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p.11 p.18 p.32 p.37

5 Editorial
Tim takes an early look at the various propositions on this year’s election ballot
6 Letters to the Editor
Ron Pulice posits why he should care what happens to Montecito; Michael Armstrong wonders what
will happen to Coast Village Road when Cabrillo onramp is closed; Victoria Algra says Sarah Palin
should be exactly what feminists want
11 Community Calendar
Native Tree Care lecture by Dr. Klinger, live opera feed from the Met at Hahn Hall, MTF hike up

Autumn Preview
Hot Springs Trail, Andy Granatelli at the Murphy Auto Museum, Marilynne Robinson’s new novel
discussed at Montecito Library and MUS Jog-a-Thon coming up
Tide Chart
Colorful Sport Shirt Thinking of taking a walk on the beach or catching a few waves before (or after) work? Check this chart
first!
12 Village Beat

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Third time’s the charm, Cold Spring Principal Bryan McCabe hopes, as he promotes Measure C;
Montecito Union School Board has two openings and three candidates to speak at upcoming forum
October 16; Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele are the brains and brawn behind Nest Assured home
e believe in color, and nothing says color more than our fun and festive concierge service

lightweight flannel sport shirt. Combining the shades of the Autumn 14 Seen Around Town
Katie and Fred Williamson, along with artist Tom Mielko offer “A Taste of Nantucket”; LifeChronicles
season, it is guaranteed to brighten up your closet and your day. $165 founder Kate Carter says “Thank you” to hundreds of volunteers at Lad Handelman’s hilltop home; Dr.
Ken Kosik introduces Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies (CFIT) for combating Alzheimer’s

www.carrollandco.com 18 Our Town

Laguna Blanca owl gets a bunch of makeovers; Tara Broucqsault super-sizes it
20 Ernie’s World
Seasons change a little too fast for Ernie as he tries to buy a pair of swim trunks in October
22 State Street Spin
More on that unveiled mural inside Coral Casino’s members lounge; Debbie Reynolds pulls the trigger
1273 Coast Village Road, Montecito CA 93108 805/969-0500 at the Granada; JoAnn Mermis goes the extra mile for a listing
23 Ward Connerly
Does anyone really believe this election hasn’t gone on long enough? Ward is peeved too with the idea
of the vice-president being “ready on day one”
24 Trail Talk
Santa Barbara’s favorite artist, Edward Borein’s 15-inches-high, 140-feet long frieze on permanent
display at the Carriage and Western Art Museum
26 Book Talk
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise,” and Richard Farina’s “Been Down So Long, It Looks Like
Up To Me,” are like “engraved curios found at an antique shop,” says Shelly
29 Sheriff’s Blotter
No crime to report this period and we’re pleased to report it!
32 Your Westmont
Actors from around the globe perform six different productions in 2008 Lit Moon World Shakespeare
Festival; new college vice president Reed Sheard focuses on technology
33 Eye on Santa Barbara
Unitarian Church at Santa Barbara and Arrellaga Streets is one of the Upper East Side’s quiet landmarks
34 World of Wine
Wine Econ 101: California wines (especially those made along the Central Coast) continue to expand
production and it is up to baby boomers to see that such expansion continues, says Dr. Judy
37 On Song
She has much to be blue about, but Christina Grimm says life is short and insists upon looking on the
bright side
38 On Stage
Brian Eno didn’t join David Byrne on stage at the Arlington but it was all right anyhow; Glendon
Association Suicide Prevention Concert coming up Oct. 12; Jolie Holland at SOhO too
39 On Film
Ed Harris receives Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Acting from award namesake Kirk Douglas at
Coral Casino event
40 Calendar of Events
Jazz great Ahmad Jamal at the Lobero; Jeff Dunham brings Achmed the Dead Terrorist to the
Arlington; Jonathan O’Brien brings screenwriting philosophy to Borders; Dancers Ball at Montecito
Country Club; Live at the Met live at Hahn Hall too; Katona Twins at Museum of Art
41 Movie Show times
Why read anything else? Montecito Journal carries the tides and the movie clock so that both your days
and your nights are fully covered in between...
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
... Eating in your favorite restaurant, gelateria, coffee shop, deli, or bakery; they’re all listed here,
alphabetically
44 93108 Open House Directory
Looking to move to Montecito? A great way to begin that search is by attending some 93108-area
Open Houses; meet the brokers; talk to neighbors; scope out the schools
46 Classified Advertising
Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to
estate sales
47 Local Business Directory
Smart business owners place business cards here so you’ll know where to look when you need what they
offer

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Editorial
by Timothy Lennon Buckley

The Propositions
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bsentee voting has changed many habits and we’d vote in favor of
restricting absentee voting to only those legitimately out of the state
on election day. But, since the law allows early voting, we feel we too
must weigh in early. The following are some of our observations, opinions, and
suggestions concerning the various propositions on this year’s ballot:

Proposition 1A: Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train.

Provides long-distance commuters with a safe (really? As if they would build an
un-safe train.), convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas
prices. Provides for a bond issue of $9,950,000,000 to establish high-speed train service
linking Southern California counties, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, and the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Well, considering Amtrak is such a success I can’t wait to jump right into
another ten billion dollars in debt. With a track record such as the govern-
ment’s, by the time this project is finished we will have flying cars and it will
have cost triple what was originally asked for. We love the idea of a high-speed
train but this is neither the time to spend this kind of money, nor the organiza-
tion that should be building it.
Vote NO

Proposition 2: Standards for Confining Farm Animals

Requires that calves raised for veal, egg-laying hens and pregnant pigs be confined
only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and
turn around freely. Exceptions made for transportation, rodeos, fairs, 4-H programs,
lawful slaughter, research and veterinary purposes. Provides misdemeanor penalties,
including a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment in jail for up to 180 days.
This is a tough one. Most of us are not for animal cruelty nor would we want
any additional pain and suffering placed upon the animal before slaughtering
it, but this proposition is a dangerous one. We cannot afford to convert all egg-
laying chickens to free-range chickens. California has a very strict code of con-
duct for people dealing with animals and slaughter. If we make it impossible
for slaughterhouses and egg farms to stay in business, we will begin importing
eggs from other parts of the country, including Mexico, where God only knows 7M P ZIV7T P IRH S V
how animals are treated. Eggs prices will soar if Prop 2 is passed, and the likeli-
hood is that markets will compete by buying eggs elsewhere where standards
are lower. This is a potentially disastrous proposition.
Vote No

Proposition 3: Children’s Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program

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Authorizes $980 million in bonds, to be repaid from state’s General Fund, to fund
the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of chil-
dren’s hospitals.
These propositions are so difficult because if we had an infinite source of
wealth, we would be in favor of many more of them. Unfortunately, California
is out of money. In fact, the Terminator recently asked for a 7-billion-dollar loan
from the feds to help pay for California’s grotesque out-of-control budget. We
regretfully say no to this proposition.
Vote No

Proposition 4: Waiting Period and Parental Notification

Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy
Changes California Constitution to prohibit abortion for un-emancipated minor until
48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent or legal guardian. Permits courts to
waive notice based on clear and convincing evidence of minor’s maturity or best inter-
ests.
Again, in principal this sounds like a good idea. Why shouldn’t parents be
notified? They should, but this doesn’t accomplish that. Planned Parenthood,
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Proposition 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses,

Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Allocates $460 million annually to improve and expand treatment programs for per-
sons convicted of drug and other offenses. Limits court authority to incarcerate offend-

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thing you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to:
Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1122 Coast Village Circle, Montecito, CA. 93108. You
can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to Tim@montecitojournal.net)

Why do I care? and that will, in some important way,

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he citizens of Montecito and
Santa Barbara have been vigilant
for decades. They have built and
safeguarded a community unlike any
in the world. We have been privileged
to have responsible officials who
remained clear-headed about the kind
of development that would preserve
Equestrian Ranch – 72 Acres the integrity and vitality of our city and
Extensive facilities… pastures, arena, barns, paddocks, wonderful village.
riding trails and abundant water. All private and convenient to But this paradigm has been fractured
downtown Santa Barbara, beaches and the airport. Three bedroom and a wide crack has been driven into
home plus ocean-view building site. our community plan. Without any real
$5,750,000 public discussion, County government
reversed course and decided for all of
us that bed tax, any way that it is pro-
Maurie McGuire cured, is good enough for them. The
“third man in” archetype may well
8 0 5 . 5 6 5 . 8 8 16 allow construction of a new Miramar
Hotel that will bring to mind the mega-
malls built by a developer who either
has no idea or simply doesn’t care about
the existing character of Montecito, but
1290 Coast Village Road, Montecito CA 93108 believes that with the purchase of real
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This perfect storm was created by a
combination of factors, among them
the poor leadership of the Montecito
Association; business owners seem-
ingly desperate for revenue; county
planners pressured by a top-down
organizational power surge and afraid
for their jobs; and, finally, a group
of well intentioned commissioners
attempting to make sense out of proj-
ect plans that continue to be delivered
piecemeal, making full understanding
of this complex project utterly impos-
sible. Those plans, by the way, are still
incomplete.
I don’t think any of us expected to
see this storm develop so soon in our
little community. I may be delusional
about the way things used to work here
(never easily, always with lots of fuss,
but always with good intentions), and
maybe I’m just imagining that there’s a
new minority that wants Montecito and
Santa Barbara to look and feel more like
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Montecito
Real Estate News
Diana MacFarlane
WHAT’S AN AUTOMATED
UNDERWRITING
SYSTEM?
The AUS is a quick view of how quali-
fied a borrower is for a loan. It pulls credit
scores and also crucial public records. For
example, bankruptcy filings or tax liens
will show up in the AUS.
This is not, however, an old-fashioned
credit report, detailing your payment
history—how often you’ve been late with
a payment, whether you’ve missed pay-
ments, how timely and accurately you’ve
paid your obligations over recent years.
And that means your actual payment
records generally aren’t reviewed by the
people deciding to make you a loan—the
very same people who used to pore over
those reports to evaluate you.
In other words, we’re now qualified, by
and large, by computer programs which
work with extensive databases. There are
several benefits. One is that the biases of
a human reviewer don’t come into play.
The computer doesn’t much care which
payments you may have missed or where
you live or where you want to buy a
home.
On the other hand, we’ve lost a bit of
the human touch. The computer’s work
is no better than its programming and, as
we’ve seen in recent years, changing mar-
ket and economic conditions often mean
that credit scoring and AUS programs
need occasional tinkering.
It’s also good, insofar as possible, to
deal with human beings as you take out
a loan—preferably someone with both
hard-earned and native compassion. For
help call Diana at (805) 899-2035.
Diana MacFarlane is a Loan
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letterS (Continued from page 6)
the people in this area still believe that
the semi-rural community that we live
in is worth defending. And maybe—just
maybe—we’re still being represented
by men and women who recognize that
we expect them to protect the commu-
nity plan that the people in this village
developed and voted into law.
We didn’t vote for a plan that would
allow the ”third man in” to conclude that
the only answer to eight years of a blight
is an oversized, mall-like hotel with
a the two-story valet-parking garage,
built on a flat 16-acre platform of land
that would sit above the highway and
the railroad tracks. In short, a hotel that
abandons the law that requires cottage
style architecture—and that dismisses
its importance.
Leaders who respect us and our laws
would hold their ground against the
pressure. They would insist that the
developer deliver the hotel he promised:
a lively new hotel with the old Miramar
style, one that belongs in the commu-
nity that welcomed him so heartily.
Call me crazy, but if unanswered
questions about traffic, parking, grad-
ing, flooding, drainage, water, FAR,
easements, bulk and size are not enough
reason for those who represent us to re-
consider a project, why should I care?
But I do.
Ron Pulice
Montecito
101 Impact on CVR
I have a question about something
that I have not seen addressed any-
where. Soon the southbound onramp to
101 from Cabrillo Blvd and Hot Springs
Road will be permanently closed. Has
anyone wondered about the impacts of
this? It’s a long way from Milpas Street
to the next onramp at Olive Mill.
It seems to me that this will really add
traffic to Coast Village Road, because all
the people that used this onramp will
• The Voice of the Village •
have to use CVR to get to the next ramp
at Olive Mill. It also seems to me that
CVR is already pretty overcrowded, has
this additional impact been modeled?
Thanks,
Michael Armstrong
Santa Barbara
(Publisher’s Note: We editorialized our
concern over the same scenario and discov-
ered that Montecito was last on anyone’s
list regarding freeway construction. When
brought up at various meetings, Caltrans
officials and County planners simply nod-
ded that it may present a problem and that if
it did, they would “study” ways to mitigate
any negative effects of the closure. ~TLB)
Wow!
First of all I loved your comments in
the editorial last week.
I was laughing out loud!
Finally, someone’s got some pragmat-
ic sense in this town. And speaks it.
I think it’s hilarious how the left is so
“stirred up” over this Republican V.P.
nominee Sarah Palin.
She’s frankly, a breath of fresh air.
And worth taking a serious look at (and
I don’t mean physically) although she’s
fit and competitive (due to “Title 9”) –
I’m from that same generation, Finally!
The law changed so we can share the
gym with the boys. Equality for all; it’s
just the beginning!
And she’s  what women have fought
for all their “First Feminist lives.” Maybe
not quite the “package” they wanted,
but nevertheless, a great “potential glass
ceiling buster.” A great example for our
daughters and an awesome person.
But it’s interesting, yet sad, how
women have  turned against her. In
my opinion, this is what they wanted
all along. They just don’t recognize
it.
I couldn’t believe the mail received in
the Journal last week. So emotional and
irrational, and mean-spirited.
Personally, I think it’s the most bril-
liant, genius move by McCain, and the
Republicans.
And the Dems just  can’t stand the
new enthusiasm about this fresh, 21st
century person that represents us all.
And she has had a choice and so did
her daughter. They made them. And
we will continue to choose as women.
No one will take our rights away.
She’s doing everything we require of
women in this 21st century and more,
and we tear her apart. Shame on us!
And furthermore throughout history,
every female leader that has risen up in
other countries has risen through the
“Conservative” ranks to their position
of leadership.
For example,  Angela Merkel
(Germany), Margaret Thatcher (Great
Britain), Indira Gandhi (India).
Seems like conservatives aren’t the
ones holding women back. Talk about a
judgment call! (V.P. Clinton?)
So, Ms Palin has just as much experi-
ence as every other Governor that has
risen to Vice President or President of
this wonderful country. Carter, Reagan
and Clinton (Remember those smear
campaigns?).
And shouldn’t we lift each other up
and not be so mean? And give credit
where credit is due?
As a matter of fact, I thought the” mean-
ness” was reserved for the Republican
Party? That’s all I’ve ever heard out of
the mouths of the Democrats. It’s defi-
nitely an exciting, historic race.
And at the end of the day, I think
people are smart enough to see what’s
going on. The people of this great
nation will choose.
Victoria Algra
Montecito
(Publisher’s note: They’ll choose all right,
but we’re not sure conservatives are going
to like that choice, as Senator Obama seems
to be coasting to victory, despite the obvious
appeal of Governor Palin – TLB) •MJ
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Community Calendar by Hattie Beresford
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13
Andy Granatelli Speaks at Auto Museum
The Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard will present
Andy Granatelli with “Automotive Personality of
the Year Award,” and Granatelli will speak about his
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please contact us at (805) 565-1860, fax days as a racecar driver, engine builder, and more.
(805) 969-6654 or e-mail: tim@montecitojournal.net) Docents will give tours of the collection of vehicles.
Tickets available by reservation or at the door.
FRIDAYS 1/4 mile west of Hot Spring Road When: 1:30 pm
Info: 568-0833 Where: Murphy Auto Museum, 2230 Statham
Farmers’ Market enlivens Coast Village or www.montecitotrailsfoundation.org Boulevard, Oxnard
Road with a mélange of color, aroma, and Cost: $20
sound while featuring fresh vegetables, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 Reservations and info: 805-487-4333
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When: 8 am to 11:15 am Cold Spring School Board Meeting
Where: South side of Coast Village Road When: 6 pm
Where: auditorium, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Caregiver Education and Resource Group
All caregivers of elder and dependent
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Montecito Planning Commission adults are invited to come learn more
Info: 969-2678 Meeting about caregiving for those with Alzheimer’s
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD MPC ensures that applicants adhere to disease. Free. Respite care during the group
Music Academy of the West screens Richard Grief Recovery Workshop certain ordinances and policies and that issues may be arranged for free by calling Eryn
Strauss’s “Salome,” starring soprano Karita The fourth workshop of the 8-week series raised by interested parties are addressed Eckert.
Mattila in Montecito during live simulcast covers the topic “Embracing Our Sorrows” When: 9 am When: 10 to 11:30 am
Where: Country Engineering Building, Where: Friendship Center,
Planning Commission Hearing Room, 89 Eucalyptus Lane
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
123 E. Anapamu Info: 969-0859
The History and Practice of Native Tree
Care “Housekeeping” Book Discussion THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
For those interested in native oak trees, Dr. Jerry Pike will lead a discussion of the
Lee Klinger, MA, PhD, a scientist who fall selection for Santa Barbara Reads, the MUS K-3 Sings
specializes in the ecology and care of trees Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Marilynne When: Group 1, 9:30 am; Group 2,
and soils, offers a workshop that will teach Robinson 10:30 am
participants how to insure oak tree health When: 3:30 pm Where: Montecito Union School,
When: 9:30 am to 3 pm Where: Montecito Library, 385 San Ysidro Road
Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-3249
Road Info: 969-5063
Cost: $45 (Children accompanied by parents,
$15)
Info: 969-5031 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Role of Religion in
Politics
performance of the Metropolitan Opera When: 7 to 9 pm “Reflections in the
When: 10 am; Encore screening Sunday at Where: El Montecito Presbyterian Church Midst of the 2008
2 pm library, 1455 East Valley Road Campaign,” a talk by
Where: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the Info: Carol Bussell, 969-5041 ext. 241 or Jessie Covington,
West, 1070 Fairway Road Nancy Warda, 682-4337 assistant professor
Cost: $22 of political science,
Tickets: 969-8787 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 and Telford Work,
associate professor of
MTF Hike Montecito Association Meeting religious studies, will
Join Montecito Trails Foundation for a The Montecito Association is committed reflect on faith’s place
3.5-mile intermediate hike up Hot Springs to preserving, protecting, and enhancing in American politics
Trail. Please arrive 10 minutes early for the semi-rural residential character of and politics’ place in American faith. Sponsored by Westmont College, the discussion
sign-in and release forms. Dogs welcome if Montecito is free and open to the public.
leashed and owners bring clean-up supplies. When: 4 pm When: 5:30 pm
When: 8:30 am Where: Montecito Hall, Where: University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
Where: East Mountain Drive; trailhead is 1469 East Valley Road Info: 565-6051

