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16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE

5 Guest Editorial Mr. Connerly urges citizens – starting with President Obama – to step away from race- based policies in order to move towards a “post-racial” world 6 Montecito Miscellany Laguna Blanca’s Aija Mayrock’s blossoming film career; Kathy Ireland graces cover of Forbes; Hollywood Reporter focuses on Montecito; Kim and Kris stand off; DRI and S.B. County Vintners’ Foundation bash; SB symphony; David Marin’s personal book; Nicholas Daniel receives Queen’s Medal; Festival of Hearts; Oprah and Barbara battle for Pippa; GAME sightings SBPOLO.COM 8 Letters to the Editor on! Kellam de Forest suggests rebuilding and renting out Miramar cottages; Patrik Maiani sees Join the fun with a ghost of Jacques; Don Michel may or may not be marginally attached; Nigel Gallimore educates on wine; Deacon T update Tennis/Swim/Fitness 10 This Week in Montecito membership at the Polar Bear event at the Library; fundraiser for Hannah-Beth Jackson at Just Folk; book Santa Barbara Polo signing at Tecolote; reception for Linda Lingle; Italy expert at SBMA; MUS school board meeting; MPC hears from Miramar reps; Westmont seminar; Heidi Thiess speaks at & Racquet Club. MHRRWC; Lotusland exhibit; Maritime Museum fundraiser; wedding showcase; Zucker Competitive twins sign cookbook; ongoing events sports and Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach social events in 12 Village Beat a beautiful, relaxed Montecito Association meeting recap; Turk Hessellund project approved; Toy Crazy’s new family-friendly events; Women’s Auxiliary presents big check to Music Academy; Flat File Project at Jane Deering; Simpatico Pilates open house; free public viewing at Westmont observatory setting. Finally, 14 Seen Around Town a win-win for Young America’s Foundation celebrates Reagan’s birthday; SB Maritime Museum War of everyone. 1812 commemoration; Historical Museum exhibition opening 20 Ray’s Ramblings Did President Obama really nix Keystone pipeline to help good buddy (and political backer) Warren Buffett? Ray wonders 21 Coup de Grace CALL (805) 684-6683 FOR SANTA BARBARA’S BEST MEMBERSHIP VALUE! 2012 has already been a whirlwind for Grace, from vlogging to cascading rocks 22 Coming & Going Mike deGruy’s good-bye; Unite To Light’s All Purpose Solar Light goes international 23 Book Talk SANTA BARBARA’S LARGEST HOME FURNISHINGS STORE In true murder-mystery form, Arthur Koestler’s The Case of the Midwife Toad begins with the discovery of a biologist’s corpse 26 Our Town NAMM brings big names in the music industry to Anaheim, one of which being Seymour Duncan, award-winning local guitar pickup manufacturer 28 On Finance Investors in for disappointing ten-year returns, predicts Tim Hatton 50% OFF 31 Sheriff’s Blotter EVERDAY LOW PRICE GUARANTEE Man arrested for possession of marijuana on Cold Spring Road; suspicious activity on Olive Mill Road Courtney Two Piece Sofa 32 Montecito Diary $3995 $1995 Third Annual Sports Drive at the Boys & Girls Club MK Modern S-327 33 Your Westmont Available in 500 colors Professor John Blondell directs Henry VI in Santa Barbara before taking the play to & Any Size Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London 36 Life • Style La Petite Chouette offers alternative and fun option to stay in shape 38 On Entertainment Tom Dugan stars in one-man show, Nazi Hunter – Simon Wiesenthal; Garland Jeffreys makes Santa Barbara debut; Fiesta 5 and UCSB screen exemplary films Ziegler & Co. Classic 40 Calendar of Events Original Persian Jane Hirshfield reads at UCSB; Szymanowski Quartet plays SBMA; benefit for The Sultanabad Rhythmic Arts Project; Chieftains visit Granada; U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West; Tartuffe at UCSB; Shakespeare at Center Stage; Music at Trinity concert; Tong-Il Han at Lobero; Sir Ken Robinson speaks at Campbell Hall; Jambo Watoto 42 Guide to Montecito Eateries The most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito restaurants, coffee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara, MK 1051 Sectional Summerland, and Carpinteria too $4599 $2295 43 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week 45 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer SOFA 93108 Open House Directory FACTORY Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito 46 Classified Advertising 1117 STATE ST. l (805) 962-2166 l MON-SAT 10-6 Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer WE ALSO OFFFER RUG CLEANING AND REPAIR rentals to estate sales

4 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 GUEST EDITORIAL by Ward Connerly In Search of Post-Racial America ver the years, there has been considerable erosion in our adherence to the fundamental American values of liberty, equality, individual merit, and economic opportunity for all, but the most profound change over Othe past fifty years has been the extent to which the government – at all levels and in all branches – has radically transformed our dedication to the principle of equal treatment based on individual merit into the conscious pursuit of “diversity” based upon skin color, ethnicity and gender. The lofty ideal of President John F. Kennedy that “race has no place in American life or law” and the dream of Martin Luther King for the day when the color of his children’s skin would be subordinate to their character have been replaced by chants that we must “celebrate our diversity.” Diversity has become a widely accepted excuse to discriminate on the basis of whatever factors specific agencies deem appropriate. This rush to “diversity” is diminishing freedom, obliterating the principle of individual merit, creating a regulatory burden for the private sector, dividing Americans, and weakening the competitiveness of our nation in the world marketplace. Few policies have had the reach, immortality and consequences of Affirmative Action. As a policy that could be justified when it was originated, affirmative action has become yesterday’s solution to yesterday’s problem. Yet, it endures as if nothing has happened since the concept was introduced over fifty years ago. There is an interracial man – although self-identified “African-American” – occupying the White House; blacks are on our courts, including the highest court in the land; blacks are mayors of major cities, and heads of American corporations. Notwithstanding all this, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order (13583) “to promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce.” The irony is that few institutions in America are more “diverse” and “inclusive” than the Federal Government. For example, 17% of the federal workforce con- sists of blacks, but blacks are roughly 13% of the U.S. population. The White Male Exclusion Act In addition to the president’s Executive Order, included in the Dodd-Frank “Financial Regulatory Reform Act” is a section (342) that should rightfully be called the “White Male Exclusion Act.” This section establishes an “Office of Building Minority and Women Inclusion” with responsibility for ensuring “diversity Building in management, employment and business activities” in all federal financial regulatory agencies. Peace of It is doubtful that anyone can name a government agency that does not already include an affirmative action office or “diversity” department in its structure. The infrastructure of the diversity network is vast. More than any- thing else, the pursuit of diversity overshadows and insubordinates excellence and competence and often requires us to be content with mediocrity. Mind One would have thought our preoccupation with race and skin color would have ended with the reign of a so-called “post-racial” president, but that has not come to be. Instead, the federal government has intensified and expanded its affirmative action activities. Shelby Steele of the Hoover Institution recently observed that, “…the values that made us exceptional have been smeared with derision… Talk of ‘merit’ or ‘a competition of excellence’ in the admissions office of any Ivy League univer- sity today and then stand by for the howls of academic laughter.” As a former Regent of the University of California and one who has fought for the principle of merit at the university and elsewhere, I can confirm that these “howls of academic laughter” and worse are not confined to the Ivy Leagues. When former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor ruled in the Grutter v. Bollinger decision, in 2003, that the use of race preferences was constitutional while in the pursuit of diversity, she offered the hope that such preferences would no longer be necessary by 2028. Eight years after O’Connor’s aspiration, the federal government is moving further away from that goal, not closer. If President Obama is serious about having the country “rededicate” itself to its ideals, that journey should begin with him leading us from the swamp of race-based policies. Repeal his Executive Order; get the Congress to GIFFIN & CRANE Visit Our Website rescind Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank bill, lead the Census away from asking www.GiffinAndCrane.com GENERAL CONTRACTORS, IN C Phone (805) 966-6401 License 611341 Americans to check race boxes, and urge Americans, especially those on his side of the political divide, to cease the racial name-calling and demonizing. If the president will do these things, perhaps we can move closer to the A ward W inning B uilders S ince 198 6 “post-racial” America that was so widely touted during his campaign for president in 2008. •MJ 16 – 23 February 2012 Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch; libertygcr03785_MJ_2011_52weeks_FNL2.indd is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote – Benjami23 n Franklin MONTECITO JOURNAL2/22/11 3:13 PM5 Aija, who has also been taking act- Monte ito ing classes at City College, says her future will definitely now be in acting, screenwriting and directing. Miscellany “This has completely changed her life,” says Alecia. “It is really amazing. by Richard Mineards “She writes every day and her head Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York is packed full of ideas. It’s all rather to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York extraordinary!” magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and moved to Montecito four years ago. Supermodel, Supermogul Santa Barbara supermodel-turned- Aija’s Road to Hollywood entrepreneur Kathy Ireland is used to being a cover girl, but she probably aguna Blanca student Aija enabled her to be one of five finalists, never thought she’d land on the cover Mayrock is setting her sights drawn from schools all over the area, of Forbes, the 95-year-old New York firmly on Hollywood! eventually winning with A Heart’s biweekly glossy better known for its LHaving wanted to be a veterinarian Journey, in which she played the sister business coverage and rich lists. for much of her young life, Aija, the of a suicidal teen. But, in a decidedly glamorous 16-year-old daughter of ex retail exec- With that coveted award under her Aija Mayrock developing film career photo shot by top snapper, Michael utive, Elliot Mayrock and his wife, belt, Aija decided to enter for both (photo by Matthew Szlakowicz) Grecco, in Las Vegas, under the head- Alecia, a former head honcho with screenwriting and directing this year, seven days she directed Dying With line “Supermodel, Supermogul,” New York publishing giant, Condé and got into the finals in both catego- Laughter, about a comedian who dies Kathy, 48, will be staring out from Nast, has been garnering notice as a ries. and his relationship with his grand- newsstands across America at the screenwriter and director at the Santa Her third screenplay, Hush, about son. end of this month, accompanied by Barbara International Film Festival for the relationship of a daughter with She is now working on another a lengthy article by reporter Dorothy the past two years. her father who dies in Afghanistan, lengthier project for next year’s movie Pomerantz. “I’ve always been quite creative, landed a final spot and she then wrote fest, expanding on A Heart’s Journey. The beauty, who appeared in 13 with lots of ideas, but I would now a comedy Diego, about a boy over- “That was about bullying and teen consecutive Sports Illustrated swim- like to take them further,” says the whelmed with the pressures of life. suicide and I want to do more about suit issues, including three covers, talented sophomore, who was the In the film category, Aija, using an it,” explains Aija. “It is so important has made her corporate brand “Kathy youngest winner of the fest’s 10-10-10 iPhone, interviewed Santa Barbara and has to be dealt with. It is a hor- Ireland Worldwide” one of the most contest for screenwriting in 2011. holocaust survivor, Judi Meisel, 82, rible epidemic, so the more attention popular with 15,000 products and Her first screenplay was Forgotten for “The Girl from Josvainiai,” a short drawn to it the better. a whopping $2 billion in sales, eas- Souls, about a mother and her son about hate and forgiveness, which “I will either get a job so I can pay a ily eclipsing domestic diva Martha who had imaginary playmates, which landed her another final place and in small crew or try for a grant or two.” Stewart.

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Saturday, March 10th, 2012 Rent The Cottages Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort read Richard Payne’s letter ety can’t read. I almost forgot I am also (“Credit Where Credit Is Due” MJ a real estate agent that only charges # 18/6) thanking Caruso Affiliated 1% instead of 3%. But that’s how I roll. forI its support of the annual Polar What is wrong with our country is Bears Swim. I am pleased to learn that the peeps in charge have no imagina- the Miramar Beach and Tennis Club is tion or desire to let the best idea win, Meredith Simon Andrew still extant. but to the contrary they keep all new Baxter Tolkien Firestone Untied: A The King of Master of Following the Caruso request for ideas quashed because it makes them Memoir of Diamonds Ceremonies the County to fund the cleanup of the seem superior and fresh ideas will Family, Fame, Miramar property, I have a sugges- change the world for the better and and tion. Could the cleanup not be done we can’t have people succeeding or Floundering in stages? The area from the railroad helping each other. That’s way too lib- tracks to the sand could be cleaned erating, groovy and free spirited. Sort Jenna up and rehabilitated now. The beach- of like when all us Cito rats bravely McCarthy Greg front cottages and boardwalk could gave the finger to old Jacques when he If It Was Easy Meng be rebuilt and the beach club rejuve- chased us off of his sand. They’d Call Days of Our Lives nated. The rebuilt cottages would be Okay, here is a simple idea: let’s just the Whole 45 Years: Damn Thing a A Celebration rented, thus providing a cash flow. I mow it totally down and make it a Honeymoon in Photos note online that a two-bedroom cot- nature preserve for the endangered tage on Miramar Beach Road rents for Cito rats to check the waves. At least $4,000 to $6,000 a month. The rental someone will enjoy and benefit from Authors available for signing: Michael Brown, Dr. LeeAnne Del Rio, Vickie Jenkins, income would provide the funds for 19 abandoned acres on the beach in Mandy Kahn & Aaron Rose, Sheila Lowe, Claudia Hoag McGarry, Chris Messner, Michel Nellis & Karen Ramsdell, Ed Nordskog, Bill Poett, Patricia Selbert, and Karen Lee Stevens. the cleanup of rest of the property, Montecito. which also could be done in stages. Patrik Piano Maiani Sincerely, President of Montecito Music www.calm4kids.org l For tickets call (805) 967-1954 Kellam de Forest (Editor’s note: For the record, the City Montecito of Santa Barbara has absolutely no juris- (Editor’s note: We like your way of diction over the Miramar property, as thinking! – J.B.) it is located in Montecito and official- ly lies in the non-incorporated area of Santa Barbara County. It’s the Board of The Ghost of Jacques Supervisors that must decide those issues. The best little paper in America When I was a kid, there was a It is a 14.66-acre property. – TLB) (Covering the best little community anywhere!) Frenchman lifeguard for 30 years who Publisher Timothy Lennon Buckley relished in kicking us local kids off the Marginally Attached Editor Kelly Mahan • Design/Production Trent Watanabe beach in front of the Miramar Hotel. I Associate Editor Bob Hazard • Lily Buckley • Associate Publisher Robert Shafer think his evil French spirit lives on . It seems that with a growing pas- If the Miramar hotel was never sion, our society feels the need to Advertising Manager/Sales Susan Brooks • Advertising Specialist Tanis Nelson • Office Manager / Ad Sales allowed to be torn down and left shield itself from the rigors of reality Christine Merrick • Moral Support & Proofreading Helen Buckley • Arts/Entertainment/Calendar/Music abandoned for the last 12 years and by employing euphemisms to describe Steven Libowitz • Books Shelly Lowenkopf • Business Flora Kontilis • Columns Ward Connerly, Erin Graffy, the city made the owners keep it open almost every situation. Scott Craig • Food/Wine Judy Willis, Lilly Tam Cronin • Gossip Thedim Fiste, Richard Mineards • History for low-cost housing until they had The latest euphemism – marginally Hattie Beresford • Humor Jim Alexander, Ernie Witham, Grace Rachow • Photography/Our Town Joanne passed every hurdle of the permit attached – is a term that has been cre- A. Calitri • Society Lynda Millner • Travel Jerry Dunn • Sportsman Dr. John Burk • Trail Talk Lynn P. Kirst process etc., or until they were shovel ated to describe those who have been Medical Advice Dr. Gary Bradley, Dr. Anthony Allina • Legal Advice Robert Ornstein ready to rebuild, the city and owner out of work for such an extended Published by Montecito Journal Inc., James Buckley, President could and would have had 150 rooms period of time, that they no longer PRINTED BY NPCP INC., SANTA BARBARA, CA for low-cost housing for 12 years at even try to look for work, and are also $300 per month rent for each room at no longer counted as unemployed. Montecito Journal is compiled, compounded, calibrated, cogitated over, and coughed up every Wednesday $10 per day, the city could have gen- The number of “marginally by an exacting agglomeration of excitable (and often exemplary) expert edifiers at 1206 Coast Village erated $6.5 million dollars of income attached” individuals in this country, Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. and helped local teachers and schools according to government statistics, How to reach us: Editorial: (805) 565-1860; Sue Brooks: ext. 4; Christine Merrick: ext. 3; Classified: ext. 3; FAX: (805) 969-6654; Letters to Editor: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, with the profits. At $20 per day, 13 has now swelled to 2.8 million. CA 93108; E-MAIL: [email protected] million or $1,100,000 per year going The fact that the 2.8 million “mar- to local schools. What a waste of ginally attached” are no longer consid- real estate, time, money, and the lost ered unemployed, necessarily helps to You can subscribe to the Journal!! opportunity to turn a negative scene lower the closely watched unemploy- Please fill out this simple form and mail it to us with your payment into a positive one. ment rate. This fact is lost, however, I know a lot of good local working in the flurry of presidential re-election My name is:______peeps that would have jumped at designed television and newspaper My address is:______ZIP______affordable housing at the Miramar headlines. hotel for 12 years . Real job improvement will occur Enclosed is ______$150 for the next 50 issues of Montecito Journal to be delivered via First Class Mail But what do I know? I’m only a when the unemployment rate and P.S. Start my subscription with issue dated: piano teacher who patented an easier the number of “marginally attached” Please send your check or money order to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108 way to read music after 500 years of begins to decline. funny looking notes that most of soci- I, myself, have been marginally 8 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 attached for so many years I am no tion. The constitution, first, it should longer marginally attached to the mar- safeguard basic fundamental human ginally attached. This lack of attach- rights, like our First Amendment is ment is wholly an agreeable one. the right to speak freely, and to pub- Don Michel lish freely, without the government Montecito as a censor. You should certainly be (Editor’s note: Seems to us that our aided by all the constitution writ- president is also among those “marginally ing that has gone on since the end attached” – J.B.) of World War II. I would not look to the US constitution if I were drafting a Out With The Old; constitution in the year 2012. I might look at the constitution of South Africa In With The New [italics ours]. That was a deliber- Specializing in Fine Homes To find out what U.S. Supreme ate attempt to have a fundamen- Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg tal instrument of government that really thinks about the Constitution embraced basic human rights, had she has sworn to protect, preserve, an independent judiciary… It really and defend, visit this Egyptian TV is, I think, a great piece of work that • Concept to site: memritv.org/clip/en/3295. was done. The Constitution does not provide “Much more recently than the U.S. Completion the wording for this oath, leaving Constitution, Canada has a Charter that to the determination of Congress. of Rights and Freedoms. It dates from From 1789 until 1861, this oath was, 1982. You would almost certainly “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that look at the European Convention on • Professionally I will support the Constitution of the Human Rights. Yes, why not take United States.” During the 1860s, this advantage of what there is elsewhere Drafted Home Plans oath was altered several times before in the world?” Congress settled on the text used Wouldn’t it be worth asking the today, which is set out at 5 U. S. C. other members of the U.S. Supreme § 3331. Court if they feel the same way? If • Board of All federal employees, other than they agree with her, I would suggest the President, now take the following that maybe it’s time to consider find- Architectural oath: ing another line of work, or, even bet- “I, ______, do solemnly swear ter, another country. Reviews (or affirm) that I will support and Dale Lowdermilk defend the Constitution of the United Montecito States against all enemies, foreign (Editor’s note: We watched the video and domestic; that I will bear true on this and were as appalled as you were. • All Phases of faith and allegiance to the same; that Silly of us, isn’t it, to believe that the I take this obligation freely, without tired, worn-out old U.S. Constitution is Construction any mental reservation or purpose the ultimate law of the land? – J.B.) of evasion; and that I will well and Entitlement faithfully discharge the duties of the Local Wine Factoids office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” Richard Mineards (“Montecito With that in mind, the following is Miscellany” MJ # 18/5) writes that • Custom quality a transcript of a portion of a recent the American Wine Society has a new interview Justice Ginsberg gave to an Santa Barbara Chapter – www.awssb. Construction Egyptian journalist about the recent org – and recently had a meeting in elections in Egypt and the ongoing the Upper Village at Pierre Lafond attempt to craft a workable constitu- Montecito Wine Bistro. “Santa Barbara Design and Build is a company with integrity. tion for a newly elected democratical- It was in 1919 that Congress passed The estimate was fair, the work was exceptional, and the ly-inclined government: the Volstead Act and the follow- remodel was done sooner than expected. We were extremely Justice Ginsberg: “I met with the ing year the law went into effect, pleased with the work and would recommend Santa Barbara head of the elections commission. I outlawing alcoholic beverages until think the first step has gone well… Prohibition ended in 1933. It would Design and Build to anyone” elections have been held for the lower be nearly 30 years before Santa – Montecito Resident house that everyone else has consid- Barbara County’s winemaking tradi- ered to be free and fair, so that’s one tion was resumed. milestone. The next will be the draft- In 1962, Pierre Lafond established ing of a constitution. I can’t speak the first commercial winery in the Don Gragg about what the Egyptian experience county since the end of Prohibition should be, because I’m operating and went on to start his own vine- under a rather old constitution… we yard in 1972. 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This Week Lecture and Luncheon “Military Service, Patriotism and Conservatism” will be the topic of a talk by Army veteran Heidi Thiess in Montecito when she speaks to the Santa Barbara Republican (If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail [email protected] Women’s Club, Federated (formerly known as the or call (805) 565-1860) Montecito Hope Ranch Republican Women’s Club). Ms Thiess, who earned her jump wings at Airborne School, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 enlisted in the US Army as a 17-year-old freshman in college and served simultaneously in the US Reserves and ROTC until her graduation and commissioning. She graduated with a BA degree Fundraiser at Just Folk in International Affairs with a specialty in Soviet Politics and a minor in Military Hannah-Beth Jackson is running for State Science before continuing her service overseas. Since her separation from military Senate, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, service, Ms Thiess has remained active in veteran’s advocacy and politics, with a and Just Folk in Summerland invite you to a focus on sovereignty and national security issues. She is a founding cadre member fundraising party that features live jazz by Stu of the national veterans group, the Gathering of Eagles. Currently, she owns a small Carey and X-Tet, wines from Melville Winery, Just firearms business, specializing in home defense and self-protection for women. Folk’s signature “Piggy Martinis,” and dancing When: 11:30 am When: 5 to 7 pm Where: 920 Summit Road Where: Just Folk Gallery, 2346 Lillie Avenue, Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door Summerland Info: [email protected] Cost: $250 and up Info: [email protected] or 203-6337 was Dean of the joint Faculty of European Coast Village Road as well as a discussion Studies for a consortium of American of the Miramar hotel and other items. Universities and Colleges, and has been When: 9 am recently lecturing at the Smithsonian Where: Country Engineering Building, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 Reception for Linda Lingle Institute. Over the last six years, he Planning Commission Hearing Room, Milt and Debbie Valera host a has walked every path and village 123 E. Anapamu Polar Bear at the Montecito Library reception in support of U.S. Senate of the sixty inhabited Greek Aegean Join in for an educational evening about Candidate for Hawaii, Linda Lingle. islands to prepare the twenty volumes of The Art of Ornamentation the polar bears from Churchill, Canada. Ms Lingle served as Governor of Hawaii McGilchrist’s Greek Islands. He lives near Join Westmont music instructor Naturalist Colin McNulty, led tours in from 2002 until 2010, and was the first Orvieto in Italy where he produces olive Nona Pyron, who earned bachelor’s, Churchill for many years and has lots woman, first person of Jewish ancestry, oil and red wine. master’s and doctoral degrees from of interesting information and images to and the first Republican in 40 years to lead When: 3 pm USC, in a discussion about “The Art of share. For all ages. the Aloha State. Today, Governor Lingle Where: Mary Craig Auditorium, Ornamentation.” The free seminar will When: 6:30 pm to 8 pm serves as one of the six founding members 1130 State St. include a lecture and student performance Where: 1469 East Valley Road of the Governors Council at the Bipartisan Cost: Free for museum members, free for demonstration. Info: 969-5063 Policy Center, a national public policy and non-members with museum admission When: 2 to 4 pm advocacy organization. Info: www.sbma.net or 884-6423 Where: Westmont’s Deane Chapel, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 When: 5 to 7 pm 955 La Paz Road Where: At the home of Milt and TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 Info: 565-6040 Book Signing at Tecolote Debbie Valera Barbara Lampert heads to Tecolote Book Cost: $1,000 and up MUS School Board Meeting SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25 Shop to sign her recently published book, Info: [email protected] When: 6 pm Charlie: A Love Story. The book came about or 203-6337 Where: Montecito Union School, Ganna Walska: Collections and after Charlie, a Golden Retriever, started 385 San Ysidro Road Keepsakes having health problems at age 11, and SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19 Info: 969-3249 Lotusland will kick off the 2012 tour Barbara’s daily gardening journal turned season with the exhibit, “Ganna into a journal solely about Charlie and her Best of Italy at SBMA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 Walska: Collections and Keepsakes.” bond with him. Barbara is a Marriage and Italy expert Nigel McGilchrist comes This eclectic mix – most of which has Family Therapist living in Malibu with her to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to Montecito Planning Commission never been seen by the public – features husband of 28 years, David, and Harry, take the public on a virtual tour of each Meeting some of Madame Walska’s personal their six-year-old Golden Retriever. of the major regions of Italy, including MPC ensures that applicants adhere to possessions ranging from correspondence When: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sicily, with his picks for greatest works of certain ordinances and polices and that and photographs of famous friends to Where: Tecolote Book Shop, art and architecture in each region. Nigel issues raised by interested parties are clothing, accessories and keepsakes. On 1470 E. Valley Road was Director of the Anglo-Italian Institute addressed. Today the agenda includes a display in the Pavilion, Madame Walska’s Info: www.charliealovestory.com in Rome, taught at the University of Rome, courtesy review of the Chevron remodel on private residence, the exhibit reveals the personality of this remarkable woman in an intimate setting. The exhibit will be included in Lotusland’s regular docent-guided tours. The cost Montecito Tide Chart for non-members is adults $35; ages 5 through 18, $10; 4 and under, free. Day Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt Reservations are required and may be Thurs, Feb 16 4:47 AM 5.2 12:20 PM -0.4 07:05 PM 3.3 011:33 PM 2.3 made by calling 805-969-9990 or by Fri, Feb 17 5:54 AM 5.5 01:10 PM -0.7 07:46 PM 3.7 sending an email to reservation@lotusland. Sat, Feb 18 12:37 AM 2 6:49 AM 5.7 01:51 PM -0.9 08:20 PM 4 org. 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10 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 UPCOMING EVENTS

