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S tate Street Scribe – SBHS’s comprehensive Computer Science Academy churns out coding kids ready to take on high tech corporations like Google and Snapchat, but with SB becoming Silicon Paradise with a booming tech scene, there’s no need to leave town

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eer Guy – Zach Rosen pulls up a chair at the annual Saint Barbara B feast day, which was on tap at Third Window Brewing; and new brews for Flagship February

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Fortnight – CAMA chameleons v. SBIFF; UCSB Arts & Lectures series; classical music; Martin Sexton; J.D. Souther; and what’s on Center Stage and at Rubicon Theatre

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Plan B – Briana Westmacott ventures to Mendocino County and retraces her steps around the headlands and Elk, home of the refurbished Harbor House Inn

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Man About Town – Mark Leisuré lives up to his surname, focusing chiefly on SBIFF’s local movies created by local denizens and connects the dots to Oscar nominees

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On Art – Margaret Landreau talks with a gem of a jeweler, Lizzy Lewis, whose copper artistry proves that recycling and allergies are nothing to sneeze at

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What’s Hanging – The latest news from Ted MILLS: “Sisyphean Justice”; GONE; “Watershed” photography; Museum of Art in focus; and Sullivan Goss exhibitions

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Real Estate Snapshot – Kelly Mahan Herrick takes a look at totals for 2018, which saw a rise in condo sales, and an unsurprising drop in Montecito purchases

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Creative Creatures – Zach Rosen gets in touch with Corinna Maharani, who equates healthy living stems from happiness and gives Zach a taste of her Ayurveda medicine

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I Heart SB – Come sail away? Elizabeth Rose’s paramour, Jason, rocks the boat by explaining why they should sell Astrologer, their home on the waves.

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SYV Snapshot – Eva Van Prooyen sets the table and pulls up a chair at various eateries, just in time for Santa Ynez Valley’s Restaurant Week(s); Solvang 3rd Wednesday Wine & Beer Walk; Brave & Maiden; and mushroom festival

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STATE STREET SCRIBE by Jeff Wing

Jeff is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A long-time resident of SB, he takes great delight in chronicling the lesser known facets of this gaudy jewel by the sea. Jeff can be reached at jeffwingg@gmail.com.

SBHS and CSA Open the Pod Bay Doors

hen nervous astronaut Dave Bowman – all helmetless and helpless in his space pod – tries to re-enter the mothership Discovery, he is rebuffed by the ship’s soft-spoken HAL 9000 computer. Hey, who hasn’t had an annoying exchange with a digital assistant? It seems, though, that HAL (a state-of-the-art Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) has seriously mischievous plans, driven by that scariest and least understood of machine motivations: pure logic. Writer Arthur C. Clarke – on whose story the film is based – was ever-adamant about one particular plot point; the one-letter alphabetic shift between the name of his AI villain HAL and early personal computing research giant IBM was pure coincidence. Yeah, right. The awkward episode with HAL in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey loudly underscored that day’s cultural unease with the promise and power

of computing. Today, that ship has sailed and then some. A half-century of convivial coding has made HAL a pal. “Coding is as important as reading, writing, and mathematics,” says Richard Johnston, director of Santa Barbara High School’s vaunted Computer Science Academy (CSA). “Coding is the fourth leg of the stool today.” He pauses, then adds with the guarded enthusiasm of a guy at a speakeasy, “I’ll also say that coding is a rush!” MHS TO CSA Santa Barbara High School, the historically heartfelt jewel in the crown of SB secondary schools (and the town’s only high school till 1958), has the architectural presentation of an Ivy League English building and the heart of a starship. A glass-encased Hall of Fame celebrates SBHS alums who saw the future and grabbed with both hands, among them dance pioneer Martha Graham, aviation giant John Northrup,

A pleased-looking Mr. Johnston surrounded by his CSA tech-tribe

and investment brand Charles Schwab (when he was an actual uncombed kid who buttoned his shirt wrong and had to walk the family dog). These nervy SB teens all went on to innovatively disrupt their respective fields, big time. Today, the SBHS Computer Science Academy (CSA) pushes the tradition forward at approximate warp speed. Fixated on the future, CSA as a self-actualized tech talent incubator has garnered the avid attentions and ministrations of tech companies in the region. CSA’s Johnston is a self-professed

numbers guy whose plans on becoming “a pure mathematician” were happily waylaid by teaching. His ready smile, Mission Control specs, and eruptive happy cackle (always preceded by a sort of expectant hush) are indeed reminiscent of the somewhat otherworldly slide-rule maestros this writer knew in high school. By the time Johnston arrived at SBHS in 1998, he’d established himself as an educator adept at designing tailored programs for kids whose academic ...continued p.19

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WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! Problem: Potential for More Debris Flows “The Montecito Fire Protection District considers the community of Montecito to be at imminent risk for Debris Flow caused by short duration, high intensity rainfall.” MFPD Operations Chief Kevin Taylor, also Incident Commander for 1/9 Debris Flow, October 21, 2018.

Solution: Geobrugg Swiss Steel Net System TPRC has worked with leading scientists and disaster experts to mitigate future debris flows in our community. Environmentally friendly engineered steel mesh nets strategically deployed to capture debris in designated high risk areas (as has been done in 41 other sites around California) are the most impactful short term way to significantly enhance our debris catching capacity.

From the bottom of our hearts we thank you… Each and every community member who has given of their time, expertise and money to help us get this far!

How You Can Help: Cost of Nets To date, Community Members have stepped up with contributions from $10 to $250,000 totaling $2.9 million to design, engineer, and obtain the permits. But to install the first 6 nets—Buena Vista, San Ysidro, Cold Springs Canyon we need an additional $2.5 million. Installation is set to start imminently. The next $325,000 in contributions will be matched by generous donors. Please go to partnershipsb.org for detailed information and to donate, or make checks payable to Santa Barbara Foundation and in memo put, Partnership for Resilient Communities.

On 1/ 9 due to an intense rain storm after the Thomas Fire: 23 of our friends, family members and neighbors perished.

900 rescued in the first 12-hours after the debris flow.

165 people injured.

527 homes destroyed or severely damaged.

28 commercial buildings destroyed or damaged.

101 Freeway shut down for two weeks, disrupting the entire State of California.

1.2 billion dollar decrease in Montecito property values.

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SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY PRESENTS

BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE

J. Schwantner: Chasing Light Beethoven: Triple Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”

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SAT, FEB 16, 2019 8PM I SUN, FEB 17, 2019 3PM I AT THE GRANADA THEATRE This February the Santa Barbara Symphony returns to a work it co-commissioned more than a decade earlier, acclaimed composer Joseph Schwantner’s enchantingly delicate Chasing Light. The evening continues with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, featuring three stellar musicians with a rich history of performing locally: violinist Paul Huang and cellist Ani Aznavoorian, both of Camerata Pacifica, and pianist Gilles Vonsattel, who regularly performs with the celebrated ensemble. Closing the evening will be Robert Schumann’s popular five-movement Symphony No.3, which is said to have been inspired by the history and spirit of Europe’s mighty Rhine river. Principal Sponsor

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Feasting and Flagships The evening ended with a refreshing dessert of carrot cake and Noble Cause Saison

ecember 4 is the feast day of Saint Barbara, the namesake saint of our town. While this holiday isn’t celebrated much around town, there is one brewery that always makes a feast of it. Since opening, Third Window Brewing Co. has hosted a beer and wine dinner on December 4 each year to celebrate Saint Barbara’s feast day, as well as the release of their robust brew, Bierbara, that is inspired by the occasion. This year the evening began

with sips of The Light Pilsner, v 3.6 and such small bites as hushpuppies in a cider-brown butter glaze and marinated anchovies crostinis sharpened with ‘njuda, a spicy-salty spreadable salumi (the more familiar salami is a specific kind of salumi). As we took our seats, the meal began with the 2018 Summer Saison. This deep golden brew had a full tropicalfruit character of mango, papaya, and mandarin, with a full carbonation that

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helped cut through the smokiness of steelhead rillettes topped on grilled baguette, and sharpened the earthen flavors of a farm cave oyster mushroom ceviche. Fire-roasted cauliflower was served alongside the dish and provided a soothing set of flavors to the pairing. Lamb merguez (a type of sausage from Maghreb cuisine) meatballs followed the first course. These spice-forward meatballs, swimming in tomato sauce and topped with pine nuts, were served alongside green garbanzo falafel and the rich but refreshing flavors of the raisinthemed VI Dubbel, v 3.1. Next came the main event, the 2018 Bierbara course. This year’s rendition was accompanied by braised short ribs, made from cattle raised on the Parker Ranch, glazed Brussels sprouts, and a wheat berry risotto. Each vintage of Bierbara is a different interpretation of burbara, the dish traditionally served on Saint Barbara’s day. This barley porridge is made with pomegranate seeds, raisins, anise, and sugar. The different Bierbara recipes usually combine a strong beer with spices and some component of grape, wine, or must in a variety of barrels that are blended into a complex, rich finished brew. This year’s Bierbara uses early harvest Riesling from Potek Winery and was unique in that they were so pleased with the way the liquid tasted out of the barrels, they decided to forego any additional spices. The finished brew is a robust, but seamless, blend of malt and barrel characters that has a distinct chocolate roastiness and accents of rum-raisin and fruit cake. The evening rolled on with Port Barrel-Aged XII Quad paired with a hay-smoked petite Basque cheese, caramelized apples, and wine pomace crackers. Carrot cake with mascarpone and carrot purée provided a refreshing wrap up to the evening and the Noble Cause Saison nourished the flavors with notes of honey malt, pit fruits, and a hint of yeast spice that added a snap to the finish. Bierbara 2018 is available at the tap room and in bottles. Make sure to swing by and grab one of these warming brews for the winter season, especially as the rain continues to fall.

