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5 12 April 2012
Vol 18 Issue 14
Real Estate View
It boasts 11,000 square feet, six bedrooms,
eight bathrooms, guesthouse and pool
and its toxin free, p. 39
Village Beat
Montecito Fire Department recipient of
$50,000 grant from Arthur J. Gallagher and
Firemans Fund, p. 29
Our Town
El Montecito Early School teachers and
kids take on Treasures of Africa Childrens
Center in Tanzania, p. 24

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42
The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995S
Business blossomed in
Qatar for Diana Dolan, owner
of Porch on Santa Claus
Lane, and Erica Moreno
of Flora Vida, p. 6
Mineards
Miscellany
SakS & the City
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation entices with cocktails, appetizers, makeovers, massages, auction, and fashion
show featuring Lisa Gastineau and Andrew Firestone at Saks Fifth Avenue for storewide fundraiser, p. 37
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5 Editorial
Te lowdown on the choppers above; Cold Spring Arch Bridge suicide prevention barrier
erected after long last
6 Montecito Miscellany
Local forists chosen to decorate royal wedding in Qatar; Hilary Burkempers dog meal delivery
service; Helen Simonsons frst novel a hit; Dennis Miller hosts Circle of Life lunch; Sally
Kellerman sings Upstairs at the G; Masterseries comes to an end; Creditors at Alhecama;
Brian Brooks Moving Company performance; Kardashian update; Denise Rich puts penthouse
up for sale; sightings
8 Letters to the Editor
Former First District County Supervisor Naomi Schwartz and Montecito Planning Commission
member Sue Burrows praise JAmy Brown; Bill Korchinski challenges Ernie Salomans claims; S.
Daugherty brings CARE to our attention; Larry Larsson, lawn bowling afcionado
10 This Week in Montecito
Anacapas Breakfast Club; Cold Spring hosts kindergarten orientation; Maison M trunk show;
tour Coal Oil Point Reserve; 2
nd
Night Passover Seder at Montecito Country Club; board
meeting at Cold Spring; MA meets; MUS food drive; spring rose celebration
Tide Guide
Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach
12 Village Beat
Plaque ceremony commemorating David Myrick; MFPD receives $50,000 grant; Cacique
Street underpass unveiled; Sycamore Canyon is re-opened after several years; Bruce Rottman
selected to participate in national conference; All Saints seats Vestry; Teddy Bear Cancer
Foundation throws Saks & the City event; corrections & omissions
14 Seen Around Town
Laguna Blanca Come Fly With Us fundraiser; annual American Heart Association
luncheon; SBCC Campaign For Student Success
20 Ernies World
Ernie reluctantly switches banks
21 Seniority
Ms Teel speaks with senior deputy district attorney Vicki Johnson about senior scams
24 Our Town
El Montecito Early School dedicated March to adopting and sending care packages to an
orphanage in Africa
32 On Entertainment
Irma Tomas makes her SB debut; Circle Bar B celebrates 41 years; Tim Minchin brings
musical comedy show to Lobero; pop acts around town
33 Food Talk
Casa Blanca is Tom and Adam Whites newest venture
34 Trail Talk
Father of the Ranch House Clif May was also a horseman, musician, and pilot
38 Sheriffs Blotter
Possible residential theft on Jameson Lane; car chase results from gang fght; Distracted
Driving Awareness Month
39 Real Estate View
Six estates in Montecito went on the market in March
40 Calendar of Events
UCSBs Primavera Festival; 1
st
Tursday; Yo-Yo Ma returns; flm short festival; Curious Cup hosts
book tour; SB Festival Ballet production; Linda Newlin at Lobero; Human Rights Film Festival
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
Te most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito
restaurants, cofee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara,
Summerland, and Carpinteria too
43 Movie Showtimes
Latest flms, times, theaters, and addresses: theyre all here, as they are every week
44 93108 Open House Directory
Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito
45 Classifed Advertising
Our very own Craigslist of classifed ads, in which sellers ofer everything from summer
rentals to estate sales
46 Local Business Directory
Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need
what those businesses ofer
47 Legal Advertisements
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 5 If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to Dorothy Parker
Choppers Above, Power Lines Below
J
ust before press time we received the following e-mail: Four days of
constant helicopter traffc over Montecito and Mountain Drive foothills:
whats going on? Inquiring minds want to know... Hope the Journal will
fnd out for us! Not too much later, we received another couple of inquiries
about the choppers, so we began our due diligence and called Administrative
Assistant Geri Ventura, whos been with the Montecito Fire Protection District
for nearly twenty years and knows just about everything that occurs in and
around the village.
We are pleased to report that the four days of the chopper invasion did not
forewarn of another Kardashian-style Montecito wedding or anything of the
sort. [Southern California] Edison had been doing some work in the Cold
Spring Creek foothills area, Geri informed us after she checked with her source
at Edison. The helicopter crews, she says, were out there inspecting the integrity
of the power grid and conducting maintenance and observation work on the
structures before weeds and other growth obscured them.
The Suicide Prevention Barrier
Weve been in favor of the construction of a suicide prevention fence
over the Cold Spring Arch Bridge on Route 154 ever since the idea was first
put forward nearly six years ago. We are pleased to see that it is now fully
installed and in service. Anyone that had walked out on that bridge before
the barriers installation immediately realized how easy and, dare we say,
inviting it would have been to a vulnerable and depressed person. All one
had to do was lean forward and it would be all over in an instant. The for-
midable fence makes such an outcome much less likely. Congratulations
to those that pushed the idea over the objections of those that believed
it would detract from the bridges distinctive profile. Admittedly, it does
detract somewhat, especially as one drives over the bridge, but the future
lives saved make the slightly inconvenient aesthetic disturbance well worth
it. Hats off to all involved.
Reining In Runaway Power in Washington
Weve always felt it was important to note that the [Supreme] Courts
authority does not stem from the Courts own assertion of its own powers. It
is deeper down, in the writings of the Founders themselves, and part of the
American bedrock. It exists at the Federal level and in the constitutions of the
states. The idea of separated powers was first put down in plain language in
our laws in the constitution of Massachusetts, which noted that the aim was
to have a government of laws rather than of men. It is a mark of our cynical
age that Mr. Obama would challenge these assumptions. One can attribute the
error of judgment to the fear that once the Court gets its back up and decides to
hold the Congress to the powers that are enumerated in the Constitution, its not just
ObamaCare that is in danger but the whole regime of runaway power in Washington.
[italics ours] Editorial, New York Sun April 2 MJ
Editorial
by James Buckley
Helicopter crews under the guidance of Southern California Edison have been working in the Montecito
foothills doing scheduled maintenance on the power grid
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Miscellany
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britains Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York
to write for Rupert Murdochs newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York
magazines Intelligencer. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and
moved to Montecito four years ago.
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usiness is certainly blooming
for two local forists who were
handpicked by Paris-based
foral couturier Jeff Leatham to join a
global team of 40 designers decorating
the wedding of the son of the Emir of
Qatar, the worlds richest country.
Leatham, the artistic director of the
palatial Hotel George V in Paris his
work has included Chelsea Clintons
wedding, as well as designing bash-
es for designers like Valentino and
Givenchy , chose Diana Dolan,
owner of Porch in Carpinteria, and
Erica Moreno of Flora Vida in Santa
Barbara, to fly on an all-expenses-
paid first-class jaunt to Doha, the pul-
sating capital of the small sovereign
Arab state population 1.5 million
encompassed by the Persian Gulf and
Saudi Arabia.
The dynamic duo flew via
Amsterdam to join the likes of South
African design guru Colin Cowie,
50, and Panamanian party genius,
Preston Bailey, 60 he organized
Oprah Winfreys bash for President
Barack Obama at her 42-acre
Montecito estate five years ago , to
prepare tens of thousands of orchids,
roses, hydrangeas and calla lilies for
the beyond extravagant nuptials of
Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al
Thani son of the 60-year-old rul-
ers third wife, Sheikha Noora bint
Khalid Al Thani, to Sheikha Al
Maha, the daughter of Mohammed
bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah.
It was beyond unbelievable! gush-
es Diana, who met Leatham when
they were part of a team working on
the opening bash of the Wynn Hotel
in Las Vegas and, more recently, with
Erica when they installed flowers at a
wedding at the Biltmore last fall.
Other florists and designers had
been flown in from New York, Milan,
Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, and even
Nepal. It was totally, totally over the
top.
Thousands of flowers were flown
in from Holland and we all worked
very long days to make sure that
everything was absolutely perfect,
with the flowers at the very height of
Florists Erica
Moreno and Diana
Dolan in Qatar
after being hand-
picked to join a
global team of 40
designers to deco-
rate the wedding
of the son of the
Emir of Qatar
One of the three different looks that went on the
tables of the womens celebration, this particular
one had pink phaleonopsis orchids stems that
were added on site, as well as five different glass
vases that surrounded it that contained orchid
heads and mango mini calla lilies
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Kudos to JAmy Brown
Y
ouve done the community a
major service by publishing
JAmy Browns article
explaining the Montecito machinery
(Who and What Makes Montecito
Work MJ # 18/13). And thanks to
JAmy for such thorough journalistic
work. In addition to all the valuable
information, she has left us with an
appreciation of what it means when
we say the whole is much more than
the sum of its parts.
During the twelve years that I served
as First District County Supervisor
(1993-2005), I met many constituents
who experienced a great deal of con-
fusion and misinformation about how
our community fits together. This is
totally understandable, given the lack
of a city structure and the various spe-
cial districts that, taken together, make
it all work.
Is it possible to have this article
reprinted and made available in
various places such as the library,
Montecito Association even Pierre
Lafonds? As we welcome new neigh-
bors into Montecito all the time it
would have ongoing value.
Best regards,
Naomi Schwartz
Montecito
(Editors note: Sounds like a good idea
to us; well be printing a couple hundred
copies of JAmys article and we indeed
will make them available at the Montecito
Association office, perhaps outside the
entrance to Montecito Library if theyll
allow it. TLB)

Excellent, Interesting,
and Clear
What an interesting article (Who
and What Makes Montecito Work);
this is the kind of piece that could be
used as a lesson plan for upper classes
at our elementary schools. And so
many of the newer, younger people in
Montecito will better understand the
way we are governed.
As a follow-up, I would suggest
writing about the failed attempt at
cityhood. We still read and hear about
it, but most people probably dont
know the issues, the players, and how
we lost cityhood by a few dozen votes
(if memory serves). Of course, Joan
Wells would be an excellent source
we had about 25 candidates for city
council, and the top vote getter would
have been our Mayor that would
have been Joan.
Anyway, excellent writing, interest-
ing piece. I hope to read more of your
work in the Journal; you write really
well, and with great clarity.
Sue Burrows
Montecito
(Editors note: Sue Burrows is currently
serving as one of five Montecito Planning
Commission members TLB)
Disputing
Ernies Facts
In his recent letter to the Montecito
Journal regarding the oil industry,
Ernie Salomon makes a number of
claims that are factually incorrect.