Book Signing Judi and Shari Zucker, “The Double Energy Twins,” sign their latest book, The Ultimate Allergy- Free Snack Cookbook at Chaucer’s When: Thursday, March 1, 6:30 pm to 8 pm Where: 3321 State Street  That with the ongoing support of the Friends the library is open SIX days a week Info: 682-6787  That ALL the NEW books, DVDs and audio books purchased for the library are paid for by the Friends

Harbor Tastings and Treasures Connections Early Memory Loss  That our library has, on Did you Celebrate and support the Maritime Program average, over 6,000 know that Museum at this annual fundraiser. Over 30 Where: Friendship Center, patron visits each month 2/3 of the Montecito local restaurants, caterers, and wineries will 89 Eucalyptus Lane  That the Friends currently Library prepare tastings for guests while competing Info: Susan Forkush, 969-0859 x15 has 237 donors funding for awards by celebrity judges Tommy comes from Tang and Michael Hutchings. Proceeds TUESDAYS  In 2010 the library loaned private from the event help to support the Maritime over 115,000 items donations ? Museum’s educational and curatorial Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting Private Funding Public Funding programs, along with general operating Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors  That each resident of the unincorporated area of Montecito contributes only $5.87 a year from his/her taxes to expenses. Each year up to 8,000 tri-county welcome support the library, the lowest dollar amount of any of the 58 counties in the state students visit the Santa Barbara Maritime When: 7:15 pm Museum to learn more about our local Where: Scout House, Upper Manning  That if you borrow 10 books a year you’ve saved approximately $250 maritime history and culture. Park, 449 San Ysidro Road When: 5 pm to 8 pm  That the Friends has a web site at: http://montecitolibraryfriends.org/ Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, WEDNESDAYS Waterfront Center, 113 Harbor Way The Friends of the Montecito Library is a non‐profit (501c3) organization that exists solely for Cost: $100 per person Story Time the support of the Montecito Library. You can become a Friend by making a tax deductible donation. Tickets: 962-8404 x 102 Stories read to little ones at Montecito toy store, Toy Crazy. All books are discounted Pick up an envelope and join today! SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26 10% for purchase during story time Make your check payable to The Friends of the Montecito mornings. Library Wedding Showcase When: 11 am to 11:30 am Courtesy of the Friends of the Montecito Library February 13, 2012 A Bridal Show and Wedding Fair Where: 1026 Coast Village Road PO Box 5788, Montecito, CA 93150 Featuring over 50 wedding professionals (in Vons shopping center) When: 11 am to 3 pm Info: 565-7696 Where: Santa Barbara Rockwood Women’s Club, 670 Mission Canyon Road THURSDAYS Cost: $10 admission. Info: 965-8249 or www.simplythebestofsb. Pick-up Basketball Games com He shoots; he scores! The Montecito Family YMCA is offering pick-up basketball on ONGOING Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join coach Donny MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS for warm-up, drills and then scrimmages. Adults welcome too. Art Classes When: 5:30 pm Beginning and advanced, all ages and by Where: Montecito Family YMCA, appt, just call 591 Santa Rosa Lane Where: Portico Gallery, Info: 969-3288 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 FRIDAYS

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Farmers’ Market When: 8 am to 11:15 am Adventuresome Aging Where: South side of Coast Village Road Where: 89 Eucalyptus Lane Info: 969-0859; ask for Susan SUNDAYS

WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS Vintage & Exotic Car Day Motorists and car lovers from as far away Live Entertainment at Cava as Los Angeles and as close as East Valley Where: Cava, 1212 Coast Village Road Road park in front of Richie’s Barber When: 7 pm to 10 pm Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Info: 969-8500 Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, MONDAYS automotive trends and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Corvettes Story Time at the Library prevail, but there are plenty other autos to When: 10:30 to 11 am admire. Where: Montecito Library, When: 8 am to 10 am (or so) 1469 East Valley Road Where: 1187 Coast Village Road Info: 969-5063 Info: [email protected]

16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 11 Village Beat by Kelly Mahan Closing In On Miramar Cleanup t this month’s Montecito TOT rebate ordinance, which could Association board meeting, the take 60-90 days. board voted to send a letter to “We want [First District Supervisor] Athe Board of Supervisors in support of Salud Carbajal to work as hard as he ONLY ONE DRY CLEANER the extension of Rick Caruso’s Coastal can to get those buildings down,” said Development Permit by one year. MA president Dick Nordlund. The letter also states the Association IN SANTA BARBARA CAN Board’s support of the current effort Hot Springs Latest between the Caruso group and the This week, Montecito Water USE THESE TWO LOGOS. county, which will ultimately result in District sent a letter to Montecito Fire the cleanup of the Miramar site. Protection District asking it to concep- Caruso will be at the Board of tually take control of a 40-acre parcel Supervisors in March asking for an included in the Hot Springs prop- extension of his Coastal Development erty. The Land Trust of Santa Barbara Permit, as well as a county-wide raised $8.7 million to purchase the A

Se er lect Provid ordinance that will give luxury hotel 462-acre property last year, but ran developers who build in Santa Barbara into issues when the Forest Service, County a Transient Occupancy Tax which was to take over the property rebate. As part of this “package,” for maintenance, refused to take over Free pick-up & delivery Caruso is also asking for indefinite the property because of ground water extensions on all other permits associ- right issues. The Montecito Water ated with the approved hotel project. District owns ground water and well Caruso rep Rick Lemmo was rights on 40 acres of the property, and in attendance at the meeting, and wants to protect those rights. explained to the board that if the At their board meeting this week, Ablitts.com package is accepted by the county, the the MWD board agreed to take over buildings on the Miramar site could the deed for those 40 acres, and has be demolished by the end of the year asked that MFPD take control of that after asbestos, lead and other environ- portion of the property, as they are 14 W. Gutierrez | Santa Barbara | 963-6677 mental remediation takes place. more suited for fire prevention and Several board members and some trail maintenance. The Forest Service audience members asked Lemmo would then be deeded the other 416 the reason for the indefinite permit acres. MFPD will discuss the issue e Montecito Association extensions, which he explained are an briefly next week at its board meeting incentive to build the hotel. Lemmo on February 21; it will be formally on Preserving Our Unique Community estimates by the time the site is demol- the agenda in March. ished, Caruso will have put $12 mil- lion into the hotel. “We don’t want to Community Reports begin the whole permitting process In other fire news, Chief Kevin again once we get financing,” Lemmo Wallace and his team taught twenty said. “At that point we are not spend- people Hands Only CPR on Valentine’s ing wisely.” He estimated that con- Day in the Upper Village. He remind- struction of the 186-room resort could ed the board that in November, a begin as early as next year, depending ballot item will be part of the general on financing. election to determine whether the fire “I wholeheartedly support the nego- district board should be a five person tiations,” said former Land Use chair board rather than three person. As the Darlene Bierig, who was in the audi- election gets closer, more information ence. “I think it’s in the community’s will be posted at www.montecitofire. best interest and I think you should com. support them.” Lieutenant Kelly Moore with the The ordinance extension will be in Sheriff’s Department reported that front of the Board of Supervisors on car burglaries have significantly

Susan Bridges March 6; at that time the Board is increased, but so have arrests of peo- Association member expected to ask staff to construct the ple involved in the burglaries. “We for over 10 years. Santa Barbara Life Beach Ball Contest “We appreciate the Montecito Association’s eff orts to solve problems that aff ect our neighborhoods. Association volunteers make a diff erence. Please join us Find the beach ball and tell us what page it's on and support the Montecito Association.” in this edition of the Montecito Journal - Visit SBLIFE.COM - Susan Bridges with the correct beach ball page number and enter to win Dinner for and a romantic cruise on the Double Dolphin! February is Membership Month! 22 Join online by going to www.montecitoassociation.org Congratulations to our January winner - Javier Moreno or contact our offi ce at 969-2026 or [email protected]. Brought to you by: and

12 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 need to be vigilant about locking our Transportation Plan. DISCOVER THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY! vehicles,” he said. He also reported a The next Montecito Association panga boat was found off of Fernald Board meeting is scheduled for Point, and after investigation of the Tuesday, March 13 at 4 pm. boat, it is assumed that it was used to traffic people and drugs. Residents are Nursery Project urged to call the Sheriff Department if they see anything suspicious. Approved California Highway Patrol’s Rob On Thursday, February 9, the Stuva listed the statistics in Montecito Santa Barbara Planning Commission over the last month: four traffic colli- approved a mixed-use project slated sions, seven DUI arrests, 29 seatbelt to replace Turk Hessellund Nursery, and cell phone citations, 13 speeding on the corner of Coast Village Road tickets, and eight stop sign citations. and Coast Village Circle. The project, Cold Spring School superintendent which includes two townhome style Tricia Price reported that a group residential units, a 42-seat restaurant, gathered last month which included commercial office and retail space, Nordlund, Carbajal and Public Works and a 40-space underground parking Offered at $5,950,000 representatives. The group walked garage, is owned by Alberto Valner Visit www.HarryKolb.com for along streets surrounding the school, and has been designed by architect photo tour & further details. to see the problems that kids face Brian Cearnal. on their way to class. In a grassroots “Alberto was very clear that he effort, school parents knocked door wanted a project that was sensitive to Be the one to capture what many agents have said is the “Best buy in Montecito.” to door and asked neighbors if they the site and sensitive to the communi- Spectacular EuropeanNewly architecture Offered and period at $5,950,000details, wonderful floor plan for would allow the parents to clear a ty,” Cearnal told the commission. The modern living, spacious, gated and level 2-acres of grounds for gracious entertaining, pathway in front of their properties. It project has garnered mostly praise all with some of the most inspiring mountain views and manicured private golf club was a success, said Price, and 125 feet in the community; Mr. Valner has vistas available in Montecito. With over 9,000 sq. ft. in the 4-bedroom main home, of path was cleared near the school. presented the plans to the Montecito 2-bedroom guest house and 3-car garage, all in excellent Gregg Hart reports that the Hot Land Use Committee, Coast Village condition so you can move right in. Now offered at several Springs to Cabrillo highway construc- Business Association, and Citizens’ million dollars below replacement cost - act now and enjoy tion project is 96% complete. “The Planning Association, as well as gov- forever by calling for your private showing. bulk of the distracting construc- erning bodies including the City’s tion will be gone,” he said. He also Architectural Review Board, and HARRY KOLB reported that the issue of the San Montecito Planning Commission, who 805.452.2500 Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Ysidro southbound freeway entrance DRE License # 0714226. sothebyshomes.com web: 0113375 will be included in SBCAG’s Regional VILLAGE BEAT Page 304

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16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 13 Seen Around Town by Lynda Millner The Gipper’s 101st

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16 – 23 February 2012 The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots – Sean Connery MONTECITO JOURNAL 15 SEEN (Continued from page 15)

Artist and birthday boy Hans Skalagard, SBMM curator and director nighT! Beloved Poet Reads of education TO Emily Falke Jane Hirshfield with executive An Evening of Poetry director Greg Gorga at the THU, FEB 16 / 8 PM / UcsB cAMPBELL HALL Bicentennial “An evocative mix of control and wildness, of the War of stunning beauty and unseen forces.” 1812 exhibi- tion The Christian Science Monitor