LABELS AND FLAGSHIPS In the flurry of news concerning the partial government shutdown, you may have come across articles about how the shutdown is affecting the craft beer industry. Media sources ranging from The Wall Street Journal to Stephen Colbert have picked up the story on how craft breweries will not be able to release any new beers during the shutdown. The Brewers Association, a non-profit trade organization, recently released a statement on the expected impact. While the processing of federal excise taxes and any scheduled brewer’s report of operations may be delayed (curiously the pay.gov site that accepts excise tax payments is fully operational), the largest impact that this is expected to have is on the labeling approval process. Overseen by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), any beer label has to go through an approval process. Each label has to be checked to ensure it includes a variety of required details, such as the Surgeon General’s Warning, but also for content and verbiage (i.e., the label doesn’t contain imagery that could be seen as promoting alcohol usage to minors). This process often takes a few weeks. It is still unknown how long the label approval backlog will take once the TTB resumes operations, and some breweries fear they may end up having to dump these beers. Of course, this only affects new labels that still need approval. Each state has its own laws on which and how different beer packages must be labeled – but in a general sense, if a beer is to leave the property of the brewery, it requires a label. This means that breweries and brewpubs simply serving beer onsite can just write the name of the beer on their tap list and don’t have to have a branded label for it. As soon as that beer leaves the tasting room, it must have a label. Kegs and growlers often use universal labels with checkboxes, or a blank area where the beer name can be written in, to distinguish between beers. This allows any beer to be sold in this packaging format without designing, printing, and approving of a new label for each beer, which would be costly and timely. For most breweries, this won’t affect their ability to sell kegs and growlers and is really most impactful on canned and bottled beer, which almost exclusively uses individually branded labels. Each brewery has its own blend of onsite and offsite sales, and ratios between keg, bottles, and can packages, so the direct impact will be different for each brewery. Any new brewery opening during this time will have it especially difficult, as they may not have any approved labels. Established breweries will have to rely ...continued p.13

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ost of Santa Barbara’s performing arts organizations have long ago learned that it can be sheer folly to program against the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) – meaning you’re taking something of a risk to schedule a show during the 11day run when the now 34-year-old fest basically takes over downtown Santa Barbara. So, maybe the good folks who run CAMA don’t believe there’s a lot of crossover between the audience for topnotch touring international orchestras and those people who want to immerse themselves in cinematic pleasures submitted from around the world. Or maybe it’s just a matter of some wellearned hubris, given that CAMA is in the midst of its landmark centennial season (“You think 34 years is impressive? We’re 100! You’re just a puppy!”) More likely, the thought didn’t actually arise in considering programming a performance by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for Tuesday, February 5, at the Granada – which, coincidentally, is also screening several SBIFF films and events for the first time in years. The orchestra is arguably the leading period performance ensemble in the United States, and they’ve been not coincidentally shaped by music director Nicholas McGegan, the irrepressible impish English-born conductor with the knowledge and intelligence to match his energy, for more than 33 years. McGegan,

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of course, is familiar to our local audiences through his many appearances for the Music Academy of the West, including a long stretch conducting the fellows chamber orchestra. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will be playing a tuneful program featuring Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K.492; Franz Clement’s Violin Concerto in D Major (1805), with soloist Rachel Barton Pine, and Schubert’s Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D.589. So, maybe the shoe is on the other foot. Meaning it might be a good time to catch a SBIFF film this evening, as the theater may just be a bit less crowded. Tickets and info at (805) 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org or www.camasb.org.

Strings and Things, Off-Campus

The university’s Arts & Lectures series classical programming for the next four weeks is not only wide-ranging, it also ranges far from Campbell Hall on the Goleta seaside campus for three vastly different artists. First up is the Danish String Quartet, comprising fierce friends who have been playing together since childhood; they’re booked for two concerts at Rockwood Women’s Club, near the Museum of Natural History, on February 12-13. On Tuesday, the Nordic lads who NPR said possess “warmth, wit, a beautiful tone, and technical prowess second to none” will offer “Last Leaf,” a fiddle-led foray into the rich Nordic music tradition full of folk treasures, while Wednesday brings

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a more “traditional classical” concert including Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, op. 20, no. 2; Abrahamsen’s No. 1 (“10 Preludes”); and Nielsen’s No. 3, op. 14. That same afternoon, the fearsome foursome also conduct a master class with UCSB students from 2 to 4 pm at Lotte Lehman Concert Hall back on campus. The Boston-based, self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry – whose rotating leadership has led to consistently thoughtful, innovative, and unpredictable programming attracting collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Roomful of Teeth, the Silkroad Ensemble and Vijay Iyer, among others – makes its Santa Barbara debut with an ambitious program melding works by Bach, Philip Glass, Bartók, and Osvaldo Golijov. The 2019 Grammy nominees perform Friday evening, February 15, at Hahn Hall. That’s also the venue for the Wednesday, February 20, local debut of New York Polyphony, the Grammy-nominated vocal chamber ensemble whose provocative program “Faith and Reason” explores the boundaries between ancient and modern music. This work include Thomas Tallis’s Mass for Four Voices and Gregory Brown’s Missa Charles Darwin – the inspiration behind his brother Dan Brown’s latest Da Vinci Code novel – which honors the conventions of its musical antecedents but replaces sacred texts with excerpts from Darwin’s writings. More info and tickets for at UCSB A&L events at (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

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Elsewhere, it’s a busy double fortnight in town, as all of the other classical organizations also have concerts on the schedule, including another ensemble bold enough to book during SBIFF. Camerata Pacifica continues its ambitious two-year Beethoven project with an exploration of the connection between the master composer via his Sonata for Piano & Violin in C Minor, Op. 30, Nº. 2, and Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111, and modern “minimalist” Steve Reich’s groundbreaking “Different Trains” on Friday, February 8, at Hahn Hall. Beethoven is also the order of the day for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s pair of performances February 16-17 at the Granada... Opera comes to the Lobero on February 16-17, but not yet with Opera Santa Barbara (OSB), who don’t show up at the venue until later in

the season, rather via the UCSB Library and Opera Theatre presentation of Franz Lehár’s The Mock Marriage (Die Juxheirat). Meanwhile, OSB’s spring season get going with two of its popular free noontime concerts at the Public Library on Wednesday, February 20 and 27.

Roots Dig in Deep

Roots music can be a rather nebulous term. After all, unless it’s coming from Adam and Eve, doesn’t all music have roots going back to something or somewhere? But a preponderance of the performances under the pop umbrella this period have that deep Americana feel, even if it’s been influenced elsewhere. Martin Sexton, the solo singer-songwriter who can often fashion an ensemble’s worth of sound just from his guitar, voice, and feet, evokes deep woods and deep grooves along with some Celtic lilt in his numerous previous show at SOhO, the State Street club he returns to on Saturday, January 26, on a bill with Chris Trapper... J.D. Souther, the veteran singer-songwriter whose list of artists who have recorded his compositions – Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, James Taylor, Don Henley, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn, to name just a few – might just make him his own sub-genre of Americana music (you’ve heard of Southern rock; why not Southern country?), plays a show postponed from last fall at the Lobero at Sunday, January 27. That’s the same day that percussion fingerstyle guitarist Don Alder, who keeps his own rhythm while offering either finely textured melodic lines or fiery string-stressing runs, adds rootsy storytelling to his sets, including the one that kicks off the Wooden Hall concert series for 2019 at Alhecama Theater. Then there’s the Cache Valley Drifters (CVD), the acoustic trio whose ability to appealingly bluegrassify just about any song made them local heroes back when they had a weekly gig in the mid-1990s at Cold Spring Tavern up there in them hills known as San Marcos Pass. We pretty much only get to hear them around these parts during the Live Oak Music Festival in the summer. But maybe knowing that the fest has departed Santa Barbara for San Luis Obispo after 30 years, CVD will be playing at the other Live Oak, the Universal Unitarian Congregation in Goleta, in a Song Tree-sponsored benefit for Doctors Without Walls, on Saturday, February 9. A different sort of Santa Barbara soundtrack comes from Nerf Herder, whose roots are centered somewhere in the juvenile-oriented minds of its writers and East Haley Street circa 1989. They’ll do a rare unplugged show at the Mercury Lounge

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on Saturday, February 16. The rootsiest of them all, though, might be singer Martha Redbone, who draws upon her Native American mother’s culture (Cherokee/Shawnee/ Choctaw, to be precise) and the gospel background of her African-American father to fashion the multicultural mix of folk, country, Piedmont blues, gospel, Appalachian Mountain bluegrass, soul, and traditional American Indian music. Redbone’s Santa Barbara debut concert on Tuesday, January 29, will be followed by her leading a free Talking Circle the following evening at the American Indian Cultural Resource Center at UCSB. Can’t get much more roots than that.