Candidates Forum

M on t e c i to Tide C h a rt
Montecito Union School hosts a forum on
local candidates for office
When: 6:30 pm
Where: auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road
Day Low Hgt High Hgt2 Low Hgt High Hgt Info: 969-3249
Thurs, Oct 9 12:56 AM 0.6 7:51 AM 4.2 12:57 PM 2.8 06:37 PM 4.7
Fri, Oct 10 1:27 AM 0.5 8:03 AM 4.5 01:33 PM 2.2 07:23 PM 4.9 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Sat, Oct 11 1:54 AM 0.4 8:20 AM 4.9 02:08 PM 1.6 08:06 PM 5.1
MUS Jog-a-Thon
Sun, Oct 12 2:21 AM 0.5 8:39 AM 5.3 02:45 PM 0.8 08:48 PM 5.1
The annual event raises money for the PTA
Mon, Oct 13 2:47 AM 0.6 9:02 AM 5.8 03:23 PM 0.2 09:31 PM 5 When: 1 pm
Tues, Oct 14 3:15 AM 0.9 9:29 AM 6.2 04:03 PM -0.3 010:16 PM 4.7 Where: Montecito Union School,
Wed, Oct 15 3:43 AM 1.2 9:59 AM 6.5 04:47 PM -0.6 011:05 PM 4.4 385 San Ysidro Road
Info: 969-3249  •MJ

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Mind Cold Spring School Measure C
On October 24 expect to see Cold Spring students breaking in the new grass field; the sod was replaced
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with funds from the school’s foundation
hird time’s the charm, so they
say, and Cold Spring School
Superintendent Bryan McCabe
hopes that will be the case when
Measure C 2008 is on the ballot in
Visit Our Website
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Phone (805) 966-6401 License 611341 bond,” the $2.44-million local school
improvement measure is a pared
down version of two previous ballot
measures that were rejected by district
voters. The school, which was founded
in 1889, has five classrooms over 50
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years old, and two that are over 80
years old.
McCabe told us Measure C will
allow for the renovation of 80-year-old
restrooms, the repair and upgrade of
electrical and mechanical systems to
reduce energy use and lower utility
bills, and the upgrade of the school-
wide alarm and communication sys-
tem. Upgrades to flooring, cabinets
and instructional surfaces will take
place in both the 50-year-old and
80-year-old buildings, and repair and
replacement of roofs will take place
on the 80-year-old buildings. “This is
absolutely essential renovation and
repair,” McCabe said.
Previous bond measures from the
November 2006 election and the presi-
dential primary election in February
2008, called Measure K and R respec-
tively, failed to garner the necessary
votes to pass; 55% is required. It is
estimated that each ballot measure
failed by about 50 votes. Measure K
asked taxpayers for $14 million, and
since its failure, plans were changed
to lower the cost. Measure R was a
revised measure, which cut out the
addition of a larger auditorium, total
replacement of playground equip-
ment, and the construction of a brand-
new office building. Measure R was
an $8.75-million General Obligation
Bond, which in addition to necessary
renovations, sought to add new con-
struction, new furniture, fixtures and
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equipment. The board had hoped to
build four new classrooms to replace
the portables currently being used
and add four new bathrooms. Because
some staff members have been using
storage closets for their offices, part of
Measure R was to build new offices.
All new construction has been taken
off the table however, in hopes that a
less costly bond will persuade voters
to pass the measure.
Measure C will cost taxpayers sig-
nificantly less than the previous mea-
sures; property owners are estimated
to pay $5.20 per year per $100,000 of
assessed value, compared to the $19.70
tax rate Measure R required. McCabe
said the typical increase in cost to
homeowners will be a few dollars per
month. “We hope that the community
sees Cold Spring School as an asset to
this area,” McCabe said.
If Measure C passes, California state
law (Proposition 39) requires that the
school district establishes a citizen’s
oversight committee to ensure funds
are used as promised. Annual perfor-
mance and financial audits are man-
datory, and the public will be notified
if any abuse or waste of funds occurs.
Also, the money will not be used for
administrative purposes or for teach-
er salaries; funds will only be spent
to improve Cold Spring School. “It’s
common sense to take care of commu-
nity assets, just like you would other
agencies like the fire department and
local infrastructure such as roads,”
McCabe explained, “Every dollar of
Measure C goes back to this school.”
In other Cold Spring news: on
October 24 a ribbon cutting ceremony
will be held to allow the children back
onto the newly grassed play field. The
sod was installed two weeks ago, and
it takes time for the roots to take hold.
As of now, students have been con-
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 Seen Around Town
by Lynda Millner

A Taste of Nantucket
Co-chairs Daryl
Stegall and
Angela Torin
(President of
the Board) with
Call Today. Breast Cancer
Research Center
“LASIK Is The Best Gift Executive
I’ve Given Myself – Ever!” Director Silvana
Kelly at their
“Taste of
Nantucket” event

“LASIK... Do it for you.”

O
ne of my favorite places is
Nantucket, and on a recent Ms Millner is the author
of “The Magic Make
afternoon I could pretend I
Dr. Stuart Winthrop specializes in laser vision correction using the Over, Tricks for Looking,
most advanced LASIK techniques available, including CustomCornea. was there. In reality I was at Sandyland Thinner, Younger,
Contact the office for your complimentary LASIK screening. Cove in Carpinteria at the beach, sand and More Confident –
dunes and garden outside the home Instantly!” If you have an
Dr. Stuart Winthrop also provides comprehensive ophthalmic care of Katie and Fred Williamson. Local event that belongs in this
ranging from routine eye exams, to more involved medical exams or artist Tom Mielko and his wife Eileen
column, you are invited to
surgical treatment. call Lynda at 969-6164.
were there. He owned a gallery on the
pier in Nantucket for over 30 years and
one of his Nantucket scenes was in the
silent auction. In his painting there was
www.seewinthrop.com • 805.730.9111 a white Adirondack chair and there
were many set all around the property
adding to the East Coast atmosphere.
The dress code was “barefoot elegant
attire,” which was ideal for walking

 through the sand.

For their major fundraiser, volunteers
from Breast Cancer Resource Center
 (BCRC) created the event, “A Taste of
 Nantucket.” Co-chairs Daryl Stegall
and Angela Torin and a committee of
 over 30 had spent many hours plan-
ning. There was a huge silent auction Hosts for the BCRC beach party Katie and Fred
 and Ann Gursey was the inimitable Williamson
 auctioneer for the live one. The most
unique item was cocktails for 12 on sliders with Russian Bear Premium
Brad Pitt’s private Gaviota beach plus Vodka served in drinks called Cape
a lobster dinner in the hilltop home Codders and Boston Bullets.
of Hilary and Tom Sims. Brad wasn’t The late Dorothy Shea is the lady
included but transportation by limo who donated a cottage on Pueblo Street
was. where the BCRC began. She had spunk
Robin Goldstein served up New and was a great entrepreneur and phi-
England fare—literally a “Taste of lanthropist. Each year the Dorothy Shea
Nantucket!” There were huge platters Award is given to honor her legacy and
  of fish and chips, crab cakes and pork  SEEN Page 164
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 Auction Co-chair

Debora Kahny with
 other BCRC com-

mittee members
Pamela Massey,

Robbie Ogle and
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Clare Gniadek

 enjoying their
 efforts at “Taste of
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

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14 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 9 – 16 October 2008

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WHILE OTHERS ARE CUTTING THEIR ADVERTISING BUDGETS,
I CONTINUE TO INCREASE MINE.
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THE RESULT?
23 PENDING & CLOSED TRANSACTIONS SO FAR IN 2008,
TOTALING OVER $91 MILLION!
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Owl Assembly
L
aguna Blanca has long been
identified with the owl mascot.
The owl represents wisdom,
bravery, power, and intelligence, all
values taught at the school.
This year the school decided to update
its owl mascot logo. Laguna Blanca
School Art Instructor and Illustrator
Delphine Louie was appointed to
design an updated and branded owl
mascot logo for the school. Delphine is
a former Disney Studios Artist and she
worked on projects there that included
interactive children’s cartoons. Laguna students were pleased to meet Matt
She is working on two owl mascots Moreau and his pet owl Bubba

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Showing their latest owl mascot logos with Matt Moreau and his Eurasian Eagle owl, are the Laguna
School Owl Mascot (aka Tara Broucqsault), Head of School Douglas W. Jessup and Laguna Art Teacher
and Owl Designer Delphine Louie

for the school: a cute, cuddly owl for
Lower School students, and a more
scholarly, fierce version to represent
Middle and Upper School. The project
is ongoing with Delphine designing
more owl mascots for the sports teams,
and other school activities. The goal of
these owl mascots is to increase school
branding and pride among Laguna
students.
personal care services help with: The “new owl” made its official
debut at Lower School campus Friday,
Uʘ`i«i˜`i˜ViÊ>Ìʅœ“iÊ October 3 at a student assembly, with
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dents, faculty and guests about the
UÊ
œ“«>˜ˆœ˜Ã…ˆ« project, and showed her latest designs
Ê (see photo).
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Laguna had donned the Laguna Owl
șä°ÈÓäÓ mascot costume “backstage” and
came out to visit the students, who
expressed glee to see their super-sized
owl and ran to get a hug from the mas-
cot while trying to figure out who was
behind the huge mask!
ÜÜܰۘ…VÃL°œÀ}ÊUÊÃiʅ>L>Êië>šœ
The next treat at the assembly was
the visit by Owl Matt Moreau, owner
of Airstrike Technologies, and his
Eurasian Eagle owl named “Bubba.”
Matt talked about Eurasian Eagle owls,
known as being the largest of owls,
with a wingspan up to 200cm (78inch-
es), however they are known to be shy.
Matt raised Bubba from its birth and
claims to be its mother. He talked also
about owls in general and their lifestyle
and habits. He then walked around to
each of the tables where the students
were seated and invited them to pet
Bubba. The students were very much
amazed at the live owl, and most were
brave enough to pet it.
Matt owns an avian pest control
company that uses owls to scare birds
away from airports, fields, landfills,
resorts and vineyards. Matt is a gradu-
ate of Cal State Fullerton with a degree
in mechanical and oceanic engineer-
ing.
After all the owling, the students
were given owl mascot stickers and
filled out entry forms to name the
owl. •MJ

