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Our TownThis year’s turkey was no match for

Annabelle Tiller, as third-grader catches feathered fugitive at 100 yards, p. 39

Village BeatDriver crashes into trailer near Cabrillo & 101, flips three times, totals his SUV, but sustains

only minor injuries, p. 12

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Montecito’s olyMpic HopefulHairstylist Edward Anthony’s hope and dream is for Olympics officials to adopt his unique hair-embellishment technique (story on page 31)

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5 Editorial Montecito Journal (glossy edition) is out; reminder to subscribe to MJ online6 Montecito Miscellany Gene Tyburn’s operatic success; Ashton Kutcher escapes to Montecito; Katy Perry possibly

heading to Broadway; Spencer Pratt succeeding at school; Thanksgiving week charity events; Montecito Bank & Trust celebrates; magazine tycoon Jann Wenner enjoys the MJ; Jack Baker’s SB Zoo memorial; Connie Speight becomes a grandmother; Blue Man Group at the Granada; West Coast Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Pacifica season soaring

8 Letters to the Editor Ariana Nobel informs of Laurie Nathanson’s passing; Patrick McPhee yearns for other options;

Matt McLaughlin ponders the whereabouts of wedding certificate; Ken Saxon gives thanks; Leoncio Martins disses Romney; David McCalmont bids farewell to Philbin; Chuck Stersic demands full disclosure; Judi Anderson remembers Barbara Baring-Gould

10 Community Calendar Book signing at Curious Cup; Christmas at the Casa; Elephant Umbrella Fund benefit; kids

bake cookies at the Biltmore; Annual Tea & Fashion Show; MUS board meeting; holiday tours of Casa del Herrero; paper crafting at Montecito Library; Service of Lessons and Carols at Trinity Episcopal Church; Piglet Willy world premiere; ASAP presents Kittypalooza; MBAR and MA meet; ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach12 Village Beat Upper Village update; rollover accident on 101; local hairstylist dreams big; Arts Fund Gallery

celebrates 10 years; local philanthropists honored 14 Seen Around Town Seventeenth annual Pierre Claeyssens Veterans’ Museum and Library Military Ball; Girls Inc.

of Greater Santa Barbara’s tenth annual Celebration Luncheon at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree; Opera Santa Barbara Gala at Granada

20 Library Corner Donations keep coming; upcoming events; volunteers are thanked 22 Your Westmont Lighting of the Pickle Tree; dress rehearsal of sold-out Christmas Festival; student dancers perform23 State Street Spin Erin’s first ever “After-The Fact Book Review”26 Book Talk Mr. Lowenkopf looks at Blue Nights, a powerful nonfiction work about loss by Joan Didion 28 Sheriff’s Blotter Laptop stolen out of dorm; vehicular burglary on High Road; deputy threatened; truck broken into29 BEST of Montecito Part three of the four-part series, featuring Mary Sheldon, Montecito Deli, and Tom Mielko30 Trail Talk Ventriloquist Terry Fator’s all-for-profit CD Horses in Heaven32 Ernie’s World Ernie visits the elephant seals and has a feeling he’s seen them before34 In Business Husband-and-wife team Darrell and Kirsten Becker specialize in remodeling custom luxury

homes with their company, Becker Studios35 Montecito Diary Laurie David’s newest book focuses on family meals; ten-year-old Jack Porter Stein’s poem published36 Leaving it all Behind The Mazza family’s travels find them living in a tiny hut on the west coast of India39 Our Town Annual Turkey Trot race at Cold Spring School40 Calendar of Events Ongoing UCSB music; 1st Thursday; David Gergen lectures at UCSB; 59th Annual

Downtown Holiday Parade; Tallis Scholars holiday concert; UCSB Department of Theater and Dance annual fall dance concert; SB Music Club concert; State Street Ballet dancers at Saks Fifth Avenue; “Rudolph” at Lobero; The Met: Live in HD

41 On Entertainment Stephanie Zimbalist stars in Ensemble Theatre’s The Lion in Winter; first annual Winter Wine

Classic; 100% Reindeer Art Show at Restaurant Roy; Leo Kottke fingerpicks at Lobero; Holiday Sound Check featuring Depeche Mode frontman Martin Gore; Kevin Moore and “The Spirit of the Holiday” tour; pop act roundup

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; some in Santa Barbara, Summerland, and Carpinteria too

43 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week45 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer

rentals to estate sales47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need

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The Winter 2011/Spring 2012 issue of Montecito Journal (glossy edition) is being mailed out to all the residents of Montecito, Hope Ranch, and Summerland as we put this issue of our weekly to bed on a balmy Tuesday

afternoon. Inside the glossy, you’ll find an extended version of recovering lawyer Matt Mazza’s “Leaving It All Behind” (see page 36), a continuing journal of his experience of leaving Montecito for a year of travel with his wife, Wendi, and their two daughters, Lily (6) and Kate (4). Other articles include “Up North,” an account of a week observing polar bears, arctic foxes and other creatures close up near the arctic circle in a remote Canadian outpost onboard a mobile tundra lodge; a profile of renowned whale watcher Fred Benko, owner and captain of the Condor Express; an interview with Dave Uhler, dubbed The Bee Whisperer, who provides Santa Barbara area homeowners with bees to help propagate plants and incidentally provide some tasty honey at the same time; Lynn Kirst’s appraisal of the Santa Barbara Cemetery and its handsome and unusual structures.

Other surprises include a before-and-after look at a nondescript flat-roofed ‘70s era house that Jon and Mary Lou Sorrell transformed into a French Country cottage on Summit Road; life aboard the Crystal Symphony in a pent-house that came with a 24-hour butler on call as it plied its way up the Inland Passage to Alaska; six weddings, all having taken place in Montecito, with photos; and organic gardener Randy Arnowitz’s poetic discourse on winter vegetables. Look for it in the mail, or on selected newsstands.

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Montecito tree surgeon Gene Tyburn’s efforts at branching out into the world of opera

are paying dividends.Gene, a former Hollywood actor

whose credits include Gunsmoke and Wild Wild West, has written a number of libretti over the years, but none of the works, mostly by William Shakespeare, have been performed in full.

But now The Brute, based on a short play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, which Gene, 74, wrote four years ago, has just been produced at the Rondo Theatre in Bath, England, the Georgian city beloved by author Jane Austen.

“It’s a one-act show with three opera singers and the composer and conductor, Malcolm J. Hill, and was wonderfully received,” says Gene. “Malcolm says it may now go on to theaters in Bristol and Oxford, who have shown tremendous interest in staging it.

“He first got in touch with me four years ago about doing a score for Iago, but I thought he would do better with my comic farce The Brute. It worked better and I am honored and thrilled it has debuted in Britain. But, at the same time, I’m saddened it didn’t pre-miere in America.”

After appearing in Antony and Cleopatra at the San Diego Shakespeare Festival more than 50 years ago, he was caught by the Bard bug.

“I tried when I was young to do opera and put the words into rhym-ing couplets, but couldn’t do it,” says Gene, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“In 1996 I took a vacation to Egypt and it revitalized me to write the opera. I came home and it just flowed. It took me a year to complete the libretto. Shakespeare sat on my shoul-der while I was doing it!”

Given that Gene cannot read music, he turned to the Internet and put his work online, asking for offers from composers to write the score.

“I got twenty replies and chose Gerard Chiusano, a choir master in New Jersey, and he sent me a piano-voice score and I hired a pianist and singer from Westmont College to per-form it. It was gorgeous.

“I did two successful performances of the first act at the Victoria Hall Theater and the Faulkner Gallery.”

Gene has now written libretti for three Shakespeare works, including Macbeth and Iago, based on Othello, and has high hopes of having those fully performed in due course.

“But finding brilliant people to write the scores is a dice game,” he adds. “I hope that some time in the future an opera company will do the works in their entirety. I know they’re worth it and they’re beautiful. I’ll never give up!”

It sounds like his persistence is beginning to pay off...

One Man and a DogAshton Kutcher, whose six year

marriage to Bruce Willis’ ex, Demi Moore, has very publicly unraveled in the media in recent days, would appear to have been escaping the met-ropolitan maelstrom in our rarefied enclave.

The new star of the popular CBS comedy Two And A Half Men has been spotted around Montecito “looking despondent and grungy,” walking a small dog, say my spies in residence.

“He was totally by himself on Coast Village Road outside a coffee shop and no one seemed to notice him,” notes one. “It can’t be a very pleasant time for him, particularly as it’s all happening so publicly.

“Such is the price of fame!”Kutcher, 32, bought Moore, 49, a

Lexus hybrid car just days before she

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announced she was filing for divorce after he allegedly had a fling with a 22-year-old Texas-born party girl, Sara Leal, at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.

Leal lost no time in spilling all the tawdry details in one of Rupert Murdoch’s top selling London dailies.

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California Girl in the Big Apple?Former Dos Pueblos High School

student, Katy Perry, is being courted by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to play Marilyn Monroe in a Broadway version of his latest movie, My Week With Marilyn.

The film, starring Michelle Williams as the film legend and Kenneth Branagh, is based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who spent a week with the blonde bombshell when she was in England filming The Prince and the Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier in 1957.

“If the film works, I would try and make a musical using Katy first,” says the Oscar-winning producer. “I really think she can play Marilyn on a Broadway stage. I think she would be amazing.”

A remix of Perry’s hit “The One That Got Away” is being used in a new trailer for the film, which has just opened at the Riviera.

“Katy posted about it on Twitter

and Facebook and the next thing you know, two hundred and fifty thousand people have downloaded the trailer in an hour. She had already channeled Monroe for a video that was used for a ninety-second commercial on the German TV show Star Force.”

Wearing a blonde wig and red gown, she recreated the iconic Seven Year Itch scene, in which Monroe’s dress gets blown up above her knees when she stands over a New York subway grating.

Weinstein and Katy, who is married to British comedian Russell Brand, met last year when he took his daugh-ters to the annual Jingle Ball concert at Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden...

The Hills Really Are AliveSanta Barbara-based Spencer Pratt

once starred in the most popular real-ity show on TV, but he’s now getting used to life as a studious undergradu-ate.

The 28-year-old, once the confident and conniving villain in the MTV show The Hills, has enrolled in a politi-cal science degree course at USC in Los Angeles after begrudgingly con-ceding his TV career is over.

But his studies seem to be going bet-ter than anyone could have predicted, as he posted a Twitter picture of an


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Laurie nathanson PassesIt is with great sadness that I inform

you of the passing of one of our former beloved staff members,

Laurie Nathanson. Laurie managed the condos from 2001 to 2007 and was a member from 2007 to 2011. We will miss her warm smile, sense of humor and love for life. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, December 3 at 11 am at Old Mission Santa Barbara Serra Chapel at 2300 Garden Street in Santa Barbara. A reception will by held at the Santa Barbara Polo Club in Carpinteria immediately following the service.

Sincerely, Ariana NobelGeneral ManagerSanta Barbara Polo & Racquet Club(Editor’s note: Laurie Nathanson’s

extended circle of friends are invited to call Donna Baird at 805-684-0654 or 745-1296 for more information – TLB)

need Something Different

In regards to renting the new build-ings at the Pharmacy Project (“Village Beat” MJ # 17/46). I’m all for the “no intensive water use” restriction, but please folks, no more real estate offic-es, title companies, or lawyers.

Montecito has a plague of them already.

Patrick McPheeNative Montecito Boy(Editor’s note: While we don’t see “real

estate offices, title companies, or lawyers” as “a plague,” we believe your intention is to promote a more diverse tenant mix in the upper village. The Borgatellos have done a good job of that in the adjacent Montecito Village shopping area and there is reason to believe the Gunners will do as well. There is no reason to shut out certain potential renters. What concerns most residents now as they watch this develop-ment come to fruition, is a looming lack of parking for potential clients and custom-ers. – TLB)

Where’s The Wedding Certificate?

Did Richard Mineards find out if there’s a Katy Perry-Russell Brand marriage certificate yet? Ya gotta understand that an invalid marriage is a de facto pre-nup in an instance where a California divorce court would not consider her married.

That’s big money.Matt McLaughlinSanta Barbara(Richard Mineards responds: There’s

now talk that Perry and Brand are about to divorce!)

Ugly Is As Ugly DoesWhat makes a community ugly? To

some Montecito residents, it’s a path along the west side of San Ysidro Road. To be honest, though I live in the neighborhood and pass the path

daily, I don’t have a strong opinion one way or another.

What I do find makes our commu-nity ugly is the occasionally course quality of our civil discourse – and the debate about the path typifies this. I’m sure there are well-meaning arguments on both sides of the issue, but you wouldn’t know it from some recent letters to the Montecito Journal.

According to the most recent one, the side that supported the safe path-way to MUS was not about children or safety, but instead it was all about “lies, deceit and political corruption.”

In their letter, the authors wrote that our Supervisor Salud Carbajal and the Montecito Association are “cor-rupt,” the nonprofit COAST’s “entire purpose is to spend the government’s money on unnecessary projects,” and Montecito Union School should be ashamed of itself!

And they summed up the whole episode as “political corruption at its lowest.” They should get around a little.

At this time of Thanksgiving, I give thanks for any good person (includ-ing Salud Carbajal and the Montecito Association) willing to take a position in public service and subject them-selves to the personal attacks that have become commonplace in our democracy today.

I’m thankful to those who are still willing to engage in civil debate in our society, whether their side of the issue wins or loses. To me, they help to beautify our community.

Ken Saxon Montecito(Editor’s note: We certainly agree with

those sentiments. Here at the Journal we take great pains to edit letters to the editor when the letter writer – in our opinion – goes too far in excoriating individuals and/or events. However, we also seek to make sure the writer’s intent remains intact after such editing. It’s a balancing act that we perhaps are sometimes not as good at as we’d like to be. We prefer a rational give-and-take, but sometimes such a “civil debate” is not forthcoming because of the negative emotions that surfaced during the controversy. In those instances, we are obligated to print all points of view: good, bad, and “ugly.” – TLB)

Romney’s Consistently Inconsistent

Timothy Lennon Buckley in his "edi-tor's note" (MJ # 17/46), suggested that Mitt Romney (the flip-flop) will do a better job of running this country than President Obama.

Mitt Romney, blessed with a series of self-destructing opponents, still needs to come up with a better way to address his history of flip-flops.

Romney's has change (sic) his posi-tion on health care, abortion, gun con-trol, gay rights, climate change, immi-

gration - even on Ronald Reagan? (sic)If I were a republican (sic) voter

legitimately worried about Romney's ideological shape-shifting.

Romney's failure to rise in the poll (sic) even as his opponents flail, sug-gests that flip-flop issue (sic) isn't going away. Flip-flop denial-ism isn't going to work - especially when it is so easy to go to the videotape.

Indeed, Romney has even flip-flopped on whether he's flip-flopped. In New Hampshire, Romney pointed to gay rights as "one of those areas where I've been entirely consistent," opposed to workplace discrimina-tion but also against same-sex mar-riage. Yet appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" four years ago, Romney acknowledged changing his view on whether federal law should prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; he once supported fed-eral protection then said it should be a state matter.

"If you're looking for someone who's never changed any positions on any policies, then I'm not your guy," Romney said than (sic). Except, of course, when he is.

Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November (by Mr. Buckley) is a perfectly lubricat-ed weather vane. Last week Romney excitedly told an editorial board in New Hampshire that he has been "as consistent as human (sic) being can be." Well, if you say so, sir.

The Republican Party is fueled by oratorical buffoonery and hair-on-fire rage.

Leoncio MartinsMontecito (Editor’s note: Just to correct the record;

I’ve never written or suggested that Mr. Romney is the “most electable” anything. Thank you for these notes; at least we’ll all be apprised – early and often – as to Mr. Obama’s election-year re-election tactics. – TLB)

Good-bye and Good Luck

We always experience an emptiness when icons retire and move on, leav-ing us with the feeling that the icon can’t be replaced.

Twenty years ago, few people looked upon Regis Philbin as an up-and-coming irreplaceable icon. Yet, he gradually became one through his warmth, energy and caring person-ality. Kelly Ripa said it best when she declared to everyone that Regis always wanted you to feel worth a million bucks. Make no mistake: this is a rare gift bestowed on only a few people!

