permanent fixture in her nearly broken body.

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Food stocks are nearly empty for 96,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray, aid agencies say, while medics in Mekelle are short of painkillers, gloves, and body bags.

In the meantime, her country of birth – Ethiopia (a country of 115 million people) – has slipped into conflict between rebels and the forces of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Because of the fighting, nearly 50,000 Ethiopians have fled across rivers and desert areas to Sudan, a two-week trek, mostly on foot. Mollie’s family still live in Ethiopia, and she worries for their safety and for the safety of all the people now living in refugee camps in Sudan, who were until this uprising, residents of the modern and successful city of Mekelle, in Tigray province.

Sources in the area report that after a clamor from aid agencies, the Abiy government and the United Nations have agreed to allow humanitarian aid into areas of Tigray. Some 600,000 people relied on food handouts even before the fighting. Food stocks are nearly empty for 96,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray, aid agencies say, while medics in Mekelle are short of painkillers, gloves, and body bags.

Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland reports that there’s an acute shortage of food, medicine, and other relief, and added that relief convoys were ready to go.

“I would beg the world to stop this war,” Mollie pleads, suggesting that many people may not have even heard about this looming disaster because so much attention has been given to our recent election. She fears the situation could turn into another 1994-type Rwandan disaster (in which up to 800,000 men, women, and children were attacked and killed in a tribal bloodbath) if not ended soon. She asks that residents of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, and Carpinteria be part of that relief effort by donating to local nonprofits such as Direct Relief International, Surgical Eye Expeditions, United Way, and other such agencies.

If this is something readers might consider but don’t know exactly which nonprofit to donate to, a complete list of all Santa Barbara area charities is available in the back pages of The Giving List. If you don’t have a copy, they are available free of charge at 1206 Coast Village Circle.

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ontecito’s legacy shops have stood the test of time, braving the lightest of lulls to the meanest of bear markets. And in a year that has cratered traditional retail, the village’s small businesses have stood tall again. In the midst of yet another crippling lockdown, we feature a few of the area’s celebrated boutiques for our annual compendium of holiday shopping suggestions.

SILVERHORN or nearly half a century, Silverhorn has been handcrafting exquisite pieces of jewelry of the finest materials and enduring quality. Traveling the world seeking out rare and unique gemstones, the Silverhorn designers win awards for creativity and craftsA diamond and manship year after year. Each piece, created 18-karat yellow with the gemstone in mind, is crafted using gold bracelet from Silverhorn and a artisan methods in the Coast Village Road 24-carat Chrysoprase Design Studio. This year a diamond and cabochon ring in 18-karat yellow gold bracelet, featuring 15 18-karat yellow gold diamonds, of various shapes adds just the sparkle for this holiday season and a 24-carat Chrysoprase cabochon ring in 18-karat yellow gold will be a lasting memory of this holiday season for years to come. Complimentary holiday giftwrapping in the Silverhorn signature style adds the finishing touch to your special purchase. Offering in-store festive shopping or curbside pickup.

Silverhorn Design Studio is located at 1235 Coast Village Road. Call (805) 969-0442 or visit www.Silverhorn.com.

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OCCHIALI EYEWEAR oted as “Santa Barbara’s Best Optical Store and Sunglass Selection” for more than 30 years, Occhiali Eyewear is Santa Barbara’s exclusive distributor for top international eyewear designers. Comprehensive in scope, Occhiali Eyewear combines high-fashion awareness with prescriptive expertise and offers an unparalleled selection of couture eye- At Occhiali Eyewear, the Sospiri “Michela” ($1,120) wear from the most innovative designers and the Jacques Marie Mage “Dealan” ($610), handin Europe and America. On Santa’s List crafted in Japan this year are the Sospiri “Michela” ($1,120) featuring Swarovski crystals, Italian acetates, and unique artistic embellishments and Jacques Marie Mage “Dealan” ($610), handcrafted in Japan. These hip sunglasses pay homage to Bob Dylan touring the world in the mid ‘60s with his iconic black cat-eye spectacles.

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MAISON K aison K specializes in distinct clothing and unique home decor sourced from around the world, including France, Italy, Turkey, India, Morocco, and beyond. This season’s best sellers include: Mantes-la -jolie candle by Astier de Villatte ($85), a fragrance designed by Françoise Caron blends mint, fresh herbs, and citrus transporting you to a village market, made in France. An embroidered wool shawl ($295) with a floral motif in ice blue and slate is the perfect piece to complete your ensemble. Wear as a shawl or scarf (made in India). The setsuko pedestal bowl by Astier de Villatte ($495), a glazed ceramic bowl, is festooned with lemons, pomegranates, pears and leaves (handmade in Paris).

At Maison K, a setsuko pedestal bowl by Maison K is located at 1253 Coast Village Road. Astier de Villatte ($495) Call (805) 969-1676 or visit maisonkstyle.com, Instagram: @maisonkstyle.

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etail shops were some of the first businesses to close when the pandemic hit. Yet they’ve slowly opened up inch by inch as regulations allowed, finding new ways to connect with customers. The silver lining to the world’s current state is a forced creativity it has spurred in us all. For business owners, the pandemic expanded the tunnel vision of day in, day out operations into a bigger, more long-term future. Wearing masks and adhering to social distance guidelines, four local businesses reveal how they’ve reopened doors and intend to keep it that way. Let’s take a peek.

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Brazilians really don’t give a damn when it comes to body image, and it’s something all American women can benefit from. If owner and designer Sonia De Mello of resort wear line

So De Mel could bottle up that confidence and sell it in her showroom perched above Tre Lune, we’d be in much better mental shape. For 12 years, Sonia has guided clients into resort and swimwear that suit their specific body types and is careful not to push someone who isn’t self-assured when slipping into her collections. “I prefer (my customers) to feel good, confident, and love it,” she says. With fashion cycles topping at 52 collections per year, Sonia curates a small collection of classic designs that rise above fast fashion trends. In other words, quality over quantity thrives here.

Q. How was your business affected at the start of the pandemic?

A. Most businesses were affected by this pandemic, but like everything else, we learned to navigate through the best way we can. Instead of moving forward and creating more col-

lections, I scaled down and kept the collection very tight and small. I’m very conscious size-wise and how much I’m adding to the collection.

I’ve kept it very low cost and didn’t hire anybody this year. It’s just me, by myself, so I prefer to open only Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

I’m here other days, but I’m doing wholesale or shipping. But people can call me anytime because I’m always around.

Beautiful You

The New York Times and Vogue magazine have touted Montecito-based beauty business Beautiful You as a “best-kept beauty secret.” Since opening a location at the Las Aves complex near Andrée Clark Bird Refuge 10 years ago, owner Megan Simon Brand has added wife and mother of two to her title. Clients can beautify with Endermologie, a tissue treatment to minimize cellulite to an organic spray tan that uses only three ingredients. Bonus: Megan now shares the space with full-service hairstylist Svetlana Hanson and licensed esthetician Melissa Peterson, rounding out their product ladder to serve clients from head to toe. Though Beautiful You is a hands-on business, they take the utmost precautions to ensure all clients’ safety and health. Here’s how:

How have you been able to adjust?

Having a wholesale business that operates primarily with resorts and boutiques, we were mainly shut down.

Resorts closed, and nobody traveled to them. Looking into the good part of it, we were already merging into an e-commerce prior to the pandemic, so I kept moving towards that online direction and minimized inventory rather than adding on.

Q. How did business change for you in the first part of the pandemic? What was your initial reaction to the change?

A. Business dropped off dramatically within the first few weeks of March, and then we were shut down completely, not being an essential business.

Of course, I was worried about the survival of my business and the health of my family – I was eight months pregnant at the time, so I had a lot on my mind initially. But being in business for the last 15 years, I’m no stranger to crisis: the financial crash of 2008, the Thomas Fire, and the Montecito debris flow all caused enormous impact on my business. I had learned from those

What are your hopes for the future of your retail business?

I love the small business I created, and I am very fortunate to be based here in Montecito with a special clientele that keeps the business running.

That allows me to continue to be creative. A quality product has always been my priority, so my focus for the future is to keep small to best control the quality of the product I create.

So De Mel is located at 1151 Coast Village Road, Second Floor. It is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1:30 pm to 5:30pm and by appointment. Call (805) 969-2955 or visit www.sodemel. com, Instagram: @sodemelswim.

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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 13 years ago.

Gersh Makes Good on the Laughs

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It is the Harvard Law School graduate’s sixth tome, to be closely followed by his seventh, The Whisper of a Distant God, a Civil War historical novel about the campaign the Confederacy mounted to take over Colorado, Nevada, and California, which took six years to write because of the extensive research and will be on bookshelves in April.

“Pot Luck is another yarn about the bumbling small-town lawyer, Jimmy Harris, when he jumps out of the frying pan into the pot business,” says David. “He’s in way over his head and there are more twists and turns

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Rossi, 47, are the new owners of comedian and political pundit Dennis Miller’s $49 million 4.3-acre Montecito estate.

The dynamic duo bought the property with a 9,000-square-foot South African Cape Dutch-style house, a guesthouse and barn from Miller, 67, and his wife, former model Carolyn, 55, in September.

The private deal makes the compound, a short distance from the new homes of Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, one of the priciest compounds in our Eden by the Beach, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Millers lived on the estate since buying it for $11 million in 2006.

U.K. home, Frogmore Cottage, a tiara’s toss from the Long Walk near Windsor Castle, to Prince Andrew’s daughter, Princess Eugenie, 30, and her husband Jack Brooksbank, 34, who are expecting their first child.

Frogmore, near the grand mausoleum which is the final resting place of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was the home of Victoria’s Indian manservant, the Munshi, the subject of the charming 2017 film Victoria & Abdul, with Dame Judi Dench reprising her role as the long reigning monarch.

Until now the couple have been living in Ivy Cottage at Kensington Palace, known by the Prince of Wales as “the aunt heap” because of all the royal relatives living there.

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Prince Harry and wife, Meghan Markle, are busily planning their first Christmas at their new $14.7 million home, Riven Rock.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into the 14,563-square-foot nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom home on nearly five and half acres in July and, given the pandemic restrictions, will be spending Yuletide in Montecito with their 19-month-old son Archie and Markle’s Los Angeles-based mother Doria Ragland, 64, instead of joining Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth for the holidays as they have in the past.

Normally the 94-year-old British monarch celebrates at her 20,000 acre 775-room estate in Norfolk, Sandringham, built by Queen Victoria’s son, King Edward VII, but this season for the first time in 30 years will be in a “bubble” at 1,000-yearold Windsor Castle, 26 miles outside London, keeping in contact with most relatives via Zoom.

Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, were spotted shopping for a Christmas tree and other decorations at Big Wave Dave’s, a shop set up in Macy’s parking lot at La Cumbre Plaza, where Prince Charles’s youngest son was mistaken by one youngster as a member of the staff.

James Almaguer, who works on the lot, says: “They seemed like very nice people. Harry seemed like a particularly chill lad honestly. It was anticlimactic, but a very, very liberating experience.”

Harry has also been ordained “Sexiest Royal” by the readers of People magazine. The dashing duke beat off stiff competition from his older brother, Prince William, 38, and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, 41.

The title comes a year after he was awarded the celebrity glossy’s Sexiest Man Alive accolade following in the footsteps of the likes of John Kennedy Jr., George Clooney, and Mel Gibson.

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Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is launching a Wild Rosé limited edition fundraiser

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is launching a Wild Rosé limited edition fundraiser. The Grenache Rosé wine, available for a limited time, was made specifically to benefit the popular charity by renowned winemaker Kris Curran, voted one of California’s highest profile winemakers with grapes from Montecito animal activist Gretchen Lieff’s Alamo Creek Ranch.

Donor premiums are being offered for a case of 12 bottles at $300, half a case or a single bottle of the wine which has light floral aromas of rose petal and nectarine blend with clay and damp stone, with the delicate palate hinting of peach, tangerine, Pink Lady apples, and a touch of minerality, reminiscent of classic wines from the south of France.

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Montecito on the Move (Continued from page 6) Peace Foundation decided to make a $25,000 matching grant donation to Hands Across Montecito! Their incredibly generous gift will close the gap in fundraising. Community-based homeless outreach projects like ours tend to be the most successful. If you’d like to donate to Hands Across Montecito and have your gift matched by the Living Peace Foundation, please go to montecitoassociation. org, under Projects.

The Christmas Tree Has Arrived

Hospice Santa Barbara has installed our Christmas tree in the Upper Village for the third year in a row, and Light Up A Life takes place December 16 at 6 pm. We will be well into Hanukkah, and closing in on the Winter Solstice on December 21, the longest night of the year. Light Up A Life gives us a warm window to celebrate those no longer with us, to keep their memory alive during this magical season. You will be able to dedicate a star for your loved one on the virtual Tree of Remembrance, which means you can share it online with your family and friends. You can showcase your star(s) with your loved one’s name, photo, and a special message from you. Additionally, Hospice will hang a paper star with your loved one’s name on the Montecito tree in the Upper Village.

Our first responders are hanging the stars. The ceremony is virtual this year, emceed by Catherine Remak, and you can invite as many people as you want.