Taken individually:
1) Mr. Salomon claims that The
refining capacity of the USA has actu-
ally decreased over the last 30 years.
In fact, the U.S. Energy Information
Administration reports that since 1985
U.S. refining throughput has increased
by 33%.
2) The statement that the oil com-
panies are vertical so no one knows
where they place their profits... con-
tains two claims, both incorrect. Firstly
many oil companies in the United
States are not vertical, meaning that
they operate oil refineries but do not
explore for oil. Secondly it is a simple
matter to determine where oil com-
panies place their profits, since all
public companies make quarterly and
yearly filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). These
filings are easy to read, and clearly
spell out revenues and costs by source.
3) Finally, Mr. Salomon says that
one thing is certain: the only indus-
try that has higher... profit margins
is the drug business, both legal and
illegal. Again, this is incorrect. Using
the most recently-available SEC 10K
filings, here are average net earnings
divided by total revenues for the last
3 years for two oil companies and
for a computer company: ExxonMobil
8.0%, Tesoro 0.6%, Apple 22.3%. Note
that Apples net earnings are almost 3
times those of ExxonMobil, and are 37
times those of Tesoro.
Mr. Salomon would have done your
readers a service had he prefaced his
letter with the caveat that it was based
largely on unsupported opinions.
Sincerely,
Bill Korchinski
Montecito
(Ernie Salomon responds: 1) We have
half as many refineries as we did in
1982, and theyre not meeting demands.
Regulations, practical challenges, and eco-
nomic factors all play a role. Though oil
refinery productivity in the United States
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Montecito Tide Chart
Day Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt
Thurs, Apr 5
3:13 AM -0.1 9:20 AM 5 03:18 PM 0 09:33 PM 5.7
Fri, Apr 6
3:56 AM -0.7 10:07 AM 4.9 03:52 PM 0.3 010:07 PM 6.1
Sat, Apr 7
4:43 AM -1 10:56 AM 4.6 04:28 PM 0.6 010:45 PM 6.2
Sun, Apr 8
5:32 AM -1.1 11:49 AM 4.2 05:06 PM 1 011:26 PM 6.2
Mon, Apr 9
6:25 AM -1 12:48 PM 3.8 05:48 PM 1.6
Tues, Apr 10
12:12 AM 5.9 7:25 AM -0.8 01:58 PM 3.4 06:38 PM 2.1
Wed, Apr 11
1:05 AM 5.5 8:34 AM -0.4 03:27 PM 3.2 07:48 PM 2.5
Thurs, Apr 12
2:13 AM 5 9:53 AM -0.2 05:02 PM 3.4 09:33 PM 2.7
Fri, Apr 13
3:40 AM 4.5 11:09 AM 0 06:14 PM 3.7 011:23 PM 2.4

closer to home. James Wapotich is an
experienced backpacker and has hiked
many of the trails in our local backcountry,
he is a Volunteer Wilderness Ranger with
the Forest Service and is the author of Trail
Quest, the weekly hiking column in the
Santa Barbara News-Press.
When: 7 pm
Where: Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21
West Anapamu Street
Info: 564-6946

THURSDAY APRIL 12
Food Drive at MUS
To benefit Unity Shoppe, donations
can be l eft in the school s parking
l ot. Items needed incl ude baby food,
cereal , pasta, peanut butter, rice,
soup and canned goods.
Where: 385 San Ysidro Road
SATURDAY APRIL 14
Prom Dress Boutique Opening
Assistance League of Santa Barbara
will open doors to the Prom Dress
Boutique on April 14. Over 600 new
and almost new prom dresses many
from award-winning designers such as
Jessica McClintock, Jovani, and Marc
Jacobs will be available for loan to
all girls attending high school proms in
the greater Santa Barbara area. Bring
school ID.
When: The Boutique will be open on
Saturdays (April 14, 21, & 28 and
May 5 & 12) from 11 am to 3 pm, and
Wednesdays (April 18 & 25 and May 2
& 9) from 4 to 6 pm
Where: 1259 Veronica Springs Road
Info: Dianne, dianneharrell@cox.net or
569-0785
Sketch Session
All are welcome to the 23
rd
annual Kids
Draw Architecture 2012 Sketch Sessions.
Kids Draw Architecture is a program
developed by the Architectural Foundation
of Santa Barbara. Sessions are free,
drawing materials are provided, and local
architects and artists will be on hand to
offer guidance.
When: 1 to 3 pm
Where: Santa Barbara Courthouse,
1100 Anacapa Street
Info: 965-6307 or www.afsb.org
Sedgwick Reserve Hikes
The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting
for a series of monthly interpretive hikes
and nature activities open to the public
each fall and spring on the 6,000-acre
UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. The hikes run
on the second Saturday of each month
between October and May. Activities
include three different themed hikes
conducted simultaneously followed by
a picnic with your own lunch, a tour of
the newly-renovated barn, observatory,
pond, and new Tipton House, a set up for
painters at the pond, and use of a bocce
ball court. Reservations required.
When: 8:30 am
MONDAY APRIL 9
Cold Spring School Board Meeting
When: 6 pm
Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road
Info: 969-2678
TUESDAY APRIL 10
Montecito Association Meeting
The Montecito Association is committed
to preserving, protecting, and enhancing
the semi-rural residential character of
Montecito
When: 4 pm
Where: Montecito Hall,
1469 East Valley Road
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11
Exploring the Santa Barbara
Backcountry
A free slideshow about our local trails
with Q & A with James Wapotich. Ever
changing, the Santa Barbara Backcountry
is a place of surprising diversity and rich
scenery and most of it is within a couple
hours of Santa Barbara. Slideshow will
include images from the San Rafael and
Dick Smith Wildernesses as well as trails
THURSDAY APRIL 5
Kindergarten Orientation at Cold
Spring School
At the meeting, parents of new kindergarten
students will receive preliminary information
about the kindergarten program and
will be able to register their children. An
immunization record, birth certifcate and
proof of District residency is required.
When: 6:30 pm
Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road
Info: 969-2678
Maison M Trunk Show
As part of the First Thursday Art Walk
downtown Santa Barbara, Encanto will be
hosting a trunk show for Maison M jewelry.
The Blue Moon Trio will be playing jazz
standards from 5:30 until 7:30 pm.
When: 2 to 8 pm
Where: La Arcada Courtyard,
1114 State Street #22
Info: 722-4338
SATURDAY APRIL 7
Coal Oil Point Reserve Tour
A free docent-led tour of UCSBs
Coal Oil Point Reserve will focus on
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SUNDAY APRIL 8
Easter Services
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Catholic Church
8:00 am Organ & Cantor
9:30 am Childrens Choir
11:00 am Adult Choir
12:30 pm Organ & Cantor
El Montecito
Presbyterian Church
Good Friday service at 7 pm on
Friday, April 6
9 am and 10:30 services on Easter
Montecito Covenant Church
671 Cold Spring Road
9 and 10:30 am worship services,
brunch following both services
10:15 am Easter egg hunt
All Saints-by-the-Sea
Episcopal Church
83 Eucalyptus Lane
8 am Festival Eucharist
10 am Festival Eucharist
THURSDAY APRIL 5
Breakfast Club
Anacapa Schools First Thursday
Open Breakfast Club continues with
a presentation by champion surfer
Shaun Tomson.
Tomson is the best-selling author of
Surfers Code: 12 Simple Lessons
for Riding through Life and award-
winning documentary flmmaker of
Bustin Down the Door. He will talk
about the infuence of positive values
on success in life and business
based on his own experiences of
overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, in and out of the surf.
When: 7:50 am
Where: Anacapa School, 814 Santa Barbara Street
Info: 965-0228
the natural and cultural history of
the reserve, covering beach, dune
and marsh habitats. The Reserve
is also looking for volunteers to
spend two hours per week on Sands
Beach, teaching the public about the
importance of protecting the snowy
plover habitat. The next volunteer
training date is Saturday, April 14 from
9 am to 12 pm.
When: 10 am to 12 pm
Where: UCSBs West Campus, overlooking
SB Channel
Info and RSVP: 983-3703 or copr.
conservation@lifesci.ucsb.edu
2nd Night Passover Seder
Community Shul of Montecito and Santa
Barbara invites all to 2nd Night Passover
Seder at the Montecito Country Club led
by Rabbi Arthur Gross-Shaefer,
Elisha Schaefer and Peter Melnick.
Kosher-style dinner will be included, along
with crafts, games and a movie for the
kids.
When: 5:30 to 9 pm
Where: 920 Summit Road
Cost: $55 ($30 ages 6-12)
Info and RSVP: 895-6593 or
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Consulting Rosarians, who will display and discuss roses
brought to the meeting by members and guests. Please bring
your blooms!
When: Refreshments and socializing begin at 7 pm, program
begins at 7:30 pm
Where: Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 De La Vina Street Info: 963-8215
Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or
family suggested donation
Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb.edu
or 686-1941, extension 6
SUNDAY APRIL 15
Wildlife Sanctuary Awards
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
presents the 16
th
annual Wildlife Sanctuary
Awards, a noon luncheon in the Loggia
Ballroom at the Biltmore. There will be silent
auctions and honorees, and the Master
of Ceremonies for the event will be Mike
Klan, sports director for KEYT. Reservations
are required by Friday, April 6.
When: 12 noon
Where: 1260 Channel Drive
Cost: $125 per person, $1,250 per table
of ten
Info: 687-5660 or www.sbwcn.org
MONDAY APRIL 16
MBAR Meeting
Montecito Board of Architectural Review
seeks to ensure that new projects are
harmonious with the unique physical
characteristics and character of Montecito
When: 3 pm Where: Country Engineering
Building, Planning Commission Hearing
Room, 123 East Anapamu
Thomas Jeffersons Amazing
Vegetable Garden
Director of Gardens and Grounds at
Monticello Peter Hatch will discuss
his book, A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas
Jeffersons Revolutionary Garden at
Monticello at Lotusland. The talk and book
showcase Jeffersons vegetable garden,
its uniquely American characteristics, and
its lasting infuence on American culinary,
garden, and landscape history. Extensively
and painstakingly restored under Peter
Hatchs direction, the 1,000-foot terraced
vegetable garden now boasts the same
medley of plants that Jefferson cultivated in
the early 19
th
century.
Mr. Hatch has been responsible for the
maintenance, interpretation and restoration
of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello
since 1977. He has written several previous
books on Jeffersons gardens and is an
advisor for First Lady Michelle Obamas
White House kitchen garden.
A reception will follow where Mr. Hatch will
talk informally and sign copies of his book,
which will be available for purchase.