The character and integrity behind the outward personality had to be there from the beginning, but it took

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A WINNING INVESTMENT SINCE 193355% of Laguna graduates enter the top 50 colleges and universities in America.9% of Laguna graduates go on to the Ivies and Stanford.18% of Laguna graduates play collegiate athletics.Laguna’s average SAT score is in the 1900s.

Applications now being accepted for September 2012.Academic scholarships available for high school.*Statistics from 2007-2011

SEE US IN ACTIONGrades K-4 Open House for Students & ParentsThursday, December 1, 3:30-5 pm260 San Ysidro Road

Parent Class Visit DaysGrade 7: Tuesday, December 13, 9:15-11:30 amGrade 9: Monday, December 12, 10:15 am-12:30 pm4125 Paloma Drive Space limited. RSVP required 805.687.2461 x210 www.lagunablanca.org


show off the circa-1925 home decorated in its Christmas finery. Visitors enjoy a 90-minute Docent-led tour of the Casa, Gardens and Workshop, plus seasonal refreshments – cookies fresh from the oven and hot spiced cider. These are the only tours before the Casa reopens in mid-February, and reservations are required. When: Wednesday, Fridays, and Saturdays at 10 am and 2 pm from Wednesday, December 7 through Saturday, December 17Where: 1387 East Valley Road Cost: $20 per person, ages 10 and older Reservations: 565-5653

Paper Crafts at Montecito LibraryJoin Jane Hankey, local paper artist, in creating cards and decorations for the Winter Holidays. All materials supplied and open to all ages.When: 3 pm to 5 pmWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

FRIDAY DECEMBER 9

Service of Lessons and CarolsProvidence Hall singers and musicians, joined by the Laudate Youth Chorus and the El Montecito School Chorus, present an annual program of traditional Christmas music and Sculpture readings, with many opportunities for the audience to join in singing familiar seasonal carols. The 100-voice combined choirs are made up of students from 3rd grade through high school. Please note that while the concerts are free, online reservations are recommended.When: Friday, December 9 at 7 pm, and Saturday, December 10 at 3 pm. Doors open 20 minutes prior to the services. Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State StreetInfo and reservations: www.providencehallsb.org/lessons

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10

KittypaloozaAnimal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP) presents Kittypalooza, a weekend celebration promoting cat and kitten adoptions and raising awareness and funds for homeless felines. The festivities

with an assortment of colorful, festive toppings. When: 2 pm to 3:30 pmWhere: The Biltmore, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $15 per childReservations: 565-8291

Annual Tea & Fashion ShowThe Breast Cancer Resource Center presents the festive, winter Annual Tea & Fashion Show at the Biltmore, which includes lunch, tea, and desserts, along with BCRC clients in winter and holiday runway fashions by Coldwater Creek, a Jewelry Boutique Extravaganza, silent auction, and more. This event is very popular and is already sold out, so don’t forget to buy your tickets early next year.When: Noon to 3 pmWhere: The Biltmore, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $75 per personInfo: 569-9693 or www.bcrcsb.org

TUESDAY DECEMBER 6

Montecito Union School Board MeetingWhen: 6 pmWhere: 385 San Ysidro RoadInfo: 969-3249

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7

Holiday ToursSpecial holiday tours of Casa Del Herrero, a National Historic Landmark in Montecito,

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3

Christmas at the Casa“Casa Blanca: An Evening of Christmas, Candlelight & Cocktails” benefitting Casa del Herrero. Proceeds from the evening benefit the stewardship and preservation of this historic home, workshop and gardens, which was named a National Historic Landmark in 2009. A Live Auction features one-of-a-kind items including a handcrafted replica of a 17th century walnut table from the Casa del Herrero collection by furniture builder John Hall, mosaic fountain made from antique Casa tiles by artist Laurence Hodges, and a dinner for 14 at the Casa under an exotic Far Eastern-themed tent catered by culinary local legend Ernie Price. Auction items will be described, announced, heralded and gaveled – on a genuine anvil – by Frank Goss of Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery.Guests can belly up to ‘Steedman’s Bar’ designed as a replica of the rustic Workshop, where guests can sip wines from the Rusack Vineyards and cocktails. Hors d’oeuvres created by Ernie Price will be served, and live entertainment will be provided by Spanish guitar virtuoso Anthony Ybarra. Mini-tours of the home

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 3

Book SigningAll for Animals hosts a book signing for their new children’s book, Animals Have Feelings, Too! Meet adoptable doggies from Cold Noses Warm Hearts and receive a “pawtograph” from Sandy, the yellow Labrador Retriever featured in the book.When: 2 pm to 4 pmWhere: Curious Cup Bookstore, 929 Linden Avenue, downtown CarpinteriaInfo and RSVP: 682-3160, [email protected]

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10

Piglet Willy’s World PremiereMeet Miss Wilhelmina Whitewitch at the Biltmore for the world premiere of her children’s book, Piglet Willy, and a benefit for the Montecito Union School PTA and The Boys and Girls Club of America. Richard Mineards is the voice behind the recorded version of the book for the Braille Institute, Los Angeles. The event features a Queen’s Gourmet High Tea (created by Alessandro Cartumini, Executive Chef of the Biltmore), celebrity guest readings of the book, croquet games, exhibition of the original artwork, and sculptures and hand-sewn toys created by the author. Tickets for the event are on sale in advance until December 7.When: 12 pm to 3 pmWhere: The Biltmore, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $42 per personInfo and tickets: 708-3777

and Workshop will be available. Parking is available at El Montecito Presbyterian Church with complimentary shuttle service to the Casa.Where: 1387 East Valley RoadCost: $100 for members, $125 for non-members Tickets and info: 565-5653

Elephants Umbrella Fund EventA benefit for the Elephants Umbrella Fund, succulents, plants, and Asian-themed garden items are for sale When: Saturday, 8 am to 4 pm, Sunday, December 4, 9 am to 3 pmWhere: 2121 Mt. Calvary; follow the signs from the backside of Riviera near Sheffield Reservoir

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Kid’s Cookie WorkshopsSundays in December (with the exception of Christmas Day), Mrs. Claus will join the Four Seasons’ expert pastry chefs in their “workshop” for a cookie baking and decorating extravaganza. At these popular events, children and their parents can go behind the scenes for a fun and creative afternoon of supervised cutting and decorating freshly baked sugar cookies

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Tea flights from across the globe, paired with indulgent food tastings.

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include an Adoption Fair on Saturday, December 10 (save 50% on all adoption fees at the fair) and an all-ages Rockin’ for the Kitties Concert Benefit at The Creekside on Sunday, December 11, with live music, a horseshoe tournament, and raffle drawings every thirty minutes. When: Adoption Fair on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, benefit concert on Sunday from 1 pm to 9 pmWhere: Fair will be held at ASAP, 5473 Overpass Road in Goleta, concert at The Creekside, 4444 Hollister Ave Cost: Benefit Concert, $10 per personInfo: 683-3368 or www.asapcats.org

MONDAY DECEMBER 12

MBAR MeetingMontecito Board of Architectural Review

seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of MontecitoWhen: 2 pmWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

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Montecito Association MeetingThe Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of MontecitoWhen: 4 pmWhere: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road •MJ


While construction on Richard Gunner’s “Pharmacy Project” comes closer to completion,

it has yet to be determined whether a gate that joins the property with the neighboring Upper Village property will be reopened.

Historically, the gate has been kept unlocked, with shoppers and employees able to traverse between the adjoining shopping centers at will. The gate is located between M. Freeborn Studios and the Montecito Medical building. It has been closed all year with the construction of seven new buildings on Gunner’s 1.3 acre site, which are expected to be finished by early next year. “No final decisions

have been made,” says spokesperson Michael Gunner.

“It’s a mixed bag,” says Tecolote Book Shop owner Mary Sheldon, who before purchasing the shop in 2007 worked as the store’s manager for 15 years. “The gate has been open as long as I can remember,” she says, “On one hand I’d like it to reopen to encourage people to wander to all the stores. On the other hand, I can see it creating all sorts of parking issues.”

“We will respect the tradition that the gate has always been open, and plan on coordinating with business owners regarding open access,” Gunner says. He says more access between the properties would be bet-ter, encouraging shoppers to walk to their destinations.

Gunner says determining if the gate will be reopened will likely go hand in hand with determining whether a parking attendant on the pharma-cy property will be kept after con-struction traffic is gone. “Those are two things that make sense to look into together,” Gunner says. Sheldon agrees: “There are parking issues now and there are going to be more,” she says.

Rollover AccidentOn Saturday, November 26, a Jeep

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A wire gate between two buildings in the upper village has historically been left unlocked for shoppers and employees to traverse between the shopping village and the pharmacy property

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As the late Pierre Claeyssens said, “To be killed in war is not the worst that can happen.

To be lost is not the worst that can happen… To be forgotten is the worst.” Thus was born the Santa Barbara area Military Ball to honor the veterans of all the wars – be they dead, missing or alive. This is the seventeenth year of paying tribute.

Philanthropist Pierre was a Belgian-born immigrant who never forgot the American soldiers liberating his homeland during World War I when he was a boy. He established the Ball in 1995, and since his death in 2003, the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans’ Museum and Library Foundation has continued the event.

As the co-chairs John and Hazel Blankenship said, “There are enough

medals here tonight to sink the Titanic.” John Blankenship and his wife founded the organization with a gift of $1 million from Pierre. They assembled an Executive Board and an Advisory Board who are dedicated to building a museum and library in Santa Barbara to teach the history of the United States and the wars of the twentieth century.

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Silvio Dante Di Loreto receiving the Greatest Generation Award from co-chair John Blankenship at the Military Ball

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Silvio Dante Di Loreto was the Greatest Generation Award Recipient. There were four Di Loretos in four service branches in four wars. Silvio joined the Army Air Corps during WWII, graduated as a 2nd lieutenant and went to the South Pacific. He has served on over 20 boards of local non-

profits and received many community awards.

Guest speaker was Captain Michael Argos, from the U.S. Navy SEALS. Next thing we knew, he had many of the guys and gals on the floor doing pushups. It reminded me of when I was a Navy carrier pilot’s wife and we’d go to the Officers’ Club for Happy Hour. There was one marine who liked to do push-ups in the bar. I’ll settle for weight machines.

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Letters From the HeartThe ballroom at Fess Parker’s

DoubleTree Resort was a study in pink and white with hearts, flowers and love for the Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara’s tenth annual Celebration Luncheon. They celebrate women and girls with their books, Letters from the Heart and More Letters from the Heart.

As lunch was served, the co-chairs

Pat Jones and Barbara Levi wel-comed and acknowledged the attend-ees. Executive director Monica Spear addressed the group saying, “The girls need you now more than ever,” because of the economic crisis. An alumnus of Girls Inc., Selena Nakano, told us what the organization meant to her growing up. “I heard kids tell of drugs but I didn’t go with them. I went to Girls Inc. Time at the center, which shaped my behavior at school because the women who worked there encour-aged me.” Selena has now earned her PhD in educational psychology.

Stephanie Wilson introduced one of the keynote speakers, Fannie Flagg, as an actress (Five Easy Pieces with

Jack Nicholson) and author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Fannie responded with her usual ener-gy, “I’ve been dressed and ready for three days. I come to you strong, smart and very, very old,” a play on the Girls Inc. motto for girls to be Strong, Smart and Bold.

Fannie had been told as a girl she had few options. One was that she could be Miss Alabama, so she tried that for seven years. When she was co-host on a TV show, she got $50 a week and her male co-host received $750. Fannie is so pleased with all the equal opportunities for girls today.

The other speaker was Julie Foudy who is an Olympic Gold Medalist in soccer and an ESPN commentator. She has been known to say, “Soccer was invented by man but perfected by women.” She told us when she began at age 16, there was no Women’s World Cup. The powers that be said no one would watch. The first ever was in 1991 and the United States won. When asked if she ever got butterflies, she said, “You just have to teach them to fly in formation.” Fannie had brought a soccer ball for Julie to sign, as did others in the audience, while Fannie signed books.

Besides the co-chairs, the event com-mittee was Stephanie Ball, Charles Caldwell, Phyllis Cox, Renie Kelly, Andrea Lloyd, Annmarie Paolino, Monica Spear, Joanna Strange, Yolanda Van Wingerden, Stephanie Wilson and Sheila Zimmerman.

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La BohèmeOpera Santa Barbara (OSB) invit-

ed everyone to a gala dinner in the Founders’ Room of the Granada (which means pomegranate in Spanish) prior to the opening night perfor-mance of Puccini’s La Bohème. It’s always a treat to valet park at the

Girls Inc. guest speakers Julie Foudy and Fannie Flagg, who signed soccer balls and books at the luncheon

Co-chairs of the Girls Inc. luncheon Pat Jones and Barbara Levi on either side of alum Selena Nakano at the DoubleTree Resort

Andrea Lloyd and Stephanie Wilson with Girls Inc. executive director Monica Spear at the tenth annual Celebration Luncheon

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Rincon Events prepared the very French three-course menu and Palmina served their wines. During dinner, the OSB board president, Duncan Mellichamp, welcomed all while General Director Steven Sharpe thanked the title sponsor, the Mosher Foundation, represented by Ed and Sue Birch. Another title sponsor this year is the Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation. The event was sold out, but even with that it only covers about 30% of what it costs to put on an opera. OSB will be mounting three this year and after 18 years, continues to raise their level of excellence.

Puccini’s La Bohème has thrilled audiences around the world ever since it premiered in Torino, Italy in 1896. People even love it in Japan. Every

time I attend an opera, I think of where I saw my first, back in the “dark ages” of the ‘60s in the Naples, Italy opera house. There were no subtitles so we’d read the story first at home. On a weekday, you could knock at the back door and they’d let you in for a visit and perhaps try out the Queen’s box.

Some of our community’s gener-ous individuals who are sponsoring La Bohème’s leading roles are Sara Miller McCune and Marlyn Bernard Bernstein (Mimi), Rich and Luci Janssen (Rodolfo), Michael and Anne Towbes and the Towbes Foundation (Stage Director Bran Dalton) and Geoffrey and Joan Rutkowski (Conductor Dean Williamson).

Artistic Director Jose Maria Condemi invites everyone to the exciting spring season with Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and a new produc-tion of Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice. •MJ

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In an interview with Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast, the couple admitted their break-up, divorce petition and eventual reconciliation were all staged in a last-ditch effort to hold on to their fans.

“At that point, we were pulling our last cards,“ said Pratt. “We felt the hot-air balloon losing its gas.”

Season’s GivingThanksgiving Day is rapidly becom-

ing Thanksgiving Week with the char-ities that support the poor and desti-tute in our Eden by the Beach.

Instead of having events clashing, the Salvation Army moved their pop-ular lunch, where I have been on waiter duty for the past four years, to Tuesday, while the Rescue Mission, where I have also toiled for half a decade, stuck to its Wednesday event, where 350 guests tucked into 110 tur-keys, accompanied by 80 pounds of potatoes, 65 pounds of stuffing and eight gallons of gravy.

“We really need all the help we can

get,” says Rebecca Wilson, commu-nications director for the 46-year-old non-profit, which has seen a 20 per-cent rise in people asking for services.

Last year 159,000 meals were served and 60,000 nights of shelter given.

The following day, the Organic Soup Kitchen held its third annual lunch at the Veterans Memorial Building serv-ing up to 800 people, with 400 volun-teers.

Founder and executive director Anthony Carroccio, positively glow-ing given the organization had just been featured on the cover of USA Today, says he is now looking for 2,000 sq-ft of space to open the char-ity’s own kitchen and hopes to raise $800,000.

“That way we can employ people who need a job to make the soup and then, in turn, sell it, so everyone ben-efits,” he explains...

Mike’s Money MilestoneSanta Barbara charities also benefit-

ted when Mike Towbes, founder of the Montecito Bank & Trust, handed out $1 million to nearly 160 organiza-tions at the 9th annual Community Dividends lunch at the Biltmore.

The 36-year-old bank also had good reason to celebrate, with the news that it has now broken the $1 billion bar-rier in assets.

“We had a record three hundred applications for grants and approved one hundred and fifty-nine,” says

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Lianne Towbes, Janet Garufis and Scott Reed at the Community Dividends lunch at the Biltmore (Photo by Priscilla)

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Janet Garufis, president, said that as well as having a successful bank, Mike “continued to hone the art of philanthropy.”

