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Ready! Set! Go! – Proactivity, preparation, and

Yoga Après Polo – New yoga class brings response are key for wildfire preparedness, P.6 balance to all after a day at the polo fields, P.14 Comeback Elvis – Steve Binder discusses the

experience of working with Elvis in their 1968 special, P.16

Reuse in Vogue – IV Trading Post is giving old

The Giving List

clothes new purpose and teaching students sustainability, P.18

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The Key Class teaches students life skills and lets them unlock their full potential, page 24

A PROFANT FIESTA A story of how two Fiesta goers fell in love and the family traditions they inspired. The history of the arts-supporting Profant Foundation and the Fiesta Finale festivities that bring the event to a close and preserve the spirit of Old Spanish Days’ past (story starts on page 5)

Get the Ball Rollin’

Peter Moore and the USL League One announce the Santa Barbara Sky Football Club, page 12

‘Montecito’ Chapter 2

More chance meetings occur in the ongoing serialization of Michael Cox’s unpublished novel, page 23

Vegan Rascals

Follow two young punks and the historic quest for vegan food in the area that led to one’s own spot, page 36

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Fiesta Finale – How a Fiesta love story led to a desire to preserve the spirit of the festival and the Profant Foundation

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Village Beat – Wildfire preparedness and insurance news from the MA board meeting and Santa Ynez General pops up in Montecito

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Montecito Miscellany – Polo enters high goal season, a Piocho polo party, Project Fiesta, and more

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Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – The 2nd Amendment: Bad Law is Always Trashed The Optimist Daily – 600-acre nature park being established in Indiana and mapping England’s ancient trees

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Montecito Reads – Another chance encounter between characters in Chapter 2 of Montecito by Michael Cox Brilliant Thoughts – Ashleigh bares it all and explores nudity

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In Passing – William (Bill) Joseph Jones Letters to the Editor – Radical Roots, the reasoning of Dobbs, plus watersheds and cannabis Tide Guide

Soccer in the Sky – Peter Moore and the Santa Barbara Sky are set to bring professional soccer to the area

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Fitness Front – New Yoga Après Polo classes with Megan Llambias at the Polo Club

Our Town – Steve Binder speaks of his work with Elvis in light of Baz Luhrmann’s new film

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Far Flung Travel – The sights and sounds surrounding the coastal canvas of Point Lobos

Your Westmont – Observatory focuses on globular clusters, a senior scores top marks at a French university, and professor emeritus Paul Wilt is remembered

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Calendar of Events – Summer Nights, weekend walkers, Concerts in the Park, and more

“If summer had one defining scent, it’d definitely be the smell of barbecue.” — Katie Lee

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Food Files – The story of two punk vegans, their meatless memories, and the Rascal’s they became

On Entertainment – New play explores romance amid Airbnb, UCSB’s Launch Pad, plus more art and performances his Week at MA – Peter Kazaras set T to direct Eugene Onegin and the weekly happenings at the Music Academy inancial Market Review – A look at the F market’s activity during the second quarter of 2022 July Music Meta Solution Classifieds – Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

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Fiesta Finale

A Courthouse Romance Felt for Generations

by The Profant Family

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t is a warm summer afternoon in 1950, and you are resting in the shadow of the Courthouse Clock Tower. Your gaze lights upon two welldressed young ladies as they follow a docent into the cool entry of the Grand Archway. Intrigued by the history lesson unfolding, you mount the staircase and join the group to marvel at the 360-degree view of mountains, ocean, and the quaint, red-tiled roofs of the town that is California’s Riviera.

“You’re here at just the right time: Fiesta is always held under the first full moon of August!” an exuberant local tells the ladies. “That’s when we recreate the warm hospitality of the Rancho Period. There are parties all week and everyone dresses in costumes of the old Spanish days. And you must The Profant family gets ready for Fiesta in 1960 go to El Paseo, the heart of it all, with the best music and dancing. It is so Troupe. At the end of the perforromantic… the scent of the gardenias mance, horses wander down the hill is in the air, and you girls will have a behind the Bowl, their riders carrying lovely time.” flaming torches that dance in the And with that, you have overheard moonlight. Lyn and her new beau go the start of a fairytale, the story of how across the street to a little bungalow a new world opened for the young for the cast party. Afterward, as they ladies, along with thousands of other cruise in his Plymouth down Cabrillo fortunate visitors who help change the Boulevard, he sings “Autumn Leaves” quaint town into the thriving cultural in French, and tells stories of how the mecca it is today. Like you, admiring Old Spanish Days Fiesta – and CAMA the Courthouse architecture, Lyn and – came to be. her sister listened to the well-documented facts about the architect, In the early 1920s, Santa Barbara the style, the botanical specimens… was a popular destination for eastbut the rest of the city’s many stories erners looking for good weather and became local legends. the healing effects of the Hot Springs.

A few years later, intrigued by the The growing population needed a prospect of fun and romance, the medical facility, so Dr. Sansum, along ladies revisit Santa Barbara during with four other doctors, started the Fiesta time and wander through the Santa Barbara Clinic. Jack’s father charming courtyard of El Paseo, with Henry Profant was one of the foundits picturesque fountain and flag-lined ing doctors. He brought his wife, Street of Spain. They enter the restauMabel, from Chicago and built a rant, and it isn’t long before a tall, Mediterranean home just past the dark-haired young man asks Lyn to Old Mission. Lockwood de Forest had dance. With his background as a ballpersuaded the young couple to move room and flamenco dancer, and hers next door and designed the garden as a ballerina, they are a hit on the with a pergola and bench placed – dance floor. That night Lyn excitedly just so – beside the fountain. At the tells her roommate, “I found the man time people asked, “Why so far from of my dreams!” She’s shocked to see a town?” but soon the horses that wandisappointed look. “Oh, darn. I was dered the Canyon were replaced with going to introduce you to the perModel T’s. fect fella!” The banter goes on, until Henry and Mabel were both piathey realize they are talking about nists who enjoyed entertaining guests the same guy – Jack Profant! A few in their lovely home – on their two days later “Jackie” picks Lyn up for baby grands. Today’s hospitals and their first date, a concert produced by universities incorporate music therapy CAMA, the Community Arts Music into their programs but Henry startAssociation. The next day Lyn is in ed 100 years ago, playing the piano the audience at the Bowl when Jack Fiesta Finale Page 414 414 performs with the José Manero Dance 14 – 21 July 2022

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Emergencies & Insurance at Montecito Association

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t this month’s Montecito Association board meeting, Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor thanked attendees of the Fire District’s emergency preparation meeting, which took place last week at Westmont College.

The meeting had various presenters, including Wildland Fire Specialist and Fire Behavior Analyst Nic Elmquist, who reported that 90% of the western United States is in some sort of drought, and Montecito is in an abnormally dry period. Lack of rain and low fuel moisture levels have created an increased risk of fire. “Every year it’s important to be prepared, but this year especially,” Elmquist said at the meeting.

Reps from the Montecito Fire Protection District reiterated the District’s Ready! Set! Go! framework for emergency preparedness, which includes preparing your home and property by being mindful of roof materials, clearing rain gutters, having dual-paned windows and non-combustible fencing, removing combustible items on patios and decks,

and ensuring that patios, chimneys, garages, and driveways are all fire safe. It’s important to create defensible space around homes by removing dead vegetation, eliminating pathways for a wildfire to burn directly to your home, and utilize hardscaping.

Experts recommend evaluating your emergency evacuation plan and evacuating early with the “6 P’s of Evacuation.” They include people, pets, papers, prescriptions (including contacts and eyeglasses), pictures (irreplaceable), and personal computers. Residents should be “Ready” during elevated fire risk by monitoring the weather, planning on how to get out and where you will go, and preparing and protecting your home. “Set!” is during an evacuation warning, when residents should prepare to leave, by having a full gas tank, loading up important documents, and leaving early.

“Go” is when there is an evacuation order, and you must leave immediately.

Santa Barbara County utilizes multiple alerting tools, including ReadySBC alerts, which must be registered for in advance. These alerts are issued by address and targeted to your specific geographic area. WEA alerts are

automatic and do not require registration.

There are also Emergency Alerts via radio and television, and door-to-door alerts during an emergency if first responders are able. Montecito Fire has a number of online resources including their website (montecitofire.com) and social media channels.

On July 21 at 11 am, ReadySBC will conduct a test alert for Montecito. Only residents in the fire boundary service area that are signed up will get this alert, and all residents are highly encouraged to sign up online at ReadySBC.org. The purpose of the test is to update contact information for all Montecito residents and verify that opted-in community members receive ReadySBC Alerts without issue. You can opt in for text messages, reverse calls to cell phones and landlines, emails, and TTY/TDD for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Upon receiving the test alert on July 21, community members will be prompted to confirm receipt of the message. For example, those who receive a text message will be asked to reply “YES” to confirm receipt.

No emergency action is required.

A call center will be staffed at Montecito Fire Station on July 21 to field calls from community members with questions or issues relating to the test alert. To reach the call center, dial the non-emergency business line at (805) 969-7762.

For questions, please contact Christina Favuzzi, Public Information Officer at cfavuzzi@montecitofire.com.

On Thursday, July 14, a completed Evacuation Study will be available on the Montecito Fire District’s website, with the study being presented to the MFPD Board on Friday, July 22, at 2 pm. We’ll have much more on the study later this month.

The Montecito Association hosted Zuleimy Delgadillo, an Outreach Analyst for the Department of Insurance for the State of California, to give an update on what Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is aiming to do to help high-fire communities like Montecito. Since January 2019, residents have seen hundreds of non-renewals or exorbitant premiums in Montecito.

Delgadillo said commissioners are working on removing barriers to allow wildfire survivors to receive critical insurance benefits including coverage for evacuation expenses and extension to additional living expenses, and have created disclosures and coverage to meet upgraded building codes. There are also proposed regulations to lower costs and increase transparency for consumers, including requiring that insurance companies provide consumers with their wildfire risk score, and give them an opportunity to appeal their risk determination.

Lara has also overseen improvements to the FAIR Plan (the insurer of last resort), ordering increased coverage limits. Dwelling coverage went from $1.5M to $3M. Lisa Blackwell from Brown & Brown Insurance reported that many carriers are leaving the

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ocial gridlock reigned when, after a two-week hiatus, Santa Barbara Polo Club launched its highly anticipated high goal season with four top teams playing in the roster at the Carpinteria equine paradise through September.

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tycoon Geoff Palmer’s Antelope, Ben “Mayor of Melrose” Soleimani, and newcomers L.E.N.Y. with Paquito de Narvaez.

“It really is the most competitive tournament with some of the best teams in America,” enthuses club manager David Sigman. “And it’s the perfect locale given our more than a century of history.”

The season kicked off at the weekend with a closely fought match between Walker’s FMB and local patron Justin Klentner’s Klentner Ranch, featuring his son Jake.

At half time Justin’s team led 9-7, with 14-9 in the final chukker, wrapping the colorful game 15-11.

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illiam (Bill) Joseph Jones, a longtime resident of Montecito who enjoyed his family, fishing, and sailing, passed away peacefully in his sleep at age 89.

Bill is remembered for his wide warm smile, strong core values, sense of humor, and passion for helping others.

Anyone who dealt with him knew that his handshake was a contract.

Bill was born in Altadena, CA, to Helen Rund Jones, of Illinois, and William Ellis Jones, of Wales. Bill played football at St. Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge and earned Eagle Scout honors. When he was 19, Bill met Elizabeth Mary Henry of Glendale, CA. They fell in love and married.

Bill is remembered for his wide warm smile, strong core values, sense of humor, and passion for helping others.

Bill started working in 1959 at ExcelMineral Company in Vernon, CA, which produced and marketed industrial absorbents (Quik-Sorb) as well as cat litter (Jonny Cat). As sales grew, he was named sales manager, then Vice President, then Senior Vice President of Sales. Bill served on the Excel board of directors and as president of the Sorptive Minerals Institute as well as the Sanitary Supply Association of Southern California, both trade organizations, for many years.

When he wasn’t working, Bill was with his wife and six children, often taking camping trips that included fishing.

After moving to Montecito in 1974, the family became involved in the Santa Barbara Sea Shell Association and the Santa Barbara Sailing Club.

William J. Jones, 5/7/1933 – 6/30/2022

Bill is survived by his wife, Beth, and their children: Douglas Jones and John McGuinness; Kathy Jones and Mark Norum; Brian Jones; Sharon Jones and Stephen Simpson; Marie Jones Rembert and Alex Rembert; and Diane Jones.

He is also survived by his brothers, Jack and David Jones, and six grandchildren: Davis and Cailey Rembert, Zia and Lucca Simpson, and Carter and Marisa Jones.

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his past 4th of July, America celebrated her 246th birthday. Almost two and a half centuries ago, a press release announcing a radical experiment in self-government signed by 56 radicals created a new nation. These political upstarts alerted the old nation of their radical intentions with what to this day remains arguably the most radical document ever written which included these radical words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident...”

It might be a radical statement, but I’ll make it anyway, it’s the radicals who change the world. Reagan liked to say “Status Quo” is Latin for the mess we’re in. And I say status quo is the oppositive of disruption. Indeed, radical is the opposite of status quo.

So let’s consider the status quo 146 years ago according to America’s foremost radical Thomas Jefferson who wrote in the Declaration of Independence the following: “[t]he King has obstructed the administration of justice, has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives…” Is it any wonder such a radical letter was in order?

Let’s now consider today’s existing state of affairs, which is the Latin meaning of Status Quo, in Toro Canyon, specifically on Santa Claus Lane.

Rincon Events is allowed to hold events for up to 300 people despite not having any (Zero) dedicated customer parking spaces. The Garden Market has seating for 110 and they too have no (Zero) dedicated customer spaces, Thario’s Kitchen has seating for 84, again, no (Zero) dedicated customer parking spaces, and Padaro Beach Grill has seating for 410 and not a single dedicated customer parking space.

That is the status quo, that is the mess we’re in. It might not be Latin, but it’s a mess, nonetheless.

But here’s something you might find as interesting as I do. The Latin word for “Radical” is Roots. And it just so happens that something quite radical is happening

on Santa Claus Lane at 3823. A retail business called Roots Carpinteria was recently approved for a Coastal Development Permit by the County’s Zoning Administrator. But besides the name of the store, that’s not the only radical part of the project. Also radical is the fact that Roots Carpinteria will be the ONLY business on Santa Claus Lane with its own dedicated customer on-site parking.

In fact, Roots Carpinteria will have 22 dedicated onsite parking spaces. Ten more than are required under the County’s code.

Ironically, a disgruntled neighbor, the owner of the four properties I mentioned that have no dedicated parking spaces, appealed the Roots project to the County Planning Commission due to (wait for it), the project’s impact on parking. As you’re digesting that concentrated dose of irony, I’ll share a few more radical tidbits

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about the Roots Carpinteria project.

When the store opens the community will have access to ethically and legally sourced cannabis and will contribute to the crowding out of illegal, unregulated, and untested cannabis from the illicit market and provide safe alternatives to opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin.

This is important and speaks to the issue of the public health and safety of our community. The store is also locally owned, minority owned, and woman-led.

Moreover, for every $10 spent at the Roots Carpinteria store, an additional $18 is projected to be injected back into the local economy. Roots Carpinteria will pay a living wage, and best-in-class health benefits, while sourcing at least 80 percent of its workforce from Santa Barbara County.

Once operational, Roots Carpinteria’s mission is to be socially responsible, and inclusive. The majority owners, Pat and Maire Radis, have pledged 2% of their store’s annual gross receipts to be shared every year with local nonprofits for the betterment of the community.

This 2% of annual gross receipts to local nonprofits via the businesses Community Benefits program, which is a radical idea and something none of the other status quo businesses on Santa Claus Lane do, is above and beyond the quarterly sales, income, payroll, and property taxes Roots Carpinteria will also generate each year which will total in the tens of millions of dollars.

The only thing more powerful than an idea whose time has come is the power of a radical idea whose time has come.

Roots Carpinteria is a radical idea because it is a radical improvement for Santa Claus Lane, away from the existing state of affairs, or status quo. With the opening of Roots Carpinteria, the seaside village in Toro Canyon will finally have a business that not only abides by and adheres to all the County and Local Coastal Zone rules and regulations vis-a-vis parking, but also has an identifiable, and accountable program dedicated to sharing a percentage of the business’s wealth with the local community at the same time. That is radical, that is Roots Carpinteria.

Joe Armendariz Joe Armendariz is the Director of Government Affairs for Armendariz Partners. He is a former twoterm member of the Carpinteria City Council and the former Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association, and Santa Barbara Technology and Industry Association. He can be reached at (805) 990-2494.

Legal Reasonings A June 30 editorial written by MJ’s Executive Editor strongly advocates free and unfettered access to all types of birth control for all women. This, she acknowledges, would require either: (1) The administrative branch (through the FDA) to grant over-the-counter status to birth control pills; or (2) The legislative branch to pass a law requiring the State to give out free birth control devices and pills to anyone who wanted them.

Ms. Lurie’s position on the issue is passionate and it correctly recognizes that the road to achieve her desired result is through the executive or legislative branches of Government, not the judicial. She doesn’t argue that the courts should order the government to give out free birth control pills. That would be making law, something solely within the realm of the legislative branch.

Paradoxically, the predicate for her advocacy is criticism of the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overruled a previous decision where the Supreme Court had done exactly that, made law. The case it overruled, Roe v Wade, held that abortion was a woman’s fundamental constitutional right and that hundreds of years of legislative laws making abortion illegal were repealed.