It’s free, too! Go to hospiceofsb.org/lual for more info, or call Cheryl Puyot at (805) 563-8820.

Even More Good News

You may know that we lost an amazing matriarch in Unity Shoppe co-founder and angel Barbara Tellefson on November 22. Dana Newquist is heading up a Montecito-based Toy Run and Funds for Food drive on December 13 in the Upper Village in front of Montecito Grocery. Come early – between 8 am and 11 am Sunday, you can bring checks and toys to the Upper Village to load up on Dana’s ‘sleigh’ of the historic fire engine.

The procession to Unity: You’re welcome to either ride in the procession in your vehicle (decorate!) or wave as the procession rolls by. You know the rules: spacially distance, wear masks, and be safe.

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Down East Valley Road, left on Hot Springs at Mount Carmel to Olive Mill to Coast Village roads, to the Hot Springs roundabout, then continue on to Cabrillo. Right on State Street to Gutierrez Street, left on Gutierrez, then right on Chapala Street, and on to Unity Shoppe.

This event is hosted in spirit by Barbara Tellefson, and carries on her wish that Unity Shoppe keeps its doors open to provide for the less fortunate, especially during the pandemic.

Yes, it’s the darkest time of the year. It’s also the darkest time of the pandemic. But there are multiple bright lights of love, joy, magic, and community togetherness happening in Montecito. We’ve said it before, and will keep saying it: Montecito is the most amazing community and it’s because of the wonderful people here, like you! So get your holiday on, cheer up, and join in the love this holiday season in The Christmas tree from Hospice for Light Up A Life graces the Montecito.

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At Imagine Artful Things, a brass peace colander ($160) BASKE CALIFORNIA Montecito boutique with wanderlust spirit offers handmade leather shoes and curated women’s and men’s clothing and accessories for the California lifestyle.

The boutique’s owners curate a stylish selection of footwear. Dragon Diffusion resort slides made with handcrafted leather that are made to fit well and age beautifully ($120) and Porter calf leather wallets made in Japan with the highest quality standard and thoughtful design sensibility ($166-$220) are a few ideas for gifting a well-heeled loved one.

BASKE California is located at 1268 Coast Village Road. Call (805) 324-4194 or visit baskecalifornia.com.

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CLARE SWAN BOUTIQUE lare Swan is a men’s and women’s clothing and travel boutique in Montecito’s Upper Village. The women’s collection features sportswear and contemporary fashion, outerwear, and accessories. The men’s shop includes classic shirts, sweaters, and vests in cashmere, merino, and cotton. Traveling? Don’t worry about packing, the boutique’s luggage department will cover your every need. Free holiday gift wrapping, personalized services, shipping anywhere, and curbside pickup is available.

Clare Swan Boutique is located at 1485 East Valley Road, Suite 12. Call (805) 9691746 or visit clareswan.com.

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THE NURTURE COTTAGE he Nurture Cottage is a ‘unique’ nonprofit lifestyle boutique specializing in local and international merchandise for children, home, and gift giving. All profits go directly to the support of local organizations chosen each year by the Nurture Foundation. Bring the School of Rock home this holiday with the Loog Pro acoustic guitar ($129). Your little one will get some good mileage out of the Lil’ Roadster ($299).

The Nurture Cottage is located at 1213 Coast Village Road. Call (805) 722-0334 or visit nurturecottagemontecito.com.

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The Lil’ Roadster ($299) from the Nurture Cottage

MATE GALLERY ate Gallery is a vintage curiosity shop and popular destination for coastal nostalgia, consisting of nautical and seaside finds culled from the New England coast and brought into a little gem of a space at the Montecito Country Mart. The gallery’s owner takes vintage and unused surfboards, and creates ropewrapped works of art ($1,400). Those who are looking for the perfect beach house hostess gift or add magical glow to your room look no further than the signature candle of the shop, Sun Burn ($45), a warm and beachy combination of sandalwood, violet, cedar, and jasmine notes.

Mate Gallery is located at 1024 Coast Village Road in the Montecito Country Mate Gallery’s Sun Burn candle ($45), a warm and Mart. Call (805) 895-6283 or visit mate beachy combination of sandalwood, violet, cedar, and jasmine notes gallery.com.

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At Clare Swan, for him or her, the Bellagio Blue by Bric’s ($595)

GLAMOUR HOUSE stablished in 1965, Glamour House is the oldest and most trusted intimate apparel boutique in Montecito. The boutique offers a fine selection of the world’s most sophisticated lingerie, loungewear, and slippers from everyday basics to specialty collections. Top holiday selections such as an elegant stretch velvet wrap and zip front robe by Diamond Tea of Canada ($295); fine couture nightwear by Ritratti of Italy ($295); Swiss cotton and lace nightgowns, robes, and bed jackets by Celestine of Germany ($210-$395); and comfy Ugg slippers ($85-$135) are perfect gift items for those who made the “nice” list. Concierge bra fittings and customized holiday giftwrapping is available.

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EIDER STUDIO estled in the Upper Village of Montecito, Eider Studio has been continuing the legacy of Baroncelli Fine Linens since 2018. A thoughtfully curated design and home accessories shop, Eider Studio offers an array of elegant bed and bath linens, European down bedding, decorative accents, and unique gifts. A Welsh Slate Star Throw Blanket ($275), based on a design from the 1950s, was crafted by a Welsh weaving company that has been in operation since the 17th century.

This reversible throw is sure to impart coziness and charm for many years to come. Finished with a handsome hem so either side can be displayed.

Dimensions: 47” W x 79” L; hand-poured red and white striped dinner candles ($32) come in a set of four will bring a festive glow to weeknight dinners and special occasions alike.

Welsh Slate Star Throw Blanket ($275) at Eider Studio is located at 1485 East Valley Road, Eider Studio Suite 8. Call (805) 969-2617 or visit eiderstudio. com.

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At Glamour House, top holiday selections such as an elegant stretch velvet wrap and zip front robe by Diamond Tea of Canada ($295), Swiss cotton and lace nightgowns by Celestine of Germany ($210), and comfy Ugg slippers ($85-$135)

Glamour House Intimate Apparel is located at 1470 East Valley Road. Call (805) 969-5285 or visit shopglamourhouse.com.

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GEORGE PET SHOP eorge, a dog and cat specialty shop with proprietary goods including beds, collars, bowls, treats, apparel, and essentials, has a full range of holiday goods. Rainproof on the outside and warm and fleecy on the inside, your canine companion will look stylish and stay dry in George’s black and white glen plaid jacket ($240), available in sizes from Teacup Poodle to Goldendoodle. A cute Santa’s Little Helper hedgehog ($8.50) will satisfy your pup’s need to chew on Christmas morning. Perfectly sized for jaws ranging Fido will look stylish and stay dry in George’s rainproof white glen plaid jacket ($240) from Chihuahua to Great Dane.

George is located at 1026 Coast Village Road. Call (805) 565-4777 or visit georgesf.com.

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IMAGINE ARTFUL THINGS magine Artful Things offers a curated collection ranging from clothing to furnishings, with an emphasis on contemporary crafts and design. This holiday season is all about peace, love, and joy. Give your loved one a peace sign ($330) or a brass peace colander ($160). Looking for some quarantining fun? Try this vintage Chinese checker table ($1,100).

Imagine Artful Things is located at 1470 East Valley Road, Suite X. Call (805) 6950220 or visit imagineartfulthings.com.

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by Steven Libowitz

Reining in the Reindeers: Nack Puts Paintings on Paper

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hree years ago, a few of us attended Brad Nack’s 21st annual 100 percent Reindeer Art Show – a perpetually packed reception at Roy where folks jostle each other to get first dibs at the new paintings – decked out in N95 respirator masks to shield against inhaling smoke and particles from the then still-growing Thomas Fire. But this year even a willingness to wear the most protective of facial masks wouldn’t have been enough as the pandemic and the recently increased-restriction protocols would have prevented the opening event from taking place. The thing is, the caribou collection didn’t fall victim to COVID, as the gathering still wouldn’t have happened anyway because, as longtime fans are aware, in 2020 Nack stopped painting new reindeer portraits, or at least went on hiatus. The painstaking practice he’d been perfecting for more than two decades that included adding many layers and alterations to each piece over a period of many months – even though the final canvases are measured in square inches – has truly been reined in for the first time since he painted the first reindeer as a Christmas present for a friend’s mom.

But fear not: You can still enjoy a large crop of the cute critters in your home, and not only by purchasing one of the 45 or so remaining elegantly framed paintings that didn’t sell at the show that are available online on Etsy, but also because the native Santa Barbara artist has just published a new art book called Brad Nack: 100% Reindeer. The 128-page book collects samples from nearly every annual herd of the antlered animals, capturing the way out and the whimsical depictions of the winter-time mammals in ways Santa could never have SITE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION 50 + YEARS EXPERIENCE - LOCAL 35+ YEARS

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Santa Barbara artist Brad Nack’s new artbook Brad Nack: 100% Reindeer collects samples from nearly every annual herd of the antlered animals

imagined.

The project came together over the course of the year and finally reached fruition through a Kickstarter campaign that just ended last month. The finished book is due back from the printer at the end of the week, and Nack talked to us about both the book and the beasts over the phone during the quiet time between finishing the final edit and fulfilling the pre-orders.

Q. This was the first time in more than 20 years that you didn’t make any new reindeer paintings. How was that for you?

A. It was definitely weird because I was so used to painting them and was thinking, wow, it’s going to be really strange not to. But it turns out that doing this book was just as intense as painting the reindeer. The Kickstarter campaign was crazy because I only had half the money I needed with just 10 days left.

Seems like it paralleled the panic and rushing you used to do to get your reindeer done on time for the show at Roy. You just summed up everything that I meant to say. That’s exactly it.

The panic of getting a show together became the panic of getting a book

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together because there’s a deadline for the holiday season. Same thing.

So what was it that prompted you to do a reindeer book at all?

I’d always wanted to have a book of the paintings, which is why I took all those photos, thousands and thousands of them, over the years, which I had to go through when it turned out that I was the one to do it. I had never pursued it earlier because I knew it would be a big job. But some friends who have been supportive and bought paintings over the years had canceled their summer travels because of COVID and offered to help back in March.

I always felt that the best representation of the reindeer was when people would come to the show and see the whole herd, all of them hanging in one place together. The people that get the most out of them are the ones that create their own herd by buying one a year. After a few years, they’re their own little group. I realized a book would be a perfect way to create a big herd. There’s something like 150 reindeer in it – I haven’t actually counted – and they make a bigger statement as a group than they do as individuals.

Their expressions and personalities play off each other. That’s also why I put them into categories of emotions as a way to organize the book: amused, bold, curious, nervous, sad, and happy.

I liked having the reindeer speak in this book because it’s not really about me. It was much better to have them talking because they could say what they wanted.

But yeah, I’ve told people that if I were doing the paintings, they would have been the most happy, happy reindeer ever. So in a way I’m really looking forward to maybe getting back and doing a few more, just for fun, next year that will be the saddest I’ve ever painted because next year has to be better.

(Check out the remaining reindeer paintings and order copies of Brad Nack: 100% Reindeer Art Book at www.brad nack.com or www.etsy.com/shop/brad nack.)

Book Basics: A Virtual Chat on ‘Vines & Visions’

Famed Santa Barbara photographer Macduff Everton and veteran journalist-writer Matt Kettmann, who are both graduates of UCSB, first collaborated on Around the Table: Recipes &

That reminds me, you have said that the emotions of each new herd that came out in December largely represented the opposite of what you were feeling during the year. So I’m wondering, how was it for you not to have that outlet during 2020, perhaps the most insane year we’ve lived through?

Well, what I ended up doing was have the reindeer speak on their own behalf in the book. So I took their voices and wrote something as if they were speaking to the reader. I hadn’t done that before, but it felt natural because I have always liked being like the supporting cast, not the center of attention, even when I was a musician.

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Stories From The Lark in Santa Barbara, which was managed by Everton, who also took the photographs, while Kettmann contributed a chapter on wine history in town. Nearly four years later, that project has led to the publication of Vines & Visions: The Winemakers of Santa Barbara County, a 632-page coffee table book that features nearly 1,000 intimate images by Everton and just shy of 100 in-depth profiles by Kettmann, a senior editor at the Santa Barbara Independent and a contributing editor for Wine Enthusiast who has written about wine for The New York Times, TIME, Smithsonian, and Wine Spectator.

The book is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the beautiful region’s winemakers, vineyards and wineries and includes essays and images of the history of the region, a study of its unique geography and analysis of important trends. Everton and Kettmann will join fellow UCSB alum Greg Brewer, the co-founder of 25-year-old winery Brewer-Clifton in Santa Rita Hills, who last month was named Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Winemaker of the Year, in a conversation sponsored by Chaucer’s Books at 6 pm on Monday, December 14, to mark the book’s release.

Brewer called Vines & Visions “a stunning work which harnesses the intensity of the topography and intimately captures the passion of those working within. The trust and intimacy that (the authors) have forged with everyone in Santa Barbara is shared throughout each and every page of this significant work that will forever hold a vital position in the history of this unique area.”