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lication when he sees one, so it’s not surprising seeing him with his Montecito-based stepmother, Dallas Clark, reading this illustrious organ in his Manhattan office, just a tiara’s toss from Radio City Music Hall, while Dallas takes time out to read the legendary rock magazine he founded in 1967.

Dallas, who just returned to our rarefied enclave with her musi-cian husband, Peter – who used to accompany the late Jane Russell on her many global cabaret engage-ments – was one of the original investors in the magazine, which has gone from strength to strength over the decades, helping to launch the careers of writers like Hunter Thompson, Joe Klein, Cameron Crowe and Joe Eszterhas, not to

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The Cold Spring School Parent Club has given the Montecito Library $300 worth of books,

which came from their Scholastic Book Fair. Elisabeth Gonella, and her daughter Katie, brought the books in November. Cold Spring School has donated new books and used books to the Montecito Library for many years, enhancing the quality of the children’s collection for the Public Library.

The Friends of the Montecito Library cookbook sale was lots of fun. With assistance by capable National Charity League volunteers, Friends and com-munity volunteers, the bake sale and book sale combo raised money and awareness for the public library. A big thank you to everyone who worked on this fundraiser.

Donations of all kinds have been coming into the library this past month. We have added lots of beauti-ful books, DVDs and CDs to the col-lection from the donations. Those that we do not add are sold at the branch to raise money for new materials. Come in between now and the first of the year and check out our Itty Bitty Book Sale. We have books of all kinds – some for you and some for gifts.

Upcoming Events Coming Wednesday, December 7,

Jane Hankey will be in the house! Jane, a local paper artist, will be here from 3 pm to 5 pm, and will lead a workshop for creating cards and decorations for the holidays. As with all our library events, there is no charge and everyone is welcome. On Wednesday, December 21, at 4 pm, we will gather for winter stories told by Ann Wisehart. As the sun sets, bring-ing in the longest night of the year, we will gather around Ann to listen to her

spin some magical stories about the season. All ages are welcome.

Volunteer Love We have many people who con-

tribute to the Library, to keep it open six days a week, to keep it stocked with materials worth having, and to keep it organized. There are several people who give their time each week to help us put away the approxi-mately 115,000 items that are returned to Montecito Library during the year. Judi Anderson, Mary Ann Foley, Nanette Gantz, Elaine Heavner, Barbara Power, Hazel Rhodes, Rana Rottenberg and Silvia Suskin get their workout each week by schlep-ping all the books back to where they belong. Since we are checking out 25% more items than we were five years ago, their volunteer work is essential to the day-to-day operations. Thank you to all of you who give so gener-ously with money, books or time!

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.” – Ernest Hemingway, December 1934.

Here is to hoping you all get some good time with family and friends and at least one good book. Happy reading, everybody! •MJ

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Cold Spring School’s Elisabeth Gonella and her daughter Katie bring a donation of books for Montecito Library

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much of his 17,000 hours on the air to develop it so that it became the coin-age of his realm. I began noticing that Regis was growing into something special during his reign as host of ‘Millionaire.’ As good as Meredith Vieira is today, Regis was better.

We’ll miss Regis Philbin, but don’t fret: at this very moment, a person is working his or her tush off to slowly evolve into the irreplaceable icon that will retire in 2025 with great fanfare and nostalgia – and despair for the future.

The Circle of Life goes on, and on, and on!

Good luck, Regis, and may you be one of the 500,000 Americans twenty years from now to reach the milestone of 100 years.

I may even buy the memoir you’ll begin hustling in Atlanta on Monday!

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Must We Trust?“Save The Wilcox Property?”From what and for what? Does it

matter? What’s wrong with this picture?

Here is a piece of property, valued and listed on the market at over $7 million, with an outstanding devel-opment loan on it for $14 million that someone – we’re not sure just who

– purchased for $3.6 million. How could that happen? That’s the kind of deal that [Santa Barbara developer] Bill Levy would die for. But that’s not all. Various Santa Barbara individuals and public agencies gave the pur-chaser, “The Trust for Public Land,” most of the money with which to buy it.

The Trust’s representative stated at the sale’s closing ceremony that the disbursement of funds on the sale was “confidential” and would remain so forever. Since the County of Santa Barbara gave the Trust one million dollars of taxpayers’ money to help them buy Wilcox, shouldn’t the details of the purchase be on public record?

Negotiations are now going on for the “transfer of ownership” from the Trust to the City of Santa Barbara. These negotiations are also being held in secret. What we have learned is the Trust has presented a 14-page draft deed that allows them to take the property back any time they want to. This will, in effect, allow the Trust to keep simple ownership and ulti-mate control while giving to the City the responsibility for maintaining the property. What a deal!

If Mark Twain were still alive he would probably write: “The Mysterious Land Trust That Suckered

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Santa Claus, warm cider and the Westmont Gospel Choir singing “Oh, Pickle Tree” will highlight

the 10th annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn Thursday, December 1, beginning at 4:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

The Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) selects some-one each year to deliver the often-humorous Pickle Address, which begins at 5 pm. The WCSA is also keeping secret who will throw the

switch to light the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as The Giant Pickle.

Inside Kerrwood Hall, Santa will pose for pictures beginning at 4 pm with people who bring canned goods to donate to the Unity Shoppe, a local volunteer program that helps the less fortunate in Santa Barbara.

Hundreds of students, alumni and neighbors typically don mittens and scarves to add to the festive atmo-sphere.

Sold Out FestivalThe seventh annual Westmont

Christmas Festival, “Messiah,” is sold out for general admission tick-ets. Tickets to the three shows, which became available November 10, sold out in less than an hour. Tickets to the festival, December 2-3 at 8 pm and Sunday, December 4, at 3 pm all in First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue, have always been free, but reservations are required. First Presbyterian has a maximum seating capacity of 700.

In response to an expected high demand for Christmas Festival tick-ets, Westmont is allowing the public to attend the dress rehearsal of the program on Thursday, December 1, at 7:30 pm. The doors will open for the dress rehearsal at 7:15 pm, and no reservations are required. Please do not arrive before 7 pm if you wish to attend. This will be a working rehears-al, but it will be in full, formal attire and will run as seamlessly as possible.

The festival features dramatic read-ings as well as the college orchestra and choirs performing selections of Handel’s “Messiah” and other sea-sonal musical arrangements. A CD of the music from the show is available for preorder at the college bookstore website. The CD includes 90 minutes of Christmas music performed by the Westmont College Orchestra, Choir, Men’s Chorale and Women’s Chorale at the annual festival.

Dance Instructors Offer new ‘Directions’

More than two dozen Westmont student dancers will be featured in the fall dance recital, “Directions,” Friday, December 9, and Saturday, December 10, both at 8 pm in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, $7 general admission and can be pur-

chased at the door or reserved through Beth Whitcomb at (805) 565-7140.

“Directions,” featuring choreogra-phy by both faculty and students, cel-ebrates a new era of dance at Westmont under the direction of first-year Westmont instructors Susan Alexander and Christina Sanchez. Sanchez will perform a solo choreographed by Alexander. The program includes nine pieces, showcasing a variety of chore-ography, style and music.

“The music ranges from classical to popular, contemporary to film scores,” Alexander says. “The program prom-ises to provide diversity and cultural enrichment to people of all ages.”

Alexander was professor of modern dance at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance from 1989-2008, and for the Paris Opera Ballet Company from 1985-2008. Alexander, a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, earned a mas-ter’s degree in dance at Mills College.

Sanchez has performed and toured throughout Europe, South America and the U.S. with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She has also performed with Ballet Hispanico of New York, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Buglisi Foreman Dance. •MJ

Hundreds will gather for the lighting of the Pickle Tree on December 1

Two new dance instructors direct and choreo-graph “Directions” December 9-10


be required reading for parents who do not realize what children observe and retain, yes even at the tender age of eight.)

Nevill Cramer is the Tom Sawyer of a later day and lifestyle. His devilish cleverness and pranks, his intelligent observations and prodigious apprais-als of his family life are fantastic read-ing. Trust me, this is well worth the visit.

Mr. Indy 500

Our second book is the American Dream success story: They Call Me Mister 500. The polar opposite of the inherited family fortune fable, this is the pull-yourself-up by your bootstrap tale. Son of a poor Italian immigrant, the irrepressible Andy Granatelli, 88, tells his own story. Now, this is not one of those wussy, sanitized “as told to” auto-biogs (pun somewhat intend-ed). This is the Real Deal on Wheels: full-throttle Andy, firing on all cylin-ders, engine revved, his blood type is WD-40 – or should I say STP? – and he has roasted carburetor for dinner.

Andy is a storyteller... and he tells some good stories. (His description of a runaway motorcycle into a Swedish family’s home – right in time for din-ner – is hilarious.)

Mind you, I am not a “car per-son” and I do not know a thing about all that commotion going on under the hood. (Okay, perhaps I should inter-ject here that I once did prepare pork loins for a dinner with my brother by cooking them atop my engine on the six-hour drive up to his home in San Francisco. I read in a book about cook-

Thinking of Thanksgiving and being grateful that I live in a most extraordinary town, I

present this After-The Fact Book Review. These are three interesting books that were written years ago, but I am bringing them up because they are really a reflection of the fascinating range of people we have in our community. You should read them.

The three books are very different: a boy born to privilege, a boy born to immigrant parents and poverty, and an immigrant boy who returns home to help. But they each have a unique voice and stories to tell.

Montecito Boy

The first author is a local boy through and through. A native son, Nevill Cramer, 88, was spawned from well-known, well-bred, society-page family names infiltrating Montecito from Chicago after the turn of the century. He was also headmaster at Laguna Blanca for years. He is one of us.

Montecito Boy: An Irreverent Memoir revisits his childhood. Cramer recounts the life and times and behind-the-scenes events of Montecito in the 1920s and 1930s with glib insouciance; his name-dropping is simply naming relatives. I love this book because it describes so much of Santa Barbara in another more innocent (?) era: Montecito life on La Vereda Road, the Van Hornes on La Patera Ranch and Stow House, Sedgwick Ranch, and an extensive romp through boarding school life at Cate School.

But the real treat is his writing. His phrasing, descriptions and char-acterizations are just so delicious. (Why isn’t this a contemporary clas-sic, English class required reading? Yes, it is that good.)You’ll squeal with delight at his parodies, suffer through his grade school agonies and high school angst, laugh outright at his anecdotes. Oh, to feel his pain and vis-ceral loathing for his stupid and insen-sitive stepfather. (Perhaps this should

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Andy Granatelli tells the story of how he went from auto mechanic to “Mister 500”

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ing things on the manifold. But after prepping the pork and getting ready to take off, I realized I actually had no clue what a manifold was or where I could find one under the hood of a Honda. I just thought it would be a try-it-once-for-fun kinda thing... but um... that is all a story for another time.)

Bottom line is, a lot of car talk went right over my head. However, that did not mean I could not follow the gist of what was an exhilarating time. Andy captures the excitement and the guts of young men and their ambition and his entire launching of the Indy 500.

It is an interesting snapshot of Chicago during the height of the Great Depression. And more importantly, it is a first-hand account of a guy with guts and gumption who dares to dream for the top: a 99% who says to himself: Somebody has to be the 1% – why not me?

And that’s how the Granatelli boys did it. They took what they knew and plied it. The trio was a force to be reckoned with, conjoining street smarts and car parts. While brothers Vince and Joe concentrated on the engines, Andy was all high beams and began focusing on the PR and public-ity. The consummate showman, Andy ingeniously staged stunts that would put the WWW to shame: an “ambu-lance” that winds up in the race, and

ejects a stretcher (with a dummy on it) into the way of the racers... fantastic! Fasten your seatbelt for a great ride.

We Survived: Nazi GermanyOur third selection is by Dr. Eric

Boehm, 93, the founder of ABC-CLIO. Originally from Berlin, Eric joined his uncle and aunt in America to attend high school and college, safely away from the Nazi regime. Eric became a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as an interrogation officer of the top officers in the Luftwaffe and was the interpreter during the War Crimes trial of Wilhelm Keitel, head of the High Command of the Armed Force.

During this time in Germany imme-diately after the war, Eric carefully began collecting first-hand accounts of those who survived outside the concentration camps. The result is Boehm’s remarkable book, which reads like a kind of anthology: We Survived: Fourteen Histories of the Hidden and Hunted in Nazi Germany.

This is a very important work because he has captured the sto-ries of those living under the Nazi regime. Almost everything we read about WWII consists of war stories in the field, the politics and policies on both sides of the Atlantic and

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mention international photographer Annie Leibovitz, who was a 21-year-old student at the San Francisco Art Institute at the time.

Jann, who I last met at the legend-ary 70th birthday bash of the pub-lisher, Malcolm Forbes, at his Palais Mendoub in Tangier, Morocco, in 1989 – accompanied by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Walters and Henry Kissinger –, also won the Norman Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Magazine Publishing last year. He frequently conducts interviews for Rolling Stone himself, including, lately, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

“It was wonderful being shown around the new offices of his pub-lishing empire,” says Dallas. “I met all the editors. It’s a very modern, whole block of space.”

Jann, 65, has visited Montecito a

couple of times this year, but spends much of his time in New York with fashion designer, Matt Nye, 45, his companion of the last 16 years. The twosome have three surrogate chil-dren, Noah, and twins Jude and India Rose.

“They’re absolutely delightful!” gushes Dallas, ever the doting step-grandmother...

Memorial at the ZooFriends of Jack Baker, many trav-

eling from around the world, gath-ered at the Santa Barbara Zoo to remember the Carpinteria artist, who died at the age of 86 earlier this month.

Jack moved to our Baghdad by the Beach in 1963 and was a major par-ticipant in the Art Affiliates of UCSB and a popular art teacher at SB High School in the ‘70s, also spending

much of his time in his latter years on sabbatical on a tiny remote pen-insula in Maine.

“He was the most amazingly up person,” says former News-Press society columnist Beverley Jackson. “He thought life was beautiful and, if it wasn’t, he helped make it so, both physically and with his glori-ously colorful paintings.

“He really was an inspiration to others.”

The 30-acre zoo was chosen because Jack, who studied in Mexico City and Paris, took his grandchil-dren to the magical menagerie every Friday after Thanksgiving.

A couple of his floral paintings were displayed on easels and his daughters, Liza and India, who flew in from Brazil and Maine, had a TV screen erected showing the many slides found at his Rincon Beach home.

One of his prize students, inter-nationally known artist Charley Brown, who is currently working on murals for hotel magnate Steve Wynn’s new hostelry and casino in Macao, traveled from San Francisco, while Maria Black, daughter of the late Muriel LaTourette – who owned the 27-acre estate Piranhurst, current-ly the home of Harold and Annette Simmons – wore a vintage military jacket in honor of Jack, a collector of glamorous uniforms.

Others attending the memo-rial bash for Jack, who used to tutor the children and grandchil-dren of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in English, were Fred Gowland, Kendall Conrad, Ginny Vanocur, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Andy Neumann, David Cameron, Mary Dell Pritzlaff, Alexis Hunter, Norma Lagomarsino and Pepa Ferrer Devan, the daughter of the late actor Mel Ferrer.

A great character, fondly remem-bered...

Granddaughter of Epic Proportions At the age of 86, Connie Speight

has become a grandmother!Connie, runs the seven-year-old

Elephants Umbrella Fund, a Santa Barbara-based charity founded to protect Asian jumbos.

So far 13 pachyderms have been rescued, including a bull elephant in Laos which had been in a terrible accident, with a considerable chunk of its back leg ripped out.

But more recently, Wanna, a 13-year-old rescue in Thailand, gave birth to a calf, Singa, which means August in Thai.

“She is absolutely beautiful,” gush-es Connie about her new “grand-daughter.”

Her charity currently rescues elephants in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, including supporting a mobile vet in Laos and a drive to fit jumbos in Sri Lanka with radio col-lars to track them.

To help raise funds for her project, Connie will be holding a sale of jew-elry, handbags and scarves, as well as succulents, cacti and garden plants at her home at 2121 Mount Calvary on Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, check out the website www.elephantsumbrella.org.

Blue and BoldThe Blue Man Group never fails

to please!I last saw the talented trio at the

Luxor Hotel on one of my rare visits to Las Vegas several years back and it is now one of nine groups that play at casinos and other venues around the U.S.