TOMORROW! 50th Anniversary Tour 2012 Voice of Ages retiring, traded in sailing knots for paintbrushes and began his full-time Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains artistic career. To date, he has painted with Special Guests New over 3,000 oil paintings and rendered Album! the 25 for the show in the last year in FRI, FEB 17 / 8 PM his studio in Petaluma. GRANADA THEATRE Hans told me, “I served on sixteen Liberty ships during WWII and was “The world’s most sunk three times.” Luckily he was popular Irish rescued by part of the ship’s convoy. traditional folk Many were not. Hans said he used to group.” St. Paul paint even while the ship was rolling. Pioneer Press “My brain is still out to sea.” Executive director Greg Gorga asked the group for a moment of Come silence to remember world-acclaimed underwater photographer, filmmaker early for a and ocean advocate Mike deGruy, Food Truck A Special Evening with who was just killed in a helicopter Santa Barbara Maritime Museum operations man- Feast! accident near Australia while he was ager Robin Elander and director of development Tom Colicchio location hunting. He was a great Fahim Farag at the Bicentennial reception that friend of the Museum. The movie, showcased 25 oil paintings by Hans Skalagard Top Chef’s head judge Santa Barbara at Sea, which is being The green room used by the Flying A and five-time James shown here, has three board mem- casts is still at the corner of Mission bers in it: Don Barthelmess, Mike and Chapala Streets. Beard Award winner McCorkle and Mike deGruy. Two past The tented courtyard was like a WED, FEB 22 / 8 PM presidents of the board, Jean Schuyler theatre lobby except the popcorn and UcsB cAMPBELL HALL and Ken Clements were also attend- candy were free followed by wine Superchef Tom Colicchio’s culinary ing. Hans’ granddaughter, Christina and sumptuous sliders, shrimp and empire now spans the country. Sikes, and great granddaughter, more. The outgoing president Eleanor Victoria Sanchez, were there to sup- Van Cott introduced the SBHM’s new port him. board president, Marlene Miller. The Santa Barbara Debut Gramophone We sang “Happy Birthday” to Hans exhibition is a collaborative effort of Julia Fischer, violin Artist of the and toasted him with Deep Sea wine, UCSB professor Dana Driskel, histo- with Milana Chernyavska, piano Year which appropriately came from the rian Neal Graffy and curator Daniel nautical wharf tasting room. Calderson. Others helped including THU, FEB 23 / 8 PM The exhibition will be on display Executive Director David Bisol. UcsB cAMPBELL HALL until July 8, 2012 at the Maritime Before we got to see the collec- “Impressively accomplished Museum, located at the Santa Barbara tion, Dana spoke to the group. He and elegant” The New York Times Harbor and open daily from 10 had begun his career 40 years earlier “Spitfire technique” The Financial Times am to 5 pm. The museum is closed as a messenger boy on a bicycle at Wednesdays. Disney delivering scripts. He gave us a lengthy history of Flying A, which Wylie & The Wild West, The Flying A cranked out more than 900 films from The Quebe Sisters Band, 1912 to 1920 when everyone moved Los Texmaniacs, North Bear The day before the Santa Barbara to Hollywood. They pioneered tech- and Rodeo Poet Paul Zarzyski International Film Festival (SBIFF) niques that are still in use today. began, the Santa Barbara Historical Amazingly these films were distrib- FRI, MAR 2 / 8 PM / UcsB cAMPBELL HALL Museum (SBHM) held their own sold- uted around the world and many out opening of its newest exhibition, were never returned, so they are lost complete with a red carpet and Klieg to us. In the gallery, commemorating lights flashing in the sky. And it was the centennial anniversary, were four about film – where it all began – right of the old silent films causing raucous here in Santa Barbara at “The Flying A” laughter from the viewers. (805) 893-3535 studios on State Street. Coincidentally, Neal Graffy writes in the forward www.ArtsAndLectures.UcsB.edu the hot Academy Award nominated of the catalogue, “The story of the movie The Artist is also a silent film. Flying A began for me in the sum- 16 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 Patty Driskel, Neal Graffy, Dana Driskel World-Class Whale Watching and daughter, Year Round on the All-New Jean, at the SBHM Flying A exhibition opening after CONDOR EXPRESS walking the red carpet  Santa Barbara’s ONLY year-round whale watching tours

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16 – 23 February 2012 The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies – Bette Davis MONTECITO JOURNAL 17 miscellany (Continued from page 7) ket, just as in Los Angeles, contin- tal clear that Kris isn’t seeking any back from filming in Denmark and ing the West Side Story composer for ues to lose ground,” say the authors. money from Kim. Kris doesn’t want making an appearance on his broth- conducting it so badly!... “For 2011, the median list price in one penny from her. His lawyers have er, Alec’s, hit NBC TV show 30 Rock Montecito was $1.35 million, down said the only terms acceptable for a in New York, emceed the windy New Kind of Family almost seven percent from the year settlement would be if Kim agrees to bash, which featured vintage wine Adopting three witness protection before.” Kris’ contention that the marriage was from every conceivable vineyard children from Santa Barbara County And prices are still going down, at a fraud. and food prepared by celebrity chef social services as a single parent is least 30 to 40 percent off from what “There is a stand-off at this point Bradley Ogden, Frank Ostini and quite an onerous responsibility in the they were at their peak, according to because Kim will never agree to that. Biltmore culinary whiz Alessandro best of scenarios. Sotheby’s International Realty’s Lisa She says the marriage wasn’t a fraud, Cartumini. But to also find time to write a book, Loiacono. “People are being very cau- it just didn’t work out.” Among the gloriously glamorous This Is US: The New All-American Family, tious.” Stay tuned... glitterati attending the elegant soirée about the experience is quite miracu- Examples of celebrities offering cut were Fox TV chief Gary Newman, lous, but David Marin, who took on price deals on their properties include Coral Casino Royale Project Runway producer Jane Cha, the task eight years ago, seems to have Michael Douglas’ ex, Diandra, come- Oenophiles were in heaven when Days of Our Lives soap opera hunk balanced both responsibilities well. dian Dennis Miller and director the Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Bryan Dattilo, Glee actress Jane “I began to keep a journal. Jotting Michael Bay... Foundation and Direct Relief Lynch, Martin Gore of Depeche down notes at night, to decompress International hosted the seventh bien- Continuing Contention nial American Riviera Wine Auction at It was one of the most publi- the Coral Casino, which was expected cized weddings in years, but Kim to raise well in excess of $500,000 for Kardashian’s jilted groom, basketball the popular charity. ace Kris Humphries, is not interested The Casino Royale-themed bash, in the reality star’s money in a divorce which attracted 330 guests in black settlement, it would seem. tie and glittering gowns, featured The couple, who split in October silent and live auctions with some just 72 days after their over-the-top most impressive offerings, includ- Montecito ceremony, signed a pre- ing court-side seats to the L.A. nuptial agreement on how to divide Lakers, attending the finale of the

DRI president, Thomas Tighe, Glee actress Jane Lynch and Billy Baldwin at the Author David Marin with his adopted children Coral Casino for the American Mode, Joanna Kerns, veteran gos- primarily,” says the divorced attorney Riviera Wine sip Rona Barrett, Brooks and Kate and former Santa Maria newspaper Auction (Credit: IsaacHernandez. Firestone, Robert and Gretchen Lieff, executive. com) Arlene Montesano, Bilo Zarif and “After they moved into my home Mara Abboud... I began to write the book, but it took six years to finish because I had a few Superb Symphony other things to do, like working and Santa Barbara Symphony, under raising a newfound family. maestro Nir Kabaretti, was accentuat- “A first draft, written like a reporter their assets. hit Lifetime TV show Project Runway, ing the negative at its latest concert at would write, did not have me in it. My However, Kardashian, 31, is said tickets to Judge Judy, The Tonight the Granada. plan was to relate the facts to people to have offered him a financial settle- Show and Glee, the Hollywood red Undoubtedly one of the best and let them decide what to feel. That ment in order to get their divorce com- carpet premiere of Julia Roberts’ performances of the season, the fell flat as people wondered who I was pleted as soon as possible. latest film Mirror Mirror, a glider trip show opened with “Ansel Adams: and why I did what I did. So I started But Humphries, 27, is reportedly over the Santa Ynez Valley, a week America,” with a large screen hov- over. adamant he doesn’t want any money in Costa Rica, a weekend in Aspen, ering above the orchestra showing “The story does touch on my jour- and is determined to pursue his claim four nights at a French chateau, a the iconic monochromatic landscape ney through the maze of social ser- to have the divorce granted on the South African safari and a trip to works of the late renowned photog- vices, the inspiration I found in social grounds of fraud, arguing that he Laos and Cambodia. rapher, accompanied by the music of workers who care about what they’re and Kardashian married under false “It is really amazing the support jazz supremo Dave Brubeck and his doing, and the frustrations I felt parry- pretenses. we get,” says Thomas Tighe, DRI’s son, Chris. ing with indifferent bureaucrats.” A source tells RadarOnline: “There president. “I think people appreciate George Gershwin’s 1924 gem A touching, inspirational and thor- have been informal settlement talks the work we do in the U.S. and our “Rhapsody in Blue,” with international oughly readable tome... going on between Kim and Kris’ quick response to global emergen- pianist Terrence Wilson, a graduate of respective lawyers. cies.” New York’s Juilliard School, was an Nicholas Heads to Buckingham “Team Humphries has made it crys- Montecito’s Billy Baldwin, just absolute show stopper, with a thunder- Old credit cards have their uses as ous standing ovation, richly deserved. the audience at Camerata Pacifica’s The second half was given over to concert at the Music Academy of the Charles Ives Symphony No. 2, a mix West’s Hahn Hall found out when cel- of movements he wrote after graduat- list, Ani Aznavoorian, played seven ing from Yale. 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16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 19 Ray’s Ramblings the fuel for these trains will be about by Ray Winn $2.2 billion per Hailing originally from Price, Utah, and growing up in Las Vegas, Ray, has been year and will emit managing his own companies for many years. His extensive résumé includes pro- at least 250,000 tons gram manager for Rover-Nerva nuclear rocket program, nuclear weapons testing, of pollutants per co-designing photo sensor imaging systems for Mars Viking Lander-Orbiter cameras, co-inventing bi- polar accelerator for cancer treatment, and semiconductor related patents. He lives in Montecito. year into the atmo- sphere. The pipeline Pipeline, Trains, Oil and Corn emits nothing! So lmost coincidently, although States, with absolutely no oversight much for green not accidently, two events from Congress or any other regula- thinking. occurred recently. In the first tory agency. Members of the board Canada has all Ainstance, Berkshire Hathaway CEO would decide – with guidance from the plans in place Warren Buffet invested heavily in the president – the definition of excess to build the pipe- his Burlington Northern Railroad profits; the bill provides for the taxa- Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway line to its west coast in the event consortium. Secondly, President tion of up to 100% of ‘excess profits.’ Inc. (BRK/A), said in an interview. “If Keystone is cancelled or delayed. Obama indefinitely delayed Naturally, all agricultural fuels – read Keystone XL doesn’t happen, we’re They are not going to wait, as they construction of the Keystone XL corn – would be exempt from such here to haul.” And haul they will, need the addition of the oil to fuel pipeline. What is the significance? taxes. including all the petroleum products the economic engine for their own What is the connection between We really don’t want to burden corn from the Bakken shale finds. Ms. economy. Canada is our second most pipelines, trains, oil and Ohio corn? growers in the Kucinich district with York-Wooley attested that “Burlington important trading partner, and if you Well, one wonders how Warren taxes on a product that is already sup- Northern carries about twenty-five didn’t know it, our largest supplier Buffet knew to order more rolling ported by tax dollars, do we? Why that percent of the oil from the Bakken of oil. The Canadians are about to stock for his Burlington Northern rail- would be downright un-American. and hopes to double their market send their oil to their west coast and road nearly two years ago… the high- You know, I spent hours trying to find share within one year. The company sell it on the open market, with our est rate of increase in rail rolling stock in our Constitution where it gives this can carry higher volumes from North dear close friends the Chinese being in nearly 40 years. The order consisted kind of power to the executive branch. Dakota or Alberta, and any rail port of the main beneficiary. In the mean- mostly of tanker cars. Is it possible Maybe I didn’t look hard enough. If entry from Canada.” time, we will continue to ship oil on that Obama’s close friend and finan- you can find it, let me know. Can you Buffet’s trains and Kucinich will keep cial advisor knew something the rest spell Atlas Shrugged? Explosive Railroad the corn subsidies for his farmers of us didn’t as a result of his many The Keystone Pipeline has been making the most expensive gasoline conversations with the President? And studied by everybody from the EPA, Hauling Growth on the planet. why the advance orders for all of those Department of Energy, Homeland To give the reader an idea of the You can bet that Burlington railroad tank cars? Weren’t we in a Security, oil companies and a spate of explosive growth of the oil schlepping Northern and Obama are in the back- recession? environmentalists, both pro and con, business, the volume of shipments ground trying to get the Canadians Take a breather, because the story for nearly seven years. The general from Bakken by rail has increased to ship by rail from central Canada gets a little more complicated. consensus, even by the government, from about 500 carloads for the entire rather than build a pipeline to the First, let’s take a little side trip to was that this was a ‘slam dunk.’ That year of 2009 to nearly 20,000 carloads west coast. If they are successful, the the U.S. Congress. To be specific, H.R. was until Mr. Buffet appeared on the in 2011 with an expected minimum of rail system would be stretched well 3784, co-sponsored by Representative scene. As for Mr. Kucinich, there are 37,000 carloads in 2012. Oil spokes- beyond capacity, and the environmen- Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) along with at least two reasons he and his cro- men agree that number could double tal impact of that expansion would five other Democrat foot soldiers. nies don’t want a pipeline running every two years for the next six years make the impact of building the pipe- What do they grow in Ohio? Corn, through their cornfields, and neither for a total of about 250,000 carloads line look like a spilled office waste which most of us thought was food. has anything to do with environmen- per year. And good ‘ole boy Obama basket. They might have some suc- Most of us, of course, would be tal impact or the water aquifer. ‘advisor’ Buffett will be in for a really cess with the Canadians, but it is a lot wrong. Firstly, the Keystone XL pipeline big chunk of this. By the way, there cheaper and structurally easier to let it An exponentially increasing per- would, according to almost every- will be no ‘excess profits’ committee flow continuously through a big pipe, centage of our supply of this foodstuff one including the government’s own overlooking the costs of rail trans- with the attendant economic advan- is used to make a gasoline additive. Department of Energy, increase the portation. Recent proposals to build a tages in the market place, not to men- How does it get shipped hundreds availability of oil to the United States pipeline from Bakken have been met tion the freedom from union work and up to a thousand miles to blend- by about 25%. That would replace with statements of the ‘dire conse- stoppages and weather delays. Two ing refineries? Well, a large portion of nearly all the oil we get from our dear quences for the environment’ from the pipelines, one from Bakken and one it rolls along on Burlington Northern. friends in Saudi Arabia and at a cost typical alarmists. The rail system can from central Canada will do 90% of The good folks in Ohio use petroleum- of at least 30% less. At the same time it charge whatever it wants. After all, the work, avoiding tens of thousands based fertilizers to grow corn that would also bring into very sharp focus their good friend Obama took away of dangerous rail tanker shipments gets turned into a replacement for the stupidity of turning a large portion the only other competition from cen- across the country. There will be train real petroleum. Now that chain of of our food supply into automobile tral Canada’s border … the Keystone wrecks and when they occur they will events could only be invented by the fuel and stop the insane subsidies. Pipeline. And they can just pass the make the typical pipeline oil spill look federal government. Nobody else is Take a look at the price of your extra cost along to the consumer with like a stain on your favorite tie. that dumb. And, government gives breakfast corn flakes compared to two virtually no regulation. There are pressures on Obama outlandish grants and subsidies to years ago. The price has gone up about One savvy Wall Street analyst esti- to change his mind. The voters are the farmers who engage in this near- 250%, mostly due to using corn as an mates that Burlington Northern will almost unanimously in support of a ly criminal activity. Representative expensive gasoline additive. And it turn in profits on this endeavor of pipeline, as are most of the govern- Kucinich certainly knows how to take is not just corn flakes; corn and corn about $1.8 billion over the next five ment agencies involved in the deci- care of his ‘home boys’. byproducts are used in virtually every years, with a big chunk of it going sion. He now has to decide whether to food we consume, from ice cream to into the pocket of Warren Buffet. The bend to the few environmentalists and our daily bread. long-term cost of shipping oil by rail billionaire backers such as Buffett or Excess Profits Taxes Secondly, it is not in concert with compared to the Keystone pipe line the ever-increasing pressure from the Kucinich’s H.R. 3784 would provide the Obama deal with Warren Buffet. is higher by about 200-300% and is voters. In the end – if the past is any for an ‘excess profits tax’ on all sellers “Whatever people bring to us, we’re subject to accidents, union work stop- indication of the future – we know he of any petroleum product. The bill ready to haul,” Krista York-Wooley, pages and weather issues. The envi- will go down the path that will ensure calls for a three-man board appoint- a spokeswoman for Burlington ronmental impact is huge. All trains the greatest number of votes in the ed by the President of The United Northern, a unit of Buffett’s Omaha are powered by diesel; the cost of 2012 elections. •MJ 20 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 Coup De Grace Just SOLD by Grace Rachow Ms. Rachow says the best part of gardening is leaning on a shovel and video- ing it after the work is done. You can see videos of her yard on YouTube. Notes from the Vlog-o-sphere ew Year’s Eve I went to dinner when video-capable devices were in with a group of friends, every pocket. including Jim “Pomodoro” On the third day of the year, after AlexanderN , the famed Montecito Journal another garden video, someone said, columnist and fellow competitor in “Hey, enjoyed your vlog.” Vlog? I our yearly tomato-growing contest. barely understood the term “blog,” We went around the table, each of and now I was a “vlogger.” It sound- us announcing resolutions for the ed Swedish and vaguely sexy. I was upcoming year. Mine was to have the hooked. first ripe tomato of 2012. Every day since, I’ve taken my iPad Mr. Alexander scoffed. “No [bad to the garden, shot a short video with 20 & 24 W. 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I don’t first video, I thought I’d do another, a have the greatest green thumb, and I two-minute soliloquy on my compost. regularly do plants in. I figured rocks I uploaded my garbage to YouTube. would be harder to murder. I just While composting might not sound about killed myself hauling soil and like such a glamorous subject, I had rocks to the slope at the rear of the viewers, and apparently people all back yard, but I took videos each day, over the world were interested in what no matter what kind of mess I was in, I do with my kitchen trimmings. and voila, after eight days, I had a cas- I heard from a guy in South Carolina cading rock garden. who was going to start doing the same Someone asked, “What’s next?” thing. And then another viewer from The pressure was on. I had YouTube New Zealand wrote to suggest I should guests arriving in my garden every not put citrus in the compost, because day, and I had to have something new it scares the worms away. I wrote back to show them. and told him that California worms People like to see some kind of love orange peels so much I feared I progress. It doesn’t have to be a big was contributing to global worming. project. If I have an area overgrown Bottom line, I hadn’t had so much with gnarly weeds, that’s okay, as long attention since that time the lower half as I show how it looks after I pull them. of my swimsuit slipped when I was If in the process I find the rake that’s waterskiing. The suit ended up around been missing since November, all the my thighs and was just the thing to better. stabilize my stance for perfect slalom- By February, my YouTube views ing. Unfortunately, I was in Nebraska had surpassed one thousand. While where nudity does not exist, so I had my garden videos haven’t exactly to let go of the rope and make a quick gone viral, 2012 has already turned underwater wardrobe adjustment. out to be a very strange and wonder- Luckily, this was all before the day ful year. •MJ 16 – 23 February 2012 There are women who take it to the wire; that’s what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation; they want a smack – Sean Connery MONTECITO JOURNAL 21 Coming & Going whatever. It is truly a modern techno- logical marvel. by James Buckley The goal of the non-profit Unite to Mike deGruy’s Light, Inc. is to get these little devic- Heavenly Good-Bye es into as many hands as possible throughout the third world and other places, such as Japan, where, after the earthquake and tsunami of last year, the lights proved invaluable; power was cut off for days and weeks fol- lowing the destruction at Fukushima. “They can go to school in many [third-world and impoverished] countries, but when those students arrive at home and it gets dark, they can’t do their homework,” Dawn explains. Kerosene lamps, which are the most common forms of indoor lighting in many areas, are both expensive and dirty. Having an all purpose solar light (which sells for around $12), “will give them the opportunity to do their homework,” she adds. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree rotunda could barely contain the number of people who came to honor Mike Dawn’s interest in the all purpose deGruy As friends and family gathered to remember Mike light began when she first volun- ou may not believe in a higher Avatar director James Cameron deGruy and celebrate his life, this cloud formation teered with Unite to Light, Inc. in appeared above them (photo taken by Joanne A. power, but it was impossible offered a description of Mike’s last Calitri at Butterfly Beach) November 2010. The product was in to look up as flowers were hour on earth (they were together development for six to nine months thrownY into the ocean at the beach in Australia scouting locations for Frank deGruy spoke, he ended before that, so by that time the com- across Cabrillo Boulevard from Fess an upcoming shoot) followed by a his tribute by underlining Mike’s pany had firmly established itself as a Parker’s DoubleTree in honor of Mike moving elegy. Childhood friend Paul continuing and all-consuming non-profit 501(3)(c). deGruy’s life and not understand Atkins and Film Festival Artistic passion, intoning that, “Mike’s entire Before volunteering, Dawn had that something greater than human Director Roger Durling also spoke; life was an exclamation point!” worked for the Montecito YMCA for – bigger than organic life – had just all commented on Mike’s unbridled Call it magic, call it coincidence, nearly nine years. She was trans- taken place in the sky. Earlier, Titanic/ enthusiasm. When Mike’s brother call it a divine apparition, but as the ferred to Santa Barbara YMCA, then overflow crowd of Mike’s friends moved on to Sansum Clinic and joined Mimi, Frances, and Max in worked there for sixteen years in the a traditional Hawaiian Lehua Ke health education department. Dawn Top-Down/Bottom-Up and Duolite™ design options now with Kai (Flower to the Ocean) ceremo- has done a lot of volunteer work BEAUTY IN MOTION. the PowerRise® 2.0 lifting system. ny, there in the sky, high above the throughout her life. “Just the idea of assembled mourners on East Beach, a doing something good in the world cloud formation appeared that trans- has always been really fun for me,” formed itself into an enormous excla- she says. She has since become vice- mation point. president of Unite To Light (in June It was, one could hardly doubt, 2011), and continues to do every- Mike deGruy’s way of saying good- thing from business development to bye. working on the company’s Facebook account, taking in money, establish- ing relationships across the world Lighting Up The Night with people that want lights, and The simple, durable, practical, distributing them. handsome green device I held in my Currently, the lights are manufac- hands was originally called the “All tured in Taipei, Taiwan and now in Purpose Solar Reading Light,” but Hong Kong. Nearly twenty thousand its name has been shortened to “All have already been made and distrib-