The Dobbs court was right to restore the issue of abortion to the legislative branch. Contrary to the editorial, Roe was not based on the right of privacy found in the contraceptive case of Griswold or the equal opportunity extension found in Eisenstadt. It was based on an oxymoronic concept called “substantive due process.” The 5th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution provide that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property… without “due process of law”. The Roe court took this clause, which had been traditionally viewed as a procedural limitation on how government could act against citizens, and tortured its plain meaning into a substantive restriction on what government may not do to its citizens.

Once this leap was made, the Roe court was free to define liberty to mean whatever they wanted it to mean and in the case before them, they said it included the right to abort an unborn child.

The reasoning of Roe is dangerous.

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It allows a court to literally create fundamental constitutional rights where none existed before. It can go along with or against public opinion. It can go along with or against the decision of Congress. It can go along with or against the actions of the Executive Branch. To put it succinctly, it allows unelected and unaccountable judges to make the law. Under a “substantive due process” reasoning, there is nothing to stop a court from finding a person to have a constitutional right to unfettered use of his or her property without regard to zoning or architectural restrictions. There is nothing to stop a court from finding a person to have a constitutional right to unfettered liberty including the right to multiple and/or underage spouses. There is no limit to the rights a court might create or the restrictions it might impose on the other branches of government.

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The Dobbs court recognized the fallacy of such “outcome determinative”

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t was a scene of blue skies surrounded by the fire-red roof tiles and off-white walls that color our area’s distinctive architecture while on the rooftop of the MOXI. A crowd was gathering around appetizers and drinks to wait for the official announcement – professional soccer is coming to town. Welcome to the Santa Barbara Sky Football Club (SBSFC).

In anticipation of the announcement, guests held up scarves adorned with the team crest – a proud and graceful depiction of Saint Barbara – the town’s namesake. Funny enough, it was those same hues seen from the MOXI that inspired the colors and logo for the club. “The terracotta of the rooftops in our colors, the midnight blue of the dark skies we get as we face south without a lot of ambient light coming out of here, and even the shape of the crest represents the shapes of the mission window, as you see in the architecture here,” said Peter Moore when we spoke the day before. The club will play its home games at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium and the remarkable views from the arena promise to only accent and amplify the colors and spirit of the team.

Peter Moore is currently the individual seed investor for SBSFC, having a unique background that makes him well-suited for the task. Starting off as a traveling shoe salesman in Southern California, he remembers coming to the area to sell shoes to the now-defunct Copeland Sports. He would later work for Reebok as Senior VP of Global Sports Marketing before becoming a legend in the video game industry as President of Sega of America, followed by VP of Microsoft’s Entertainment Business division where he oversaw the development of the Xbox and Xbox 360. It was while working at Electronic Arts that he left his COO role there to become the CEO of Liverpool Football Club (LFC), a childhood fantasy considering he was born and raised in Liverpool. He oversaw LFC from the beginning of 2017 to 2020, when his threeyear tenure was up, moving to Montecito full time in December of 2020.

The United Soccer League’s League One had already been in discussion with the town when Moore was first approached about it in 2021. Now, he is hoping to bring the same career insight and experience to Sky FC as he did for LFC. His experience with the video game industry also helped him navigate one of the world’s most popular football clubs.

“One of the lessons I learned was the management of these massive communities of people thirsting for information, that were kind of emotionally involved in your product – and no different a gamer in that situation than a soccer fan.” During

“Summer afternoon: to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” —Henry James

Peter Moore is the seed investor of Santa Barbara Sky Football Club

his tenure as CEO of LFC, they won the UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and the Premier League.

Their popularity and success led to him overseeing the establishment of TV studios and media programs to continually feed fans the info that they craved.

Joining the League Santa Barbara Sky FC will be a part of the United Soccer League (USL), the largest professional soccer organization in North America, consisting of three professional leagues as well as two national pre-professional leagues and two national youth leagues. The men’s Sky FC will be part of the USL’s League One, the nationally-sanctioned third division of American soccer that is made up of 11 teams in the 2022 season, with more details to emerge over the coming months on the women’s Sky FC team and their participation in the women’s USL Super League.

SBSFC’s establishment in the area is part of a larger League One expansion that is currently communicating with 40-plus communities, sized between 150,000 and one million residents. This expansion comes at an opportune time – “There’s a lot of moving parts in the world of soccer right now with the growth of the game, not only here, but globally. World Cup this year is in Qatar in November and December.

But perhaps more importantly, right here in North America in 2026,” says Moore.

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or over 100 years the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club (SBPRC), situated beautifully in the Carpinteria foothills between the Santa Ynez mountains and the Pacific Ocean, has drawn polo players and spectators from all over the world. This year the buzz about Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and world-renowned Argentine polo champion, Nacho Figueras, playing on their new team, Los Padres, has brought new energy and excitement to the start of the 2022 polo season.

As the High Goal polo series started on Sunday, July 10, there’s no better time to come watch some polo in paradise and see what’s happening at this world-class polo facility in our community. In addition to great polo, there are other activities including tennis, swimming, and my favorite stress-relieving activity of all, Yoga Après Polo with Megan Llambias!

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and wife to 6-goal Argentine polo player Marcos Llambias, Megan travels with her family on the polo circuit and offers group and private yoga classes to everyone in the community. You do not have to be a polo club member to take her classes.

Every July and August (the High Goal polo months), Megan brings her unique style of yoga to SBPRC, integrating breathwork, meditation, traditional yoga sequences with equestrians in mind, and restorative yoga into a flow style class with modifications for different levels. The practice is both energizing and relaxing.

Her classes are a beautiful experience, held outside with the backdrop of the stunning polo fields and mountains, and all levels of participants are welcome.

More than just for polo players, Megan’s classes are an opportunity for anyone who wants to slow down, go inwards, and really feel what’s happening. According to Megan, “Anyone can do yoga. I like to offer something that is accessible to everyone in the polo community. Patrons, players, grooms, even the shoer asked me about some postures for the pain in his back. Polo is a very intense sport and yoga is a complementary

experience for mind and body. Yoga allows for integration and the opportunity to experience from the inside out.”

The benefits of yoga for many aspects of wellness, including stress management, mental health, better sleep, and pain management, are well-known, especially to polo players. As David Sigman, General Manager of the Santa Barbara Polo Club & Racquet Club, states, “Flexibility is a key component of staying fit for polo and recovery after a tough game, and yoga provides benefits for everyone, from new players to elite professionals with longevity and greater range of motion.”

Yoga has been a constant ritual in Megan’s life. “Being a polo gypsy family, it’s a wonderful practice that stays constant. Whether we are here in Santa Barbara, Indio, or Argentina, yoga keeps me balanced, and gives me an outlet.

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ed, and peaceful to hopefully navigate this wild and wonderful life with a bit more grace and ease,” she states.

We are so fortunate to have Megan in our midst right now and I highly recommend you try her yoga classes at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. Megan will be teaching Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6-7 pm, next to the Polo Boutique. Club members $25/non-members $30. Bring a mat; extras are provided if you need one. Private sessions are available upon request.

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Steve Binder in the Year of Elvis

Steve Binder being interviewed by Ivor Davis (photo by Joanne A. Calitri)

candor and smile had the audience in hand to re-live these moments with him.

The budget for the ‘68 Special was $450K compared to Luhrmann’s $85 million.

In the Green Room with director Steve Binder and his wife, Sharon, and daughter Romy Binder How did it feel to watch himself being Harding (photo by Joanne A. Calitri) portrayed in the film? – “Surreal! My family is excited, I’m still processing it.

by Joanne A. Calitri provide content on the ‘68 Special, and One thing is I never smoked cigarettes, to be the adviser of the actor portraying so Luhrmann took some license there.”

Binder in the film – Dacre Montgomery. n 2022, Elvis has once again become The caveat was Binder had just done a a larger-than-life phenomenon, soft release of his autobiographic book on crowned thus via a June 24th release making the ‘68 Special, which Luhrmann of Baz Luhrmann’s film, Elvis, a biopic asked him to pull back from the shelves movie focusing on that illusive twist of until the movie was released this year to fate: Elvis’s relationship with his business promote at the same time.

– “Elvis was a huge fan of Marlon manager Col. Tom Parker. Luhrmann Needless to say, Binder’s phone is Brando and had a photo he showed me knew better than to do the film without ringing off the hook with requests for from The Wild Ones. So, I asked the consulting the actual people who were interviews, and his book signings sell- costume designer Bill Belew to make in Elvis’s close family circle, the TV/ ing as fast as the movie tickets! When I Elvis a custom designed black leather Film industry producers-directors and called to congratulate him, he was get- outfit for the Special and it became his recording magnets, starting with Priscilla ting ready for a Zoom interview with a signature piece. He wore it during the Presley and her children. With a 12-min- TV/radio station in Ireland. He invited improv section, causing him to sweat but ute standing ovation at Cannes, the rest is me to a Museum of Ventura County the audience went crazy for it.” clearly elvistory. event with himself and renowned – “Elvis never went to college, but he After his quick rise to fame under author, journalist, and investigative was extremely well-read and would talk the Colonel, Elvis suffered a serious lull reporter Ivor Davis, and promptly put about how the U.S. was out of control in popularity and hadn’t produced any me on his guest list! after RFK was assassinated.” records for a few years. The saving grace There, I met him in the green room – “Elvis had lost faith in himself. The to his career was the legendary 1968 with his wife, Sharon, and daughter purpose of the Special was to make him TV Comeback Special and corresponding Romy Binder Harding for a quick hello rediscover himself. It was a team effort. record album directed and produced by and photo before the gig.

There probably wouldn’t have been anySteve Binder.

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Dear Montecito Promoting Sustainability and Doing It in Style

by Stella Haffner

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mong many notable features of the SoCal dogma is our cultural stake in sustainability.

We see this move to more eco-friendly choices manifest in everything from earthy aesthetics in new-age coffee houses to school-based programs. At MUS alone, I remember the birth of the Green Team, who provided every kid at school with a reusable water bottle, our Walk-and-Roll day that encouraged families to save on gas and find an alternative mode of transport to school, and the annual skit in which fifth-grade favorite Doug Bower would play evil Mr. Carbon. In another part of Santa Barbara County, UCSB students are championing the reduce, reuse, recycle lifestyle in the form of the Isla Vista Trading Post. To learn more about the clothing-focused sustainability club, I spoke to Marlena Goodman, final year undergraduate and upcoming president of the Isla Vista Trading Post.

Q. What does the Isla Vista Trading Post do?

A. We collect clothing donations from around Isla Vista and then host pop-up events where you can take three items of clothing for free in the effort to reduce clothing waste and promote sustainability.

Our goal is to encourage other universities

and communities to expand their efforts because this model is so simple. It can really work anywhere. We’ve already had a couple other universities reach out to us, wanting to start similar programs. UC Davis was the first, and I think Santa Cruz is starting one now. It’s just really great to see it growing from this little group of friends to where we are now.

Why is it important to re-circulate clothing?

Because there’s so much of it, and it so frequently ends up in landfills. I used to work in a thrift store with one of the founders, and you would not believe the amount of clothing that we get and have to throw away because it’s in bad condition. It just sucks. But you can’t do anything. I just had to remind myself that it’s not my fault that this thing is potentially getting sent to the landfill. This culture of overconsumption that tells you that enough is never enough, that you have to just keep buying. And I’m like: “Why would you need this? Why would anyone buy this thing?” I think it’s increasingly important to find alternate ways to consume. I think it’s so great to have this model of free clothing because this eliminates the money barrier that often comes with buying sustainably. It’s also that thrifting – second-hand clothing in general – it’s just an incredible way to promote your personal sense of style. I think it’s just great to spread the message of thrifting and sustain-

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able clothing. And I’m hoping we do that.

As the upcoming president of the Isla Vista Trading Post, what are your goals going forward?

I’ll start off with our broad goals. We want to make sure we’re re-circulating clothing, promoting the mentality of sustainability, and reducing the stigma around shopping second-hand. Besides, shopping second-hand is so cool. You find the coolest stuff, and not to mention if you’re shopping at thrift stores or here at the IV Trading Post, it’s so much cheaper.

In terms of our short-term goals, we’re trying to expand our model to work with homeless shelters, specifically the ones that house youth. We’re trying to work with SBACT right now, specifically Noah’s Anchorage, which houses homeless youth.

We’re gathering a list of items from them that the kids who frequent the area want.

When we do our sortings, we’ll do our best to look through our stuff and find something similar if not the actual thing these kids are looking for. We’re also hoping to host events at Noah’s Anchorage or at other homeless shelters around the Santa Barbara area just because we have so many clothes. It just makes sense to give back.

How can people learn more about sustainability?

I like to think just by experiencing it.

There’s a lot of discourse right now about sustainability and thrifting – what is okay and not okay – and I feel it can get kind of convoluted. Social media, for example, can be a really great platform to learn, but at the same time it can go sour. I hope places like IV Trading Post and even online thrift stores can promote the idea of sustainability. Education about it is so difficult because it’s so hard to reach a wide audience. I guess I’d say that my personal definition of sustainability is doing whatever you can to

“Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.” — Yoko Ono

reduce consumption. That comes down to things like mending your clothes and not immediately buying something new and throwing it away.

What is your favorite thrift store in Santa Barbara?

I work for Destined for Grace, so I’m tempted to say there, but the thrift store in the Magnolia Center – that one’s pretty good, pretty cheap.

What are your personal tips for becoming more sustainable?

It really comes down to consuming less and making informed decisions. I like this thing, if I buy it, am I going to actually wear it? I’m guilty of this too where things sit in my closet. Sure, something can be thrifted, but it doesn’t help to be buying things that you’re not actually going to get use out of. So definitely making those informed decisions, mending your clothes, thinking how you can re-wear or reuse your things. Even my old t-shirts I end up using as rags or scrap fabric. Or, of course, I can donate things to IV Trading Post. I think it just comes down to being an informed consumer and asking yourself how you’re going to get use out of this item.

To learn more about sustainability and Isla Vista Trading Post, visit the IVTP on Instagram @ivtradingpost

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While SBSFC will likely start off with somewhat fewer than the tens of millions of followers LFC has around the world, the hope is that with time, locals will have the same intergenerational love for Sky FC that Moore felt as a child growing up in Liverpool – kicking a “tennis ball around the back streets” and doodling the players in school while fantasizing about joining the team. “One of the things that I want to build here with our team is this view that kids here will wake up in the morning and they want to play for the Santa Barbara Sky FC,” he adds. And this is something that both himself and League One believe. The USL has made a dedicated effort towards equality in the sport, establishing the “first and only youth-to-professional pathway for both women and men.”

“One of the things we intend to do here is to build a charitable foundation that will run concurrently with the club itself,” says Moore. He views this as “critical” and mentions that professional teams shouldn’t “just take” from the community and that “you have to give as well.” These aren’t just idle words. During his time at the helm of the LFC, he established the Peter Moore Foundation that helped support numerous charitable causes throughout Liverpool.

And that same giving spirit is already being brought the area, with SBSFC announcing the establishment of its philanthropic arm (or foot) of the club, La Fundación del Cielo, to support disadvantaged groups within the local community.

While much has already been developed, and they are actually further along than most clubs when they make their initial announcement, Moore and the founding

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crew still have some work to do – for both the foundation and the team. In the coming months, they will be announcing future plans and looking for further funding, with Moore as the sole investor so far.

Of course, with the love our area has for its surroundings, soccer, and the inherent charitable nature of our community, it will be exciting to see who steps up to support the club and its colors.

The foundation will act as a means of supporting those in need within the community, but the team and its success on the field has another way of supporting everyone within its locale. Moore wants to “Give kids in this area this opportunity to, as I did as a kid growing up in Liverpool, dream of playing all the way to the top level. Now, very few of us do – myself not included. But from the perspective of being able to provide a pathway.” With the foundation, they want to make sure that any child who wants to play the sport – can – and not be limited by funds, transportation, or access.

One of the hopes is that this foundation doesn’t just instill a similar youthful passion for soccer but builds in them the affinity and aspiration for their home team. “I want [kids] to wake up years from now and say, ‘No, I want to play for the Santa Barbara Sky FC and I want to play right there on Cabrillo Boulevard at La Playa Stadium.’

And I think that providing a platform to fulfill the hopes and dreams of young people here in Santa Barbara is something that is key,” Moore added with passion in his voice – and a twinkle in his eye – or was that just a glint of the Santa Barbara Sky (FC)?

Visit santabarbaraskyfc.com for more infor mation.

Zach Rosen is the Managing Editor of the Montecito Journal. He also enjoys working with beer, art, and life.

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IDEAS CORNER:

On Money, Politics and other Trivial Matters

Perspectives

The 2nd Amendment Bad Law is Always Trashed

Colossal Nature Projects

600 neglected acres to be transformed into climate-adaptive park

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

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et’s get something straight: just because the Supreme Court comes up with a clearly wrong opinion doesn’t mean it is correct, or that it won’t be eventually thrown out as bad jurisprudence.

Here’s a notorious example: The Supreme Court led by Justice Roger B. Taney (who, until John Roberts, was viewed as the worst Chief Justice in U.S. history) issued the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857. After Dred Scott (a free black man) was improperly captured, the court ruled that the Constitution did not include any rights of citizenship for black citizens. It was universally credited for triggering the outbreak of the Civil War just four years later.

You see, a “strict construction” of the Constitution, which Taney’s court used for their decision in Dred Scott, could only enforce rights written in 1787, even if subsequent events proved that the document had to be viewed as a “living document” as society evolved. By the way, the recent opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case which overrode Roe v. Wade was similarly not based on a particular clause in the Constitution, but rather on the Court’s personal view as to how society should read the Constitution: like it is still 1787!

Another incredibly infamous misapplication of justice by the Supreme Court occurred in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which held that “separate but equal” was just fine for black folks. They couldn’t expect to go to good white schools, live in good white neighborhoods, or otherwise object to the Jim Crow laws that separated everything into a rigid apartheid structure of separate eating establishments, separate transportation options, and even separate water fountains.