Sin City, with its magnitude and utter flashiness, still reigns

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Jack Baker, who was memorialized at the SB Zoo

Singa, octogenarian Connie Speight’s new “grand-daughter”

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The classic paintball routine, which results in a spinning canvas of colorful art, still plays well, while their rock act, beating on white PVC pipes of various lengths and shapes, added a pulsing rhythm, particular-ly with the four-man band jamming above.

One audience member, dressed in a boiler suit and motorbike helmet, was painted, hung upside down and hefted into the canvas as a piece of “body art.” The full-length work was on exhibit in the lobby at the end of the evening.

The new genre-bending produc-tion makes ample use of the latest technology, involving giant iPads and creative apps, and the finale, floating giant glowing balls into the theater with innumerable yards of white bathroom tissue, made for an awesome wrap that left us feeling anything but blue...

More MozartMozart reigned supreme when

the West Coast Chamber Orchestra, under conductor Christopher Story, charmed with a “Mozart by Candlelight” concert at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Star of the show, as usual, was L.A.-based violinist Tamsen Beseke, who has performed with the likes of Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta, Joshua Bell and Gil Shaham, who recently daz-zled at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.

Beseke, who has also recorded with artists such as Ray Charles, Barry White, George Benson, James Galway and Bobby Vinton, played

“Adagio for violin and strings in E Major” and “Concerto No. 3 in G Major,” the latter under guest conductor, Michael Shasberger, a Westmont College professor.

The concert ended with the German composer’s “Symphony No. 29 in A Major,” a most illuminating start to the festive season...

Pacifica Program ProspersOver at the Music Academy of the

West’s Hahn Hall, the always reli-able Camerata Pacifica entertained with works by Rossini and Schubert at its lunchtime concert.

The hour-long program kicked off with violinists Catherine Leonard and Caitlin Kelley accompanying cellist Andrew Janss and Tim Eckert on double bass, in Rossini’s “String Sonata No. 3 in C Major,” but the main event was clearly Schubert’s “Piano Quintet in A Major,” featur-ing pianist Adam Neiman and vio-list Richard Yongjae O’Neill.

Both pieces were played with con-siderable expertise and finesse, leav-ing the audience wanting a suitable dessert and with their appetizer and main course from these wonderful players...

Sightings: Actor Dennis Franz checking out the new Paseo Nuevo olive emporium, Viva Oliva... Billy Baldwin grabbing his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Dennis Miller nosh-ing at Lucky’s

Pip! Pip! for now

Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at [email protected] or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal •MJ


In certain latitudes, twilights turn long and blue as the summer solstice wanes. This period of

blue nights, Joan Didion writes, does not occur in subtropical California, where she, her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and their adopted daughter, Quintana Roo Dunne, lived during much of the time Didion writes about in her most recent book, possibly her last book, Blue Nights.

Blue Nights was written in New York, where Didion now lives, and where, during those days after the summer ends, the ebb of day emerges as blue, hanging on with a languorous slowness so that “you think the end of day will never come. As the blue nights draw to a close (and they will and they do) you experience an actual chill, an apprehension of illness…”

The book was written with illness much on Didion’s mind, representing to her the end of promise, “the dwin-dling of the days, the inevitability of fading, the dying of the brightness. Blue nights are the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but they are also its warning.” Didion’s preoccu-pation with illness may suggest Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor as an apt comparison, although to do so is a metaphor of its own, setting a mosqui-to in context with a leather worker’s awl. Joan Didion, even when pursuing essay form such as Blue Nights, has always used the techniques of drama, where story is the coded dramatic lan-guage she translates for her readers; she translates reality into secret urges acted upon by characters with whom we identify. Didion does not describe, even when she appears to describe. Her eight works of nonfiction previ-ous to Blue Nights, particularly The Year of Magical Thinking, but also We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live, serve as incessant reminder of her abil-

ity to evoke individuals, places, and the shimmering sense of reality that resonate within our memory as few other writers are able to achieve.

She is the quintessential essayist of our time. She places herself in harm’s way the better to understand it before she passes it along to us. Blue Nights begins after the death of

her husband and frequent collabora-tor on film projects, the novelist, John Gregory Dunne. Her magisterial The Year of Magical Thinking was her way of coping with the enormity of that loss, examining the surges of emotion and their effects on her. In a real sense, The Year was Didion’s way of buying herself more time to live and to write.

Illness and LossShortly after her husband’s death,

Didion had to cope with the illness of her adopted daughter, Quintana Roo, and the growing inevitability that her daughter would not recover from her illness, the only available variable shifting from if she would recover to when she would die.

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Long, Blue nights

work for her legions of readers is the aftertaste, the sense of a particular book being an examination of one thing done well but also an evocation of something else, waving its hands like eager grade school kids, wanting to demonstrate their understanding of the world about them. Blue Nights is about Didion’s sense of loss after Quintana Roo died. It is also about the sense of warning messages she saw in the actual blue nights.

“Last spring, 2009, I had some warn-ings, flags on the track, definite notic-

es of darkening even before the blue nights came… The initial such notice was sudden, the ringing telephone you wish you had never answered, the news no one wants to get…” The news received: Not only had Didion lost a daughter, two of her closest friends from Los Angeles, Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson, were in that awful freefall of losing their daughter, Natasha.

In the manner of an archaeologist sifting through topsoil for traces of evidence of demonstrable activity of any kind, Didion sifts through the past, looking for omens, traces, clues – looking as well for warnings. Didion, born in 1934, notably frail most of her life, is sifting through the past for clues about her own life, notably her own writing self.

Without saying so in direct narra-tive, Didion shares with us in Blue Nights the picture of herself wonder-ing if this is her last book. Sometimes, as we follow the trail of clues she leaves us in her narrative, it is possible

for us to wonder this, too. No won-der, we think when what appeared to be a minor symptomatic event for a person in her 70s turns out to be the relentlessly painful herpes zoster, aka shingles. No wonder, because she’d already suffered so many emotional hits.

No wonder, we say, when at times Didion’s prose relies on the small detail of brand names, movie titles, posh sources from which food or clothing or floral arrangements were secured. There is still enough in her sentences and paragraphs to turn us as far inward as they must have turned her while writing this.

A stunning blogger and dear friend of mine, also a devoted Didion fan, observed how likely it was for most prolific authors to be operating at a 50 percent success rate, meaning 50 percent were, charitably “not so hot.” I thought immediately of Mark Twain, for whom the numbers hold, as well for Beethoven and Larry McMurtry.

In a world where grown men are paid in the millions for their ability to hit a ball once every three times at bat, where men and women cash enormous checks for hitting an even smaller ball about grassy labyrinths with a semblance of panache, Joan Didion is well ahead of the game, her panache still recognizable even though her grace and determination emerge taller and more immediate.

Didion writes of the places on a memorial wall where urns contain the remains of her husband and daughter, a place she has visited while writing Blue Nights, a place where there is yet another niche awaiting. She writes as she has always written, of telling stories in order to live, and as we read this careful sifting for clues and pot-sherds of her own personal archaeol-ogy, we hope she has yet another to go, telling herself with it who she is and sharing with us who we are. •MJ

Joan Didion’s latest book, Blue Nights, is a powerful work about losing her daughter

In the manner of an archaeologist sifting through topsoil for traces of evidence of demonstrable activity of any kind, Didion sifts through the past, looking for omens, traces, clues – looking

as well for warnings

1 – 8 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 27Nobody can give you freedom; nobody can give you equality or justice or anything; if you’re a man, you take it – Malcolm X

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Pacific, and also the concentration camp sagas.

This is very different. In addition to the narratives of Jews who sur-vived hiding, this compilation of first-hand accounts also includes the stories of why other German citi-zens were hunted: an army lieuten-ant accused of sedition, a countess opposing Nazism, young anti-war activists, a communist, a Protestant clergyman involved in an assassina-tion attempt. The book provides their narrative, which explains how they survived and where they hid. Some of the stories are by Jews who avoid-ed the concentration camps because someone took them into hiding. In one story, survival meant sitting in a closet floor for two years (not daring to move during the day, nor flushing the toilet: someone else in the build-ing might hear noises in the apart-ment and report it to the authorities).

The stories are significant in their contemporariness: The book was pub-lished in 1949, the narratives collected were fresh and vivid. It is fantastic history.

Bragging on Local Books

Now let’s hear it for the girls. I guess you could say Lee Wardlaw is truly the cat’s meow. Her book, Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, just won the Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion for Best Children’s Book. The book also won the Fancy Feast-Purina Love Story award for “the book that best captures the magic of the loving rela-tionship between cats and their own-ers!” Purr-fect!

Meanwhile, our own Fannie Flagg has been named the 2012 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s

Distinguished Writer of the Year. A Birmingham native, author Fannie will be receiving the award this April, at the annual Alabama Writers Symposium and will read selections from her work. (Now wouldn’t it be great fun to get a Santa Barbara contingency to go down and get in on all this... I would love to see her in all her Alabama glory and hear that accent come to life speaking to the brethren down in the Southern heartland!) •MJ

STATE STREET (Continued from page 23)

Dr. Eric Boehm’s book is a collection of fourteen auto-biographical accounts of survival outside concentra-tion camps in Nazi Germany

Lee Wardlaw’s children’s book has earned her the Harper Lee Award and Best Children’s Book from the Cat Writers’ Assocation


compiled by Flora Kontilis from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, Carpinteria Division

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

vehicle while parking. Once parked, Henebry approached the driver, who was the only one in the vehicle. Henebry noticed immediately that the driver had “slurred speech, droopy eyelids, and poor motor coordination.” The driver told Henebry that he had not consumed alcohol.

Henebry attempted to discuss why the driver was pulled over, but the driver seemed very confused. The driver told Henebry that he had several warrants out of Pasadena; Henebry confirmed that the driver had two warrants totaling $45,000. Henebry asked the driver to exit the vehicle; Henebry told the driver he was being arrested for suspicion of being under the influence of drugs and alcohol; the driver told Henebry that he took a prescribed medication for his depression. Henebry then told the driver that he could not operate a vehicle while under the influence of drugs and alcohol; immediately after Henebry’s statement, the driver turned away, placed his hands on his head, and said “cuff me.” The driver then told Henebry that he had marijuana that he just bought. Henebry located it in the driver’s jacket pocket. Henebry placed him under arrest and put him in the back of the Sheriff’s vehicle. Henebry then searched the vehicle and discovered several open containers of alcohol. During the search the driver started yelling at Henebry, stating that his car could not be searched.

An assisting deputy transported the driver to Santa Barbara County Jail; on the drive to the jail, the driver made threats to the assisting deputy. He stated that he was in a gang and would come back for the deputy; he said, “I’m going to have a gang member come back and beat you. I’ll remember you.” He also made derogatory statements toward other racial groups and did not want the deputy to place him in a cell with those groups. He was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail. A report was taken.

Vehicle Theft on Alcala LaneThursday, 24 November, 8:20 am – Deputy Farley was dispatched to a residence

on Alcala Lane on reports of vehicle theft. Farley contacted the victim who stat-ed that his truck had been broken into. The victim went to his vehicle at 8 am and discovered the driver’s side window was smashed; missing items included an MP3 Player and backpack containing a laptop, passport, Kindle book reader, and various checkbooks. A report was taken. •MJ

Laptop Stolen Monday, 21 November, 4:05 pm – Deputy Bordon responded to a burglary

that occurred on November 19 at a dormitory on La Paz Road. The victim told Bordon that he left his laptop and headphones in his unlocked dorm room; the victim closed but did not lock his door when he walked briefly to his vehicle. Upon returning, the victim discovered his items missing; his laptop was a Macbook Pro valued at $1200. A report was taken.

Burglary from Vehicle on High RoadTuesday, 22 November, 3:28 am – Deputy VanWinkle was dispatched to a

residence on High Road. At the scene, the victim stated that she heard her car alarm going off; she went outside to investigate, and she found her passenger side window shattered. Missing items included a tapestry bag containing mis-cellaneous items. The victim did not see anyone at the scene, but she stated that a vehicle was heard leaving the area just after the car alarm sounded. A report was taken.

Driver Makes Threats to a DeputyWednesday, 23 November, 7 pm – Deputy Henebry was patrolling East Valley

Road when another vehicle nearly collided with his patrol car. Henebry had to come to a complete stop to avoid the collision; the deputy then initiated a traffic stop for the violation. Henebry followed the vehicle into a private parking lot on San Ysidro Road; Henebry noticed that the driver had difficulty aligning the

Santa Barbara.”I believe the people of Santa Barbara

should demand full disclosure of the details of this fiasco or demand our money back.

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The First & Best Friend(Montecito Library founder Barbara

Baring-Gould passed away recently at the age of 96. The following is a brief history of the library put together by the Friends of Montecito Library’s Board President Judi Anderson from an inter-view she conducted before Mrs. Baring-Gould’s passing. MJ Editor Kelly Mahan covered the public event in last week’s “Village Beat.” – J.B.)

In an interview in 2010, Barbara Baring Gould (1915-2011) shared her recollections of the early days of the Montecito Library thusly: “The building that now houses the library was built by the ‘Robber Barons’ who lived in the big houses and employed many people. It served as a recreation building where the workers could socialize on their single day off.”

The building consisted of a big room with a stage at one end. Barbara said that the mansion dwellers felt generous now and then and hired a band to play at dances.

The county owned this building and paid the state property tax of $1.00 per year.

Barbara felt strongly that Montecito should have a library to serve a grow-ing population of local white-collar workers who could not afford books. She recounted, “In the early ‘seven-ties, The Montecito Library was a ‘storefront’ library. It was in the upper village where Montecito Executive Services and the lampshade store [M. Freeborn Studios] are now located.” Because the tiny library needed vol-unteers, Barbara called her commu-nity-minded friends to help with the work.

At a cocktail party a man approached Barbara about form-ing a Friends of the Montecito Library group and becoming its first President. She immediately enlisted Dot Smith and Lois Roeser to be officers.

Robert Hart, the head of the county library system, said that the Montecito Library needed an employee from the central library system to run it and appointed Georgia Young. She was a natural for the job; she loved books and was very popular with library patrons.

A bequest of $68,000 was given to the Montecito Library in the early ‘70s. The county library system want-ed to use the money to improve the current facility, but the Friends saw this as an opportunity to remodel the county’s recreation building and move to the much larger location across the street.

During the meeting when the Board of Supervisors was discussing the possibility of remodeling the old recreation building and moving the library there, Barbara saw the tide of opinion going against her and the Friends. Then she had an inspira-tion. She proposed that if the Friends raised $100,000 to match the bequest, the Supervisors should approve a remodel of the building. The supervi-sors agreed.

At that time the Board of the Friends were all women. Barbara recalled, “I felt it was necessary to bring some men on, and invited Judge William Repy and Nevill Cramer to join the Board.” They were both dedicated and active Board members. Nevill became the second President of the Board.

Barbara enlisted her friends Dot Smith, Lois Roeser, and Carol Brown to help with fundraising and they did a fantastic job; the $68,000 was raised in record time. Lois was the treasurer and had so many checks coming in that she did not have time to go to the bank every day, so she hid them in her freezer for safekeeping. Barbara remembers the cramp she got in her hand writing the 89 “thank you” notes to everyone who donated $100 or more for the new library.

The remodel took about a year, “The termites were holding hands to keep the walls up in some places.” The design proposals went through

many changes. “I’m so glad,” she said, “we didn’t put the proposed fireplace in what is now the reading room. It would have taken up a lot of valuable space.”

When moving day came, volun-teers packed books into their cars and delivered them across the street. Georgia had the shelves ready and carefully directed the placement of each volume as it reached its new home. The celebration party in the parking lot was a joyful occasion that lasted well into the night.

Barbara was proud of the part she played in making sure that Montecito had a library that is an important part of the community today. Barbara and her Friends gave an important legacy to Montecito. The current Board of the Friends as well as the hundreds of library patrons are very appreciative.

Judi AndersonMontecito(Editor’s note: Thank you for the

detailed account of the founding of Montecito Library. Nearly fifteen years ago, I covered the retirement of Georgia Young, the library’s first librarian. Georgia was not only a lover of books, but she was also a lover of children, human-ity, and particularly of libraries, in which she insisted on courtesy, silence, and respect for the books and the authors that made them possible. Feisty, opinionated, funny, friendly, observant, and respect-ful, Georgia was loved by all in return. – J.B.) •MJ

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not much I can do about that,” Mary responds with a shrug. “I can remind them of the sales tax issue with Amazon and other online companies, which is a really important issue with California. I can also tell them I can probably get it – if they’re willing to pay the postage – just as fast as Amazon. And, I can tell them whether it’s a good book or not, without them having to read reviews and that sort of thing.”