® Purpose Solar Light,” as Unite To uted, but with the new Hong Kong Now with two additional design options, PowerRise 2.0 with Platinum™ Technology honeycomb shades offer Light’s board of directors discovered connection, Dawn says that should maximum light control and privacy plus the convenience that many of those they hoped would bring down the cost of the light, “and of motorization. To learn more, call or stop by today. purchase the lamp, cannot read. also allow us to provide more lights “We are looking,” Unite To Light because the demand is there and Vice-President Dawn O’Bar admits we’ve found we have to ramp up pro- Santa Barbara Screen and Shade Co. as we settle in at an outside table at duction.” The lights, the solar panels, the Java Station on Hollister, “for a the battery, the plastic pieces that are Your Local Dealer, Since 1965 really great name, as the ‘All Purpose attached all come from Taiwan or Solar Light’ is a bit of a mouthful.” Hong Kong; “It’s just less expensive 2930 De La Vina St. The complete product features a to produce it there,” Dawn says. 687-8613 flexible neck, a bright LED bulb, sits The genesis of the lightweight all www.santabarbarascreenandshade.com in a small plastic casing and takes purpose light began at UCSB, where only one AA battery, which is con- Professor John Bowers, director of the tinually recharged via a small solar Institute For Energy Efficiency at the © 2011 Hunter Douglas. panel array on its upside. Eight hours university, put it together. Professor ® and ™ are registered trademarks of Hunter Douglas. of sunlight will produce four hours of inside light for reading, cooking, or Coming & going Page 294 22 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 ized eggs on their back until they In all other respects, the toads were BOOK TALK hatch into tadpoles, thus the street similar. Kammerer attempted to dem- name of midwife toad. The male onstrate that the immediate relatives by Shelly Lowenkopf toads have on their forelegs spiny of the toads without the pads could be pads which Kammerer called nuptial “programmed” to grow them, demon- pads because, given the toads’ watery strating his belief in the hypothesis of Send in the Toads habitat, they allow the male a greater evolution of acquired tastes. Koestler he most significant convention purchase on the female’s back during spends a satisfying amount of time for the modern mystery calls for the mating process. reporting on Kammerer’s alleged hei- an early discovery by someone Shelly Lowenkopf blogs @ After long, careful observation, nous crime, committed among the ofT a corpse. In that regard, The Case of www.lowenkopf.com. His Kammerer became convinced that midwife toads. the Midwife Toad is on target from the latest book, “The Fiction these pads were a significant proof of With The Case of the Midwife Toad, opening sentence. Lover’s Companion,” is the theory of inherited characteristics. Arthur Koestler has contributed to due in September. “In the early afternoon of September His published papers, presentations, the evolution of the nonfiction mys- 23,” the text tells us, “a road worker and speeches drew responses from tery, an exploration of the enigma found the dead body of a well-dressed his opponents of the sort one would surrounding events in human experi- man in a dark suit on an Austrian mountain path.” The man was in a sitting position, his back against a rock face. His right hand clutched the pistol he’d used in Here, at the lower and upper altitudes, Kammerer shooting himself through the head. discovered the midwife toad, blissful in their ignorance Regular readers in the mystery genre will pounce on the apparent clue of of the parts into which they were about to be cast self-inflicted death, suspecting some unseen hand as the orchestrating force in a conspiracy of murder and cover- up. Indeed, subsequent events will expect from university-level depart- ence. These experiences may deal with reveal a significant number of indi- ment meetings. wars, such as Norman Mailer’s Why viduals with arguable motive for such The nuptial pads of the midwife Are We in Viet Nam?, or crimes, such an act of violence. The corpse will be toad, Koestler writes, “provide all the as Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, the identified as a scientist who has come makings of a thriller with a lurid remarkable how-things-and-people- to be suspected of the single most end. It was actually turned into a work opera of John McPhee, and the heinous crime a scientist can com- film, in Stalin’s Russia, where the insightful core samplings of events mit. The stage setting resembles the Establishment was committed by the manifest in the nonfiction of Joan memorable Agatha Christie mystery, Party line to the Lamarckian theo- Didion. These writers are, each in an Murder on the Orient Express. ry of evolution, in contrast to the individual way, linked by a sense of The title is another enhancement Darwinism of the West. The film was seriality anticipated by the Italian to our curiosity, suggesting among called Salamandra; it was made imme- philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668- other venerable contributors to the diately after Kammerer’s death, and 1744), Carl Jung and, of course, Paul mystery canon such authors as Ellery was so popular that I was able to see it Kammerer. Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, and G. Arthur Koestler’s The Case of the Midwife Toad six years later when I was in Moscow… “Evolution is not just a fair dream examines the life of biologist Paul Kammerer, K. Chesterton, all of whom at one time who claimed to have found evidence proving the The hero of the film was subjected of the last century,” Kammerer wrote, or another used the trope, “The Case evolutionary hypothesis of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to various ignominies by reaction- “the century of Lamarck, Goethe, and of___” for their mystery titles. ary Darwinian scientists, aided for Darwin; evolution is truth – sober, Arthur Koestler, the author of The were the engines driving future evolu- good measure by reactionary monks. dignified reality. It is not merciless Case of the Midwife Toad, had demon- tion. This was an exaggeration: Kammerer selection that shapes and perfects the strable skills as a novelist, includ- As Arthur Koestler observes in The was exposed only to academic venom. machinery of life; it is not the desper- ing the ability to produce provocative Case of the Midwife Toad, this was at the Vienna, as Freud could testify, had a ate struggle for survival alone which titles. He achieved international rec- time and still is “an explosive issue justified reputation for it.” governs the world, but rather out of ognition with his 1940 novel, Darkness among biologists; the controversy Now comes what filmmakers refer its strength everything that has been at Noon, producing five others over between Darwinians and Lamarckians to as the mise-en-scene. The Austrian created strives upward towards light the years, but there is no indication he has raged for nearly a century, charged mountains, where Kammerer ended and the joy of life, burying only that itched to join the legion of fiction writ- with emotional, political, even theo- his life, become an irony in this drama. which is useless in the graveyard of ers who tried their hand at the mys- logical passion, and conducted, as we Here, at the lower and upper altitudes, selection.” •MJ tery genre. The events of The Case of shall see, with astonishing disregard Kammerer discovered the midwife the Midwife Toad were all too real. The for the rules of fair play. This was the toad, blissful in their ignorance of the stakes for many involved in it were intellectual climate which made the parts into which they were about to too high, the acrimony and implica- scandal blossom and end in tragedy.” be cast. DIVORCE tions too unsettling. And now, let’s bring on the toad. Simply put, the toads at one level Thinking about divorce? Want a Ayltes obstricians are a genus of frogs had nuptial pads while those toads fair resolution without conflict? whose males carry a strand of fertil- at the opposing altitude had none. Tired of the legal hassle? A Corpse and a Toad I can help. 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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Secondly, a majority of us – you, Bureau to identify where grapes are me and our fellow citizens – must grown; at least 85% of the wine has approve the measures at the ballot to be from the AVA region. November 6, 2012, assuming enough The art of winemaking in this region signatures are obtained. Thus we has traveled a long journey since 1800 have two opportunities to state our when the Franciscan padres of Santa preferences: Once re signing on to Barbara became the first growers of this for the ballot, and a second time wine grapes for religious services. at the ballot itself. Nigel Gallimore Finally, the sales tax and the retire- Santa Barbara ment contribution measures are inter- (Editor’s note: We thank you for the dependent. Both must pass, or neither Diana Paradise historical update – L.B.) passes. Either we are all contributing, PO Box 30040, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 including ourselves and our public Email: [email protected] employees, or none of us is. Portfolio Pages: www.DianaParadise.com Gone To The Dark Side As you can probably tell from the Prices start at $3200 for a 24”x36” oil portrait of one person. You may have heard: Mayor tone of this letter, I think the Mayor’s [Helene] Schneider has proposed initiatives are smart and courageous. putting four measures on the city She is putting herself in the cross- ballot for the upcoming November hairs of fire, police and other unions 2012 election. for the sake of the city at large. She The proposed measures are: understands that any suggestion of a 1) All city employees who par- new tax is not going to win immedi- ticipate in the California Public ate or universal approval. And obvi- Employee Retirement System (PERS) ously the downtown clubs are going should pay their full share for their to object vociferously, although they retirement rather than only part of it, haven’t been paying for their extra as they now do. This would save the police coverage for years. city $2M-$2.5M a year. Requiring the In closing, let me add that unfortu- police and fire and other city employ- nately Jerry Brown has emptied our ees to contribute fully to their own purse for the sake of the state’s poor retirement will take the issue off the economic policies by shutting down table in future contract negotiations. our Redevelopment Agency and tak- This has been a bone of contention ing all the money we saved in it over for a long time, and frankly has given the years. These initiatives seek to the unions a black eye in the public make up the difference. purview. I think it would be great to elimi- 2) Downtown businesses that serve nate PERS contributions from labor liquor after 11 pm (pretty much only negotiations and have the employees the clubs) would have a business contribute all they should to their license fee increase to pay for the cost own retirement, just as you and I of police enforcement there, since must do for ourselves. the police have to focus so much Our schools are operating in the attention on this part of town as the red. Good schools are essential for a bars close. This would raise about successful community. Without them, $250,000 annually. a city will deteriorate. 3) Add a ½-cent sales tax citywide And I have always argued for more on everything purchased by all of us police and more effective social ser- in the city (probably raising $10 mil- vices to better handle the indigents lion annually). who live – and die – on our streets. 4) Agreement to split the results My goal remains to dramatically of the tax increase described in (3) reduce – or eliminate – our public above evenly between the City and streets as a place to dwell. our schools; Thank you for taking the time to read such a lengthy letter. Even in difficult economic times For more on this, please go to such as these, it may be desirable www.InvestInSantaBarbara2012.com, to seek more funds to accomplish where Helene explains it in greater civic goals, such as better and more detail. successful handling of indigents, re- Cordially, opening the Main Library on Monday, Frank Hotchkiss increasing the number of police on Santa Barbara the street, and many other improve- (Editor’s note: The following e-mail ments. While the City Council could exchange occurred upon receipt of the have undertaken these initiatives on above: its own, Helene has wisely (in my Frank, we are so disappointed in read- opinion) turned to the public at large ing that you’ve gone over to the dark to establish your preference. side. There’s no way Montecito Journal 24 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012

can support any of this. Stop the out- and the resulting spike in C-sections of-control spending first. These pro- has leveled off, but substantial costs posed actions simply enable you folks at were incurred. Malpractice insurance city hall to continue partying without is estimated to add about 10% to actually having to “budget” anything, health care costs in America, and although the word “budget” has been a while there is no generally accept- misnomer for many years. What is pre- ed estimate for defensive medicine sented to the public is always a spending costs, it is also surely significant. If plan and never has anything to do with Mr. Salomon agrees that America budgeting. – J.B. needs medical tort reform, I wonder No dark side for me. We’ve been blind- if he would care to speculate why GUES sided by Jerry [Brown]. And we don’t this was not dealt with in the recent S have to do these things, but I sure would legislation? like to get cops et al paying their retire- Larry Lambert ment portion. And if the populace wants Montecito more cops, this is a way to do it. The city (Editor’s note: Great point, Larry. Tort has been pretty diligent over the last sev- reform was not even mentioned in the eral years cutting personnel and costs. 2,700-page Health Care Bonanza Bill. Of W Not everyone knows that. If you would course, that should come as no surprise: HAT like a one-on-one with anyone there to trial lawyers, along with government go over this for a possible story, let me unions, are among the President's main know. – F.H. donors. – J.B.) As I understand it, law enforcement is still allowed to add “overtime” to their What’s Up last year’s salary to determine retire- ment benefits. Along with the tax-free With Deacon T? income from “disability,” it all seems like I was hoping to read regular month- an enormous union scam to me, unless ly Deacon T updates in the Journal. we’re missing something. – J.B. How is your grandson? Is he walking I think it’s called spiking, and you are yet? Does he have any teeth? Hair? right, we should do something about What’s going on? I’m sure I’m not the that. I’m not sure what yet, but I’ll let only one out here who wants to know, you know. – F.H.) so let’s have more Deacon T! An Un-Related Deacon T Fan Must Add Tort Costs Montecito •MJ Ernest Salomon notes that the U.S. has the world’s highest average per capita health care spending (“No Free Market Here” MJ # 18/5), in part because the system is not as effi- cient as the systems in Germany and Japan. I wonder if Mr. Salomon has ever considered the role that medi- cal malpractice insurance and defen- sive medicine play as cost drivers in America versus Germany and Japan? Does Mr. Salomon think there is any German or Japanese equivalent of John Edwards, who became a dou- ble-digit millionaire in large part by suggesting that cerebral palsy might LAGUNA BLANCA LAUNCHES NEW be the result of failure to deliver Deacon T is healthy and prospering. The eight- by C-section? Fortunately, Edwards’ month old future entrepreneur now sports two YOUNG SCHOLARS JR. KINDERGARTEN theories have since been debunked, front (bottom) teeth and a silky head of hair. OPEN HOUSE HEALING SPECIALIST Being fit with improved Thursday, February 23 strength, balance & flexibility 9:30 – 11:00 AM Imagine what it would be like to 260 San Ysidro Road no longer suffer from stiff joints or decreased mobility. Whether you are an athlete with joint problems or a Accepting applications for Fall 2012. senior who wants to retain his fitness, flexibility and balance, my unique For more information, system of healing will help you. Gloria Kaye, Ph.D. You will experience improved visit www.lagunablanca.org 314 East Carrillo Street, Suite 10 performance, increased endurance, and Santa Barbara, California 93101 a sense of well-being. 805-701-0363 or 805-966-6104 Whether you want to get fit or stay [email protected] fit, I can help you. www.drgloriakaye.com

16 – 23 February 2012 The Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say I’d rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament – Sean Connery MONTECITO JOURNAL 25 Our Town by Joanne A. Calitri with Music Content Expert, Swingin’ Dave Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist. Contact her at: [email protected] The NAMM Report

Seymour Duncan being interviewed by local Los Angeles television stations at the NAMM show