That lasted until the 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, ruled that separate was inherently unequal. Which of course is the logical conclusion anyone would have come to even though equal rights for all are not in the Constitution. As any rational person realizes looking back, the nature of the equality the Founding Fathers were attempting to give voice to is better served by Brown than it was by Plessy.

This leads us to a case that clearly is an incorrect interpretation of the U.S. Constitution: Heller v. District of Columbia. That 2008 case was flagrantly wrong when the decision was used to overturn the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975. Like recent cases, this was the result of the political power of a particular minority in the country supported by massive political donations and campaigns by the National Rifle Association (NRA). It basically took the word “militia” out of the 2nd Amendment to give a constitutional right to bear arms as individuals.

Here are the exact words of the 2nd Amendment:

acres of neglected land in Indiana will be transformed into Origin Park — a climate-adaptive park that’s been in the works for several years. Origin Park has three goals: climate resiliency, cultural and historical education, and positive community impact.

Landscape Architect Lucinda Sanders considered that the river will hold 30 percent more water in 50 years. She implemented elevated and ground-level walkways to mitigate flooding. The ground-level walkways will serve as paddling areas until the water level lowers again.

Origin Park is the first climate-adaptive park in the American Midwest. Origin Park was the launching point for the Lewis and Clark expedition, a river crossing point for the first European settlers, and the site for the end of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape during the Civil War. The park will be one of the country’s biggest parks. It will have several amenities like a canoe launch, event centers, a canopy walk, a path network, and more. Around 1.2 million people live near the park. The project hopes to share information about the local ecosystems and educate visitors on sustainability. The park will also provide around 2,300 jobs.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

was formalized into the National Guard. You see, there is no right anywhere in the Constitution for individuals to “keep and bear arms” for their amusement or to terrorize others. It’s just NOT what the Constitution says. Amazing, isn’t it?

This brings us to the insanity of the June 23rd New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen case, which struck down decades of gun safety laws. Not only did the court find that anyone has a right to carry these deadly assault rifles on our city streets; but they can also be concealed! Nonetheless, there simply is no right for an individual, apart from their participation in a militia, to bear any arm – let alone ones like an AR-15 which is more powerful than any weapon of war used by U.S. troops in Korea and Vietnam. It is a “right” created out of thin air by the Court. If our Republic survives, it will one day be viewed with the same disgust as Dred Scott and Plessy.

What about the Declaration of Independence’s promise to protect our very lives by declaring a new nation? The weapons of war the Court has endorsed have no place on our city streets given their only purpose is to slaughter the most people in the least amount of time.

The only right to bear arms the Founding Fathers understood was the experience they had with militias like Williamsburg. When you take “militia” out, you are not interpreting the Constitution – you are re-writing it.

That’s what makes the current Court so radically dangerous. They think they can create anything they want in pursuit of their minority view to impose their religion, their guns, and the control over women’s bodies they so crave to impose control over the rest of us. They will not succeed if the Republic does survive, because bad law is always ultimately abandoned.

Notice the word “militia” (the precise word the Supreme Court decided meant nothing in their rush to provide gun manufacturers with the right to sell as many guns as they wanted) is the key concept in the Amendment. This judicial “slight of hand” is even more remarkable when you realize that only the 2nd Amendment has a clarifying clause before the right is stated.

Every impartial reading of the Bill of Rights would quickly conclude the only right stated in that group that had a qualifying presumption is the 2nd. “A well regulated militia” was “necessary to the security of a free state” and in order to permit militias, the Amendment goes on, the people had the right to keep and bear arms.

So, what was the “militia”? The closest thing to a militia in 1776 at the birth of the United States is what we would today call the National Guard. It would be great if the Court would travel to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia and physically see the militia. It was, and remains, a cylindrical red building just off the commons where all the civilian-owned “arms” were maintained. They were stored until a bell rang, signaling that every able-bodied man should run to the militia building to get their weapons and prepare to repel hostile forces.

Decades after the Constitution was drafted, the organization of civilians who would take up arms for common defense became known as the militia. And later, the militia

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This project maps England’s hidden ancient trees

An impressive project from the University of Nottingham discovered far more of England’s ancient trees than expected. Conservationists compare the researchers’ efforts, which build on the 180,000 mapped trees that were identified by the Woodland Trust, Ancient Tree Forum, and the Tree Register, to “a map of buried treasure.”

The researchers experimented with mathematical models to map the probable location of ancient trees across the nation. Then, volunteers went out into the field to visit these sites and check the reliability of the generated maps. “Based on the best performing distribution models, these estimates predict two million ancient and veteran trees, which is an amazing increase on what is currently recorded,” said Dr. Victoria Nolan.

An ancient tree is one that demonstrates exceptional age in relation to other trees of the same species. They usually will have hollowing trunks, dead wood in their canopies, and the presence of other organisms like fungi or plants on their structures. Veteran trees also share many of these features but are still too young to be “ancient.”

Right now, the Woodland Trust is petitioning governments across the UK for

improved protection of ancient trees.

“She smelled of sun and daisies with a hint of river water.” — Katie Daisy

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Montecito Reads A Summer Page-Turner That Hits Close to Home

by MJ Staff

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ake a sneak peak of Montecito by Michael Cox, in this ongoing serialization of his yet-to-be-published book. This fictional story is inspired by “tales of true crime THAT HAPPENED HERE.” We have been introduced to the main character, Hollis Crawford, and his family at an MUS recital, where he has met the suave and intriguing Cyrus Wimby. Chapter 1 is available online at montecitojournal.net.

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Montecito

by Michael Cox Chapter 2 To her credit, Cricket took the news of my latest failure with remarkable grace. If I had shown a tenth as much decorum in the face of disappointing news, I might still be employed. Nevertheless, I could tell she was frustrated with me. For months, she had listened to my growing complaints about CryptoWallet cutting corners, lowering standards, and – her favorite – destroying product integrity – gently warning me that she had seen this movie several times before and that it did not have a happy ending. When I would get particularly frustrated, she would remind me that sometimes in life, one needs to get along to go along. I nodded in acquiescence even though I had no idea what the hell that meant.

Cricket’s trite suggestions were not recycled mom-speak. They were the cold truths of corporate survival. Iron laws that she had mastered while I – erstwhile family provider – stomped on the business end of a rake like a cartoon fool. This was the ironic twist to my professional narrative: I had tremendous skills, but Cricket was the far better entrepreneur, employee, and executive. She was quite literally my better half.

Desperate to be of some use to the family, I vowed to take over the role of getting the kids to school and picking them up until I found another paying gig. This modest offer would allow Cricket to rejoin the Masters swimming program at Los Baños Del Mar where she could pound water for seventy-five minutes before her workday began. Swimming was Cricket’s only private passion; she had been an All-American at the University of California Santa Barbara, adding better athlete to her list of marital superlatives. The water was her big blue pill, curing the occasional bad mood and always leaving her in higher spirits. Thanks to me, she needed all the big blue pills she could get.

My first day as the kids’ unpaid Sherpa was a Friday, but not just any Friday.

It was a Friday Flag Day at Montecito Union Elementary, known locally as MUS. On Flag Day, instead of reporting directly to their classrooms, the kids would gather in the school’s central courtyard, sing the school song, hear a few announcements and perhaps a special presentation, then be off to their classrooms for the start of the day – all under the watchful eye of a surprisingly large group of parents who had nowhere else to be and plenty of time to get there.

“Sounds good,” I said to Cricket as she reminded me of this on her way out the door with her heavy swim bag over one shoulder and steely determination in her eyes.

She correctly decoded the why are you telling me this look on my face, adding, “if possible, parents are encouraged to stay for Flag Day.” I stared back blankly.

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Brilliant Thoughts No Nudes and Good Nudes

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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n 1913, a show of “Modern Art” was held at the 69th Regimental Armory in New York City. One of the most controversial exhibits was by French artist, Marcel Duchamp, and was entitled Nude Descending a Staircase. To many viewers, this piece was quite shocking. In view of the title, you might think that the shock lay in some kind of ultra-realistic depiction of the unclothed human body, probably female.

But in fact, what was shown was so far from realism that, without the title, it was hard to discern any “nude,” let alone any staircase.

The mere word “nude” was still somewhat titillating to a generation just emerging from the Victorian era.

The “figure” shown was hardly recognizable as male or female – or even human.

Ever since the Garden of Eden, there has been a savor of sinfulness about sheer nakedness. In general, this has applied only to Homo Sapiens, and other creatures have been excluded from ethical indictment. That was, until our own time, when that great hoaxer Alan Abel founded S.I.N.A. – which officially stood for “Society for Indecency to Naked Animals” – an acronym which made about as much sense as its activities, such as putting special brassieres on cows. Oddly, some opponents took this whole “Crusade” very seriously, and spent much time and energy defending the rights of animals to be unclothed, if that was their (presumed) wish.

There are however some garbs which we do allow to animals, such as the protective types of old hats which are, or used to be, seen on the heads of horses and other equines pulling street-carts, with their ears poking through specially-cut holes.

Then there were the little “uniforms” of organ-grinders’ monkeys, who of course had to have hats, so that they could collect coins from the audience.

But with people, the act of disrobing has of course always had a variety of implications. One is the obvious sexual meaning, as a stage in the process of reproductive union. But before all that, we have the entertainment stage, as implied in the term “strip-tease,” upon which whole show business careers have been built, such as that of the performer known as Gypsy Rose Lee. There are, however, other very different motivations for taking it all off in public.

One can be protests of various kinds. I had a little taste of this kind of social or anti-social activity, when living in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the 1960s.

Clashes between “bourgeois” authority and the so-called Counter-Culture took many different forms, but one was organized blocking of traffic, accompanied by shocking displays of public nudity.

As a Bard of that era, I published a whole

collection of satirical parodies called The Haight-Ashbury Songbook, subtitled “Songs of Love and Haight.” One of its pieces specifically celebrated this street-nudity phenomenon, with a song making use of the then well-known show-tune (from The Music Man) called “Seventy-Six Trombones.”

My version instead glorified an imaginary “Seventy Chicks” and went like this: Seventy Chicks hit Haight Street one Saturday Night, And a hundred and ten police soon were there, ‘Cause not one of those three score ten who marched back and forth again Wore a thing but flowers in her hair.

Seventy Chicks made news in HaighAshbury Doing nothing but feel the air with their skin, But a horrible Judge said “Fudge! Legal reason cannot budge – you are guilty of the gravest sin!”

Every single girl was given 30 days – 30 days, 30 days, to mend her dirty ways – But, though booked for looking lovely in the nude, They still pursued their impossible attitude.

Seventy Chicks, home from Penitentiary, found a welcoming crowd in HaightAshbury.

At a signal, the whole crowd rose – and they all took off their clothes – Just to show their, show their, show their SOLIDARITY! Today “Nudism” has a culture of its own – but non-nudists are so afraid of contamination that they confine such weirdness to its own “nudist colonies,” or to other restricted areas such as “nude beaches.” The truth is that the sight of unclothed adult human bodies, despite their popularity in Art, is, to many people, even of our own era, still unsettling, and somehow a violation of social norms.

In fact, in most jurisdictions, public nudity is still a crime, for which you can be fined and imprisoned. For the exact basis of this harsh 21st Century morality, I’m afraid we must still go back all the

way to Genesis.

Ashleigh Brilliant born England 1933, came to California in 1955, to Santa Barbara in 1973, to the Montecito Journal in 2016.

Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. net. web: www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

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The Giving List The Key Class

by Steven Libowitz

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ohn Daly was in his mid-60s and had already enjoyed a highly successful career as an international event producer who advised his Fortune 100 corporate clients on proper protocols at the Olympics and World Cup and other such events around the world. But his awareness that the overwhelming need for more civility and social skills existed well before people entered the working world piqued more than mere interest.

In 2011, recognizing that our society is based on successful social interactions that generally aren’t taught in public schools, the Montecito resident eschewed retiring to a life of well-earned leisure to instead found The Key Class, a nonprofit organization that mentors at-risk kids and other students in learning important life skills, including social etiquette and job readiness.

Daly designed a curriculum that has grown to encompass other important skills and expanded to address the needs of kids ranging from elementary school to seniors in high school and beyond.

But the core courses remain designed around relating with respect for others, having difficult conversations, and creating peaceful conflict resolution.

“Etiquette means a lot more than table manners,” Daly explained. “It’s about how you conduct yourself on a regular day-to-day basis, how you interact with people, whether you show up on time, make eye contact, and show respect for others in everything you do.”

Those might seem like little things, but they can be everything, and the difference between getting hired for a new job, keeping it once you have it, and/or maintaining good relationships with friends, co-workers, family members, and others. Even something as seemingly trivial as being aware of how noises on one end of a phone call can impact the listener on the other end.

The Key Class provides life skills that students can carry throughout their entire lives

John Daly, founder of The Key Class

Indeed, moments after the sound of a fire truck’s siren became audible when we were talking last week, Daly interrupted himself to apologize for the disturbance and paused until it had gone by. The sense of relief was palpable as it stood in direct contrast to an experience the night before of a friend doing the dishes during a call, unaware that the clatter had turned into an annoying strain on my end.

“There you go, that’s one of those little things,” Daly said when I pointed out what he’d done. “They make a huge difference in the way you come across to people. It’s a big deal.”

Now 11 years in, The Key Class, which is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has taught 9,000 students, mostly within the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

The curriculum for the several different modules is customized for each situation, and encompass four classes each lasting 90 minutes to two hours. And unlike some of the other opportunities in town, the classes take place during the regular school day with Daly stepping in for the teacher in everywhere from AP or honors classes to freshman seminars, English class, and even math.

All are offered at no charge to the stu-

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dents or the schools. Which means the Key Class, which gets no government funding, has to raise all of its income through private donations and foundations.

“There are expenses involved,” Daly said. “Designing the classes, creating PowerPoint presentations, creating and printing the booklets. But I’m doing this to give back, not to make money.”

Indeed, Daly said, positive feedback from course participants feeds his soul, such as when teachers share that they can tell when they walk down a hallway if approaching kids have taken his class by whether they say good morning or afternoon as they pass by. Even more rewarding is running into former students who tell him, “Mr. Daly, you really made a big difference in my life. I wouldn’t have the job that I have right now if it wasn’t for you, because I wouldn’t have known how to interview.”

Meanwhile, there’s plenty of room for growth beyond the already impressive 1,000 students per year, even as The Key Class remains a largely solo operation run

by Daly, who also prepares all the materials and teaches all the courses.

“I had some help pre-COVID when it was a bit busier, but the pandemic

knocked everything down,” he said. “It’s almost back to what it was, but if I had my druthers, I would be working five days a week teaching two or three classes a day, and maybe have another person teaching too because we’d be so busy that it became necessary.”

Perhaps the need for The Key Class is even higher now that kids have returned to the classrooms after many months in isolation and online.

“People in general have gotten so attached to their devices that they have forgotten how to talk to each other,” Daly said. “People really don’t know how to carry out a conversation in person rather than by texting. But you have to be able to interact with people.”

So both the desire for donations of any size and an invitation for teachers to contact him to arrange The Key Class for their students remain open. “All I have to do is be notified,” he said.

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Montecito Reads (Continued from 23 23)) “I want you there,” she clarified.

“Got it,” I said, practicing the go-with-the-flow attitude I so dearly needed to develop. But inside, I felt a rush of chauvinistic shame, imagining myself standing in a crowd of Montecito mommies while the other dads went into the fields, armed with bows and arrows to gather the day’s kill.

At breakfast, Trip presented me with a permission slip for the following week’s off-campus jaunt. “What are you kids doing?” I asked.

“Horseback riding,” he answered.

“Horse-what?” I replied incredulously, imagining ambulance-chasing lawyers licking their lips at the prospect of first-grade heirs to millionaire fortunes bouncing along the narrow trails in the Los Padres National Forest.

“Priscilla got a horse for her birthday,” Trip explained, “and her dad rented all the other horses so that we can all go riding!”

“Priscilla?” I asked, recognizing the name as vaguely familiar.

“Priscilla Wimby,” Isabel chimed in, balancing a cereal bowl, spoon, and gallon of milk atop a sideways-turned Cheerios box. “They’re, like, super rich.”

Wimby. That was the name of the gregarious man with the obscenely long fingers who seemingly tried to make friends with me in the lobby of the MUS auditorium; I did not forget people who tried to become my friend.

Funny that I had never seen nor heard of Cyrus Wimby before yesterday, and now I had a two-day streak going.

“Do you want to go horse riding?” I asked Trip.

“Shuh, dad,” he said, repeating a new phrase of his sister’s.

“Then ride you shall,” I said, signing the permission slip with a flourish.

Trip said ‘thank you’ while Isabel rolled her eyes at my dramatic flair. I was used to eliciting eye rolls, but Cricket had warned me that other emotions might be in play: she believed Isabel had already decoded my defeated body language for the signal that it was.

The kids finished their breakfast, brushed their teeth, announced they were ready to go, and then disappeared. I wandered the house calling their names to no answer. Then I walked out the front door and found them sitting in my Subaru. “Let’s go dad,” Trip called.

“We’re not driving. Out!” I demanded, waving them from the car like a traffic cop. “We live a mile from campus; it’s sunny out. We’re walking.”

Groaning, they disembarked.

“The valet line is really easy, dad,” Trip said, reluctantly securing his backpack.

“Valet?” I repeated, my face a scowl.

“Yeah,” Isabel said. “All you have to do is pull up. The Assistant Principal and three teachers swarm the car, open the doors, unbuckle the little kids, and pull them out. It takes like ten seconds, and you don’t have to move a muscle. Easy peasy.”

“Yeah, dad,” Trip added, “It’s like one of those race cars getting new tires.”