Watch the webinar at https://zoom. us/j/94529051854 or visit www.chaucers books.com for details.

Chaucer’s Choices: Channel Islands in Print

Island Visions, the new book co-authored by another pair of Santa Barbara locals, brothers Jacob Seigel Brielle and Isaac Seigel-Boettner, dives deeply into the Channel Islands, the chain just off our coast that often lies shrouded not only in fog but also mystery. Home to tiny island foxes found nowhere else on the planet as well as gigantic blue whales and towering underwater kelp forests, the island chain has much more to offer than its mass would indicate. Island Visions relates tales from the land and its inhabitants and explorers over the years, featuring diverse voices from the past and present to bring to life the importance of the Channel Islands, which have been home to humans for more than 10,000 years.

The co-authors will talk about the book – which features a dedication to the late Montecito-based oceanographer/filmmaker Mike DeGruy – at 6 pm on Thursday, December 10 – 17 December 2020

17, in Chaucer’s next virtual event. See it online at www.zoom. us/j/96842086263, or visit www.chau cersbooks.com.

Honing in on ‘Home for the Holidays’

A cabaret for Christmas might seem like the mixing of metaphors, but the idea made a lot of sense for PCPA as a way to produce something during the pandemic. That was partly because a show that’s akin to a revue could be done from people’s homes during lockdown without damaging the storyline. But it didn’t hurt that longtime PCPA casting director and associate artist Erik Stein had a lot of experience with the format, having produced nine cabaret shows between 2005-07 at a theater he helped run in Avila Beach.

“All of us are missing the audience as much as people are missing seeing live theater,” Stein said earlier this week. “This is an opportunity for us as actors to get to do what we love to do, even though we can’t be in the same room right now. We wanted to make sure that people know that we’re thinking about them, that we miss them and that we can’t wait until we can perform live again.”

The virtual cabaret is titled Home for the Holidays, to mark locations both where performers recorded and viewers will watch. It will stream just once, at 6 pm on Saturday, December 12, a one-hour show that Stein likened to “a five-course meal” for its breadth, richness, and diversity. Among the highlights of segments with PCPA’s resident actors and conservatory alumni are Kitty Balay singing a countryfied version “Sleigh Ride” accompanied

by George Walker on four stringed instruments, spliced together by a PCPA graduate who edited the whole project.

There’s also a brand new holiday song by co-musical director Paul Marszalkowski called “Christmas Is Convenient for Love” sung as a duet

by Andy Philpot and Emily Trask.

“It’s got a Bing Crosby-Doris Day New York sound, but it’s dealing with some fun modern issues,” Stein said.

Katie and Annali Fuchs-Wackowski are contributing a parody of an Irving Berlin song called “What Can You Do with the General” from White Christmas. “They rewrote all of the lyrics to be about Christmas during COVID in 2020,” Stein said, adding that the couple “go into a dream sequence where they dance a duet. It’s really special.”

Also coming in the cabaret are traditional carols from Yusef Seevers, Mark Bohr reading a small portion of A Christmas Carol accompanied

by Trask playing the cello, Polly Firestone Walker sharing “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” and a

George Walker will perform in PCPA’s virtual gala cabaret, Home for the Holidays

few comedic segments to add some humor, Stein said.

It’s all meant to recap a challenging year while contemplating better things in 2121, Stein said. “The theme of the show is ‘Memories and Hope’ as we look back on things that we miss and look forward to the future.”

(Admission to PCPA’s streaming gala cabaret Home for the Holidays is free.

Visit www.PCPA.org to register.)

Wonder of ‘Wonderful’ lives

Just last December, Ensemble Theatre presented the area debut of a potential new holiday tradition in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Joe Landry’s funny and festive adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic film.

The audience ostensibly is witnessing just four actors portraying all of the characters of the heartwarming story of a small town banker whose big dreams of the world beyond keep getting postponed eventually readjusting his outlook on life when a socially awkward angel shows him what might have happened in his town if he’d never been born. This week, the Capra classic movie was supposed to close out UCSB Arts & Lectures’ fall series of free films at the West Wind Drive-In on December 16, until the new lockdown protocols from COVID have caused those screenings to be canceled.

But you can still enjoy the Christmasseason staple, and not just on TV, as Ojai Art Center Theater is doing a pandemic pivot of their own to present a virtual production of It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play, which runs December 12-19. As an added bonus, Ojai ACT’s production mirrors a bit of the story of bringing families closer together as the cast includes a husband and wife, two groups of siblings, and a father and daughter.

Tom Hall, who plays three roles in this show, grew up in Ojai. His mother, Emily Hall, performed at ACT from 1963 to 1972 and Tom remembers playing with his Dinky Toy cars under the seats at age five while she rehearsed. As an adult Tom also landed the lead role of George Bailey in an Ojai ACT stage performance of It’s A Wonderful Life, where he met his wife, who played his wife, Mary. Now in this radio play version their daughter Emily, named for her grandmother, plays Mary. To boot, Tom is a distant cousin of Lionel Barrymore, who played Mr. Potter in the film. Also, Arshan Barati, the subject of the documentary Arshan – The Little Soprano, which premiered in October at the Ojai Film Festival, will show off his singing skills in the radio play when he performs alongside his younger siblings Jahan and Shams.

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Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

Rinaldo S. Brutoco is the Founding President and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital.

He’s a serial entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host, and futurist who’s published on the role of business in relation to pressing moral, environmental, and social concerns for over 35 years

A Time to Choose

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his COVID dominated period our global human society is going through gives me a partial sense of what it must have been like during one of the six great prior plagues humanity has endured and survived. The “good news” is that we have the opportunity to choose to put this terrible human tragedy behind us. Before looking at that choice, let’s look at the pandemics that preceded for comparison.

The first recorded “great plague” was the Plague of Justinian in 541 CE, which arrived in Constantinople when rats harboring bubonic infested fleas stowed away aboard a grain shipment from Egypt to Constantinople. From that capital city varying estimates put the number of dead between 30-50 million people, likely about half the world’s population at that time. The plague appeared to end because it killed everyone that couldn’t develop immunity. Unfortunately, the rats and fleas never really left, so the “Black Death,” as it was called, slammed into Europe in 1347 killing 220 million Europeans in just four years.

Here’s a great data point for modern times: some far sighted port official in the Venetian controlled city of Ragusa found that by requiring ships entering from distant ports to hold at anchor for 40 days, creating the precursor concept of our modern quarantine (quaranta is the Italian word for forty), infections of plague declined. As primitive as that gesture was, it actually worked! Proximity to new sources of infection actually reduced total infections. That fleas on the rats were the vector of the Black Plague was yet unknown, so they hadn’t yet realized the need to block ships’ lines to the docks. Still, just keeping the quarantine for sailors was a major improvement. Social distancing, folks!

The Great Plague of London was actually a series of approximately 40 separate outbreaks (roughly every ten years) between 1348 and 1665, killing approximately 20 percent of every man, woman, and child in the British Capital. The flies were at least geographically contained to the capital, but the populace still didn’t know what caused the plague and were thus powerless to prevent it from returning about every ten years for almost 300 years! So much for

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Dr. Scott Atlas’s flawed theory that “herd immunity” would solve the current pandemic. It’s been tried and has failed.

Smallpox was a long-lasting plague in Europe, Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula. For centuries it killed three out of ten who became infected and scarred survivors with “pock marks” (derived from “pox”).

When arrived in the New World, it proved to be far deadlier to indigenous populations with absolutely no immunity from it whatsoever.

Nothing has devastated any population like the native populations in Mexico and North America in the 16th-18th centuries. According to Thomas Mockaitis, a history professor at DePaul University, Mexico’s pre-conquest population went from 11 million to 1 million! That “plague” was the first to end with the invention of a vaccine in 1796

by Dr. Edward Jenner. He correctly observed in 1801 that the scourge of smallpox could be eliminated from the earth with a vigorous vaccination program. He proved to be correct in 1980 when the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared that smallpox had in fact been eradicated globally.

Although only tens of thousands of people were killed in the mid-19th century British Cholera Epidemic, I’m mentioning it as it ended due to clever research, rather than vaccination. The breakthrough came through careful scientific investigations by Dr. John Snow, who had a single pump handle removed from a popular drinking well and conclusively proved that cholera was waterborne. In other words, he demonstrated that simple prudent steps like wearing a mask today, or in those days drinking from a different well, could prevent disease and even end an epidemic.

And, although cholera continues to plague developing countries, particularly those overwhelmed by storms and/or violence that interrupts normal water flows, it is clear that we can test for it, contain it, and eliminate it if we use prudence and follow scientific guidance. It’s just like trying to get everyone to realize that wearing masks, social distancing, and maintaining good hygiene will reduce this epidemic in background infection rates until the upcoming vaccines can completely knock it out.

Healthy and Happy Holidays

A guide to mailing homemade treats this holiday season

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cents and flavors from home are scientifically known to make someone feel happier, so sending homemade foods is a great way to experience that taste of home while we can’t travel this year. Here’s how you can safely prepare and mail those goods.

First, make sure the food is being prepared safely. If you or someone in your home has tested positive for COVID-19, has been exposed, or is experiencing illness of any kind, it’s a good idea to wait until everyone is healthy to send out delicious treats.

Step two is picking what to make. When it comes to desserts durable enough for travel, pound cakes, pies, and brownies are a great choice. Avoid fresh fruits and delicate creations, like meringues, which won’t withstand the journey.

Packaging your food is one of the most important components. Try to put the goods in a container with rigid sides and make sure it can’t slide around.

If your items are temperature sensitive, consider wrapping ice packs in bubble wrap and including them.

Just 11 minutes of daily exercise can help offset the effects of sitting

A new study shows that even small amounts of exercise during the day can go a long way in offsetting some of the harmful health impacts of a sedentary lifestyle.

Conducted by scientists at Columbia University, the study consists of a meta-analysis of nine other studies tracking nearly 45,000 people. The analysis found that even when people sat as much as 8.5 hours a day, just 11 minutes of moderate exercise significantly reduced the risk of premature death typically associated with sedentary lifestyles.

To count as moderate-to-vigorous, the exercise needs to be the equivalent of brisk walking or biking. As shown by previous studies, short bouts of exercise throughout the day can also do the trick as long as you get enough overall.

“It doesn’t matter if you accrue it in thirty minutes or one-minute bouts over thirty occasions,” says Keith Diaz, one of the co-authors of the study. “The guidelines historically used to recommend that it had to be ten minutes or more time, and we found that that’s just not the case. Any movement, no matter what duration, is beneficial, as long as you accrue enough of it.”

•MJ This historical review would not be complete, of course, without reference to the Spanish Flu of 1918. An avian-borne flu that killed between 50-100 million people worldwide, including at least 675,000 Americans.

How did this one end? Well, people started wearing masks, trying to stay away from obvious points of infection, and cities banned large public gatherings to avoid spreading the disease.

Sound familiar? Philadelphia decided there was no real problem (just like the now disgraced Dr. Atlas) and held what today we would call a “super spreader” event, the “Liberty Loan” parade of September 1918 which went on to kill 1,000 and sicken 200,000 more within 10-20 days of the event. The event was one of the reasons that October 1918 was the deadliest pandemic month on record at that time. The economic damage was just like we’re seeing today to the domestic economy.

So, we get to choose. Do we want to learn from the past and alter our

“Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.” - Gilda Radner

behavior? It worked in the Spanish Flu and cholera pandemic. Shall we cooperate with President-Elect Joe Biden’s plea to wear our masks for just 100 days after his inauguration?

Do we want to seek out vaccination when it becomes widely available in just a few of months as was used to defeat smallpox? And, are we willing to band together with the WHO to prevent all the pandemics above, not to mention HIV and SARS, handled by pharmacology and measures common to good public health administration going forward?

We have to choose. How much pain do we want to incur before following public health guidelines until the vaccine arrives, and when it does be willing to take it? We have to choose, and we have to do it now as the death toll in the U.S. approaches the 300,000 mark this week. We must choose wisely.

For, as George Santayana famously quipped, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

•MJ 10 – 17 December 2020

Summerland Buzz

by Leslie A. Westbrook

A third-generation Californian, Leslie, currently resides in Carpinteria but called Summerland home for 30 years. The award-winning writer assists clients sell fine art, antiques and collectibles at auction houses around the globe. She can be reached at LeslieAWestbrook@gmail.com or www.auctionliaison.com

New to the ‘Hood: Meet Mark Osiel

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ark Osiel is a lawyer, author, and law professor who holds the Aliber Family Chair at the University of Iowa. So, what’s he doing in Summerland? Well, he adds yet another accomplished and interesting citizen to the community for starters. Here’s a little to know about the professor and author.

Q. You recently moved to Summerland and you told me you plan to eventually retire here, in the area where you grew up, while your long teaching career in Iowa continues mostly remotely for the time being. Most people, once they leave, are not able to return. What pulled you back after Mark Osiel is back in Baja Montecito after a long career of lawyering and law professoring all these years?