Breaking Boards

Three local theater companies are in action over the next four weeks, with a lineup that includes an all-time classic drama and two ultra-modern works. The former would be Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s downer of a drama about a down on his luck door-to-door salesman that still somehow isn’t dated despite the fact that profession disappeared decades ago. Ensemble Theater Company mounts the major work February 7-24 at the New Vic. For a story you haven’t seen before, try The Producing Unit’s fully staged production of Sara Ruhl’s

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage at Center Stage Theater, a dark exploration into the apparent incompatibility of traditional marriage with our primal sexual roots as animals. The not-for-kids tale by the MacArthur “Genius” grant winner and Tony nominee, a mashup of a domestic comedy with erotic magical realism that actually evokes emotions and thought, has a two-weekend run that ends Sunday, February 3. Also edgy is Rubicon Theatre’s local premiere of Heisenberg, the 2015 work by playwright Simon Stephens, Tony winner for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The twocharacter work, named after the German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg (not the science teacher-turned-drug lord in Breaking Bad), is, as one critic put it, a study of what happens when constant movement collides with stillness, when quiet meets non-stop noise, and humor connects with sadness. See it at the Ventura venue Wednesday, January 30, to Sunday, February 17. If you’re more into musicals, the Granada’s Broadway series hosts a couple of classics that have stood the test of time, most prominently The Sound of Music, which coughs up the Do-Re-Mi on January 29-30, before things turn much more politically revolutionary with Evita, running February 19-20.

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Sunset from our cottage deck

When Briana isn’t lecturing for her writing courses at UCSB and SBCC, she contributes to The Santa Barbara Skinny, Wake & Wander and Flutter Magazine. Along with her passion for writing and all things Santa Barbara, much of her time is spent multitasking through her days as a mother, wife, sister, want-to-be chef and travel junky. Writing is an outlet that ensures mental stability... usually.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE ELK

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f you get on the 101 freeway and keep driving north from Santa Barbara, you will begin to notice that as the roads get smaller, the trees get bigger; the freeways downshift to highways and eventually slow into lanes as redwoods begin to sprout up all around you.

Directional signs are replaced by mile markers to denote your position. Once you get to Mendocino County, paved roads are a novelty. There’s no doubt, it’s a trek to get that far north (and, yes, it is still in California). No airport can truly get

you close enough to book a flight that won’t require hours of driving as well. This, of course, is another reason why the Mendocino Coast happens to be one of the most unspoiled places on this planet. It is also where I grew up. Sixteen years ago, my boyfriend (now husband) dropped down onto one knee and shocked me with a marriage proposal on the Mendocino Headlands. In anticipation of my answer, he had booked a room at The Harbor House Inn in Elk. After a teary yes, we proceeded 15 miles south to the inn to find the most resplendent piece of land I had ever seen. Perched on rugged bluffs with steep steps leading to a private beach sat a house encased with love. It’s a memory I will always cherish. Fast-forward to today, my husband and I were recently lounging on the porch of the Seaview Cottage at the newly remodeled Harbor House Inn. After being closed for eight years, the Inn recently reopened under new ownership in May 2018. With the timeless sculptures of the Wharf and Casket Rocks dotting the Pacific in the distance and lush culinary gardens swirling around paths at your feet, the landscape has predominately remained unchanged. However, a $10-million remodel and the addition of a renowned chef prove the Harbor House is aging quite well. Our sweet cottage was located outside of the main house, dangling on the edge of a brook that flowed to a waterfall on the beach. We were entertained by the duet created from the creek and the tide. The water symphony, coupled with Pacific vistas from every window in our cottage (including the one adjacent to our clawfoot tub), made for a majestic setting. Sea-to-table – this was how the friendly Harbor House staff summarized the menu as we entered the 25-seat dining room and caught our first glimpse at the stunning floorto-ceiling windows facing the ocean. Executive chef Matt Kammerer came to the Harbor House directly from an executive sous-chef position at a Michelin three-starred restaurant in San Francisco. His résumé is just as

impressive as his Albacore smoked over chrysanthemum, with salted plum and hyssop. The Albacore was the second course in our six-course meal, each one delivering an entirely different exotic taste sourced from the local land and sea. A great deal of the food comes from Kammerer’s hand-planted raised garden beds on site at the Harbor House and the beach he combs each morning below the inn. We proceeded to savor sweet potato in a paste of hemp, black garlic, and sesame. There was Sunchoke and Black Cod and more. But one of my favorite courses was the seaweed ice cream with walnut cocoa. We opted for the wine pairing with our meal; it made the entire experience exquisite. After we were finished, Kammerer joined us to share more about his craft. He mentioned that when he was making his choice to leave San Francisco, his top two destinations were the Santa Barbara area and the Mendocino Coast. Elk got lucky that he decided to head north. And it turns out, we weren’t the only lovebirds that have our tale linked to the Harbor House. Kammerer and general manager Amanda Nemec are also a couple, only adding to the warm, family feeling of the inn. On the morning of our departure, we hiked down the cliffs to the blackpebbled beach one last time. Opalescence glowed from the hundreds of Abalone shells that decorated the sand. We were alone. Quiet. Only the wild Pacific there to distract us. It was bliss. As we bid farewell to our special spot, we were sent off with warm, homemade chocolate chip cookies from the kitchen for our drive. It was a gesture my mom would’ve performed when I visited home and the final touch in ensuring we believe there is no place like Elk. BRIANA’S BEST BET The Harbor House has nine beautiful luxury rooms. With each room, you receive a delicious breakfast prepared by Kammerer’s team that you can have in the main dining area or your room. The dinner experience you must book in advance, and I highly suggest it. www. theharborhouseinn.com

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on core brands and previously approved labels until the TTB is operational again. But there is one way to look at the pre-shutdown approved beer can halffull. This lull in new beers is the perfect way to celebrate #FlagshipFebruary. Spearheaded by beer writers Stephen Beaumont and Jay Brooks, along with graphic designer Porter Hughes, this new movement is focused on encouraging beer drinkers to spend the month of February celebrating and drinking the flagship beers that helped found many craft breweries. This idea is inspired by the rising frustration of some craft beer industry members with the persistent pressure applied by the beer geek fandom to only release new beers. Several publications have put out articles on this subject, including the aptly named VinePair article, “Note to Craft Beer Fans: ‘It’s O.K. to Drink the Same Beer Twice.’” Which kind of sums up the whole argument in the title. Many breweries have discontinued or moved some of their founding beers to only seasonal offerings. This is due to a lowering demand of “regular” beers and an increasing market demand for special releases and rotating brews. Some breweries have rebranded their flagship beers to be released with a variety of fruits and spices as a rotating offering to keep the brand line interesting (i.e., the Ballast Point Sculpin line that offers habanero, pineapple, and a mélange of different flavorings to spice up

the appeal of their core IPA). For example, Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale are arguably the two most impactful beers of the craft beer movement. Yet today, they are often just treated as the “filler beer” for mixed packs or a last resort when having to buy beer from a gas station. More locally, Firestone Walker rose to craft beer fame with its groundbreaking Double Barrel Ale that fused several techniques to craft a unique fermentation system and one-of-a-kind brew. Today, it remains a minor figure in the Firestone portfolio, immensely outperformed by 805 Blond Ale and their IPAs such as Union Jack. Although the mélange of new styles and interesting hops coming out on the market is wonderful and has opened up the range of flavors possible in beer, it is sometimes easy to overlook the classic styles and hops that made craft beer so popular in the first place. So this February, try to spend an afternoon drinking not something new, but an old brew you already know. Pick up a 6-pack of Anchor Steam or one of those long-established beers you may not have had in awhile. When you revisit those beers, you may just rediscover the flavors that made you fall in love with beer in the first place. Follow the hashtag #FlagshipFebruary on social media to find out more about events and for a website that will soon be launched.