Mary reads a lot of thrillers and mysteries, and that’s what she keeps an eye on mostly. “There is one South African author I really like,” she reveals. “I hope he keeps writing.” The author’s name is Deon Meyer, and his latest is called Trackers; his previous book is Thirteen Hours.

“The latest Grisham (The Litigators) is quite interesting,” she continues, “because it’s more of a straight novel than it is just a thriller. It doesn’t involve murder and mayhem and that sort of thing.”

We asked if she believed bookstores would still exist twenty years from now. Mary says, “Talking with a lot of my customers, they love books. That’s why they’re here buying books. And, yes, I think there are probably going to be bookstores. I think they’re going to be like Tecolote, thanks to people like [co-owner] Herb Simon who value books. Not to preach to people, but I think Montecito is very fortunate to have a bookstore like this. Not because of me or anything like that, but just because they are becoming very rare.

“I will say,” she concludes, “if books become so rare that there aren’t any more bookstores, I hope to be gone by then.”

Montecito’s Best toasted BagelMJ’s design director Trent Watanabe came back from Montecito Deli just

before we were putting the issue to bed, devouring an “Everything” bagel. “This is the best bagel I’ve ever had” he said, wiping a dollop of cream cheese from his cheek. Coincidentally, Montecito Deli’s toasted bagels had been voted Montecito’s BEST, but we were reluctant to include them because the bagels are not made on site.

We visited with Jeff Rypysc, who has owned and run Montecito Deli at 1150 Coast Village Road for ten years, and explained that although our design direc-tor raved about his toasted bagels we had heard he didn’t make them, that in fact he buys them at Vons.

“Oh yeah,” Jeff says, unperturbed by our charge. “We used to get our bagels from a local baker in town, but they weren’t half as good as the ones we get from Vons. I go in every morning between six and six-thirty and take them off the tray right out of the oven. They’re fresh, fresh, fresh. Every day we buy them, so that has a lot to do with it. And then, it’s just the way we prepare it,” he continues. “We use regular cream cheese, or we make sun-dried tomato pesto or horse-radish cream cheese. Then we offer condiments such as onions and tomatoes; you can make a sandwich or serve it open-faced.

“What’s really good,” he says, “is the egg sandwich. We fry an egg or over easy and put that on a bagel with your choice of meat and cheese. The Montecito bagel comes from the broiler with melted cheese, tomatoes, onions, whatever they want on it,” he adds. “We cut it open, put it in the broiler, wait until the cheese melts over the tomatoes and onions; take it out piping hot and serve it.”

New York style bagel choices include the everything bagel, sesame, plain, jalapeno & cheese, or just cheese.

Jeff then extolled the magic and mystery of Montecito Deli’s piadinas. “They’re made with our homemade flatbread that we make here every day.

Over the past two issues, we’ve featured – based upon the tabulated results of a month-long reader survey – Montecito’s BEST manwich maker, seamstress, bartender, maitre d’, delivery man, frozen dessert,

margarita, espresso drink, and favorite hangout. Now, we continue assessing the most chosen individuals of MJ’s BEST of Montecito reader survey.

Montecito’s Most KnowledgeaBle BooKseller“I’ve loved books from the time I can remember,” Tecolote Book Shop manag-

er and co-owner Mary Sheldon says from behind the counter, explaining why she may have been chosen by MJ readers as “most knowledgeable” bookseller.

Sheldon began selling books over thirty years ago, beginning with a six-year stint at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where she started and enlarged the book-store in the late 1970s. From there, she went to Chaucer’s Bookstore at Loreto Plaza, where she stayed until 1992, and where her mainstream bookselling career began; books for sale at the Botanic Garden dealt mostly with botanical and natural history themes, which fit Mary’s background perfectly: her college degree is in environmental studies, with an emphasis on botany.

When the then manager at Tecolote called Mary asking if she’d be interested in taking her job, Mary called Tecolote owner at the time, Margaret (Peggy) Dent, and Chaucer’s owner Mahri Kerley to see what they thought. “I said I didn’t particularly want to leave Chaucer’s,” Sheldon recalls. “I had no reason to leave; I was quite happy where I was. But Mahri said, ‘You know, you’ll do a wonderful job there, and I can’t pay you what they’re willing to pay you, so…’ So, twenty years later, Mary is not only still manager but is now also a co-owner of the venerable nearly 86-year-old book shop; it was founded in 1925.

Mary says national bestsellers such as Steve Jobs are her bestsellers too. “People have been coming in and buying the new Sue Grafton, V Is For Vengeance,” she reports. “People are still buying Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken,” she adds.

As to something she particularly likes and believes people ought to know about, Sheldon points to the latest Susan Hill mystery out of England. It’s called The Betrayal of Trust, a Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler mystery, about which Washington Post reviewer Maureen Corrigan writes: “It’s the intel-ligence of this brooding series that rivets a reader’s attention.”

“Susan Hill is very good,” Mary says, but insists that in order to get the most out of it, “you have to read the first two, because all the characters are ongoing.” Mary says she makes people who are going to buy this book buy all the others before they get into this one.

“The Lee Child (The Affair) came out about six weeks ago; he has a big fol-lowing here,” Mary notes. Tecolote has signed copies of this and the new Sue Grafton book for sale. “Sue is always willing to come in and sign books” Mary says; the Lee Child signed copies come from the publisher.

Mary reads “approximately two books a week, a little over a hundred a year.”Asked if she reads them all the way through, she says, “I sometimes give up

on books. Sometimes I’ll give up on them by just choosing not to read them. Other times, I’ll take them home and I’ll read a certain amount; I usually give them a hundred pages,” and if she’s not hooked by then, she’s “out of there, especially if I’ve got something else I really want to read.”

Book clubs, she observes are “staying stable. The ones that were serious are still seriously reading, but I don’t hear of new ones cropping up.”

What does Tecolote offer that the big discounters (Costco, Amazon) can’t or don’t?

“If they’re going to buy it at Costco, they’re going to buy it at Costco. There’s

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community – Oscar Wilde

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Tecolote Book Shop manager and co-owner Mary Sheldon hides behind erstwhile customer and Montecito resident Sue Grafton’s latest

Montecito Deli owner Jeff Rypysc displays a piping hot piadina fresh off the Italian grill

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Horses In Heavenstory by Lynn P. Kirst

TRAIL TALK

A museum and travel professional, community volun-teer, and lifelong equestrienne, Lynn Kirst is a

fourth-generation Californian who grew up in Montecito; she can often be found riding or hiking the local trails

G iving a holiday gift to a worthy institution is becoming an increasingly

acceptable present when made in the name of another person (you know, that one on your list who has everything and is impossible to buy for), especially if the mission of the organization fits the interests of the recipient. For a touching story of a gift that keeps on giving, that of performer Terry Fator and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital is hard to beat.

Terry Fator is a ventriloquist, singer, and celebrity impersonator who head-lines his own show at the Mirage Theater in Las Vegas. After one of Fator’s shows, a woman came up to him and told him a true story, which Fator re-tells in his song, “Horses in Heaven.” The woman asked him to write a song about the little boys of her story, and their love of play-ing with plastic toy horses for hours on end, galloping down imaginary trails all over the house. Although Fator agreed, he was unable to come up with a song for several months, despite repeated efforts. Then one night he awoke at three o’clock in the morning and jumped up to write

down his dream – the music and lyrics for his hit song, “Horses in Heaven.”

Since Fator considers the dream and resulting song to be a gift, he is donat-ing all proceeds from its sale to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, a Southern California institution that is looking for a cure for the disease that took the life of the little boy that Terry Fator sings about in his song.

More information can be found on the website www.horsesinheav en.com. Here are the lyrics of Terry Fator’s song, reproduced by permis-sion:

Little Bobby playing with his six-year-old friend Plastic horses gallop on imaginary windThey play all day when Bobby asks What he wants next year when he

turns sevenWith a sigh his friend replies,“Are there horses in heaven?”

Are there horses in heaven?Can we ride them to the stars? Will they take us up to Jesus and drop us off in His arms?Will I know how to ride them? Before I get to be seven I’ve just got to knowAre there horses in heaven?

After months and months of chemoBobby’s friend is getting weakHe spends less and less time hereNow he can hardly speakBobby asks him what he wantsNext month when he turns seven A tight hold on his little horse, he says,“Are there horses in heaven?”

Are there horses in heaven?Can we ride them to the stars? Will they take us up to Jesus and drop us off in His arms?Will I know how to ride them? Before I get to be seven will some-one please tell meAre there horses in heaven?

Bobby didn’t see his friend after that day cameHis mama couldn’t find the wordsDidn’t know how to explainShe finally told little BobbyYour friend never reached seven Bobby said, “I know, Mom, he told me.Oh guess what?There are horses in heaven!”

There are horses in heaven!We can ride them to the stars!Because they took him up to JesusAnd dropped him off in His arms!And he knew how to ride them!He never got to be sevenBut now he knowsThere are horses in heaven. •MJ

Ventriloquist star performer Terry Fator with “Winston the Impersonating Turtle,” the character puppet with which he won the million-dollar prize on “America’s Got Talent” in 2007

Terry Fator with the some of the extensive cast of character puppets he has created for his live perfor-mances.

1 – 8 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 31I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle – Jane Austen

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California Highway Patrol officer Rob Stuva tells us was in the “gore point,” the triangular piece of land between the freeway exit and the merging lane, was completely mangled in the acci-dent, but did not cause the accident, Stuva says. A witness reported seeing Kennedy’s vehicle drift towards the Cabrillo Boulevard exit, but it did not appear he intended to exit the freeway. Once he hit the sign board, he overcor-rected, causing the vehicle to flip over.

Kennedy, who was hauling dates to sell at the Saturday morning down-town Farmers’ Market, says he does not recall anything about the accident, Stuva reports. Both alcohol and cell phone use have been ruled out as causes for the accident; it remains undetermined if the driver was fatigued.

“In this case his seat belt probably saved his life,” Stuva said. “To have only minor abrasions after flipping three times is pretty good.”

Kennedy was taken to the hospi-tal with minor injuries. The crash is still under investigation. In addition to four CHP responders, reps from Caltrans and Montecito Fire as well as paramedics were also on the scene.

Olympic DreamsMontecito hairstylist Edward

Anthony is in talks with Olympics organizers to use his ribbon braid-ing technique on Olympic athletes during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. “It would be the time of my life,” he tells us during a recent interview.

Anthony, who has worked for sever-al different salons in Montecito, is cur-rently at Bella Duran, formerly Fleur de Yas, on the corner of Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle. He has been working in Montecito for the last decade, an implant from Beverly Hills. Anthony says he was one of the first

stylists to bring Japanese hair straight-ening techniques to Santa Barbara, and he still uses the original formu-lation to straighten the hair of his clients.

Anthony says his specialty is teach-ing his clients to do their own hair, blow drying it and styling it. “If their hair only looks good when I do it, that may be once or twice a month! But if they know how to do it themselves, they are more apt to be happy with their hair daily,” he says.

Anthony also focuses on weaving and braiding hair, adding jewelry and ribbons to hair styles. He says it was this talent that inspired him to become involved with the Olympics. “I got the idea from watching figure skating. The girls are in these beautiful beaded outfits, but their hair is boring!” he laughed. He has come up with sev-eral hair styles that feature red, white and blue ribbons in braids. “They are quick to do and totally exercise-proof,” he says. He says the styles are appropriate for gymnasts, tennis play-ers, volleyball players, and track stars.

In addition to going to London in June, Anthony hopes to produce a global how-to video, so parents and coaches can do the styles on athletes. “I don’t want people to be dependent on me, I want them to learn the easy styles themselves,” he says.

For more information, Edward Anthony can be reached at 453-5637. Bella Duran Salon & Spa is located at 1102 Coast Village Circle, 845-5950.

Arts Fund Gallery Celebrates 10 Yearsby Flora Kontilis

It was ten years ago when a then fish market on the corner of Santa Barbara and Yanonali Streets became home to The Arts Fund Gallery. In honor of the anniversary, Curator Nancy Gifford designed the exhibition Double Trouble: Married to Art and Each Other. Four local couples and artists contributed to the exhibition, which is open for viewing until January 14, 2012. The Arts Fund Gallery hosted an open-ing reception – complete with food and wine for guests – on Saturday, November 12.

Gifford says the idea for the exhibi-tion stems from her visiting the art-ists in their homes and art studios. According to Gifford, Double Trouble is about capturing the couples’ “con-

VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12)


The Jeep hit a Caltrans sign trailer that was positioned in the “gore point” near the Cabrillo Boulevard exit (photo courtesy Urban Hikers and Edhat.com)

Edward Anthony’s hairstyles he has perfected for use in the 2012 Olympic games

Montecito hair stylist Edward Anthony is in talks with Olympics organizers to use his ribbon tech-nique on Olympic hopefuls


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“What did she say?” I asked my wife.

“Male elephant seals form harems,” my wife whispered.

The docent continued: “The domi-nant, or alpha, male is usually sur-rounded by a group of females. On the periphery of the harem, the beta bulls wait in hopes of an opportunity to mate.”

“Wow! Just like my first apartment in New Hampshire,” I blurted out.

“Excuse me?” the docent looked at me then at my wife.

“That was way, way before my time,” my wife said.

“See I once accidentally invited three different girls to a party and – they all showed up! Several of the other guys thought I was being a bit greedy and should share but I guess I was just feel-ing like an elephant seal. Like I had my own harem for a day! Isn’t it funny how nature works?”

“Yes, funny,” the docent said.We were at the Piedras Blancas ele-

phant seal colony located just north of Cambria on Route One and there were hundreds of sleeping lumps piled up close to each other.

The similarities were mind blow-ing. Many mating seasons ago, I found myself in a group living situation in my hometown. It didn’t start out that way of course. I was a bit of a loner at the time and I met another guy who was also a bit of a loner and we became friends.

“We should get a place together, man.”

“Far out!”The apartment was on the third floor

of an old building and had formerly been an attic. The walls went up about six feet then slanted inward to a long narrow ceiling, which as it turns out was perfect for a black light. We hung up a few day-glo posters, got a couple of beanbag chairs, plugged in the Tru-Tone record player (Now with stereo speakers!) and lit some incense. It was a cool place to hang out and enjoy our solitude.

“Righteous!”“Right on!” Then word got out and people

began to visit. They brought more day-glo posters, a strobe light, and a Led Zeppelin album.

“Groovy!”“Outtasight!”“Trippy!”Soon, we became the place for every-

one to hang out on Saturday nights. Then it became Friday and Saturday nights. Then pretty much every night.

At the time of our requested departure by management there were a dozen or so people living there and the line between when one party ended and the next party started became a blur. In the morning (or afternoon) you had to step over and around a mass of sleeping bodies, just like on the beach below us.

“Where are the harems?”“Mating season hasn’t started yet,”

the docent said. “You’d know if it had. The rookery is a very noisy place dur-ing the breeding season. There are gargles, grunts, snorts, belches, bleats, whimpers, squeaks, squeals, and much male trumpeting.”

Once again I flashed back to our first little colony.

As it turns out the bulls tend to show up in late December when the majority of females return. Both spend most of the year in the ocean eating seafood and traveling great distances. Not together, though. Elephant seals are solitary creatures and travel alone.

“I once hitchhiked from San Diego to San Francisco and back again by myself,” I said. “Met a bunch of hip-pies. But they ate mostly yogurt.”

The docent looked at my wife quizzi-cally, as if she were wondering how we ever got together. I’m sure my wife was about to say “pure luck” but the docent continued her spiel telling us that the peak of mating activity is around Valentine’s Day, which providing you remembered to buy flowers, holds true for other mammals as well.

“Pups are weaned when the mother abruptly departs for sea to find food and a bit of solitude. It’s been about a month and the pups have quadrupled their birth weight,” she said.

“Wow. Same thing happens to me over the holidays.”

“Riigghhhttt. Ah, the next eight to ten weeks the pups remain at the rook-ery teaching themselves how to swim, before taking off on their first adven-ture at sea.”

“Where are you going?” my wife asked.

“To the car to see if we have any Led Zeppelin CDs,” I said.

“Far out, groovy and righteous,” the docent said. •MJ

Led Zeppelin and the Elephant SealsElephant seals? Or Ernie’s first apartment?