My inner grumpy old man petitioned for a chance to speak. He wanted to lecture the kids about walking to school in snow; about yellow busses with no seatbelts controlled by seat-hoarding gangs. But I told the old man to put his hand down. The kids had heard his stories before, and I did not want to invite more eye-rolling from Isabel.

I kickstarted our walk with a litany of questions that received grunts and monosyllabic replies, but I was undeterred. I was a filibustering Senator, intent on stuffing every second of our one-mile journey with conversation, no matter the quality.

On our arrival, the scene at MUS on the morning of a bright blue Friday Flag Day was both surreal and expected. This was not my first rodeo, yet I always managed to banish the memory of MUS in its all-hands-on-deck glory as if it were a dream. Laughably, this was because – when I was still employed at CryptoWallet – I spent my days on the relative mean streets of Santa Barbara, Montecito’s larger, better-known northwestern neighbor. Despite the proximity, Montecito was a world unto itself. It was the sort of town where having an office job made you feel like an unaccomplished outcast. Young and old, Montecito was a town for those who had already made it, and MUS – one of the premier elementary schools in the state of California – was its centerpiece. The school’s average class size was fifteen students with two full-time teachers per classroom.

The second graders got violins; cellos for fourth graders; personal computers for all. To Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Rob Lowe, Ty Warner, and countless other millionaires whose property taxes funded this largess, Montecito’s parents of school-aged children prayed, thank you.

Of course, nothing is truly free. The hidden cost of MUS was imbedded in Montecito’s restaurants, boutiques, and – most noticeably – real estate.

Nevertheless, Cricket and I decided it was worth the sacrifice. We put off our dreams of home ownership and rented a tiny, overpriced house as part of an eight-year plan to knuckle down for the kids.

It was a solid plan. A noble plan. Side note: no part of the eight-year

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plan provided for me getting fired three times. But, as I watched my fellow parents sip their soy lattés and cold pressed celery juices, sharing upcoming weekend plans and talking of last night’s Lumineers’ concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl, I was overwhelmed with an un-noble emotion: jealousy.

Planting yourself in a place where you are destined to feel inadequate is not a recipe for good mental health.

Isabel and Trip joined their classes, sitting crisscross applesauce in the courtyard while the horde of parents stood, surrounding them like an amphitheater audience. A quick scan of the parents revealed my premonition about the mommies to be erroneous. There were more fathers in the audience than mothers; I was officially a neanderthal.

Flag Day began with the pledge of allegiance followed by the school song, a beautiful tune written for the school by Kenny Loggins of Footloose and “Danger Zone” fame. Only the best for Montecito.

MUS’s Principal took the microphone next, making announcements about the upcoming sixth grade play and new MacBook computers for the second graders. Then he turned the microphone over to the president of the school’s PTA, a whisp of a man born into real estate royalty and now making his name as a cannabis entrepreneur.

“The deadline for participating in our Annual Fund is only a week away,” Mr. PTA President began. “As you all know, the expected contribution is one thousand dollars per family. Of course, you are welcome to give more,” he paused for a few rolled-eye chuckles. “This year, I am proud to say that we have 92% participation at or above that one-thousand-per-family level!”

The parents and students clapped as expected, but I cowered. Cricket had been hounding me to write our check for the Annual Fund for weeks. Every time she mentioned it, I swore I would take care of it. I even had the gall to act like she was being a nag.

Needless to say, I had not taken care of it. I was one of the 8% of the school that had not met the expected contribution level, and worse, I had given nothing.

I am sure some of my fellow scofflaws had given what they could, but how many had done zippo like me? Fair or not, I had to write that check. I would not feel comfortable on this campus ever again unless I did. But oh, how badly would that thousand-dollar drain feel now that I was unemployed.

Panic gurgled in my stomach. As great as this school was, as beautiful as this town was, as happy as my wife and children were here: I was failing.

I reflexively took a step back from the swarm of children as the school’s Computer Science teacher announced that two new 3D Printers and one new Laser Cutter machine would be fully operational in time for the upcoming Science Fair.

Another step back. I wanted to disappear; I needed to flee.

Another step back.

I crossed my arms over my chest and tucked my chin, shrinking from the crowd.

Another step back and then a yelp.

“Whoa there,” came the voice of the man whose toe I had just stepped on.

I turned, embarrassment lighting my face on fire. “I’m so sorry,” I muttered.

“It is no problem, my friend,” the man said, patting me gently on the shoulder with a hand the size of a palmetto frond: it was Cyrus Wimby.

I glanced down at his foot; size sixteen, at least. I felt slightly better about my mistake; it must happen to him all the time. As yesterday, Cyrus was dressed like a man who had business to attend to: wool slacks, polished cap toes, Frenchcuffed shirt with an English spread collar. By description, it was general business casual. But even a fashion dolt like me could tell that his clothes were elegant.

He had accepted the tieless norm of a coastal California businessman, but that did not mean he had to look like a slouch.

I nodded – a normal shade of pasty returning to my face as I repeated my “sorry” – and turned back toward the sea of children.

“Yesterday it was that poor lady’s head,” Cyrus whispered in my ear, “today it is my foot. You’re a dangerous man, Hollis Crawford.”

Another cringe; the expression was becoming my default. Though I suspected Cyrus was joking, I wanted to crawl under a rock. “That was, uh, nice of you to invite the class to go horse riding at your, uh, stable,” I stammered, hoping to change the subject.

“Oh,” he shook his head. “We only have four horses. It is hardly a stable.”

Four horses seemed like a lot of horses to a horseless man, but I accepted his attempt at humility. “Well – still – thank you,” I whispered, making sure not to draw the ire of the art teacher who was excitedly informing the crowd of parents about the school’s new ceramics kiln.

“You are so welcome, my friend.” Each time I thought Cyrus’s grin could get no larger, his lips continued to spread. Was it possible that he had extra teeth?

“We are new to town,” he continued. “It is hard on Priscilla to bounce her from place to place. We thought this might help her make new friends.”

“Where did you move from?” I asked, struck with sudden doubt about the

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appropriateness of ending my question with a preposition. This second guessing was out of character. After a lifetime of bewilderment, I had largely given up any attempt to manage how others perceived me. Not because I did not care, but because I could not solve the riddle. But now, I felt a strange urge to impress Cyrus Wimby, or, at least, to avoid giving him an easy reason to write me off.

“Most recently we were back in my native Saudi Arabia. Before that, we bounced between Shanghai and Beijing as I was setting up a new business enterprise. Before that, Paris, where I met my darling Genevieve.” He paused to pull a drawn-to-perfection creature from the crowd. “Sweetest,” he said, “this is Hollis Crawford.”

I stuck out my hand; she brushed past it to kiss my cheek.

“Enchanté,” Genevieve said. “Lovely to meet you.”

I blushed again, this time like a teenager who thinks there is something intimate about a cheek-kiss greeting. Genevieve was at least a foot shorter than Cyrus, but, perched atop a pair of ankle-breaking wedge espadrilles, she managed to cut the gap by one-third. In contrast to most of the moms, she was not dressed for Pilates; she looked plucked from the pages of ELLE. “Nice to meet you too,” I said, her perfume of star jasmine sending my eyes darting left and right for a flowering vine.

The crowd of children erupted in applause. Without my paying attention, Flag Day was officially over.

“This is the man I met yesterday,” Cyrus said to Genevieve. “His son, Trip, is in Priscilla’s class. He and I were having such a great conversation that I lost track of time and missed out on the end of the recital.” With that, he turned his head back toward me and gave me a nearly imperceptible wink.

Even from the fog, I understood the meaning of his wink. For reasons that defied logic, Cyrus Wimby was pulling me into his confidence.

“How lovely,” Genevieve said. “Priscilla raves about Trip.”

“I said the same thing, my dear,” Cyrus added.

“Who is your wife, Hollis?” Genevieve asked. “Do I know her?”

“Well, probably,” I answered. “Her name is Cricket, and–” “Oh my, Cyrus!” Genevieve said, grabbing her husband by the elbow. “Cricket!

She’s the one I was telling you about. The adorable room mother for Priscilla’s class.

Oh, Hollis,” she turned her eyes back to me, “I have been dying to get to know your wife. Do you have plans for this Sunday afternoon? We are hosting a dinner party, and we would love the pleasure of your family’s company.”

“Oh,” I said, my eyes wide. Cricket managed our social lives, briefing me only when necessary. This was efficiency at its finest as I almost never made plans for anything. “I’m … I’m not sure,” I stammered, turning my eyes back to Cyrus, pleading for man-to-man help.

“Your wife is named Cricket?” he asked, ignoring my SOS. “Is that her given name?”

“Stop it right this instant, Cyrus!” Genevieve said, slapping him with the back of her hand. “I won’t have that rudeness.”

Cyrus put his hands to his heart, feigning a wound. “My deepest apologies, Hollis.”

“No offense taken,” I said, “at least, not by me. Cricket is indeed her given name, and she wears it well.”

Genevieve grabbed both of my hands as if we were about to Dosey Doe. “So, you’ll come on Sunday? Really, you must.”

I did not enjoy being touched by strangers, and between the kiss hello and the hand holding, the hairs on my arms were saluting the heavens.

Despite the discomfort, I managed to smile and nod affirmatively, hoping Cricket would be pleased by my foray into social planning.

Cyrus’s phone rung. He whipped it from his pocket. “Apologies, I must answer this. It’s after midnight in Shanghai, so this call must be urgent.” He pushed the receive button then placed the phone to his chest, hooking Genevieve’s arm to leave. “It’s settled then. Our place at 5 pm on Sunday.” He returned the phone

to his ear and gently tugged Genevieve’s arm as the pair walked away.

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arge numbers of women are still processing the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn almost 50 years of legal precedent and strike down Roe vs. Wade.

Even though most knew the decision was coming, that didn’t ease the shock, grief, and outrage felt by those who believe that the demise of Roe will jeopardize the right of women and girls to make decisions about their own bodies without government interference.

Pew Research reports that 61% of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases, with exceptions. At the same time 56% of Americans believe that a fetus that can live outside the womb has a human right to life.

This fundamental divide has created an implacable collision between prochoice women who argue: “Fine, if you don’t want an abortion, don’t get one, but don’t take away my choice,” and pro-life women who contend that “Pro-choice advocates offer greater legal protections for bald eagle eggs than they do for a late-stage fetus that can survive outside of the womb.”

Roe vs. Wade Was Flawed Law The Supreme Court did not ban abortions in their recent decision.

Rather, they simply ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion and left it to the states and their voters to decide the issues. Under the legal system established by the U.S. Constitution, the power to make laws is vested in Congress and retained by state legislatures. It is not the role of the Supreme Court to substitute the preferences of its nine Justices. The Court’s function is not to legislate but to determine the legality and the rule of law on legislation enacted by the people’s elected representatives

at both the state and federal levels.

Under Roe, state legislatures and state voters have been denied the ability to fulfill voter preference. Worse, allegiance to Roe has become the compelling yardstick for confirming federal judges.

When Roe was decided in 1973, it protected abortion only up until the point that a fetus could live outside the womb – the 24th week of pregnancy.

Over time, liberal Court justices made the Roe deadline of 24 weeks meaningless by allowing “mental distress” as sufficient justification for abortion all the way up to the point of birth, and in rare cases beyond.

In the absence of Congressional legislation, the 1973 Burger Court used the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause (particularly the word “liberty”) to strike down a Texas law. Justice Harry Blackburn, writing for the Court majority, took the liberal position that the Due Process Clause protects a woman’s “liberty” from state interference, and that the word “liberty” includes a woman’s personal, qualified right to have an abortion.

What has been ignored in Blackburn’s majority opinion, is that women were not granted an unfettered constitutional right to have an abortion anytime up to the time of birth. Justice Blackburn divided pregnancy into three trimesters. In the first 12 weeks, a woman has an unqualified right to an abortion; during the second trimester (13 to 24 weeks), a state can regulate abortions in “ways that are reasonable related to maternal health”; and in the third trimester, “a state can regulate and even prohibit abortions.”

How Common Are Abortions in the U.S.?

The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 629,898 abortions in 2019 compared to 3,745,540 births.

Thus, less than 15% of pregnancies

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Far Flung Travel Coastal Canvas

by Chuck Graham

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tanding at the overlook of idyllic China Cove, located within the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve between the Big Sur Coast and Carmel, I could see why the 70-something-year-old gentleman had erected his easel where he did.

It was midday and as the sun beamed down from overhead, it illuminated the tranquility of China Cove. Tucked inside the depth of the craggy, narrow natural harbor, the water was a turquoise blue. A small sandy beach was enjoyed by harbor seals, the mothers nursing their chubby pups and nuzzling them in the canopy of giant blad-

Each view at China Cove is like out of a painting

der kelp. It swayed with a gentle swell that found its way lapping on the beach.

The bearded artist blended his colors evenly, acting deliberately with each brush stroke to capture a rendition of China Cove anyone would be proud of.

He painted beneath the shaded canopy of a pine tree as southern sea otters wrapped up in the kelp below. In the neighboring cove south of us, Brandt’s cormorants busily gathered nesting materials to construct homes for their brood.

Gem of the Coast Throughout Point Lobos, there really isn’t a secluded cove, weathered beach, headland, or wave-battered cliff that isn’t scenic, or doesn’t lead to an overlook that reveals one of the stunningly rugged vistas abound throughout the reserve.

Visitors can drive slowly to many of the best views, but I would recommend walking the entire coastal route that hugs this ragged shoreline. This way, day trippers can truly absorb all the natural wonders teeming within this State Reserve. Walk slowly, bring

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Point Lobos is great for birdwatching, whale watching, photography, and painting. There are endless locations that will halt visitors in their tracks, and force them to slow down and soak in its rugged beauty.

Many things are unique about Point Lobos, but in 1960 it became the first underwater reserve in the In 1960, Point Lobos became the first underwater reserve in the United States. About 775 United States acres of submerged lands were added to the reserve to protect intertidal, subtidal, and all its wildlife species.

Beyond the Trees From Pacific Coast Highway 1, it’s not a long walk from the pavement to the coast at Point Lobos. Dense riparian corridors and forests separating the highway from the ocean blocks out the incessant, perpetual roar of unruly surf Southern sea otters frolic and play in the bay below hammering away at the burly bluffs and western gulls and black oystercatchers, and the guano-covered offshore rocky spires occasional yelps from hungry harbor seal that surround the reserve. pups carried across the craggy shoreline.

Hiking into the reserve before sunup We both knew what time of year it with marine biologist Holly Lohuis, we was for seabirds, so we walked out to could easily hear the calls of a brown the thriving Brandt’s cormorant nestcreeper and a hairy woodpecker over the ing rookery teeming with breeding pairs surf thundering offshore. As we followed on their mound-like nests. Their nests the serpentine path, the forest began to were a work of art. They are built with open up, and the sounds of the coast crept kelp and other organic materials but are in. The roar of the surf, bellowing of rau- pooped on repeatedly. Think of it as papicous California sea lions, dramatic calls of er-mâché. Eventually the nests are shaped into a solid bowl where two chicks will beg to be fed and try to survive.

During the nesting season, the parents possess brilliant blue jowls, but their eyes are blue as well. Like other rookeries, there’s lots of drama surrounding their nesting colony. Peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest flying bird, lurked nearby.

Opportunistic gulls waited on the fringe of the rookery for a moment to snatch a chick away from its parents. If any wobbly chick fell from its bluff-top nest, several turkey vultures – those cleaners of the coast – scavenged the shoreline.

As we headed back into the trees, The bustling rookery of the Brandt’s cormorants back to Highway 1, it grew ever so quiet again in a forest cloaked with poison oak, stinging nettles, waxy ferns, and spindly wild rose. Point Lobos was concealed from the rush of Highway 1, it’s flora and fauna reveling in the cacopho ny of the turbulent ocean.

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Messier 13 in a photo taken with the Keck Telescope

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t’s globular cluster season at the Westmont observatory with this month’s viewing focusing on two conglomerations containing hundreds of thousands of stars. The free, public viewing of the stars is Friday, July 15, beginning at 7 pm and lasting several hours. Face coverings will be required at the event. Westmont hosts viewings on the third Friday of every month in concert with members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU), who bring their own telescopes to share with the public.

In Hercules, the strongman, will be Messiers 92 and 13. “These balls of ancient stars are tens of thousands of light years away from the Earth, and I like to impress on those enjoying the view that the light from these magnificent objects has come a long way to dazzle their eyes,” says Thomas Whittemore, emeritus instructor of physics

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New this month, Whittemore encourages visitors to bring a pair of binoculars to view the upper section of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. “There’s a wonderful collection of stars comprising the Bull of Poniatowski, sometimes known as the Summer Taurus. “This asterism is no longer a member of the 88 official constellations of the night sky, but it definitely has all the dazzle of the configuration of a bull,” Whittemore says.

While in the region, Whittemore will point Westmont’s 8-inch refractor telescope to a young group of stars known as IC 4665. “This beautiful little grouping of bright stars lies 1,100 light-years from us,” Whittemore says. “And its light has been on a long journey, from the time of a major war in the defense of Constantinople.”

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stories,” Professor Suzanne Canessa said at graduation. “This history, which I quote from your final project, is ‘essential to understand a person or a culture.’

Equally, you have a sense for the French language — a poetic sense.”

Canessa quoted an excerpt from White’s work, “‘I have written much, and I felt the language start to become like a river.’ We hope that this river will extend to the ocean and that we will continue hearing about you.”

White, a double major in history and philosophy with a minor in French, says Mary Collier, Westmont professor emerita of French, inspired her to study in France. “She was a wonderful influence on my determination to continue learning French,” White says. “She encouraged me to study abroad and spoke glowingly of the French Honors program at IAU. “I also was drawn to the location, Aix-en-Provence, which is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, full of historic buildings and about 45 minutes from the Mediterranean, so it enjoys all the perks of a southern climate.”