When: 3 pm
Registration: 969-990; a confrmation
and directions to the Visitor Entrance will
be provided on receipt of reservation
Info: www.lotusland.org
MONDAYS
Story Time at the Library
When: 10:30 to 11 am
Where: Montecito Library,
Info: 969-5063
Connections Early Memory Loss
Program
Where: Friendship Center,
89 Eucalyptus Lane
Info: Susan Forkush,
969-0859 x15
TUESDAYS
Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting
Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors welcome
When: 7:15 pm
Where: Scout House, Upper Manning
Park, 449 San Ysidro Road
WEDNESDAYS
Story Time
Stories read to little ones at Montecito toy
store, Toy Crazy. All books are discounted
10% for purchase during story time
mornings.
When: 11 am to 11:30 am
Where: 1026 Coast Village Road (in Vons
shopping center)
Info: 565-7696
THURSDAYS
Casual Italian Conversation at the
Montecito Library
Practice your Italian conversation amongst
a variety of skill levels while learning
about Italian culture. Fun for all, and
informative, too!
When: 1 pm to 2 pm
Where: 1469 East Valley Road
Info: 969-5063
Pick-up Basketball Games
He shoots; he scores! The Montecito
Family YMCA is offering pick-up
basketball on Thursdays at 5:30 pm.
Join coach Donny for warm-up, drills
and then scrimmages. Adults welcome
too.
When: 5:30 pm
Where: Montecito Family YMCA,
591 Santa Rosa Lane
Info: 969-3288
FRIDAYS
Farmers Market
When: 8 am to 11:15 am
Where: South side of Coast Village Road
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O
n Monday, April 2, over 30
members of the community
gathered in the gravel-lined
courtyard of Community Hall to mark
the commemoration of a plaque for
David Myrick, a Montecito historian
who passed away last year. The plaque,
which sits on a boulder, joins two
other plaques honoring Maria Herold
and Maria Churchill, both curators of
the Montecito History Archive.
Dana Newquist, Mr. Myricks dear
friend, spoke at the commemora-
tion, recounting stories about David
and their time together. We tried to
dine weekly, Newquist said. Those
lunches were treasured memories.
Since I am a history buff, Id often ask
about an interesting house or estate
on the way to lunch. The rest of the
lunch was spent with Davids volume
of information from his magnificent
recall about said property, Newquist
said.
In attendance at the short ceremo-
ny were members of the Montecito
Association board of directors, includ-
ing president Dick Nordlund and
executive director Victoria Greene,
Fire Chief Kevin Wallace, former MA
president JAmy Brown, Montecito
History Committee members Marion
Gregston and Guy Webb, and mem-
bers of Mr. Myricks family.
David Myrick, who was born in
Montecito in 1918, is remembered as
a steward of the history of Montecito.
He was a former board member of
the MA, and chair of the History
Committee; he also sat on various
boards including the Santa Barbara
Historical Museum board.
Myrick was a published author,
penning 17 books and over 140 pub-
lished articles and book reviews.
Most pertinent to our area are his
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From Farms to Estates, and The Days
of the Great Estates. During the com-
memoration, Newquist announced
that during his final months of life,
Myrick had penned a third volume
about Montecito history. Newquist
plans to have the manuscript pub-
lished.
He gave a lot to this community,
but he also gained a lot in return, so
thank you, said Scott Allen, Mr.
Myricks nephew.
Sycamore Canyon
Road Re-opens
Caltrans has announced that State
Route 144 (Sycamore Canyon Road)
is re-opened as of Tuesday afternoon.
The section of State Route 144 near
Ranchito Vista Road in Montecito has
been closed for several years to allow
for repairs to be made to the sur-
rounding hillside by the Sycamore
Canyon Landslide Repair Company.
A final inspection and roadwork
took place earlier this week; gates
and barriers were removed and the
roadway completely open to motor-
ists as well as emergency vehicles on
Tuesday April 3.
For traffic updates on other state
highway projects in Santa Barbara
County, motorists can call Caltrans
District 5 Public Affairs at 805-549-
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Members of the community gather to commemorate a plaque in honor of David Myrick
Dana Newquist with David Myricks manuscript of
the third volume of his Montecito history books
A
temporary terminal, as in
airplane, took over the Bacara
recently when Laguna Blanca
School held its annual funraiser
titled Come Fly With Us. Think back
to the 1950s when people dressed to go
to the airport instead of looking like
theyre going to the gym. The crowd
mostly parents took the dress code
seriously and donned semi-formal or
vintage airline attire.
As we checked in at the Swoop
Airways ticket desk (Swoop is the
name of the schools mascot owl) for
Flight 2012, there were many ladies
in mink stoles complete with gloves
from wrist to elbow length. A gaggle
of pilots, looking very handsome,
were checking out the silent auction
the wine room in particular. One told
me, Im not a real pilot, but dont tell
my wife. She likes it.
The ceiling of the wine room was
strung with paper airplanes (thats
before Facebook and cell phones)
each hand-folded by a kindergarten
through fourth-grade student. The
school has 340 students from kinder-
garten through 12
th
grade. The art-
work in the lobby was very impressive
all done by senior Morgan Raith
portraying many commercial flying
scenes. Even the cocktail servers were
in uniform. There were announce-
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reminding us of when it was time to
board Flight 2012, which meant the
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Laguna Blanca Fundraiser Flies High
Laguna Blanca committee member Michele White, co-chairs Cyndi Richman and Jeppe Madsen with
committee member Diane Brown at their gala held at the Bacara
Laguna Blanca headmaster Paul Slocombe, Carol Hackette, board chair Allison Wrigley Rusack and
Geoff Rusack at the Come Fly With Us annual fundraiser
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Each table had a model airplane
in the center complete with blinking
landing lights. Projected on the wall
were moving clouds to make you feel
as though you were in the air. As din-
ner began, so did the loud roar of the
engines as we took off.
The Flight Crew was headed up by
co-chairs Jeppe Madsen and Cyndi
Richman with committee chairs
Sharon Goldberg, Patty Vignolo,
Laura Johnston, Elizabeth Sugerman,
Jane Jones, Lizzie Tobias, Michele
White and Jennifer Strachan doing
their part, plus about 50 more lending
a hand.
Emcee Andy Tobias introduced
Headmaster Paul Slocombe, who wel-
comed the audience announcing, We
have a world-class faculty that I need
to retain by having bonus funds. The
parents responded by a paddle raise
that began at $50,000. There were four
of those in a few seconds. The live
auction did equally well with a very
speedy professional auctioneer wield-
ing the gavel. In fact the net total was
an astounding $700,000 plus. These
dedicated parents then danced the
night away.
Video producers Stephanie and Dewey Nicks with emcee Andy Tobias donning their vintage airline
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The goal for the school is to edu-
cate, challenge, motivate and support.
Swoop Airways certainly aided that
motto. The flight was first class and
so was the service.
Go Red For Women
The theme of the annual American
Heart Association (AHA) luncheon
was Look, Learn, Love and it began
at 10 am with a Health Fair at Fess
Parkers Doubletree Resort. As direc-
tor of marketing for Sansum Clinic
and event chair Jill Fonte said, The
number one killer of women in Santa
Barbara County is heart disease.
The almost 600 attendees could even
receive free echocardiograms, cho-
lesterol screenings and more. There
were also speakers with subjects like
Fitness Assessment and Farm
to Table. Lunch was served in the
Rotunda on the sunny day.
One of the reasons the attendance
was up from 350 last year might
be because Lorraine Wilson was
being honored with the Community
Leadership Award. Lorraine recently
suffered a stroke, which caused her to
take a leave of absence from attending
nearly 200 events a year and writing
her weekly column in the News-Press.
I am privileged to be among her many
friends. We knew each other even
before we wrote society columns, and
then frequently called one another if
we were stuck about some event we
had both attended. Sansum Clinics
CEO Dr. Kurt Ransohoff presented
the award and no one deserves it
more.
Andrew Firestone has been kept
busy being Master of Ceremonies for
various events. This day he intro-
duced a new addition a fashion
show featuring Lola Paige Designs
and Lucky Brand. There were models
Honoree Lorraine Wilson with her daughter
Stephanie at the Go Red For Women luncheon
The American Heart Association Go Red committee (in no particular order): Julie McGovern, Dawn
Sprout, Janet Garufis, Laura McIver, David Edelman, Renee Grubb, Marlys Boehm, Christopher Williams,
Beth Vos, Marcia Reed, Laura Battle and Chair Jill Fonte
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Speakers Nancy Pinner and daughter, Laura (heart disease survivor), with AHA board president of the
Central Coast Chapter Dr. Joe Aragon at the annual American Heart Association luncheon held at Fess
Parkers Doubletree Resort
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David MacCulloch and Chief Investment Offcer Peter Madlem look on.
and heart disease survivors strutting
the runway to the sound of the Beach
Boys music.
Mom Nancy and heart survivor
Laura Pinner told us their travails
of baby Laura being diagnosed at 27
days with a virus in her heart. By the
7
th
grade she was in a wheelchair and
on the heart transplant list. But with
new medicines, she was taken off
the list and graduated summa cum
laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Without
the AHA her mom said, Laura would
be dead.
Andrew interviewed Kim Barnouin,
the co-author of Skinny Bitch, a #1 New
York Times bestseller a humorous
look at losing weight.
President of the board Dr. Joseph
Aragon wants everyone to get more
involved in the Go Red for Women
movement because statistics report
that only 57% of women know that
heart disease is the number one killer.
Funds from this luncheon are spent
in support of life-saving education
and groundbreaking research right
here in Santa Barbara. For more infor-
mation about upcoming events, call
963-8862.
SBCC Campaign
For Student Success
The Foundation for Santa Barbara
City College (SBCC) hosted a VIP
Kickoff Party and Call Night for the
Campaign for Student Success. The
John Dunn Gourmet Dining Room
was transformed to a phone bank
where various folks could solicit cam-
paign funds. Besides the traditional
phone calls, there will be an e-mail
and social media component through
a service, Blackbauds Friends Asking
Friends, where you can cheer and
encourage others by using Facebook
and Twitter.
Attending were SBCC Acting
Superintendent and President Dr.
Jack Friedlander, Foundation for
SBCC board president Neil Kreisel,
Foundation executive director Vanessa
Patterson, Master of Ceremonies
Catherine Remak, SBCC faculty and
staff, supporters, current students and
alumni.
The Foundation received an
anonymous $250,000 matching gift
before the six-week campaign even
began (March 14 to April 30). The
Culinary Arts students showed off
their skills with tasty treats like
coconut shrimp to go with the
wines and live music. The view was
not too shabby either.
The Foundation helps students in
many ways such as scholarships, book
grants, tutoring, childcare for single
parents, continuing education classes
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SBCC Foundation board president Neil Kreisel, executive director Vanessa Patterson with SBCC president
Jack Friedlander at the Campaign for Student Success kickoff party
SBCC students Adrian Diosdado, Danielle Netko (ASAP scholarship award recipient), Edward Garcia and
Robert Gutierrez. The guys are with the MESA program (math, engineering and science achievement) at
SBCC.
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their bloom.