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Today, for instance, I decided to go to
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current pair still has some wear in them,
OLD WORLD but I sat in something recently and have
this weird stain on the back that kind
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getting tired of people pointing it out
NEW WORLD and asking if I’ve always been a smart…
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I guess I should consider myself lucky
the stain doesn’t resemble a deity and
no one has turned my derrière into a
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sold for like two hundred bucks.”
I was tempted to run home and make
sure my wife didn’t throw out my
potential windfall, but first I needed to
get new swim trunks and asked him
where they were.
“Long gone, dude,” he said, as he
hefted a large plastic Santa. “But we
have an end-of-the-year sale on fall
fashion starting tomorrow if you need a
sweater vest.”
I grabbed a couple of fake wreaths
and followed him toward a display that
had pumpkins, a wooden turkey and
giant paper snowflakes. “But fall just
got here.”
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buying fall clothing in July, because
that’s summer when it’s ninety degrees
outside with a hundred and ten percent
humidity. Winter in New Hampshire
officially begins when the first person
slides off the road and into a snow bank
and everyone else decides it’s time to
put on their snow tires.
In sunny Southern California the only
physical indication you have that the
season has changed is that teenage girls
shed their flip flops and begin wearing
UGG boots with their bikinis, and skat-
ers let their ankle-length board shorts
fall another inch so you can see their
flannel choners.
I helped the salesguy drag two sun-
glass-wearing elves over to the multi-
holiday display then we both stopped
to wipe the sweat from our brows.
“Surely you must have something
resembling swim trunks,” I said. “It’s
supposed to be in the eighties again this
weekend.”
He pondered a moment, then said:
“Tell you what, you finish assembling
‘Santa’s Sweet Ride,’ and I’ll check the
stockroom.”
I was just finishing putting the spin-
ner hubcaps and racing stripes on the
sleigh-mobile when he returned. He
was holding two pair of swim trunks –
one with palm trees the other with giant
parrots.
“Wow. Cool. How much?”
“Eighty bucks a pair,” he said.
“Eighty bucks!”
“Sorry dude, these are next year’s
models. We just got them in. You’d be
like buying pre-pre-season before any
discount. The good news is you’d be
the only one who’s ever paid full price,
plus you’d be the first one with two-
thousand-nine summer fashion.”
I took out my wallet and glanced at
the lone twenty-dollar bill, then sighed
and headed for the door to resurrect my
Albert Einstein trunks.
“Come back soon,” he yelled.
“Yeah right. See you in February.”
“Better make it early February,” he
shouted after me. “Summer fashion
sells out fast.” •MJ
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State Street trip to upstate New York to attend a
very special “family” reunion … of the
understand what was being said.
Few could. A friend who had seen it

Spin
orphanage where he grew up! His fam- Tuesday night, said up in the loge and
ily included residents spanning many balcony, people were blasted away by
by Erin Graffy de Garcia generations. the volume of sound batted at them
The mutual orphanage experience through those mega-speakers. A dif-
meant immediate camaraderie for all ferent problem altogether, but maybe
More on the Coral Casino Mural
L
ages and endearing fellowship with also one that could be handled at the
ots of interest in the article about the gang that celebrated the stories and soundboard.
the mural at the Coral Casino. Ms Graffy is author of successes of their fellow residents. Now, back to our original story.
I did make one boo-boo that I “Society Lady’s Guide on Debbie Reynolds is an old pro. She
would like to clarify and expand on. I How to Santa Barbara,”
is a longtime Santa
Debbie Does Downtown is so comfortable on stage, and pro-
quoted the Los Angeles Times reporting vided color commentary on just about
on the opening of the new Coral Casino
Barbara resident and
a regular attendee at
Santa Barbara anything remotely connected with the
in 1937, and I meant to say the Biltmore. many society affairs Debbie Reynolds was a hoot-and-a- show. (Not perfect, but she was easier
So here is the expanded version. The and events; she can be half at the recent Simply Ballroom at the to hear). Ms Reynolds said she had
Biltmore first opened in 1927. Ten years reached at 687-6733 Granada. (Perhaps a nice foil for Cloris been performing over 60 years, and
later it was sold (November 1936) and Leachman on Dancing with the Stars?) regaled us with stories about the old
the owners planned to close it a few Fiesta of the First a segue: what’s up with the celebrity contract stars - “You know
months to refurbish it all. Instead they Flowers by sound in the Granada? Our first con- who Clark Gable is?” Debbie went
took 8 months, spending an exorbitant WPA mural- cert – Natalie Cole - the sound was on to do imitations of Betty Davis,
$100,000 to revamp it all (actually only ist Maxine spectacular. Crystal clear and just fan- Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart,
about $1.5 million in today’s market). Albro for the tastic (we sat under the balcony). For and Barry Fitzgerald. She intends to
Biltmore in
While in the process, they had the 1937 Carmina Burana, the sound was not stay performing, she said, “until they
idea to add a pool and cabana for the clear (downstairs forward of the bal- come and stuff me like Trigger.”
hotel guests. The Coral Casino and cony). I thought perhaps the size of the You know who Trigger is? Debbie
its pool were built, start-to-finish in 4 orchestra and chorus had something asked the audience. Yes! Santa Barbara
months! to do with it, so I blew it off. Then for responded.
I had a fine hubbub about this with the musical Pazzazz (forward of the “Of course,“ Debbie concurred,
Bill Medel (Santa Barbara native who balcony downstairs) I was annoyed, “Only in Santa Barbara would they
is Project Manager for Ty Warner if not astonished at how miserable the know Trigger is a horse.”
Hotels & Resorts). I suggested that unveil the remodeled and redecorated sound was. Loud enough – but many
today you could not get the permits for Biltmore. of the clever lyrics of Milt Larsen were Going Ape over
just the pool in four months, then he In the new “cocktail room,” there muffled beyond recognition.
one-upped me and pointed out – only were at least two murals by Maxine For Forever Ballroom, the male sing- Real Estate Listings
half joking! – that you could not even Albro. Her murals were known for er-host had some degree of reverb JoAnn Mermis, a realtor at
get the permits filed in four months. vivid, intense colors, and usually on his mic, but not on his co-host. Prudential, describes it as “driving for
The Olympic-sized swimming pool depicted Mexican themes, which were Why? That’s bizarre, but at least that dollars.” This was what hardworking
long is actually one meter longer than in vogue at this time. One of these could be handled at the soundboard. agents had to do – driving all over
regulation, so it could not be used for at the Biltmore was called “Fiesta of His voice was swallowed by the vol- south county to meet potential clients
official games, thereby avoiding large the Flowers” and featured a peasant ume of the canned music. That’s still for just the possibility of getting a listing.
tournaments and disruption to the woman with a basket of flowers on her a soundboard issue. However, the Some listings proved more difficult to
club. Interestingly, Swedish-born Ernie head. sound itself was quite muffled. The get than others.
Brandsten who took the American How many of you remember this male host must have thought he had There was the time some umpteen
team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics was one? (And what did the other one look a dead group as he was getting little years ago realtors were vying to list a
the advisor on the pool project. like?) response from the crowd to his com- house up around Buena Vista. It was
Fero Rota, formerly the manager of mentary, even when asking questions. one of the three homes belonging to
the Ambassador in Rome, became the The truth was, we could not make out James Brolin, who was divorcing his
manager of the new and improved
Orphans Unite what he was saying. I asked a number wife, Jane. Ms Mermis went to the
Biltmore in 1937. In early July of that Our former county clerk-recorder of people at intermission where they house to check it out and meet with the
year, he hosted the celebration to Ken Pettit recently returned from his were sitting and whether they could about-to-be ex-wife.
Now the former Mrs. Brolin was not
in a cooperating mood for a home sale,
A R C H I T E C T U R E I S O U R PA S S I O N

since James was paying the rent, so to

speak, and she would have preferred to
just stay on.
To add to the sales dis-incentive, in
the home were two mountain lions!
And a wolf. Also a cheetah. Wait, there’s
more! A Great Dane and a chimpanzee
named Reggie who also had the run of
the house – in diapers. Conversation
started up; tea was served, and Reggie
the monkey-in-diapers came over to
each cup and saucer to stir the tea …
with his finger. When not adding his
bit to the tea service, Reggie was run-
ning back and forth in the living room
and literally flinging the cat around
through the furniture.
However, JoAnn apparently won
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me,” JoAnn confesses. •MJ

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 WARD CONNERLY
dates would be “ready on day one”
to assume the responsibilities of
president? Are they kidding us or
Ward Connerly is president of the American Civil Rights Institute, recipient do they take us for fools? It is not
of the Bradley Prize for his defense of the American ideals of liberty and reasonable to believe that anyone
freedom and author of a newly-released book, “Lessons from my Uncle can be ready on “day one” to exer-
James: Beyond Skin Color to Content of Character”
cise the duties of any major posi-
tion, particularly that of president
of the United States. I doubt that
The Never-Ending Campaign most vice presidents could be ready
about the nation needing someone
who can be “ready on day one” is
just baloney.
Another cliché that I find troubling
is the characterization of the vice
presidency as a “heartbeat away”
from the presidency. While it is true
that the vice president is the next
in line in the event something hap-
pens to the president, the modern-

I
t sometimes seems as if the 2008
presidential campaign will never
end. This campaign has tested
the patience of most of us and the
character of the candidates as well.
Personally, I am tired of the partisan
attacks from the candidates and their
campaigns, the senseless slogans
and goofy ads, the candidates’
“plans” to solve every problem that
can be identified, the promises that
we know will never be kept, and the
analysts, consultants, pollsters and
pundits who drone on ad nauseum.
What bothers me most is the impli-
cation that the future of our nation
and the survival of the planet depend
on who we elect as the next president
of the United States. I agree that the
office of president is a very impor-
tant one, but how have we come to
believe that this office and the person
who occupies it are so crucial to our
very existence? Something is terribly
wrong when we are told and start to
believe that one person is essential to
the strength of a country as vibrant
and multifaceted as America.
It was never intended that in our
nation a single individual would
wield power and command influence
to such an extent that the wheels of
our economy would grind to a halt
without that person. Yet, this is the
impression being conveyed by both
candidates as they seek our votes.
We, the American people, seem to
forget that the American president is
the CEO of our public corporation,
not Superman, or a miracle worker,
or king. Moreover, we have a system
of private enterprise, checks-and-
balances in government, and a sys-
tem of federalism, all of which are
on “day one,” even after serving day vice president would not be
intended to – and in fact do – reflect for several months, to take over the expected to step in immediately and
a nation in which power is diffused responsibilities of the presidency. perform all of the duties of presi-
among many individuals and sec- Anyone who has ever studied orga- dent without the assistance of a host
tors, instead of concentrated in the nizations knows there is a learning of cabinet members, specialists and
hands of a single individual. All of curve and a period of adjustment career staffers who would funnel
this means that our economy and for virtually every job. This stuff issues and recommendations up to
the president for decision.
It is this latter fact that makes
the implication that the vice presi-
dent needs to be prepared to singu-
Another cliché that I find troubling is the larly and immediately assume the
duties of president such a mislead-
characterization of the vice presidency as a “heartbeat ing issue.
I pray never again will the
away” from the presidency American people be put through
such a tortuous ordeal as the 2008
presidential campaign. It has been
more than most of us can bear. •MJ
virtually all else in America are con-
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and institutions instead of by one
person at the top.
As of December, 2005, the latest
day for which I could find data
relating to the number of federal
employees, the federal government
employed 2,720,462 people and had
an annual payroll of $13,475,274,647.
This workforce covers every function
imaginable; and only a small frac-
tion of this number includes political
appointees, all of whom will be shop-
ping their resumes with the change
in administrations. Therefore, it
is fair to assume the government
would function quite well without a
president at the helm.
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which are as much the fault of the
media as the candidates themselves.
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  by Lynn P. Kirst
A Borein Carriage Museum Masterpiece
O
f the several fine museums
located in Santa Barbara, one
of the most unsung is the
Carriage and Western Art Museum
in Pershing Park, established in 1974.
Anyone who has witnessed a Fiesta
parade has seen its collection of
carriages and wagons in action. Rolled
out of storage, dusted and polished,
hitched to teams of shiny horses, these
old-fashioned wheeled vehicles carry
dignatarios through streets lined with
raucous spectators before returning to
“stagecoach junction” just one block
from the ocean.
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who grew up in
Montecito; she has
been enjoying the
local trails for over
40 years
Most of those Fiesta spectators are
completely unaware of the treasure
trove held within the Carriage and
Western Art Museum. “In addition to
This 1904 photograph made with a glass-plate negative depicts classmates (left to right) Theo
the wagons and Fiesta memorabilia, Cadwalader, Morris Cadwalader (playing a mandolin) and Silsby Spalding smoking pipes in a dorm
room during their Pomona College days, long before Spalding went on to collect Western artifacts at his
Tecolote Ranch (photo from the Boynton Collection of Early Claremont, courtesy of Special Collections,
Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges)
there are dozens of saddles, bridles,
and other examples of horse tack that
depict the finest examples of leather
and silver work made by well-known
artisans,” said Tom Peterson, vice
president of the museum’s board. Nor
does the museum lack for Western
art. One of the rarest and most valu-
able works held within the collection
is the frieze by John Edward Borein
(1872-1945), Santa Barbara’s favorite
cowboy artist ever since he moved
here in 1921.
Ed Borein’s frieze is about 15 inches
in height, and runs over 140 feet in
length above the display cases in
the main gallery. Created in 1931,
the panel was commissioned by
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Silsby Morse Spalding (1885-1949) to
805.965.2284 decorate the elaborate tack room at
his Tecolote Ranch, located outside
w w w. s t e e l t r e e s e r v i c e. c o m
Santa Barbara in Winchester Canyon.
Silsby was a descendent of Albert
Spalding, who in 1876 founded the
Spalding sporting goods company
in Chicago. After attending Pomona
College, Silsby Spalding became an
early real estate developer in the Los
Angeles area and the first mayor of
Beverly Hills. His daughter Deborah
Pelissero, a resident of Hope Ranch,
remembers her father as a keen col-
lector of Western art, finely made sad-
dles, and other equipment. Spalding’s
extensive collection was showcased
in the Tecolote Ranch tack room, and
was featured in a full-color article
entitled “Treasures of Tecolote” in a
1937 issue of Town & Country maga-
zine.
When Tecolote Ranch was sold after
Silsby Spalding’s death, the Borein
frieze was relocated to the private
Museum of Western Americana, which
was owned by Signal Oil founder
Samuel B. Mosher at his neighbor-
ing Dos Pueblos Ranch. After Mosher
died in 1970, the Borein frieze and
• The Voice of the Village •
many other accompanying items went
into Bekins storage. There it sat until
Leonard Kummer, one of the found-
ers of the Carriage and Western Art
Museum, convinced Mosher’s widow
Margaret (Maggie) Mosher to give it
to the museum in 1978 as a permanent
loan. Maggie Mosher, who died in
2002, was pleased to see the collection
made available to the public.
Borein Knew the Western Life
Ed Borein was born in 1872 in
San Leandro, California, and by 1893
started working as a cowpuncher on
ranches throughout the West and in
Mexico. He moved to Santa Barbara
in 1921, and maintained a studio
in El Paseo until his death in 1945.
Today Borein is recognized as one of
the “Holy Trinity” of Western artists,
alongside Frederic Remington (1861-
1909) and his good friend Charles
Russell (1864-1926). Borein’s first-
hand knowledge of the working cow-
boy’s life, and his observations of
the quickly changing American West,
imbued his work with historical accu-
racy.
A monochromatic masterpiece, the
frieze is decorated with hundreds of
figures in black set against the brown of
a spruce wood background. There is not
one hint of landscape, yet the arrange-
ment of the figures conveys a sense
of spatiality. Borein’s frieze includes
vignettes of almost every aspect of the
American West: herds of antelope and
elk, an Indian encampment with all
the features of village life, including
decorated tipis, women tending chil-
dren, horses with Indian-style saddles,
pots of food cooking over campfires,
meat drying on racks, Indians strug-
gling with a recalcitrant pack mule,
even dogs outfitted with packs on their
backs (one tied to the tail of a horse),
and Indians mounted on galloping
9 – 16 October 2008
This section of the Borein frieze depicts a stagecoach drawn by a team of six horses, as well as a couple of smaller carts drawn by oxen and donkeys (image courtesy of the Carriage and Western Art Museum)