White had studied French in high school for four years and decided to pursue it further at Westmont. “I knew I had barely tasted the French language, and I wanted to continue discovering its intricacies and working towards fluency,” she says. “Also, French history was always my favorite to study, and I knew I could use the two in tandem.”

As part of the program, White completed several literature classes, the history of women in the Mediterranean region, French children’s literature, and the concept of space and movement through modern literature and art. “Much of the content of my courses was interactive with the city of Aix itself, involving excursions to libraries and monuments, meeting local authors, and even being part of a public dance performance in the streets,” she says. “In that way, learning in Aix was also learning about Aix, its culture and history and amusements. I loved my time both inside and outside of the classroom. I would often visit parks, shop at the markets, or hike local trails in my free time, and I was able to travel to different countries or explore the rest of France on the weekends.”

Senior Earns Praise from French University Westmont senior Chloe White earned the Etienne Gros Prize for Academic Excellence in Literature this summer after graduating from the French Honors program at the Institute for American Universities (IAU) in Southern France.

“Since your arrival, we have all been very moved, very touched by your work — always thoughtful, always documented — and by your defining feature, which is to always combine history with

In the coming year at Westmont, she hopes to complete a major honors project based in French philosophical history drawing on primary and secondary sources in French. “I’m also considering a gap year in a Francophone country or even pursuing a master’s degree in France,” she says. “I have learned as much from the French about beauty, great cheeses, and the value of leisure and slowness as I have about their language.”

Remembering Paul Wilt

Professor Paul Wilt in 1962

Paul Wilt, Westmont professor emeritus of history, died June 23 at the age of 93. A memorial service will be held at Shoreline Community Church on Saturday, July 16, at 10 am. He is survived by his wife, Doris, and their four children: Tom, Marilyn (’74), Janet (’76), and Daniel (’84).

Paul taught mostly U.S. and Latin American history at Westmont for 36 years (1958-1994), won the Teacher of the Year Award twice (1971 and 1983), and served twice as interim dean of the faculty. He held many positions at the college, including divisional coordinator, vice chair of the faculty, chair of the history department, and chair and member of numerous committees. A big supporter of Westmont’s Europe Semester, he led the program numerous times.

A beloved professor and engaging teacher, Paul leaves a legacy of generations of students with a keen appreciation for and understanding of history – and much sharper writing skills. He contributed significantly to the preservation of Westmont’s history and heritage, and any account of the college’s early

days bears his mark.

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Senior Chloe White and professor Suzanne Canessa

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Santa Ynez General Pop-up Pearson Turnbull has opened a pop-up for his popular Santa Ynez General shop in Montecito’s Upper Village

One of Santa Ynez’s most popular shops has popped up in Montecito’s Upper Village, located in the space once occupied

by George Meta Jewelry near Montecito Village Grocery. Owned by Pearson and Spencer Turnbull, the company, which features its own brand of goods along with other lifestyle and clothing brands, opened in downtown Santa Ynez in November 2019, with a second shop opening in September 2021. Both stores are located on Sagunto Street in Santa Ynez.

Now, Montecito locals and visitors can get a taste of the Santa Ynez Valley with SYG’s carefully curated selection of clothing, accessories, and home/lifestyle items. Pearson Turnbull tells us that the store recently popped up at Tina Frey Designs in San Ysidro Village – as a side note, Tina Frey Designs is set to be replaced by Jenni Kayne Home in the coming weeks – and a longer 14 – 21 July 2022

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The shop offers a selection of women’s luxury clothing as well as a curated offering of home goods and accessories

pop-up in the Upper Village was the natural next step. “It came together really quickly,” Turnbull said. “We had such a positive response from people that when this space became available, it was an easy fit for us.”

The space, Suite Z, has been most recently rented as a satellite space by Lindsay Eckardt, the owner of Kismet. “We want to give Montecito locals a taste of what the flagship store is all about,” Turnbull said.

The Santa Ynez General pop-up offers a mix of women’s clothing including summer dresses from Cara Cara, Camilla resort wear, Alix of Bohemia dresses, cardigans from CO, dresses from Rosie Assoulin, and other luxury brands. The SYG brand of merchandise includes their signature straw totes, sandals, ready-to-wear cashmere sweaters, long sleeve polos, tee-shirts, and small leather goods, all of which is made in Italy. “We’re really proud of the brand,” Turnbull said, adding that brands will rotate between the pop-up and the Santa Ynez flagship. While not available for purchase in Montecito, the shop does offer men’s clothing, available in Santa Ynez.

Home goods include dishes and tableware from Jono Pandolfi, lamps by Cym Warkov Ceramics, olive wood bowls, accessories by Tina Frey, pottery, candles, table décor, and more. A larger selection of home goods is available at the flagship store.

“We’ve been in the valley for about three years now and we absolutely love our customers. We want to be able to offer what we’re doing to a broader audience in Santa Barbara County, and we look forward to meeting our Montecito shoppers,” Turnbull said. “It’s been nice seeing palm trees instead of oak trees on my way to the shop,” he added.

Santa Ynez General in the Upper Village is open Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm. The pop-up is scheduled to be open through September. For more information about the store and company,

visit santaynezgeneral.com.

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“It is extremely difficult in some areas to place coverage. We are seeing costs become cost prohibitive,” she said, adding that she does not recommend insuring worth much more than $3M with the FAIR Plan. She said there are options for more comprehensive coverage, and that residents should speak to their insurance agent.

For more information, visit insurance. ca.gov. The Montecito Association continues to discuss this issue and working with Commissioner Lara to provide better opportunities for insurance coverage.

During Community Reports, Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi reported crime stats for Montecito in the last month. They include residential burglaries on Park Lane, East Mountain Drive, and Picacho Lane; open fires on the beach below the cemetery; narcotics arrest on Coast Village Road; burglary at Sandpiper Liquor in Summerland; a high-profile breakin involving a celebrity and a stalker; a DUI on Chelham Way; mental health issues on Eucalyptus Lane; and a missing person from Carpinteria found injured on East Mountain Drive.

The next Montecito Association Board Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 9, when Caltrans reps are expected to release new information about the two roundabouts being built in Montecito.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

FRIDAY, JULY 15

by Steven Libowitz ENDING THIS WEEK Santa Barbara Summer Nights – The six-week partnership between The Parks and Recreation Department and the Santa Barbara Unified School District and other community agencies aimed at combating youth violence and giving teens a fun place to hang out in the early evenings comes to a close this Friday. The slate of activities includes the ongoing Mural Project, Aztec Dancing, the S-K-A-T-E game, Tie-Dye textiles, a Staff vs. Youth Tournament, a live DJ, a Self-Defense class, Bounce Houses, the Library-On-The-Go truck, carnival games including a Dunk Tank, Ring Toss, Potato Racing, and free food and drinks. Everything at the community program is free!

WHEN: 5-7:30 pm July 14 & 15 WHERE: La Cumbre Junior High COST: free INFO: sbparksandrec.santabarbaraca.gov/activities/summer-programs/sbsummer-nights ONGOING Entertainment Under the Stars – The city’s ever-popular Concerts in the Park continues on Thursday in July drawing thousands to the beachside grass to dance or socialize to the sounds of local cover bands. July 14: Blue Breeze Band, who plays hits of Motown, R&B, Soul, Funk, and Blues. Coming July 21: Captain Cardiac & The Coronaries, the over-the-top purveyors of pop hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s complete with matching sparkly suits and lots of audience interaction. Be forewarned, the revival of the series comes with truncated shows that are a single 90-minute set.

WHEN: 6-7:30 pm WHERE: Chase Palm Park, 300 W. Cabrillo Blvd.

COST: free INFO: (805) 564-5418 or SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Concerts Welcome Back Weekend Walkers – Docents for the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara have been leading small group walking tours of the downtown area for more than 30 years until the COVID pandemic put the kibosh on the gatherings. Now, both the Saturday tours – which focus on architectural styles and aesthetics of buildings in the historic center of downtown Santa Barbara with an emphasis on the rich cultural heritage left by the first Spanish and Mexican settlers and more recent giants of Southern California architecture – and the Sunday strolls – which favor the historic art and architecture of downtown as it was reborn after the 1925 earthquake – have resumed. Although the tours depart from different nearby downtown locations, both are considered easy and leisurely-paced strolls that last approximately two hours.

Individuals and groups are welcome. Visit the website for detailed destinations.

WHEN: 10 am each day WHERE: City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza on Saturdays, Central Library courtyard entrance on Anapamu Street on Sunday COST: free INFO: afsb.org/santa-barbara-architecture-walking-tours

ONGOING UCSB A&L’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Friday film series shows some of the season’s most cherished cult classics and smash hits outdoors under the stars. July 15: Bring the fam, but you may not want to put baby in the corner for the screening of Dirty Dancing.

WHEN: 8:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden COST: free INFO: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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California Wine Festival – This long-standing weekend festival is one of the all too few times every year that Chase Palm Park hosts public gatherings, beyond the Concerts in the Park series. But it’s almost like they’re trying to cram a year’s worth into the two-day blast that brings joy to both oenophiles and others who just enjoy sipping a nice glass of wine or simply having a good time at the beach.

Tonight’s Sunset Rare & Reserve Tasting, which takes place at the Chase Palm Park Carousel House and the adjacent mini-sunken garden, begins with a sparkling wine reception at the entryway and continues for two and a half hours of sampling limited reserve-level wines and other best-of-the-barrel offerings, matched with gourmet appetizers from top local chefs along with artisan cheeses, fresh fruits, olive oils, and more. Live music from L.A. indie-pop singer-songwriter Tara Macri livens up the evening. Tomorrow afternoon, the Beachside Wine Festival, which began in 2004, is the big beast of the weekend as the park’s expansive field adjacent to the bike path and shoreline beckons thousands to hunker down for four hours of generous pours of hundreds of varietals and blends from dozens of local and regional wineries, several craft brew beers and ales, and a dizzying variety of foods to sample, from juicy fruit plates to pulled pork sandwiches to decadent desserts. New this year is a BBQ competition where visitors get to vote for their favorite tri-tip after trying ‘em all. VIP tickets include early admission plus entrance into the expanded VIP pavilion that boasts additional artisan appetizers, more reserve-level wines, brews, and water along with special ocean view seating in the shade. The sunny live reggae and Caribbean music soundtrack comes from SoCal band Upstream.

WHEN: 6:30-9 pm tonight, 1-4 pm tomorrow (VIP 12-4 pm) WHERE: 223 E. Cabrillo Blvd. tonight, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. tomorrow COST: $110 in advance, $140 at the door tonight; $75/$85 (VIP $119) tomorrow (includes all wine and food samples and an 18 oz keepsake wine glass) INFO: californiawinefestival.com/santa-barbara SUNDAY, JULY 17 You’ve Got the Look – Here’s something as simple as knowing your ABCs: if you can only have one original member of a band still touring 40 years after landing a No. 1 album, it’s probably a pretty good idea to have it be the lead singer and chief songwriter. Thank goodness in ABC’s case, Martin Fry is the guy – he of the gold lamé suits, clever-rhyming lyrics, groove and synthheavy pop songs, and high-drama vocals – who’s still fronting the English band that helped usher in New Wave and what was once called the Second British Invasion. Fry, now the only official member of ABC, has a full complement of support players to back up his belting out the ‘80s hits “Tears Are Not Enough,” “Poison Arrow,” “The Look of Love,” “All of My Heart,” “That Was Then but This is Now,” “Be Near Me,” and “When Smokey Sings,” all big hits in America, plus material from more recent records just a month past the 40th anniversary of its smash hit debut album, Lexicon of Love. Dance in your seats at the Libbey Bowl or take the groove to the grassy lawn when ABC alights in Ojai tonight. “The sweetest melody/Is an unheard refrain/So lower your sights/But raise your aim/ Who broke my heart? You did/Bow to the target, blame Cupid/You think you’re smart. Stupid/ Shoot that poison arrow to my heart…” Yep, still gets me every time.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $38-$48 INFO: (805) 272-3881 or libbeybowl.org/event WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 Nod to Pop and Pals – Locals got a tasty sample of the array of Jonathan McEuen’s recent work when the Ventura-bred singer-songwriter-guitarist son

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MONDAY, JULY 18 Birkey: Back Where He Belongs – It’s been 30 months since one-time Santa Barbara resident and current New York City-based jazz trumpeter-vocalist-composer Nate Birkey last settled into SOhO, once his local stomping grounds and still a home-awayfrom-home for the jazz man who almost two decades ago headed East to the genre’s Mecca. To be fair, Birkey was back in town last summer while SOhO was still closed for COVID pandemic concerns, which resulted in an outdoor show in the courtyard at the Pickle Room, another of his favorite old haunts. But Birkey’s “sweet, smart, sophisticated, artful, and very cool” music (in the words of poet Bill Evans) benefits from the cozier confines of a club, all the better to catch the nuances in his turns of phrases whether on the trumpet or his Chet Baker-inspired vocals. As usual, Birkey’s best West Coast musical mates – Tom Buckner on sax, Josh Nelson on pianist, Jim Connolly on bass, and Peter Buck on drums – will welcome him back to SOhO for more of the subtle and sumptuous sounds that serve to make us wish that Birkey, who still records for Santa Barbara imprint Household Ink, had never moved away.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or sohosb.com

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of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John McEuen was among the artists appearing with the ShapeShifters, the Santa Barbara superstar/support band put together by bassist-composer Randy Tico that blew out the Marjorie Luke on Solstice night. Tico also just happens to be producing the forthcoming album from McEuen, whose work has ranged from popular progressive country and folk-pop to straight-ahead rock and roll over his 40-album career. So, it’s likely we’ll get a generous preview along with McEuen’s singular brand of clever covers, albeit in a more focused format as the theme for the show is “Music Forms a New Circle,” a nod to the 50th anniversary of his dad’s famous Will the Circle Be Unbroken album. The tribute part isn’t through recreating the songs, but instead engaging McEuen’s own circle of friends and family, which tonight includes Tico, fellow ShapeShifter Austin Beede, Arwen Lewis, and others. The previously postponed concert finally closes out the latest Tales from the Tavern series at the Maverick Saloon, which is celebrating its own 20th birthday.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: The Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $34.16

INFO: 688-0383 or talesfromthetavern.com

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TUESDAY, JULY 19 Clark’s ‘Compulsive Page-Turner’ – Julie Clark, The New York Times bestselling author of The Ones We Choose and The Last Flight, the latter of which has been translated into more than 20 languages, is earning equally effusive praise for her new novel. The Lies I Tell has been described as a twisted domestic thriller that not only offers a tantalizing assortment of twists and turns with its two main characters – a clever con artist and the reporter doggedly trying to expose her – but also dives deep into the psyches and motivations of the two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past and rewrite the future. Clark concludes her current month-long coast-to-coast book tour for The Lies I Tell just 90 miles from her Los Angeles home with an in-store talk and book signing at Chaucer’s.

WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or chaucersbooks.com 14 – 21 July 2022

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Food Files

Where It All Vegan

By Christopher Matteo Connor

W

ho remembers that cookbook How It All Vegan by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer?

If you do, congrats, you’re older than you think. If you don’t, well, who can blame you? It was a vegan cookbook published in 2002. Before vegan burgers started popping up at fast food chains, before walls were packed with specialty vegan cheeses, and celebs choosing a 30-day diet of no animal products. It was a tough time for those who abstained from foods without a face.

Now Santa Barbara and Montecito boasts a handful of all-vegan spots — Rascal’s, Oliver’s, Mesa Verde, and Fala Bar, as well as restaurants that feature a healthy variety of options. How did we get here? That’s the question I asked my best friend of 30 years, Dalan Moreno, who just happens to be the owner of Rascal’s, the downtown vegan restaurant that just celebrated its one-year brick and mortar anniversary with a totally epic party.

How did Dalan find himself giving up construction to cook authentic Mexican tacos? Was he faced with the existential question: to torta or not to torta? Who knew this would open a can of worms?

Gummy of course. With no gelatin.

To arrive at this crucial moment, we couldn’t help but reminisce about the vegan scene when we were growing up. Nearly two decades ago, starting around 2004.

Let me just say, this isn’t a totally comprehensive look at the history of veganism in our seaside town. This is a

Teen Chris and Dal… two rebels with a cause: Vegan Power (photo by Tosh Clements)

recollection of two friends who have been vegan for some odd 17 years. I mean, with 17-plus years of B12 and protein deficiency, there’s bound to be some mistakes, right?

So, in the early to mid 2000s we had our go-to spots. Super Cucas on Micheltorena and their bean, rice, and guac burritos the size of your forearm for just under four dollars. There was Natural Café, and you either fell on the side of the Good Karma Burger or Zen Burger. Or you could find common ground over the Old Town Salad: no feta, sautéed tofu, extra guac, and tahini dressing. If you wanted a late-night hot dog there was Mad Dogs. We just had to make sure the guys coming out of Sharkeez didn’t see us eating a soy dog.

We’d risk becoming a different kind of pulverized meat.

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pleas for family discounts on Reubens and vegan chocolate chip cookies. Please, please? No? Okay, well, charge it up anyway! Those Reubens were too good to pass up.

On the Eastside there was Shanghai, a Milpas staple since 1983. So many soy meats it’d make your head spin. Lazy Acres on the Mesa had a vegan mushroom pizza, and even though the cheese barely melted, we considered it a true delicacy. We still find ourselves occasionally waking up in cold sweats craving it.

Speaking of pizza…

Pizza Guru! Huge. It was the first pizzeria in the area with vegan cheese. “Back then, all throughout California you’d try to find the pizzeria with vegan cheese.”