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he guy who writes our calendar column didn’t want film to fill up the allotted column inches for four weeks of events in all areas of entertainment. (His column, by the way, is still inexplicably called “Fortnight” despite the reality being that the Sentinel hasn’t come out every two weeks for almost a year and, in fact, the last two issues had six-week gaps, but I guess there’s no word for that – and if my editor didn’t cut this opening because of not wanting to call attention to that last part, he’s a real mensch). So, it falls to me to spiff up my space with talk about Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). The thing is, though, as a man of Leisure, you can’t expect me actually go through the entire slate of 200-something films (with some 63 world premieres and 59 U.S. premieres from 48 countries among them) with a fine-tooth comb (does anybody still use those in his or her hair?) to glean the gems, cull the indies with hidden stars, find foreign films worth the effort of reading subtitles and the like, much less scour the web to see what sort of feedback the movies might have earned elsewhere, let alone watch previews or, God forbid, sit through an actual full screening. So, instead I’m taking the easy

way out and mostly highlighting the producers and filmmakers who had the foresight to get my email address from the press list and send along some publicity materials. Lazy? You bet. Any less likely to include some of the great stuff? Nope. At least they stand behind their movies enough to do the grunt work, or hire a PR firm to do it for ‘em. But before we get to those, I need to point out that there is something that makes SBIFF 34 stand out from its recent predecessors: a decided bent toward Santa Barbara-based films. For the first time in its history – or at least the two-decades plus that I’ve been covering it – the festival is being bookended by local product, with both the Opening and Closing Night entries coming from local filmmakers in tribute to iconic people and places in Santa Barbara. That was an intentional decision by the fest, which considered cancelling last year’s edition in the wake of the Montecito debris flows but instead decided going ahead would help bring the community together. This year’s increased focus on homegrown movies continues the community feel, while still keeping all the nods to Hollywood and the Oscars intact. Accordingly, SBIFF 2019 will start on ...continued p.26

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rad,” Lewis says. “None of my work is repeatable, it all has little imperfections; the buyer knows what they have is different from anything anyone else has. The materials are a negligible expense. What I sell is what I do with it, it’s all me. Sometimes it’s letting others see into my soul – it’s kinda scary.” Looking toward the future, Lewis has a goal of being able to donate a percentage of sales to a philanthropy. She’s started using a new process, electroforming, to create organic and natural shapes alongside her geometric designs. Lewis finds the friendships she’s made on this journey rewarding and hopes she is setting an example for her daughter of a strong female creating, problem-solving, and making money. Lewis invites you to visit her booth on Sundays at the Santa Barbara Artwalk along Cabrillo Boulevard, on Instagram at simplewealthart, and www.simplewealthart.com. She exhibits at SLO Brew on February 9 and in Summerland on February 24 at The Farmer & the Flea.

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needs weren’t wholly addressed by the public school curricular template, and in 2008 he was asked to create a Math Honor Society to serve SBHS mathadepts; students who weren’t getting all they could from unwieldy class sizes in the math department. The MHS success story saw some of its fundamentals adopted district-wide, including what is now called the block schedule. Then the pod bay doors opened. SBHS: PIONEERING CS PETRI DISH [Acronym Warning] With the MHS at SBHS in full swing, Johnston’s interest was piqued by a small group of students in the program. “They were hip to robotics, engineering, applied math. I couldn’t ignore what they wanted, and what this activated group of parents wanted – a computer science program.” Once that diode had incandesced, things progressed quickly. In the summer of 2011, one of the core group’s parents sent Johnston to Boston for six weeks of training, a brash move that would ultimately put SBHS on the front lines of a Computer Science curricular revolution in Santa Barbara’s public schools. “It was training to launch a Computer Science Principles pilot course,”

Johnston explains. He was one of the first teachers to test-fly the curriculum. IMMODEST INVASION OF THE INDUSTRY INTERESTS The success of that pilot course at SBHS made one thing clear. Going forward, the course programming, teaching load, and required ongoing training would be unsustainable for Johnston. “So we recruited (senior analyst) Paul Muhl from (Goleta-based tech research/defense systems giant) Toyon,” Johnston says. Director Muhl had taught high school before entering industry and was reportedly pleased to be back in the saddle somewhat. “It was… amazing,” Johnston says, still marveling. “They basically loaned him to us. Toyon thought CS education in the high schools was that important.” Other tech stakeholders emerged from the woodwork early on to nurture CSA – an academy whose forward-leaning mission aligned (and aligns) with their interests. When Muhl was called back to Toyon two years later (he still teaches a CS class at SBHS), Johnston stepped in as director, having in the interim absorbed more than he could have foreseen. “I’ve had a rollercoaster ...continued p.20

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of learning,” Johnston says of the past five years, “and a chance to work with Berkeley, UCLA, Cal Poly, UCSB.” For the numbers guy whose Math Honor Society morphed into a CS tsunami at SBHS, it’s been a digital ride whose overarching theme is analog gratitude. “I can tell you this – Appfolio, Toyon, QAD, Sonos, Novacoast – these guys have been my mentors and guides from the beginning. They’ve been my rock.” ACADEMIA MANIA Higher education has had a hand in CSA from the start. CSA students even visited UCLA in a program to help UCLA’s non-CS teachers integrate CS elements into their classroom subject matter. SBHS’s first CS Principles course was effectively written by UC Berkeley, tweaked by UCLA, and delivered as the SBHS freshman course Exploring Computer Science. CSA is constantly being re-examined on the fly, answering to stakeholders – from universities to the Cal State system to industry – and recalibrating on the fly to assure the coursework continues to fulfill its early promise. This year, CSA began offering a computer science class at SB Junior High, taught by Sky Adams. “We have several very powerful stakeholders we have to satisfy, the first and foremost being the students,” Johnston says, and this isn’t just decorative PR flapdoodle. “This year,” he adds with a matter-of-factness that belies the emergency, “there is a need for 22,000 more computer scientists than are set to graduate from college.” Industry is understandably keen on seeing that shortfall addressed. Carpinteria’s cloud-based construction colossus Procore, for instance, has given SBHS’s CSA students tours of the blufftop campus and precious time with its software engineers. Tyler Goff, part-time tour guide and Procore’s intern program manager, spotted some mojo in the CSA gang. “The students from Santa Barbara High School’s Computer Science Academy were a rare breed – anxious to learn, contagiously curious, full of insightful questions. The engineers they shadowed were impressed with the level of maturity and focus.” Darryl Kysar – director of the firm’s educational outreach arm Procore.org – is likewise tasked with looking afield for regional CS brilliance. “We’ve built the Procore Coding Academy, and we’ve partnered with Girls Inc. on providing instruction.” Procore Code Corps (try saying that three times fast, or even slowly) reaches out to teach basic code to Girls Club members in the area, and Procore.org has also delivered coding instruction to the SB Juvenile Probation department.

Procore’s Tyler Goff explains the lay of the land to visiting CSA students

Everyone has passion and aptitude, but not everyone has the good fortune to see that in themselves. Kysar and team are determined to reach into the community and flip those switches. DAISY AND KATHLEEN Daisy Moschitto (CSA program manager) and Kathleen Rogers (CSA Foundation Board member) are explaining the support clockworks of the CSA. Our surroundings are decidedly steampunk – or coffee shop, I guess, depending on your mood. Knobcovered java machines roar and hiss like Willy Wonka set decorations as the two insiders politely shout through the cacophony. They’re explaining the finer points of a futurist academy ever needful of old-school green to make it go. “SBHS is a public school,” Kathleen says. “So, you know, everyone thinks ‘Oh, it’s a public school, it’s all publicly funded!’” Her ironic eyebrows suggest that is emphatically not the case. “The teacher and the classroom are paid for by the district. What the foundation does is… everything else.” Daisy sums up. “The easy breakdown is to say all the extracurriculars are foundation-supported.” The so-called Extracurriculars include wide-eyed student tours of high-tech corporate campuses (Procore, Google, Snapchat, Ticketmaster, et al), field trips to