Q. What inspired you to become We’ve Ended As Lovers” from his involved in music? Blow by Blow album to him. Jeff’s A. As a kid I was very shy, having Gibson Les Paul guitar was stolen moved six times and starting as a new and I built a ‘telegib’ with two thumb kid in six different schools due to my pickups for him. Jeff and I have been father’s job. Music found me when friends ever since. In 1976, I landed I was eleven years old; it saved me. in Topanga, California and moved My uncle introduced me to Les Paul to Santa Barbara working for Jensen Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee’s Tama Starclassic roller coaster drum kit in maple with concert backstage after his show. I was blown Music doing rewinds and custom toms, on display at the Tama booth at the National Association of Music Merchants show away and asked Les how Mary Ford work. In 1977, I started my own busi- he National Association of Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani, as well did the harmonies on the songs. Les ness on Yanonali Street making pick- Music Merchants (NAMM) as the NAMM band jam stage which was so impressed that a young boy ups by hand and hired Kevin Beller Show is a major trade show features celebrities from various back- asked such a loaded question he took and José Cuevas, who are still with forT domestic and international music grounds who jam all night, and the me under his wing and showed me the company. product inventors, manufacturers and John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. how it was done with multi-tracking. In 1978, I got into making distributers. I was also influenced at a young Humbucker pickups by injection Industry leaders in guitars and other age by Eddie Lang, guitarist for Paul mold and moved to Bond Avenue. string instruments at NAMM from King of Guitar Pickups Whiteman’s Orchestra; and to fol- As the company grew, we moved two our locale included world-renowned When we visited the Seymour low came greats like Jimmy Bryant, more times before our current location Seymour Duncan, a key innovator Duncan booth, it was packed with Speedy West, Chet Atkins, and later on Hollister Avenue in 1993. Today we in single coil and humbucker gui- industry peers, celebrities, neo-celeb- on, the Ventures. continue to cater to professional musi- tar pickups since 1976, Don Young rities and fans. Seymour was being When I heard “Green Onions” by cians and current trends in guitar- and Eric Smith of San Luis Obispo’s interviewed by local TV stations and Booker T., I had to get a guitar, which I making that require certain tones from National Resophonic Guitars, found- promoting Monster Cables. He won the got for Christmas when I was thirteen. pickups, as well as custom work. The ed in 1989 in a garage, Lloyd Baggs, Vintage Guitar Hall of Fame Innovator It was a Sears Silvertone and I played goal is quality tone. When I was a kid, owner of LR Baggs acoustic string Award for 2011 as voted by the maga- it every day. Since I was a shy kid, it I would buy music on what was called instrument pickups based in Nipomo, zine’s readers, and won the Music brought me out, as I played in bands reel-to-reel. I played the tapes at half and if you’re heading north it would and Sound Retailer magazine Lifetime for “sock hops” and in Atlantic City speed every night for hours to learn be worth it to visit Richard Hoover, Achievement Award, voted by retail- bars with Levon Helm (“Levon and each note in the songs. I would play founder of Santa Cruz Guitars. ers. Over the course of two days in The Hawks,” who later played with them over and over ’til I identified the Music celebrities included Duane Santa Barbara, Seymour, shared his Bob Dylan). Since I was underage to tones and noted perfectly in my ear. Eddy, Alice Cooper, Alan Parsons history with us in his soft-spoken be in bars, they would hide me back- Tone is important to me. (now a Santa Barbara resident), Eric manner. stage after the gig. My heroes still are Johnson, Doug Aldrich, Erin Davis Jeff Beck, early Cream, Albert Collins, Where do you think music is headed? (son of Miles), Danny Gottlieb, Neal Duane Eddy. I like the blues and in We need to educate our kids about Schon, Orianthi, Dave Navarro, my playing to this day, try to stay true quality music and musicianship. to it. My current band is called the Musicians need to be able to hear Seymour Duncan Band. sounds and play them exactly, and to create music that will then create a How did you come to develop a product lifetime of memories. We don’t need niche in guitar pickups? to invent a new instrument to do that; After high school in New Jersey, we the guitar is the most versatile instru- moved to Cincinnati where I worked ment we have, it can be played in in TV for eight years. By chance, I every genre of music from classical, played an instrumental version of the blues and jazz to metal. My goal is to song “Shaft” on the Nick Clooney help others get involved in music, to Show, which was heard by Roy increase the opportunity to play in a Buchanan. He took me to England band and to have an increase in live in 1972 to work for Polydor and for music clubs. the Fender Sound House. I did guitar repairs for Robert Palmer, the Rolling What’s new from Seymour Duncan this Stones, Pete Townsend and many oth- year? ers. We announced three artist products In 1973, I met Jeff Beck through at NAMM this year: Joanne with the legendary Duane Eddy at the Swingin’ Dave test drives yet another Django Roy. Beck was influenced by Roy The Joe Bonamassa Signature dual- Reinhardt guitar Gretsch Guitars booth and dedicated his version of “Cause humbucker set accurately replicates 26 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 ToneCandy’s Skull Overdrive and Distortion pedal by Mike Marino Seymour Duncan surrounded by longtime employees at his Santa Barbara facility and keyboard. The body is solid the PAF pickups in Joe’s beloved 1959 launched a program called Melodyne, bamboo and the strings are by Ernie Sunburst Les Paul, so it’s a traditional an audio pitch modification software Ball. Tim told us his inspiration to blues tone. similar to Auto-Tune. Melodyne is make the Harpejji was the Chapman The Gus G. FIRE Blackouts System used by Peter Gabriel, and many als, played by a broad spectrum of Stick. blends the best aspects of the power other pros, to tune and manipulate musicians, received two 5-star ratings Making us feel like we were of active pickups and the response of audio signals, typically a singer’s in Premier Guitar magazine. “People in the Matrix movie was Elation passive pickups, named after Gus G., vocals. It can time-stretch, rebuild would ask me how I was getting that Professional Lighting Products’ guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. melodies, create background vocals tone,” Mike explains, “and I ended up booth showing its top two for The Synyster Gates of Avenge from a lead vocal and its Direct Note building custom pedals by request. NAMM 2012: A unique flexible LED Sevenfold customized Invader hum- Access software provides indepen- When you’re playing, you shouldn’t panel that can bend around dimen- bucker pickup has a very bright out- dent manipulation of individual have to think about your equipment sional surfaces to create curved put, razor-fast notes and pushes the notes within chords and polyphonic – just the music.” The Skull Overdrive video walls ($1,800) and a DMX-512 amp very hard. recordings. and Distortion Pedal with a black moving head video camera that can skull face and red eyes that light up, is project images of people and objects two different pedals in one. in a room or dance floor onto a video Gear for the New Year Pickups and Pedals wall or TV. Elation also displayed its Nearly all the hot gear we found at Across from UA our pick for Best Instruments RGB LED pixel tape, which can be NAMM was American made, much of Booth Music Quote at Parker Guitars to Impress affixed to the edges and surfaces of it right here in California. was from Albert Einstein, who appar- any object to highlight it with a bor- Universal Audio’s (UA) technologi- ently said: “I often think in music, I Richard Hoover, founder of Santa der of changing colors. cal innovations have set a new prece- live my daydreams in music, I see my Cruz Guitars 1976, was showcasing Award-winning guitarist Martin dent in the music industry. To explain, life in terms of music.” Couple that his 2012 Cowgirl guitar, aptly named Taylor was at the Peerless Guitar as UA’s entire line of Powered Plug- with some fairly glossy ‘axes’ and “Clementine.” One of 10 made in booth promoting the models named Ins requires a UAD card, and factoring basses, and Parker was a clear hot the series, it has a cocobolo back and after him: The Maestro and The in laptop owners, the ultimate solu- gear choice. sides with an Italian Spruce top and Virtuoso. The Maestro is the higher tion is its new UAD-2 Solo/Laptop. ToneCandy pedals, handcrafted one inlaid designs on the neck, retailing spec model with blonde carved solid This high-performance DSP accelera- at a time in the USA, have amp-like at $9,700. spruce top, antique sunburst carved tor takes the load off your laptop’s touch sensitivity and get the same The Marcodi Harpejji designed by solid maple back and solid maple CPU, just like the UAD-2 Solo does for tone without losing bottom at any Timothy Meeks and made in the sides, an ebony fretboard, bridge, desktop computers. It plugs into your volume. Designed and owned by USA, is a tapping instrument func- Page 374 ExpressCard slot and comes with four Mike Marino in California, the ped- tioning like both an electric guitar OUR town essential plug-ins to get you started: UA 1176SE Compressor, Pultec EQP- Thank You Santa Barbara Beautiful! 1A, CS-1 Channel Strip and Realverb Winner, Best New Architectural Feature Pro. By the Boats Under the Sails: Next pumping most of the press pre-NAMM was Universal Audio’s Chuck’s Waterfront Grill “Apollo” High Resolution Audio Interface. Add UA’s move to partner with Sonnex as Direct Developers for its UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins and you have it all in one complete neat bundle that is oh so portable. UA is a company based in California founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam, Sr., widely regarded as the father of modern recording, with many of his legendary studio and equipment designs still in use today. His son, Bill Jr., carries on the legacy.

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The software company Celemony Reservations (805) 564-1200 Lunch & Dinner Daily on the Deck was awarded a Technical Grammy 113 Harbor Way on February 11. At NAMM 2001, it 16 – 23 February 2012 When a man gives his opinion he’s a man; when a woman gives her opinion she’s a bitch – Bette Davis MONTECITO JOURNAL 27 On Finance ly what market returns may be in tive the market is overvalued by short time periods, whether that be approximately 27%. This suggests by Tim Hatton a day, month, quarter or a year or we may get a contraction of the P/E Tim Hatton is the Owner and President of Hatton Consulting, Inc, a registered more. However, over longer periods multiple, meaning we must make an investment advisory firm. He is the author of, The New Fiduciary Standard, of time, the following two formulas adjustment downward on our esti- which outlines the prudent investment process individuals and trustees can provide the best estimate of what mate of future return, which I will should follow in order to meet the high standard of a fiduciary. He holds returns may be in five years and estimate to be 2% per year. Therefore the Certified Financial Planner and Accredited Investment Fiduciary designations. He lives in Montecito with his wife Jen and two children, Heidi and Hudson. He can be reached at thatton@ beyond. the average expected return over the hattonconsulting.com or at (602) 852-5525 For Equities: Expected Return = next decade for equities is: 2% + 5% Current Dividend Yield + Earnings - 2% = 5%. The Changing Investment Landscape Growth Rate +/- Expansion- Contraction of Price Earnings How about bonds? hen I began my investment pay virtually zero. Yes, the investing Multiple; The current coupon rate (as of career in 1988, the landscape has changed dramatically. For Bonds: Expected Return = 2/7/12) for the Barclays intermedi- investment landscape was You may have heard of a relatively Current Coupon (or yield to maturi- ate index is approximately 2.1%. Like Wquite different. For nostalgic purposes new investment term: new normal. ty) +/- effect of increasing or decreas- the expansion-contraction of the P/E I’ve kept the “ticket” (the form used First, what is the “old” normal? ing interest rates. multiple, the effect of increasing or to give a wire operator indicating The eighty-year average returns for decreasing interest rates is also a bit what security we were buying or stocks and bonds are approximately What can we expect for equities in the tricky. But with the 10-year Treasury selling) of the first investment I 10% and 5%, respectfully. Recently next decade? bond at 1.8%, it’s more probable ever made for a client. That first however, measured by the S&P 500, The current dividend yield on the interest rates will climb over the next investment was neither a stock nor stocks have returned only 1.4% annu- S&P 500 is approximately 2%. We’ll decade. I will therefore make a ½ % a bond; it was a federally insured ally for the ten-year period ending in use 5% for the earnings growth rate; per year downward adjustment. So, certificate of deposit. What makes December 2010. Bonds, measured by this is a 100-year average of corpo- the expected return for bonds over this first investment interesting is the Barclays U.S. Government-Credit rate earnings growth. The expan- the next decade is: 2.1% - 0.5% = the fact that it had a maturity of only intermediate index, have returned sion-contraction of the price earnings 1.6%. three months and had an interest rate 5.5% for the same period. The new multiple is a bit tricky. I prefer to use Sorry to possibly disappoint you of 8%. The client only wanted a three- normal does not mean bonds will the Schiller 10-year P/E. This price with an expectation of very low month maturity because she was continue to outperform stocks, it earnings ratio is based on average returns, but it is better to have concerned that interest rates would simply suggests future stock and inflation-adjusted earnings from the proper expectations so you can plan keep rising; she was worried she’d be bond returns are expected to be sig- previous 10 years and in my opinion accordingly. I will check back in stuck with a guaranteed investment nificantly lower than their historical is a better gauge than a current P/E ten years to see how accurate these “only” paying 8%. As you are aware, averages. using earnings from the last year. estimates were, but I can say with rates did not go up; they have As of February 6, the Schiller P/E confidence that returns will con- steadily declined to a point where What does the future hold for returns? is 22.5, the long-term average P/E is tinue to be frustratingly low over short-term high-quality investments It’s impossible to predict accurate- 16.4. Therefore, from a P/E perspec- the next ten years; the new normal is low returns relative to historical averages.

One final and important thought. There are several investment firms that claim to have strategies that can prosper and deliver high returns in a low-return environment. Remember, the vast majority of investment man- agers – whether they are mutual funds, hedge funds, some kind of pooled account, a separate account manager or a broker – underper- form the market. Yes, there will be a 2012 few managers that will perform well and you can always indentify them Saturday, May5 • 9 aM – 3 pM after they outperform, but identifying at the MuSic acadeMy of the WeS t them before they outperform is virtu- ally impossible. •MJ

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28 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 coming & going (Continued from page 22) Bowers is holder of 52 patents; his network where you can go to get one. specialty is LED and photovoltaics. The idea is to make it a sustainable He and some of his graduate students business; what we’d really like to do is helped design the light. get it into the hands of people who can “People who need the light are try- use this as a microenterprise, a small ing to replace other forms of lighting, business that can generate an income such as kerosene” Dawn explains. to keep the business going, by say, “For instance, in rural Ghana or making a dollar on each light sold. Kenya, the price of kerosene is about eight to ten dollars a month for a fam- So, these are not given away? ily, and that’s a huge cost for them. We do donate some lights and of The cost of the light is somewhere course as a non-profit we want to get around eight to ten dollars and once the lights out there. We’re very cre- they buy the light they no longer ative with people. If somebody says have to breathe in the black smoke, ‘I can’t really afford this,’ they can and they see there’s a huge change in pay part of it now and part of it in their lives: it saves them money and thirty days. We’re definitely giving also betters their health.” out a number of lights and people are Dawn was involved with Goleta trying them out in different countries Presbyterian Church and so was Dr. in small quantities to see if they can Bowers. The church sponsors a team make a business out of it. In Kenya, that goes to Ghana and one year for example, there are probably five the church brought over a group of different distributors selling the lights. people from Africa, one being a pas- Unite To Light Vice-President Dawn O’Bar’s 2012 goal is to get 200,000 All Purpose Solar Lights out to tor of a church, one being a farmer, If I’m a Montecito – or Santa Barbara those that need them most one the governor of the area. They – resident with some extra cash and partnered with Rotary International. O’Bar at: [email protected], told Bowers they needed something feel inclined to further this cause, what Direct Relief International has been or call her at 805-452-4575. To see a for the kids to read by at night. would you suggest I do? kind enough to send a lot of our demonstration, go to: youtube.com/ Something that didn’t have black On our website (unite-to-light.org), lights in their medical birthing kits. unitetolight. smoke, that was healthy, energy effi- we have added a “buy one; give They’re going out to help midwives It’s not too early, by the way, to cient, and perhaps most importantly, more” option, so you could not only deliver babies. think about housewarming gifts for didn’t cost too much. get a light for yourself but you’ll ••• the holiday season. A 4-ounce All So, Bowers and his team got to work. also get a tax-deductible donation for Those interested in helping dis- Purpose Solar Light makes an excel- At first, they believed there had to be a the balance of what you purchased tribute or donate these versatile and lent gift. Make sure you keep at least light on the market that could already a light for, which is $25. We’ll cer- helpful devices (they’re great for one for yourself; you will love it and do that. But, after a thorough search, tainly accept any donations, how- campsites!) are invited to email Ms use it. Guaranteed. •MJ they discovered that, although there ever, even if you don’t want a light were many things available, there was of your own. During the holidays nothing as simple and economical we had a big gift-giving campaign as what they eventually created. The that included this receipt note: “You FOR LEASE light they came up with weighs just are receiving this light as a gift. With four ounces. each light given, additional lights are “We wanted to be environmentally being distributed to those in need, Ed friendly; the other lights [that were dramatically improving the quality uc ) 2410 Lillie Avenue available] had numerous batteries. of life. Thank you for sharing the gift Ed (.70 E R N Summerland Ours has just one,” Dawn points out, of light.” ic NN PR “and if that one battery could no We ship them directly out from the $2.00 longer hold a charge, you only had post office, or through churches in to throw one out, rather than two or Santa Barbara, Ojai, and local thrift three.” stores, so we do a little bit of a con- The battery will recharge for 550 signment for them too. cycles, which means it will last for up to two years. “Then,” Dawn says, “if How durable are the LED bulbs? people will send the battery back to Oh my gosh. If I’m out giving a us (so they don’t end up in some gar- talk, I will throw the light across the bage can somewhere), we’ll sell them room (I actually did this at the Dons a new one for two dollars.” Café at Santa Barbara High School). I threw the light across the room and Q. How does someone in, say, Ghana the kids’ eyes were just [as wide as Retail/Office Suite in the heart of Summerland get one of these? could be]. They gasped. But, literally, • Ground floor of a beautiful building - 2,080 sf A. Right now, you have to know the only thing that may happen is • Excellent parking and location among Summerland’s amenities somebody. We have a few Peace that the battery cover may come off; • Easy Hwy 101 access and just over the hill from Montecito Corps workers that are over there I put the battery back in and turn the working with a couple of organiza- light on and it works just fine. We tions in different locations and they have tested these pretty significantly, For details, please contact: are distributing some of the lights dropped them from six-foot ladders, Michael Martz, cciM Kristopher Roth in Ghana. That’s one of the projects so we know they are very durable. we’re working on this year: to come They have water-resistance capabili- 805-898-4363 805-898-4361 up with some big distribution part- ties too. If they are left out in the rain, [email protected] [email protected] ners that are on the ground in these they will still work. particular countries that can be part 222 E. Carrillo Street, Suite 101 • Santa Barbara, CA 93101 of the network, so if somebody does Your current goal is what? (805) 563-2111 • HayesCommercial.com want one in India, we can tell them: Getting 200,000 lights out this year. here is a distributor or distribution Last year we were at 13,000. We’ve 16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 29 VILLAGE BEAT (from page 13)

Turk Hessellund Nursery will be replaced with a mixed-use building; Santa Barbara Planning Commission approved the project last week had courtesy review of the project. The most significant issue with the plans come from the Hardey family, which owns Jeannine’s bakery next door. Jeannine’s deck is attached to a tree that sits on Valner’s property, slated to be removed during construc- tion. The deck, built before Jeannine’s opened twelve years ago, will need partial reconstruction. “He has the right to build on his property, but it has a tremendous impact on our property,” said Gordon Hardey. “We welcome Mr. Valner to our commu- nity, and we think the project will complement Montecito. The problem is, it’s going to devastate Jeannine’s,” added Allison Hardey, who operates the business. As part of the conditions of approv- al, the commission required that at the request of the Hardeys, a wall will be built to screen the construc- tion in order to contain dust, pollution and noise. “How am I going to keep our customers from leaving us?” Ms Hardey asked. The business owners and Valner will have to agree on con- struction hours; county code states construction can legally take place Monday through Friday from 7 am to 5 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm. Danny Copus, president of Coast Village Business Association gave his support of the project, but said he hopes the Hardeys and Valner can come to an agreement so Jeannine’s is not badly affected. Because the project was already in the pipeline, it is exempt from a new policy developed in the General Plan process which requires that residen- tial units and sensitive use businesses be set back 250 feet from the freeway. President’s Day Sales Event! Cearnal’s plan takes into consider- ation the policy, but the 250-ft line cuts through one bathroom and a bedroom in one of the townhomes. He is also asking for a modification for balconies on the commercial part of the build- ing, which he says add character to the architecture. The project also takes into the consideration the pedestrian improvements outlined in the City’s General Plan; the building will be set back 12 feet from the curb to allow for ample pedestrian room. “It was inevitable that sometime in our lifetime the Turk Hessellund prop- erty would be sold and developed,” 30 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 Melissa Moore said Planning Commissioner Deborah of Toy Crazy Schwartz, who once lived on Middle launches new Road in Montecito. She, along with programs and offerings the other commissioners, praised the low-key scale of the project. The project will be seen by the ABR for final design approval. The Planning Commission’s approval is appealable for ten business days to the Butterfly Beach will be the story read by author City Council. Polly Caldwell Bookwalter on March 21 during weekly story time