The emir, Sheikh Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani, whose immense
wealth is derived from oil and natural
gas, had his heir apparent son, Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani one of
24 children by three wives , host a
dinner banquet at the Al-Waiba Palace
after the private ceremony, while
two separate parties were organized
for men and women in traditional
Muslim style.
A huge five-level custom-built tent
for the women was erected on the pal-
ace grounds and there were 250 tables
of ten or twelve, while the male guests
were sequestered in another area cov-
ered with the most beautiful Persian
rugs everywhere, says Erica. Money
was obviously no object. It was the
experience of a lifetime.
I also made a lot of very good
contacts and weve also been asked to
be involved in another huge event in
July, which I cant really talk about at
the moment.
We were working ten to twelve
hours a day and, of course, it was
not without problems, adds Diana.
Dealing with customs officers was
not the easiest of tasks and our main
objective was keeping the blooms
in tip top condition given the heat,
which exceeded ninety degrees some
days. They were kept in a very large
air-conditioned tent.
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with sev-
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designers from
the Philippines
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I
got a letter from my local bank
recently. Turns out its parent
company was bought by another
parent company, which is owned by an
even bigger parent in a foreign country
well known for its car exports.
Congratulations! the letter said.
Youve earned sixty-seven cents inter-
est on your savings account this quar-
ter. For the year you made two dollars
and forty-eights cents! This paragraph
was surrounded by balloons with
golden dollar signs on them bouncing
gaily as bits of confetti showered down
around them. It gave me, as Im sure it
gave all of the thousands of other local
customers, a warm fuzzy feeling in my
lower intestinal tract.
A little further down was another
paragraph that started out, In order
to better serve you our highly valued
customer, a person who makes getting
up and going to work each day a sheer
pleasure better...
I started to actually tear up.
...beginning immediately we are
going to start charging you a quarterly
maintenance fee for this account, equal
to about six times your annual interest
take. And we are going to charge you a
monthly maintenance fee on your non-
interest bearing checking account, so
that our corporate leaders can continue
to lead a lifestyle that you can only
dream about.
This paragraph was cleverly being
towed across the page by a yacht with a
helicopter on deck, and streamers tail-
ing in the blue skies yachting past what
appeared to be the Cayman Islands.
When my wife came home and asked
what I was clutching so fondly to my
chest, I blurted out: My bank loves
me. Then I showed her the letter.
It took her a few minutes to fol-
low the banks lineage. I thought she
would be as excited as me about the
new owners needs, but she just looked
a bit puzzled. Dont you have direct
deposit? she asked.
Yup.
And you write like six checks a
month?
Five!
And you make all your other depos-
its yourself directly into the ATM?
Yup, never go into the bank.
Then what do you suppose the
maintenance fee is for?
I pointed at the yacht. Can you
imagine how many corporate mouths
there must be to feed?
My wife used to be in charge of a
multi-million dollar budget. She did a
few quick calculations. Its now going
to cost you two bucks a check. Plus,
they are going to charge you to use
your money in your savings account.
I guess it must be expensive to put
fuel in a personal helicopter. And do
you know what a good fortune roll
goes for these days?
Maybe you leave them to their rolls
and take your fortune to another bank
that doesnt charge.
I pointed at the balloons.
A bank thats happy and cheaper.
I really dont like changing things. I
have three pairs of jeans all Levi 501s.
That means I can go three weeks with-
out laundering, plus I dont ever have
to worry about my fly being undone.
I wear the same shoes every day and
when they wear out I buy another pair
just like them. I go to the same gas
station to fill my tank, the same liquor
store to buy my lottery tickets (even
though I never win) and I have soup
everyday for lunch.
Still my wife had a point. So I joined
the credit union, opened new accounts,
then went to my old bank, forcing my
way through the balloons and con-
gratulatory banners, pausing a minute
to watch them hang up yet another
row of photos of executive officers that
circled the large room, and told the
teller I wanted to close my accounts.
Wwhhhy? she stammered.
I showed her the letter and pointed
at the maintenance fee paragraph. She
pointed at the yacht.
It is a beauty and Id love to help
keep it afloat, but Im afraid when I
retire and my income drops Ill actu-
ally start owing you guys more money
than I have.
She looked confused, like duh, that
was a given. But when I didnt back
down she closed my accounts and
handed me my money.
On the way out I passed another guy
in 501s carrying a letter heading for the
counter. And near the door I noticed
one of the balloons had deflated.
Too bad, really. MJ
I really dont like changing things. I have three pairs of jeans all
Levi 501s. That means I can go three weeks without laundering,
plus I dont ever have to worry about my fly being undone.
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Patti Teel is the com-
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moments notice. She is
also host of the Senior
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patti@pattiteel.com.
I
ve been acquainted with Vicki
Johnson since our preschool-aged
boys (who are now pushing thirty)
had play dates. Like her husband,
Montecito Country Club tennis pro
Ralph Minc, I knew that Vicki was
an avid tennis and volleyball player.
(Even after a decade of lessons
from Ralph, who is an exceptional
teacher, I was never in her league.)
While vaguely aware that my tennis
teachers wife was an attorney, I only
recently discovered the details of
her remarkable career and the new
direction it has taken.
Vicki Johnson has taken on a new
position, doing community outreach to
educate our citizens as to the kinds of
financial scams that are operating in
Santa Barbara. There is no question
that she is well qualified for the job.
Vicki is a senior deputy district attor-
ney with the Santa Barbara County
District Attorneys Office. She has been
a prosecutor for over 20 years, and has
handled a wide variety of cases includ-
ing identity theft, welfare and insurance
fraud, domestic violence, child abuse,
assault and battery, criminal threats,
and murder. She was also co-counsel in
a 12-week long double homicide trial
that concluded with a guilty verdict just
prior to Christmas in 2011.
Vickis new job is an important one.
According to the California Attorney
Generals Office, the financial abuse
of seniors is so rampant it is being
called the crime of the 21
st
century.
What is at stake is everything our
senior citizens have worked a lifetime
to earn. According to the California
Department of Corporations,
Californians over the age of 50 lose
more than 3 billion dollars a year to
fraudulent investment schemes. The
weapons used by these criminals are
the telephone, mail, Internet, door-to-
door solicitation, and the manipula-
tion of close personal relationships.
I recently interviewed Ms Johnson
about her new position, how scams
dupe unsuspecting victims, and how
individuals can protect themselves
against these crimes. To view our
video interview, visit youtube.com/
santabarbarasenior.
Q. How did your job come about?
A. Our office received a grant from
the Department of Insurance. The pur-
pose of this money is to try and work
to educate the public as to the kind of
scams that are out there, particularly
connected with the insurance indus-
try. We are also tasked with taking
reports if people feel like theyre being
defrauded or scammed and help facil-
itate the investigation of insurance
fraud cases as well as the prosecution
of those cases.
What are the most common scams?
People are after money. And they
are very good at targeting the vul-
nerability of a particular population.
In terms of our seniors, it is often
caretakers or family members who
come into the home and find ways of
separating these individuals and their
assets. On average, its estimated that
60% or more of the financial fraud that
is aimed at seniors is perpetrated by
family members or caregivers. A fam-
ily member or a caretaker can come
into a seniors home and have imme-
diate access to their bank account,
their pin number, and their social
security number. And if you have
someone who has drug or alcohol
problems and is in need of money, or
is otherwise dysfunctional, an elderly
parent is a good target.
If someone is worried about a family
member or a friend and is suspicious that
they might be getting scammed, what
should they do?
If somebody feels that a family
member is getting scammed or if they
themselves have been scammed, they
can call our office the district attor-
neys office and ask to talk to me.
They can also contact Adult Protective
Services. They will come out, interview
the alleged victim, try and find out
whats going on and see if the victim
wants to cooperate with an investiga-
tion. If it looks like there is criminal
conduct, the Adult Protective Service
individual will report it to the appro-
priate law enforcement agency either
the police department or the sheriffs
department. If it looks like it might be
unethical behavior that might not rise
to the level of criminal conduct, then
they will try and work with the senior
to help them get out of the situation
thats creating the problem.
You must get a lot of satisfaction out of
this job.
Yes, it is very rewarding, especially if
we are able to facilitate an investigation
or help a senior who is having difficul-
ties. In one case, an elderly gentleman
received a phone call informing him
that he had just won $350,000 in the
Australian lottery. He was told that all
he needed to do was send a check to
cover the taxes on the money that he
had won and that he needed to contact
an agent for further directions. The
agent convinced him to send money
so he could receive his winnings. He
sent the check and of course, nothing
came back. In the meantime, this man
was living on social security and had
no money left to live on for the rest of
the month. Fortunately, he called our
office. We were able to assist him with
our emergency fund, talk to the bank
about what had happened and try to
negotiate a repayment that was reason-
able for him.
Are there any new scams to report?
Now that it is tax season, we just got
word that people need to be on the
lookout for a letter that is coming out.
The letter talks to the recipient about
getting a tax refund but in order to get
it you have to return a form that asks
for all kinds of personal information:
your name, your address, your date
of birth, your social security number
even things like your bank account
number. The form looks like it comes
from the Internal Revenue Service but
you dont have to send in a form to get
a refund from the IRS. This is a scam
that is now operating and people need
to be aware of it during this tax season.
Thank you for the work youre doing!
Youre a scam buster, arent you?
We do our best!
On Wednesday, April 25, Vicki
Johnson and I will be giving a presenta-
tion at the Montecito Library Hall. At
4 pm, Mike Fasth and I will discuss
ways to improve communication with a
loved one who is suffering from demen-
tia. At 5 pm, Vicki will discuss scams
operating in our community and how
you can protect yourself from them
(RSVP Senior Helpers at 966-7100). MJ
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Bone Appetit
Former corporate lawyer Hilary
Burkemper is going to the dogs!
Hilary, the daughter of Montecito
twosome Jim and Jane Burkemper,
became a victim of the economy when
she was laid off as in-house counsel
by a local restaurant corporation, and
was at a loss about her next step.
Like most people in Santa Barbara,
I am passionate about animals and
treat them as members of the family,
explains Hilary. Theres nothing I
wouldnt do to ensure their health and
happiness.
Recently my moms Australian
Shepherd became sick and my sisters
dog was experiencing health problems
due to old age. In order to improve
the dogs conditions, they were both
instructed by their respective vets to
feed them homemade meals.
Because they are both very busy
with careers, husbands, kids, etc.,
they were having difficulty finding
the time to prepare the meals, so I
offered to help. After doing a lot of
research and talking to many animal
lovers and vets, I decided to start my
own homemade dog meal delivery
service. I know most people love
Former corporate legal eagle Hilary Burkemper
launches culinary delights for canines
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 23 Heterosexuality is not normal; its just common Dorothy Parker
their dogs as I do and only want the
best for them, but have difficulty
finding the time to make the food
they love and deserve.