A. I enjoyed a very happy childhood here – first in Carpinteria, then Montecito, finally in Santa Barbara proper – and have many fond recollections of the place, both the people I knew in school and of course the spectacular beauty of the natural environment. The foothills of San Roque were my backyard, Butterfly Beach my playground. At a local camp, I learned to pitch a tent and shoot with bow and arrow. Through the summer youth program at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, I learned the seaman’s ropes, progressing then from fierce competition in small “sea shell” dinghies to crewing on members’ yachts for weekend jaunts to the Channel Islands. Such great fun! I look forward to more of that, as well as involving myself in local nonprofit organizations.

Before settling on your legal and teaching career you worked for Project Head Start and were a paramedic in Guatemala. I would love to know more about those experiences and how they shaped you.

At age 15 I worked for a few months as a volunteer at a local Head Start program and acutely recall the names and faces of the mostly minority kids, so fresh and rambunctiously energetic, whom I coached, tutored, and mentored.

The paramedic experience happened by way of the local chapter of Amigos de las Americas, an organization that placed high school students in highland areas of Central America, where I administered vaccinations to hundreds of young children. That experience led ultimately, through life’s serendipitous paths, to my books on Latin American law and politics, which focus on the prosecution (in which I’ve sometimes been tangentially involved) of human rights abuses in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

You are the author of numerous books (Summerland is peppered with authors, including Lou Cannon and Bella DePaulo) dealing with the law and governmental atrocities against humanity. In layman’s terms, what have you concluded about man’s unkindness (and this is putting it mildly) to his fellow mankind?

Yes, I’ve written a great deal about legal responses to mass atrocities, to genocides, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. My readership consists of scholars in the social sciences and humanities, as much as lawyers and judges.

As for “man’s unkindness to man,” undoubtedly those are important questions. But I myself don’t work at so high a level of abstraction. We focus on the strengths and weaknesses of alternative legal and policy responses to largescale violence of various sorts. There has been, alas, many such episodes and places throughout the world to think about in this regard. My work has taken me to many of them. In conversations with locals, we ask whether a truth commission might be preferable to a criminal prosecution. And how best to organize a program for victim reparations, where the civil justice system can’t or won’t redress the wrongs they’ve suffered.

categories tend to run out and require serious rethinking when confronting collectively organized wrongdoing on a massive scale. Who is really most deserving of punishment at such times? Those who pull the trigger or those who give the orders from afar? What should we do when, as in Rwanda, there are far too many perpetrators to imprison for periods commensurate with the magnitude of their wrongs? These are some of the questions my writing and international consulting have sought to address. Moral philosophy can help refine the law’s tools to this end. But in improving our legal instruments, it’s most important to pay close attention to the organizational and interpersonal dynamics involved in such horrors. Here, the social sciences prove at least as useful as ethics.

I have met the mothers of the disappeared – Madres de Plaza De Mayo – in Buenos Aires who protest the 30,000 who disappeared in Argentina during military dictatorship and the “dirty war” in the 1970s and was very moved by their activism. What is your involvement in that atrocity?

During the six months I spent in Buenos Aires, I spoke at length with several of the Madres leaders and worked with one of the human rights groups then seeking the prosecution of military and police officials responsible for human rights violations during the 1970s. One of the prosecutors I knew later went on to become the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. I spent a year there in The Hague, co-directing a research center focused on public international law, working to help develop the new field of international criminal law. There have been significant setbacks, but the legal changes we worked for have mostly been quite heartening for the cause of human rights throughout the world, in my opinion.

Back to Baja Montecito

Quite some time after Mark and I communicated, the bilingual professor confessed that he discovered that he hadn’t technically moved to Summerland, despite having announced his move to the town on a friendly “reach out” on NextDoor, which is how I’d connected with him.

“It’s quite confusing, Leslie,” Mark replied, to which I responded: “Now you’re telling me?”

“On Summerland Heights Lane, our mail is delivered to us, not via boxes at the post office. Our zip code is 93108 and our formal mailing address is ‘Santa Barbara, CA,’ not ‘Summerland, CA,’” he said. “Yet, if you go to Google Maps and type in Summerland, CA, the map that appears clearly locates our street in Summerland, not Montecito, which is show to begin on just the other side of Ortega Ridge Road.”

Thoroughly confused? To that, I may as well let Mr. Osiel know that Summerland has been referred to as Baja Montecito. So perhaps the professor might just want to tell folks that’s where he lives? Either way, welcome to the neighborhood and thanks for chatting. I hope to see you around Baja Montecito – walking the beach or riding your bike – and learn more about your efforts around the globe… once we all get vaccinated.

Ojai Music Festival’s Virtual Holiday Home Tour & For-real Shopping

Every November, I look forward to the Holiday Home Tour in nearby Ojai that benefits the annual Ojai Music Festival, now entering its 75th year.

Organized by the OMF Women’s Committee, this year, due to COVID, they have done a terrific job of creating a video tour of three lovely homes. Narrated by architect/designers Steve and Brooke Giannetti (whose home has been on the tour in the past), the filming also includes a lovely soundtrack (no surprise!) that includes works performed at the festival. You can tour these Ojai gems from the comfort of your home – and the cost this year is a pay-whatyou-can donation model. Entering its 24th year, the event continues to benefit the Ojai Music Festival and its BRAVO education and community program,

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On Entertainment (Continued from page 23 23)) Life: A Live Radio Play begins at 7 pm on Saturday, December 12. Tickets, available at www.ojaiact.org/iawl for $12.95, include unlimited viewing through 12 midnight on Saturday, December 19.

A Coronafied Concert: Carmen in Your Car

Speaking of radio plays, that was the construct director Sara E. Widzer employed for Opera Santa Barbara’s outdoor production of Carmen, A Live Drive-In Opera, a modified version of Peter Brook’s 1981 adaptation of Bizet’s classic last weekend at the Ventura Fairgrounds. Mounted just hours before the new lockdown orders went into effect, the show enjoyed not only fortunate timing but also a fabulous presentation that featured all the performers on stage and sharp camera work projected on the giant screens.

It was hard to believe so much drama and passion could be conveyed with the performers partitioned and often immobile – although costume changes and the use of twin announcers as film noir narrators certainly helped to justify the necessary pandemic parameters and play-within-a-play construct.

Mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock mesmerized in the demanding title role, while Harold Meers and Alexander

Elliott as her ill-fated suitors Don Joséas and Escamillo were perfectly balanced foils and Chrisman Studio Artist soprano Jennifer Lindsay gave more breadth to Micaëla than might have been reasonably expected.

Artistic director Kostis Protopapas conducted the 20-something strong OSB Orchestra admirably, keeping both the music and energy flowing in this truly tour-de-force production that out-muscled even the swirling winds.

When Babcock sang, in French, the lyric “Long live the music that falls from heaven,” it was hard not to get some shivers up the spine for a line that surely must have meant even more to Protopapas, who has been fighting for live performances for months. Here’s hoping we can be back indoors in Santa Barbara’s twin jewels of the Granada and Lobero theaters in the not too distant future. But if COVID continues to rage despite the upcoming vaccines, you definitely do not want to miss whatever he comes up with next.

Comedy for a Cause

With the latest lockdown already in place due to rapidly rising numbers in the ongoing pandemic, everyone could use a little levity in their

lives. Meanwhile far too many of our neighbors could also use a little help with food and other necessities. To that end, local comedian Samantha Bearman and her production company Bear Cave Comedy have put together a streaming show that serves as a fundraiser for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.

Ahmed Al-Kadri, the up and coming actor-comedian whose Netflix special airs later this month, will headline the show, with TikTok comedy star Ta’Vi, The Tonight Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show veteran Kaycee Conlee, local comedian Evan Lopez, and Bearman, who was a semifinalist in the 2019 Ventura Harbor Comedy Festival and debuted Bear Cave Comedy in January but since pivoted to virtual events, also on the virtual bill. Tickets for the 5:30 pm show on Saturday, December 12, are $10. Visit www.bearcavecomedy.simpletix.com.

Tales from a Terrible Year

Tales from the Tavern, the prolific if periodic singer-songwriter series up in the Santa Ynez Valley, began coping with the coronavirus situation by streaming curated versions of some of the concerts from its 15-year-plus history, almost all of which have been captured via multi-camera video. A couple of one-offs turned into a week-

ly series of streams, then went on hiatus for a couple of months, and returned in the fall with new material.

Now as the year winds to a close, Tales is taking a moment to take stock of 2020 – aka Year One of Tales from the Tavern Television – via presenting its TFT-TV Festival of the Year, a multi-episode compilation of songs, stories, and interviews from programs posted this year complete with bonus interview footage that was not aired in the original videos. Part 2 arrives on Wednesday, December 9, and features footage from John Gorka, John Stewart, Eliza Gilkyson, Tom Russel, John McEuen, Birds of Chicago, Janis Ian, and several others. Watch it beginning at 5:30 pm on TFT-TV’s YouTube channel, http://www.YouTube. com/c/TalesfromtheTavern.

“These are culturally and artistically significant performances and interviews, and we are so proud of the content and the quality,” says series founder-producer-interviewer Ron Colone. “In addition, we are thrilled that, as happened with the Live concert series, a community has formed around these programs to share in the warmth, the connection, and the ‘journey of discovery’ through song and story. Thank you to all who energize and fortify the TFT-TV community.”

•MJ

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Miscellany (Continued from page 18) increase from last year, with 139 animals currently in care.

As well as building a $5 million animal hospital at its Goleta locale, a dedicated wildlife transport vehicle will also be joining the fleet in due course.

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Shining On

Hillside House’s fourth annual Shining Light on Abilities was decidedly illuminating!

More than 100 cars, with drivers and passengers staying in their autos, turned out to see the holiday lights and decorations at the 75-year-old charity’s headquarters on Veronica Springs Road where 59 residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities are housed.

Nearby properties join in the Yuletide fun and the area is a regular stop on the Santa Barbara Trolley, Rock Star, and Land Shark tours.

“It was so gratifying that so many turned out in these difficult times,” says Michael Padden-Rubbin, director of development. “The only real difference this year is we encouraged everybody to stay in their cars rather than getting out for photographs.”

Truly negative times...

Ryan Seacrest Lists Estate

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, 45, has listed his sprawling Beverly Hills estate for $85 million, eight years after snapping up the property from TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres for $39 million.

Seacrest, who also co-hosts the Entertaining the event are the “Ukelele LuLus” Clara Cassin, Ellie Johnson, Paula Cassin, James PaddenRubbin as Santa, Ann Rudolph, Marlene Riemel, Gail Campanella, Jan Inouye, Mary Jane Cooper, and Suzy Pelorsky (photo by Priscilla)

Aboard Santa’s sleigh is the Curiel family: Julian, Ezekiel, Kelsee, and Fil (photo by Priscilla)

Manhattan-based TV show Kelly and Ryan with former actress Kelly Ripa, has been spending more time of late in New York.

The 9,200-square-foot house on 2.87 acres has four bedrooms and six bathrooms, with panoramic views of the Big Orange.

Conan Moves On

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Carpinteria TV talk show host Conan O’Brien is saying goodbye to late night after 28 years.

The 57-year-old Harvard comedian is ending his eponymous show on TBS and moving to a weekly variety program on HBO Max.

“In 1993 Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: As soon as possible get a streaming platform,” O’Brien said in a statement. “I’m thrilled that I get the chance to continue doing whatever the hell it is I do on HBO Max. I look forward to a free subscription!”

His TBS show Conan has been on the air since 2010 and will end when its tenth season airs in June 2021.

Conan, whose Padaro Lane neighbors include Oscar-winning actor Kevin Costner and Star Wars mega-director George Lucas, has fronted 1,400 of the shows for the cable network after his departure from NBC’s Tonight Show.

University. She is also a graduate of UCSB and majored in music at City College.

Collection of Artifacts Up for Auction The late Beverley Jackson’s collection of Chinese artifacts is up for grabs

A New Role for Roling Rebecca Roling has joined the Santa Barbara Symphony as vice president of patron and community engagement

Santa Barbara Symphony has appointed Rebecca Roling as vice president of patron and community engagement.

A lifelong classical music fan, patron of the arts, and musician, Roling will build upon and leverage the popular organization’s impact and momentum, and be responsible for the growth of donation and ticket revenue through patron connection and loyalty.

Five years ago, Roling transitioned her 25 plus years of marketing expertise towards the symphonic world, resulting in a track record of success in audience and revenue growth.

As director of marketing and audience development with the New West Symphony in Thousand Oaks, she innovated dozens of high yield ticketing and fundraising campaigns, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars through sponsorships, donations, partnerships, ticket sales, and memberships.

As host of “Meet the Artist,” a popular interview program, Roling grilled artists and conductors for a capacity audience. Guests included Grammy and Emmy award winners Pinchas Zukerman, Garrick Ohlsson, Anne Akiko Meyers, the Marcus Roberts Trio, and Bruce Broughton.

She is a graduate of the Essentials of Orchestra Management program by the League of American Orchestras and is working towards her Masters in Arts Leadership from Colorado State

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The extensive Chinese collection of the late society doyenne Beverley Jackson is being sold by Kaminski Auctions in, appropriately enough, Beverly, Massachusetts.

The former society editor of the News-Press for 22 years, who died in August aged 91, was an avowed Sinophile after a visit to China during the Cultural Revolution changed her life.