Toy Crazy Update Crazy’s signature gift wrap is com- On the day of her six month mark as plimentary, they offer “wish lists” for a store owner in Montecito, Toy Crazy special occasions, and have gift cards owner Melissa Moore sat down with and shipping available. us to discuss the popular shop’s latest For more information, call 565-7696 happenings. “We have been so warm- or come by 1026 Coast Village Road. ly welcomed in this community,” she said as she and her associate, Kristy 22 years ago, has launched three new 15% off their purchases. A sign up Wylie, unloaded a truck full of new events at the store, including a week- sheet for birthday discounts is now in Music Academy Latest toy arrivals. ly storytime held every Wednesday effect too. At its meeting on February 9, the Moore, who traveled to New York at 11 am. “We have so many non- Melissa has made many charita- Women’s Auxiliary of the Music last weekend for an annual Toy Fair school-aged kids who come in with ble contributions from Toy Crazy, Academy of the West presented to scout new toy offerings, opened their parents at that time of day. Why including Crane Country Day School, Academy President Scott Reed and the shop in Montecito Country Mart not offer a fun event for the ‘littles’ Montecito Union School, Cold Spring Academy Board Chair Sharon Westby in August. “We had a great holiday right before their lunch?” she asked. School, Montecito YMCA, The Oaks a check in the amount of $228,422, the season and have been well received. Melissa will be the main reader, but Parent-Child Workshop, The Waldorf total raised by the Auxiliary on the Our customers tell us there was a will have appearances and readings School of Santa Barbara, Our Lady Music Academy’s behalf in 2011. In definite need for us in Montecito,” by local authors as well. On March 21, of Mount Carmel School, Lou Grant addition to organizing May Madness, she said. The shop, which boasts 1,150 Butterfly Beach author Polly Caldwell Parent Child Workshop and The Santa the annual estate sale benefiting square feet of wall-to-wall and floor- Bookwalter will be the guest read- Barbara Birth Center. The store also the Music Academy, the Women’s to-ceiling toys, is the third location of er. During Wednesday mornings, all participated in a Holiday Giving Tree Auxiliary oversees operations at Toy Crazy; the other two are located books in the store are 10% off. in December at the Country Mart, the Rack and Treasure House, the in Brentwood and Malibu. Moore says Toy Crazy has also launched benefitting Transition House. she weeds through toys to find the Allowance Day every first Sunday of Wylie tells as that as always, Toy VILLAGE BEAT Page 344 “best of the best” for all ages. the month, beginning March 4. Kids Melissa, who began her toy career can bring in their allowance and get UNIVERSITY FOOT & ANKLE INSTITUTE

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER compiled by by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, Carpinteria Division Marijuana Possession on Cold Spring Road

Saturday, February 4, 12:57 am – Deputy Padilla was patrolling through Montecito when he spotted a young man and his girlfriend sitting in the bushes near a school on Cold Spring Road. When Padilla stopped to contact the couple, the deputy noticed that the young man appeared to be intoxicated. A small plastic clear box with marijuana in it was on the ground next to him. When Padilla asked if he possessed marijuana, the young man denied it. Padilla attempted to search him for weapons, and the man was uncooperative. He was arrested for possession of marijuana, and handcuffed for the deputy’s safety. He was cited and released. Suspicious Circumstances on Olive Mill Road Monday, February 6, 2:31 pm – Sheriff deputies were dispatched to Hot Springs Road and Olive Mill Road on report of a male brandishing a gun. LET US GET YOU UP AND RUNNING Upon arrival, Deputies Padilla and Johnson contacted a man who said he Suffer from a foot or ankle condition? 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Deputy Johnson made contact with the MTD bus 877-569-1987 driver who had just picked up passengers from the stop; the driver reported 11 Locations in Southern California there was no suspicious persons on the bus or any suspicious activity. A report www.FootAnkleInstitute.com was taken. 16 – 23 February 2012 With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying – Bette Davis MONTECITO JOURNAL 31 Montecito Diary by Julia Rodgers (photos courtesy of Santa Barbara Sports Drive) Third Annual Sports Drive s many as 2,000 underprivileged children in Santa Barbara could Julia Rodgers lives in have smiles on their faces Montecito with her hus- soonA if all goes well with the Third band and two young sons. Annual Sports Drive being planned She is a former journalist for Saturday, February 25 at the Santa and lawyer who moved here from Chicago eight Barbara Boys & Girls Club. years ago. That’s how many tickets the orga- nizers of this year’s sports drive are printing in hopes that they will col- lect enough used sports equipment to who became the “founding mem- serve double the number of children bers.” as last year’s event. “It was all their idea – we just gave “We’re hoping to expand it this them the venue,” said Kjar, who is the year,” said Elijah Bittleston, a junior athletic director at the Boys & Girls at Laguna Blanca School, who was Club. “They never asked anything of one of the founding members of the the Boys & Girls Club other than to sports drive. Last year’s event attract- bring the kids.” Kim Kjar, Athletic Director of the Boys & Girls Club Eddie Conk (left) rewarding the winner of last of Santa Barbara, and Matt Wagonhurst, one of year’s raffle with a bike ed 1,000 children who were able to The sports drive works like this: the founding members of the sports drive, at last choose from a wide variety of used the teen organizers spend several year’s event ment, fosters academic success and sporting equipment, free of charge. months collecting used sporting provides fun athletic and recreational Back in 2010, Matt Wagonhurst, a equipment from friends, neigh- are invited to the Boys & Girls Club activities six days a week. All money junior at Santa Barbara High School, bors and students at area schools. to pick out pieces of equipment. The donated goes directly to the Boys & discovered a new pair of baseball After sorting through the equip- teen organizers work with each child Girls Club, and will provide a one- shoes in his closet that he didn’t need. ment, cleaning it and organizing it to help them figure out what equip- year scholarship to the club (valued He talked to his basketball coach at by sport, they distribute free tickets ment they need for the sport they are at $20 per child). Donations can be the Boys & Girls Club, Kim Kjar, and to children from Transition House, interested in. made online at www.sbsportsdrive. they came up with the idea to start Court Appointed Special Advocates, “That’s what is unique about our com. a drive for low-income children. He and members of the Boys & Girls system – we meet every single one of According to Kjar, approximately gathered a group of about 30 friends Club. On February 25, the children the children,” Bittleston said. “It’s a 50 scholarships were awarded last really personal experience.” year as a result of the fundraising. For the third year of the sports “We hope to raise even more this drive, the organizers have enlisted year,” Kjar said. “Because of bud- the help of the owner of PODS, Steve get cuts to after school programs, Yapp, who has donated PODS con- we are getting a lot more kids here tainers to collect the sporting equip- now.” ment. PODS containers are placed at Bittleston said he hopes that the Laguna Blanca School in Hope Ranch, sports drive tradition will contin- the downtown Boys & Girls Club and ue after he and the other found- Crane School in Montecito. Items may ers have gone to college. “A lot of We are 26 dealers with individual tastes, making us be dropped off at Laguna and Crane us have younger siblings, and we’re until February 20, and at the down- hoping to teach them how to do a unique marketplace for over twenty years. town Boys & Girls Club location until it and have them continue it,” he February 24. said. Additionally, Bittleston and his 2192 Ortega Hill Road Summerland 805-565-3189 Examples of the types of equipment friends are hoping high school stu- the drive needs include: balls, bats, dents in other communities will fol- www.summerlandantiquecollective.com gloves, helmets, boogie boards, skate- low their lead and organize their own boards, bikes, rackets, shin guards, sports drives. To make it easy to do, pads, jerseys, shirts, shorts and shoes. they have created a 19-page step-by- No large kayaks, motorized vehi- step tool kit and posted it in a PDF cles, trampolines or treadmills can format on their website, called “How Aquarium Sales be accepted. A raffle is held for the To Do A Successful Sports Drive in Custom Installation larger items during the sports drive on Your Community.” Monthly Maintenance February 25. In addition to Wagonhurst and New this year, organizers also have Bittleston, the other founding mem- a hotline to call if you need someone bers of the sports drive are: Eddie Gift Certificates to pick up sports equipment from your Conk, Nicky Von Wiesenberger, Available house: (805) 729-0353. You can also Kyle Mayfield, Logan Carmody, submit a form to have items picked up Peter Ghersen, Mason Pereira, Andy Open: 11am-7pm by visiting www.sbsportsdrive.com. Busch Jr., Miles Waters, Brendan Fay, James Schuerman, Will Zimmerman, 7 days a week Penn Stussy, Jamie Morton and Large selection of corals, fresh and saltwater fish Scholarships Teddy Rollins. The junior members Another part of the sports drive is are: Chris Wagonhurst, Andrew Fay, 4425 Hollister Avenue (Where Hollister meets Modoc) an effort to raise money to provide Duncan King, Anthony Spann, Max scholarships to children who can- Henderson, Jacob Greenspan, Nick 805 692-9302 • www.aquaticdesignsb.com not afford to attend the Boys & Girls and Will Busch, David Schaeman, Chet Club, which provides a safe environ- Stussy and Dylan Carmody. •MJ 32 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 Your Westmont productions of Peter Pan and Table Manners. Since then he has received by Scott Craig (photo by Brad Elliott) many awards for his work with Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont and Lit Moon, including Westmont College three Shakespearean plays: Henry V (2000), Much Ado About Nothing (2000), Hamlet (2001-04) and King Richard II Blondell Travels to the Globe (2006). Blondell says that contributing to Professor John Blondell direct- London’s vibrant cultural landscape ing Henrik humbles him. “I’m thrilled and grate- Ibsen’s Peer ful to the Globe for choosing me and Gynt in 2011 this company,” he says. “I still pinch myself. I can’t believe it. I never imag- ined I’d have the opportunity to work Art Resources there. I’m excited. I’m anxious. I’m custom picture framing thrilled.” A Special Guests and Museum Quality Framing Events in Montecito: Custom Mirrors “Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays: A Modern Perspective,” Randall Martin, Art Installation the University of New Brunswick and ontecito’s award-winning action,” Blondell says. “It also marks editor of the Oxford Henry VI, Part director John Blondell is the rise of a truly memorable villain, 3. Thursday, February 16 at 4 pm, Free In-Home/In-Store reaching new heights in Richard III, who sets forth on a ram- Adams 219, Westmont College. Consultations hisM career. The Westmont theater page of murder and deceit.” “On Editing Shakespeare,” Randall arts professor will direct a play at Martin. Friday, February 17, 9:15 am, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Language No Barrier Black Box Theatre, Westmont College. 512 East Haley Street London. As part of the London “Directors Talk Henry,” Nikita www.artresourcesframing.com Milivojevic 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the Globe Blondell says that he tends to watch , Novi Sad, Serbia; 805.966.6923 offers “Globe to Globe,” featuring 37 his collaborators as he directs a play Adonis Filipi, Tirana, Albania; and international companies presenting in another language, whether they’re John Blondell, Santa Barbara. Friday, every one of Shakespeare’s plays. actors off-stage or assistants in the February 17, 4 pm, Adams 219 Locally owned and operated since 1980 The productions begin April 21 and room with him. “I use them as mir- Westmont College. •MJ continue for six weeks. Blondell’s rors to see what is going on,” he says. task is directing Shakespeare’s Henry “I watch people watch the rehearsal VI, Part 3, staged by actors from the to see what their body language is National Theatre of Macedonia and and what people pay attention to at a performed in their language. particular moment. And if I see them 2012 MERRAG TRAINING SCHEDULE Before performing the show in actually looking with their mouths Macedonia and London (May 12-13), open, that’s a good sign. Something MFD Headquarters Blondell directs an English version has captivated them.” 595 San Ysidro Rd. 10:00 a.m. (unless noted) of Henry VI, Part 3 for Lit Moon Language doesn’t represent as Theatre Company on February 17-18, large a barrier as it would in the U.S. 23-25 at Center Stage Theater in Santa Blondell says it’s far more common 02/23/12 Thurs 2pm (Before Board Mtg) VAN ORIENTATION Barbara. Tickets, which are $16.50- in Europe for directors to undertake 03/08/12 Thurs 10am DISASTER MEDICAL OPS I (C-3) $26.50, are available through www. plays in a foreign language. “Working 04/09/12 Mon 6-9 pm EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS centerstagetheater.org and by calling with actors is working with actors,” 04/12/12 Thurs 10am DISASTER MEDICAL OPS II (C-4) (805) 963-0408. he says. “Whenever I open my mouth, Blondell has directed three other I am constantly teaching the meaning 05/05/12 Sat 10am DOC Set up 05/10/12 Thurs 10am ELECTRICAL SAFETY foreign-language projects, including of the play, the psycho-emotional situ- 06/14/12 Thurs 10am DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/KITS (C-1) his award-winning production of The ation of characters, et cetera.” 07/12/12 Thurs 10am WILDLAND FIRES IN URBAN INTERFACE Wonderful Adventures of Nils. He staged Blondell has also learned to think 08/09/12 Thurs 10am TERRORISM (C-8) that play in the United States before of the text more musically. “I break 09/13/12 Thurs 10am RADIO TRAINING / DOC SET UP taking it to Finland. “Performing the text into rhythms and tempos,” he 09/29/12 Sat 10am INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM Henry VI in Santa Barbara gives me explains, “creating moments that have a seven-week experience of the play, a particular kind of intensity – rhyth- 10/11/12 Thurs 10am FIRE SAFETY/EXTINGUISHER USE (C-2) working with American actors using mic variation, or tempo, or dynamic 10/18/12 Thurs 10am GREAT CA SHAKEOUT - DRILL the play in English,” Blondell says. level.” 11/08/12 Thurs 10am LIGHT SEARCH & RESCUE (C-5) “It’ll give me a sense of what the The Santa Barbara production fea- 12/09/12 Biltmore 10am Elect Board, Adopt Budget important conversations are with the tures eight Lit Moon actors, including actors and their mental and emotional Westmont faculty member Victoria experiences.” Finlayson and Westmont alumnae C-# NEXT TO TOPIC IS THE CORRELATING CERT MODULE WHEN APPLICABLE He describes the play, which Kate Paulsen, Marie Ponce, Sara BOLERO DR EMERGENCY PLAN

For has the most battle scenes of any Reynolds and Diana Small. Other Geri Ventura MONTECITO Shakespearean drama, as gripping cast members are Brian Harwell, VILLAGE and visceral. The rarely-performed Stan Hoffman and Jeff Mills. Jim NORTH historical tragedy depicts the blood- Connolly provides original music and EAST VALLEY RD saturated events of the English Ted Dolas does the lighting. EAST VALLEY RD SAN YSIDRO RD RD YSIDRO SAN Training topics subject to change civil war known as the Wars of the Blondell, who completed a doc- MANNING PARK Please RSVPEMERGENCY Geri Ventura PLAN at 969-2537 Roses. “There are dizzying reversals torate from UC Santa Barbara, first and betrayals that drive the violent earned critical acclaim with his 1989 For Geri Ventura 16 – 23 February 2012 Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade; with it, it becomes creation – Bette Davis MONTECITO JOURNAL 33 VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 31) Simpatico in Montecito Women’s is equipped Auxiliary with Pilates Chair Konnie and Gyrotonic Gault, group machines member Patty Jacquemin, Sharon Westby and Academy President Scott Reed

with work in the Project are based in the Santa Barbara area, living in the Academy’s on-campus resale shops. to the business’s offerings, includ- region is not a requirement for par- For more information visit www. ing group classes, and discounts for ticipation. musicacademy.org. students and dancers. She also offers Deering tells us the concept for The discounted workshops for local busi- Flat File Project began at Pierogi, an In Business: nesses, so people can try out Pilates artist-run gallery in the Williamsburg and Gyrotonic. neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Simpatico Pilates The studio, equipped with eight Pierogi was founded by artist Joe Simpatico Pilates on Coast Village Pilates reformers, a Gyrotonic Amrhein in the mid-1990s with the Road held an open house last month machine, six Pilates towers, and sev- idea of making works on paper avail- to unveil new offerings at the long- eral stability chairs, offers various Simpatico Pilates owner Mindy Horwitz with able to a larger audience. In 1999, Chiropractor Aaron Stauber time Montecito exercise studio. Owner classes and combinations, individu- the Bernard Toale Gallery brought Mindy Horwitz, who took over the alized to ability and preference. The certifications. the concept to Boston. Deering (origi- studio about a year and a half ago, studio boasts eight instructors who Two additional rooms at the facility nally from the Boston area) has long has added more affordable options hold various Pilates and Gyrotonic have been transformed into a chiro- admired this project and says she is practic room and a massage therapy pleased to bring the concept to Santa room. Chiropractor Aaron Stauber, Barbara. an upper cervical spine specialist, and Jen Wood, a massage therapist and Pilates instructor, now conduct Dropping in on Jupiter business out of Simpatico. “It really by Scott Craig rounds out what we have to offer The gas giant Jupiter will be the here,” Horwitz told us during a visit focus of attention for stargazers at a last week. Adorning the walls of the free public viewing with the power- space is artwork by Lori Wolf Grillias. ful Keck Telescope Friday, February Horwitz also tells us Simpatico has 17. The viewing, which begins about partnered with Chef by Request, a 7 pm, lasts several hours. The obser- meal delivery service featuring gour- vatory opens its doors to the public met meals aimed to be tasty and every third Friday of the month in healthy. New office manager Julie conjunction with the Santa Barbara Tomlinson, who has a background in Astronomical Unit, whose mem- nutrition, is heading up the partner- bers bring their own telescopes to Artist Roger Craton mingles with guests at Jane Deering Gallery ship. Westmont for the public to gaze For more information about through. In case of inclement weath- Home Theater • Apple TV • Everything Digital Simpatico, and to check out the latest er, please call the Telescope Viewing schedule, visit the new website, www. Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check Harold Adams - Computer Consulting simpaticopilates.com or call 565-7591. the Westmont website to see if the Simpatico is located at 1235 Coast viewing has been canceled. AllAll ThingsThings MacMac Village Road, upstairs. Westmont physics instructor Thomas Whittemore says Jupiter and iPhones • iPods • iPhoto • Music • Movies Jane Deering Venus are getting closer together in the night sky. “Though we will not be New Computer Setup • Troubleshooting Flat File Project looking at Venus through a telescope Serving Montecito & Santa Barbara for over 20 years Montecito resident and artist Jane that evening, it’s interesting to watch Deering introduces “Meet the Flat the closing distance between the two Training Beginners to Advanced Files,” the latest in the continuing planets over the next month or so,” he Reasonable Rates • Quality Service Short Talks Series at the Jane Deering says. “Venus will lie far lower in the Gallery at 128 East Canon Perdido southwestern sky than Jupiter and far (8(8 5)5) 692-2005692-2005 •• harharold@[email protected] Street. Among the works present- brighter than Jupiter as well.” ed were ten photographs by Roger Other celestial objects that may Craton of Santa Barbara. be featured include the Great Orion The Flat File Project is a collec- Nebula, M42. “This stellar nursery lies tion of artworks on paper housed in about 1,400 light-years away, but is so the gallery. Participating artists work bright that it can easily be seen with in a wide range of media includ- the naked eye in a reasonably dark Get iPhoto New iPad ing graphite, ink, a variety of paints, sky,” Whittemore says. Organized setup too! photography, printmaking and col- Whittemore says he’ll target several lage. Although many of the artists open clusters in Winter Milky Way 34 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 since the constellations Gemini (The My Greatest THANK YOU to Eve Murphy, Twins) and Auriga (The Charioteer) are high overhead. “Among our choic- CEO & Owner of Mission Terrace es will be: M35, M36, M37 and M38,” he says. “These clusters are about Convalescent Hospital. 2,000 light-years awayMERRY but are still CHRISTMAS bright enough to be seen even in smallerThe telescopes. Heavenly The Father different sent pat his- only begotten son Jesus, Our Redeemer terns of starsfor salvation, in their fields healing, should feeding be and He became the key to heaven. dazzling if the conditions are good. For these kinds of objects the 8-inch refractor telescope, rather than the 24-inch reflector, is the better-viewing instrument.” Dads and Daughters Cut a Rug at MUS by Lily Buckley Fourth-grader Juliana Slater and her father, Scott, Over 200 attendees showed up share a slow dance to Savage Garden dressed to impressed and ready to bust a move at the second annual You are the greatest of all. I spent a few days there Valentine’s Father-Daughter Dance, held in the auditorium at Montecito for recuperation and it was a delight and healing. Union School. All girls grades kin- dergarten through sixth were invit- Your visits, your excellent nurses and staff. ed, as well as the girls’ fathers or any other important male figure in Your wonderful food. their lives. The auditorium was filled The services and ambiance just a bit with Valentine’s-themed balloons and better than the Royal Hawaiian. streamers, Frankie G had his DJ booth set up on the stage, and there were snacks and lemonade in the back for May God Favor You, those who needed a well-deserved Reverend Paul Ivano Vit break from dancing. The PTA – and specifically parent Lucia Engel – put Almost all attendees rushed the dance floor to show off their choreographed moves to the “Cha on the festive event. •MJ Cha Slide” WIN $1 MILLION or SANTA BARBARA HOME