Hilary, who has named her business
Bo-Delicious, after her nine-year-old
whippet Bohdi, says she uses reci-
pes and supplements developed by
board certified vets who hold gradu-
ate degrees in nutrition.
I use only the best, freshest, whole-
some ingredients and each recipe is
specially tailored to a dogs needs. To
ensure their freshness, I hand deliver
the meals every three days to your
door. Ive tested my meals on several
dogs and theyve devoured every last
morsel!
The cost for the canine culinary
cuisine ranges from $5.99 to $6.99
depending on the dogs size.
Hilary, who also owns two other
rescue dogs, Tillie, an eight-year-old
Rhodesian Ridgeback, and Redford,
a two-year-old Australian Shepherd,
can be reached at 805-455-0896 or by
e-mail at bodelicious@cox.net.
Paws for thought, indeed...
First Times the Charm
It is pretty safe to say that British
author Helen Simonson is decidedly
unique.
While the majority of first-time
authors trudge the streets and search
the Internet looking for an agent and
then receive dozens of rejection let-
ters, Helens delightful novel Major
Pettigrews Last Stand found an agent
in 48 hours, just another 48 hours
later had been signed up by Random
House, one of New Yorks major pub-
lishing houses, and, in due course,
became a New York Times bestseller.
I won the literary lottery! Helen
told the Santa Barbara chapter of
the California Literary Society at its
Northern Trust-sponsored lunch at the
Biltmore. Im the stay at home mom
who got lucky.
The rustic read, which took the
Washington, D.C. -based London
School of Economics graduate five
years to write, is now sold in 23 coun-
tries and has just been optioned for a
Hollywood film.
It was a thesis that became a book
and I worked on it on and off for
years, but I finished the last eight
chapters in six weeks and then started
shopping it.
Helen is now working on her second
book, which is set in the Edwardian
era, and should be out next year, much
to the delight of her myriad fans...
Dennis Deserving Duties
As usual, Montecito comedian and
political pundit Dennis Miller was in
splendiferous form when he hosted
the Alpha Resource Centers ninth
annual Circle of Life lunch at the
Earl Warren Showgrounds, helping
raise around $200,000 for the 56-year-
old organization that serves 1,800
families and individuals with devel-
opmental disabilities.
More than 370 guests turned out
to help the charity where Dennis has
volunteered many hours of his time
between broadcasts and stand-up
engagements over the past five years,
coaching in the performing arts, and
doing more mundane chores assisting
in the gardens and even filling in pot-
holes in the parking lot.
He really loves everybody here
and is a great help to the cause, says
executive director Kim Olson.
We really do need as much help as
possible and we have a long waiting
list. To even continue at our current
level of help, with dramatic cutbacks
in state funding, is difficult....
Sallys Seductive Singing
Upstairs at the G, the cabaret
schedule in the McCune Founders
Room at the Granada, started nearly
two years ago to considerable acclaim.
And it is easy to see why, given its
acoustics and intimacy, the perfect
venue for solo performers.
I attended the recent show of singer
Sally Kellerman, better known for
her role as Major Margaret Hot Lips
OHoulihan in the 1970 Robert Altman
film MASH, for which she received an
Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role.
Kellerman, who released a jazz
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R
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School (ELMES) helped an
orphanage in Africa as part
of Compassion Curriculum month. I
interviewed Director Suzy Dobreski
in March to learn more about this
huge project the school took on. The
orphanage is called the Treasures of
Africa Childrens Center and it is
located in Tanzania, Africa.
Q. How did the project come about?
A. Each year, the Early School
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sionaries to the orphanage, so that
is our personal link. In fact, one of
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is Rebeccas nephew, as he was just
adopted by Brandon and Melissa.
What are the kids and teachers doing for
the orphanage?
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six children from this center for the
month of March, although these pre-
cious children will be in our hearts
forever. El Montecito Early School
preschool students are learning com-
passion as they learn about the needs
of others in this world regardless of
language spoken, where children live
or the color of their skin.
Each class is learning specifically
about their children. The kids make
personal cards and say daily prayers
for the orphans they have adopt-
ed. Each classroom has an interac-
tive display with a map of the world,
denoting where Tanzania is and
where we live in California. The chil-
dren have been hearing stories about
Africa and dancing to African music.
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Montecito Early School 3-year old kids showing the various animals in Africa, here with School Director
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Four-year old students from El Montecito Early School with teachers Ms Linda and Ms Jenny, displaying
products that will be sent in care packages to the Treasures of Africa Childrens Center in Tanzania
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 25 A man has every season, while a woman only has the right to spring Jane Fonda
Presbyterian Church member and has
loaned many artifacts from Africa,
and we have made a Museum in my
office for the children to visit with
their classroom teachers.
Care packages are being organized
to ship to the orphanage with person-
al photos of our children, necessities
such as flip-flops, stainless steel water
bottles, journals and pens. We were
hoping for each class to send off one
flat rate box to Africa, which is $60.95
for shipping a small box. We are find-
ing that some parents want to ship
their own family boxes, as one box per
class is not enough.
A book about Treasures of Africa is
placed at the front of the school with
bios about each child so that parents
can learn their stories. These African
children become a part of our school.
What would you say is the most endear-
ing aspect of the project for everyone?
It is interesting how the parents
and children are responding to this
outreach. So often when giving, we
find that we are the ones who gain.
Perhaps we gain a fresh perspective
as we reflect on our own lives, and
the resulting action is to do something
and overflow to others.
If you would like to learn more
information on the Treasures of Africa
Childrens Center, visit www.trea
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either (that would be the cost of crude oil),
but its certainly a contributor.
Existing refineries have been running
at or near full capacity since the mid-
1990s, but are failing to meet daily con-
sumption demands. Yet there hasnt been a
new refinery built in the U.S. since 1976.
Why? Several factors: Building a refinery
is expensive; there are a lot of environ-
mental restrictions on where and how they
can be built and nobody wants to live near
one. One company, Arizona Clean Fuels,
has been trying to construct a refinery
in the Southwest since 1998. Getting
a permit to build took seven years, and
the company twice changed the plants
proposed location because of environmen-
tal restrictions and land disputes. The
refinery is projected to have a $3.7-billion
total price tag. In short, the reason for not
adding more refineries is straightforward:
Its hard, and its expensive.
2) I was referring to the global oil
companies such as Exxon, Shell, BP
and Chevron, etc. No matter what they file
with the SEC, they can place their costs
where they want on their balance sheet
such as the cost (to themselves) of their
transportation of oil in their company
owned pipelines, tankers and trucks, their
cost of refining in their company owned
refinery system and the price to charge
themselves and their dealers for the fin-
ished product, etc. It is a legalized shell
game.
3) On closer examination, however,
that 8.3 percent earnings figure turns out
to be after-tax income. The pre-tax profit
margin would be considerably higher.
And thats only an average. The profits
of any particular oil company could be
higher or lower. For example, in 2007,
ExxonMobils after-tax earnings were
10.4 percent, much higher than the indus-
try average. Furthermore, any particu-
lar gallon of gasoline might have passed
through several companies as the product
moved from the oil well to the refiner to
the retailer that owns the pump. Ernie
Salomon)
CARE is There
I am writing because I was very
disturbed when I saw that in the
very first paragraph of Mobile Pet
Care Rolls Into Town (Our Town
MJ # 18/13), there is a quote from
Christine Gardner stating that there
is no 24/7 veterinary care in Santa
Barbara, which is totally false. There is
an established practice: CARE hospi-
tal, right in downtown Santa Barbara
on the corner of Garden and Haley
Street. It is frankly quite disturbing
that the author of this article would
just blindly quote a person without
doing even a basic Google search to
verify the facts therein. Knowing the
location of Emergency vets in the area
can be a matter of life and death for
companion animals and so this is a
very serious matter; there may be an
animal that passes away because the
person did not know there was alter-
native care in the area.
I am very disappointed in the author
and the Journal for clearly failing in the
most basic task of journalistic integ-
rity, and will now have to question
even the simplest statements I read in
your journal. Though it is surprising
that a new veterinary business would
be so clueless as to the other services
already present in the area, as this was
published in your paper it falls to you
to fact check.
Disappointed,
S. Daugherty
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: You should always
question even the simplest statements
in any periodical! What follows, however,
is Our Town columnist Joanne Calitris
response:
After reviewing the situation, I think
that the issue they are upset with is the
statement in quotes from the Mobile Pet
Vet owner, and that should not be mis-
construed with what the piece is about,
nor my credibility as a reporter. Reporters
cannot change what someone says, which
is why we use quotation marks. In addi-
tion, I was not reporting on all pet vet
centers in Santa Barbara County, the
piece was about a new service that is both
Mobile and 24/7, the operative word here
is MOBILE service. We can only surmise
that the owner of the Mobile Pet Unit may
have not been aware of the CARE center
on Garden and Haley when she made that
statement.
To me, the larger picture here is that
S. Daughertys negative response to the
piece is missing the point that the mobile
unit actually affords these local vet cen-
ters and pet hospitals an opportunity to
work as a team to take care of pets in the
area, as an EMT unit and a hospital do.
The mobile unit can stabilize a pet in the
field and then transfer the pet to a facility
for further treatment and an overnight
stay. This would be the more positive out-
look and the one I would hope transpires
for our pets and pet owners. Joanne
Calitri)
Living Wage needed
The Montecito YMCA members
have raised some key issues con-
cerning the proposed changes at
the Y: the down-time of the facil-
ity during construction, the park-
ing problems, the safety issues, the
neighbors dismay, the fundraising,
etc. It reminds me of the way most
corporations and governments do
business: spend money you dont
have on projects you dont need,
then raise prices or taxes to pay
for them. Instead of spending mil-
lions on plans and remodels, why
not raise the hourly staffs pay to
improve employee morale? They are
the Montecito YMCA, and they are
not paid a living wage.
Phil Grant
Montecito
(Editors note: Governments may oper-
ate the way you suggest, but only business
subsidized by government would. Most
successful businesses keep a wary eye on
expenses and the bottom line. We have
no idea what people are paid at the Y, nor
have we noticed any sagging morale there,
but we favor leaving it up to each indi-
vidual to decide whether wages offered are
sufficient for their needs and to then act
accordingly. TLB)
Learning To Bowl
I wanted to send you this note to
introduce to you what I consider a
fabulous opportunity to add an activi-
ty-game to your life. This introduction
is to the game of lawn bowling which
takes place at MacKenzie Park, which
is across the street from Gelsons and
the municipal golf course. I used to
play a lot of golf and I still consider
golf a great game, but when I was
introduced to lawn bowling about
10 years ago I rapidly switched from
golf to lawn bowling for the following
reasons:
1) The initial learning curve is very
rapid unlike golf, tennis and skiing;
2) It is a very social game with good
interaction with other players;
3) It only takes two hours to play a
game;
4) Like any game or sport it takes time
and work to become very good;
5) You can play until you die;
6) There is no advantage for either sex
for it is not a game of strength, but of
finesse;
7) It gets you out in the fresh air on a
regular basis with fabulous views of
the mountains;
8) It can be as competitive a game as
you wish;
9) You do not have to find other play-
ers to play with you, for all you have
to do is show up at 9:30 am or noon
and you are put into a game at your
level;
10) Annual dues are $240 with free
lessons;
11) Wear whatever clothes you desire;
12) The game is lots of fun;
13) One is never too young or too old
to start or play;
14) I do not like to miss lawn bowling
game for all the reasons above.,
The MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowling
Club will be holding an open house for
you from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday,
May 12 to introduce you to lawn
bowling, and give you the opportuni-
ty to try your hand at this great game
in person. You are invited to attend,
and I hope to see you there and enjoy
some smiles with you.