The purchase of an exquisite silk robe on that trip was the start of building an important collection of Chinese clothing and customs, including tiny shoes from the ancient tradition of foot binding, many of which she donated to the Santa Barbara History Museum or put on display in her Montecito Shores home.

Beverley, who was a very dear friend, spent her life researching and writing about 18th and 19th century Chinese clothing and customs. In turn this led to a career lecturing on the subject in America and around the globe, including London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Museum of Art in Shanghai.

She published five books with New York publishing giant Random House, including the 1998 work Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of Erotic Tradition.

The sale includes a dazzling array of Chinese robes, jackets, capes, skirts, and important Chinese court crowns and headdresses inlaid with pearls, precious stones, and kingfishers’ feathers set in gold. There is also a collection of Chinese rank badges.

Oprah’s Former Miami Penthouse Sells

TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey’s former penthouse in Miami Beach was just snapped up for $20 million.

The Florida aerie’s seller was Aston Martin’s executive chairman Lawrence Stroll, who purchased the 6,170-square-foot home six years ago for $13.5 million.

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Stroll listed the 1992-built three-bedroom, six-bathroom condo for the first time last year for $32 million.

Oprah owned the property on oh-so tony Fisher Island from 1995 to 2001.

Stroll’s net worth is estimated at north of $2 billion. Earlier this year he led the purchase of 16.7 percent of the legendary U.K. car company, known for its starring role in James Bond movies, for $240 million.

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Old Friends Over Eggs Benedict

To the Rosewood Miramar for breakfast at the Malibu Farm with London Sunday Times travel writer Jonathan Thompson.

The meeting was organized by my former News-Press colleague Karna Hughes, now an executive with Visit Santa Barbara, who thought my 13 years of experience living in our rarefied enclave might be of some use to the Dallas-based peripatetic scribe.

Over eggs Benedict, fruit juice, and lattes I regaled Jonathan, who was making his first visit to our Eden by the Beach, about the uniqueness of the community of 10,000 which boasts a bevy of billionaires and innumerable celebrities, not to mention a British royal or two.

His visit also included a tour of the extensive wine cellar at the San Ysidro Ranch and, following our 90-minute breakfast at L.A. developer Rick Caruso’s five-star hostelry where he was staying in a cottage, he took an Uber trip to former Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club patron Andy and Kim Busch’s Folded Hills vineyard on the scenic Gaviota coast.

Jonathan’s article is appearing in the U.K. newspaper this weekend.

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Dear Montecito

by Stella Pierce

Montecito Alumni Write Letters from Life’s Front

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his week you are being treated to yet another saga from bonnie Scotland –only this time, the story is not from me. Meet Tobias Cole, Montecito native and second year student at the University of St Andrews.

I met Tobias for the first time in a coffee shop on North Street, St Andrews.

And I know, I know. It’s bizarre that we’d managed to avoid each other for so long having both moved from Montecito with a population of just 10,000 to our three-street university town with a student population of 10,000. But only five minutes into the conversation two things were clear to me: First, Tobias is a charming and adventuresome type of person.

Second, I had to publish one of those adventures in this column.

Dear Montecito,

for the most not-wet kindling we can find around out little camping area. Sid and I kind of make a big pile of dryish brush and dump the gas from our broken cooker on top. Yea, so that was a good idea. We’re both standing there when Sid lights a match and the whole thing goes whoosh. Even with a fire going, we cannot, cannot, get the pasta anything more than lukewarm. So, slightly undercooked pasta it is! I can’t say the little bits of ash and twig I found in mine did much for the flavor.

Day 3

We get started in the morning and see this sign for a cycle path off the main road. We think: “No cars! This’ll be perfect.”

We get going. It’s kind of foggy, kind of not. But there are waterfalls everywhere and it’s just beautiful. Eventually, we arrive at this farm valley, which is when we see them. Highland cattle just standing there on the road.

Now, obviously, we need to use that road, but we don’t want to upset them either because they are big guys. Sid and I rochambeau to decide who has to go first and, well, I lost. I walk up to them real slow, straddling my bike in case we need to make a break for it. And it’s a good thing too, cause right as I am within spitting distance, one of the bulls kicks out with his back legs, and Sid and I take off!

We finally make it into the city, and after 85 miles, we’re ready to eat a horse.

(Or, potentially, a highland cow!) What we’d forgotten was that, with the pandemic, all restaurants are closed by 6 pm. There’s exactly one burger place still open. And just as we get our food, it starts raining again, pouring this time.

We must’ve looked nuts sitting on the sidewalk in the downpour absolutely devouring our burgers.

Tobias Cole (left), Montecito native and second year student at the University of St Andrews, on a cross-country bike excursion in Scotland with Sid

I didn’t learn to ride a bike until sixth grade. I think I grew up feeling as though I needed to catch up with all my friends who had learned to ride back when they were four or five. I used to ride every day to school, and even now I cycle every day here at university. It has become a dream of mine to one day take the Silk Road and cycle from the UK all the way to the coast of China. But for now, it’s just small excursions. Like this trip I took with my buddy Sid.

Day 1

We started in St Andrews with ambitions to make it across the country to the west coast (around Loch Lomond-ish area) on the first day. What was that? Like 50 miles? Piece of cake! Alright, so it was actually closer to 70 miles, but that’s just how these things go.

Day 2

Everything went pretty smoothly on the second day. Sure our camper stove broke, but we’re feeling good rounding out at about another 75 miles and the weather is super mild.

Well, that second thing didn’t last long and, after two decently dry days, the rain comes back with a vengeance. I mean, it isn’t pouring exactly, but immediately everything is wet. The bikes are wet. The path is wet. Scotland is just wet.

We’re tired, hungry, and thinking about the instant pasta we’ve brought with us. But, of course, our cooker is broken, so we’re looking at each other like: “Do you really want to be eating dry pasta?” Didn’t think so. Now, we’ve got to look

Day 4

After the last three days, it was time for a break. I’d never done a trip that exceeded more than 50 miles a day before, and even then I didn’t have the extra 60 pounds of gear, so a laidback sightseeing day on the Isle of Mull was just what the doctor ordered. Sid wants to cycle around the island and, knowing it will be a time crunch to make it back before dark, he leaves most of his gear with me. The last ferry of the day leaves at 7 pm, so Sid even strips his outer layer to make sure he can move as fast as possible.

I’m having a pretty sweet day hanging around coffee shops, but it’s getting dark and starting to rain, so I knew it was time to head towards the ferry. But Sid’s still not back. I’m waiting. 6.30 pm. 6.35 pm. Where is he? At this point, I’m near the docks and the rain is really starting to come down, even our waterproof bags have water inside of them. It’s almost 6.50 pm before Sid rocks up completely soaked. We just make it on the ferry back to the mainland.

Day 5

We had thought we might cycle back to St Andrews, but Sid has a couple deadlines due soon and after a fun but very rainy night camping in our sleeping bags, we’re about ready to get home.

We decide to take the train back and, despite having to smuggle the bikes onto the carriage with us, the last leg of our trip goes off without a hitch. Sid and I arrive back in St Andrews totally stoked but also totally tired. I probably spent the next two to three days in bed, but it was completely worth it.

Tobias P.S. Parents of Montecito children, if you have recommendations on people to feature in “Dear Montecito” please contact me, stellajanepierce@gmail.com.

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ur quality of life is directly linked to our health. Physical injuries like a bad knee or hip can get in the way of the life we want to live. From grandparents playing with their grandchildren to athletes mastering their craft, anyone who experiences problems in their spine or knee knows how restricting these injuries can be. As debilitating as these injuries are, there are a range of reasons why someone would not want to address them. Sometimes age is a factor, with older individuals not wanting to go through an enduring knee replacement surgery. Instead, they are left living in pain. Younger patients often don’t have the liberty with their schedule for the long recovery time.

Joint replacement surgeries can be cumbersome and physically taxing, with months of physical training often required to recover. Cortisone shots have become common, but this is a steroid treatment and only a temporary anti-inflammatory. Not to mention that this anti-metabolite is known to be bad for cartilage. With the advances in science and technology over the years, there has to be a

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better way and this hope guided one doctor in the area on a search for a better treatment.

The concerns surrounding joint replacement treatments and surgeries led Dr. Richard Scheinberg of Scheinberg Orthopedic Group, a Harvard-trained orthopedic surgeon who has been a Montecito resident and practicing in the area since 1981, to explore less invasive options for his patients. While some new materials and techniques have been introduced, Dr. Scheinberg mentions that the knee and other joint replacement surgeries have generally remained unchanged over the past fifty years. While searching for alternative procedures, he came across one known as bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC). In this procedure, the patient’s own adult stem cells are removed, concentrated, and then reintroduced into the body.

Under the right conditions, adult stem cells are able to turn themselves into other kinds of cells, helping regenerate the tissue found in those areas.

Although being used worldwide, the BMAC technique remains relatively unknown among patients. Dr.

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Dr. Scheinberg has been treating joint injuries with a less invasive option that uses the patient’s own stem cells

Scheinberg still does about a dozen surgeries a week, but is currently the only one offering BMAC treatments along the Central Coast. Over the past ten or so years, he has used it to address osteoarthritis in areas like the knee, shoulder, hip, spine, foot, and ankle.

The procedure has also been used to treat tears and injuries in these areas, and is even incorporated as a supplementary treatment to arthroscopic surgery, which has become a common practice in top sports medicine clinics.

Dr. Scheinberg notes that there is a lot of misinformation surrounding stem cells with companies seeking to profit off of the hype, producing questionable treatments that do not use live stem cells. BMAC is currently the only FDA-approved use of adult stem cells and because it uses the patient’s own live stem cells, there is almost no risk of rejection by the body, which can happen when using foreign stem cells.

This procedure was pioneered by French surgeon Dr. Philippe Hernigou around 30 years ago and it has since been adopted by doctors around the world and become a standard treatment for athletes in top sports clinics.

Dr. Hernigou recently released a longterm follow-up research of around 10,000 patients who received BMAC treatments for arthritic knees. The study found that 87 percent of them had good to excellent reduction of pain while regaining notable function, allowing them to avoid knee replacement surgery altogether. Even

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knee and other joint replacement surgeries themselves are not 100 percent successful and have other associated risks from the heavy anesthesia, invasive surgery, and long physical recovery. Over the past 10 years that Dr. Scheinberg has been performing this procedure, he has seen similar results in his own practice with 85-90 percent of his patients who have received BMAC treatments. Noting that for most of them, this is a one-time procedure, and all of them have yet to be unhappy with the results.

This less invasive technique allows Dr. Scheinberg to perform the procedure directly in his main Chapala Street office, or one of his other three offices, in an in-house state of the art operating room assisted by several RNs. The patient is put under with a mild anesthesia with Dr. Scheinberg noting that the needle prick from the IV is the only real discomfort that the patient will feel during the process.

Once the patient is under, he can use a special tool that allows him to reach the soft tissue in the iliac crest of the pelvic bone, one of the richest sources of mesenchymal stem cells found in the body. About 60 ccs of bone marrow is removed and then run through a centrifuge which separates the healing stem cells and concentrated platelets from the plasma and blood cells.

After being concentrated to about 6 ccs, the stem cells are injected into the knee, shoulder, or other affected area where they begin to differentiate and rebuild the surrounding bone, cartilage, muscle, and fat cells. The entire process takes about an hour and the patient is able to walk out of the office that same day, compared to the several days in a hospital and the months of physical training and recovery that normally is needed for a knee replacement surgery.

The one caveat is that since the procedure is not widely practiced, insurance companies do not cover its expense. One of these treatments

by Dr. Scheinberg will typically run around five thousand dollars, but he notes that this is almost at cost for him, with the same procedure going for four times that amount in Beverly Hills and other areas. While BMAC is not as big of a moneymaker as surgery is for him, and he admits that he could have retired years ago, after seeing the impressive results that BMAC has had on his patients, Dr. Scheinberg remains dedicated to helping his patients recover from these debilitating injuries with this treatment.

From his experience, BMAC offers a simpler, less invasive procedure that gives each patient the possibility to live their best life.

Find more information about BMAC treatments and Dr. Scheinberg’s orthopedic group at www.rdscheinberg. com; the office can also be contacted at (805) 682-1394.

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Summerland (Continued from page 27) Casa de Paz, the home of Tiese and Robert Quinn designed by famed architect George Washington Smith, is among the houses featured at Ojai Music Festival’s Virtual Holiday Home Tour (Photo courtesy: Reed Fish of Two Fish Digital)

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New Arrivals

Congratulations to Senator Monique Limón, who was sworn in as our new state senator in Sacramento on December 7 and is also a new mom to baby Gianna.

•MJ A number of Ojai products will be available for online holiday shopping, including Beato chocolates made from original ceramic molds

which offers free music workshops to the Ojai Valley public schools and the community even throughout these difficult times.

There’s also a link to a number of Ojai products for online holiday shopping that can be shipped, or why not take a lovely 40-minute spin over to Shangri-La to pick up? I’m ordering Beato chocolates made from original ceramic molds created by and once used by the Ojai ceramicist/Dadaist Beatrice Wood, known for her quip: “I owe it all to chocolate, art books, and young men.” Beato chocolates are also sold at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art gift shop where you might also find an artbook.