Mark Your Calendar at this fundraiser for the Carriage

Barn Dance and Western BBQ Museum. Live and silent auctions
Saturday, October 18 will feature bronze sculpture by Bud
Carriage and Western Art Museum Bottoms, vacation trips to Hawaii,
129 Castillo Street Tahoe and Cabo San Lucas, Western
(inside Pershing Park) gift baskets and wine. Reserved tables
Open Bar starting at 4 pm for ten available for $500. To donate
Whitefoot Meat Market BBQ 6-7 pm items to the auction and for ticket
Tickets $50 per person information, call John Henigin at 207-
Dance to the music of The Rancheros 3522, or Ellen Harte at 967-2642.  •MJ

Ed Borein relaxing outside his El Paseo studio

in downtown Santa Barbara, circa 1930 (photo
by W. Edwin Gledhill, courtesy of the Santa
Barbara Historical Museum)

horses chasing a herd of bison, with a
jackrabbit fleeing the scene.
“The opposite panel is of a more
local nature, with an oxcart in front
of Mission Santa Barbara,” points
out Peterson. There are also vaque-
ros chasing runaway steers as they
round up cattle, a train of covered
wagons drawn by teams of oxen, and
a stagecoach drawn by a team of six
horses. The longest section depicts a
cattle drive, with hundreds of cattle
and numerous cowboys on the trail,
flanked by a water wagon piled high
with bedrolls and drawn by a team of
four horses.
Borein executed a similar frieze
for Bradford Brinton (1880-1936) in
Big Horn, Wyoming, whose home is
now the Bradford Brinton Memorial
and Museum. With the ascension of
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 BOOK TALK
 by Shelly Lowenkopf
The Old College Try: A Twofer
T
he first college novel was
probably “Philosophy 4,”
Owen Wister’s tale of Harvard
undergraduates trying to cram for final
exams, published at the very beginning
of the last century by the author who
went on to fame as the author of “The
Virginian.” Not to be outdone by the
Harvards, Owen Johnson wrote of life
in New Haven, first as a serial, then
in book form by about 1911. “Stover
at Yale” featured a more memorable
title if not a more ambitious story
arc. Dink Stover, in New Haven on
an athletic scholarship, battled the
conflict between education and social
connections.
Both of these are historical forebears
of arguably the first novel to sensation-
alize the atmosphere of campus and
the figures so often associated with it.
March 26 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ste-
roidal appearance on the literary scene
came with “This Side of Paradise,” a
novel that put Princeton into play as
the place for drama and experience. In
most ways, Fitzgerald was writing not
only of what he’d seen in his days at
26 MONTECITO JOURNAL
Mr. Lowenkopf is a
Montecito resident
who teaches writing,
editing, and publishing-
related courses at USC’s
Professional Writing
Program Shelly blogs @
www.lowenkopf.com
Princeton and World War I, but captur-
ing the lightning in a bottle that was the
age of flappers, of jazz, of the Volstead
Act (Prohibition), and the shedding of
innocence required for membership in
the Twentieth Century.
Fitzgerald’s protagonist in “This Side
of Paradise” is Amory Blaine, a young
man from St. Paul who is convinced of
his talent and his destiny. There is much
of Fitzgerald and his mother in Amory
and Beatrice Blaine. As well, there is a
close family friend Monsignor Darcy,
who serves as a wise and intelligent
father figure. Darcy has his roots in the
persona of Monsignor Fay, Fitzgerald’s
mentor and referee in his own ongoing
battle with Catholicism. “This Side of
• The Voice of the Village •
Paradise” is dedicated to Fay, but never
as good a speller as a writer, Fitzgerald
had the dedication read “To Sigourney
Fay.” Never mind, it impressed the
monsignor and became the name of a
modern actress.
“This Side of Paradise” simmered
with ambition, awareness of social
status, and the core questions of
Fitzgerald’s growing talent, which he
would expand upon in successive nov-
els and a wide range of short stories.
His fingers never left the wrist of the
middle class and the ambitions he
shared with it—leading a richer, fuller,
less restrained life.
These two remarkable,
overwritten, over-the-top novels
form an x-ray of the American
culture over a significant swath of
the twentieth century
At the end of “Paradise,” Amory
Blaine is broken, dispirited, devastat-
ed by the death of Monsignor Darcy
and the decision of his heart’s desire
to marry a more suitable, wealthy
man. “At least,” Amory rationalizes,
“I know who I am,” an ironic end-
ing if ever there was one, especially
since Fitzgerald’s future work showed
the effects of characters increasingly at
odds with their understanding of them-
selves. There were underlying themes
of belief, romanticism, and optimism
in the fact of structure and tradition.
One of his throwaway slick magazine
stories, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” cap-
tures Fitzgerald at the top of his young-
people-coming-of-age material.
“Paradise” created a rush among
writers to do their own version of
Fitzgerald’s declaration of indepen-
dence, but he had set the bar high.
With the exception of a few brief flash-
es from others, it was 40 years until the
next plateau was reached, first with
John Williams’ “Stoner,” the achingly
powerful story of a man who finds his
unexpected calling as a teacher, early
in his college career, then moves forth
toward professor level. Then another
brilliant burst of originality in 1966,
as stunning in its own way as the
Fitzgerald.
Richard Farina had not published
much before “Been Down So Long,
It Looks Like Up to Me,” and he was
dead in a motorcycle wipeout two
days after the novel arrived on the
scene.
Like Fitzgerald, Farina put much
of his young-but-energetic polymath
learning into his novel, wanting it to
be a dramatic confrontation between
the desire of the young to discover,
to encounter, and to confront the bat-
tle lines drawn by the Establishment.
Farina’s protagonist has the near-gro-
tesque name of Gnosis Papadopoulos
who, as the novel begins, is returning
from a wander year, a Jack Kerouac-
ian tour of the country, working for his
keep, listening to music, experiment-
ing with drugs, and reading endlessly.
With the impatience of a well-
schooled, well-read young person, and
some success already in the emerging
folk music industry, Farina appears
impatient to get everything into one
book, his arguments and metaphors
seeming to clank at times. Critics argue
about his importance in relationship
to Kerouac and I for one, vastly prefer
him for his sense of humor and his
ability to indicate individuals, such as
Dean Magnolia, the quintessential uni-
versity factotum, or his true nemesis,
Dean Oeuf, as human and plausible
antagonists.
Guilt and mistrust play an impor-
tant role in “Been Down So Long.”
Troubled by the possibility that he
was responsible for the suicide of a
fellow student for having pursued and
seduced his girlfriend, Gnossos takes
elaborate steps to examine the conse-
quences of his acts and as well stirs the
uneasy waters of suicide among young
students. The answers he achieves are
not pat, but they are thoughtful and
argued out.
Farina was at Cornell along with
Thomas Pynchon; both of them stud-
ied with Vladimir Nabokov when he
taught there, Farina being awed by
Nabokov’s use of language to cre-
ate tension and suspicion, Pynchon
intrigued by Nabokov’s ability to cre-
ate highly personal landscapes.
Some of Farina will remind today’s
readers of Holden Caulfield and his
aversion to phoniness, but, once again,
opinion steers me into the belief that
Farina – younger and more volatile
than Salinger – has produced the more
convincing sense of the quest Gnossos
is on and what he makes of it.
Taken alone, “Paradise” and “Been
Down” – interesting, hefty, and thought
provoking as they may be – are like
engraved curios found at an antique
shop, each bearing the particular pati-
na of the age from which it came and
the youth of the author.
Taken together, however, these two
remarkable, overwritten, over-the-
top novels – cult favorites of their
respective times – form an x-ray of
the American culture over a signifi-
cant swath of the twentieth century.
Neither is like any college novel you
will have read before, not the satire of
Jane Smiley’s “Moo,” or the wrenching
competition in Richard Russo’s “Fall
Guy,” nor indeed the family-at-the
crossroads college novel also reminis-
cent of Cornell, Allison Lurie’s splen-
did “The War Between the Tates.”
In many ways, each of these other
college novels mentioned here owe
some debt to Fitzgerald and Farina,
each of whom put all he had into his
work. •MJ
9 – 16 October 2008
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 VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12)
fined to the sandboxes and have had
to stay off the grass.
Cold Spring School has had to deal
with the unsafe lawn for several years.
The annual jog-a-thon has been held
at Westmont College for the past few
years, due to a great amount damage
caused by gophers. The renovation
of the field was a significant prior-
ity on the list of Measure R improve-
ments, but because of its failure the
Cold Spring School Foundation board
decided to fund the renovation itself.
“We couldn’t wait to see if voters
would pass the newest bond mea-
sure,” McCabe said. The foundation is
mainly funded by parents and fami-
lies through a series of fundraisers in
the fall and spring. “As parents, they
agreed with the school board that the
field was the number one priority,”
McCabe said.
The last day to register to vote in the
November 4 election is October 20.
 
MUS Candidate Forum
Thursday October 16 the League
of Women Voters of Santa Barbara Co-founders and co-managers Shannon Trotta and Julie Steele of Nest Assured, a Santa Barbara based
Education Fund and Montecito home concierge business
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Candidates. The following is a brief are heard,” he wrote. He and his wife “There is a lot involved in taking
summary of each of the three candi- Ginger Salazar recently received a care of a home, even when you don’t
dates’ positions. PTA Service Award. live in it!” Trotta explained when she
Robert Kupiec, an architect and “Excellence doesn’t just happen,” discussed the services Nest Assured
MUS parent for the past 5 years, was Mary Morouse wrote in her candidate provides. From overseeing renovation
appointed to the School Board in 2006. statement. A retired business execu- projects to coordinating housekeeping
He was Chairman of the National tive and mother of three, Morouse and landscaping, Nest Assured offers
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teachers in California, and provide
outstanding curriculum and enrich-
ment opportunities. “I want to see
happy, healthy and curious children
who are excited about school,” she
says. Morouse, who attended UC
Berkeley and obtained her MBA at
UCLA, hopes MUS is viewed as a
“beacon of light” among California
public schools.
The MUS candidate forum will be
held on Thursday, October 16 at the
MUS auditorium, beginning at 6:30
pm. For more information contact can-
didate forum chair Jamie Ruffing at
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In Business:
Nest Assured
maintenance, rental car arrangements,
groceries purchased prior to arrival,
dinner reservations and private event
coordination are just a few of the
things Nest Assured will do for a cli-
ent. Partly because they have worked
in the service industry for many years,
Trotta and Steele say they have an
arsenal of vendors and contractors
they call upon to do various jobs. “We
act as a liaison between the client and
the contractor, making sure everything
gets done right in the homeowner’s
absence,” Steele said.
Originally, Nest Assured was
designed to take on clients who own
a second or vacation home in the
Santa Barbara area; now, the com-
pany has evolved into helping any
homeowner maintain their prop-
erty. Nest Assured also has clients
who want their home to be over-
seen while it’s on the market. While

?\eipElcc Matthews focused on implementing a

healthy lunch program while ensuring
that future projects are supported by
805 682-1778 the community and are fiscally sound.
Matthews says he has substantive
While working at Four Seasons
Biltmore Resort together a decade
ago, Santa Barbara residents Shannon
Trotta and Julie Steele realized that
each had a special knack for service.
monthly and weekly rates are appli-
cable to the majority of their clients,
Trotta and Steele now offer hourly
rates for less involved projects. Mary
Jane Steele (no relation to Julie), a

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 SHERIFF’S Th e W I N EH OUN D
BLOTTER The Hunt for Remarkable Wines Made Easy!
compiled by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s At THE WINEHOUND, the search
Department, Carpinteria Division
for exceptional wines crosses the

Crime-Free Montecito globe, spans the seas, and sometimes

W
forces us to wander to the back ware-
e are pleased to say there were no crimes reported or incident reports house to see what’s laying around.
filed in the previous week in the Montecito area. Lieutenant Eric
We promise to show you only our
Koopmans of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department tells us
the area has been extremely quiet, and reports of common crimes such as thefts chosen favorites, the good stuff:
Bob Wesley,
seem to be down. “Just a quiet week in Montecito, which is a good thing!” he Absolutely no mutts, just the pick
former Lazy Acres
said. •MJ of the litter! wine guy

Nest Assured client who resides in management career in 1991, opening

Fairfax, Virginia, and owns a second
home in Santa Barbara, trusts the
company to be her eyes and ears
while she is away. “They were one of
the reasons we decided to buy here
in Santa Barbara,” she said about
Nest Assured, “We know the house
is being taken care of.”
As co-owners of the company, Trotta
and Steele bring years of experi-
ence and expertise to Next Assured.
Trotta is a former Personal Assistant
of business and entertainment lead-
ers in Montecito, and spent seven
years working for Four Seasons in
Montecito and Austin, Texas. For
the last five years she has been an
Estate Manager throughout Montecito
and Santa Barbara. Steele began her
the Concierge Services Department Winehound Pick of the Week
for Sugar Bay Resort in St. Thomas, Foxglove 2007 Chardonnay...$13.99 Wine Advocate rating: “90...Perhaps the
U.S. Virgin Islands. After moving to great value in Chardonnay in the marketplace today, this wine, made by the highly
Santa Barbara in 1993, she joined Four talented Varner Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains, comes from fruit accessed in
California’s Edna Valley. With malolactic blocked but with lees stirring, this 25,000-
Seasons Biltmore Resort as Associate case cuvee provides terrific notes of tropical fruit and poached pear in a fleshy,
Director of Catering and Conference medium-bodied style with obvious minerality and precision. This is a remarkable
Services. For the last two years she effort that is fresh, lively, and best drunk over the next 1-2 years.”
worked for a marketing firm in Santa
Barbara, organizing local events.
The ladies decided to go into busi-
ness for themselves once they observed
the need for a reliable home concierge
service. “Our goal is to make our cli-
ents feel like they never left home, like
they’ve been here the whole time,” Join our email list - go to : www.thewinehound.com
or send an email to : info @thewinehound.com
Trotta said.
For more information visit www. 1221 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 1-805-845-5247
nestassured.net or call Shannon Trotta Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm | Sunday 12pm-6pm
directly at 805-705-0326. •MJ