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16 – 23 February 2012 The problem with political jokes is they get elected – Henry Cate, VII MONTECITO JOURNAL 35 Life•Style by Lilly Tam Cronin Lilly resides in Montecito with her husband, Read, daughter Teddy, and furry, four-legged companion, Moxie La Petite Chouette Flies High

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La Petite Chouette dancer performing at the Granada, one of the many clients of the studio he 27th annual SBIFF has come years, under the guidance of director lyra (spinning hoop suspended in and gone, and you may have and owner, Ninette Paloma. The the air), tightrope, or the corde lisse noticed some high-flying acts, group is accustomed to performing (a traditional aerial apparatus, sleek notablyT at the Martin Scorsese tribute at major Santa Barbara events, as minimalist rope). “All levels and party and the Cinema Vanguard Lotusland, Santa Barbara Museum of sizes can twist, turn and challenge Awards. The performers are part of Art, and the Dream Foundation are a themselves in the ultimate total body the La Petite Chouette Aerial Dance few of the clients for which they have workout. You’re never too old to join Studio (LPC). Many of the performers performed in the past. the circus!” quips Ninette. For begin- have been with the dance studio for six Ninette followed her dream of join- ners, Ms Paloma recommends trying the Mixed Apparatus class or Aerial conditioning class that allows the student to try a different apparatus each week. “You get an idea of which LEARN PIANO apparatus you connect with best, what works with your body type and Excel in Life most importantly what inspires you,” she explains. Or if you prefer to stay on the ground, recently added to LPC is – All Ages Welcome – Director and owner of La Petite Chouette Aerial Christina Sanchez, former member Dance Studio, Ninette Paloma, on silks of Alvin Ailey Company. She will ing the circus at the age of 18. She be teaching the aerialist class on the grew up as a gymnast and became floor. Students with little to no dance disenchanted with the rivalry of com- experience can learn modern dance peting against her own teammates. and ballet. Eventually, they can use She came across an open call for a these techniques to transition their local Midwestern Circus and decided body from floor to air. to audition for the tightwire even What’s in store for the summer? though she had never walked on a LPC will be performing its newly tightrope before. She figured if she choreographed show, Indah, at the could walk the balance beam, she Lobero. “Indah explores the new could eventually master the tight- modern circus, weaving a tale of love, rope. “I just had to be more care- loss and resurgence. Interlacing eight ful,” chuckled Ninette. Eventually, classic and invented aerial appara- Ms Paloma, a Chicago native, made tus with contemporary dance. Live her way to Santa Barbara and opened music and media art will be inter- a small aerial dance studio for eight laced throughout the show,” explains students in 2006. As of now, LPC Ninette. In July and August, Ms has flourished into an international Paloma will host two separate sum- performance company and training mer programs, one for adults and one school for over 100 students of all for children. MUSIC WITH MALIA ages. Find more information about classes Lessons Start Now (805) 637-3150 The studio has been the secret for and performances of La Petite Chouette Successful teaching in Santa Barbara many Montecito residents as a way Aerial Dance Studio at: www.lapetite to stay fit, flexible and enjoy the thrill chouette.com or by calling (805) 284- & Montecito for over 10 years! of dancing through the air, wheth- 8785. The studio is located at 810 East er it’s with a static trapeze, silks, Gutierrez Street, Suite B. •MJ 36 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 Our town (Continued from page 27) tailpiece and pickguard, and a black Kent Armstrong floating mini-hum- bucker. An abalone orchid is inlaid on the 12th fret and the volume con- trol is located under the pickguard. Martin, recognized for his solo jazz guitar playing, toured and recorded 20+ albums with jazz violin great Stephane Grappelli. The Moog MiniTaur, a compact bass 2 Oscillator desktop synthesizer with the Legendary Moog Ladder Filter circuit, features a classic one knob per function design without foot pedals. Plug in a MIDI controller or hook it Joanne tests the fretless candy lemon yellow up to your computer and start playing M Parker Bass immediately. • J Renowned luthier Richard Hoover and his “Clementine” with Swingin’ Dave

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16 – 23 February 2012 We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office – Aesop MONTECITO JOURNAL 37 On Entertainment see one more group because there’s any stories to share? one thing he forgot. It’s not something Oh, absolutely. When I was doing by Steven Libowitz to tell, or answer. But a question he Ghostbusters II, I was a young actor Tom Dugan, Nazi Hunter forgot to ask. That’s the key to the and it was a big hoot. I played a cop play. who was in a whole bunch of scenes, in the background, of course. In one I’m told there’s surprising humor to scene, I was driving a cop car with the show. I know he was sometimes called all four Ghostbusters in the back. I “The Jewish James Bond,” but what’s was supposed to pull up to Gracie funny about hunting Nazis? Mansion at 60 miles per hour and When I first thought about writ- stop with a screech on this 3-inch ing this show, I figured it would be piece of tape they’d put down on interesting, but why would anyone the ground. I’m not a stunt driver, want to sit through it? Then I found and I’m petrified I’m going to kill out that he was an amateur comedian somebody. Anyway, the cameras are before the war. The more I researched, rolling, sound guys are ready, and I learned that not only was he a funny we start, and Bill Murray and Dan guy, he was a riot. He had a great Aykroyd are joking around in the sense of humor, and he understood its back with Harold Ramis, laughing value, that you can’t just tell people it up. And I had to turn around and sad stories, but you have to be enter- say “Guys, shut up! I’m trying to taining. That’s why the show is a hear the director!” And they’re like success and has been nominated for “Ooh, ooh,” making fun of me. Then all these awards… One of the golden just as I start driving, Bill Murray Tom Dugan brings his one-man show that he wrote and stars in, Nazi Hunter – Simon Wiesenthal, to the rules of playwriting is that you can’t flicks the back of my ear and says Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, which runs until March 11 start a show with a joke because you “Don’t [screw] up, don’t [screw] up,” om Dugan’s one-man show, have to set it up. But the set up is over and over again. Somehow I still Nazi Hunter – Simon Wiesenthal, already there. People are thinking it’s managed to get it done… I ended up Steven Libowitz has about the World War II survivor reported on the arts and going to be such a drag; I’ll take my doing five movies for Ivan Reitman. whoT tracked down 1,100 war criminals entertainment for more medicine and come to the show. So I’d love to work for him again. I hope in his 60-year career, has played to than 30 years; he has I took a chance and the first line in he reads this. strong reviews and sold out audiences contributed to Montecito the show is a very dour story, but it’s across the Southland and around the Journal for over ten actually a blue joke. It just kills every One last question: Do you ever get mis- years. country. Now the 50-year-old actor- night, because they’re all so shocked taken for the BMX rider? playwright – who dons a fat suit and and so friggin’ relieved that the eve- Yeah, I do. I got a letter a month ago: an hour’s-worth of makeup to portray ning isn’t going to be a drag. It’s a “Dear Mr. Dugan, I’m writing from Wiesenthal in his 80s – is bringing this now? great way to start. my sixth grade class. I’m supposed to the show the L.A. Times raved about If you, or anyone, has to ask to ask do a report on one of my heroes.” I’m as a “compelling… accessible history why, it’s my opinion that the infor- Wiesenthal also had his share of detrac- all tearing up as I read it. Then it says, lesson” to our neck of the woods for a mation isn’t coming out very well. If tors, those thought he had a bit too much “What kind of bike should I buy?”… I four-week run at the Rubicon Theater you’re having “Holocaust fatigue” – pride and may have lied about his accom- guess I have to work harder. This guy in Ventura. which was Wiesenthal’s own descrip- plishments. Also there was his defense of is beating me out. You Google Tom Dugan – who as Wiesenthal takes the tive, apt phrase – it’s because you’re Kurt Waldheim. Do you delve into that in Dugan and he comes up. It used to audience from Vienna to Argentina, feeling mired in the past. It’s under- the show? be me. the Warsaw Ghetto and an Israeli standable if it doesn’t resonate as time Sure. You can’t take on a character Nazi Hunter - Simon Wiesenthal courtroom awaiting Adolf Eichmann’s goes by, if you think, “What does this like this without it. I have no inter- opens Saturday at Ventura’s Rubicon trial – discussed the subject of the play have to do with me? I resent it! I want est in hearing the story of someone Theatre and continues Wednesdays- and his own career over the telephone to move on and live in the present.” as a saint. Who can relate to that? Sundays through March 11. Tickets cost after a tech rehearsal early this week. But the focus of Wiesenthal’s work I read all the books, ones that span $39-$59 general, $25 students. Call 667- and what I capture in the play is the the gamut from those who wor- 2900 or visit www.rubicontheatre.org. Q. Why were you drawn to portray relevance to tomorrow. We take the shipped him to those who said he Wiesenthal? lessons of yesterday and apply them was the devil incarnate. That helps ••• A. My father was awarded the to now. It’s about Syria, the Middle you develop a three-dimensional Also in theater, writer-actress Maria Bronze Battle Star in WWII after East, and lots of other places… So you picture. Wiesenthal did have a lot Lane Ross has teamed up with vet- his 80th infantry discovered the can forget; that’s fine. Remembering of pride, there was some arrogance. eran Santa Barbara thespian Ed Giron Buchenwald concentration camp. I alone isn’t enough. You have to do It charged his batteries, he liked the to create The Jaguar’s Nest, a fiction- grew up with his stories of being something about it. fame. And there are those who say al story of an individual’s struggle there. He rejected the idea of collective he exaggerated his importance. But against a society that neglects mental guilt. Half of his family was German, Tell me about the structure. I under- they focused on his early work, not illness. Giron directs while Ross stars and he had no bad feelings toward stand it begins on the day of his retire- taking into the full account his later in the staged reading of the funny, the country. He always believed you ment, with one final group of students perspectives. He learned things as irreverent, dramatic, and sometimes should judge people by their actions, at his Jewish Documentation Center in he went along. As far as Waldheim, heartbreaking story she co-wrote of a not the group they belong to. I grew Vienna. there just wasn’t any proof, and woman’s struggle within herself and up learning that and it also lined One of his greatest accomplish- Wiesenthal didn’t want to detract with a failed system, where when up with Wiesenthal’s views. Also, ments was being a teacher. He’d love from the cause when you couldn’t everything looks to be stripped from although I’m Irish Catholic, I mar- students to come into the center and prove it. you, if you still have hope, miracles ried a Jewish woman and I’ve got two listen to him talk about his life as happen. The two performances, at 3 Jewish boys. So I think I come by the an example. That is the structure. You’ve also done one-man shows on and 7pm Sunday at Center Stage, ben- story fairly honestly. The audience is put in the place of Robert E. Lee and Frederick Douglas, efit Peoples’ Self-Help Housing, with an American group of college stu- “humble heroes,” as you put it. But you Q&A sessions following the shows. I know it’s important to “always dents whose teacher has finagled to don’t just play heavy characters: your Call 963-0408 or visit www.centerstag remember,” as they say, but it seems have them be the last group to hear IMDB page shows a lot of credits in fun etheater.org. there’s a new Holocaust movie or book or him talk. He’s packing up boxes, he’s stuff: Bones, Curb Your Enthusiasm documentary every year. Why do we need done. He’s retiring. But he’s agreed to and Naked Gun, to name just a few. Got entertainment Page 414 38 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 16 – 23 February 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 39 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area this week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. 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Thursday, February 16 Express during its time with Joni Mitchell when they served as her backing band Friday, February 17 Warsaw wonder – Formed in for the seminal Court and Spark album post-Soviet bloc Poland in 1995, the (plus Hissing of Summer Lawns and the Szymanowski Quartet has developed a live Miles of Aisles). It was after leaving Music to fly by – Led by Captain strong international reputation in barely the Express in 1976 that Ford recorded Commander and conductor Haley Armstrong, the concert a decade and a half via sophisticated his solo album The Inside Story with the band of the United States Air programs that present a perfect balance band that became the Yellowjackets, Force Band of the Golden West, between intellect and passion. The and later played on the group’s first is comprised of 40 professional ensemble has performed at prestigious two discs. That group, which became a Airman-musicians from Travis Air festivals and concert halls in Europe, more eclectic, electro-acoustic jazz/R&B Force Base who support the global the United States, Asia, Australia and band after officially forming in 1981, still Air Force mission by providing South America, and returns tonight to features keyboardist Russell Ferrante musical presentations and services the chamber music series at the Mary and bassist Jimmy Haslip more than for official military, recruiting and Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara 30 years later. But the event is much community relations events. It’s Museum of Art where they’ll play more than a simple concert. Legendary mostly the latter function that brings Mendelssohn’s Capriccio in E major, drummer John Densmore (The Doors), the group to UCSB tonight for a free show meant to foster America’s rich national Op.118 and String Quartet No. 6 in F who has long worked with TRAP, and heritage through a varied repertoire of standard wind ensemble literature, orchestral transcriptions, military marches, jazz and pop arrangements, Broadway standards minor, op. 80; Beethoven’s String Quartet actor/activist Edward James Olmos and, of course, patriotic music complete with instrumental soloists and featured No. 8 in E minor, op. 59 no. 2; and serve as co-hosts, with percussionist vocalists. The concert is free, but tickets are required and are available online at Bach’s Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich, BWV and former Santa Barbara resident and www.bandofthegoldenwest.af.mil. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Lehmann Hall, UCSB 668. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: 1130 frequent TRAP supporter Airto offering a Campus INFO: 893-3230 or www.music.ucsb.edu State Street COST: $19 general, ($4 special blessing. All are there in support discount for museum members) INFO: of TRAP, a nonprofit – founded by Eddie 963-4364 ext. 400 or www.sbma.net Tuduri, who benefited from similar so. It’s called Voice of the Ages, which spiritual guide to the head of the household work – that is dedicated to educating might seem presumptuous on some while trying to seduce his wife, marry his Friday, February 17 thousands of individuals with intellectual other band, but consider that we’re daughter and eventually steal the entire and developmental differences in Santa talking about the world’s most popular estate. Think Bernie Madoff as a playboy TRAP set – The annual benefit concert Barbara and around the globe by Irish traditional folk group celebrating peddling derivatives for a modern-day for The Rhythmic Arts Project has grown embracing a curriculum that encompasses half a century of making music. The view, although UCSB’s version, directed from its recent days as a picnic/jam rhythm as a modality to address basic six-time Grammy Award winners who by faculty member Tom Whitaker and session on the lawn behind Girls Inc. in life and learning skills as well as reading, have become, as one newspaper put it, starring a cast of talented student actors, Carpinteria. Now the show is commanding writing and arithmetic. WHEN: 8pm a “musical genealogical society,” once will hone closer to the original, which still an evening at the Lobero, as befits a WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon again tap into a vast array of friends evokes laughs more than 300 years later. powerful headlining tandem of Robben Perdido St. COST: $50.50 general (VIP and colleagues to enlist collaborators, WHEN: 8pm tonight, tomorrow and Feb. Ford and The Yellowjackets. Ford is the tickets $105.50) INFO: 963-0761 or including highly-regarded indie rockers 21-24, plus 2pm tomorrow, Sunday and Ojai-based blues-jazz-fusion guitarist www.lobero.com or www.traponline.org Bon Iver and The Decemberists and Feb. 25 WHERE: Performing Arts Theater, whose resume includes stints with John recent Americana ambassadors The Civil UCSB campus COST: $13-$17 INFO: Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Chick Corea, Hitching up to Paddy’s wagon Wars and Carolina Chocolate Drops (not 893-7221 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu the Gregg Allman Band, KISS, as well as – The Chieftains just released a new to mention coproduction from T Bone a mid-‘70s term with Tom Scott’s L.A. CD, somewhere around their 40th or Burnett) plus one from their own neck of Classics, part II – No one does the woods, Irish and Scottish folkie Paolo Shakespeare quite like Lit Moon, the Nutini. The Chieftains, who more or less theater company founded and directed by Thursday, February 16 singlehandedly launched the world music Westmont professor John Blondell. In a boom back in the 1960s, kick off the U.S. gripping, visceral staging of Shakespeare’s leg of their 50th anniversary tour – which rarely performed by great historical ‘Sensuously philosophical’ – As befits a longtime practitioner of Zen Buddhism, culminates in a St. Patrick’s Day show at tragedy Henry VI, Part 3, eight actors will award-winning poet and essayist Jane Carnegie Hall in New York City – right depict the blood-saturated events of the Hirshfield elegantly speaks to the core issues of here in Santa Barbara led by, as always, English civil war known as the Wars of existence in her writing, with her verse touching founder Paddy Moloney, who first the Roses, which also has applications for on topics of desire and loss, impermanence and enlisted top Irish musicians as cohorts way today’s world. “On the heels of the Arab beauty, and our daily experience and connections back in 1962. Expect the Chieftains’ usual Spring, and other sites where civil war with others. Her six collections of poetry include expert musicianship laced with twinkle-in- has or is about to break out, this story… After, which was named a best book of 2006 the-eye Irish humor, plus an assortment of is especially resonant and provocative,” by The Washington Post; Given Sugar, Given Salt, a visiting dancers and pipe bands as has Blondell said in a press release. “The play National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; and The October Palace, plus a new volume just published become the band’s wont in recent years. is jam packed with action; harrowing last August, Come, Thief, which addresses the WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, death scenes; and beautiful, grief-filled passage of time and its ramifications. Described 1214 State Street COST: $35-$55 INFO: laments.” Lit Moon principal Victoria by The New York Times as “radiant and passionate,” Hirshfield muses not only on 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org or 893- Finlayson (also Blondell’s wife) takes the emotional and metaphysical, but also more tangible subjects such as politics, the 3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu on the title role, with Stan Hoffman, ecology and science, offering nuanced observations that help us understand ourselves Jeff Mills, Brian Harwell, Marie better. Raved the Washington Post: “The poems are so open-hearted and marvelously Classics, part I – UCSB Theatre takes on Ponce, Diana Small, Kate Paulsen conceived that they are not just beautiful themselves but effortlessly contain beauty… Tartuffe, 17th century French playwright and Sara Reynolds taking on the other What’s more, they make us suddenly aware of what we too contain at every Molière’s most famous comedy that still parts augmented by original music by savored moment of the day.” Tonight’s reading is the culmination of her week as a Jim Connolly Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the UCSB College of Creative Studies. WHEN: 8pm has ramifications in today’s world full of . The local production WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $15 general, free age 18 and under INFO: financial charlatans and TV evangelists. An comes in advance of Blondell’s staging 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu imposter insinuates himself into the home of the play for the Macedonian National of a wealthy French family posing as a Theatre in Bitola, who have been invited to 40 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 16 – 23 February 2012 entertainment (Continued from page 38) Tuesday, February 21 Pop Tarts really involved in my daughter’s life. ‘Out of Our Minds’ – That’s the title for tonight’s Elvis Costello and the Talking I took her to nursery school every talk (and popular book) from education innovator Sir Heads both released their debut LPs day. That was my number one prior- Ken Robinson that’s all about learning to be creative. in 1977, but Rolling Stone’s new artist ity… My daughter is a musician too Robinson, renowned for radical ideas on education of the year was a guy named Garland – a singer, songwriter. Finding her reform and innovation in the classroom, has gained Jeffreys. gravitating toward music rekindled worldwide fame for his humorous and insightful talks at the TED Conferences, which have been seen by 200 Recently named million people in more than 150 countries. In exploring Rolling Stone’s questions like: Why is it essential to promote creativity? artist of the year, Is everyone creative or just a selective few? Robinson Garland Jeffreys urges schools at all levels to focus on cultivating creativity makes his Santa and acknowledging multiple types of intelligences as Barbara debut at he argues for drastic shifts to meet the extraordinary SOhO on Sunday, challenges of the times. His 2009 book The Element: February 19 How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 21 languages. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $20 general, $10 youths 18 and under INFO: 893-3535 or www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu participate in the Globe Theatre’s Globe Franz Schubert, Cesar Franck, Samuel to Globe Festival, presented as part of Barber and Aaron Copland. WHEN: the 2012 Olympic Games, where all 37 3:30pm WHERE: Trinity Episcopal Church, of Shakespeare’s plays will be played 1500 State Street COST: free INFO: 965- in 37 different languages. The company 7419 or www.trinitysb.org is also offering three free special events at Westmont College in association with Tuesday, February 21 the production, including two talks by noted Shakespearean scholar Randall Han solos – In his decades-long Martin, and a directors roundtable with career, Korean pianist Tong-Il Blondell and Serbia’s Nikita Milivojevic Han has performed with the New and Albania’s Adonis Filipi, who are York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles directing Henry VI, Part 1 and Part 2, Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, Don’t feel foolish if you haven’t my interest and enthusiasm. Then the respectively, for the Globe’s festival. the Chicago Symphony, the London heard of him. After that year’s Ghost fever hit me. Why don’t I get back to WHEN: 8pm tonight & tomorrow, and Philharmonic and many others. The Writer – which featured an ambitious writing songs and face the challenge Feb. 23-25 WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 69-year-old Han played at the White array of rock ‘n’ roll both redemptive of creating new music and making a upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: House during President Kennedy’s term and romantic including the striking good album again? $26.50 general, $16.50 students INFO: and was also a guest on Steve Allen’s urban anthem Wild in the Streets, fol- 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org old hit TV show I’ve Got a Secret. But lowed by the equally masterful Escape In the beginning, you worked with he’s just now making his Santa Barbara Artist in 1981 – Jeffreys wasn’t able Lou Reed before the Velvet Underground, Sunday, February 19 debut, playing with the Santa Barbara to capture the commercial success of played at the Bitter End and Kenny’s Chamber Orchestra with whom he’ll the similarly-raised and like-minded Castaway and all those Village hangouts, French kiss – A special Music at Trinity perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Bruce Springsteen (both grew up near and your first band Grinder’s Switch concert presents Santa Barbara flutist No. 3 before the ensemble plays the amusement parks in the Northeast backed up John Cale on his first solo Suzanne Duffy and French pianist composer’s Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) in near the ocean) nor carve out a niche album, Vintage Violence. Heady stuff. Sophia Vaillant in “Music Inspirations, a program cleverly titled “Beethoven’s àla college buddy Lou Reed. What was that time like? from France to the United States,” a Thirds”. The composer himself conducted Then he released only two more I grew up around a lot of jazz, danc- celebration of the 18th-century writer, the symphony’s premiere and performed records before taking a 13-year hiatus ing around the house, then got into philosopher and composer Jean-Jacques as soloist when the concerto debuted. in 1998. And even though his new Motown and Dylan. You can almost Rousseau on the 300th anniversary of WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, album, The King of In Between, was define me completely in those two his birth. The duo will perform the same 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $42 & one of the most searing discs of 2011, alone: the intelligence of Dylan and program they played last month in France, $47 (discounts for students and free tickets addressing Jeffreys’ typical poetry and the soul of Motown. Lou Reed and I featuring works by Lukas Foss, CPE Bach, for families available) INFO: 963-0761 or defiance the issues of the day, it didn’t met in 1961 – we liked similar music; Claude Debussy, Emanuele Krakamp, www.lobero.com •MJ get a lot of attention from anyone he called it “doo wop.” We did a who didn’t already know about him. couple of gigs together in the city. But now that you’re reading this, go Then I met John Cale in 1965 before Tuesday, February 21 download the album – or his whole the Velvet Underground and he asked catalogue, actually – and get to SOhO me to write a song for him, and a BOXTALES is back – Santa Barbara’s popular on Sunday, where the singer-song- poem for the album cover. We were children’s theater company is bringing back “Jambo writer will be making his absurdly all friends for a while. Lou and I to Watoto: Tales and Rhythms of Africa” for one night overdue Santa Barbara debut. this very day are still very close. We only as a fundraiser for Peabody School’s Assembly The 68-year-old Jeffreys discussed were just exchanging emails today. I program. A loving homage to the rich and wonderful King and its antecedents over the tele- think the idea that I could create my cultures of Africa, “Jambo Watoto” features storytelling, phone from his home in New York. own band came from Lou, too, as well drama, traditional West African drumming, richly as Felix Cavaliere (the Young Rascals) detailed masks (made by Lindsay Rust) and energetic Q. Let’s just get right to it: where the who also went to Syracuse. movement (choreographed by world renowned theatre director Eva Magyar), all culled from many different heck have you been? regions. For nearly 20 years, performers-creators A. Well, you know. I’m a dad now. Let’s talk about Wild In the Streets… Michael Andrews, Matt Tavianini and Jeff Mills I have a fifteen-year-old girl. When Where did it come from? work together to provide a fun, interactive and athletic theatrical experience for the the opportunity came along, it was I read one day about a murder in whole family; “Jambo Watoto” is one of the company’s favorites. WHEN: 6:30pm a chance to really step into being a the Bronx, three kids who were very WHERE: Peabody Charter School Auditorium 3018 Calle Noguera COST: $10 father. There’s quite a learning curve. young, including a girl who had been general, $5 kids (at the door) INFO: www.boxtales.org/jambo.htm I dug in and suspended performing, touring, running around and became entertainment Page 444 16 – 23 February 2012 If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven – Will Rogers MONTECITO JOURNAL 41 MONTECITO EATERIES . . . A Guide