The silver lining this year is that the Holiday Home Tour, instead of being a one-weekend event, runs through December 21 and the Holiday Marketplace goes until December 31.

Do shop through the OMF portal, so participating merchants are alerted. The 2021 Festival promises to be especially exciting with Californiabased composer John Adams as 2021 Music Director. Hopefully, we will all be able to gather under the sun, the moon, and the oaks at Libbey Bowl by next June. Go to www.Ojaifestival. org to register online and for a sneak peek at the three houses features and www.beatochocolates.com for sassy sweet treats that make perfect stocking stuffers.

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Beautiful You Montecito owner Megan SimonBrand has beautified the women of Montecito and Santa Barbara for more than 10 years

past events to save money accordingly, and I learned how to be proactive.

I began to map out my finances and make a budget. I made calls to reduce/ stop certain services like bottled water delivery and flowers to save every little bit that I could. I asked to have rates lowered on insurance and utilities.

Then I started to pay attention to what essential/open businesses were doing to protect their customers’ health to implement what was working well and stay away from what wasn’t. I had lots of conversations with the ladies I work with directly in the space and other beauty industry professionals on how we all planned to make it through. We were of the last group to be “reopened” to the public, so I got to learn by others’ trial and error.

What have you done to adjust to the new normal?

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We have always been “by appointment only,” but we allotted time at the space, so the three of us weren’t all there at once seeing clients. That has helped to keep traffic in our space even lower than usual. We have allowed more time for each client, so there’s no cross over between appointments. Masks are required, and we have no-touch hand sanitizer at the entrance. We use an EPA registered disinfectant to clean all surfaces. We have gotten rid of our cozy blankets and extra linens in our treatment rooms to keep soft surfaces to a minimum. We use a no-touch thermometer. We offer contactless payment and water by request only. We now require a twoweek rebooking buffer period for any clients canceling appointments due to symptoms. We run a HEPA air purifier in the treatment room. I continue to check in with my clients, asking them if there is anything else we could do to make them comfortable.

Anything you’d like to add heading into the holidays?

Things may look a little less plush and a bit more medical here, but you can take comfort in knowing we are doing all we can to make things safe for our clientele. We still offer the same great services, and we are sure everyone needs the self-care now more than ever.

Beautiful You is located at 1805 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Suite B. Call (805) 403-6056 or visit www.beautifulyoutan ning.com and www.beautifulyoumc.com.

Whistle Club

Owner Rebecca McKinney Blair has arguably one of the most elegantly hip boutiques in Montecito, if not Santa Barbara. Her shop Whistle Club blends an effortless West Coast cool with East Coast unpretentious civility. You could even say her vibe is reminiscent of Parisian style – a look most American women long for – with a curated collection of designers that offer a balance of looking put together yet laid-back at the same time. Just hop on her Instagram account @whistleclub to see what I mean. How does Rebecca keep the vibe during this time? With us, she spills the deets:

UCSB grad Rebecca McKinney Blair studied fashion marketing at Parsons The New School for Design before opening Whistle Club on Coast Village Road in 2015

Q. How did business change for you in the first part of the pandemic? What was your initial reaction to the change?

A. Initially, my business came to a screeching halt, which was par for the course in women’s retail. There were so many unknowns at that time, and fear seemed to be the driving force behind all media coverage.

Understandably, people were more concerned about buying toilet paper and groceries than a new dress. I think most entrepreneurs have experience with waiting for the other shoe to drop, so I feel like I was fairly quick to turn that initial wave of fear into a survival strategy.

What have you done to adjust?

Our e-commerce had been in the making for months, so it felt particularly timely that we were able to launch mid-quarantine. We also launched box service, local delivery, and curbside pickup. Since we reopened, we have obviously put new cleaning protocols in place and are diligently working to make the shopping experience feel safe and inspiring. Additionally, I have edited our product assortment to better suit the current climate and our “Covidian” lifestyles. On the bright side, 2020 accelerated some services in the retail space that I know will continue to be available and valuable in the years ahead.

Were you a part of Montecito’s May Day Virtual Cash Mob? (The “Cash Mob” was a three-day event to help bring

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We were a part of the “Cash Mob,” and I was so wildly grateful for those who participated and chose to support Whistle Club or any other local business.

Whistle Club is located at 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite C. Call (805) 5652800 or visit www.whistleclub.com, Instagram: @whistleclub.

Santa Barbara Novella

While interviewing designer Sonia De Mello (mentioned on previous page), I picked up a bottle of Santa Barbara Novella from her shelf and fell in love at first sniff. Not only is the bottle beautiful to look at, but owner Lissa Liggett blends florals and herbs into a rich and luxurious scent. Seductive, even. The story of how Lissa began making her highend elixirs is enchanting in itself, steeped in a family tradition, only adding to the intrigue.

What is your relationship with Montecito?

My adopted grandparents, George and Eleanor, lived on Buena Vista Drive, and some of my fondest memories are of their yard and the wafting pink jasmine and orange blossoms in the spring there. I’ve been selling at Pierre Lafond for almost 20 years now.

How did you get started in the fragrance business?

I’ve been making “potions” since I was a little girl. I grew up in Santa Barbara with a Native AmericanSpanish mom. I followed her around, up and down the local creeks and marshes to gather basket weaving materials and helping her wildcraft natural dye ingredients from all over for her weaving shop down in De La Guerra Plaza. So, I was constantly surrounded by the incredible smells of 10 – 17 December 2020

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Santa Barbara. I was always trying to capture those experiences and scents and bring them indoors. I would fill jars with my favorite herbs and flowers and leaves, and it was vodka that I first used to distill those scents into a potion to wear.

Did your business suffer at all during the first part of the pandemic?

It oddly increased, as people needed more self-soothing, and also people began sending gifts of perfume and votives to friends and family that they also wanted to sooth during those awful first weeks and months.

– masked and distanced, of course! I usually don’t get to meet customers because I just drop off orders at stores and leave.

What made you decide to open a storefront during this time?

Our family was planning on moving to Europe just as COVID hit, and we had downsized from a large home to a small rental. I found a great space in Victoria Court right next door to Rêver Atelier and I thought it would be a great working studio space, rather than trying to work from a small space at home. I thought I might put up a few shelves and if someone wandered in they could buy something they liked. I’ve been surprised and awed by the response.

Anything you’d like to add heading into the holidays?

I’m just so happy and grateful to be so well received and will stay open as long as it is safe for me and my clients, following the one person at a time masked protocol.

How have you adjusted to the new Santa Barbara Novella is located at normal?

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Notice Inviting Bids LOUISE LOWRY DAVIS CENTER PHASE 1 Bid No. 4016 1.

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Louise Lowry Davis Center Phase 1 Project (“Project”), by or before December 17, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Bids that fail to upload to PlanetBids prior to deadline will not be accepted. Bidders are encouraged to upload bids by 2:30 p.m. to PlanetBids.

If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal.

Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

2.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at 1232 De La Vina Street and is described as follows: Exterior work to include; Enclose the exterior courtyard with six foot ornamental iron fencing with gates. Install raised concrete landing with stairs and accessible ramp to the lower part of courtyard. Install new Pergola (trellis) in the courtyard and at the entry from the parking lot. Remove concrete walkway, stairs, and landing at the entry on south elevation. Install new lighting. Install new landscaping and irrigation with controller.

Interior work to include: Install new doors in the existing window openings on the east façade leading to the new courtyards (salvage brick). Install a new window in door opening on south façade. Use salvaged bricks for cripple wall under new window. Install conduit and wiring for new exterior lighting. Patch and paint walls from new door, window, and electrical installation.

2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 60 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about January 1, 2021, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $750,000.

2.4 Funding. The Project is to be funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG). Contract award is contingent upon receiving CDBG funding. Funding is expected to be approved by January 2021.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A or B. 3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959 A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of five percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9.

Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10.

CDBG Funded Project Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this Project, available at the City of Santa Barbara, General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this Project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

Attention is directed to the Federal minimum wage rate requirements in the specifications. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

This is a federally-assisted project and Davis-Bacon (DBRA) requirements will be strictly enforced. Federal Labor Standards provisions HUD-4010 will be incorporated into the successful bidder’s contract and is attached hereto as Attachment A. Contractors, including all subcontractors and apprentices, must be eligible to participate. Federal Wage Determination #CA20200014 dated 10/23/2020 is incorporated herein and is attached hereto as Appendix G. However, actual prevailing wage rates will be determined as of the bid opening date. If any modifications have been issued to the wage decision, the contractor must adhere to the modified wage decision. Additional CDBG requirements are described in Appendix A.

11.

Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

12.

Non-Mandatory Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., at the following location: 1232 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is not mandatory.

13.

Retention. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is five percent (5%).

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Date: ________________

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vai Art Services, 5142 Hollister Avenue #244, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Vai Services LLC, 5142 Hollister Avenue #244, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 9, 2020. 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). FBN No. 2020-0002760. Published December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Cabin 11 Bakery, 11 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Anneli Clavering, 11 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL), filed November 20, 2020. Original FBN No. 2019-0002806.

FBN 2020-0002845. Published December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Drains Plus, PO Box 2058, Santa Maria, CA 93457. Raul Avila, 354 Hobbs Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 23, 2020.

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). FBN No. 2020-0002859. Published December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Deep It Management; Deep MSP; Tech Doctors, 919 Linden Ave, Unit B, Carpinteria, CA, 93013. Deep It Management LLC, 919 Linden Ave, Unit B, Carpinteria, CA, 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 8, 2020. 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).

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business as: Montecito Dental Group; 1260 Coast Village Circle, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. Cristopher Shepard DMD, Inc., 1040 Alston Road, Montecito, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 24, 2020. 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). FBN No. 2020-0002871. Published December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Genesis, 80 Deerhurst Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. Genesis Co. LLC, 80 Deerhurst Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 30, 2020. 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). FBN No. 20200002691. Published November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Magic Digital Design, 251 S Hope Ave. #302, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Stephen T Crozier, 251 S Hope Ave. #302, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 9, 2020. 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). FBN No. 20200002756. Published November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Scarcello and Benedetto Dental Partners; Montecito Dental Group; Montecito Dental Group Uptown; Montecito Dental Partners, 3714 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Lynda J. Benedetto, DDS, INC, 3714 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Gregory M. Scarcello, DDS, 3714 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 9, 2020. 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). FBN No. 20200002758. Published November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2020.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT This may affect your property. Please read.

Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Coastal Development Permit by the Planning and Development Department.

The development requested by this application is subject to appeal to the California Coastal Commission following final action by Santa Barbara County and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. However, in compliance with California Coastal Act Section 30624.9, the Director has determined that this project qualifies as minor development and therefore intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Travis Lee at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, by email at trlee@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by fax at (805) 568-2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided.

WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Coastal Development Permit to the Montecito Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and ultimately the California Coastal Commission.

If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Coastal Development Permit. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Coastal Development Permit is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Travis Lee at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, or by email at trlee@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by phone at (805) 568-2046.

PROPOSAL: NEWMAN NEW SFD PROJECT ADDRESS: 127 LOUREYRO ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 1ST SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE DATE OF NOTICE: 12/9/2020 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 12/31/2020 PERMIT NUMBER: 20CDH-00000-00020 APPLICATION FILED: 7/20/2020 007-350-038 ZONING: 20-R-1 PROJECT AREA: 0.70 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Newman, Matthew C Proposed Project: The project is for a Coastal Development Permit to allow construction of a new 2,745 gross/2,687 net square foot single family dwelling with 416 gross square feet of covered porches. A 615 gross/net square foot single family dwelling with 22 square feet of covered porches and an attached 495 gross/net square foot garage currently exist on the property. The existing single family dwelling will be converted into an ADU. 53 cubic yards of cut and no fill is proposed and no trees are proposed for removal. The parcel will be served by the Montecito Water District, the Montecito Sanitary District, and the Montecito Fire Protection District. Access will continue to be provided off of Loureyro Road. The property is a 0.7-acre parcel zoned 20-R-1 and shown as Assessor's Parcel Number 007-350-038, located at 127 Loureyro Road in the Montecito Area, First Supervisorial District.

APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Coastal Development Permit 20CDH-00000-00020 may be appealed to the Montecito Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Coastal Development Permit. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.

Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non-business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.

This Coastal Development Permit may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after an appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal.

For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Travis Lee. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/plndev/Content/Permitting/AppealSubReqAPP.pdf ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: http://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/permitting/planningprocess.sbc Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/home.sbc Published December 9, 2020 Montecito Journal

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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

Power

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ne of my most popular epigrams (which is why I made it the title of one of my books) says: “All I want is a warm bed, and a kind word – and unlimited power.”

I suppose we’d all like to be able to control things a little more than we can – starting with our own minds and bodies, and then extending to the behavior of other people and world events. That is probably why so many of us go after money, or political office, or social status. Such attainments are of course notoriously ephemeral – but then, so is life itself.

And there is something delicious about being in command, even if it’s only having the power to say no. My sister Myrna was famous in our family for her stubbornness, especially in refusing to do things expected of her.