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 Montecito Association
Beautification Day
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 9AM
Upper Village Green
Honoring Montecito Historian David Myrick
T-Shirt Sponsorship
Plans are underway once again for Montecito Beautification Day. This annual event is held for
neighbors to work together to clean up our community’s neighborhoods. The day will begin at 9:00
AM on the lawn across from the Upper Village Post Office. The Four Seasons Biltmore hosts a
Continental Breakfast. When you return from your assigned clean-up project, our annual
Beautification Award Winners are announced and our own Montecito Fire District hosts a hot
dog and chili lunch. It is a great neighborhood day you and your family won’t want to miss!
We would like for you to join us again this year and be a T-shirt sponsor.
The T-shirt sponsorship program benefits on-going Beautification Committee projects in Montecito.
For a minimum cost of $50.00, you and your family will have your name on this year’s T-shirt. Each
sponsor receives two souvenir T-shirts. We hope you will sign up now and mark your calendars so
you can join us on Saturday, November 1st for this fun family community event.
BECOME A T-SHIRT SPONSOR
1. Select a Sponsorship Level:
Founder $500.00
Historian $100.00
Scholar $50.00
2. Orders must be received by October 17, 2008
3. Mail this form and check to:
Montecito Association, P.O. Box 5278 Montecito, CA 93150
4. Your two T-shirts will be mailed to you prior to Beautification Day.
5. Please email Beautification Nominations to mindy.denson@sbcglobal.net

Please print your name below as you would like it to appear on the T-shirts:

NAME: ____________________________________ PHONE: _____________________

ADDRESS:______________________________________________________________
SIZES: Adult S ____ M ____ L ____ XL ____Youth S ____ M ____ L ____

YOUR CHECK IS YOUR RECEIPT ---RETURN FORM & CHECK BY OCTOBER 17, 2008

Questions? Please call Mindy Denson @ 969-9671

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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)
ers who commit certain drug crimes, break
drug treatment rules or violate parole.
Substantially shortens parole for certain
drug offenses; increases parole for serious
and violent felonies.
We agree with the 2nd and 3rd
part of this proposition: that punish-
ment for drug users should be dras-
tically reduced. But the money set
aside to “improve and expand treat-
ment programs” is just a jobs bill for
shrinks and bureaucrats. We’d like to
see this as a stand-alone proposition
to reduce punishments for drug-relat-
ed offenses with no strings attached.
Vote No
Proposition 6: Police and Law
Enforcement Funding. Criminal
Penalties and Laws
Requires minimum of $965 million each
year to be allocated from state General
Fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys,
adult probation, jails and juvenile proba-
tion facilities. Some of this funding will
increase in following years according to
California Consumer Price Index. Makes
approximately 30 revisions to California
criminal law, many of which cover gang-
related offenses. Revisions create multiple
new crimes and additional penalties, some
with the potential for new life sentences.
Increases penalties for violating a gang-
related injunction and for felons carrying
guns under certain conditions.
Hey, what’s another billion dollars
among deadbeats? We disagree with
provisions that would make a crime
more heinous because one is affiliated
with a gang. A felony is a felony. We
believe laws like this are a slippery
slope and should be avoided.
Vote No
Proposition 7: Renewable Energy
Generation
Requires utilities, including govern-
ment-owned utilities, to generate 20%
of their power from renewable energy by
2010, a standard currently applicable only
to private electrical corporations. Raises
requirement for utilities to 40% by 2020
and 50% by 2025. Imposes penalties, sub-
ject to waiver, for noncompliance.
The California Solar Industry
Association is against this proposi-
tion and so are we. We agree with the
principle behind it, but Prop 7 severely
limits smaller solar companies’ abil-
ity to gain market share and mainly
paves the way for large solar-alterna-
tive (electric) companies to dominate
the market. This proposition excludes
renewable power facilities that gen-
erate less than 30 megawatts, which
would leave out almost all small-scale
solar companies. There should be
more renewable power in California
but shafting the little guy is hardly
the answer when, we believe, those
little guys are the real key to creating
self-sufficient and environmentally
friendly living structures.
Vote No
9 – 16 October 2008 Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it’s like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million. ~ Ted Turner
Proposition 8: Eliminates Right of
Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Changes the California Constitution to
eliminate the right of same-sex couples to
marry in California. Provides that only
marriage between a man and a woman is
valid or recognized in California.
You all know how you’re going to
vote on this one, so we’re staying out
of it!
Proposition 9: Criminal Justice
System. Victims’ Rights. Parole
Requires notification to victim and
opportunity for input during phases of
criminal justice process, including bail,
pleas, sentencing and parole.
Establishes victim safety as consider-
ation in determining bail or release on
parole.
Increases the number of people per-
mitted to attend and testify on behalf of
victims at parole hearings. Reduces the
number of parole hearings to which pris-
oners are entitled.
Requires that victims receive written
notification of their constitutional rights.
Establishes timelines and procedures con-
cerning parole revocation hearings.
As we saw with the Duke Lacrosse
team case, many of these “victims’
rights” laws are dangerous and often
over-protect the victim or accuser even
if the defendant is innocent and the
accusations false. Protecting an accus-
er to a point where a proper defense
can’t be mounted, is dangerous and
a threat to civil liberty. If keeping a
victim safe comes at a cost of severely
reducing the rights of the accused, we
feel it’s not worth it.
Vote No
Proposition 10: Alternative Fuel
Vehicles and Renewable Energy.
Bonds
Provides $3.425 billion to help con-
sumers and others purchase certain high
fuel economy or alternative fuel vehicles,
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fund research into alternative fuel technol-
ogy. Provides $1.25 billion for research,
development and production of renew-
able energy technology, primarily solar
energy with additional funding for other
forms of renewable energy; incentives for
purchasing solar and renewable energy
technology. Provides grants to cities for
renewable energy projects and to colleges
for training in renewable and energy effi-
ciency technologies.
Total funding provided is $5 billion
from general obligation bonds.
What a boondoggle! Again, where
are we going to get five billion dol-
lars to fund this? I guess money really
does grow on trees up in Sacramento.
Vote No
Proposition 11: Redistricting
Initiative Constitutional Amendment
and Statute - Majority Approval
Required
Changes authority for establish-
ing Assembly, Senate, and Board of
Equalization district boundaries from
elected representatives to 14-member com-
mission.
Requires government auditors to select
60 registered voters from applicant pool.
Permits legislative leaders to reduce pool,
then the auditors pick eight commission
members by lottery, and those commis-
sioners pick six additional members for
14 total.
Requires commission of five Democrats,
five Republicans and four of neither party.
Commission shall hire lawyers and con-
sultants as needed.
For approval, district boundaries need
votes from three Democratic commission-
ers, three Republican commissioners and
three commissioners from neither party.
Everything is so convoluted in gov-
ernment. Merely by insisting upon “five
Democrats” and “five Republicans,” of
which three must approve any redis-
tricting, they’ve effectively kept the
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power to draw districts in the hands
of the Democrat and Republican par-
ties. What happens if a Libertarian is
elected? Or a Green Party candidate?
We’re with whoever suggested blindly
picking twelve names out of a phone
book and letting majority rule dictate
the shape of those districts.
Vote No
Proposition 12: Veteran’s Bond Act
of 2008
This act provides for a bond issue of
$900 million to provide loans to California
veterans to purchase farms and homes.
Appropriates money from the state
General Fund to pay off the bonds, if loan
payments from participating veterans are
insufficient for that purpose.
Unfortunately with our looming
economic doomsday forecast, we feel
it would be totally irresponsible for
Californians to vote for any measure
that drives our state further into debt.
Besides, if these veterans are credit-
worthy, what is stopping them from
taking out a loan? If they are not cred-
it-worthy, no loans should be written
since we’re already witnessing how
that story turns out.
Vote No •MJ
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YOUR by Scott Craig
WESTMONT
All the World’s a Stage
W
estmont actors will perform
in two world premiere
productions in the 2008 Lit
Moon World Shakespeare Festival,
spearheaded by Westmont professor
and Lit Moon Theatre Company
artistic director John Blondell. The
festival, which runs October 16-26,
will feature professional theater
artists from around the globe in
six productions. Tickets for each
performance are $22, $17 for students
and seniors, and available through
the Lobero box office at (805) 963-
0761.
Lilia Abadjieva of the Bulgarian
National Theatre will direct a new
Westmont and Lit Moon co-pro-
duction of “Othello-Measure for
Measure.” This all-male hybrid of
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Scott Craig is manager
of media relations at
Westmont College.
Mitchell Thomas’s performance as King Richard II
in the 2006 Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival
received rave reviews and played to sold-out
houses
two of Shakespeare’s plays follows
the notable success of Abadjieva’s
“Romeo and Juliet,” which received
a standing ovation at the 2006 Lit
Moon World Shakespeare Festival.
Performances will be in English at
Center Stage Theatre Oct. 16 at 7 pm,
Oct. 19 at 2 pm, Oct. 23 at 9 pm, and
Oct. 25 at 7 pm.
Blondell will moderate an informal
discussion with Abadjieva about her
work Oct. 23 at 4 pm at Center Stage
Theatre. This event is free and open
to the public.
Blondell will direct an original
adaptation of “Julius Caesar,” an
all-woman co-production by Lit
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Moon, Westmont and the Young
Open Theatre Festival of Skopje,
Macedonia. Cast and crew have
translated the archetypal political
drama into contemporary terms by
relating it to current events in the
U.S. and the Balkans. The play will
be in both English and Macedonian
with English subtitles. Performances
will be at Center Stage Theatre Oct.
18 at 7 pm, Oct. 19 at 4 pm, Oct. 23 at
7 pm, and Oct. 25 at 9 pm.
A free reception with the artists
will precede the Oct. 19 performance
at 3 pm at Center Stage. Festival per-
formers from Bulgaria, Finland and
the Republic of Georgia will also be
present.
Members of the Young Open
Theatre Festival, Skopje Drama
Theatre, and Bitola National Theatre
will discuss theater in Macedonia at
a free lecture in Westmont’s Porter
Theatre Friday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 pm.
Local high-school students will
attend free matinees of both perfor-
mances through Westmont’s Found
in Translation: Great Literature
in the Theatre program. Last year
more than 700 students attended
free performances of “Jane Eyre”
and “Anon(ymous),” a contempo-
rary adaptation of Homer ’s “The
Odyssey.”
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Six male
actors
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Bulgarian
National
Theatre
performed
“Romeo &
Juliet” in
a highly
physical
dance-like
style that
received
standing
ovations
two years
ago
Getting Connected
Reed Sheard brings a wealth of high-tech knowl-
edge to Westmont as new CIO and vice president
of information technology
Reed Sheard, new vice president
of information technology and CIO,
joins the college’s executive team
and oversees Westmont’s informa-
tion systems. He comes from Spring
Arbor University in Michigan where
he served as vice president for tech-
nology services for five years.
“As the college’s reliance on tech-
nology increases, it’s critical to have
someone with Reed’s knowledge and
experience who will work to improve
the effectiveness of technology for
our students, faculty, staff and alum-
ni,” says President Gayle D. Beebe.
Sheard graduated from University
of Sioux Falls, earned a master’s of
divinity degree at Fuller Theological
Seminary and a doctorate in higher
education leadership from Seattle
University.
Sheard’s wife, Susan, and their two
sons, Ben and Cooper, will move to
Santa Barbara in January 2009. Susan
is a native of Santa Barbara who
graduated from San Marcos High
School and UC Santa Barbara.  •MJ
9 – 16 October 2008
 Eye On Santa Barbara
 by John Watson
The Unitarian Church
Keith Lockard’s design for the Unitarian Church at Santa Barbara and Arrellaga Streets called for the
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“quiet spaces” to be placed in front, rather than in the rear of the building
ituated on the southwest corner
of Santa Barbara and Arrellaga,
the Unitarian Church stands
majestically as one of the Upper East
Side’s quiet landmarks. Designed in
1930 by Keith Lockard (who had a
hand in both the City Hall and Santa
Barbara High School), the Church
now looks across at Alice Keck Park
Memorial Garden, a quiet sanctuary
bringing a splash of nature within the
City’s limits. Conceived just after the
crash of ’29 but before the darkest days
of the Great Depression, the church’s
design and construction shows no signs
of restraint nor compromised solution.
Based on the Spanish Colonial Revival
Style, the “L” shaped church surrounds
a courtyard used for a variety of social
gatherings. While most architects place
a building’s outdoor space at the rear
of the property, away from the street,
away from the noise and commotion
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to bring this space to the property’s
prime location.
The courtyard enables the church’s
most important functions (that of
the nave and the community gather-
ing room) to be seen simultaneously
upon arrival. This “outdoor room” is
filled with chatter during the weekly
after-service gatherings where parish-
ioners share their fellowship, or with
screams of joy and excitement where
previously unrelated families wel-
come new sons and daughters dur-
ing the joys of marriage, and where
unbroken silence expresses the sor-
rows of passing. The building is grand
in proportion but small in scale; it is
a simple volumetric composition that
expresses itself through the intimacy
of detail, and is a prime example of
how architecture can be integrated
into the cityscape. •MJ
Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye. ~ Anonymous MONTECITO JOURNAL 33
 World of Wine
 by Judy Willis

The Economics of Wine

B
eginning a decade ago with
the increased recognition of
the quality of our wines and
accelerating more recently as part of
the “Sideways” effect, Santa Barbara
County has been experiencing
increasing sales, income, and vineyard
planting. But what is happening in the
rest of the state and country as we are
in an economic slump?
First, let’s look at vineyard plant-
ed acreage. California wines hit
the international spotlight with a
Napa Cab beating out the French
in what has become known as “The
Judgment of Paris,” a tasting by
French and British judges that pitted
California against Bordeaux Cabernet
Sauvignons on May 24, 1976. In that
“slosh heard round the world,” a
1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V.
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
scored higher than its French coun-
terparts. There followed a boom in
vineyard planting. Eventually, for
Dr. Willis and her hus-
band, Dr. Paul Willis, are
prize-winning amateur
winemakers
Morty was right during the recession
and inflation periods of the 1970s.
Wine industry consultant Jon
Fredrikson agrees. “The long-term
trend for California wine is favor-
able,” he says, “with the U.S. wine
market growing for 14 consecutive
years, increasing 66% by volume from
1993 to 2007.” He believes too, that it
“will continue to expand over the next
decade.”
Last year, California wines sales to
the U.S. reached a record high 457-mil-
lion gallons (192.1 million nine-liter
cases), up 2% over the previous year
with the total retail value increasing

Now featuring parts of the state, supply exceeded

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6% to $18.9 billion, and with the stron-
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wines. Total California winery ship-