1 – 8 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 33Other presidents have failed by doing too little or nothing; Obama is the first to do himself in through hyperactivity – Noemie Emery

nection to each other and to art;” it is about “uniting art,” says Gifford. She adds that another goal in the exhibi-tion was to “represent a broad range of art from a diverse community, which fosters The Art Fund’s mission to promote local talent.”

Since its establishment as a non-profit in 1983, The Arts Fund has supported art and artists through-out Santa Barbara county. The gallery alone has hosted up to 80 exhibitions of local artists and students during its operation.

The open-to-the-public reception showcased 30 works from the fea-tured artists. Couples included Mary Heebner and Macduff Everton – the duo used a recent trip to Patagonia for inspiration in their installation of Everton’s photography and Heebner’s aluminum and canvas paintings. “The aluminum is a combination of silk-screen and hand-painted pigment. The piece captures what I remember from riding a fishing boat during our travels. The water was so peaceful and serene at times,” says Heebner.

Marie Schoeff and Dane Goodman also featured their works. Schoeff’s piece was a collection of silverpoint sketches. Goodman presented a group of sculptures made of “low tech” mate-rials. “As a group, it’s entitled ‘Basics.’

Everything is made with what I call humble materials,” says Goodman. In the installation, Goodman used his own handkerchief and a Trader Joe’s bag for down-to-earth aesthetics.

Abstract pieces included a collection of abstract paintings by Jane Callister and Philip Argent. Kimberly Hahn and James Van Arsdale also created an abstract installation entitled “Eye Computer World.”

The opening reception for Double Trouble also celebrated The Arts Fund Honorary Committee; members who are long-time supporters and donors who help keep The Arts Fund alive. Executive Director Nina Dunbar especially thanked Committee Chairs, Patty DeDominic and Gene Sinser, for promoting a campaign of sponsor-ship for the organization.

For more information about The Arts Fund call 805-965-7321, or visit www.artsfundsb.org.

Local Philanthropists Celebrated

November 15 is recognized as National Philanthropy Day, but in the Santa Barbara community, such a holi-day was spent recognizing those close to home. Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties chapter of the Association

of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) hosted a luncheon at the Four Seasons Biltmore to present this year’s honor-ees of philanthropic work.

Ten members of the Santa Barbara and Ventura communities were on the list of the 2011 honorees, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, pre-sented to Leslie Ridley-Tree; this is the first year the local chapter of AFP has presented such an award. Ridley-Tree was nominated by 10 organi-zations, including the Santa Barbara Zoo, Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Westmont, and the Dream Foundation.

For over 20 years, Ms Ridley-Tree has been active in countless local nonprofits; she is also recognized for establishing up to 120 scholarships. She is a well-known art connoisseur; she recently agreed to donate a col-lection of art to Westmont College. “Art is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared,” she states.

“Philanthropy is a very important, joyful part of my life. If we don’t share, then we don’t deserve to have,” she said. And in reference to receiv-ing the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, she expressed gratitude. “I’m so excited! It’s such an honor to have an award created for me,” she gushed. Members of the community were grateful, too; upon Leslie’s arrival, she was immediately showered with greetings and hugs of thankfulness and respect.

Other honorees included Blakely Colvin, recipient of the Youth Philanthropist of the Year Award for Santa Barbara County. Colvin is recognized for establishing the non-profit Cupcakes For Cancer when she was in 8th grade. Now a gradu-ating senior, Colvin says this work feels second nature. “It didn’t feel extraordinary at the time I started. It


Artist couple Jane Callister and Phillip Argent with Curator Nancy Gifford at the Arts Fund Gallery open-ing reception

Elena Cruz, Youth Philanthropist of the Year from Ventura County, and Blakely Colvin, Youth Philanthropist of the Year from Santa Barbara County

Local couple and artists Marie Schoeff and Dane Goodman celebrate the tenth anniversary of the gallery



the community. The Beckers remain low-key, however, insisting it is this quiet approach that gives “celebrities their serenity.” Kirsten says her high profile clientele “can quietly fit into a community such as Montecito and maintain a ‘normal’ life.”

In addition to the design work, the couple is busy with consultant work at every step of a real estate deal. “We act as an independent non-biased party to help find hidden problems which could cripple a sale,” Darrell, also a licensed broker, explains. They also advise sellers on ways to maxi-mize property value.

MUS Parents TooIn addition to design work and

construction projects, the Beckers are busy with several renovations for homeowners who are remodeling after becoming empty nesters. “We help renew people’s lifestyles when their circumstances have changed,” Kirsten said. The Beckers, who live

in Montecito, are years away from being empty nesters themselves: their youngest, Remy, just turned two. Two of their other children, Walker and Nola, 10 and 8 respectively, are Montecito Union students, Hunter, 16, is at Santa Barbara High School, and their oldest, Andy, 19, is a student at Concordia University.

In addition to five kids, the Beckers manage a team of 25 employees including project supervisors, carpen-ters, utility experts and laborers. They also oversee interns from Westmont, UCSB, and SBCC, and act as mentors for them, said Darrell, who is a former member of the Montecito Association Land Use Committee.

“We eat, live and breathe real estate,” laughs Kirsten, who also endorses products used in their renovations. The Beckers, who have been featured in House Beautiful, Santa Barbara maga-zine and Coastal Living, among other publications, provide a broad range of services; for more information visit www.elocho.com. •MJ

In the 400-block of North Milpas, in the space once occupied by Julian’s Bakery, Yolanda’s, and

Tiny’s Mexican Restaurant, Darrell and Kirsten Becker have completely transformed the formerly rundown building into a design oasis for their company, Becker Studios.

“We wanted to be in the service sec-tor of town, where we can be acces-sible to both tradespeople and clients from Santa Barbara, Montecito and beyond,” Darrell told us during a recent interview. The couple spent five months renovating the building, and subsequently received the Santa Barbara Builder of the Year Award; they moved there from their former office on Montecito Street nearly two years ago. The couple fields design and consulting work from all over the country, and are intimately involved with construction projects in Los Angeles, Montecito, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, and up the Gaviota Coast.

The husband-and-wife team com-bines his real estate and construction background with her design sense and

real estate expertise. Darrell, a grad-uate of Westmont, founded Becker Construction in 1995 after working for several high-end residential and commercial construction companies. Kirsten, also a Village Properties real-tor, has shared her real estate experi-ence nationally on such programs as ABC’s The View, CNN, Fox News, and other news outlets. “The collaboration of the two of us has elevated our busi-ness,” she states.

Kirsten may be best known as the host of TLC’s Property Ladder for three seasons; the popular show is still in syndication. Premiering in June 2005, the show followed homebuy-ers involved in “flipping” real estate. They would invest in rundown prop-erties, do their own renovations, and flip the property for a profit. Kirsten is their guide, giving them ideas, pro-viding insight on the real estate mar-ket, and helping with DIY projects.

Becker Studios specializes in build-ing, designing and remodeling cus-tom luxury homes, and has worked with dozens of high-profile clients in

Montecito Union parents Darrell and Kirsten Becker run a successful build-ing and design business on North Milpas Street

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The formerly rundown building at 421 North Milpas Street was transformed by the Beckers into mod-ern and attractive office space for their growing company

A recent Becker construction job in Montecito, designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects (photo by Ciro Coelho)

A Santa Barbara pool cabana makeover, Becker Studios style

Kirsten Becker on the set of the TLC hit show, “Property Ladder.” The show is in syndication,

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Food for Thought

Montecito Diaryby Ann Pieramici

“Family dinner – the beloved and respected ritual and a longstanding tool for raising

children – was once a non-negotiable part of the day” said producer, environmental activist and author Laurie David, when she visited Crane Country Day School on November 8. David addressed students and parents, encouraging them to make family mealtime a priority once again. Her new book, The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids One Meal at a Time, dishes up tools, tips, recipes and research.

“I realized I had actually done some-thing right as a parent, one uneventful Wednesday evening when I noticed my two daughters lingering at the dinner table,” confessed David. “I had succeeded in luring and keeping my family at the dinner table – after des-sert had long since been consumed – and talking about real issues they might have otherwise kept silent about,” she noted.

David says she started family din-ner rituals when her girls were young (her two daughters with previous husband, writer-producer-comedian Larry David are now 15 and 17). David cited current research that supports the importance of the fam-ily meal as one of the most valuable things parents can do for the health and happiness of their children.

David applied her producer skills (An Inconvenient Truth, Too Hot Not To Handle, Earth To America!) to the din-ner table, turning ordinary weekday meals into special occasions. Some of her tips include naming the night, like “Meatless Mondays,” and “Taco Tuesdays.” She also suggests enlisting the help of kids - the more involved they are in the preparation, the more invested they are in the meal. And, she claims, “It’s fine to initiate conversa-tion with thought-provoking and age-appropriate questions, such as, ‘If you were a fruit, which one would you be, and why?’”

The benefits of sharing a family meal

are numerous. David says research indicates that children who eat with their parents three or more times a week are less likely to try drugs and cigarettes or abuse alcohol. Kids also eat healthier; expand their palate; learn manners; and acquire better dia-logue, vocabulary, and debating skills. David claims the dinner table is also the place where family stories get passed down from one generation to another. As an environmental activist, David encourages the preparation of health-conscious meals. She cited the example of preparing salad dressing, stating, “it’s incredibly easy to make a salad dressing using three items, yet many people still purchase store-bought dressings with nineteen ingre-dients, most we’ve never heard of.”

While David’s book focuses on the significance of the family dinner, she says the most important thing is sim-ply sitting down at the table together and sharing in the sacredness of the moment. The meal doesn’t have to be dinner, nor does it have to be a home-cooked, gourmet feast. It just has to matter.

Young Local Poet Published

Ten-year-old Montecito resident Jack Porter Stein attained his life’s goal, to have his writing published, last month when his endearing poem, “The Secret,” was selected among thousands to be printed in the 2010-2011 California Statewide Anthology of Poetry. He is the only Crane Country Day School student to receive this honor and is one of four local winners.

“This is a huge achievement,” gush-es Jack who says it took him just half-an-hour to write the award-winning poem about his heart. Jack started writing poetry in kindergarten but perfected his craft in fourth grade under the guidance of local poet-teacher Lois Klein, who spends six weeks each year augmenting English classes at Crane Country Day School.

“I tell my students to follow the path of their writing as it curves and pos-sibly rounds a corner, often revealing something that they didn’t even know was there. When that happens, it’s a lucky thing.”

It was especially lucky for Jack who says he simply wrote as ideas came into his head and he was as surprised by the ending as his readers will be. Jack didn’t even title the poem until it was finished. Of the writing process, Jack said he draws inspiration by what he sees around him and by the fictional characters he imagines in his mind.

California Poets in the Schools (CPITS) is the organization behind the poetry anthology which each fall showcases student and poet-teacher work representing the best throughout California. Established in 1964, CPITS engages professional, published poets to teach elementary and middle school students the basics of writing and the creative process. Every year, approxi-mately 120 poet-teachers reach 25,000 students statewide. Ms Klein is one of six Santa Barbara-based poet-teachers and she alone sorted through over

3,000 poems selecting just ten for con-sideration into the Anthology, which prints a total of 80 poems culled from a statewide pool. Klein said that Jack’s poem contained many of the character-istics she values when judging poetry, “fresh language and images, honest emotion, and a poem that makes the reader’s heart jump at the end.”

The act of writing poetry reminds kids that spontaneity and creativity are important elements of writing, and this is one of the reasons why Crane School hires Ms Klein annually to enhance the lower school curricu-lum.

The other Santa Barbara poets cho-sen for the 2010-2011 Anthology were taught by Perie Longo and include Sebastien Ricard (4th grade Cold Spring School), Maija Ninness (5th grade, Cold Spring School), and Millie Reitherman (2nd grade, Summerland School).

While Jack and his family are thrilled with his recognition, Jack admits that he may now need a new life goal, which didn’t take him long to for-mulate: he hopes to publish a novel before the age of 18. •MJ

Crane School Green Committee Co-Chair Janet Friesen with author-producer-activist Laurie David and Parents for Crane President Winifred Lender

Poet Jack Porter Stein with Crane teacher Aaron Haddock and poet-teacher Lois Klein


Beach walks often reveal people in meditation or women in bright sarees standing in the surf with their chil-dren. We generally come across more buffalo or cattle than people. Meals are traditional Goan fare, maybe a prawn curry or a chicken vindaloo or a whole fish baked in a clay oven. Everything is exceedingly fresh, deli-cious and cheap. Perhaps not at all surprisingly, yoga is a big deal here, and there are truly wonderful beach-side classes under the coconut palms to get you in the right mood. (If I am enjoying them, and I am, then you can bet that everyone else on the planet would too.)

Agonda Beach is a simple place, a place where the jungle still creeps right up to the sand, not (yet) well-known enough to see the develop-ment that will inevitably come. It’s a place where you are greeted by smil-ing locals and giggling children walk-ing to school in uniforms. Incense tick-les your nose as you walk the one land

road that runs parallel to the water, perusing the local wares, talking to shopkeepers. Luxury here is defined as an air-conditioner and attached bathroom (yes, we splurged and have both). Hot water is not guaranteed but the presence of the occasional lizard in your open-air loo is. The electricity goes out at random times throughout the day and night, often leaving the whole place awash in nothing but candlelight.

Agonda Beach is a special place, a paradise in every sense of the word, though far different from the one we experienced at Punta Mita all those years ago.

Wait a second, hang on, I take that back. There is indeed one key similar-ity between them… both have out-standing piña coladas.

(If you are interested in talking to Matt or, perhaps more likely, anybody else in the Mazza family, feel free to email any of them at [email protected]. And if you are interested in a more detailed account of their journey, including what happened from the time they left the Airstream trailer in Cape Town (see Matt’s article in the MJ glossy edition if you haven’t already) to date, check out their web-site and Matt’s blog at www.towhead travel.com.) •MJ

Leaving It All Behind

Two Piña Coladas

by Matt Mazza

I spent my honeymoon – many years ago – at the Four Seasons Resort at Punta Mita near Puerto Vallarta,

Mexico. We basically had a little villa to ourselves, right on a cliff overlooking a beautiful beach, complete with parlor and plunge pool and everything else you’d expect at such a place. It was a great time, to be sure, and we spent most of it enjoying romantic candlelit dinners with great bottles of wine or lounging on a manicured beach or in a luxurious poolside cabana with an attentive staff at our beck and call.

In fact, it was that very staff that brought my then-new bride and me an excessive supply of piña coladas one afternoon, leading to a pair of cat-egory-five headaches the next morn-ing and, perhaps, the conception of our first child. (What can I say, we were young and it was our honey-moon.)

Punta Mita was a paradise to us then, in every sense of the word.

We now find ourselves on the west

coast of India, in a paradise of a dif-ferent sort. We’ve been living in a tiny hut on sleepy Agonda Beach in Goa for the past couple weeks. There’s no villa or cabana or plunge pool within a hundred kilometers, although we consider the Arabian Sea – which is, say, fifty feet from our hut and around eighty degrees day and night – an adequate substitution. Our days here consist of little more than wak-ing to the sound of the surf, lazily

dressing in a bathing suit, shuffling to breakfast on the sand, playing in the waves with the kids (who, by the way, love it here), enjoying long after-noon naps and otherwise sloughing around.

View of the huts at Cuba Agonda the Mazza family lived in on Agonda Beach, looking toward the beach and the Arabian Sea beyond it. Their hut was about half way down on the left, and only one or two other people stayed there the entire time.

Matt was a lawyer up until June 2011, when he closed up shop and left Montecito with his wife and kids to travel around the world. Read his (and his family's) full story in the newest edition of the Montecito Journal (glossy edition), on newsstands now.

Matt’s older daughter Lily, and wife Wendi deep in conversation while watching the sunset on Agonda Beach

Kate, Lily, and Wendi on Thanksgiving, enjoying a meal at a vegetarian restaurant in the jungle in Agonda Beach

View of the beach directly in front of the Mazza’s hut, taken from the restaurant at Cuba Agonda

Agonda Beach is a simple place, a place where the jungle still creeps right up to the sand, not (yet) well-known enough to see the

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The bread is raw,” he explains, “when the piadina is prepared. We put ‘em on these pans from Italy and the bread cooks while it’s being made. You put it on one side and that cooks; then you flip it over and while that side is cooking, you stuff it with different kinds of meats and veggies and cheeses, then fold it in half. Cook it a couple more minutes on each side. We’re the only people in town that have it,” he boasts. “I know lots have tried to make it but they couldn’t. I had to pay five-thousand dollars for the recipe from the previous owners, who got the recipe in Italy.