Silicon Valley, job shadows, hackathons, summer camp outreach, internship possibilities, and guest speakers from the rarefied working world of CS. The ever-sprinting CSA Foundation also throws fiduciary love at CSA classes that don’t meet the school district’s attendance minimum for funding. Bottom line is this: the CSA Foundation and its board of usefully manic volunteers (president Dagny Dehlsen, VP Paula Cassin, [non-voting] treasurer Christine Reynolds, Secretary Miriam Metzger, and members Betsy Heafitz, Kathleen Rogers, Tammy LeMelle, Nick Papadopoulos, and Inger Budke) are not funding cupcakes for the yearly CSA social; even if there was such a thing. “We raise money so the kids themselves don’t have to worry,” Kathleen hollers over a blasting espresso contraption across the room. To which Daisy adds, “We make it pretty clear in our CSA literature that we want everyone to attend everything they want to attend.” Kathleen takes the tag. “There is no advantage or disadvantage for a student based on the income of their parents. And I think that is what’s unique about the Computer Science Academy. We are an Open Academy.” NON-BINARY BRIO CSA is as much a genuinely preparatory academic and professional

experience as the participating student wants it to be. Yes, there is surely a more compelling way to say that. Santa Barbara High School’s CSA is indeed an Open Academy. What does that mean? “We have a passion for reaching kids,” Kathleen says, “and for making sure that any kid at Santa Barbara High School that wants to take a class and learn about computer science can do that.” Her counterpart is nodding and smiling. “This is what makes us an Open Academy,” Daisy says. “You can take one or two classes and not have applied to the Computer Science Academy at all. Our classes are a mix of academy students and non-academy SBHS students.” That is, the CSA is not an all-ornothing proposition, not a Yes or No proposition. It is a “Please come as you are, kiddo – and see if this is your fork in the road” proposition. That’s a big deal for young, nascent CS acolytes whose circumstances might otherwise prevent them from discovering in themselves an aptitude that Tomorrow is counting on them finding. This is not a completely altruistic approach, but an avid and serious search for Diversity; a term worn to dullness by constant handling in the culture. Is diversity an end or a means? Yes.

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Ella, Stella and teacher Sky Adams – Girls who code!

PARABLE OF THE BUICK “Let’s talk about the Open Academy, and why that’s so important.” Richard Johnston says and visibly collects his thoughts. “Computer Science still has the stigma of the geeky guy in the back of the room. It’s not like that anymore, but by now it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. So, a girl thinks, ‘I’m not going to join’ or a kid’s family thinks ‘Oh, it’s the weall-look-alike club’ and he’s not going to join.” Johnston pauses and looks at me. “We really, really need all those people. I mean, we need them.” He raises his hands and begins gesturing. “Look, in

the seventies, cars were these behemoth boats, absolutely heavy. No power steering, no power brakes. They weighed almost 4,000 pounds.” He smiles. “Have you ever driven one?” Yep. “And at that time, women were labeled as not being very good drivers. If there was any truth to that, it was because it took a lot of strength to drive those cars. To make a U-turn in one of those things was a feat. ‘No thanks! I’ll just drive around the block!’” Johnston pauses expectantly, then breaks into cackling laughter. I can see why the kids love this guy. “What happened was, as soon as we

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got female automotive engineers, we got power brakes almost immediately, we got power steering almost immediately. The hoods sloped so you could see the road in front of you, the window array suddenly gave you more visibility. Because those were concerns women had that men didn’t even know should be addressed. Men could see over the hood of the car just fine; they averaged six to eight inches higher in the car seat than women.” Am I getting his takeaway? “We weren’t designing for 50% of the population!” He pauses while this sinks in. “Right now, if all we have is the white male computer scientist, we’re designing for twenty to twenty-five percent of the population.” Here come the nuts and bolts. “We need as broad a population as possible in order to design the best possible product. We want everyone to take computer science. We want lower socioeconomic students... if you don’t have a computer at home, we want you here. Our doors are open. We need every kind of computer scientist we can get.” TECH HUBBUB SBHS CSA (hoo boy) is about five years young now, and making waves. From Appscale to Yardi, SB has long been a tech start-up paradise, but these days things seem to be ramping up considerably. Amazon’s software engineers and retail enablers are reportedly preparing to swarm into the Saks building at State and Carrillo, right in the middle of our darkling commercial district. If SB turns into Silicon Valley2 (as some pundits are predicting) what will that make Santa Barbara High School’s already celebrated Computer Science Academy? And what will that make Santa Barbara? With the help of Computer Science Summer Camp leaders front high-tech ne’er-do-wells

CSA, it could make SB a self-sustaining tech village. Doug Madey knows from tech hubs and how not to grow them, having worked in PR at LinkedIn’s Mill Valley campus for three years while living in San Francisco with his wife. The networking giant would send conspicuous luxury buses into the city every day to pick up its workers, in full sight of city folk standing and waiting for their beleaguered SF public transport. It put Madey in the ironic middle of a PR nightmare. “Here’s a fancy bus for a select group of people who work at this company,” he says with a fraught expression. “If you don’t work there you can just wait for the city bus, and whatever it costs you, it costs you.” In time, the tech buses shrank the embarrassed company logo on their rides, slinking around town to drop off its self-conscious tech workers, Madey among them. The Google fleet in particular eventually attracted the ire of an egg-throwing public in San Francisco. Madey sees Santa Barbara as a place where locally grown talent can foment a tech hub where work and life are not mutually exclusive, because the workforce is from the town where all the start-ups are sprouting. “What if you put that in the heads of these young CSA students here – hey, you don’t just start here, you stay here.” SBHS’s CSA may one day be a self-fulfilling prophecy, sending kids out for their technology degrees, and seeing them return to our little Selfieby-the- Sea to work in industry here. What does tech hub even mean? And could SB become one? Madey can speak to that. “It means there are enough local opportunities that if you choose to leave your job, there are other tech options in the area. In Santa Barbara, that’s already happening.” THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH CSA “Computer Science is a part of every subject,” says Daisy Moschitto. “This is not a fluffy program. Santa Barbara High School’s CSA is a real program offering real opportunities, real educational growth, real-world experience. That’s one thing I would say to parents.” Daisy is adamant. “Computer science is not a required part of curriculum. Yet. So, you have to advocate to your child to take computer science. Don’t let them graduate without that. It touches everything.” As for Kathleen, she has a rhetorical question for the region’s burgeoning and future tech interests. “Look, do you want these kids to grow up and leave, or do you want these kids to grow up and come back?” Swaggering Santa Barbara tech firms present and future – you in?

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WHAT’SHANGING? T with Ted Mills Ted Mills is a local writer, filmmaker, artist, and podcaster on the arts. You can listen to him at www.funkzonepodcast.com. He currently has a seismically dubious stack of books by his bed. Have an upcoming show you’d like us to know about? Please email: tedmills@gmail.com

YOU SAY YOU WANT A RESOLUTION?

Happy New Art Year to all, and thank you for waiting! You holding this issue means we’re already more than halfway thru the first month, and I bet some of us have already dropped most of our resolutions. Hey, at least we tried! If your resolution was to see more art, buy more art, or just get out and about more in the art scene – well, I have the column for you! It’s not the busiest month, January, but we do have a Funk Zone Art Walk coming up, and plenty of catching up to do. Let’s get stuck in, time’s a wastin’! STRUGGLE SESSION

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might have missed. “A Head in the Clouds” brings together artists new and old under the theme of clouds, that endlessly fascinating artistic subject. Hilary Brace, of course, is here, with her dreamlike drawings, along with Patricia Chidlaw, Hank Pitcher, Nicole Strasburg, and more. Meanwhile, “Mentors and Makers”

memory, so it will be interesting to see what’s kicking around the new collection. There will be around 30 works from the 1960s up to the present day, from the documentary to the abstract.

focuses on Westmont art instructors and their students, with work from Meagan Stirling, Chris Rupp, Sommer Roman, Nathan Huff, James Daly, and Scott Anderson.

here’s more photography on hand at the Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition, “A Brilliant Spectrum: Recent Gifts of Color Photography,” opening Sunday, January 27, and running through May 5. The museum’s last photography show on space was one of my favorites in recent

hat happens to landscape photography when we are more and more aware of the fragility of the environment? Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s “Watershed: Contemporary Landscape Photography,” which runs thru March 23, throws some light on the subject. The exhibition features many celebrated contemporary American photographers, including William Christenberry, Gabriel Orozco, and Joel Meyerowitz, and two of our own, Macduff Everton and Bill Dewey.

LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS

he arc of history seems to bend really frikkin’ slowly these days, and that might be why the new show at Arts Fund is titled “Sisyphean Justice,” opening late January. Curated by Kevin Claiborne, it features four multidisciplinary artists expressing thoughts on social justice, mental health, and identity. All local, the four are Matt Brown, Elisa Ortega, Toni Scott, and Claiborne himself. This is the Arts Fund’s most political show since 2017’s Beware of the Humans group exhibit. Be there! Thru March 1. 205-C Santa Barbara Street. THE MONEY’S GONE

ilo 118’s physical presence might be gone, but it’s still promoting its artist. Take street artist Skye Gwilliam, a.k.a. GONE, who currently has eight works hanging at Synergy One Lending at 1250 Coast Village Road, Montecito. Silo’s Bonnie Rubenstein helped that happen, and if you are in the area during normal business hours (9 am to 5 pm) you can check them out – and you don’t have to sign up for an account! I’m not used to seeing GONE in such fine surroundings; I doubt you have either.

here’s two shows up at Sullivan Goss (11 E. Anapamu) that you

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rooks Institute may be gone, but its legacy is everywhere you look in the photographic community, especially in Santa Barbara. A new show at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara (229 E. Victoria St.) explores how three photographers took that experience into their careers. Featured are Christopher Broughton’s black and white series documents the West Coast’s states fraught relationship with water; Christy Gutzeit’s work highlights the ocean and uses other materials that interact with the printed paper; and Ralph Clevenger’s animal portraits are witty and thought-provoking. Up through March 6. EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

ndrew Roy is a young abstract artist who came to our burb in 2012 after growing up in Alaska. His oil pastels are vibrant as any northern lights and 26 of them will be gracing Elsie’s (117 W. De la Guerra) for the month of February, opening on First Thursday (Feb. 7). “Visions from Beyond” is the name of the show and it’s guaranteed to be a treat for the eyes and your cerebral cortex. Through March 5.

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REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT by Kelly Mahan Herrick

Kelly is a licensed realtor with the Calcagno & Hamilton team and Berkshire Hathaway. She can be reached at Kelly@homesinsantabar bara.com or at (805) 565-4000.

Recapping Real Estate in 2018

A CLOSER LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS

Goleta

n addition to the 222 condos sold in Goleta in 2018, there were 339 single family homes sold, ranging in price from $110K-$635K for manufactured homes to $560K to $3.38M for traditional single family homes. The outliers include a cabin on Paradise Road that sold for $150K, and a home and 1/3 interest at Hollister Ranch for $3,650,000.

he holidays are behind us, the sun is shining after a cold and rainy week, and homebuyers are back in action. Since January 1, we’ve seen 75 homes go under contract, ranging in price from $229K to $22,000,000.

LAST YEAR’S NUMBERS outh Santa Barbara County saw the sale of roughly 1,801 homes and condos in 2018; this is down slightly from 2017, when the total number of homes and condos sold was 1,811. Single-family home sales were down 7% from 2017: 1,230 homes sold in 2018 vs. 1,309 in 2017. This is not a huge surprise given the mudslides in Montecito in January 2018 that damaged or destroyed roughly 500 homes in the area. We’ll look closer at specific neighborhoods below.

Condo Sales Up Significantly

ales of condos are up a whopping 14% from 2017; 570 condos sold in 2018 vs. 502 sold in 2017. Sold prices range from $171,900 for a 2/1 in Goleta that was on the market for one day, to $4M for a 3/3 in Montecito Shores that was for sale for 130 days. The most expensive home sold in Goleta proper in 2018 was on Via Chaparral and is in the Mountain View School District (listed by the Morehart Group of Compass and sold by Marcos Lazaro of Village Properties)

The combined number of single-family homes and condos sold in Goleta is up 27% from last year, from 441 in 2017 to 561 in 2018. Average and median SFH sales prices in Goleta are also up: $1,049,032 average and $923K median. There are currently 56 homes on the market right now in Goleta, and an additional 24 are in escrow.

Hope Ranch

The Winslowe development in Goleta added to an abundance of condo sales in 2018; five condos closed in the development in 2018, all priced under $800K

We saw the biggest increase in these sales in Goleta, where 222 condos or townhomes (PUDs) were sold in 2018, compared to 144 in 2017. Several new condo developments or phases were finished or nearly finished this past year, which contributed to the boost in inventory and subsequent sales. These include the Village at Los Carneros, the Tree Farm, and Winslowe. These new construction condos and townhomes are enticing to buyers who are working at many of the tech companies in Goleta, or attending UCSB. With lower HOA fees than many of the developments found in Santa Barbara and Montecito, buyers are seeing the value in obtaining a brand new home with little maintenance, for a competitive price.

he private enclave of Hope Ranch saw a boost in sales in 2018, in part due to several sales immediately following the mudslides on January 9, 2018. Over 21% of the homes sold last year went into escrow in January. Sales were up over 35%, with 38 homes sold in 2018 and 28 sold in 2017. Average and median home prices were up as well; $4.9M and $3.7M respectively in 2018, compared to $4M average and $2.8M median in 2017. Prices ranged from a three-bedroom, threebath home on Monte Drive for $1,445,000 to a nine-bedroom, 11-bath estate on Roble Drive for $16,778,000. The average number of days on the market, which can be a good indicator of the temperature of a specific neighborhood, was 194; the high was 1,001, a bluff top estate that had been on the market since 2015. Several properties went into escrow the first day on the market.

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A spacious home and stable property on Via Tranquila in Hope Ranch sold for $5.4M following the Montecito mudslides (listed by Team Scarborough and sold by Nigel Copley and Cristal Clarke, all of Berkshire Hathaway)

Hope Ranch saw a much-needed boost in activity last year, as sales had been sluggish in 2016 and 2017. There are 23 homes currently on the market, as well as several pocket listings that are not reflected in those numbers. Two homes in Hope Ranch are in escrow as of press time.

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Santa Barbara

ales in Santa Barbara were down from 2017: 869 homes and condos sold in 2018 compared to 925 sold in 2017. Average and median prices were both up: the average sales price for single-family homes was $1.4M in 2018, compared to $1.37M in 2017. Median sales prices rose $1.2M to $1.227M.

One of Santa Barbara’s most iconic Upper East homes, “the house with the dog,” on the corner of Garden Street and Mission Street, sold in August after 162 days on the market; it sold for $3.6M (listed by Colleen Beall of Compass and sold by Scott McCosker of Coldwell Banker)

The range of homes and condos sold in Santa Barbara was vast; the least expensive property sold at fair market value – not through the City’s moderateincome program – was a one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo on Highland Drive for $380,000. The most expensive home sold in Santa Barbara was an ocean view property on Cliff Drive with 5 bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms, closing at $10,129,700 after 431 days on the market. Not surprisingly, the highest price sales in Santa Barbara are oceanfront properties above the bluffs along the beach, or ocean-view homes in the Santa Barbara foothills. We also saw several highpriced sales in the Upper East and Mission Canyon; both neighborhoods saw sales from mudslide survivors. With the slight decrease in interest rates expected to hold for the time being, I expect to see an influx of both inventory and sales in the coming months in Santa Barbara, as well as a potential softening of prices as more homes come on the market.

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Montecito

ot at all surprisingly, Montecito’s sales volume was significantly down from prior years. The area saw the sale of 164 homes and condos, down about 25% from prior years. What did increase were the number of high-end sales; 10 homes over $10M sold in 2018, compared to 2 in 2017 and 5 in 2016. Because of this, the average home price in Montecito was up in 2018 ($4.9M versus $3.376M in 2017). The median sales price was only down slightly, from $2.858M in 2017 to $2.819M in 2018.

An estate on San Ysidro Road, steps from Montecito Union School, sold for $3.98M in March after three months on the market. Montecito saw 35% of its sales in 2018 in the $2M to $4M range. (Listed by Teresa McWilliams of Coldwell Banker and Team Scarborough of BHHS, sold by Calcagno & Hamilton of BHHS)

Unlike last January, Montecito is enjoying a plethora of new inventory; there are about 140 homes and condos currently on the open market, with many more being held as pocket listings by real estate professionals. There are currently 15 homes in escrow as of press time. My prediction for Montecito: as residents gain more confidence in the stability of our foothills, in part thanks to new mitigation measures including steel-ring nets that are slated to be installed in the next month, we’re going to see more inventory as well as more sales in 2019, especially in areas located outside of the debris flow risk zone. I also expect to see much more building activity on damaged properties as homeowners obtain the necessary permits to start construction. I think we’ll also see at least a handful of mud-damaged properties go for sale, albeit quietly. So far there have been about a dozen sales of mud- damaged homes and properties, the majority of those have sold off market.