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our wine imports continue to grow
at an even faster rate and take more
market share. Several trends are sug-
gested to explain this phenomenon,
such as the increasing quality and
availability of wines from new export-
ing countries, a growing preference in
younger American wine drinkers for
imports, and the increased purchase
of imported wines by American res-
taurants. (Restaurant owners are find-
ing lower priced imports increasingly
selected by customers.)
Wine sales may not be as resis-
tant to the general economy as my
dad may have believed. When our
national economy began to slump in
the fourth quarter of 2007, wine sales
growth slowed. In addition, although
the U.S. has became the world’s top
wine purchaser in terms of total sales,
per capita wine purchases are sig-
nificantly higher in other countries,
including Italy and France.
Globalization is given as a driving
force behind the rise in U.S. impor-
tation of wine as quality wines are
being produced in more and more
countries around the world.  The
trend to high value, good tasting
wines with lower price tags from
newer wine exporting countries like
South Africa, Chile, and Argentina
has been compared to the phenom-
enon of the drop in price that took
place when wine from “Old World”
countries like France or Italy was
challenged by “New World” com-
petitors like Australia and the U.S.
several decades ago. People found
wines they liked at lower prices
and wine importation of New World
wines increased.
September is
California Wine Month
What is California doing to keep its
stake in the world wine market and
entice its citizens to spend wine dol-


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with 50% more adults over 40 than
under 40, the baby boomer generation
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income and will for at least the next
ten to twenty years. The projection is
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industry.
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two bottles of Santa Barbara County
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38 MONTECITO JOURNAL • The Voice of the Village • 9 – 16 October 2008

 On Film
Acting For the Love of It
I
t was a bit of a mutual admiration
society when veteran actor and
Montecito resident Kirk Douglas
gave the Santa Barbara International
Film Festival’s award for Excellence
in Acting (named after Kirk) to the
terrific character actor Ed Harris last
week at the Four Season Biltmore’s
brand new Coral Casino.
When I asked Harris on the red
carpet what he admired most about
Douglas, he didn’t hesitate for a
moment.
“His physique!” Harris said.
“And his intelligence, his charisma,
his physical prowess when he was
younger. His stamina. His commit-
ment and his passion. The guy is
great. I’ve been watching him since I
was a little kid. And he always blew
me away. He’s bigger than life. He
made so many great films, it’s going
to be a real honor to receive an award
from him.”
Told that the qualities he listed
have also been applied to his own
career, Harris took a moment to pon-
der the compliment.
“Well, I never had a body like Kirk,
which he used in his younger days
when he was doing his acrobatics.
But I do like what I do. I enjoy it. I
try to do the best I can and I like to
think I’m getting better at it as years
go by.”
Indeed, nobody who has seen
“Appaloosa” – the second feature
film (after “Pollock”) written, direct-
ed, produced by and starring Harris,
which opened last Friday, the day
after the award ceremony – could
argue that the actor is still subtly
improving on what was already an
enviable career.
Harris plays city marshal Virgil
Cole, who operates by a staunch code
of ethics in this adaptation of Robert
Parker’s novel that rivals last year’s
remake of “3:10 to Yuma” as one of
the finest westerns to come out of
Hollywood in decades. Cole’s rela-
tionship to his deputy Everett Hitch,
played by Viggo Mortensen, is etched
by knowing glances and comfortable
silences that reveal the their trust via
their years together far better than
any lines or action scenes would.
“I just fell in love with these char-
acters,” Harris told me. “I felt com-
pelled to do the movie, just like I did
with ‘Pollock.’ I like to keep things
shook up a little bit. So I try to find
things I haven’t done before, some-
thing within myself to explore in a
character. Nobody wanted to hire
me to do it, I figured I’d just do it
myself.”
9 – 16 October 2008
by Steven Libowitz
Ed Harris, whose
second direc-
torial effort,
“Appaloosa” is
in theaters cur-
rently, received
the Kirk Douglas
Award for
Excellence in
Acting at Coral
Casino
Out on the red carpet and again
inside the ballroom, Douglas returned
the praise Harris had sent his way.
“I didn’t know who Ed Harris was,
because I’d never met him, but I
always thought he was a good actor,”
Douglas told the audience after the
sumptuous dinner. “But then he
made four Oscar nominations, and I
only have three. So now he’s not just
a good actor, he’s a great actor!”
Douglas also took on “Appaloosa.”
“I thought that westerns were over
when John Wayne died,” he said.
But as he prepared to hand Harris
the award, Douglas turned serious.
“I never felt so proud to give this
award to a man, (one) who other
actors should study. Study him, study
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Douglas at dinner before he gave me
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an award for acting….It really is a
pleasure, and it touches me deeply.” Conversations About Things That Matter
Then he turned to the subject of act-
ing, and his approach to his craft that
mirrors his life view.
“Being alive is such a gift. This
Does Religion Belong in Politics?
very moment, it’s here, then boom it’s
gone. I try not to take it for granted…
Reflections in the Midst of the 2008 Campaign
But my acting has informed my life
as much as my life has informed my Telford Work Jesse Covington
acting. It’s when your senses are most Religious Studies Professor Political Science Professor
open, when you are communicating
as well as you ever do. You’re relat- 5:30 p.m., Thursday, October 16, 2008
ing to people and the world around University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
you at a heightened level, and you’re
totally focused.” Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Call 565-6051.
Hmmmm. No wonder he’s good. Religion has reemerged as a theme in
“Citizen McCaw,” the ever-evolving the election in both the Democratic and
documentary about News-Press pub- Republican campaigns for the presidency
lisher Wendy McCaw and the goings- this year, raising old and new questions
on at the local daily newspaper in of its proper role in politics. Two
the last two years, gets another series Westmont professors, one a theologian
of screenings this weekend when it and the other a political scientist, will
hits a regular multiplex for the first reflect on faith’s place in American
politics and politics’ place in American
time. The film plays Fiesta Five at
faith. What is off limits, what is fair game, where are connections unavoidable —
7:30pm Thursday through Saturday,
and what is changing in this old relationship?
and 2:30pm on Sunday. Meanwhile,
the DVD was released late last month
and is available via the movie’s web- Sponsored by the Westmont Foundation
site, www.citizenmccaw.com.  •MJ
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Ending this week
Creek Week – The mission of the
Creeks Restoration and Water
Quality Improvement Division of
Santa Barbara’s Parks & Recreation
department is to improve creek and
ocean water quality and restore natural
creek systems through storm water and
urban runoff pollution-reduction, creek
restoration, and community education
programs. The 9th annual Creek Week
offers a plethora of activities including
receptions, explorations, tours, walks,
clean-up gatherings and more. Get
a complete schedule online at www.
sbcreeks.com or call 897-2606
See the sound – “The Art of Seco:
Music on Canvas” is comprised of 20
paintings created from sketches made
while the artist, now 40, was a guest of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
and New West Symphony. Seco created
paintings based on sketches of the
orchestras, using gestural brush strokes
to capture the movement and energy of
the musicians. “The men and women
seem to move to music created by Seco’s
linear conducting of form,” NY art
critic Van Stokes wrote in a review. “It is
possible to be consumed by these works
in the same manner one is consumed by
music.” All of the art on display is for
sale, with a portion benefiting Jewish
Federation of Greater Santa Barbara,
which is hosting the exhibition through
October 15. WHEN: 9am-5pm Mon-
Thurs., 9am-3pm Fri. WHERE: 524
Chapala St. COST: free INFO: 957-
1115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org
Ongoing
Off Axis 2008 – Off-Axis kicked
off its month-long celebration of
contemporary art during 1st Thursday
last week. But Off-Axis lasts for more
Ongoing
Ron Carter Trio to the historic theater this
season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero
Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St. COST: $38
& $48 (patrons $103) INFO: 963-0761 or
www.lobero.com
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than one day, offering four full weeks of
opportunities to explore ideas, concepts,
and critical approaches to contemporary
art practice in a community-wide
setting. Events featured in this broad-
based collaboration between civic
organizations, individuals, nonprofits
and commercial galleries include art
exhibitions, public openings, artists’
interventions, VIP tours, lectures by
renowned scholars, and several crossover
events all around town. Schedule and
details online at www.sboffaxis.org.
Thursday, October 9
Jazz giant returns – Ahmad Jamal
may be one of the last living titans of
jazz’s so-called Golden Era, but he also
continues to redefine modern jazz with
each new album and every dynamic
concert. It was half a century ago
that Jamal shattered jazz conventions
with “But Not for Me,” unleashing
his revolutionary piano technique
during jazz’s heyday of the late ‘50s and
early ‘60s, and influencing such jazz
luminaries as Miles Davis (who credited
Jamal with “all my inspiration.”) Now
77, the pianist remains an innovator; his
latest CD, “It’s Magic,” released earlier
this summer, offers that patented Jamal
blend of energy, originality and finesse
that still has critics buzzing. Jamal
performs with his trio – bassist James
Cammack, drummer James Johnson
and percussionist Manola Badrena – in
the inaugural concert of the ’08-’09
Jazz at the Lobero Series, which will
also bring Charlie Haden-Carla Bley,
Kurt Elling-Ernie Watts, and the Ron
Carter Trio to the historic theater this
season. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero
Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St.
COST: $38 & $48 (patrons $103) INFO:
963-0761 or www.lobero.com
Say what? – Comedian-ventriloquist
Jeff Dunham uses a variety of puppets
to voice his take on issues timeless and
• The Voice of the Village •
EVENTS by Steven Libowitz
topical, personal and political. Grumpy and a non-traditional delivery system
old man Walter complains incessantly to electrify audiences and generate a
about his wife and speaks brashly and maelstrom, an epidemic of word-of-
sarcastically about just about everything mouth and website hits, then those
else while Achmed the Dead Terrorist who write the checks will seek you out,
– a skeleton suicide bomber who sports subsidize you and let you create,” says
a beard and a white turban – is used O’Brien, who is a graduate of the UCLA
by Dunham to tackle terrorism from Film School, a former CBS program
an equally unyielding attitude that has executive, and a creator and former co-
become a fan favorite (an Achmed video host of NPR’s “Beyond Words.” “It’s the
on YouTube has received 70 million new way to break into show business.”
views, among the most on the popular O’Brien will discuss these concepts
website). Then there’s José Jalapeño, in a free presentation at the open
a talking jalapeño pepper on a stick monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara
and an unusual superhero named Screenwriters Association, with local
Melvin. Laugh through the anger at humor writer and MJ columnist Ernie
Friday, October 10
Dancers Ball – This annual benefit event
for the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance youth
scholarship program grew out of another
popular presentation: the post-performance
reception at BASSH, where audience members
mingled and cut a rug (so to speak) with local
dancers who had just finished their routines
on stage. Now the Ball has grown into a very
well attended event on its own, a participatory
benefit that just keeps growing in tandem
with the surge in ballroom dancing around
town (and on TV with such programs as
“Dancing with the Stars.”) At the Dancers
Ball, exhibition ballroom dancers – who
perform during short breaks in the music by
DJ Mike Loeza – join guests on the dance
floor for quick turns in swing, salsa, tango,
waltz and more. The Ball has hunkered down
at the Montecito Country Club, which offers a
more than ample wood floor for strutting one’s
stuff as well as the enviable ambiance including marvelous views of the Santa Barbara
Channel at night. Activities include no-host bars, tasty hors d’oeuvres and a silent
auction. WHEN: 8pm-12midnight WHERE: 920 Summit Rd. COST: $65 ($400
VIP patron tickets include prime table seating for four, a private group dance lesson,
a bottle of champagne, and a swag bag) INFO: 966-6950 or www.sbdancealliance.
org
the Arlington tonight. WHEN: 8pm Witham serving as emcee. WHEN:
WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $46 7:30pm WHERE: Borders Books, 900
INFO: 963-4408 State Street COST: free INFO: 698-2025
Screenwriting outside the page – SBCC
Saturday, October 11
screenwriting instructor Jonathan
O’Brien isn’t advocating career suicide
Digital opera – Four years after her
when he suggests in a screaming email
bravura performance in Richard Strauss’s
that “ALL SCREENWRITING
“Salome” at the Metropolitan Opera
TEACHERS MUST DIE!” It’s just
in New York, soprano Karita Mattila
that he believes that the road to success
reprises her stunning interpretation of
no longer consists of simply composing
the title role in the Met’s first “Live in
a terrific script and then waiting for
HD” simulcast of the 2008-09 season.
someone to turn in into a film. Rather
The New York Times raved in 2004
than looking for experts to help create
that Mattila’s “is born to this daunting
a media hit, aspiring writers need to
role” delivering a performance that
invent it themselves. “Find a new way
was “vocally blazing and dramatically
9 – 16 October 2008
 MetroplianThetrs
Saturday, October 11
Swans on State Street – Befitting its move three
blocks up the street to the grand newly renovated
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Granada Theatre, State Street Ballet kicks off its
new season with perhaps the most ambitious
undertaking in its 15-year history: “Swan Lake,” 
Tchaikovsky’s great masterpiece of classical ballet.
SSB founder-artistic director Rodney Gustafson Metropolitan Theatres
adapted the 1895 version of the timeless tale of Information Listed For Showtimes / Tickets and NO PASSES OR COUPONS
love and betrayal by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Plays Friday, Oct. 10 Information - 963-9503 - or - ACCEPTED ON �
thru Thursday, Oct. 16 www.metrotheatres.com SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
considered by many to be the “standard” of all
traditional romantic ballets, for his expanded
company that imported two dancers from Russia
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designed in and shipped from Moscow. A rigorous
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Saturday, Oct. 11 - 10:00 am
2:10 4:30 7:20 Fri/Sat - 7:30 Sun - 2:00
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the Redlands Festival. WHEN: 8pm today, 2pm AN AMERICAN CAROL (PG-13)
2:30 5:10 7:30
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tomorrow WHERE: 1216 State St. COST: call Fri-Sun - 12:50 3:40 6:30 9:20 Now Serving.....
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shattering,” while The New Yorker called Miller Band – as closely as possible in Fri-Sun - 12:40 3:10 5:45 8:15
� BODY OF LIES (R) Mon-Thur - 2:20 4:45 7:15 Mon-Thur - 2:10 5:00 8:00
it “a dream performance … as if [the sound, style, aesthetic, ambiance and
Fri-Sun - 12:45 3:40 6:40 9:40
role] had been written for her.” The showmanship. The concert is also the Mon-Thur - 2:15 5:10 8:00 � NICK AND NORAH’S Bill Maher......Julie Maher
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“Live in HD” transmissions are in high last event at the venerable bowl before Fri-Sun - 1:15 4:20 7:00 9:30
� QUARANTINE (R) Fri-Sun - 1:20 4:00 6:45 9:10
definition, and employ robotic cameras renovations are to begin at Libbey Park. Fri-Sun - 1:45 4:30 7:10 9:30 Mon-Thur - 2:30 5:20 7:30 Mon-Thur - 2:30 5:20 7:45
and other advanced technologies. WHEN: 7-10pm WHERE: Ojai Ave., Mon-Thur - 2:40 5:30 8:00
FLASH OF GENIUS (PG-13) Keira Knightley
Viewers can see the onstage action downtown Ojai COST: $15, students � BEVERLY HILLS Fri & Sun-Thur - THE DUCHESS (PG-13)
from striking angles that enhance the $10, children $5 INFO: 646-4064 CHIHUAHUA (PG) 2:00 5:00 7:45 Fri-Sun - 2:00 4:45 7:30
Fri-Sun - 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 Sat., Oct. 11 - 2:00 5:00 Mon-Thur - 2:20 4:50 7:30
narrative effect, and the simulcasts also
Mon-Thur - 2:30 4:50 7:15
include behind-the-scenes features, live BLINDNESS (R) George Clooney.....Brad Pitt
interviews with cast and crew, and short Monday, October 13 � NICK AND NORAH’S Fri/Sat - 4:15 Sun - 5:15 BURN AFTER READING (R)
INFINITE PLAYLIST (PG-13) Mon-Thur - 2:10 7:35 Fri-Sun - 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:20
documentaries. The new Hahn Hall Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:20 Mon-Wed - 2:40 5:10 7:30
at the Music Academy of the West is Evolutionary Spirituality – Montecito Mon-Thur - 2:30 5:20 7:30 HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS Thur., Oct. 16 - 2:40 5:10
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screenings. WHEN: 10am today (live),
2pm tomorrow WHERE: 1070 Fairway
Rd. COST: $22 INFO: 969-8787
Four-handed Music Club benefit –
Zeynep Ucbasaran, a local resident and
member of the Santa Barbara Music Club,
and Sergio Gallo, a faculty member at
Georgia State, team up to play four-hand
piano pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
and Dvorak, excerpts from the program of
their upcoming 10-city European tour this
fall. The concert is a benefit for the Santa
Barbara Music Club annual scholarship
awards for resident students of Santa
Barbara County. WHEN: 4pm (coffee
social at 3) WHERE: FeBland Forum
on SBCC’s West Campus, 800 Cliff Dr.
COST: $25 INFO: 252-3877 or www.
sbmusicclub.org
Book Boogie Woogie – The Ventura
Jazz Orchestra plays a special outdoor
performance entitled “Autumn Shades
of Swing” in Ojai’s Libbey Bowl in
a benefit concert that supports the
purchase of books and other materials
for Ojai, Meiners Oaks and Oak View
libraries. Dance the night away to a big
band dedicated to recreating the music
from the 1940s – including Count
Basie, Frank Sinatra, and the Glenn
9 – 16 October 2008 The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism. ~ Ludwig Von Mises
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COST: free INFO: 687-0812
continues her crusade for protection Katona have given recitals throughout
Natural wonder – Author and of the nation’s wilderness with the world since their New York debut
naturalist Terry Tempest Williams was impassioned and lyrical prose. WHEN: 10 years ago at Carnegie Hall. The
born in Salt Lake City within sight of 7:30pm WHERE: SB Museum of Katona Twins’ wide repertoire spans
the Great Salt Lake and raised a fifth- Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol from Scarlatti to Piazzolla’s tango
generation Mormon. Her dedication Rd. COST: $10 ($2 discount for music while Michael Berkeley, Judith
to the natural world has earned her museum members) INFO: 682-4711 Bingham, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and
accolades as “a citizen writer,” one who or www.sbnature.org or 893-3535, several other contemporary composers
speaks out eloquently on behalf of an www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu have written for and dedicated works to
ethical stance toward the land – and the duo. Tonight’s concert kicks off the
life in general. Best known for her book Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s 2008-09
1991 “Refuge: An Unnatural History Tuesday, October 14 recital series at the intimate Mary Craig
of Family and Place,” which is both Auditorium. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE:
memoir and natural history, Williams Katona Twins – One of the classical 1130 State St. COST: $19 ($4 discount
world’s best-known guitar duos,
will read from her latest work, “Finding for museum members) INFO: 963-4364
Beauty in a Broken World,” which Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán or www.sbma.net  •MJ
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$ (average per person under $15) to 10 pm; Saturday & Sunday brunch from A real Italian boite, complete with small but Garden Market  $
$$ (average per person $15 to $30) 9 am to 3 pm.Valet Parking. fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, 3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505)
$$$ (average per person $30 to $45) large comfortable tables and chairs, lots of
$$$$ (average per person $45-plus) Montecito Café $$ mahogany, soft lighting, large b&w vintage Nugget $$
1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392) photos of mostly famous Italians from the 2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)
1950s and ‘60s, and a menu that features both
Cafe Del Sol $$
Montecito Coffee Shop $ comfort food like mama used to make and Stacky’s Seaside $
30 Los Patos Way (969-0448)
1498 East Valley Road (969-6250) more adventurous Italian fare. Open for lunch 2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)
from 11:30 am to “2:30 or so,” dinner from 5:30
CAVA $$
Pane é Vino $$$ pm. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am daily, Summerland Beach Café $
1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)
1482 East Valley Road (969-9274) serving basically the same breakfast menu as 2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)
Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking com-
D’Angelo Bakery downtown.
bine to create Latin cuisine with a great vibe
Peabody’s $ Tinkers $
– from tapas and margaritas, mojitos, sea-
1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834) Tsunami $$/$$$ 2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
food paella and sangria to lobster tamales,
Open daily from 7 am to midnight, with 1014 Coast Village Road (969-7565)
Churrasco ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna.
breakfast served all day, and daily specials Chamomile Café  $$
Sunflower-colored interior is accented by
featuring fresh fish, pastas, a large variety of Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$ 915 Linden Avenue Carp (566-5954)
live Spanish guitarist playing next to cozy
salads and burgers. Peabody’s specialty are 1483 East Valley Road (565-9393) Comfort foods with an emphasis on organic
beehive fireplace nightly. Lively year-round
its unique fish tacos. Cozy fireplace, full bar, and a purists dedication to “made-from-
outdoor people-wat­­­­­ching front patio. Open
and two HD flatscreens to catch the latest scratch.” Vegan dinner five nights a week
daily 11 am to 11 pm. Saturday and Sunday Delis, bakeries, juice bars
news or sporting event. Happy hour from offering new twists on old favorites. Open
brunch from 8 am to 1 pm.
3 – 6 pm. for breakfast and lunch on weekends serving
Blenders in the Grass a traditional menu with some vegan options.
China Pavilion $$
Piatti Ristorante $$$ 1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611) Bakery features many vegan items as well
1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380)
516 San Ysidro Road (969-7520) as those made with free range eggs. Closed
Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant is
Here’s The Scoop Mondays and Tuesdays.
known for generous portions, clean and
Plow & Angel  $$$ 1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) (969-7020)
modern décor and prompt take-out service,
San Ysidro Ranch   Gelato and Sorbet are made on the prem-
as well as elegant surroundings. (Montecito
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) ises. Open seven days a week from 11 am
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row
Journal staff is especially fond of the Cashew
Enjoy a comfortable, convivial atmosphere to 9 pm, 10:30 pm on Friday and Saturday,
Chicken!) China Pavilion also has an out-
in this locals’ favorite.  Famous for its and now open at 8:30 am Monday through Coast $$$$
door patio. Open Monday through Saturday
mac ‘n cheese and melt-in-your-mouth Friday serving a full coffee menu featuring 31 West Carrillo Street at Hotel Canary
11:30 am to 3 pm for lunch, and seven nights
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for dinner 5 pm to 9:30 pm.
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windows and an homage to its namesake, Barbara Bakery. Also serve lunch items Andersen’s Danish Bakery &
Four Seasons Biltmore
Saint Isadore, hanging above the fire- including sandwiches, salads and soups. Gourmet Restaurant $
Bella Vista  $$$
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1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)
with bar service extending until 11pm Jeannine’s Established 1976, the best in Danish &
Offers guests a view of the ocean from
weekdays and until midnight on Friday/ 1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878) European cuisine in Santa Barbara serv-
both the restaurant and the dining ter-
Saturday. ing breakfast, lunch & dinner. Authentic
races. Updated features and enhanced
Montecito Deli Danishes, Apple Strudels, Marzipans, des-
décor include two double-sided sculptured
Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$ 1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717) serts & much more. Experience Andersen’s
stone fireplaces, a garden fountain, custom
1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014) Open six days a week from 7am to 3pm. Gourmet Food Parade with a European inte-
wooden wine wall, gas lanterns and Italian
(Closed Sunday) “We Proudly Brew” Peet’s rior or dine on the sidewalk patio.
stone flooring. The floor of the restaurant
Stella Mare’s  $$/$$$ Coffee and Tea. This eatery serves home-
and outdoor terraces is heated by a hydronic
50 Los Patos Way (969-6705) made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and Bay Café $$
heating system, enabling guests to dine
its specialty, “The Piadina” a homemade flat 131 Anacapa St. (963-2215)
comfortably in any weather. Featuring a
Sesto Senso $$ bread made daily. Owner Jeff Rypysc and Open 7 days/wk 11am- on. LIVE MUSIC
glass retractable roof, Bella Vista’s ambiance
1026 Coast Village Road (565-1956) staff deliver locally and cater office parties, ON Fri/Sat 6:30pm. V/MC/Amex.
is that of an elegant outdoor Mediterranean
Monday through Saturday 5pm to luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving A locals’ favorite since 1985. Come see what
courtyard. Executive Chef Martin Frost
midnight breakfast (7am – 11 am). everybody’s talking about. SB’s best kept
has created an innovative menu, featuring
secret. Enjoy a fun relaxing atmosphere for a
California cuisine inspired by the fresh local
Stonehouse $$$$ Panino  quick lunch or romantic warm ambiance for
bounty and regional produce. Open for
San Ysidro Ranch 1014 “C” Coast Village Road dinner. Fresh Fish selections from our Fish
breakfast Monday-Saturday, 7 am to 11:30
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) (565-0137) Market & Live Tank with lobster & abalone.
am; Sunday from 10 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch
Located in what is a 19th-century citrus Happy Hour M-Th 4-6pm. Full Bar & Variety
is served Monday through Saturday, 11:30
packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant Pierre Lafond of Wine selection. Private banquet facilities
am to 5 pm; Sunday from 1:30 pm to 5 pm.
features a lounge with full bar service 516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502) for up to 30; beautiful heated patios w/2
Dinner every day from 5 pm to 10 pm.
and separate dining room with crackling fireplaces. www.sbbaycafe.com
fireplace and creekside views. Owner Ty Village Cheese & Wine
Giovanni’s $
Warner ’s personal art collection adorns 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815) Bistro Eleven Eleven  $$
1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)
the stone walls. One can also dine under 1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard
the stars on the ocean-view deck; a wood- Xanadu Bakery (730-1111)
Los Arroyos  $
burning fireplace and heated stone floor- 1028 Coast Village Road (969-3550) Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the
1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059)
ing provide year-round comfort. Chef bistro serves breakfast and lunch featur-
John Trotta’s regional cuisine is prepared ing all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix
Little Alex's $
with a palate of herbs and vegetables
In Summerland / Carpinteria of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine.
1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)
harvested from the on-site chef’s gar- The lounge advancement to the restaurant
den. The extensive wine list includes 16 Beach Grill at Padaro $ features a big screen TV for daily sporting
Lucky’s(brunch) $$(dinner) $$$$
unique wines by the glass housed in a 3765 Santa Claus Lane 566-3900 events and happy hour.
1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540)
copper-faced cruvinet. Open for dinner
Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steakhouse
from 6-10pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am Café Luna $ Café Buenos Aires $$
in the heart of America’s biggest little village.
to 2 pm. 2354 Lillie Avenue 695-8780, 1316 State Street (963-0242)
Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enor-
mous wine list are featured, surrounded by
Trattoria Mollie $$$ Cantwell’s Summerland Market $ Elements $$
rich mahogany, white tablecloths, fine crystal
1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381) 2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894) 129 East Anapamu Street (884-9218)
and vintage photos from the 20th century.
Deli sandwiches, picnic fare, beer, wine, This chic downtown eatery offers a variety
The bar (separate from dining room) features
Tre Lune $$/$$$ goodies; open Mon-Fri 6:30 am to 8 pm; Sat 7 of fusion foods for lunch and dinner. Enjoy
large flat-screen TV. Open nightly from 5 pm
1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646) am to 8 pm; Sun 7 am to 7 pm its upscale, but charming atmosphere with