“It’s a real simple thing, but nobody can duplicate it. That’s our specialty,” Jeff concludes. “We’re the Home of the Piadina.”

Montecito’s FaVorite artistIn a place such as Montecito, with world-renowned painters, sculptors, and

artists of all stripes, it would be near sacrilege to pronounce anyone the BEST, but Tom Mielko, an excellent artist whose original paintings have sold in the six-figure range, has been selected as Montecito’s FAVORITE artist.

Tom lives on a Montecito hillside with his wife, Eileen, in a home that fea-tures a spectacular view of the harbor and Channel Islands. He paints from his home studio and says “the light is really beautiful this time of the year.” Tom creates his romantic seascapes and other subjects mostly in Acrylic, watercolor, or Gouache (it’s water-based paint, but not as translucent as watercolor). Tom, a New Englander by birth, has been painting for more than fifty years; he started when he was “about twelve years old,” and had a gallery on Nantucket Island from 1976 until he closed it in 2007. Now, he just has his house and ships his paintings back east.

Mielko’s subject matter is “always ocean-related,” from which he rarely strays. “On my website,” he notes as an illustration of how the ocean plays a big part in his work, “I did a painting I call Windy Side. It’s a picture of a cottage with an open window. If you look through the window, it goes through another window, which goes through a window to the ocean.

“Basically I’m an American Romantic painter that deals in realism. Sometimes, for example, I’ll have a painting of two empty chairs with a towel, but it’s still outdoors and has that romantic feeling. So, people can relate to that.”

Another thing Tom is famous for is his generosity towards local non-profits. He can often be counted on to donate a painting as a live auction item (or at least a numbered and signed giclee) for a worthy cause.

Tom Mielko can be reached at www.tommielko.com or 805-969-7969.

wrapping it UpNext week, we’ll wrap it up by featuring three haircutters, other merchants,

some display windows, and an entire list of potential categories for next year’s survey. •MJ

BEST OF MONTECITO (Continued from page 29)

“After the Storm,” a 36 x 48 Acrylic on Canvas is described by artist Tom Mielko as “a lady standing on the ocean and the storm is passing and she is looking out towards the ocean”

just felt normal to help.” A slightly nervous and humble Colvin added that she was inspired to start the nonprofit when she heard of a boy in her Solvang community who was diagnosed with Leukemia. “I wanted to do something to help out, and I’ve always liked cupcakes, so my friends and I baked them to sell,” she said. Colvin has raised up to $80,000 for the cause; she says she wants to reach a goal of $100,000 by the time she goes to college.

Other 2011 honorees were Margaret Bradley, Professional Fundraiser of

the Year; Maggie Kestly, Volunteer of the Year for Ventura County; Jelinda DeVorzon, Volunteer of the Year for Santa Barbara County; Elena Cruz, Youth Philanthropist of the Year for Ventura County; and William and Elise Kearney, Philanthropists of the Year for Ventura County.

AFP President, Michelle Jacobson, says, “For the size of the Santa Barbara community, there is a tremendous amount of volunteers spreading good-will.”

For more information, visit www.afpnet.org. •MJ


AFP President, Michelle Jacobson, with Leslie Ridley-Tree, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award

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The Turkey Trot – along with other events like the Egg Drop – has been an annual event at Cold Spring School since the beginning. Each grade by gender has a chance to chase the male or female turkey around the track to catch one of its tail feathers. Westmont students gen-erously volunteer each year to be the turkey and in turn are honored with a Starbucks Coffee gift card, as local residents know the Coast Village Road Starbucks is the Westmont stu-dent study lounge during the school year. Returning to don the turkey outfits this year were track and field students Angelina Gonzalez, a senior studying Elementary Education, and Jack Rogan, a sophomore kinesiol-

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For the third time in the history of Cold Spring School, a student has won the Turkey Trot race.

Third grader Annabelle Tiller caught the turkey feather off of the “turkey” at a record distance of less than 100 yards from the starting point on the school track.

A quiet and shy, yet stunning model of a track competitor, Annabelle hum-bly showed me her coveted turkey feather. New to Cold Spring this year as a transfer student from Boston, she stated she loves to run. Coach “O” boasted that she has all the makings of a great track star and is ready to coach her to her highest potential.

Annabelle’s parents relocated to Santa Barbara after her dad, Steven, decided to resurrect the 1960 California shoe company, SeaVees. Her mom, Brooke, was proud of her win.

New school superintendent, Dr. Tricia Price, was on hand, along with Parent Club co-chairs Jules Kramer

(a former UCSB track and field star herself), Heidi Whitney and Julie Hayashida. Coach “O” refereed the event.

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Turkey Trot ChampWinner of the Turkey Trot, Annabelle Tiller, with her parents Brooke and Steven, her third grade teacher Mrs. Annie Villa and Westmont “turkey” Angelina Gonzalez

Steven Tiller models his company’s signature retro 1960’s shoe, the SeaVees sneaker

Sixth graders with Coach “O” and Cold Spring School Superintendent Dr. Tricia Price on the far right, with event co-chairs Jules Kramer, Heidi Whitney and Julie Hayashida with Westmont Turkey’s Jack Rogan and Angelina Gonzalez on the far left

CSS Coach “O” calls the runners to the starting line for the race

Sixth grade boys line up for the race

Close up of the coveted turkey feathers the racers have to catch

Taunting the racers to come catch a feather is Westmont student, “turkey” Jack Rogan

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UCSB Music – The academic department’s fall season of concerts comes to a close with a long weekend of shows, beginning Thursday with the Chamber Choir and Women’s Choruses. The combined choirs present “North,” a diverse program featuring music from far upper-hemisphere countries Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Canada (8pm; St. Anthony’s Seminary Chapel, 2300 Garden Street).... Vocal music still rules on Friday, when the Gospel Choir, directed by Victor Bell, performs traditional and contemporary works featuring guest artists at Lotte Lehmann Hall (8pm)... On Saturday, the hugely popular and perennially prolific Middle East Ensemble presents its usual assortment of music and dance from distant lands, with Scott Marcus (music) and Cris Basimah (dance) directing (8pm; Lotte Lehmann Hall)... Finally, Jon Nathan leads the Jazz Ensemble in a concert of music for large and small groups and vocalists celebrating the holiday season. A special highlight will be selections from the Ellington/Strayhorn big band adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (4pm Sunday; Lotte Lehmann Hall). COST: $15 general, $7 students, available at the door INFO: 893-7001 or www.music.ucsb.edu

ThURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

1st Thursday – If Christmas and holiday season’s greetings, themes and songs

aren’t your delight, we suggest you avoid downtown Santa Barbara early Thursday evening. But for the rest of you, the monthly art & culture gathering offers plenty of good tidings and cheer, not to mention artwork and crafts that might be the perfect gift idea for someone on your list. The special exhibits include ones by local plein air artist Chris Potter, who will be painting under the holiday tree lights on State Street next to FastFrame from 4-6pm, and Michael Orchowski, a Dream Foundation recipient whose wish is to have a showing of his artwork; 33 Jewels hosts, and all proceeds will be donated to the Dream Foundation. Also, Sullivan Goss hosts its annual exhibit “100 Grand,” which features five score of paintings priced at under $1,000, with gift giving in mind. On the performing arts front, Quire of Voyces performs choral music of the Renaissance and modern age at 6:30pm at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; The Santa Barbara Revels will present highlights from this year’s upcoming production of “The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice” on Marshall’s Patio (you can also help deck the halls with handmade ornaments for two community holiday trees out on the patio); the Adam Phillips Band plays a set of holiday music at Paseo Nuevo Center Court; and the Santa Barbara Drama Club strolls up and down State Street providing yuletide cheer through music and short theater skits. WHEN: 5-8pm WHERE: Lower State Street COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown.com

C ALENDAR OF EVENTSNote 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. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to publication. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to [email protected] and/or [email protected]

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

Renaissance holiday – In the nearly 40 years since its founding, the Tallis Scholars have become the leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world. Still directed by its founder, Peter Phillips, the U.K.-based ensemble maintains a purity and clarity of sound that allows every detail of the musical lines to be heard, showing off the score’s beauty and glory. And there’s no better time to hear this vocal powerhouse than at the end of autumn in celebration of the holiday season. The Tallis Scholars 2011 holiday concert, “Hymn to the Virgin – Holiday Masterpieces from Around the Globe,” features variations on the Magnificat, also known as the Song of Mary or the Canticle of Mary, one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn. The Grammy-nominated a capella choir, which has earned multiple Early Music awards from Gramophone magazine, present a program that takes a winding journey across centuries and nations, from the Netherlands to Rome and points between, exploring the life and many roles of the beloved Virgin Mary, both divine and human, from composers including Robert White, Arvo Pärt and Benjamin Britten. “It’s hard to imagine any deity resisting a plea sung as gorgeously as the Tallis Scholars… their voices swelling with soulful precision,” raved The New York Times. On a smaller scale, it’s hard to imagine you’ll hear a more heavenly holiday program anywhere else in Santa Barbara this season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 21 E. Sola St. COST: $35 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

You had me at ‘Hello’ – With a catchy headline of “Almost, honest” and a subtitle of “Six New Dances from the Heart,” not to mention the names of the individual pieces, the fall dance program from UCSB’s academic department is a no-brainer in our little world. The half-dozen works on the program

are comprised of four pieces of choreography from advanced students alongside two by faculty members Nancy Colahan and Christina McCarthy, and include such titles as “I made these trees with deep roots” (from Tenaya Cowsill) about the human need for connection, and Maggie Hurd’s “Crumbs at the Bottom,” which explores the journey of five dancers with five backpacks. Giovanna Ventola’s “Hyperbole” is an all-out festival of virtuosic and mind-bending movement for four dancers, while Larry Daniels’ “A story about a boy and girl trying to hold hands” is an intimate portrayal of taking risks and a relationship balanced between moving forward or ending completely. The UCSB Percussion Ensemble will play live on stage with the dancers and 40 chairs for McCarthy’s “Occupation,” while Colahan’s “No Freedom Like a Dance” has soloists and the ensemble presents a series of brief dances of emotive rhythmic precision and elegance. Mira Kingsley directs. WHEN: 8pm Friday, 2 & 8pm Saturday WHERE: Hatlen Theater, UCSB campus COST: $13-$17 INFO: 893-3022 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

Gergen gets ‘em – The contenders in the Republican presidential sweepstakes have been rising and falling faster than the targets in the Whac-A-Mole arcade game. But there is still a little modicum of consistency in the debates and the politicking: David Gergen. CNN’s senior political analyst is a former adviser to four American presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton), a best-selling author, an editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report, and a professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. His visit to UCSB was to take place last night, but he had to postpone due to conflicts with his coverage of the ongoing presidential campaign. Gergen, who is currently writing a book on presidential transitions, will discuss “The 2012 Elections - Issues and Answers.” Even if you think the whole political process is a mess and concerned more with public posturing, positioning and producing polarity than actual governing, Gergen’s observations are always well worth hearing, as they are invariably fair, full of insight, wit and wisdom and even – shockingly for the news media in the Internet age – full of quite a bit of depth. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $40 general, $15 UCSB and Westmont College students INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

Downtown Holiday Parade – Montecito’s teenage professional surfing sensation Lakey Peterson – who placed second overall in the women’s

division of last summer’s U.S. Open of Surfing held in Huntington Beach after winning the Junior’s championship the day before – serves as this year’s Celebrity Grand Marshal for the 59th Annual Downtown Holiday Parade. Peterson, who is also a spokesperson for SCA (Student Conservation Association) and a fundraiser for H4O (Hands for Others, an organization that focuses on building clean water wells in third world countries), will preside over the parade that also features marching bands, floats, performance groups, cheerleader squads and, of course, a visit from Santa, riding at the end of the parade in an authentic hand-built sleigh. Also watch for the Holiday Prince & Fairy – seven-year-old Diego Velazquez Jimenez and 10-year-old Ally Mintzer – in a horse-drawn carriage, who will “light” the 45-foot Douglas Fir Community Holiday Tree located near the historic Arlington Theatre at the beginning of the parade. A meet-and-greet with Lakey Peterson will take place at The Granada Theatre from 3:30-5pm and Paseo Nuevo hosts a similar event with Santa from 4-5:30pm. WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: State Street from Sola to Cota streets COST: free INFO: 962-2098 ext. 22 or visit www.santabarbaradowntown.com

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

Dance (and dancers) on Display – Normally Saks Fifth Avenue wants you to buy whatever they’re showcasing in the storefront windows, especially during the holiday season. But please don’t try to take home the State Street Ballet

1 – 8 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability – Oscar Wilde


A chamber music holiday – The Santa Barbara Music Club adds a holiday twist to its normally delightful presentation of classical music from brilliant local players: a bit of Haydn on trumpet and organ, and holiday-inspired music on the organ, and voice and guitar. UCSB Emeritus organist and frequent SBMC performer Dr. Emma Lou Diemer joins 2011 scholarship awardee Harrison Sulit-Swalley on Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major to open the program, followed by Diemer soloing on three of her own organ compositions inspired by the holiday season – the Hanukkah Song, arranged from the traditional; Three Psalm Settings; and Ding Dong Merrily on High, arranged from a 16th-century Christmas dance

tune – as well as Toccatina by the 20th-century composer Ramón Noble. Soprano Carol Ann Manzi and guitarist Thomas Heck offer the Six Songs, Op. 89, of Mauro Giuseppe Giuliani, followed by a selection of holiday songs to conclude the afternoon for which admission, as always, is free. Stay for the post-concert reception with refreshments and a chance to mingle with the SBMC members. (Please note the special time and place.) WHEN: 2pm WHERE: First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, 2101 State Street INFO: 687-5537 or www.sbmusicclub.org


Messiah it ain’t – Rodelinda is from Handel, the same composer who gave the world the classic choral composition, but things are radically different in this opera. The Baroque showpiece concerns a queen who must fight treacherous enemies to keep her son safe and the memory of her exiled husband alive. Renée Fleming returns to The Met: Live in HD to reprise

one of her greatest roles as the title character, and the score gives her the opportunity to sing some of the most beautiful and challenging arias in her extensive repertoire. The all-star supporting cast includes two of the world’s most prominent countertenors, Andreas Scholl and Iestyn Davies, as the exiled king Bertarido and his friend Unulfo; mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the noblewoman Eduige; Joseph Kaiser as the usurper Grimoaldo; and Shenyang as Grimoaldo’s corrupt advisor Garibaldo. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts. WHEN: 9:30am (live simulcast), repeats 6pm Saturday & 2pm Sunday WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, Fairway Rd. COST: $27 INFO: 969-8787 or www.musicacademy.org

dancers dressed in their costumes from The Nutcracker who are serving as human mannequins this Saturday afternoon and next. The company’s professional ballerinas will feature scenes from SSB’s upcoming annual production of Tchaikovsky’s classic including the beautiful Snow Scene complete with dancers in flake-covered tutus and a sleeping Clara with her nutcracker doll. (Dancers Julia De Paoli and Jenny Sherry of Gustafson Dance will play their parts this Saturday while Melody Collins joins De Paoli on December 10.) It’s not Fifth Avenue in Manhattan at Christmas, but it’s not bad at all for our little seaside berg. (State Street Ballet will be performing The Nutcracker at The Granada Theatre on December 17-18). WHEN: 1-3pm WHERE: 1001 State Street COST: free INFO: 884-9997 or www.statestreetballet.com

More from SSB – Gustafson Dance is also presenting “Rudolph,” a children’s ballet performed by its students and featuring dancers from the State Street Ballet Young Dancers, the apprentice company to State Street Ballet. In this version, the young reindeer’s nonconformity is a blinking red nose, which makes him a perfect advocate for others in the Land of Misfit Toys. In this snowy adventure, Rudolph befriends an elf who wants to be a dancer, a miner who can’t find gold and eventually the Abominable Snowman, before all ends well, with everyone realizing that those who are different have much to offer. WHEN: 2 & 6pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido Street COST: $23 general, $13.50 students INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com •MJ

Stephanie Zimbalist, seen her with Eric Pierpoint as Henry II, takes on the role of Eleanor of Aquitaine at the Ensemble Theatre start-ing Saturday night (Photo by David Bazemore)

Lioness in Winter

On Entertainmentby Steven Libowitz

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to Montecito Journal for over ten years.