My mother once said “Well, you’ve got to admire her will-power,” to which my father responded that “I

would call it her won’t power.”

The only time I ever felt I had any significant power was when I was a young teacher, in high school, and especially in college, when I had to assign grades. I found this role quite distasteful, particularly when students came to me, virtually begging for a higher grade than I thought they deserved. It was even more difficult when the student happened to be an attractive female. I was able to resist such pressures, but that kind of experience helped me to understand the cases we hear about so often today of powerful people in spheres such as business or the media who are alleged to have used that power for naughty purposes.

But of course, there’s nothing new about the connection between power and sex. In Medieval Europe, where an elaborate system of social inequality called Feudalism prevailed, there

was supposedly a custom called “jus primae noctis” (“right of the first night”) or “droit du seigneur” (“right of the overlord”) giving the master the right to sleep with his vassal’s bride on the first night after their wedding. That was certainly a way of demonstrating who had the power!

But when we’re not thinking about the power of people over people, or about that of God or the Gods over us all (“For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory” as many of us learn to say in our first prayer) we are usually thinking, nowadays, about mechanical or technical power.

All the way through history, until machines such as steam engines came along, there was no need for a standard by which you could measure and compare the amount of work anybody or anything could do.

And when such a need finally did arise, in the Seventeenth Century, it was only natural to use as a standard what had always been the chief source of non-human power: the horse. Hence came horsepower, a term which of course we still use today. James Watt, a Scottish Engineer, is generally credited with originating the term. (There is no monument to the anonymous horse whose power helped him establish

this standard.) And in a way it’s ironical that his own name has itself become an even more widely used unit of power. (In case you’re interested, the International System of Units defines One Watt as 1/746 of a horsepower – but please don’t ask me how this was arrived at.)

In any case, one undeniable fact is that all the power available to us on earth comes ultimately from that big burning ball in the sky called the sun.

One way or another, the heat and light and whatever else it has been transmitting in our direction for a very long time have been turned into all the forces which make our wheels go round. A major component of this process is what we call “fossil fuels.”

Hard as it is to believe (for me anyway) the unlovely items like coal and oil which today we extract from the earth were once plants and animals which themselves derived their energy from the sun.

That whole process took millions of years – which is why I find it so exciting that we now have ways of getting usable power directly from the sun. This idea of extracting “solar energy” right from its source is hardly a century old, and would by now, in a rational world, have totally prevailed.

But don’t hold your breath waiting for the world to come to its senses. •MJ

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A retired teacher of English and American history with the Santa Barbara School District, Hattie attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning degrees in both English and History as well a teaching credential.

THE WAY IT WAS Eclectic in her interests, Hattie’s articles run the gamut from ranches to mansions, murder to delinquency, and elegant hotels to auto camps.

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Wrapping herself in romanticized Spanish tradition, she nevertheless bobbed her hair to create the institutions that prepared the way for the Santa Barbara of today.

The Way It Was ~ Santa Barbara Comes of Age offers a journey into the past that explores the mountain trails, joins elaborate celebrations for famous visitors, and revels in the mania created by the town’s first horseless carriages. Readers will also meet a quintet of colorful characters whose enthusiasm, vision, and work created the underpinnings of today’s city and contributed greatly to Santa Barbara’s coming of age.

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Letters (Continued from page 10) ple who have suffered and/or have died from state and domestic violence, abuse, terror, and the current effects of the pandemic... A prayer for Peace, Love, and Tranquility will be offered as the common denominator of the world and of Native Peoples and as the antidote for hate.” Sounds like the beautiful prayer of Saint Francis, “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace...”

I appreciate the good this group has to offer, and hope it will focus on other issues than a historic street name that’s been around for 170 years.

What about the gambling industry that bankrupts so many poor people?

I wish this group were trying to take down the Chumash Casino.

Landmarks and signs of historic importance shouldn’t be removed unless something comparable is put in their place to offset the loss. In this case, a monument or plaque telling the story of Indio Muerto Street could be erected. I wrote to the Santa Barbara City Council on the issue.

The only response I received from the Council was from Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez. He said, “We are speaking with the Chumash tribes about placing a plaque telling the story of the unknown native there.”

Monuments and signs that offend people are taken down these days, but seldom are they replaced with anything.

There’s no requirement in the case of Indio Muerto Street. That plaque could be a long time coming. And it’s a lot easier to take something down than create something worthwhile.

I responded to Mr. Gutierrez: “That’s nice to hear, Oscar. It would be nice if a banner honoring the deceased Native American had been hung by the street sign a long time ago. I hope the story behind the name ‘Indio Muerto Street’ actually gets told. Hopefully, the plaque isn’t too small...”

Plaques tend to be small and barely noticed by the public. A larger monu-

ment would be seen. In 1926 a beautiful monument in Santa Barbara was erected about a dog and his animal friends – “Jack and his Friends.” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a monument of at least this size were dedicated to this Native American on the site of Indio Muerto Street?

What’s next in the effort to remove things created by past generations? Will this Chumash group want to remove the street name “Juana Maria,” which is located near Indio Muerto Street?

Juana Maria was the famous Native American woman who spent 18 years living alone on San Nicolas Island.

Trouble is the name Juana Maria came from the Catholics. But still the name Juana Maria is part of local history. A monumental plaque honors her at the Santa Barbara Mission. Is this group going to want it taken down?

Instead of taking things down, why not focus energy on creating new monuments to honor the Chumash?

Bryan Rosen

Let’s All Be Good Citizens

Two weekends ago there were two cases of COVID among full-time maintenance staff at one of our village’s beachfront condo complexes, Montecito Shores. The HOA board, acting responsibly, quickly informed homeowners as well as the HOAs at adjacent complexes, Sea Meadow and Bonnymede, where I live. They also contacted the Montecito Association, whose super-efficient Executive Director Sharon Byrne keeps discreet but thorough track of all things. Where would we be without Sharon’s newsletters, and the new MJ online, to keep us all connected during the pandemic?

It’s unfortunate that not everyone is so committed to duty and community. Obviously, the word about those COVID cases needed to get out pronto to all 250 beach complex homeowners

– enabling us to inform our cleaners, contractors, and tenants, and to check on elderly neighbors. Yet we heard nothing but crickets for a week at Bonnymede. And even at that late date, condo owners received an email mentioning just one of the COVID cases. If only this were merely a one-time thing.

In late March, after thieves cut a seven-foot hole in Bonnymede’s fencing adjacent to the railroad tracks – stealing more than $50,000 of our equipment – owners were not informed of a major burglary and substantial loss.

Yet a Bonnymede board member casually disclosed all the details publicly at a Montecito Association board meeting that a couple of us happened to attend via Zoom. To add insult to injury, the HOA board has just refused to replace that aged fencing with something taller and stronger, as was done recently at Sea Meadow to improve security.

Bonnymede homeowners also have not forgotten our frustration that after the January 2018 mudslide – which destroyed seven out of our 11 acres – the HOA waited a week to inform us of the mudslide. Their excuse was they didn’t have our email addresses!

During a decade in the village, and 27 years in the county, my family has become accustomed to a high level of good citizenship, generosity, fellowship, and neighborliness. Whatever level of fiduciary duty and responsibility you have to others, official or unofficial, please take it seriously. Do the right thing. Be a good human.

And don’t suffer in silence when your elected leadership fails to perform. A beach neighbor has created a private Facebook group to facilitate communication and direct information sharing in our close quarters. If you own or rent at one of the three beach communities, you need to know what’s going on. Be sure to join at: https://www. facebook.com/groups/bluebirdranch Eileen White Read

The Problem with Pardons

Being pardoned is a mark of shame.

It means, obviously, that one is guilty.

Innocent people do not need pardoning.

So, obviously the wise men who put together our Constitution could not have intended that a sitting (or golf playing) president could pardon himself.

If that had been their plan, a President could become president for the sole purpose of stealing/bribing for example, or for “shooting someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it“ (I quote D. Trump), or pay his/her daughter taxpayers’ money for doing nothing, or withholding promised money from a foreign government in exchange for “dirt” on a political opponent…

A sitting president could do all that if he had the choice afterwards of a pardon. Oh wait! I think this president is thinking of doing just that! And more, and more, including pardoning himself. (Does that mean he is finally admitting his transgressions against democracy?)

How did this bloated narcissistic amoral racist unintelligent non-tax paying self-serving bully ever ever get into the highest office in our United States? How? (And anyone who does not agree with my characterization of this President has been cowering under a rock these past four years.)

That such a disastrous event happened is both scary and amazing. I am hoping history will show him to have been an insignificant blip in the presidential story of this country, as I truly believe he is just that: “Donald Trump: blip.”

“Sir, what was your contribution to your country?” “Just a blip, ma’am; just a blip.”

Happy, happy, happy to see him blip off, Nancy Freeman •MJ

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Shopping (Continued from page 21)

HUDSON GRACE udson Grace is a purveyor of timeless décor for those who love to entertain.

The shop offers modern serveware, dinnerware, glassware, flatware, linens, candles, and entertaining essentials, everything you need for holiday entertaining and gift giving. Add a pop of color to your holiday tablescape with a Henry Glass ($14 each) collection of mouth-blown glassware. The vibrant-hued glass, available in eight colors, uniquely boasts the imperfections, asymmetry, and small air bubbles that we cherish as hallmarks of glass blowing. Tartan tear-off napkins ($28) are perfect for entertaining or hostess gift-giving.

Available in a roll of 50, each tear-off cotton napkin is compostable, washable, and reusable up to five times. Add a touch of British tradition this holiday season with these festive Christmas crackers ($48). Stuff them in stockings or set them around the table to delight guests of all ages.

Hudson Grace is located at the Montecito Country Mart, 1014 F Coast Village Road. Call (805) 565-9600 or visit hudsongracesf.com.

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LOUIS JOHN BOUTIQUE ewly opened Louis John Boutique is a whimsical consignment pop-up store that consists of fashion, art, home goods, books, costume jewelry, specialty items, design, and more. One featured gift idea is a sterling silver turquoise “Feather Necklace” ($4,200) designed and created by Native American artist Clarence Chama for his wife. Born in 1906 in Shiprock, New Mexico, Chama was taught silver making by his grandfather.

His designs are made with the highest grades of turquoise and silver, and identified by his well-known feather motif, which was patented in the 1970s. Each piece is one of a kind and a perfect gift for that special person in your life.

Louis John is located at 4441 Hollister Avenue in Santa Barbara. For more information, please call (805) 770-7715 or visit louisjohnboutique.com.

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C. Chama’s sterling silver and turquoise “Feather

Necklace” at Louis John Boutique ($4,200) WILLIAM LAMAN FURNITURE GARDEN ANTIQUES nternationally recognized interior designer Bruce Gregga and William Laman established William Laman Furniture Garden Antiques in 1995. Gregga and Laman provide a unique shopping experience from hand-selected antiques, home furnishings, garden elements, and great accessories for entertaining and gift giv-

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Green Portuguese talavera plate ($65) and myrtle single ball topiary in terracotta pot and saucer ($99 to $150), available in store only at William Laman Furniture Garden Antiques

ing. Favorite gift items include a green Portuguese talavera plate ($65) with palm tree motif in five assorted patterns and a myrtle topiary ($99 to $150), featuring tiny green foliage with small white flowers that are lovingly hand trimmed and shaped.

Available in store only.

William Laman Furniture Garden Antiques is located at 1496 East Valley Road. Call (805) 969-2840 or visit william laman.com.

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At Hudson Grace, Henri glasses ($14), tartan tearoff ($28) and festive Christmas crackers ($48)

WENDY FOSTER SPORTSWEAR endy Foster Sportswear, part of a portfolio of Santa Barbara boutiques under the name Wendy Foster, offers relaxed, casual staples for the Santa Barbara lifestyle, including pieces from coveted contemporary designers such as Ulla Johnson, The Great, CP Shades, White + Warren among others. The staff recommends a Bella Dahl top ($194) and bottom ($278) set made with super soft 100% cashmere in a casual silhouette and Chan Luu 14-kt baroque pearl earrings ($398) for holiday gift giving.

Wendy Foster Sportswear is located at 516 San Ysidro Road. Call (805) 565-1505 or visit wendyfoster.com.

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Chan Luu 14-karat baroque pearl earrings at Wendy Foster Sportswear ($398)

K. FRANK . Frank specializes in men’s and women’s designer and luxury clothing, shoes, accessories and jewelry from emerging and established collections from the US, Europe and Japan. Featuring designer labels such as Herno, Veronica Beard, Stone Island, Golden Goose, Common Projects, Moussy, John Elliot, Harris Wharf and more. Give your special guy the gift of style with the ultimate waterproof cashmere jacket from Herno. Ultra-light down lining with detachable down bib. Entirely crafted in Italy and available in heather grey, navy and black. Add some sparkle to your gift giving with a delicate and exquisite 14 karat gold and white diamond chain link Waterproof cashmere jacket from Herno toggle bracelet.

Open daily for in store shopping and private appointments available.