Smiles,
Larry Larsson
Montecito
(Editors note: Our weekly poker game
is hosted by lawn bowler Jim Morton,
whose wife, Eileen, is among the coun-
trys top bowlers, so we know all about
the game. I am, however, too reluctant
at this point to give up my wobbly golf
game! J.B.)
Professor
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I attended Cold Spring School back
in the early 60s and our walk to
school was peaceful, rustic and fun.
Wed show up late to school with
polliwogs, and grasshoppers stuffed
in our shirts.
Another recent addition to a safe
walk to school is the Westmont
riparian area system created by trail
genius Paul Willis (who moonlights
as a professor and as Poet Laureate of
Santa Barbara). Dr. Willis has created
a system that bypasses most road-
ways, and he has put tremendous
work and thoughtfulness into what is
clearly a labor born of passion.
It is worth checking out.
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the riparian zones adjacent to some
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5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 29 They sicken of the calm who know the storm Dorothy Parker
MFPD Receives Grant
With the sundowner winds picking
up and threat of wildfire increasing,
the Montecito Fire Protection District
was granted $50,000 on Monday, April
2 to help keep Montecito neighbor-
hoods safer during fires.
Two companies, Arthur J. Gallagher
Risk Management Services and
Firemans Fund Insurance Company,
donated the money to MFPDs
Neighborhood Defensible Space
Program which aims to reduce the
volume of flammable vegetation with-
in local neighborhoods. Eight neigh-
borhoods are targeted for this years
outreach efforts, which include per-
sonalized advice from district experts
about clearing space, a chipper service
that will chip and haul vegetation left
at the curb, and trimming of roadside
hedges. This grant package helps
supplement our current budget and
allows us to maintain our brush clear-
ing efforts in the district, said Fire
Chief Kevin Wallace. Our targeted
neighborhoods are critical wildland
areas within Santa Barbara County.
Fire District officials, firefight-
ers, and executives from Arthur J.
Gallagher and Firemans Fund came
together during a scheduled neigh-
borhood clearing to present the grant
package.
The grant is part of a nationwide
philanthropic program funded by
Firemans Fund Insurance Company.
The program is designed to pro-
vide needed equipment, training
and educational tools to local fire
department and burn prevention
organizations. Since 2004, Firemans
Fund has issued grants to more than
1,800 different organizations totaling
more than $29 million. Independent
insurance agencies and brokers that
sell Firemans Fund products, like
Arthur J. Gallagher, are able to direct
these grants to support the fire ser-
vice. Through this program, Arthur J.
Gallagher has directed over $930,000
in grants to fire departments nation-
wide.
This funding will ensure the fire
district has the money it needs to
reduce the risk of fire and keep the
region as safe as possible. Montecito
firefighters are extremely proactive
when it comes to brush clearance,
which is obviously of great con-
cern to the community, said James
McFarlane, chairman of Arthur J.
Gallagher Risk Management Services
Western Region. This kind of work
really does get the community excit-
ed about clearing brush around their
homes, Chief Wallace said.
A schedule of local brush clear-
ing and chipping will be posted on
MFPDs website, www.montecitofire.
com.
In other MPFD news, last week
Montecito Fire personnel and several
firefighters from Los Padres Forest
Rincon Station participated in three
days of vehicle accident stabilization
and vehicle extrication training utiliz-
ing various extrication tools.
Six vehicles were donated for this
training by Bob Holzer Towing &
Storage and Smittys Towing. Their
donation allows firefighters to per-
form hands on practice with special-
ized equipment in simulated rescue
scenarios. The purpose of this is to
train to create the clearest and saf-
est pathway to potential vehicle acci-
dent victims, MFPDs Geri Ventura
explains.
The tools used in the practice are
strut systems with jacks that assist
in lifting heavy loads or stabilizing
overturned vehicles. The Jaws of Life
equipment includes cutters, spread-
ers and rams that enable rescuers to
quickly gain access to potential vic-
tims.
Highway 101
Ceremony
On Monday, April 2, over 100
residents turned out to watch the
unveiling of the new Cacique Street
underpass off Milpas Street in Santa
Barbara. The ribbon cutting marked
the last piece of the Highway 101
Milpas to Hot Springs improvement
project which began in 2008.
Mayor Helene Schneider,
Supervisors Salud Carbajal and
Janet Wolf, and Caltrans District 5
Deputy Director Tim Gubbins were
joined by community members, busi-
ness owners, and staff from Caltrans,
the City of Santa Barbara, Montecito
Association and the Santa Barbara
County Association of Governments
to officially open the new Cacique
Street undercrossing, which serves to
take congestion away from the Milpas
roundabout and give beach access to
east side residents. Also in attendance
was Alan Bleecker, president of the
Milpas Community Association.
It is amazing to realize that this
huge project was built while main-
taining two open lanes in each direc-
tion on Highway 101 during daytime
hours. Not only are we exceptionally
pleased to have three freeway lanes in
each direction, we were able to keep
access into Santa Barbara open during
the project, said Supervisor Carbajal.
Mayor Schneider added that if it were
not for resident input, the project
would not have been as successful.
One suggestion from the Montecito
Association namely Bob Short was
to extend the third lane going north-
bound past Salinas Street; SBCAG
helped to find funding for the project
and it was added to the fourth stage
of improvements. I am very grateful
to the local residents and businesses
who have patiently lived and worked
through this three-plus year construc-
tion period, she added.
The project included the reconstruc-
tion of two major interchanges, six
new or improved bridges, freeway
widening, the Montecito roundabout,
the new freeway under-crossing at
Cacique Street, and other improve-
ments. The $57 million construction
and landscaping project is funded by
Proposition 1B, $13 million Measure
D dollars, and state and federal gas
taxes.
Construction began in July 2008 and
will wrap up in a couple of months
with minor repaving and landscap-
ing. The Milpas to Hot Springs project
is the first of Caltrans four-phase
strategy to widen Highway 101
between Milpas Street in the City of
Santa Barbara and Mussel Shoals in
Ventura County. The second phase,
scheduled to begin later this spring,
will be discussed at a community
meeting on Tuesday, April 24 at 5 pm
at the Montecito Country Club.
Additional public information is
available by visiting www.SBroads.
com or by calling 1-888-SB-ROADS.
Providence Hall news
Mr. Bruce Rottman, Providence
Hall humanities, government, and
economics teacher, has been selected
to participate in the Perspectives
From and On the Federal Reserve
System conference, co-hosted by the
Professional Teachers of America, The
Federal Reserve Board of Governors,
and the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond (VA). The conference will
be held April 26-28 in Washington,
D.C.
In preparation for the conferences
VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)
Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Wallace and Wildland Specialist Jeff Saley accept a grant check for $50,000
from Arthur J. Gallagher and Firemans Fund executives
Last week, Montecito firefighters took part in a
training exercise for vehicle accidents and extrica-
tion (photo courtesy of MFPD)
Supervisor Salud Carbajal and Mayor Helene Schneider cut the ribbon marking the opening of the
Cacique Street undercrossing and the end of the Milpas to Hot Springs Road improvement project
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and blues album titled Sally three
years ago, was clearly in her element,
accompanied by an accomplished
musical trio during the 90-minute
performance, sponsored by Rob and
Pru Sternin, who produced the hit TV
series The Nanny with Fran Drescher
from 1993 to 1999.
Using her seductive, velvety tones,
the willowy warbler thoroughly
entertained with such classics as The
Look of Love, Walk on By and I
Feel Good, before changing from
wearing a Fedora and tan linen jacket
into a black slinky trousered outfit, the
better to add romance to her image,
rather reminding me of the days when
I used to have a libation or two at
New Yorks Caf Carlyle and watched
Eartha Kitt and Bobby Short going
through their paces.
Without a doubt, Kellerman found
Santa Barbaras G-spot...
Dynamic Dnouement
CAMAs Masterseries left the best
for last when French pianist Pierre-
Laurent Aimard performed the final
show of the 30th season at the Lobero.
Recognized as a uniquely signifi-
cant interpreter of piano repertoire
from every age, the 54-year-old gave
a passionate showing with works by
Kurtag, Schumann and Liszt to wrap
the first half.
The final set was devoted to Book II
of Claude Debussys Preludes, written
between 1910 and 1913, a period of
considerable ferment in Paris.
Both halves, although so different in
content, made a most wonderful and
memorable whole...
Play Packs a Punch
The Ensemble Theatre Company has
another hit on its hands with the new
production of August Strindbergs
Creditors, ably directed and updated
by Jonathan Fox.
A sizzling battle of the sexes, the
three-character 90-minute show, a
darkly comic tale of vengeance, jealou-
sy and psychological warfare, entranc-
es from beginning to sad end, won-
derfully played by Charles Pasternak
as the fragile young artist, Dee Ann
Newkirk as his wife, and Mitchell
Thomas as the mysterious stranger.
The acerbic love story, written by
the Swedish playwright in 1889, still
tantalizes today with its tension, pas-
sion, deception and rare wit.
Actor Alan Rickman directed a
well-received staging of the show at
Londons Donmar Warehouse four
years ago, with a successful transfer
across the Atlantic to the Brooklyn
Academy of Music in New York for an
equally triumphant run in 2010.
With this play, we continue our
journey to produce classics in fresh,
modern adaptations, says Jonathan.
Strindberg had a lot of fire in his
belly, but he was also wickedly witty,
and learned as much from Mark Twain
as he did from classical tragedians.
Scenic designer Harry Feiner with
lighting by Jared Sayeg, produced
a light, airy waterside art studio set,
while costume designer Barbara
Lackner evoked the era well.
Be prepared, the sexual heat is pal-
pable!
The show, at the Alhecama, runs
through April 15...
Big City in SB
New Yorks Brian Brooks Moving
Company just completed its month-
long DANCEworks residency in our
Eden by the Beach and the result was
there for all to see with two inspira-
tional performances at the Lobero.
Known for shows which incorpo-
rate dance, video, animation, visual
art, music and sound design into an
experience of pure synergy, the troupe
did not disappoint with the world
premiere of BIG CITY, as well as solo
pieces and a wonderfully colorful
group segment, Rush Hour, fea-
turing many familiar Santa Barbara
names of all shapes and sizes, who
were clearly enjoying themselves
immensely.