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In her role as Eleanor in Ensemble Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The Lion in Winter,

Stephanie Zimbalist is all about her sons, even if there’s lots of love lost among family members. But over the phone from her father Efram, Jr.’s, house in Solvang, she’s the dutiful and loving daughter who just brought Thanksgiving dinner to the 93-year-old actor.

The famous retired actor popped up a number of times in the conversation, not in the least in discussing her true priorities after decades of acting on TV (Remington Steele), movies, and, for the last dozen years or more, as one of the more in-demand actresses in regional theater between here and Los Angeles, the better to keep her close to her father’s side.

Eleanor is a first for Zimbalist and she had plenty to say about the meaty role.

Q. Your last big local appearances were at both ETC and Rubicon as Kate Hepburn in Tea at Five. Now you’re reprising a role she made famous on film with Eleanor in The Lion in Winter. Is this some sort of Hepburn obsession?

A. It wasn’t my idea, or even [ETC executive artistic director] Jonathan [Fox]’s. I think what happened is after the success of Tea at Five here, the board suggested to Jonathan to find another piece that Katherine Hepburn made famous and have me do that one. I’m hoping and praying you won’t see or hear much of her onstage with me in Lion, but that’s the story I got.

So you’re not tired of doing things that are associated with her by now?

Well, as far as Tea at Five, I’ve done it and done it, and it’s not a traveling set. People say, come for a benefit and do the show, or we’d love to have you here for a week. But it’s very dif-

ficult to do for one night, and I’m not interested in that. But the other thing is that while I have respect for Ms Hepburn – and she’s my ninth cousin it turns out – I’m not interested in car-rying a torch for her. What I would do is a long run in San Francisco, New York, London or Chicago, but until that happens I’m not interested. But that’s not this show... I know how to make my voice sound like Katherine Hepburn, and how not to too. It’s my job to not sound like her here.

How familiar are you with the play and the movie? Are you taking any cues from the film at all?

No. I never saw the play, never read it, and never saw the movie all the way through, or so I’m told, because I fell asleep both times. So there’s noth-ing there to take. I’m not wearing blue eye shadow and I’m not wearing a wimple. So there you have it.

Of course you’re also working with Jenny Sullivan again, who also directed you in Tea and The Memory of Water at Ensemble and several other shows at the Rubicon in Ventura. Can you talk about your relationship? Have you two devel-oped your own work habits together over the course the shows?

Yes, my darling Jenny, my blessed friend. We do have a second language together. She’ll say, “Steph–” and I’ll say, “Yeah, I know.” Or “Steph, do


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Enterprise Fish Co. $$225 State Street (962-3313)Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lob-sters served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.

The Harbor Restaurant $$210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)Enjoy ocean views at the historic Harbor Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. Featuring prime steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned Wine Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excel-lence for the past six years and a full cocktail bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm, early dinner available Saturday and Sunday starting at 3 pm.

Los Agaves $600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, us-ing only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner, with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-tures traditional dishes from central and south-ern Mexico such as shrimp & fish enchiladas, shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to 9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.

Miró $$$$8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa (968-0100)Miró is a refined refuge with stunning views, featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown in-gredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$ Olio Pizzeria $ 17 West Victoria Street (899-2699) Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery featuring Italian food of the highest order. Of-ferings include eggplant soufflé, pappardelle with quail, sausage and mushroom ragù, and fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also available.Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired by neighborhood “pizzerie” and “enoteche” in Italy. Here the focus is on artisanal pizzas and antipasti, with classic toppings like fresh moz-zarella, seafood, black truffles, and sausage. Salads, innovative appetizers and an assort-ment of salumi and formaggi round out the menu at this casual, fast-paced eatery. Private

dining for up to 32 guests. Both the ristorante and the pizzeria are open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm).

Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro $516 State Street (962-1455)The Wine Bistro menu is seasonal California cuisine specializing in local products. Pair your meal with wine from the Santa Barbara Winery, Lafond Winery or one from the list of wines from around the world. Happy Hour Monday - Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The 1st Wednesday of each month is Passport to the World of Wine. Grilled cheese night every Thursday. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner; catering available. www.pierrelafond.com

Renaud’s $ 3315 State Street (569-2400) Located in Loreto Plaza, Renaud’s is a bakery specializing in a wide selection of French pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and salads and represents Renaud’s personal favorites. Brewed coffees and teas are organic. Open Monday-Saturday 7 am to 5 pm, Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.

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you think– ?” “Yep.” That’s about it. She’s a great guide. I think this is our fourteenth collaboration, only origi-nals, not counting the repeats, which would make it almost twenty... Jenny is clearly the director and there are seven of us in the cast so I just shut up. But when she’s dealing with me, we do have our own way of commu-nicating.

Has she adapted the work or is it pretty straight forward and faithful?

There’s no adaption. Mind you, it just opened in London, and the reviews are just terrible... It’s a very talky script. Even my dad said so when he read it recently. But we’re not allowed to edit it. So we’re doing every word, as fast as we can as clear as we can, going through like lightening when we need to get through... I’d rather read the reviews than see the movie, though, because it can give me a general picture about what to avoid... The most important thing to make this play work is that the audience believes that these two people are in love. You have to get them on our side and rooting for Henry and Eleanor and understanding that beyond the barbs and viciousness, there’s deep, deep love. If we can’t convince them, then there’s no play; it’s the begin-ning, the middle and the end.

I was going to wait until the end to ask about the reviews, but since you brought it up, given the criticism of the work itself, what appealed to you about playing Eleanor?

Well, first of all, [the] scenes [with co-star Eric Pierpoint] are volca-nic, almost acrobatic where they go. There’s one scene where there’s love and it’s funny and then he’s threat-ening death, then we’re screaming, then falling into each other’s arms, then slinging hash. It’s glorious... Playing the subtext that’s under the words is what every actor goes for. That’s when you’re playing the book that you’ve written, the box spring to the mattress. It takes a while to

get there... You have to get all the words first. What we’re starring in our heads is that it’s really important first for the audience to know what’s going on, because sometimes it can be like a tennis match where your head is snapping back and forth. We have to make it easy to see the score-board.

Do you think it relates to today’s audi-ences? Does that sort of dysfunctional family have a parallel in today’s fractured families?

Absolutely. It is about dysfunctional family. And about how we pass on what we have to the next generation. But it’s also about love. Do we love our family for what they are or what they leave us? The sticky wickets when it comes times to divide things up – who gets what.

Sticky wickets. Nice!Yeah, I got that from Pierce

[Brosnan, her co-star in Remington Steele] long ago. I got a whole bunch of those British expressions from him. We worked together for five years so I hope something stuck. And I never thought of it until this moment, but we would have been great in this together.

Are you still in contact? Oh yes, we do, bless the boy’s heart.

He’s extremely kind and loving and conciliatory in emails. I remember let-ting him know when it was my dad’s ninetieth birthday and he called and we had a long talk.

Speaking of Remington, it’s been a while since you’ve had a guest shot on episodic TV. Anything in the works?

A. No, no. The thing is, if you’re Meryl Streep or Helen Mirren – someone in my age bracket – when you come to work and have some clout, they’ll take time to light the scene properly and make you look decent. [Otherwise], if you get a day role on any old show, they don’t have the time or care to do it right and you don’t look good. So why take the vast body of work I’ve done where is most-ly great and end it on a [crappy] note? I’m in a long line of actresses for those little guest roles – there’s a whole mess of us from the seventies and eighties who would love these parts. But I’m really, really happy right now. I’m good at what I do, maybe the best acting of my career. I love to do it. It’s what I do best. But my real priority is to be the best daughter I can be and spend as much time as I can with my dad.

(The Lion in Winter opens at ETC Saturday night and play through December 18. Tickets cost $40-$65, with discounts for seniors, students and young adults. Call 965-5400 or visit www.ensembletheatre.com.)

Wine in WinterSanta Barbara is lousy with

wine events in the warm weath-er months as, it seems, at least one major event takes place every weekend from late spring through early fall. But this December, the folks who are already responsible for the three-day California Wine Festival held at Chase Palm Park every July are adding a new event to the calendar.

But the first annual Winter Wine Classic, slated for 4-7pm Sunday at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, is no ordinary “slosh-it-back” party in the guise of a wine lovers’ tast-ing outing. Indeed, the Classic is devoted exclusively to California’s super-premium wines, with some famous and highly-decorated vine-yards and world-class winemak-ers on hand pouring what is esti-mated at more than $350,000 worth of wine. Included are such leg-endary labels as Napa’s Caymus, Chateau Montelena and Trefethen and Sonoma’s White Oak, Kunde and Girard, all of whom are pour-ing only 90-plus point-rated gold-medal winners.

“We’ve got some of the real legends in the business pouring for us for the first time,” said Don Fritzen, the event company’s owner and founder. “It’s well beyond what you can taste even at our Rare & Reserve event in the summer, because it’s only pre-mium wines from the top makers in the state.”

What with the holidays and the decrease in tourism, winter might seem to be a weird time to pull out all the stops, but Fritzen said that wasn’t a concern.

“Being a local I know we get some of our best weather this time of year, and some of the locals also get their first taste of cabin fever,” he said. “And it’s perfect for the winemak-ers as it comes right after they finish up with the harvest and can have a breather before the holidays.”

As with his California Wine Fest, Sunday’s tasting will also feature hors d’oeuvres, but on a much grander scale, Fritzen said. “They’re making some spectacular appetizers for this event, trying to match the quality of the super-premium wines with gour-met food.”

Guests can expect oysters, lobster and other fresh seafood as well as specialty foods and tasty treats from caterers.

All this comes at a price tag heft-ier than the typical tasting: $100 in advance, $150 at the door. But given that only 700 will be sold, there will be plenty of the good stuff – and it’s all the good stuff – to go around.

(For info and tickets, call 866-5103 or visit www.californiawinefestival.com.)

Antlers Away!For reindeer fans – and honestly,

who isn’t one? – only one day a year matters around these parts, and it isn’t Christmas. No, the big day is when-ever local artist Brad Nack unveils his latest crop of tiny paintings of the critters in his annual 100% Reindeer Art Show at Restaurant Roy (7 West Carrillo Street). That takes place this Friday, from 6-8pm, beginning just a half-hour before the start of the Downtown Holiday Parade, which those in the know will happily eschew to chow down on Nack’s latest offer-ings, his 14th of the antlered beasts (and 17th overall show at Roy in 20 years).

The pieces generally run no more than a square foot in size, but back a lot of emotion, wit and not least of all whimsy into the small space. Every year brings new expressions, new dimensions and new colors to his modern, often Cubist approach. And perhaps though their annual exercise of pulling Santa’s sleigh, they fairly fly off the walls as soon as the doors open. You’ve been warned: get there early if you want to take one home.

Despite a decade and a half of paint-ing the reindeers, Nack said, “I am just getting started,” in contemplation of the new batch of mini-masterpieces, which he described as coming from a “pensive/experimental mood.”

The Bottoms Galleries at the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort, which has also exhibited Nack’s non-reindeer work in a number of shows over the years, will host a second group of the artist’s reindeer renditions start-ing Saturday. There will be a Reindeer Reception coinciding with the Biltmore’s Sunday brunch every week through the holiday season, too.

Beyond the beasts, though, it’s already been a good year, Nack said.

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One of the many tiny paintings included in Brad Nack’s annual 100% Reindeer Art Show at Restaurant Roy taking place on Friday

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where he’s already created four shows that drew quite a bit of attention. The next one on December 9 fea-tures music (from The Worried Lads, which features both Nack and Spencer Barnitz of Spencer the Gardener fame) plus work by 40 artists and 20 craft-sellers, with wine and beer served by the Mercury Lounge. And consulting with the folks at the Small Business Development Centers has resulted in a proper plan for growth of his career.

“For the first time I have made enough money as an artist to real-ize my goal of working in a creative medium and supporting myself,” Nack said.

Sounds like his Christmas has already come.

Pop notes The Kottke paradox: In his multi-

decade career, Leo Kottke has record-ed more than 30 albums boasting innovative fast-paced fingerpicking and quirky songs full of syncopated and polyphonic melodies, along the way impressing – if not directly influ-encing – more than one generation of fellow acoustic guitarists. Yet the now 65-year-old musician remains remarkably under-appreciated by general audiences, partly due, one might surmise, to his never hav-ing had anything remotely resem-bling a hit. Or maybe it’s because he rarely sings, as his baritone has been famously likened to “geese farts on a

muggy day” (which makes Leonard Cohen... what?), but it’s more than serviceable for his slow, thoughtful (some might say rambling) stories that serve as contradictory intro-ductions to the often speedy songs. Whatever it is, just be thankful we can still see him on a regular basis in the intimate, acoustically-fine space of the Lobero Theatre, where he’ll perform again on Friday night (Tickets $35-$55; info: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com).

Holiday Sound Check: Last year’s New Noise/Notes for Notes benefit bash featuring Depeche Mode’s leg-endary frontman Martin Gore was so successful, they’re doing it again! Here’s your chance to rock out and raise money for music in a sensational seasonal soirée that combines danc-ing & mingling with helping kids get access to music in Santa Barbara and beyond. In addition to the spe-cial DJ set from Gore – a Montecito resident – Holiday Sound Check also offers an opening set from DJ Matty Matt of Project M80, a silent auction featuring unique and autographed items, plus drinks, food, and plenty of dancing. But this year is a bit more exclusive: with a venue change to the Contemporary Arts Forum atop the Paseo Nuevo mall, only 200 tickets are being sold. (Tickets are $50 general, $100 VIP, which includes one piece of Martin Gore-signed gear and two free drink tickets; info at www.holiday soundcheck.eventbrite.com).

Mo’ from Kevin Moore: The blues guitarist/singer better known as Keb’ Mo’ is another veteran of the Lobero (not to mention Live Oak and other venues). The three-time Grammy Award-winner offers a uniquely com-pelling pastiche of authentic down-home blues a la Robert Johnson with the more modern appeal of a con-temporary singer-songwriter (think Bonnie Raitt or Jackson Browne). He draws wit and great storytell-ing from both traditions, creating his own sound that packs a punch, both musically and emotionally, which is why his songs have been used as the soundtrack to many a TV show and even a recent local theater produc-tion at UCSB. While Keb’ Mo’s latest CD The Reflection shows even more growth and genre expansion, the man and his band are on “The Spirit of the Holiday” tour, which means you’ll likely also hear all four songs from the EP that features his rendition of the classic “The Christmas Song” alongside three originals. (Tickets: $42-$52; Info at 963-0761 or www.lobero.com)

Elsewhere: Allen Stone looks like a Woodstock-era hippy-folkie, hails from the grunge capitol of Seattle, and grew up singing in his father’s church, but – as one publication put it – he sounds like the blessed offspring of Stevie Wonder and Prince. His soulful songs embrace such subjects as the unchecked influence of the Christian right and a contaminating

culture of greed, but his voice is a thing of beauty. New Noise brings him to Muddy Waters on Thursday (December 1)... Velvet Jones hosts one-time Santa Barbara heavyweights The Ataris on Friday night and a New Noise show headlined by L.A. indie-rock band Bonnie Dune with Jared Lee and Jetstream on Saturday... Cliff Eberhardt and James Lee Stanley have each had long careers as singer-songwriters and sometimes sidemen; now they’re teaming up for a tour behind a concept album called All Wood and Doors. The disc features re-workings of a dozen classic songs by the Doors, atmospheric acoustic renderings to which Eberhardt and Stanley add raspy tenor and bari-tone vocals, respectively – but it also features something unusual for tribute LPs: contributions by some original members, as drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger played on the record. Other special guests include Timothy B. Schmit (the Eagles), Peter Tork (the Monkees), Paul Barrere (Little Feat) and Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney & Wings). No word on who’s show-ing up at SOhO on Monday, besides the titled pair... Singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson’s debut CD is called Gentle Spirit, which also represents the earnest music from this North Carolinian steeped in both Blue Ridge Mountain music and late ‘60s folk-rock. Hear him in a Club Mercy show at SOhO on Wednesday.

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