These rare places would become destinations. If they had a specialty vegan menu, it went on our “Vegan Food Almanac.” Any traveling vegans would have to make the pizza pilgrimage.

There was Your Choice, Your Place, Flavor of India, Himalayan Kitchen, Chilangos, Savoy Café & Deli, and

Saigon. Isla Vista had Naan Stop and the IV Co-Op, where we’d snag some sandwiches filled with sprouts and hummus before going to the Biko and Pink Mailbox for shows. Sometimes we’d even make the trek to Ventura for Mary’s Secret Garden.

We’d also spend time at Dalan’s house on the Westside, making home cooked meals, setting the foundation of what was to come. We’d host huge potlucks, listen to The Smiths on a beat-up boom box, “Meat is Murder” playing on repeat, and connect with other vegans in an effort to build a community. Then we’d head to the local anti-KFC demonstration, protest the rodeo, and get yelled at by cowboys. Ah, those were the days… If only they knew Dal’s favorite song is “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”

But what about totally vegan spots in Santa Barbara? As far as we can recall, the first was Adama.

“Adama made cool stuff. A lot was made from scratch. And it was really good. We couldn’t afford to go there all the time. And then they changed to all gluten-free, and we never went again.”

One of our pet peeves is the conflation of vegan food and gluten-free food. But that’s a rant for another time.

As the years went on, Adama closed, and we endured another Great Vegan Depression before there was a plant-based explosion, which Dal attributes to the 2011 documentary, Forks Over Knives.

Vegan options became more accepted, more widely seen in restaurants. Places like Pizza Rev, Blaze Pizza, and Hanna Kitchen started carrying vegan options.

And then in the late 2010s, Oliver’s in Montecito, Mesa Verde on the Mesa, Modern Times in downtown (now closed), Fala Bar in the Public Market, and of course, Rascal’s.

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The ‘diatom’ label is an annual release of chardonnay only. If he was relegated to making wine from just one grape, “I’d pick chardonnay in a heartbeat,” says winemaker Greg Brewer.

Ultimate Chardonnay New Greg Brewer Release Marks Evolution of ‘diatom’ Label

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iatom has been very positively disruptive in the marketplace since its inception,” says winemaker Greg Brewer, “because it blurs the lines with regards to style and grape variety.”

Indeed, ‘diatom’ (capitalization rule ignored by design), a limited-production chardonnay-only label that Brewer launched in 2005, has always been a fan favorite.

Describing its fan base as a cult following is not a huge stretch. But its latest release – the 2021 ‘diatom’ Santa Barbara County Chardonnay ($27) – certainly signals an exciting evolution for this boutique brand.

In the beginning, ‘diatom’ was Brewer’s vehicle to explore the white Burgundian grape’s terroir-driven potential. Vineyard designations spotlighted prominent growing sites. Each vintage was memorialized through various bottlings. And the price point – right around $50 – signified that this was a serious chardonnay for serious oenophiles.

Brewer tells me that his autonomy remained untouched when his body of work became part of the Jackson Family of wines in 2017. Aside from ‘diatom,’ that includes, most notably, the revered Brewer-Clifton label, as well as Ex Post Facto, a project focused on syrah. But the marriage opened up new creative lines for Brewer, including access to more grape-growing sites, and a chance to retool his viticultural passion projects.

Today, ‘diatom’ is “a singular wine,” says Brewer – only one estate chardonnay made and released each year. It’s a 50-50 blend of fruit from two Jackson Family properties in Los Alamos, Bar-M, planted in 1997, and Mission Hills, developed just a few years ago. Both vineyards are SIP-certified.

“Chardonnay in Los Alamos has always been epic – Clendenen and Tolmach made their first wines there in 1982,”

MJ wine columnist Gabe Saglie with winemaker Greg Brewer, left, at a recent event at The Montecito Club honoring Julia Child. Brewer launched the ‘diatom’ label in 2005.

says the winemaker, tipping his hat to two of his prolific predecessors, who launched labels like Au Bon Climat and Ojai Vineyard. The two vineyards are endowed with “beautiful sandy soils and big swings in temperature – cold nights and warm enough days to get grapes plenty ripe,” he adds. “It’s dreamy.”

Fruit from these vineyards is a major component in Kendall-Jackson’s popular big market chardonnay.

The 2021 chard, in a fascinating way, is a study in dualism. It is rich, curvy, and luxurious, “like tuna belly or salmon belly –the fatty part of the fish,” says Brewer.

But, simultaneously, the wine appears clean, lean, and fresh – “acidified,” in Brewer’s words.

“Sometimes,” he continues, “when you serve this wine, chardonnay doesn’t even come up. Sancerre comes up, albariño comes up, sometimes pinot grigio, even grüner veltliner.”

The wine was fermented at very low temps inside small stainless steel tanks.

Malolactic fermentation, the process that gives buttery chardonnay its rounded,

buxom mouth feel, was blocked. And the wine was bottled young: the grapes were harvested in November of 2021 and the wine was bottled in early February.

“So it’s very raw, like fish right off the boat that’s sliced on the spot and taken straight to Arigato, and plated,” Brewer says, referencing the popular downtown Santa Barbara sushi restaurant. “It’s immediate, primitive. A wine captured before it becomes something else.

“But there’s also richness of fruit, which the wine needs for balance. Otherwise, the frequency is too high, like a piccolo played with the treble cranked. You need that bass – the fattiness on the palate – because the rest of the approach to making this wine is very subtractive.”

The duality in ‘diatom’ does mean having to find new ways to communicate not only with consumers, but with wine buyers and restaurateurs. “I encourage them all the time – emphasize the fact that this wine delivers from all sides,” Brewer tells

The 2021 ‘diatom’ Santa Barbara County Chardonnay is a 50-50 blend of grapes from two vineyards in Los Alamos, in northern Santa Barbara County

me. “Don’t be fettered by just putting this in the ‘unoaked chard category,” I say. “It’s too limiting.”

When it comes to the vilified journey that is ‘diatom,’ then, chardonnay is the only obvious choice. “I love the transparency of chardonnay,” continues Brewer.

“Neutrality – it’s a weird word, but in this regard, that’s what allows other components of this grape to shine through.

Chardonnay is quiet enough to enable oceanic, salty things to come across. Like a black canvas – with no paint on it, you can actually see the texture of the canvas.”

For ‘diatom’, “it was always going to be chardonnay,” he adds.

“If there was one grape that I was ever limited to, I’d pick chardonnay in a heartbeat.”

One more thing that “turns me on,” as Brewer puts it, is its new price point. At $27 – you can find it for several dollars less on certain large store shelves – ‘diatom’ is easily one of the very best wine values in all of Santa Barbara County, if not California. Among the perks of his partnership with Jackson Family Wines is Brewer’s ability to make a high-end wine that is so competitively priced. “The hands-on work here is so intense,” he says, acknowledging his small production team, which includes his wife, Casa Dumetz winemaker Sonja Magdevski, and assistant Domingo Apolinar. “But I think of how this [price tag] helps people get into wine. It’s enjoyed, it’s consumed, it’s versatile, it flows. And I’m very prideful of that.” Find out more at

bygregbrewer.com. Cheers!

Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

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MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT NOTICE OF A HEARING TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF COLLECTING MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT SEWER SERVICE CHARGES ON THE COUNTY TAX ROLL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at 2:00 p.m. on the 14th day of July 2022, a hearing will be held to enable the MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT Governing Board to hear any objections to the collection of annual sewer service charges by use of the County Tax roll rather than billing monthly or quarterly. This meeting will be held at the District office located at 1042 Monte Cristo Lane, Santa Barbara, California as well as available remotely via Zoom meetings (Meeting ID 896 6203 7096) pursuant to the State of California Executive Order No. N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020. Information for joining the meeting will also be posted at the District office 72 hours prior to the meeting time and on the District’s website at www.montsan.org/meetings.

A report, which will be available at the time of the hearing in the Office of the MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT, contains a description of each parcel (APN) of real property within the MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT to which sewer service is presently being rendered, and for which an application for service has been made to the District on or before June 30, 2022. The report also sets forth the charge to be made for sewer services to each of said parcels for the Fiscal Year 2022-23.

The District has elected to collect sewer service charges by use of the County Tax Roll in previous fiscal years and is proposing to use the same procedure for collection in Fiscal Year 2022-23. Sewer service charges, which are placed on the County Tax Roll for collection will be due and payable in the same manner, and the same time, as general taxes appearing on the County Tax Roll.

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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. 20220001635. Published July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Wedding Photography, 6 Harbor Way #101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. Julia M. Crowson, 6 Harbor Way #101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 5, 2022. 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

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Montecito Union School District intends to conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 6 p.m. in Montecito Union School, Room 17, located at 385 San Ysidro Rd, Santa Barbara, California to consider input from the public and a resolution on the proposed adoption of level 1 developer fees on residential, commercial, and industrial development. The updated fees are proposed to be levied at 50% of the K-12 rate of $4.79 per square foot for residential construction and $0.78 per square foot for commercial / industrial construction and would be levied for the purpose of funding the construction and reconstruction of school facilities. The fees would be levied pursuant Section 17620 of the Education Code and Section 65995 of the California Government Code.

The Level 1 Developer Fee Justification Report, July 2022 for the proposed level 1 developer fees is on file in the office of the Chief Business Official and is available for public review. Members of the public are invited to provide comment at the Public Hearing, or, in writing, which is received on or before August 12, 2022.

Any person challenging in court the decision made at the conclusion of the Public Hearing may be limited to raising only those issues raised at such hearing or in correspondence delivered to the school district prior to the close of such hearing.

If you desire additional information concerning the above, please contact Virginia Alvarez, Chief Business Official as 805-969-3249 x420 MONTECITO UNION SCHOL DISTRICT Virginia Alvarez, Chief Business Official

E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220001700. Published July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Beachtown Rentals, 6694 Sabado Tarde Road, Goleta, CA, 93117. Jesse M. Lieber, 1375 Santa Rita Circle, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 30, 2022. 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. 2022-0001681. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ServiceMaster Restoration & Cleaning By Integrity; ServiceMaster By Integrity Construction; Furniture Medic By Cabinet Restorers; ServiceMaster Restoration Services; ServiceMaster Recovery Management, 4893 McGrath St, Ventura, CA, 93003.

SHARJO, INC, 5451 Industrial Way, Benicia, CA,

94510. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 24, 2022. 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. 2022-0001636. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: G & E Painting, 623 N. 1st Street, Lompoc, CA, 93436, Ernesto A. Garcia, 623 N. 1st Street, Lompoc, CA, 93436.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 24, 2022. 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. 2022-0001636. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Chateau Landscapes INC., 3730 Calle Real, Santa Barbara,

CA 93105. Chateau Landscapes INC., 3730 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 28, 2022. 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. 2022-0001659. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Farm to Paper, 2325 Lillie Ave, Summerland, CA 93067. Letter Perfect Ink Design & Nature, INC, 1150A Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 27, 2022.

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. 2022-0001654. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The

following person(s) is/are doing business as: Water Solutions of Santa Barbara, 27 W. Anapamu St. #439, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Clarion Call Express, INC, 1401 21st Street Suite R, Sacramento, CA 95811. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 27, 2022. 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. 2022-0001642. Published June 29, July 6, 13, 20, 2022 ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS OR CITATION: CASE No. 21CV04788. Notice to Defendant: John Donahue, and, DOES 1 through 100, Inclusive: You are being sued by Plaintiff: Jessica Hutchison. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at the court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your legal response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center, your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements, you may want to contact an attorney right away. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services. You can locate these non-profit groups online at www.lawhelpcalifornia.org, or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después

“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz

de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

Name and address of the court: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107. Filed July 11, 2022, by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Law Offices of Clay R. Sides, 120 S. Main Ave., Fallbrook, CA 92028. S.B.N. 126361. (760) 723-2275.

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Op Ed (Continued from 27 27)) end in abortion. U.S. abortions are continuing a downward slope, since hitting a peak of 1.6 million abortions in 1990. Widespread use of contraceptives and the “morning after pill” are credited with greatly reducing unwanted pregnancies.

What Will Happen Now That Roe vs. Wade Has Been Overturned?

The Court’s decision returns this important issue to the people of each state to decide through the legislative process. Currently, 24 states and the District of Columbia have laws, statutes, or state constitution and provisions that protect Roe’s abortion rights.

That won’t change; in fact, it is likely that remaining restrictions in blue states will be weakened or eliminated.

California plans to provide a financial incentive for a travel and tourism promotion program to recruit pregnant women to come to California to have their abortions.

Some 10 states are expected to pass legislation that restricts abortions.

Missouri may ban abortions “except in the case of medical emergencies.” South Dakota has a trigger law that could ban abortion unless there is an “appropriate and reasonable medical judgment.”

Utah has a trigger law that could ban abortions “except in the case of rape, incest, saving the life of the mother, or serious fetal medical complications.” Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas could impose similar restrictions.

How Does the Rest of the World Handle Abortion?

The United States is one of only seven countries in the world that allows elective abortions through all nine months of pregnancy. The other countries are China, North Korea, Vietnam, Canada, the Netherlands and Singapore. 72 countries allow for abortion subject to gestational time limits — the most common being the end of the first trimester, or the end of 12 weeks.

There are 24 countries in the world where abortion is completely prohibited. Another 50 countries permit abortions only when the woman’s health is at risk.

What Happens Next?

What can supporters of Roe do now?

Many will argue in anger that a woman’s rights have been shredded. Expect progressives to advocate abolishing the Senate filibuster and/or packing of the Supreme Court with four new liberal justices. Candidates seeking elective office will use the Roe decision for fundraising and paint their opponents as misogynists and racists.

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What Would a Compromise Abortion Solution Look Like?

Can a divided America find common ground between its pro-choice and prolife advocates? Can Congress do its job and pass bi-partisan national legislation that provides a reasonable right for women to choose to terminate their pregnancy within the first 12 weeks, while protecting the legal rights of the unborn child from late-term abortions?

What might compromise legislation look like?

Abortion Should Be a Medical Issue, Not a Political Issue The world’s most enlightened nations treat abortions as a medical issue, not a political issue. According to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), “Induced abortion is an essential component of women’s health care. Like all medical matters, decisions regarding abortion should be made by patients in consultation with their health care providers, without undue interference by outside parties. Women obtaining abortions are entitled to privacy, dignity, and respect.”

The cost of abortions, like all other medical procedures, should be covered under basic government (Medicaid) and private medical insurance plans to eliminate discriminatory income inequality arguments.

99% of AbortionsOccur in the First 20 Weeks According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control in 2019, 98.7% of all U.S. abortions were performed during the first 20 weeks. Much of the current abortion debate could be eliminated if legal abortions were ended after week 12 (88% of abortions), or after week 16

(96%), or even after week 20 (99.5%).

Fighting endlessly over the last one-half of 1% seems irrational.

First Trimester: Hopefully, both sides would agree that abortions should be legal for hospitals, clinics, and physicians during the first trimester, or the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, if supported by a reputable physician, and with appropriate medical counseling on risks and adoption alternatives. This would be bitterly opposed by some religious groups whose faith ordains that life begins at conception.

Banning abortions within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy is medically implausible. FDA approval of abortion pills like mifepristone, which stops the fetus from growing, and misoprostol, which empties the uterus of the fetus, means that medical abortions have replaced surgical Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) as the preferred choice for safe global abortions during the first 10 weeks.

Even with a total abortion ban, telehealth appointments, with pills mailed directly to people’s homes from doctors and clinics all over the world, would allow those who seek to end their pregnancies safely, to do so privately without surgery. Turning nearly a million U.S. pregnant women each year into criminals for seeking abortions in the first trimester makes no rational sense when self-managed telehealth alternatives will be available in at least 24 states and in medical clinics throughout the world.

Second Trimester: This is an area where national legislation could give each state maximum flexibility to craft its own preferred exceptions and restrictions in consultation with its medical ethics boards. Some states may limit abortions only to “appropriate and reasonable medical judgments necessary to preserve the life of the mother.”

Others may add exceptions for rape and incest; fetal abnormalities; or exposure to extreme drug use, or teratogenic medications. Other states may include economic hardship; or intimate partner violence; or too many children; or any

other conditions as viable choices. Some states may insist on parental notification for children under 15 or 18.

Third Trimester: Third term abortions are rare, accounting for less than 1% of procedures. Fetuses that can survive outside the womb should not be legally aborted except when medical professionals agree that the mother’s physical heath is endangered, or that there are serious fetal medical complications.

A national, conservative compromise that contains both protection for women’s rights in the 1st trimester; protections for the unborn child in the 3rd trimester; and allowances for each state to craft their own exceptions in the 2nd trimester, may not be acceptable to either the extreme right or the extreme left. My hope is that enough moderates on both sides of the aisle can craft a compromise national solution to replace Roe vs. Wade. If not, we are doomed to 50 separate state rules, perpetual anger, and a hodge-podge of confusion for the

next 50 years.

Bob Hazard has a strong belief that if you put committed, intelligent people together in a room and lock the door, some creative solution will emerge that is potentially different and better to benefit the entire community.

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Coffee Roasters on the busiest of days.

Rascal’s grand opening at Venus in Furs slides struck Montecito was June 16, 2021. and Santa Barbara. Dalan’s And what’s the menu been like? “We’ve construction job ground never definitively been one specific thing. to a halt. He resulted to Sometimes it’s Mexican. One time I did flash-mob style burri- Italian. I just like making vegan food. to pop-ups in between Mostly Mexican. But on Sundays we do traveling to Mexico to the Burger Town menu. We’ve even done learn about how to make pizza nights here [with Ventura’s Back authentic meat and salsas Bench Pizza].” from the huge vegan scene Since the opening there have been lots in Mexico City. With the of ups and downs. Now, Rascal’s is the knowledge he learned only one set up in the space. Venus in there, he came back and Furs, while still leasing the building, has went straight to one of our moved out. So what’s he doing with all old watering holes: Super that extra room?