In due course, Brooks will present
the New York premiere of BIG CITY
at the Joyce Theater.
Manhattan will just have to be
patient...
Kardashian Conflict Continues
The legal battle between basket-
ball star Kris Humphries and his
estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, is
heating up.
The couple, who tied the knot in a
multi-million dollar ceremony in our
rarefied enclave last August, called
it quits after 72 well-paid days and
Humphries, who plays for the New
Jersey Nets, alleged fraud, as I have
chronicled in this illustrious organ
over the past few months.
Now Humphries, 27, has filed doc-
uments demanding Kardashian, 31,
reveal how much they earned during
that time.
He is accusing his soon-to-be-ex-
wife of breaching fiduciary duty
because she has not handed over
financial reports for the time they were
together, according to RadarOnline.
Kris feels that Kim hasnt given
an honest and accurate accounting
of money they made while they were
married, says one source.
Kris has complied, turning over
his bank records and credit card state-
ments, but Kim hasnt and has been
stalling. Kris didnt want to take her
to court over this, but he isnt playing
Mr. Nice Guy anymore!
Humphries is seeking an annulment
to the marriage instead of a divorce.
Watch this space...
Penthouse for a Pretty Penny
If youre looking for an opulent
Manhattan aerie, songwriter Denise
Rich has just put her 12,000-sq-
ft duplex penthouse overlooking
Central Park and a tiaras toss from
both the Pierre and Plaza hotels, on
the market for a hefty $65 million.
Denise is the ex-wife of former fugi-
tive and international commodities
trader Marc Rich, who was indicted
for illegally making oil deals with Iran
in the late 70s and fled to Switzerland,
where he has lived ever since, despite a
presidential pardon from Bill Clinton
in 2001.
I was lucky enough to have been
invited to the sprawling aerie a num-
ber of times for bold-faced-name-filled
bashes. Denise once converted one of
the three giant terraces into a profes-
sional-grade ice skating rink for one
extravagant party.
But after many years of taking in
the panoramic views, the 67-year-old
feels the formal dining room for 22,
the media room, billiards room, gym,
library with a fireplace and grand
salon on top of everything else is
just too much for one woman.
Now that her two daughters have
moved to Europe she lost a third
to leukemia Denise, who has writ-
ten for the likes of Diana Ross, Dion,
Chaka Khan, Mandy Moore and
Marc Anthony, is looking for some-
thing more manageable.
The price of the property would buy
you 7,222 nights, or 19 years, at the
five-star Carlyle Hotel at $9,000 a night,
363,000 acres of land in Wyoming,
where it costs $179 an acre equiva-
lent to more than half the country of
Luxembourg , or 650 new Porsche
Carrera 911 cars at $100,000 each.
Dont all rush...
Sightings: Songstress Katy Perry
perusing the potpourri candles at
Maison K on Coast Village Road...
Actor Ted Danson checking out the
Sing Like Hell concert at the Lobero...
Instrumentalist Kenny G noshing
with friends at Luckys
Pip! Pip! for now
Readers with tips, sightings and
amusing items for Richards column
should e-mail him at richardmin-
eards@verizon.net or send invita-
tions or other correspondence to the
Journal MJ
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Time Is On Her Side
On Entertainment
by Steven Libowitz
Steven Libowitz has
reported on the arts and
entertainment for more
than 30 years; he has
contributed to Montecito
Journal for over ten
years.
R
eaching Irma Thomas to
arrange an interview proved
much easier than expected.
Her manager, who also happens to
be her husband, answered the phone
and simply handed it to her. It was as
simple and straightforward as most
of the blistering soul music shes been
recording and singing live for more
than 50 years, dating back to a string
of hits in the 1960s, including Time Is
on My Side, Its Raining and Wish
Someone Would Care.
But her career has been anything
but a straight line. Even before the
decade was out, Thomas by then a
single mother of four left Louisiana
for Los Angeles after Hurricane
Camille, and even worked for a
while in retail at Montgomery Ward.
It wasnt until the mid-1980s when
the Massachusetts-based folk label
signed her that Thomas, now back
in Louisiana, was able to reach wider
audiences and reclaim her reputation
as the Soul Queen of New Orleans.
Katrina destroyed her home in 2005,
but the resulting album, After the
Rain, thrust her into the biggest spot-
light of her career, earning Thomas
her first Grammy award.
Thomas makes a rare appearance
in Santa Barbara on Tuesday, April 10
at UCSB. Here are excerpts from our
recent conversation.
Q. Can we talk about your singing
style? It seems like you dont embellish
much at all, pretty much just doing what
the song requires.
A. Yeah, I sing it the way I feel it.
It comes out how it comes out. The
song dictates itself to me. If the words
and lyrics are strong, I tell the story
the best way I know how along with
the music. There isnt much more to it
than that.
Does it have something to do with the
way you record, old style, live in the
studio with the musicians rather than
overdubbing? I know you did that with
all the pianists on Simply Grand. Is that
your standard format?
I prefer having live sessions with
the musicians because I find for me at
least that musicians and singers feed
off of each others temperament and
vibes. To me the whole scheme of it is
to get the feel of the session, the music,
the instruments; sometimes even a
mistake can bring a whole new situa-
tion to a song. You cant get that if its
prerecorded.
How do you maintain your voice? It
really seems like it hasnt lost any of the
power and accuracy over the years. Not to
make a bad joke, but is there something in
the water there in New Orleans?
[Laughs] I consider myself just being
blessed. Im not a party animal. I dont
drink. I dont smoke. Maybe a glass of
wine when were out at dinner. Maybe
once or twice or month, just that one
glass of wine. Im hypoglycemic and
dont like the taste of alcohol anyway.
I just feel blessed that I had a voice
to begin with, and that I still have a
voice. I can only attest to that. Theres
no special practice or diet. [Laughs]
Not really. I just try to get lots of sleep
whenever I can.
On a more serious subject regarding
New Orleans, its been more than six
years since the hurricane and floods. Are
things finally returning to normal? And
do you feel the whole experience kind of
brought the music community together?
Itll be a while before it gets back to
normal, but it is returning It pulled
the city together as a whole. The musi-
cians have always been the backbone
of the city. We just didnt get recog-
nized for it before now.
Speaking of recognition, you havent
always gotten your due. I know you
stopped singing Time is On My Side
after the Rolling Stones did it way back
in the 60s. Did you feel like they stole it
from you?
I recorded that song three years
before they did. But their doing it
was the best homage you can pay
someone. I was never angry with the
Rolling Stones, I was angry with the
fans who hadnt done their homework
who said I was doing one of their
songs. When they stopped giving me
credit, I decided that Id stop singing
it. It wasnt until 1996 and Bonnie Raitt
who asked me to sing it with her at a
New Years Eve show. She said, Irma,
put it back in your repertoire, time
really has been on our side.
Time does heal a lot of wounds for
sure, yet for some reason as it says
on your Wikipedia entry Unlike her
contemporaries Aretha Franklin, Gladys
Knight and Dionne Warwick, [Irma
Thomas] never managed to cross over into
mainstream commercial success. Why do
you think that is?
Your guess is as good as mine.
[Laughs heartily] I have no idea. I was
there when it started. Ive been in the
business fifty-three years and I still
cant answer that question. Maybe I
didnt attend enough parties. I dont
get invited to them anyway. And Im
certainly not a party crasher. I dont
play those kinds of games. So I have
no clue myself.
You finally won a Grammy in 2007 for
best contemporary blues with your post-
Katrina album After the Rain. What was
that experience like?
It was magnificent! As the kids say
nowadays, the word they use: awe-
some. [Laughs heartily] It was awe-
some.
Did it feel like vindication?
Well, when you win the Grammy
you hope that its a big boost to your
career. It doesnt play out like it used
to back in the day, say twenty years
ago, when you were automatically
thrust into the limelight and became
a megastar all of a sudden. People
discovered after being around one
hundred years like you were some-
thing new on the block. That doesnt
happen like that anymore. You win
the Grammy now and you still have to
hustle your butt off to get work.
Have you had any thoughts about work-
ing with modern producers? A lot of your
contemporaries have done that and had it
shift their audience.
I dont have any problem work-
ing with anyone. As long as they
understand Im someone who knows
their own limitation, so dont send me
somewhere Im not capable of going.
But I havent been approached by any
of them. I guess Im not whos on their
top list. You work with people who
want to work with you. Im not seek-
ing out anybody. If one of them wants
to do a project with Irma Thomas, Im
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Hailing from Louisana, Grammy Award winning
Soul Queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas makes
her Santa Barbara debut on Tuesday, April 10 at
UCSBs Campbell Hall
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 33 As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession Bo Bennett
Casa Blanca
FoodTalk
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I
n 1980, Tom White decided to
open a seafood market on Stearns
Wharf in Santa Barbara. The
Shellfsh Co. shipped West Coast
lobsters to Los Angeles, Germany
and even Japan. His young son
Adam was right beside him, learning
how to run the shop.
After nearly 20 years in business, a
fire on the wharf burned down part
of the market. After the renovation,
there was a little bit of insurance
money left over. White had an idea
to turn the shop into a sit-down
restaurant.
Now 22 years later, the ramshackle
shop has grown into three of the
busiest and most profitable restau-
rants in town. White and his son co-
own the Shellfish Co., the Boathouse
(on Hendrys Beach), and the Fish
House.
And theyre not done yet. Their
newest restaurant, Casa Blanca,
promises to be a favorite mainstay
in town.
Were the big, fun Mexican place
that appeals to everyone, co-owner
Adam White states.
The building on lower State Street
is an El Pueblo Viejo historical land-
mark. The spacious venue features
patio seating and a fire pit, with a
bar and sit-down restaurant inside.
Details like hand-painted grunions
on the floor tile and colorful hand-
blown glass lamps create a warm,
vibrant ambience. Designer Jeff
Shelton made the bar table from a
fallen black acacia tree in his back-
yard.
Casa Blanca means the white
house in Spanish, a reference to
the owners family name. It opened
seven months ago, taking over the
former 1 World Imports furniture
store. Adam had wanted to do a
Mexican restaurant for several years,
and the location caught his eye.
Theres something for everyone
here, said Adam, 33. Its the neigh-
borhood place where young folks
can come, and families feel comfort-
able.
Local resident Stella Ybarra recent-
ly discovered Casa Blanca. The food
is nice and fresh, everythings good,
she said. And service is very good.
Service is top of the list. This place
has potential.
Casa Blanca opened its doors
during Fiesta last year. The cuisine
was uninspired and pedestrian, and
business was slow. Then White met
Onofre Zuniga, the former executive
chef of Cava in Montecito.
Zuniga worked at Cava for 15
years and has a strong seafood back-
ground. He and White connected
instantly. They raised prices slightly
and developed a sophisticated yet
still approachable menu of authentic
Mexican fare.