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expansive view of the historic Santa Barbara
Courthouse across the street from the patio.
Open for lunch, 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and
dinner from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. Weekend din-
ner until 10 pm. Brunch is offered on week-
ends starting at 11 am on Saturday and 9 am
on Sunday. Reservations are recommended
and catering is also available by contacting
Bernadette at 259-9279.
Enterprise Fish Co.  $$
225 State Street (962-3313)
Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish
Company offers two-pound Maine Lobsters
served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or
potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every
weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru
Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru
Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.
which is tailored weekly. The wine list is
comprised of the Central Coast’s finest
vineyards. Divine desserts and a charming
atmosphere make a meal at Petit Valentien a
sweet experience. Lunch is served Monday
through Friday from 11:30am to 3pm. Dinner
is served Monday through Saturday from
5pm to close. Closed Sunday.
Renaud’s 
3315 State Street, (569-2400)
Located in Loreto Plaza, Renaud’s is a
bakery specializing in a wide selection of
wholesome French pastries. The breakfast
and lunch menu is composed of egg dishes,
sandwiches and salads and represents
Renaud’s personal favorites. Our brewed
coffees and teas are proudly 100% Organic.
Stateside Restaurant & Lounge $$
1114 State Street (564-1000)
Located in the heart of downtown State
Street area in La Arcada Court. (Formerly
Acapulco) Offering lunch, dinner, a nightlife
bar and lounge. The menu exhibits California
and Asian cuisine. Perfect for private parties,
corporate events, weddings or just a nice
night out. Every Tuesday is comedy night!
$ www.state8sidesb.com
The Bistro $$/$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort
(968-0100)
Ocean vistas set the stage for The Bistro’s
Mediterranean atmosphere. Fresh, simple
meals served al fresco with an ocean breeze.
“A little loose, a little luxurious, a lot to look
forward to,” is what they tell us. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner daily from 7am to 10pm.
Wine Cask $$$$
813 Anacapa Street (966-9463)
Wine Cask offers seasonal menus, refined
service, elegantly designed spaces, and a
wide range of wines. A few steps away
from Wine Cask Restaurant, just across the
courtyard, is Intermezzo Café, Wine Bar
and Bar. Intermezzo is open daily until late
and offers traditional wine bar fare; food,
cocktails, and wines, with over forty wines
by the glass. Monday through Friday 11:30
am to 2:30 pm for Lunch, Monday through
Sunday 5:30 to 9 pm for dinner. •MJ