Cucas. Owner and friend “We’ve been trying to keep it lively.

Rudolfo, the always-smil- We print out a poster of the events ing man with the mus- we’re doing for the month. We’re using tache, struck a deal. Our the space to showcase local artists. We The ever-popular elote (photo by Viviana No pork in these al pastor tacos (photo by Viviana Contreras) favorite burrito spot was posted about I Madonnari. We host Contreras) says the straw that broke the camel’s back now featuring Rascal’s soy meats. And it different markets on the parklet. Like (wait, is that idiom even vegan???) was snowballed from there. vintage, curated clothing. I want to try of that would happen when I was in high after he attended the grand opening of a Dal talks about all the people who helped to utilize this space. I’m trying to do stuff school. The only thing I could get was a now-defunct vegan joint that turned out him along the way: a one-off collaboration with Michael Montenegro and Chicano Caesar salad and it was just spinach. So I to be worse than moldy pita bread. He with Satellite and Emma West. I ask if it Culture SB.” would just eat spinach for lunch.” said, screw it. He was gonna make the went well, a question I asked a lot.

I think it’s great. If you have the resourcNow veganism has exploded far beyond food he wanted to see in Santa Barbara.

“We sold out in an hour and a half.” es, why not bring people in and build com- wilted spinach moonlighting as a vegan This was 2018.

Pretty good by my metric. Good enough munity. I ask about I Madonnari, an event Caesar. “Veganism can make food so He started making tortas in his kitchen, that he decided to leave construction. we’d go to every summer as kids. Long much more exciting. When you’re not and sold them out his back patio window, Then there was Alejandro Medina of before we were vegan. Now Rascal’s had vegan, you can just close your eyes and health department be damned. After two Bibi Ji, who offered him a place to pop- a pop-up there. How trippy was it seeing eat anywhere.” kitchen-to-patio pop-ups, a close friend’s up at during the height of the pandemic. everyone walk around with your elote? “It I agree. It makes eating an adventure. father got wind of the DIY operation and This was after Dalan was barely getting was crazy. It was really cool.”

You learn to appreciate food in a differoffered use of his industrial kitchen. That by with Rascal home deliveries.

It doesn’t get much better than seeing ent way. You twirl up some vegan pasta guardian angel of the vegans was none Bibi Ji changed gears and had to take hundreds of people walking around with carbonara, and you’re taken back to those other than the late and great Pete Clements, full use of the kitchen. “At that point I your Mexican corn, slathered in vegan days of visiting your family in Italy as a a big figure — literally and figuratively — was freaking out. I didn’t know what to mayonnaise and chili. Which makes me kid. You just can’t believe it. in the Santa Barbara food scene, and some- do. So I was gonna go back to Mexico ask what he thinks about the rise of veg“I think that’s what makes veganism one who lent support to someone at a time until I found an answer. And I posted on anism in Santa Barbara. exciting. There’s so many good reasons to who really needed it.

Instagram for any leads.”

He gets somber for a moment. “I do it and then on top of that there’s the A renowned chef, cyclist, caterer, surfDal had been doing Egg McMuffin honestly wish there was more going on. hunt of finding something so incredible.” er, and all-round good person, Pete was pop-ups at Low Pigeon. Dennis Medina, I started the project as a necessity, as a We could talk about this stuff forever. the father to a close friend we had known at the time head roaster, and his partner thing I wanted as a consumer. This is We’ve been talking about it well over 17 for years. He cooked us some of the best Carrie Nelson, were well connected and where I’m conflicted. Friends say I should years. It’s just that our lives have changed spaghetti dinners we ever had in those introduced Dalan to Brandon Ristaino go to L.A. But that’s not the point. I like a bit. He’s the owner of a vegan restaurant early vegan years when we were just and Misty Orman of Good Lion fame. living in Santa Barbara.” in Santa Barbara, and I’m writing about rowdy teenagers. And he offered Dalan By chance, the kitchen at their other bar, He’s trying to give back to the Santa it. Pretty crazy for two people who still his space for free.

Venus in Furs, was opening up. Wanna Barbara scene and help kids that were see ourselves as a couple of vegan punks “I didn’t have to pay for anything. It become partners? Rascal’s and Venus in like us, searching for a place. “I like against the world. was huge. I never cooked in a kitchen like Furs struck a deal. Easy as that. the idea of people coming just to eat Before I forget, how was the anniversathat before. He was really cool. He had I ask how opening day was. Were there dinner. Vegan doesn’t have to be weird ry party anyway? Did it go well? Were the corporate accounts through Jordano’s, so a lot of people? “It was crazy.” Lines and trippy.” churros a hit? Is there any point of even I could just buy it directly through his around the corner. Think Handlebar What Dal wants is to help normalize asking? The veganniversary was a total account. I learned how to do ordering vegan food. He wants to bridge success! Line out the door, packed restauthrough him. He had connections with that gap between being vegan rant, people enjoying art and music. And a bunch of farmers, so he’d kick down and a normal restaurant. most importantly the churros sold out. lettuce, tomatoes, and stuff like that.”

“I feel like so many people And with the anniversary in the rearDal reached out to Muni Wine in the are coming around to vegan- view, what’s next? Dalan’s keeping the Funk Zone. He went in on a Wednesday, ism. There’s no real downside. party going! More events, more comand had a pop-up scheduled for that So many people are open to munity building, more tacos and tortas.

Friday. Dal prepped at Pete’s kitchen, trying. Think about it. Kim Can’t argue with that. then took everything over in hot boxes Kardashian is an ambassador So, now that you know how it all and other crucial equipment. for Beyond Meat.” vegan, will we be seeing you there this That first downtown pop-up at Muni He’s right. It’s everywhere. weekend? Dalan emphasizes, vegan or

sold out in thirty minutes. A flurry of You can even see it while watch- not, everyone is welcome! tortas gone before you could say, “Wait, ing basketball games. There are that was vegan?” Dalan stayed at Pete’s Beyond Meat ads on the digifor eight months, working construction tal banners. You can get vegan by day, making tortas by night, until burgers at Carl’s Jr. and Burger Christopher Matteo Connor is a writer and Pete moved out of the kitchen. Dal was King. Our 15-year-old selves filmmaker. When he isn’t writing, watching movies, left as high and dry as a falafel wrap Starting as a pop-up, Rascal’s just celebrated its one-year would’ve laughed you all the and working on projects, you can be sure he’s veganniversary as a brick-and-mortar spot (photo by Viviana without tahini. way to the IV Co-Op. somewhere enjoying a big slice of vegan pizza.

Around this point the tragic 2018 mud- Contreras) “I would’ve never thought any

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“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” — Kellie Elmore

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Fiesta Finale (Continued from 5) during house calls so the patient was never sure if it was his medicine or his music that was the cure! It was no surprise that their daughter Dorothy, and her daughter as well, became students at the Music Academy of the West. Mabel was happiest as a volunteer photographer there, capturing moments when celebrated musicians visited in the summertime. In the fall, the Profants joined some friends committed to bringing orchestras to Santa Barbara. That group endeavor became the Community Arts Music Association, which still brings renowned orchestras from around the world to the Arlington, Granada, and Lobero theaters.

Mabel launched the CAMA Women’s Board to assist with fundraising, and when city officials decided a festival was the best way to increase tourism, the couple joined the Old Spanish Days committee.

They were tasked with bringing music to the Courthouse, and soon

Newlyweds Jack and Lyn Profant in 1951

Mabel Profant dressed up for the 1928 Fiesta

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the Sunken Garden was filled with costumed partygoers dancing and singing under the full August moon.

Preserving Fiestas Past It is a decade or two later: “Jackie” and Lyn raise four daughters who are excited to attend the Old Spanish Days Fiesta every year. The bright polka-dot costumes are designed in January! And the Children’s Parade is the highlight of the week’s festivities, for they can ride in a Spanish galleon float decorated with crêpe paper (by their father) in the living room of the Mission Canyon home. After the parade, with Carnation vanilla ice cream cups given out at the end, a trip to the Mexican Village (De la Guerra Plaza) is always a treat. The glassblower is an artist at work, making plain rods into sparkling little poodles and colorful castles for sale. After that, and with wide-eyed adoration, the girls stand on tiptoe as they peek through El Paseo’s restaurant window and past the musicians to marvel at the flamboyant flamenco dancers on stage. At home during warm August nights, they watch Lyn put on a red ruffled dress and pin a gardenia in her hair before going downtown with her handsome husband. The girls long to have such a romantic dream come true!

Sadly, when the girls were old enough in the 1970s, they felt that Santa Barbara’s downtown bacchanal was nothing like the elegant Fiesta they remembered, or had envisioned…

Fast forward to the year 2000. Jack (now known as John) has passed away without realizing his dream to help the Santa Barbara arts community during retirement, so Lyn creates an organization in his memory to mark 50 years since they met. She envisions a Fiesta party with a show the entire public can enjoy, firmly believing that just one live performance can convince a person of any age to pursue their talent. According to her, that lifelong belief stemmed from the years she spent teaching children to unlock their creativity. Innate talent doesn’t end with adulthood, so she persuaded John

Tenor Marco Labastida performs at Fiesta Finale 2019

to take singing lessons in his 40s. And then he sang along with Pavarotti while driving to Fiesta parades! Together they lived the dream of following their passions throughout their lives…

To help Lyn launch this organization, her four daughters wanted an elegant cocktail party and fundraiser with professional singers and dancers to entertain the donors. A Sunday night event would alleviate the sadly empty stages at the end of a week of Fiesta parties. If they added artwork that “came to life” it would be yet another childhood dream that could become a reality. And where better than the Courthouse Garden to announce that arts scholarships were available?

Diana Vandervoort assisted with the logistics, for her parents not only met at Fiesta, they produced the Courthouse Noches de Ronda for decades, followed by their daughter and granddaughter.

With the assistance of Ms. Vandervoort, then-El Presidente Scott Burns, his wife, Lisa, and the multi-talented Erin Graffy, the Old Spanish Days board welcomed the new nonprofit event to bring a close to the week of festivities.

Since 2000 (yet with roots in the 1920s), the mission of the Profant Foundation has been to preserve Santa Barbara’s cultural heritage through exhibits and performances, and grant scholarships to artists of all ages in the fields of music, dance, theater, literature, and the visual arts. The Spanish galleon logo signifies the artists’ journeys that The Profant Foundation for the Arts

The Children’s Parade in the 1960 Old Spanish Days celebrations

SB Piano Bros Rhyan and Zeyn Schweyk and Profant Foundation recipients

foster through the annual gala fundraiser, Fiesta Finale. For several years it was held in the Courthouse Sunken Garden, later moving to another favorite place filled with memories, El Paseo Restaurant.

The Martinez Family – the musical group that was playing at the restaurant those many decades ago – now carry on their parents’ tradition of providing Latin songs throughout Fiesta Finale, and there are artists like the legendary pianist Gil Rosas, opera stars, ballerinas, tango, and ballroom dancers – the party gets better all the time! And that artwork that “comes to life”? It’s called Tableaux Vivant and it has become a feature every year, as singers and dancers re-create a work of art, posing for photographers before they come to life and perform for the crowd.

The Profants and a multitude of families that are proud of their Santa Barbara heritage are living happily ever after in the American Riviera. They invite both new and established residents to join Old Spanish Days Fiesta festivities and add Fiesta Finale to their calendar on Sunday, August 7 at El

Paseo Restaurant.

For reservations, please visit jeprofant@gmail.com or call (805) 450-2001. This community and its volunteer spirit have made this story possible. Many thanks from the Profant Family!

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On Entertainment Lodging a Love Story

The Air Love n’ Love cast

by Steven Libowitz

T

he pandemic might have been a cause for pause for most of us, but Claudia Hoag McGarry took a different path. Not only did the screenwriter-turned-playwright take up watercolor painting – she’s created more than 575 pieces in 27 months, several hundred of which have sold online or, more recently, at Kathryne Designs in Montecito – McGarry has also continued to churn out new plays. Breaking the Code, her first relationship comedy, premiered at Center Stage last August, and now her second purely fictional play, Air Love n’ Love, is set for staging at the Marjorie Luke the next two Saturday nights, July 16 and 23.

Following the maxim of write what you know, details from McGarry’s life more than filter into the dramedy, as it’s set in an Airbnb run by a parent and child duo, which is drawn directly from the playwright’s own experience, while some of the situations parallel experiences by or with a few of their guests.

“Over the years, people staying here have left or started romances, and I often know about it. And they’ve left things behind, both of which show up in the play,” McGarry said. “Most everything is exaggerated from the truth, which is interesting enough.”

McGarry is also partial to mixing cultures, so another storyline in Air Love n’ Love has the home’s proprietor, a Mexican-American man, falling for an Afghani-Ukrainian refugee, whose tragic tale could have come out of recent headlines, and whose booking turns out to have been a sham.

“I’ve been afraid to touch on the loss of a child in my writing because I know how awful that is for people,” McGarry said. “But I also wanted to show my admiration and respect for people that have survived it. But mostly the play is more funny and romantic than sad, because there’s always love and we could all use more love and laughter.”

As in her recent plays, family members

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are involved in scene design and music, and the cast is made up entirely of locals, who also comprise the bulk of the audience, for which McGarry remains grateful.

“I’ve just been amazed how much people have liked my work and come to my shows,” she said. “So, I’m just going to keep writing more.”

Theater Talk: Launch Pad Already Firing Rockets

The summer reading series from UCSB’s laudable Launch Pad program – which pairs playwrights’ new or underproduced works with professional directors and student performers – is an enviable experiential environment for professionals and students to participate in the creative process as it takes shape. In addition to acting, students get to explore stage management and dramaturgy as well as lighting, costume, sound and scenic design, guided by

the director and with the welcome opportunity to offer ideas to the playwright as the script evolves. The week-long collaborations each culminate in a public reading which lets the audience also benefit from experiencing the important developmental process for the works.

Last Sunday, Launch Pad sent up its first salvo of its four-play reading season – the first in-person series since 2019 – with Franky D. Gonzalez’s One Month Along, directed by Launch Pad founder and Artistic Director Risa Brainin. But there are still three more works getting the whirlwind treatment on the three remaining Thursdays in July, including one from Idris Goodwin, a Launch Pad veteran and the multiple award-winning playwright, breakbeat poet, content creator, and arts champion.

Next up on July 14 is Los Feliz by Christopher Oscar Peña, featuring guest actors Shekinah Bryant and Vishay Singh and directed by Chanel Bragg, associate artistic director of the Arizona Theatre Company. Set in Hollywood, the piece is about a BIPOC showrunner of a new TV series who hasn’t had good luck with dating as a queer Latino yet remains a wistful romantic, despite realizing that the pop culture he’s a part of has influenced our perceptions of how relationships actually work.

On July 21, Goodwin and Brainin team up to co-direct the latest of Goodwin’s 60-plus plays, What’s Best For The Children, which stars guest actor Austin Dean Ashford as Whit Forsyth, who has just been elected the first Black chairman of the State Schoolboard Committee. As he is about to vote on critical measures in public education, several groups go to extreme measures to influence his decisions in what amounts to a zany exploration of ideology and the American education system.

The season closes July 28 with Plays About Longing, James Still’s collection of short and very short plays that collectively make meaning as a meditation and celebration of the power of longing. Brainin helms the readings while the student artists are curating the set of mini-works that share a tenderness and poignancy in revealing the ways life is both vivid and transitory.

Each reading starts at 7 pm at the Performing Arts Theater on the UCSB campus. Admission is free and visitors are invited to attend a reception 30 minutes before each event and the Q&A with the playwright afterward. Visit launchpad. theaterdance.ucsb.edu.

Nectar: The Intersection of Art & Performance

UCSB’s Launch Pad program pairs playwrights’ new or underproduced works with professional directors and student performers

in a process of inquiry. Tickets are $20 for the 7:30-9:30 pm event on Saturday, July 16. Visit yogasoup.com/events.

Also in Art

One of the fused glass artworks by Kristine Kelly, featured artist at this year’s Mental Health Arts Festival

The Power of Objects, a solo show from mixed media assemblage artist Ron Robertson, opens at The Arts Fund’s Gallery space at La Cumbre Plaza on Friday, July 15. A force in the local Santa Barbara art scene whose work has been treasured around the country, Robertson was also a long-time supporter and popular mentor of the nonprofit, regularly opening up his studio to students through the fund’s Teen Arts Mentorship Program. The exhibit runs through August…

The Mental Wellness Center is bringing its Mental Health Arts Festival back to De La Guerra Plaza on Saturday, July 16 from 11 am to 3 pm. Back in-person for the first time since 2019, the 26th annual fest features works by more than 50 local artists in mediums including painting, drawing, jewelry, poetry, sculpture and arts and crafts, all of whom are associated with the 75-yearold Mental Wellness Center. Kristine Kelly, who creates fused glass artwork and was recently awarded first place at the National Glass Expo for her depiction of a scene in Yosemite Valley, is this year’s featured artist. Visitors to the festival can access the Plaza by parking on a nearby street. Visit mentalwellness center.org.

Yoga Soup is set to host the revival of NECTAR, created and curated by Cybil Gilbertson, in the first installment of the live, local, intentional art event in nearly three years. It’s probably no coincidence that the current theme is “Choice,” as artists and performers have been invited to reflect on the relevant social theme in the medium of their choice, including dance, spoken word, music, visual art, and more. The community not only witnesses the results but also shares

“It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.” — Anna Godbersen

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

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This Week at MA

Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ at the Granada

by Steven Libowitz

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ith all due respect to Opera Santa Barbara, the opera event of the year may well take place this weekend when the Music Academy (MA) mounts an original and fully-staged production of Tchaikovsky’s popular and beloved opera Eugene Onegin at the Granada on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Especially if Peter Kazaras’ direction comes close to the clever, approachable, and incredibly engaging 10-minute synopsis of the plot he shared with this writer that began with likening the misadventures of the title character with what might happen when a kid gets a Maserati for his 16th birthday from his well-to-do parents.