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Wednesday, January 30, with the world premiere of Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy, directed by his widow and filmmaking partner, Mimi deGruy. The feature film documentary about water-loving deGruy captures many of the qualities of the man, the nature cinematographer, and the passionate advocate of the ocean and its creatures who became increasingly outspoken as an environmental activist. Mike deGruy died in a helicopter crash in Australia while filming for director

James Cameron in 2012, and the film has been coming together in fits and starts almost ever since. It’s alternately heartening, chilling, warm, funny, and informative – sometimes many of those at the same time – and clearly looks to be one of the better Opening Night films in SBIFF’s sometimes spotty history in that slot. (Yes, you caught me. I watched the whole thing online. I didn’t intend to view more than a few highlights so I wouldn’t have to rely on the press release in this paragraph, but

I simply couldn’t hit the pause button until the 80 minutes had elapsed. It’s that good.) Closing night brings another oceanthemed documentary, Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story, slated for Saturday, February 9, back at the Arlington, another in a long line of surf films at SBIFF. The doc dives (sorry) into a story of how some of the sport’s most talented surfers and innovators have called our little burg home, delving into the “craftsmanship, work ethic,

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renegades, and tradition.” (Okay, you caught me again. That line came from the press release as I haven’t seen even a second of Spoons, given that the one and only time I ever tried to surf, on a longboard yet, I got seasick waiting out the long lag time between sets, and ended up puking on the rocks at Leadbetter Beach.) In between are dozens of Santa Barbara-generated docs, features, and shorts, including Better Together, a first-weekend nonfiction film narrated by our own Christopher Lloyd that ties together the 50th anniversary of the famed Santa Barbara oil spill that catalyzed the environmental movement and helped birth Earth Day with the Bucket Brigade and other communitybased response to the devastation of the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flows. Meanwhile, the cavalcade of actors and actresses, directors, and producers, and screenwriters and below-the-line cine workers once again mirrors those who have earned Oscar nominees. Although the direct correlation in the acting categories isn’t quite as strong in previous years, with SBIFF drawing only five of the 20 total nominees with one tribute still to be announced (including, by my count, none of the potential winners of Best Actors, three of the Best Actresses, two Supporting Actors, and no Supporting Actresses). But before you start marking up SBIFF’s test paper with red pencil, be aware that seven more of the current nominees have previously been feted by the festival (or maybe more, as I only included the ones I recalled at first glance), so the star quotient still qualifies. Meanwhile, Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies – which was re-named for deGruy after his death – brings 4,000 fourth to sixth grade students from throughout the county to the Arlington, this year for two Oscarnominated animated features: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with directors Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti Jr., and Rodney Rothman, and Ralph Breaks the Internet with directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, who participate in a Q&A with the kids following the screenings. Good stuff on every level, as the program not only educates the Title 1 school students, but also sparks an early interest in filmmaking. Oh, look. I’ve used up almost all of my space. Gosh darn it. Guess I won’t have to sift through those pesky emails either after all. Sorry, but do I have to do everything for you? The schedule’s online (sbiff.org). Look it up yourself.

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CREATIVE CHARACTERS CORINNA MAHARANI

he new year has classically been the time of year to get healthy. From gym memberships to detox cleanses, people use these first moments of the calendar to set a more healthful tone for the upcoming months. Of course, these efforts fall famously short of their goal. This can often be attributed to over ambitious attempts, or just methods that do not gel with an individual’s pace of life. If you have similar aspirations of well-being this year, maybe give Ayurveda medicine a try. Dating more than 5,000 years ago, Ayurveda medicine is arguably the oldest healing practice, with the original Sanskrit writings capturing an ancient (even at that time) oral history. One local Ayurveda practitioner, Corinna Maharani, has not just mastered Ayurveda medicine but has also found that healthy living comes first from happiness. Corinna was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, and first discovered Ayurveda in a book she found as a teenager. In Germany, Ayurveda medicine and practitioners are much more common, even being supported by the insurance providers of their universal healthcare system. After spending years teaching herself about the subject, she received a yearlong scholarship for the esteemed Maharishi International University, in her early 20s. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, this institute was founded in 1971 (its original campus was actually in Goleta, California, and only moved to Iowa in 1974) and has become a leading institute for consciousness-based education in America with accredited degree programs through the doctoral level.

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The prestige of the institute attracts some of the top instructors in the world. It was here that she first met her master and future instructor, Vaidya R.K. Mishra, with whom she would spend the next 25 years studying. Corinna was immediately drawn to his teaching style, which offered a more soulful approach to Ayurveda. His beliefs focused less on the technicalities of the practice and more on listening to the state of the patient and the nature of their surrounding environment. In Ayurveda medicine, Mishra, who passed away two years ago, was somewhat of a legend, even spending time as the official healer of the royal family of India. He was the 126th generation in his line of masters, bringing a wisdom that represented an uninterrupted interpretation of Ayurveda from a 5,000-year lineage of healers. He was renowned worldwide for his herbal formulations and preparation protocols. His ancient line of knowledge offered a hyper-refined approach to these practices, such as chanting over a mixture for 30 days in the moonlight. His herbal preparations were instilled with the heart and mind that he brought to each patient, creating a connectivity between the two. After a couple years in Iowa, Corinna worked in Florida before moving to Palo Alto to continue her Ayurveda practice. During this time, she would come down to the Central Coast for the weekend as the charm of the area drew her in. She eventually moved to Santa Barbara and has remained here ever since. As she established her practice, she invited Vaidya Mishra, who was based in L.A. at the time, to teach classes in Santa

Barbara and his Ayurveda classes were the first of their kind in the area. Her teacher’s mindful approach has translated to her own interpretation of Ayurveda. Corinna’s current office, where she has been for the past 15 years, is located along Bath Street. The warm, wooden building used to be a birthing center, meaning it has a long history of being a nurturing space. Her last name, Maharani, which she legally adopted when she became a U.S. citizen, means the “great queen.” She chose this name to represent her devotion to the strength of the divine feminine and her belief in treating others with noble respect. While she has training and experience in the wide range of Ayurveda practices, her specialties include Marma points and Pancha Karma, which she combines with her understanding of Ayurveda into a practice she calls Sacred Bodywork. Marma points refer to the spots of the body in which the energy of life flows through (comparable to the energy points of the body found in acupuncture). Pancha Karma, originally a royal cleansing program, builds upon this with a full-body treatment that focuses on detoxification and purification of the individual. After consultation, Corinna will give the individual a customized dietary cleanse to follow, as well as daily treatments over a period of time. Pancha Karma represents the full breadth of her art, combining massage, herbal treatments, and diet, among other techniques. Although she remains an expert in these technical aspects, she has long seen that successful healing happens with one’s entire surroundings, and not just the technique being applied. Corinna will use everything from color, materials, sound, and more to craft an entire environment that submerges her patient in a healing ambiance. This combination of Ayurveda theory with environment and intuitive social awareness creates a style that goes from a simple healing practice and traipses into the realm of art. Corinna is currently an artist-in-

resident at the Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology (SBCAST), where she is extending the training and classes offered in her own school, the Maharani Academy, which was founded in 1994. This new line of classes will offer online courses and extensive hands-on programs that will help train the next generation of Ayurveda practitioners. Beyond the institute, Corinna is bringing her healing arts to the live/work culture of SBCAST. She often sets up a welcoming lounge for First Thursday events and hosts a weekly Tea & Crumpets event that offers light and engaging activities set among warm conversation, tea, and nibbles. She has even established a mini apothecary on site, where residents can find single-serving treatments for various ailments. It was at Fishbon, the non-profit art collaborative, where I first met Corinna and was introduced to her innate art for the state of ease. She is a past president of the organization and one of Fishbon’s dedicated lounge makers. Over the years, she has become known for her ability to craft unique environments with a ripple of fabric, splash of light, and a dash of incense. These countless nurturing spaces have provided an inviting ambiance for artists and creative types over the years. Her other artsy endeavors include the Burning Man camp, Enclave, and the Pyrobar, of which she is a co-owner. I have camped with Corinna at Burning Man, where I have truly witnessed her ability to create an instant lounge anywhere and under any conditions. Whether it’s in the middle of the sun and dust or on the side of a road when dealing with car troubles, Corinna has a gift for crafting an environment that soothes a stressful situation or enhances an undeniably pleasant one. Similar to her Ayurveda practice, it is about focusing on the heart and soul of a condition, not just the technical aspects. Corinna has personally taught me that any roadside emergency pack should include blankets, snacks, and refreshing rose water spray, just as much as wrenches or jumper cables. Because when you are facing tough conditions, sometimes nothing can be as uplifting as a bit of comfort, laughter, and good company. So, as you set your new goals, remember that healthy living includes picnics and champagne just as much as time spent in the gym. This is the healing power of lounging that Corinna truly has mastered. Please visit maharaniacademy.com for a range of services and products offered, and for more information about her training courses.