include fish and vegetarian dishes, and fresh pm to 9 pm on Sundays. Scoopie also offers a Nugget $$ $ (average per person under $15) flatbreads straight out of the wood-burning full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roast- 2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135) $$ (average per person $15 to $30) ing Company coffee. Offerings are made from $$$ (average per person $30 to $45) oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic fresh, seasonal ingredients found at Farmers’ Padaro Beach Grill $ $$$$ (average per person $45-plus) and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches and aged cognacs. Market, and waffle cones are made on site 3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800) everyday. A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery Bella Vista $$$ Pane é Vino $$$ its charm and makes it a perfect place to 1260 Channel Drive (565-8237) 1482 East Valley Road (969-9274) Jeannine’s bring the whole family. Its new owners added Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vis- 1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878) a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with ta’s ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor Peabody’s $ fireplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill op- Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef 1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834) Montecito Deli tions, along with salads and seafood plates. Alessandro Cartumini has created an inno- 1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717) The Grill is open Monday through Sunday vative menu, featuring farm fresh, Italian- Plow & Angel $$$ Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm. 11 am to 9 pm inspired California cuisine. Open daily for San Ysidro Ranch (Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home- breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 am 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and Sly’s $$$ to 9 pm. Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine its specialty, The Piadina, a homemade flat 686 Linden Avenue (684-6666) on traditional dishes such as mac ‘n cheese and bread made daily. Owner Jeff Rypysc and Sly’s features fresh fish, farmers’ market veg- Cafe Del Sol $$ ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original staff deliver locally and cater office parties, gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate 30 Los Patos Way (969-0448) artwork, including stained glass windows luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving Specials and vintage desserts. You’ll find a full and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore, breakfast (7am to 11 am), and brewing Peet’s bar, serving special martinis and an extensive CAVA $$ hanging above the fireplace. Dinner is served coffee & tea. wine list featuring California and French wines. 1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500) from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend- Cocktails from 4 pm to close, dinner from 5 to Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight Panino 9 pm Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Friday combine to create Latin cuisine from tapas on Friday and Saturday. 1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137) and Saturday. Lunch is M-F 11:30 to 2:30, and and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella brunch is served on the weekends from 9 am and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$ Pierre Lafond to 3 pm. ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunflower- 1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014) 516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502) colored interior is accented by live Span- This market and deli is a center of activity Stacky’s Seaside $ ish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive Stella Mare’s $$/$$$ in Montecito’s Upper Village, serving fresh 2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908) fireplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor 50 Los Patos Way (969-6705) baked pastries, regular and espresso coffee people-wat­­­­­ching front patio. Open Monday- drinks, smoothies, burritos, homemade Summerland Beach Café $ Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday Stonehouse $$$$ soups, deli salads, made-to-order sandwiches 2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019) 10 am to 10 pm. San Ysidro Ranch and wraps available, and boasting a fully 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) stocked salad bar. Its sunny patio draws Tinkers $ China Palace $$ Located in what is a 19th-century citrus pack- crowds of regulars daily. The shop also 2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970) 1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380) inghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a carries specialty drinks, gift items, grocery Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant, here you’ll lounge with full bar service and separate dining staples, and produce. Open everyday 5:30 am Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row find large portions and modern décor. Take out room with crackling fireplace and creekside to 8 pm. available. (Montecito Journal staff is especially views. Chef Jamie West’s regional cuisine is Andersen’s Danish Bakery & fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Palace also prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables Village Cheese & Wine Gourmet Restaurant $ has an outdoor patio. Open seven days 11:30 am harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815) 1106 State State Street (962-5085) to 9:30 pm. Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in Established in 1976, Andersen’s serves Danish America by OpenTable Diner’s Choice. 2010 In Summerland / Carpinteria and European cuisine including breakfast, Giovanni’s $ Diners’ Choice Awards: 1 of 50 Most Romantic lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple 1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277) Restaurants in America, 1 of 50 Restaurants The Barbecue Company $$ Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more. With Best Service in America. Open for dinner 3807 Santa Claus Lane (684-2209) Dine inside surrounded by European interior Los Arroyos $ from 6 to 10 pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am or outside on the sidewalk patio. Open 8 am to 1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059) to 2 pm. Cantwell’s Summerland Market $ 9 pm Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm 2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894) Saturday and Sunday. Little Alex’s $ Trattoria Mollie $$$ 1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297) 1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381) Corktree Cellars $$ Bistro Eleven Eleven $$ 910 Linden Avenue (684-1400) 1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111) Lucky’s (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$ Tre Lune $$/$$$ Corktree offers a casual bistro setting for Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540) 1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646) lunch and dinner, in addition to wine bistro serves breakfast and lunch featur- Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak- A real Italian boite, complete with small but tasting and tapas. The restaurant, open ing all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix house in the heart of America’s biggest fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large everyday except Monday, features art from of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine. little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany locals, mellow music and a relaxed atmo- The lounge advancement to the restaurant cocktails, and an enormous wine list are and large b&w vintage photos of mostly fa- sphere. An extensive wine list features over features a big screen TV for daily sporting featured, with white tablecloths, fine mous Italians. Menu features both comfort food 110 bottles of local and international wines, events and happy hour. Open Monday- crystal and vintage photos from the 20th like mama used to make and more adventurous which are also available in the eatery's Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday century. The bar (separate from dining Italian fare. Now open continuously from lunch retail section. 6:30 am to 10 pm. room) features large flat-screen TV and to dinner. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am opens at 4 pm during the week. Open daily for breakfast. Garden Market $ Chuck’s Waterfront Grill $$ nightly from 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday & 3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505) 113 Harbor Way (564-1200) Sunday brunch from 9 am to 3 pm. Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$ Located next to the Maritime Museum, enjoy Valet Parking. 1483 East Valley Road (565-9393) Jack’s Bistro $ some of the best views of both the mountains 5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558) and the Santa Barbara pier sitting on the newly Montecito Café $$ Delis, bakeries, juice bars Serving light California Cuisine, Jack’s offers renovated, award-winning patio, while enjoy- 1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392) freshly baked bagels with whipped cream ing fresh seafood straight off the boat. Dinner is Blenders in the Grass cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur- served nightly from 5 pm, and brunch is offered Montecito Coffee Shop $ 1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611) ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers, on Sunday from 10 am until 1 pm. Reservations 1498 East Valley Road (969-6250) salads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an ex- are recommended. Here’s The Scoop tensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along Montecito Wine Bistro $$$ 1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) with wine and beer. They also offer full ser- El Paseo $$ 516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520 (969-7020) vice catering, and can accommodate wedding 813 Anacapa Street (962-6050) Head to Montecito’s upper village to indulge Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises. receptions to corporate events. Open Monday Located in the heart of downtown Santa Bar- in some California bistro cuisine. 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I take care of myself – I gle mother’s single-minded focus on ment that was also my studio in New think I’m on the ninety-year plan. I work was a detriment to her children York. Dr. John helped me arrange the expect to be performing, writing – which is interesting because the film song and we recorded it with some of songs and being a musician as long as is directed by her son, Andrew. Over his band members. It just took off from possible. I still have my vitality, a lot Your Cities Grass Will Grow is a portrait there, especially when I put it out later of energy on stage like in the old days. of German artist Anselm Kiefer, who on Ghost Writer, which was a super I put it out there every night. So I’m has transformed a vast, derelict indus- breakthrough record for me. I was going to, as my song says, wait until trial space in southern France into a able to bring together all my talents John Lee Hooker calls me. And I may dreamlike city, housing his paintings for the first time. And those songs still not answer right away either. and elaborate installations, includ- resonate. They’re not just casual regur- ing underground tunnels and towers. gitations now. The stories still dig right Festival-lovers should note that the into my life… I think in a lot of ways Focus on Film film was played at Cannes, Toronto the new album is its companion piece. With 2012 SBIFF now safely reced- and Rotterdam. ing in the rearview mirror, other mov- The Pollock, by the way, is also There does seem to be some parallels, ies and cinemas are swinging back screening all five of the Oscar nomi- with the theme, and even the title. into action. But if you haven’t yet nated foreign films on consecutive At its very basic level, it’s about seen Pina, which drew raves at the Germany’s Wim Wenders directed, produced, nights this week: Bullhead, which won being in between the races, neither festival and then opened at the Fiesta and wrote Academy Award nominated documen- a jury prize at SBIFF, plays Thursday, black nor white, and part Latino. I last Friday, rush down immediately to tary, Pina, a homage to late choreographer Pina February 16, Poland’s In Darkness went through a lot of pain as a young snag a seat. Wim Wenders’ brilliantly Bausch, playing in 3-D at Fiesta 5 screens Friday, February 17; and Israel’s man, and it was quite a challenge. I seamless documentary – currently up micks or intrusiveness. Don’t miss it. Footnote unspools Saturday, February wanted to be friends with everybody, for an Academy Award – celebrates Elsewhere, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 18. (Canada’s Monsieur Lazhar and but in those days it was very separat- the life and mainly the dances created Art | Architecture On Film series Iran’s A Separation – which several crit- ed. People just didn’t do that. In some by the late German choreographer, resumes on Sunday afternoon, February ics have called the best film of the year ways I was way before my time… who the director has said influenced 19 at Pollock Theater, UCSB’s new in any language – screened Tuesday And it’s also about jobs, rent, money, much of his best work, including his state-of-the-art cinema, with another and Wednesday). Each film will be fear, moving along in your life when seminal film, Wings of Desire. The intriguing documentary double fea- preceded by an Oscar-nominated live you can’t get any work, things people extended dance scenes are meditative ture. Alice Neel chronicles the influ- action or animated short – all of which are dealing with today. and provocative, the interviews (actu- ential but troubled American painter screened together at the Arlington ear- ally responses, as the questions are who sacrificed nearly everything for lier this week. (So there’s no excuse You also address mortality. rarely heard) often insightful and pro- her art, even though her medium of for you local Academy members or It’s a natural thing when you get found, and the 3-D for once actually portraiture was out of step with the anyone else not being up to speed by older to begin to fear not being there, enhances the experience without gim- Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art Oscar night.) •MJ

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