K. Frank is located at 1150 Coast Village Road in Montecito. For more information, please call (805) 560-7424 or visit www.kfrankstyle.com

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This was Part I of our gift guide to the holidays. Montecito retailers, please contact us if you would like to be featured in Part II, which will publish in next week’s edition of the paper. •MJ

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Remembering Barbara Tellefson Kenny Loggins, Barbara, Barry & Jelinda DeVorzon, Natalie Noone

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ound for pound, or rather inch for inch, it’s doubtful that Santa Barbara has ever had a more hardworking, tireless, dedicated, and effective advocate for the underprivileged than Barbara Tellefson. The founder and president of Santa Barbara’s Unity Shoppe, who passed away at 84 on November 22, was an undeniable dynamo whose stature and influence rose far above her 4’10” frame.

Tellefson, who took over Unity, then known as The Council of Christmas Cheer, from Santa Barbara philanthropic legend Pearl Chase back in the early 1970s, was drawn to the charity because of its philosophy to listen to the needs of low-income parents and seniors and treat them with dignity and respect. She stayed involved with the organization for almost half a century, turning it into a year-round organization that has now served more than one million people. Her sphere of influence, both with the untold thousands of those she helped as well as people from rock stars to CEOs that she enlisted in her cause of providing people assistance with dignity, became vast and ever-growing. In the weeks since her death, tributes have been pouring in.

“Our inboxes are completely full with people sharing their gratitude,” said Liat Wasserman, Unity’s manager of development, grants, and communications. “She touched a lot of people over her 50 years of service.

Her level of commitment and passion was ferocious, she was laser focused on the growth of the organization and never got tired of explaining why it was needed. She did not take no for an answer from anyone. She was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in a single person before.”

Among those sharing stories of their time with Tellefson are a wide swath of celebrities who were both enrolled and enthralled by Tellefson’s energy and purpose – everyone from Montecito residents Kenny Loggins and Jeff Bridges, both of whose fam10 – 17 December 2020

ilies also volunteered at Unity – to more recent Montecito devotees such as country star Brad Paisley, who was so impressed with Unity’s operation he opened a similar store in Nashville.

“I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with more passion to serve others,” Paisley said in an Instagram post. “She was an unstoppable force for good.”

“Barbara dedicated her life to helping others and that inspired me because of the sacrifice that effort required,” echoed Jelinda DeVorzon, a longtime Unity supporter who was named Santa Barbara Foundation’s 2019 Woman of the Year. “Barbara was the most unselfish, loving, and compassionate person I’ve ever known. Her enthusiasm and goodness were irresistible. And up until the very end, Barbara’s only concern was the Unity Shoppe.”

“I am not alone in calling Barbara Tellefson Saint Barbara for her fifty years of devotion to her dream of serving the community...,” said Anne Towbes, whose late first husband, Bob Smith, the former owner of KEYT, co-created the Unity Telethon with Tellefson and Loggins, raising millions of dollars for the Unity Shoppe over its 35 years. “Fifty years of devotion to her dream of serving the community by allowing them to choose items they need to provide for their families is certainly worthy of sainthood.”

Tellefson, who arrived in Santa Barbara in the early 1970s as a “single mother” raising her younger brother and just scraping by with a low hourly wage, became determined to help others in similar situations even after her own fortunes improved, explained Tom Reed, Unity Shoppe’s executive director.

“She experienced that side of life and it gave her a heart for people who are struggling and having a tough time making it even after reaching out for help,” he said. “After she got to a position where she could do what she wanted, she started volunteering at different places but noticed that other charities were handing out food to

people that didn’t even want what they were being served, giving toys to kids that weren’t right for them, but they didn’t have a voice. They felt like they were invisible.”

That was intolerable for Tellefson, Reed said. It wasn’t until she met Chase and saw the philosophy of letting people choose what they needed for their family, the food, the toys, the clothes, that Tellefson found her calling. “She ended up pouring her whole life into it,” he said.

While Loggins’ popularity – the 1980s were his hitmaking heyday – was instrumental in raising Unity’s profile in the early days, the singer-songwriter said that the vast majority of the credit belongs with the nonprofit’s late founder.

“Barbara was unlike anyone I’ve ever known,” he said. “She taught me about true generosity and tenacity when people’s lives are on the line and she never gave up. Her vision for Unity and her spirit imbued everything.”

Tellefson received many accolades along the way, including being named Santa Barbara Woman of the Year, a Soroptimist Woman of Distinction, a California State Legislature Woman of the Year, and Santa Barbara Business and Professional Woman of the Year.

She was presented with Distinguished Service Awards by Anti-Defamation League, West Coast Seniors, the University of Notre Dame, and The California State PTA, while Unity Shoppe also earned the President’s “Points of Light Award.”

While the awards helped to raise awareness of Unity Shoppe, Tellefson herself preferred to remain out of the limelight, Reed and others said.

“She was much more interested in being in the background,” Wasserman said. “But so many of our donors were in awe of her, her tenacity and her ferociousness, a fiery pistol of a woman in that little body.”

“She was simply unswervingly dedicated to helping people who are struggling,” Reed added. “She just had

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Tellefson also earned praise for her ability to pivot as the community’s needs changed, shepherding Unity to take a turn in the aftermath of the Painted Cave Fire, the Tea Fire, the Thomas Fire, and Montecito debris flows.

“When you’re doing food and clothing and basic household goods, personal care items and all this stuff that people need, she realized it was only natural to start thinking about longterm disaster recovery and how to get people back on their feet,” Reed explained. “She steered Unity into being a co-founder of disaster relief in town.”

More recently, the COVID pandemic created new problems to solve, including changing the protocol at the Unity Shoppe store so that families could still shop in person in a safe way, which Tellefson took on with gusto, Reed said.

“She modified the entire operation to keep clients safe, expanding our hours and actually increasing the capacity by having people shop one family at a time in a very speedy way, but still offering choice.”

Although she maintained her energy until the end, Reed said, Tellefson also had an eye toward the future in order to ensure that Unity Shoppe would maintain its important place in the Santa Barbara community.

“She had been talking about a succession plan for about the last two years and we’d already started implementing it,” he said. “But it will literally take three people to fill all the roles because she worked on Unity every waking moment… There won’t be much of a disruption except it’s like losing a family member who everybody loved. People stayed at Unity because of Barbara. I’ve been here eighteen years and I’m still a newbie.”

That essence of connection was echoed by DeVorzon, who closed out her email tribute with a simple addition: “Barbara was all of these things (I said above), but most of all, she was my friend and I’m going to miss her.”

This year’s Christmas Unity Telethon, which airs on KEYT and streams on Unity’s website from 4:30-8:30 pm on Saturday, December 12, includes many tributes to Tellefson, including one from Loggins filmed in front of her home.

“We lost the most loving, generous spirit I’ve ever met, and a very important person to this community,” he says in the video. “Barbara not only used her life to help others, but now she’s giving all this, her estate, so that Unity will live on past her, to help thousands more for years to come.”

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NOSH TOWN

by Claudia Schou

REVOLVER DEBUTS NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA PIES

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roprietors Nick Bodden and Ronald Allen are the quintessential do-it-yourselfers of Santa Barbara’s food scene with an approach not unlike early rock ‘n’ roll musicians like Elvis who made their own recordings in order to get their sound noticed. Bodden and Allen do that with their creative recipes and passion for food.

Prior to debuting their New York-style pizza eatery called Revolver on Santa Barbara’s Westside last summer, the pair worked together as line cooks at the upscale French-inspired bouchon on West Victoria Street. After that, they collaborated on an underground pop-up restaurant called Beefhearts, a reference to Captain Beefheart and other eclectic musicians and artists they both admired and which offered tasting menus and banquet At Revolver, inspired by the Beatles album, happiness events. When Bodden became a new dad, is a warm pizza the duo took a break from their catering business.

“Even though we went our separate ways we would get back together occasionally to make great food,” Allen said.

“I continued to work on Beefhearts while Nick started the Coterie Club, private pop-up events with live music, seafood, and wines. I helped out on most of those events, kind of like George Harrison playing on one of Ringo or John Lennon’s solo albums.”

Fast-forward to last August and the opening of their new pizzeria, Revolver, aptly named after a Beatles’ album.

“The name of our pizzeria is an allusion to the fact that we only play vinyl records at the restaurant and the pizzas must be spun in the oven so they bake evenly, and lastly it was named after the Beatles’ album because, besides being perfect, it is when all of the band members first clicked together powerfully, similar to our collaboration on the pizzeria,” explained Revolver’s straightforward menu features pizzas and Allen, a food enthusiast, art lover, and salads music fanatic.

Revolver’s culinary personnel also includes baker and chef Nick Gebhardt and front of house manager Carl Perry. The group’s culinary creativity is reflected in a limited menu of hand-crafted pizzas, seasonally-driven shareable dishes, and a focused beer and wine menu.

There are four pizza styles: Pepperoni ($19), margherita ($18), white, with ricotta, roasted garlic, and shallots ($17), and a red sauce vegan option ($16) with roasted vegetables ($2 extra). Every pizza is finished with fresh basil, Grana Padano, and a California-grown arbequina extra virgin olive oil.

The short and straightforward menu also features a market salad and Caesar salad ($8 each) and housemade hot sauces. Everything is made from scratch.

“The dough is hand mixed and kneaded using all organic flour with a blend of stonemilled whole wheat, rye, and ancient grains, and then naturally leavened with sourdough culture,” Allen explained. “The sauce is made from organic bianco di Napoli tomatoes. The cheeses we use are fresh hand-pulled mozzarella we make in house, house-made ricotta, Grande brand low moisture mozzarella, and imported Grana Padano.”

Allen acknowledges the risk in opening an eatery during the pandemic. “You have to do what you can to stay in business, and sometimes that means taking risks,” he says.

He attributes his group’s inspiration to Santa Barbara’s pre-COVID food scene, when an influx of talented chef-owners started concepts such as Secret Bao and Rascals. They found their own ways of surviving during the pandemic and continue to serve creative dishes at their pop-ups around town.

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with the community,” Allen said. “If everyone involved is bringing a high quality of product and craftsmanship to their project, people respond and show up for it. This web of cross promotion and enthusiasm benefits everyone involved.”

Revolver is located at 1429 San Andres Street. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Visit revolversb.com.

CURBSIDE MENU SPOTLIGHT

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ith new mandates affecting Santa Barbara’s restaurant scene, each week we will highlight exceptional takeout offerings to help ease our minds and our bellies during the pandemic.

BLUEWATER GRILL’S SEAFARE TO-GO EATS oused in a funky lighthouse building, Bluewater Grill serves up fresh seafood, favorite cocktails and wines of the Central Coast, all paired with a friendly service team. Whole Idaho rainbow trout, San Francisco-style cioppino (tomato-based seafood stew), pan-seared sea scallops and Alaskan king crab make appearances on the menu of coastal-fresh catch and hearty pastas. Swing by to order award-winning clam chowder, fried calamari, and crab cakes, then go picnic Bluewater Grill’s lobster roll is a local favorite by the beach.

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POPULAR TO-GO ITEMS Lobster Roll: ($24) Chunks of fresh lobster meat with a slick of hot butter or aioli served in a grilled New England style brioche bun. Chipotle blackened swordfish: ($30) Grilled to perfection and served with dirty rice (calico beans, Spanish rice), and topped with roasted corn and avocado salsa – dairy and gluten free. Lobster mac’ n cheese: ($24) Pieces of whole Maine lobster, Roma tomatoes, Tillamook cheddar cheese sauce, and panko bread Chipotle blackened swordfish is served with dirty rice crumbs. Seafood Louie ($19.50): Fresh and roasted corn and avocado salsa tomatoes, cucumber, hard-boiled egg, avocado, red rock crab, and bay shrimp served with Louie dressing – gluten free.

Bluewater Grill is located on Cabrillo Avenue between State & Helena Street, across from Stearns Wharf. For carryout, call (805) 845-5121. Delivery is available through Uber Eats. Visit bluewatergrill.com.

LUCKY’S LATKES

Lucky’s Steakhouse is serving traditional style latkes through December 18

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pecially made for Hanukkah, Lucky’s Steakhouse serves traditional-style, fresh out of the pan latkes. The potato pancakes are fried in oil as traditionally done, and served with applesauce and sour cream during the eight days of Hanukkah – December 10 to 18. They’re also available for carryout.

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Alternatively, you can make them at home. Serve with crème fraiche, salmon or roe and a sprinkle of chives as a starter for your celebratory evening or holiday breakfast.

Executive chef Leonard Schwartz shared his recipe with the following guidelines for home preparation: INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds of russet potatoes, peeled 1 medium brown onion 2 eggs, beaten and seasoned w/ a little salt and pepper 2 tablespoons of matzo meal (or you can use flour or breadcrumbs) Salt and pepper Clarified butter or vegetable/canola oil for frying • Grate the potatoes, coarsely grated • Grate the onion, finely grated • Combine the matzo ball meal with the potatoes and onion • Season lightly with salt and pepper • Heat a large heavy duty skillet (black cast iron is the best) to medium heat • Add a generous amount of butter or oil (about a quarter inch) • Spoon the mixture into the pan and press lightly to form a pancake.

• Sauté until golden brown on both sides.

• Transfer onto a paper towel.

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