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I Heart SB is the diary of Elizabeth Rose, a thirtysomething navigating life, love, and relationships. She lives on a 34-foot sailboat and navigates that too. Follow her adventures on Instagram or at www.ihearterose.com. Thoughts or comments: ihearterose@gmail.com

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ason wants to sell the boat and I don’t want to talk about it. I especially don’t want to talk about it while inside the boat where she can hear us speak of her demise. His argument? We can’t afford to buy a slip in the Santa Barbara Harbor (true – anyone reading have a slip for rent?), there is a lengthy waitlist for live-aboard slips in Ventura marinas (that may be true), and sailing the boat back to Santa Barbara – against the prevailing winds – from where we currently are in San Carlos, Mexico, would be a big pain in the ass (very true). I’m working every angle here. Researching how much it would cost to have the boat trailered back to California. We’d drive her back ourselves, but the boat is too heavy to pull with our Sprinter van so we’d have to hire out. And now, as we begin our Here’s a peek into our home of three years, Astrologer. She’s a second winter season of cruising 1969 Cal 34 sailboat that we sailed from Washington, down to the coasts of Mexico, each day is Baja, Mexico, and into the Sea of Cortez met with a bittersweet moment knowing that our time on this boat – our first home together – will come to an end. I’m paraphrasing here, but Buddhists believe that attachment is the root of suffering and I have to agree. Attachment to emotions bring pain, attachment to people (especially the end of a relationship or when loved ones pass away) brings pain, attachment to drugs and alcohol brings pain to our bodies, and attachment to homes can bring lots of sorrow. I don’t know if it’s the military-brat-turned-gypsy in me, but I’ve always realized my time in each home is limited. So, since I was 18, I’ve made a point to take a picture of every bedroom I’ve lived in: My dorm room with the 12-foot ceilings, the quirky college apartment with slanted wooden floors, the one bedroom on the Upper East Side in New York City, the charming pre-war home in Charleston, my bachelorette pad in Carpinteria. At some point during my stay, I’ll catch the light just right and pause to remember that my time here will come to an end. I’ll take out my camera and snap a memory, knowing that one day I’ll move out of this space that has become a part of my life, never to return again. But for some reason with our boat, it’s harder to let go. I recently met a guy named Vinny, who was sitting outside a coffee shop near the marina here in San Carlos. He’s an ex-patriot, an old-school hippie from Boston, a retiree from growing pot in Northern California for 40 years. He and his wife settled in Mexico six years ago. And when I learned they recently lost their boat in a hurricane last spring, my face twisted in disbelief. But he shrugged, with sadness in his eyes and a smile on his face. “What can you do?” he said. “That’s life.” I asked him if losing a boat is emotionally harder than losing a house. “Oh, absolutely! It’s a part of your soul,” he said. “With a boat, you’re constantly working on it. And, when you’re out there, it’s what keeps you alive.” All these little deaths we experience every day and don’t even realize it: The last sip of coffee. The end of a favorite song. A sunset. How big these moments can feel if we realized they could be the last. I’ll try to remember this as I release my grip on our boat, prying each finger away with a heavy heart. Because even if you never settle in one spot, for those fleeting moments that you do, there’s no place like home.

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by Eva Van Prooyen Keeping a finger on the pulse of the Santa Ynez Valley: what to eat, where to go, who to meet, and what to drink. Pretty much everything and anything situated between the Santa Ynez and San Rafael Mountains that could tickle one’s interest.

RESTAURANT WEEK(S), MUSHROOM EXTRAVAGANZA, BEER, WINE, & AND A NEW WINERY

READY, SET, DINE! ollowing in stylish culinary suit with California’s annual statewide Restaurant Month in January, the Annual Santa Ynez Valley gets cooking with two full Restaurant Week(s) starting Sunday, January 27, and through Sunday, February 10. Restaurants throughout Santa Ynez, Solvang, Buellton, Ballard, Los Olivos, and Los Alamos are offering three-course prix fixe tasting menus for $20.19 (excluding tax, tip, and beverages). The statewide event showcases California’s agricultural variety while highlighting and drawing in tourism. The Valley’s two-week long version aims to do the same, as well as be a food lover’s utopia – with more than 24 participating restaurants flaunting their cuisine, wine-pairing specials, and exclusive seasonal offerings. Restaurant Week brings people into eateries during a traditionally slow time, giving chefs and restaurateurs an opportunity to showcase their tastes and talents to a wider audience. It also draws hospitality staff into restaurants so they can share what they know with tourists, and locals can enjoy what’s around them… for bragging rights. Many locals across Santa Barbara County come out to revisit and discover what’s new, while folks from across the state have it in their calendars to visit the Santa Ynez Valley during this exciting gastronomical week. Participating restaurants post their menus online at dinesyv.com. Historically, this has been a highly attended week; reservations book out quickly. There is a lot of creativity happening in the Valley, and Restaurant Week debuts part of the direction the Valley is going, which is showing more variety and innovation. In addition to Santa Ynez Valley restaurants, many tasting rooms and wineries are also offering special wine and small bite pairings, and hotels are also offering special pricing for your overnight accommodations throughout the two weeks. Reservations are highly recommended. For more current information, visit dinesyv.com.

3RD WEDNESDAY WINE & BEER WALK his is a day to shop and sip your way through Solvang. Held the third Wednesday of every month, dozens of merchants, restaurants, bakeries, sweet shops, wine tasting rooms, and professional offices offer special discounts and sales all day. The Solvang 3rd Wednesday Wine & Beer Walk includes a ticket to sample two wines at five participating wine – and/or beer – tasting rooms, a specialty logo glass, and a map to guide you to a dozen crowd-pleasing Solvang watering holes. Wine and Beer Walk-ers can purchase tickets in advance or buy day-of at the Olive House (1661 Mission Drive) and Wandering Dog Wine Bar (1539-C Mission Drive). Tickets do not expire, and guests who fall short of five tasting spots during one monthly 3rd Wednesday event may save their partially-used tickets for use on a future Solvang 3rd Wednesday. When: Wednesday, February 20, from 3 to 7 pm Where: Various locations throughout Solvang Cost: $20 per person (Must be 21 or older to purchase Wine & Beer Walk tickets.) Info: www.solvang3rdwednesday.com

BRAVE & MAIDEN rave & Maiden, Santa Barbara County’s newest estate winery, opened its doors late September on Refugio Road in Santa Ynez. Brave & Maiden Estate was established in 2011 as they ushered in their first vintage. Although the 46-acre vineyard was planted in the mid-1990s, its grapes had never been produced as a single vineyard wine. Rizal Risjad acquired the property in 2010 and, along with friend and business partner Jason Djang, developed a vision of producing estate-grown wines. Their portfolio of wines features Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Grenache, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, and they note, “we have also taken on a particular goal of producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon from Santa Ynez. Our critically acclaimed Limited Cabernet Sauvignon – and our other small lot, black label wines – are available exclusively at our estate to members and visiting guests.” Brave & Maiden wines are grown and produced under the direction of consulting

veteran winemaker Paul Hobbs (who has been twice named Wine Personality of the Year by Robert Parker, Jr. and is considered one of the world’s preeminent winemakers) along with the mastery of winemaker Josh Klapper in the cellar. The wine label’s name is taken from the “Legend of Nojoqui” (pronounced Na-ho-wee), an indigenous incarnation of Romeo & Juliet. It’s set at the nearby Nojoqui Falls, which drops 100+ feet over a sandstone wall. “The legend recounts the story of star-crossed lovers who choose sacrifice over separation.” Wine-goers will find a line from the original poem that recounts this tale on some of their back labels. The tasting room is open by appointment only for a “personal and unhurried wine tasting experience.” When: Daily from 10 am to 4 pm Where: Brave & Maiden Estate, 649 North Refugio Road in Santa Ynez Cost: Cost: $30 to $90 for tasting, tour, lunch, and cheeses Info: Reservations required (805) 693-2989 or email reservations@ braveandmaiden.com MUSHROOMS GONE WILD! edford Winery’s 13th Annual Mushroom Festival brings the whole town of Los Alamos making this a mushroom weekend. Pico’s Restaurant has a three-course Mushroom Feast created by Chef Drew with matching wines on Friday, January 25. The afternoon affair unites mushroom and wine lovers alike to revel in the gustation of mushroom-centric dishes and Bedford wine. Locally harvested, cultivated mushrooms are featured along with those brought in from Oregon. Dried and fresh, there is a multitude of varieties including Chanterelles, Hedgehogs, Shitake, Porcini, Oyster, Candy Caps, and Black Trumpet. The fare ranges from simply grilled buttons to complex layered pâtés and wood-fired flatbreads prepared by the Bedford Culinary Kitchen headed by winemaker Stephan Bedford. Noted mushroom expert Bob Cummings will be on hand for those interested in expanding their fungus knowledge, along with impressive exhibits of edible and inedible mushrooms, and an extensive collection of mushroom-related books and field guides to peruse. Vendor Branden’s Gourmet Mushrooms will offer local mushrooms for purchase, and The Truffle Lady will be back with her beautifully packaged truffle items. The fungus festivities begin at 2 pm at the Bedford Winery Tasting Room and Courtyard located at 448 Bell Street, downtown Los Alamos. $50 per person; $40 for wine club members. This event sells out fast! For reservations, contact the tasting room at (805) 344-2107 or tastingroom@bedfordwinery.com. When: Saturday, January 26, from 2 to 5 pm Where: Bedford Winery Tasting Room & Courtyard, 448 Bell Street in Los Alamos Cost: Cost: $50 per person, $40 for wine club members Info: Reservations recommended (805) 344-2107

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