The Harbor Restaurant $$

210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)
Ocean views await you at the historic Harbor
Restaurant on Stearns Wharf.  The Harbor
recently  introduced David Cecchini as
Executive Chef, who has created new menus
for lunch and dinner. Enjoy prime steaks and
seafood,  a wine list that has earned Wine
Spectator Magazine’s Award of Excellence
for the past six years and a full cocktail bar,
all while overlooking the Pacific. Breakfast
is served 8 am to 12pm (Sat and Sun). Lunch
is served 11:30 am to 2:20 pm and Dinner is
served 5pm to 10 pm.
Miró $$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa
(968-0100)
Miró is a refined refuge with stunning views,
featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-
rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that
accents fresh, organic, and native-grown ingre-
dients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open
Tuesday through Saturday from 6pm to 10pm.
Moby Dick Restaurant  $$
220 Stearns Wharf (965-0549)
Sitting right on Stearns Wharf, Moby Dick’s
offers fish, lobster, clam chowder, fish and
chips and a plenty more. A great place to
watch the sun set over the ocean. Open 7
days a week from 7 am to 8:30 pm.
Rodney’s Steakhouse
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)
$$$
966.0222
Deep in the heart of… well, deep in the
heart of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on
East Beach in Santa Barbara. This hand-
some eatery sells and serves only Prime
Grade beef, lamb, veal, halibut, salmon,
lobster and other high-end victuals. Full
bar, plenty of California wines, pleas-
ant service, elegant surroundings, across
from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday
through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations
suggested on weekends.
Quantum  $$
201 West Carrillo Street (884-0885) 1114 State St. in La Arcada
Quantum is a sleek and modern, quiet and Monday - Friday Lunch 11:30 - 3 ~Monday - Saturday Dinner 5 - until close
comfortable restaurant that offers, just to
mention a few, gourmet burgers, steaks,
Closed Sunday
fresh fish along with a full bar. Unique
to Quantum are its spiked milkshakes.
Quantum offers boxed lunches (fine food to
go) for quick pick-up and also have a full
catering service. Open for lunch Monday
thru Friday 11 am to 3 pm and dinner
Tuesday thru Thursday 5 pm to 10 pm and
Friday and Saturday 5 pm to 11 pm.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House $$$$
3815 State Street (963-5674)
Open for dinner: Monday thru Friday 5 pm to
10 pm; Saturday 4:30 to 10 pm, and Sunday 4:30
to 9:30 pm

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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. The dining room sports some of the
best acoustics in town, enhancing the din-
ing experience by making it conversation-
friendly. Don’t miss the eggplant soufflé,
pappardelle with quail, sausage and mush-
room ragù, or the fresh-imported Dover
sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence-
winning wine list. Open for lunch Monday
thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and
dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm).
Private dining (up to 40 guests) and cater-
ing are also available.
When asked what her favorite menu item is at
what has become America’s favorite steak house
chain, Ruth’s Chris Administrative Assistant
Jamie Garbisch says that, “All of [the menu
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says, adding, “and it’s really good.” She prefers
this cut because “It comes with the bone,” an ele-
ment Jamie believes “adds more flavor.”
Other attractions of this elegant eatery at the
newly revived La Cumbre Plaza include an
extensive wine list with a healthy representation
of Santa Barbara County wines. Bottle prices
start at $30; by the glass at $10. Private dining is
available; reservations are recommended (call "DPVSTF4VNQUVPVT4QBOJTIEJOOFS

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1114 State St, (966-0222)
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very reasonably priced. Petit Valentien’s
eclectic menu features small plates such as
the artichoke pancake and the roast quail
with figs. Seasonal salads and savory entrees
are also amongst the ever changing menu,
SpiritLand Bistro
230 E Victoria (corner of Garden) (966-7759)
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 11

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ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY

907 Park Lane 1-4pm $8,950,000 6bd Edna Sizlo 455-4567 Coldwell Banker
130 Santa Isabel Lane 1-3pm $1,425,000 3bd/3ba Jan Dinmore 455-1194 Prudential California Realty
2154 East Valley Road By Appt. $1,349,000 3bd C. Scott McCosker 687-2436 Coldwell Banker

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
1441 Wyant Road 1-4pm $4,825,000 3bd/3.5ba Kathleen Winter 451-4663 Prudential California Realty
486 Cota Lane 1-3pm $3,700,000 3bd/2.5ba Sharon Wilson 683-7390 Village Properties
360 Calle Elegante 2-4pm $3,125,000 3bd Chris Palme 448-3066 Coldwell Banker
1220 Cima Linda Lane 1-4pm $2,995,000 4bd/4ba Mimi Greenberg 570-9585 Prudential California Realty
1497 Isabella Lane 2-4pm $2,390,000 2bd/3.5ba Phyllis Lenker 683-7376 Village Properties
945 Aleeda Lane 2-4pm $1,975,000 3bd/3ba Ruth Carter Kosh 969-1566 Village Properties
560 Barker Pass Road 12-4pm $1,895,000 4bd Tom Atwill 705-0292 Coldwell Banker
64 Olive Mill Road 2-4pm $1,749,000 3bd/2.5ba Ken Switzer 680-4622 Prudential California Realty
601 Alston Road 2-4pm $1,697,000 3bd/3ba Susan Noble 637-0559 Prudential California Realty
130 Santa Isabel Lane 2-4pm $1,425,000 3bd/3ba Ann Zafiratos 448-4317 Prudential California Realty
2154 East Valley Road By Appt. $1,349,000 3bd C. Scott McCosker 687-2436 Coldwell Banker
1550 N. Jameson 1-4pm $1,150,000 3bd Ingrid Anderson Smith 689-2396 Coldwell Banker

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HEALTH SERVICES
ACCELERATED HEALING & GENERAL
WELLNESS – Hyperbaric chambers (mild). New
and used-for sale or lease. Heal yourself at home.
Call for information 805.452.8083
Senior caregiver experienced- Trained – Screened
–Compassionate- Nurturing. Elizabeth
805 259-7191 $45/hr, minimum 3 hrs.
CAREGIVER-companion-errands-appointments.
Let me help! 10 years experience. References on
request. Call Meghann 805 636-4130
Caregiver available; big heart, positive attitude,
excellent references. 20 yrs experience. Please
leave message: 969-5350.
COUNSELING/GUIDANCE
Remove any Fear, Trauma, or Stress, and create Peak
Performance and Peace with Emotional Freedom
Technique. EFT Specialist J. Paul 962-4104
TREAT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THROUGH
ART THERAPY
America’s finest impressionist artist, author in
art therapy; MSW UCBerkeley, LCSW, MFCC.
specialist w/families, children, adults.  Experienced
in successfully treating problems in: autism, learning,
depression, acting out, marriage, disabilities.. Please
call Arden Rose rather then email 805-962-8865
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TUTORING/CLASSES
SANTA BARBARA PLAYHOUSE WEST. SB
branch of the prestigious Playhouse West School
of Acting. Ongoing classes for young adults who
are serious about entering the field of acting.
Audition technique and seminars with noted industry
professionals. Private audition coaching available.
Contact: Pamela Dillman at 565-3273; email
pamela@sbplayhousewest.com,
or visit www.sbplayhousewest.com
PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS?
Learn the language with a native. Exam prep,
conversation, translation, trip planning etc... Contact
Bénédicte Wolfe 455 9786
or bebe1415@verizon.net
FIREARMS INSTRUCTION- .45, .32, .06, 7.
SINGING LESSONS Broaden your range,
sing without a break, fine your true voice. Certified
teacher of world famous Speech Level Singing
technique, used by 120 Grammy winners such as
Josh Groban and Natalie Cole. All styles, ages and
levels. Call Kathleen (805) 758-2814
www.notablevoicestudio.com
Over 25 Years in Montecito
MONTECITO
ELECTRIC
EXCELLENT REFERENCES
• Repair Wiring
• Remodel Wiring
• New Wiring
• Landscape Lighting
• Interior Lighting
(805) 969-1575
STATE LICENSE No. 485353
MAXWELL L. HAILSTONE
1482 East Valley Road, Suite 147
Montecito, California 93108
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COMPUTER SERVICES
FIX YOUR COMPUTER --General repairs, trouble
shooting, upgrading, networking. tutoring. Solve
your computer problems with professional quality
service. PC. Call Don 698-2823
email: techrepairs@cox.net
ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES
BARTENDER/SERVER: On-call professional.
805-452-7200
TRAVEL SERVICES
AAA Travel and Cunard Cruises invite you to
experience a legendary Transatlantic crossing
aboard Queen Mary 2. Spend six unforgettable
days relaxing in the Canyon Ranch Spa, and
indulging in afternoon tea.  Departures April, May,
June, July 2009
Call 898 2870 – AAA Travel Santa Barbara
POSITION AVAILABLE
Top-Notch Housekeeper
Lovely couple needs full-time housekeeper for
Montecito Estate. Keep house immaculate, care for
antiques and art, do fine hand laundry and ironing,
and care for plants. Run errands, supervise indoor
vendors and oversee assistant housekeeper.  Some
cooking a plus. Experienced preferred, but will train
right person.  Good salary and benefits.  Please fax
resume to 805-969-1693.
PERSONAL/SPECIAL SERVICES
PHOTO RESTORATIONS- Karen Gaines.
Professional retoucher. Call for appt. & free est. Old
& new photos repaired, restored & preserved. B/W,
color & oil tinting. 569-2269
CHAUFFEUR: $25/hr.
Call 805-452-7200.
Experienced bartender/server.
Call Joe 805 570-5945
Do you need help around the house? Shopping,
errands, pet care, Dr. appts, escorting.
Contact 805 451-9704 & leave message.
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or just for Santa Barbara glamour-fun. New-to-the-
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Fashion and life styling. ring:
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EROSION CONTROL
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BOOKKEEPING SERVICES
EXCELLENT QuickBooks Set-up’s,
Lessons & Troubleshooting.
Contractor Specialist Call Monica 805-560-1384
ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES
ESTATE & MOVING SALE SERVICES: I will
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experienced, knowledgeable. Call for details—
Elizabeth Langtree 733-1030
HOUSE/PET SITTING SERVICES
On call house/pet sitter, quiet, experienced, caring
with integrity. Available most days or evenings.
Call Karen 805 403 3584.
Brilliant, experienced and responsible home/pet
sitter available for short and/or longer term positions.
References ready and available. Contact Audrey at
805.729.0066
HOUSING WANTED
Award winning author /French resident seeking
guest cottage/separate quarters in exchange for
home/pet sitting or partial rent. Personal shopper,
travel companion, private conversational French
lessons. Contact Karen 453-0408
Quiet, responsible Montecito woman seeking
a rental approx. under $1350/mo. Montecito
estate management experience if desired.
N/S. References. 565-4998 / 729-0752 or
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(Also, seeking a separate piano practice studio)
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B’rks protected. References available Leon
805-569-5402.
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CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway.
Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden patio.
Walk to beach and town. $110/night.
831-624-6714
MAUNA KEA GOLF COURSE TO REOPEN
THIS WINTER
US Open Standard, Reese Jones designed
course. Available to hotel guests, homeowners
and their guests only. Come rent from us and
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quarters, Large terraces, 7 BD/7.5 Baths, available
by the week or month, $12,500/week or $35,000/
month www.sbvacationretreats.com or
call Rachel, 452-2100
Padaro Beach Cottage 
2/2 renovated main home
+ 1 bd guest w/ kitchen
2 car garage. Furnished
Short or long term $9,000/mo
Contact Crysta 453-8700
www.MontecitoRental.com
December rental- Furnished, near Montecito
Village. Early Spanish house, 2bdrm on 2 acres.
Utilities included. N/P, N/S. $2,000/week or
$6200/mo. Mark 886-7097
Mediterranean estate w/ lovely ocean & mtn views,
privately situated in A+ location. Newly remodeled
with a great floor plan, 4bd/4.5ba, gourmet kitchen
w/quality appliances, formal dining, office, FP in
living room, 3-car garage, sparkling pool/spa, lush
lawns & gardens, batting cage, fruit trees, gated, in
MUS. $12,000 per month.
805-698-8165 cell
ENNISBROOK GATED OMMUNITY-  Furnished
4 bdrm/3.5 bath 1 story on 2 acres. long term
rental. 805.452.8083
Furnished bedroom for rent, private bath. Large
house, nice neighborhood in Solvang. Kitchen,
garage, laundry, utilities included. Female preferred.
$ 795/mo. 805 693-0679. $14,500/mo
Private room & bath. Gated comm. Near ocean &
mts. Furnished*utils pd-
refrig + micro + TV @polofield. Prefer female pro.
220-6320 $795. N/P,N/S.
Avail Oct 1st. Dep. $500.
OFFICE SPACE
Downtown comfortably furnished office with
parking, storage and a second small room.
Available 3-4 days a week. Suitable for consultant,
bodyworker, writer or professional.  Small
kitchen. Unbelievably reasonable. Available
immediately.805-701-0363.
 
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
MONTECITO ELECTRICIAN $55/hr.
Panel upgrade expert.
100-200 amps.
Service calls ok.
Fast friendly, reasonable service.
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HANDYMAN/CONSTRUCTION
CARPENTER/HANDYMAN: 9 yrs Local Exp;
Excellent Refs; Rough Carpentry to Finish; Install
windows, doors, crown molding, fences; remodels;
Handyman Projects Lic.853945 Mark 570-4172
Plumbing, tile, stucco, painting, stonework & drywall.
References available. 708-6515. Specialized in
details. Lic#815806. Call Martin.
Mediterranean, & traditional English plants. All
gardening duties personally undertaken including
water gardens & koi keeping.
Nicholas 805-963-7896
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
2002 MERCEDES CLK- Silver convertible, perfect
condition. 48K miles. 8005.452.8083
2001 ZTS Ford Focus/Silver w/leather interior,
CD, 49,000 miles $5,900.00 great gas mileage.
Excellent condition. 805-455-1070
2006 LEXUS ES330-Black diamond edition,
black 4 door sedan perfect condition. 25K miles.
805.452.8083. $24,000
 
MISCELLANEOUS
COINS WANTED!
Bring your collection for my cash offer.  I also buy
Scrap Gold, Dental Gold, and Silver.
Bill’s Coins. 4939B Carpinteria, Ave.
Carpinteria CA TEL 805 566 0455
PLANTS FOR SALE
CACTUSES & SUCCULENTS Beautiful private
collection. Seed grown. Very reasonable pricing.
By appointment, call 630-9635
ART TREASURE/ANTIQUES
Magnificent “Miniature Museum Exhibit” (scale
1”= ft). Forty-two years collection of World’s
finest miniature artisans. (90” x 34”) 35% of items
are antiques. Priced at $300,000. (below cost).
Elizabeth (805) 733-1030.

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