OJAI 0420 DISCOVER MONTHLY Real Estate & Visitors Guide SAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES, YOUR HOW-TO GUIDE SHOPPING LIST FOR PANDEMIC PANTRIES PATRICK MCENROE ON ‘THE OJAI’ AND ITS FUTURE STREAM TEAM: THE SHOWS THAT ARE GOING ON Cover Photo: CHAR & JERRY MICHAELS Keller Williams Realty • 805-620-2438 See Page 17 OM — April 2020 1 Visitor Information Events Activities Lifestyle Tips & Tactics. See more at the OJAIHUB.COM New Offering Price EAST END CONTEMPORARY This newly remodeled and completely renovated contemporary masterpiece on the bucolic East End exemplies good taste and quality construction. Clerestory windows, French doors and vaulted ceilings with exposed beams create a light and spacious environment. The oors are beautiful white oak and the kitchen counters are Statuarietto marble. It has been built with the nest quality doors, appliances and xtures. The bathrooms have mosaic travertine oors and Cararra marble-tiled bath and shower. The master bedroom balcony has mountain views in two directions with decorative Granada wall tiles, Porcelanosa oor tiles and an outdoor shower. 1701McNellRdOjai.com Offered at $2,885,000 PATTY WALTCHER 25 years matching people and property in the Ojai Valley New Offering Price EAST END CONTEMPORARY SIGNAL STREET SPLENDOR This newly remodeled and completely Peace and serenity welcome you to this incredible compound on almost 8 acres in renovated contemporary masterpiece on one of the most desirable areas of Ojai, the bucolic East End exemplies good taste North Signal Street. The main house is and quality construction. Clerestory perched on a hill, with expansive views of windows, French doors and vaulted the valley, from sensational sunrises to pink ceilings with exposed beams create a light moment sunsets. The property has multiple and spacious environment. 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All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas or their respective owners. 20Q1MAGSOC3 4 OM — April 2020 SALE PENDING SALE PENDING 180 N. Poli Street - $663,000 1054/1056 Bath Ln., Ventura - $1,749,000 Beautifully remodeled 3 bedroom/2 bath, 1,530 sq. ft. Located just 550 feet from the beach at Pierpont Bay, home with bonus room. Newer wood floors, lighting, up- this modern 2,690 s.f., 5 bed/5 bath property (built in dated kitchen and bathrooms, plus plenty of room for 2002) features ocean and mountain views. Two units, RV or overflow parking. Must see! plus parking for 7 vehicles. Deckert/DePaola Team - 2020 Sales to date Thank you for letting us serve you! 1674 Ladera Road, Ojai - $1,750,000 1442 S. Rice Road, Ojai - $1,217,000 Represented seller & buyer Represented seller 1133 El Centro Street, Ojai - $1,081,080 507 Park Road, Ojai - $776,000 Represented buyer Represented seller 11385 Puesta Del Sol, Ojai - $756,000 501 Vallerio Avenue, Ojai - $745,000 Represented buyer Represented seller 210 S. Padre Juan, Ojai - $650,000 1204 Manzanita, Santa Paula - $610,000 Represented buyer Represented buyer 1243 Cruzero Street, Ojai - $535,000 Represented buyer 1846 Topaz Avenue, Ventura - $499,000 Represented buyer 59 W. Calle El Prado, Oak View - $530,000 Represented seller & buyer 11100 Telegraph Rd. #95, Ventura - $275,000 Represented buyer 1885 Maricopa Hwy. #10, Ojai - $228,500 Represented buyer We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meet- ing each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. - Eleanor Roosevelt DRE# 01761150, 00780642, 01877842 Phone: 805.272.5221 ~ Email: [email protected] ~ Web: www.BestBuysInOjai.com OM — April 2020 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS APRIL 2020 7 Editor’s Note 9 Food Bank’s Covid-19 Shopping List 16 14 The Shows Must Go On 16 Tennis Champ’s Sick Ojai Win 20 Featured Professional: 20 ESPN’s Patrick McEnroe 22 Hartmann’s Rx for the Loan Markets 24 My Garden: Digression, My Old Friend 26 Your How-To Guide to Saving Local Businesses 27 Sold in Ojai 28 Who’s Who In Ojai 30 Stay Ojai — Hotels Guide 31 Chef Randy — Lentil Stew 34 Ideal Ojai Day — Eleanor Kas 35 Top 7 Hikes Into Ojai’s Backcountry 31 36 36 Ojai Facts & Founders Editor & Publisher, Bret Bradigan Realtor/Partner, Ross Falvo OJAI 0420 Contact Us: DISCOVER MONTHLY Real Estate & Visitors Guide Ross Falvo, 805.207.5094 [email protected] The contents of the Ojai Monthly may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any SAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES, form or by any means without the written YOUR HOW-TO GUIDE SHOPPING LIST FOR consent of the publisher. PANDEMIC PANTRIES PATRICK MCENROE Cover: Property by Char & Jerry Michaels, ON ‘THE OJAI’ AND ITS FUTURE Keller Williams Realty THE SHOWS THAT 32 MUST GOING ON Cover Photo: CHAR & JERRY MICHAELS Keller Williams Realty • 805-620-2438 See Page 17 OM — April 2020 1 Visitor Information Events Activities Lifestyle Tips & Tactics. See more at the OJAIHUB.COM 6 OM — April 2020 OJAIDISCOVER MONTHLY ALL ALONE, TOGETHER What we are living in now, with Ojai businesses shuttered, some indefinitely, is the real “cancel culture.” Not the ginned-up outrage de jour. It seems we’re nostalgic already for the days when we could muster Bret Bradigan up the energy for so many divisive debates about who was or was not “woke” enough. Now our entire economy is going through a hard reboot. Maybe something better will come of it, but the pain in the interim is going to hurt every single one of us. The most frustrating part of this current crisis is the isolated impotence it makes us feel. Ojai is used to rallying around each other when we’re threatened, and now, in our dark hour, we are told to stay apart. As Bill McKibben put it in his thoughtful essay in a recent New Yorker, “Hell is the absence of other people.” There’s a few things we can do. As Winston Churchill wrote, “America always does the right thing, once all other options have been exhausted.” The compliance with self-isolation, our local phone trees to check on friends, families and neighbors are all positive actions that will help us get through this, together. In the meantime, here’s a few resources already in place: • Ojai Shopping Cart. The inimitable Nigel Chisholm and crew are offering to pick up and deliver groceries and pharmacy prescriptions for no service fee. It is limited to high-risk residents with compromised immune systems or extenuating circumstances. You can send them a message through their Facebook page. • The Ventura County Community Foundation’s Rapid Response Fund can use whatever you can spare for its food banks, YMCA efforts and outreach to undocumented workers to make sure that they know they are safe to report any Covid19-like symptoms to help slow the spread. Check them out at vccf.org. • Ojai Community Business Network is posting updates on restaurants which are doing delivery and curbside pickup. Check them out on their Facebook page. Again, do what you can to support local restaurants, because we need them to be there for us when we get out the other side of this misery. A big part of the enjoyment of Ojai life is the range of eating options well beyond what a typical town of 8,000 residents could support. If you enjoy a superb meal in Ojai, you can thank tourists.