Based on Alexander Pushkin’s famous novel, Onegin is a tale of love, hope, Peter Kazaras will be directing the upcoming perloss, betrayal, jealousy, revenge, privilege, formances of Eugene Onegin at the Granada and more, including Onegin’s narcissism.

“There is really no other way to put it,” he’s helping shape the young singers’ said Kazaras, who portrayed the char- approach via Tchaikovsky’s classic that acter’s best friend-turned-rival, Lensky, features parties and dance numbers as several times during his career as a tenor, well as a series of arias and duets that boasting multiple appearances at the Met move the story along even more than and Houston Grand. the grand scenes.

Daniela Candillari, in her third year “I am fascinated by bodies in motion, at the Academy, adds to the star quotient where they go on stage, and how they of the opera – her profile soaring after interact,” Kazaras said. “And the beauty conducting Terence Blanchard’s Fire of the work is in its intimacy.”

Shut Up in My Bones at Lyric Opera of To mark MA’s 75th anniversary, the Chicago and Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice director has also developed a framing device at the Met since last summer. set in 1947 to pay tribute to the institute’s Kazaras, the Director of Opera founder Lotte Lehmann, as well as Marilyn UCLA (where he mentored Academy Horne. wunderkind James Darrah, among ‘When you go on stage, you are being others) who previously ran Seattle your own performer, but you are also carOpera’s Young Artists program, mar- rying with you all the history and experiveled at the level of the vocal fellows ence of the singers who came before you,” in his debut at the institute. Here, he explained. “That’s true for everyone, the audience included.”

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Composer and third year academy member, Daniela Candillari

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Thursday, July 14: If you need any more evidence that this 75th anniversary season is anything but run-of-themill, consider that tonight’s second Picnic Concert of the summer actually has a title. Extremely Close could be describing the relationships between the instrumental fellows who have self-selected both their ensembles and their repertoire, but it actually refers to the title of a piece, to be performed

by Charles Johnson on bass trombone and Yu-Ting Peng on piano, composed

by Daniela Candillari, the one and the same musician who will be conducting two performances of the Academy annual opera, Eugene Onegin, at the

Granada Friday and Sunday. Also on the bill of fare: Schubert’s perennially popular “‘Trout’ Piano Quintet” and Brahms’ “String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18.” Not too shabby. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$40) Saturday, July 16: A few of the instrumental fellows who aren’t part of the Academy’s opera orchestra aren’t just sitting on their hands this weekend.

Instead, they’ll be performing in the next installment of the Academy’s new Chamber Night series, part of the institute’s increased focus on chamber music curriculum, which matches fellows with faculty artists for intensive coachings culminating in evening concerts of a curated program. Guests are invited to enjoy complimentary wine during the intimate and casual event in Lehmann Hall, tonight putting the spotlight on the piano with Brahms’ “Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60, ‘Werther’” (Whitney Takata, violin; Vincenzo Keawe Calcagno, viola; Sophie van der Sloot, cello; and Victoria Wong, piano) and Faure’s “Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15” (Christina Nam, violin; Clara Bouch, viola; Jakub Wycislik, cello; Lucas Amory, piano). (7:30 pm; free-$40) Tuesday, July 19: X2 with something new. The series that features fellows flanking faculty for finely curated chamber music concerts has but one even semi-familiar piece on the program. Bach’s “Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor,” is a bold bit of brass bravado featuring four trumpets, three trombones, two horns, and a tuba conducted by Mark H. Lawrence.

The brass faculty vet also wields the baton for Paul Terracini’s Gegensätze and John Mackey’s Hymn to a Blue Hour performed mostly by fellows, the three pieces together representing what might have otherwise been this year’s brass concert, as all of the 15 section fellows are involved. Also on the bill: Suite from La revue de cuisine, a 95-year-old ballet in one act by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, and No Uncertain Terms, which MA guest composer Nico Muhly wrote in 2017 and dedicated to Steve Reich as an archive of the ways the minimalist master’s music influenced Muhly.

All told, it’s a generous and generations-spanning selection. (7:30 pm; Lobero Theatre, $10-$59) Wednesday, July 20: In a rare day this season with more than two master classes, visitors can first attend a vocal session coached by Margo Garrett, an in-demand collaborative pianist who has enjoyed long partnerships with sopranos Kathleen Battle and Dawn Upshaw, to name just two (1:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$10)… Stick around Hahn for the piano master class led by composer Muhly, who writes orchestral music, works for the stage (Two Boys

2022 composer-in-residence Molly Joyce has the world premiere of her Academy-commissioned piece, Imperfection, played by fellows

and Marnie for the Met Opera, e.g., plus several ballets), chamber music (see above), film scores (The Reader and Kill Your Darlings), and collaborations with pop artists (Sufjan Stevens, The National, James Blake, and Paul Simon). We imagine we might hear some of his more interesting works interpreted by the fellows (3:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$10)… Or buckle up for the Trombone & Tuba class with one of last night’s performers, Nitzan Haroz, who resumed his 25-year tenancy as principal trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2014 after a two-year hiatus holding down the same position with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (3:30 pm; Weinman Hall; free-$10)... Tonight, a special Showcase Concert stars yet another of the Academy’s acclaimed composers-in-residence for 2022, Molly Joyce, who The Washington Post recently deemed one of the “most versatile, prolific, and intriguing composers working under the vast new-music dome,” praising her work that is concerned with disability as a creative source. Joyce has an impaired left hand as a result of a car accident, and her primary vehicle in composition and performance is an electric vintage toy organ, an instrument she bought on eBay and which suits her body and engages her disability. The then-28-year-old’s 2020 debut full-length album, Breaking and Entering, has been lauded by New Sounds as “a powerful response to something that is still too often stigmatized, but that Joyce has used as a creative prompt.” After delivering eight of her songs as a solo performer – including the appropriately titled Occhiolism and Onism – Joyce will witness the world premiere of her newest piece, the Academy-commissioned Imperfection, played by fellows Kenneth Naito and Clara Schubilske on violin; Marcus Stevenson, viola; and Colin Hill, cello.

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38 charming cottages, as well as the popular Stonehouse and Plow & Angel restaurants, recently debuted a California Wine Country package for oenophiles with a four-night stay starting at $15,500.

In addition, all the cottages are now pet friendly and the resort has unveiled a new pampered pets program, including a new pet menu boasting puppuccinos and pupsicles.

Paws for thought indeed…

includes 18 different sex toys made for internal and external use. The sheer variety is quite mind boggling...

Zoo’s New Director of Advancement

Condolences to the Winfrey Family Patricia Oreña, Colin Hayward, Diana Vandervoort, and Thea Palencia (photo by Priscilla)

Tara Mata, Old Spanish Days 2022 Spirit of Fiesta (photo by Priscilla)

Rebecca Brand, Hayley Firestone Jessup, Valerie Kissell, T.J. Barrack, and Brian and Shamra Strange, owners of The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos, a new 67-room Auberge Resorts Collection hostelry, which is opening this fall.

The ubiquitous Geoff Green, head honcho of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation, acted as auctioneer, while Lindsey Marie Suarez, Santa Barbara singer-songwriter, sang the National Anthem.

Polo teams from La Quinta Norte and Team Casey Gordon Real Estate, Pepper Oaks and La Herradura, and Team Brady Group and Grand Avenue Real Estate kept the crowds entertained.

Fiesta Reflections It was a double celebration when Santa Barbara Historical Museum celebrated First Thursday with its new signature exhibition Project Fiesta: History of Old Spanish Days.

The latest installation celebrates the pageantry, fashion, and traditions of our Eden by the Beach’s most cherished cultural festival event, which marks its

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2022 La Presidente Maria Cabrera and SBHM Director Dacia Harwood amid a colorful display of historic costumes (photo by Priscilla)

centenary in two years’ time.

Highlights of the costume collection include a 1920s charro suit, an intricately embroidered silk shawl worn by copper heiress Huguette Clark, and an exquisite ‘chino poblano’ dress from the 1940s.

Visitors can also view a collection of papier-mâché masks worn during performances at Las Noches de Ronda at the County Courthouse and Fiesta Pequeña at the Old Mission by dancers Jerry and Mary Brozik in the 1950s and 1960s.

Among the fiesta fans attending the opening bash were David Bolton, Charlie Rouse, Dacia Harwood, Joan Tapper, Fritz Olenberger, Hilary Burkemper, Rhonda Henderson, Ben Feld, La Presidente Maria Cabrera, and Spirit of Fiesta Tara Mata, who entertained.

SYR No. 1 in California Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s San Ysidro Ranch has been voted the Number One resort hotel in California

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The 500-acre locale, which has

It must have been a week of mixed emotions for former TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey when she threw a celebration of life on Independence Day at her East Valley Road estate for her 88-year-old father Vernon, who has been suffering from cancer.

She gathered some of her nearest and dearest, including beau Stedman Graham and CBS Morning News anchor Gayle King, for a barbecue “while he’s still well enough to enjoy it,” calling it a “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Celebration” with gospel singer Wintley Phipps entertaining.

Sadly, just five days later, Vernon, a barber from Nashville, Tennessee, succumbed to his illness. “Yesterday with family surrounded his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life take his last breath,” Oprah said in an Instagram post at the weekend. My deepest condolences...

Visiting Jackson Hole The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their three-year-old son Archie traveled to the trendy mountain town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for Independence Day. The tony trio were spotted watching the local parade, with Archie wearing a red, white, and blue hat, while sucking a lollipop, while Harry and Meghan sat on the sidewalk.

The popular ski resort boasts actress Sandra Bullock, singer Kanye West, and actor Harrison Ford as residents. My favorite watering hole is the amusingly named Mangy Moose...

Good Vibrations Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is feeling good vibrations! The Oscar winner’s lifestyle brand Goop has released a complete guide to vibrators after adding another sexual device to the brand’s extensive collection.

To celebrate the launch of its new Viva La Vulva device, the brand gave curious fans the ultimate vibrator guide, including the basics of sex toys, how to use them, and what to look for.

Gwyneth has partnered with sexologist and co-founder of sexual wellness company Dame Products Alexandra Fine to launch the guide, which

“A little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about.” — John Mayer

Melissa Walker, Santa Barbara Zoo’s new Director of Advancement

Melissa Walker is Santa Barbara Zoo’s new Director of Advancement.

With more than 15 years of fundraising experience, Melissa brings extensive expertise in nonprofit leadership to the 30-acre menagerie.

“As a zoo member with a young son, my visits have been a favorite weekly activity for my family,” says Melissa. “I’m overjoyed to be part of the zoo’s team and look forward to connecting our community to the impact they make when they visit or support the zoo.”

Walker’s diverse background includes management positions at Girl Scouts and Girls Inc. of Orange County, Human Options, and Pretend City in Irvine.

After recently spending time abroad in London, Melissa is excited to be back in her hometown of Santa Barbara, reconnecting with the nonprofit community.

Sightings Former supermodel Kathy Ireland at Stearns Wharf with husband, Greg...

Actress Jessica Alba at the Rosewood Miramar... Back to the Future actor Christopher Lloyd picking up his New York Times at Pierre Lafond.

Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when

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Financial Market Review Second Quarter 2022 Bear Market: Worst First Half for Stocks Since 1970

by Brian Schaffield

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igh inflation, risk of recession, war in Europe, a crypto meltdown, and interest rate increases pushed stocks into a bear market (down over 20% from peak) in Q2 2022 – Bond markets continued the worst drawdown on record, hammered by inflation and higher rates – Diversified portfolios slammed by simultaneous declines in asset classes

Market Performance: Sharp Declines in All Major Asset Classes U.S. equities plunged 16.8% in Q2 2020 bringing the total decline for 2022 to 21.1%, officially a bear market. U.S. equities were among the poorest performers globally, worse than emerging or international developed markets, although these too suffered double digit declines. Investors fled risk assets, growth stocks declined twice as much as value, over 22%. Bitcoin declined 58% in the quarter amidst a meltdown in crypto. Bonds reached a record drawdown in June, down 11% in the last year, almost as bad as stocks. Commodities were also lower in Q2 on recession fears, down 6%. Outside of financial assets, U.S. real estate also showed signs of vulnerability in the quarter as mortgage rates spiked to 5.9%. Fed funds rates increased twice in the quarter to 1.5%.

Returns for 3-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year periods are annualized

Major Asset Category Index Price Returns for Q2 2022

Price Development through Q2 2022

Returns on Diversified Portfolio Indices as of June 30, 2022 Outlook: Inflection Point With inflation running at 8.6% as of May, the Fed reiterated its commitment to rate increases and quantitative tightening. It is uncertain whether this will tame inflation, cause a recession, both or neither – and upon this rests the present dilemma of financial markets. There are indications inflation may now have peaked although not enough data to forecast a trend. Economists’ views differ widely on the risk of recession. A recent survey found most do not feel a recession is imminent and those that do believe it will be

Portfolio Implications: Hold, Rebalance, Average Cost Buy With so much uncertainty about the direction of markets and the economy, whether the stock and bond markets have bottomed out, or if stocks in particular could decline quite a bit further, one fact is that stocks and bonds have declined substantially.

This is typically a good period for long-term investors to average cost buy and to rebalance to maintain the same exposure to major asset classes, or at least hold and certainly not

to succumb to panic selling.

ETF proxies for asset classes: AGG, DJP

Returns for diversified portfolios were at a negative extreme of historical results as no asset class provided a positive contribution. Aggressive portfolios lost a further 15% in the quarter on equity exposure but more shockingly, conservative portfolios lost 7% and are now down 12% for the year due to the depth of the fixed income drawdown. Traditional “60/40” portfolios in particular have received negative press with the largest drawdown in decades.

mild. However, a bad recession, stagflation, declines in corporate earnings could push markets significantly lower. Some traders and strategists are still holding out for further declines citing the percentage losses and lack of a cathartic capitulation episode. Markets have at least partially discounted the increase in interest rates and possibility of recession.

Corporate earnings are now in sharp focus.

Overall, with the current consensus economic outlook of mild recession at most, if at all (which might even prompt the Fed to stop or reduce interest rate increases), the outlook on this bear market so far is consistent with past statistical experiences that average under a year to reach a trough.

Fed Funds Projections as of June 30, 2022; Grey = Actual; Blue = Projected; Source: FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data 6/2022

Brian Schaffield is an investment advisor based in Santa Barbara and has been in the financial industry for 31 years. Nothing in this article serves as the receipt of, or as a substitute for, personalized investment advice.

2022 Puzzle 7: “Six Characters in Search of a Pop Song” Solution The July meta challenged solvers to find one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” The clue for the combined entry FLIP THE SWITCH [… replace something, metaphorically, and what literally to do to solve this puzzle’s meta] was intended to show the path forward. But the puzzle proved to be much harder than I intended, and after two days, only two solvers (JanglerNPL and LL) had found their way to the solution. Yikes! Even the November puzzle shouldn’t be this hard!

I offered an optional hint, and 280 solvers took me up on it. The hint reads as follows: The letters S-W-IT-C-H need to be changed in the puzzle in six places to make new words.

This certainly makes things easier. But there’s still the issue of figuring out which S, W, I, T, C, and H to change. The entry point for many was changing WREATH to BREATH, since there are only two W’s in the puzzle and the other one is in SWITCH. For others, the insight came from realizing POLITE and POLICE are one letter apart, and then searching the Rolling Stone list, which only has one song by the Police (“Roxanne” was on the 2010 list but isn’t on the current one).

As shown on the grid above, the solution involves changing the letters in six words as follows: EVERS –> EVERY WREATH –> BREATH IOU –> YOU HAKE –> TAKE THC –> THE POLITE –> POLICE Putting it together gives you the classic Every Breath You Take by the Police, this month’s meta answer.

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Mini Meta

Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Andrew White For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (five letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.

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5 "Ah, gotcha" 6 Winning roshambo choice, as suggested by this puzzle 7 Losing roshambo choice, as suggested by this puzzle 8 Beginning anthem lyrics

Down 1 Italian goodbyes 2 Humane org. that's over 150 years old 3 Like the main characters of "Stranger Things" 4 Suffix for auction and profit 6 In favor of

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Down 1 See 2-Down 2 With 1-Across and 1-Down, words preceding a new insight 3 Apply, as pressure 5 Word after bitter or dead 6 What keeps growing throughout spring?

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Across 1 See 2-Down 4 Cast a spell on 7 Polish Holocaust hero Sendler 8 Bookish, perhaps 9 Prime meridian standard: Abbr.

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Across 1 Doting pursuer, in modern slang 5 Cold brew variety with a foamy head 6 Causes of class struggles?

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Across 1 Spanish diminutive suffix 4 With 5-Across, late congressman and civil rights icon 5 See 4-Across 6 "Do ___?" (indecisive quandary query) 7 Chocolatier with famous truffles

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Across 1 Largest city on the Caspian Sea 5 Passover rite 6 Kind of sprawl 7 Rhineland refusals 8 See 5-Down

Down 1 Soft, round hat 2 Branding industry, casually 3 Reeves of "Speed" 4 Coffee tanks 5 With 8-Across, Chinese general and military strategist

Across 1 Not up 5 It amounts to nothing 6 It's twice as big as pint-sized 7 Scrub 8 Topic often discussed alongside and in opposition to gender

Down 1 Color akin to cerulean 2 Male admirers 3 Goes down the primrose path, say 4 Biblical verb form 6 TD throwers, often

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