On a recent weekday night, Chef
Zuniga prepared seafood paella with
large chunks of shrimp, scallops and
mussels on a bed of saffron-infused
rice. Spicy garlic, smoky paprika and
saffron melded together into a dish
big enough to share.
The freshly fried chile relleno, a
stuffed poblano chile battered in egg
then deep-fried, is also noteworthy.
Mexican food has a lot of differ-
ent spices, Onofre said. You can
take the same cut of meat and create
many different types of dishes.
The restaurant makes its salsa in
a traditional molcajete (mortar and
pestle), and corn tortillas are made
fresh a la casa.
When you head down to Casa
Blanca, also make sure to sample
one of the cocktails. The spicy blood
orange margarita made with
reposado tequila, muddled jalapeno,
and blood orange juice will make
your eyes water. Another must-try
is the Jamaica margarita, made with
fresh lemon, lime, agave nectar and
Jamaica juice, and infused with the
essence of berry-like hibiscus flower.
Near closing time, one of the
employees from the Boathouse, a sister
restaurant, walks in and gives White a
slap on the back. The family atmo-
sphere that started the company over
30 years ago lives on at Casa Blanca,
the Whites spiciest venture yet.
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majority of Rancheros ride horses, mules have always had a presence on R.V., either as mounts or pull-
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An accomplished pianist and saxophone player, Cliff May (back row, far left) led his own orchestra and
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never lost his passion for music, and gleefully joined other musically inclined members of Rancheros
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While Cliff Mays design and build-
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horseman, musician, and pilot. He
was a member of Los Caballeros, a
Southern California mens riding
group established in 1943. Ever since
September of 1949, Los Caballeros
has held a five-day trek on Santa
Catalina Island, and May was a regu-
lar attendee during the 1960s and 70s.
My father, Philip Kirst, who was also
a Southern California builder, remem-
bers Cliff May well from those island
rides.
Cliff May was also a longtime mem-
ber of Rancheros Visitadores, another
mens riding group established in
Santa Barbara in 1930. He started with
R.V. in 1939, when the annual trek
began at Mission Santa Barbara, went
up over the mountains to the Santa
Ynez Valley, and culminated with a
visit to Mission Santa Ins. Over the
years, as land was developed and
fenced, it became more difficult to
sustain a moving camp of 700 riders
over the course of a week.
In 1976, the Rancheros were able
to purchase a section of the Janeway
Ranch, obtaining 7,250 acres to estab-
lish a permanent home and ensure
plenty of room for trails should their
traditional routes be jeopardized in
future years. Although the R.V. mem-
bership is spread among eighteen
camps, central structures were still
needed.
Cliff May designed our mess hall
and club house, recalled Si Jenkins,
owner of one of Santa Barbaras oldest
businesses, Jedlickas Saddlery, and
himself a Rancheros member.
A sixth generation Californian,
Clifford Magee May embodied the
best of the west in his architectural
creations, incorporating easy, warm,
inviting, casual, traditional and mod-
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Cliff May designed his own signs advertising the
ranch-style homes available in the housing tracts
he developed. This sign for the Riviera Ranch
development, near Sunset Boulevard in Los
Angeles, incorporates a variety of equestrian disci-
plines, from a polo player to a jumper to a sulky.
Cliff May (center) shares a
laugh and a libation with fellow
Rancheros Visitadores in an
undated photograph. May went
on his first R.V. trek in 1939, and
was a member of the Borrachos
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What can we expect in this concert
here?
My audience picks my material. I
start out with a show, but I do take
requests. Whatever they want that I
still remember or if I dont, if Ive got
the lyrics available on my iPad Ill do
it. Even a cappella if the band doesnt
know it. Ill sing em all if I have time.
Bar B Cue Theater
You know the old expression As
American as mom, apple pie and
baseball? Now you can add Circle
Bar B to the list.
While the dinner theatre based at
the ranch in the foothills of west-
ern Goleta halfway up the road to
Ronald Reagans old spread, to cite
another American icon has always
taken note of its roots via the barbecue
buffet dinner served before every per-
formance, this year theyve also come
up with an All-American theme for
the 41st season.
Its an election year, explained
producer Susie Couch, who took over
at Circle Bar B with her husband,
David, about a decade ago. So we
decided it would be a good thing to
keep all the royalties right here in
America.
With the breadth of American play-
wrights, and the popularity of region-
al theater, youd think it would be
easy to patch together four works by
stateside authors, but that wasnt the
case, Couch said.
Its been sort of a journey to get it
together because we had a couple of
shows that we were interested in that
we werent able to get the rights to.
But we made some adjustments and it
all worked out fine.
The four productions take place
in such disparate locations as a
Manhattan townhouse and a diner
in the rural Mohave Desert, and span
eras from the 1920s to the present. But
theres something else the shows have
in common: theyre all virtually brand
new to Santa Barbara.
Thats both a boon and an issue for
audiences, depending on their point
of view, Couch said.
It bothers people when theyve
never heard of the plays we present,
but I say, Exactly. Thats the point.
Its so much fun to find these gems
and bring them to town for the first
time. Its wonderful to introduce peo-
ple to something new, even if theyre
not sure they like the idea.
While that approach has categorized
the dinner theater for most of the
Couchs tenure, its also 180 degrees
away from last season, when Circle
Bar B celebrated its 40th anniversary
by reviving one production from each
decade of its history. So another thing
the new season has in common is that
they all have a reasonable budget.
We had the biggest season weve
ever had with the anniversary, Couch
explained. But we cant say that will
be the case this year, especially with
gas prices so high. Weve got to be
prudent. Weve kept the shows small
and intimate, but theyre really great.
And one more commonality, Couch
said: Theyre all about love and rela-
tionships, they all revolve around
family and friendship.
In other words, nothing like the
2012 presidential election.
The season opens with Sam Bobrick
and Ron Clarks 1981 comedy Wallys
Caf (April 6-May 20), about a trans-
planted New Jersey couple that opens
a hamburger joint in the Mojave
Desert, where on opening day an
aspiring actress drops in on her way
to Hollywood. The story unfolds over
50 years as we see dreams fade while
hope springs eternal. Bill Egan directs
while fellow CBB vets Sean OShea,
Jean Hall and Tiffany Story star in
the slice-of-life comedy that actually
did once have a production in Santa
Barbara starring Donald OConnor at
the Lobero, so long ago that nobody
even knows exactly when.
Regrets Only (June 1-July 15) comes
from Paul Rudnick (whose I Hate
Hamlet played at CBB a few years ago).
The Noel Coward-style Manhattan
comedy of manners pitting a power-
house attorney, his deliriously social
wife and their closest friend, who is
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Jean Hall, Sean
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Tiffany Story
star in Sam
Bobrick and
Ron Clarks 1981
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Caf, kicking off
Circle Bar Bs
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he will serve as a discussion facilitator,
Mr. Rottman is reading a variety of
works on the history and basis of the
Federal reserve monetary system, dat-
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to an article on the Dodd-Frank Act
in a recent edition of The Economist
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Calling himself a certified Fed
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of government, and perhaps the most
important one of all.
Mr. Rottman is looking forward to
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of the most influential people in the
world today.
I look forward to telling my stu-
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All Saints Update
All Saints-by-the-Sea, Montecitos
Episcopal Church, has seated its
Vestry for the 2012-13 year.
Members of the Vestry include
Senior Warden Sheri Benninghoven
and Chip Nichols, the Junior Warden.
The Vestry, which is responsible for the
temporal affairs of the church, include
Dr. Steb Chandor, Sally Green, JB
Rodgers, Suzi Ballard, Sharon Bifano,
Bitsy Bacon, Marni McGee, Ladeen
Miller, Fred Allen, Kent Damon,
Janet Eaton, Joe Jannotta and Nathan
Sigler.
For more information about All
Saints, visit www.allsaintsbythesea.
org or call 969-4771. All Saints is locat-
ed at 83 Eucalyptus Lane.
Saks & the City V
The ladies of the Teddy Bear Cancer
Foundation are gearing up for the
fifth year of the popular event, Saks
& the City, a special shopping and
pampering night held after hours at
Saks Fifth Avenue in Santa Barbara.
The event, the most profitable TBCF
fundraiser, features cocktails, appe-
tizers, mini makeovers, massages, an
exclusive Saks fashion show, and an
auction full of unique dining, travel-
ing, and pampering experiences. Save
the date for Thursday, April 19 from 6
pm to 10 pm.
TBCF has just announced the Master
of Ceremonies for the event is reality
star Lisa Gastineau, while TV per-
sonality Andrew Firestone will serve
as auctioneer. The event is catered by
Russian Bear Vodka and Unbelievable
Wine, and local eateries including Olio
e Limone Ristorante, Olio Pizzeria,
Cadiz, Reds Bar and Tapas, Le Crepe
Shoppe, Duo Catering, Los Agaves,
World Cuisine Express, Los Arroyos,
Marmalade Caf, China Palace, Omni
Fresco Catering, and Chocolats du
CaliBressan will provide appetizers
and treats. Other local businesses
taking part include Avia Spa, Body
Work by Alex, Zen Diva Spa, SB
Body Works, Maes Center for Natural
Health, Adam Cotes, Indulgence the
Home Spa, Resolutions, Dolce Salon,
Salon U, Dice & Diamonds Casino
Events, Cox Communications, Samys
Camera, and DJ Fab. For the fash-
ion show, Saks stylists have pulled
together the latest trends from design-
ers such as Chanel, Michael Kors, and
Dolce & Gabbana. Pre-shopping will
be available starting Monday, April
16th through 21st, with 10 percent of
the proceeds going to TBCF.
Saks makeup artists will be on hand
for mini makeovers, while massage
therapists will be roaming around giv-
ing free hand, shoulder and foot mas-
sages. Celebrity stylist Danistyle will
be available for styling the night of the
event and there will be aura readings
Providence Hall teacher Bruce Rottman to partici-
pate in national conference
compiled by Flora Kontilis from information supplied by Santa Barbara County
Sheriffs Department, Carpinteria Division
SHERIFFS
BLOTTER
Stolen or Lost? Only the Cocktails Know
Sunday, 1 April, 10:30 am Deputy DeOrnellas was dispatched to a residence on
Jameson Lane based on a lost property report. The victim reported that between
11:30 pm and 9 am on March 30 and 31 items went missing or were stolen from
her purse. Her roommate also claimed his phone was missing from the night of
March 30. The victim and her roommate were in downtown Santa Barbara drink-
ing alcohol with friends that night; the victim stated that she does not remember
the cab ride home or how she got into her residence that night. Her roommate
claimed there were people at the residence; he suspected them to have taken the
missing items. The victims missing items include a wallet and credit card holder,
containing a license and credit card; the victim stated that she does not recall the
last time she had those items with her the night before. Based on the victims
information, DeOrnellas could not confirm if the items were stolen or lost. The
victims roommate did not file a report for his missing phone. A report was taken.
Gang Fight Turns into Hot Pursuit in Car and on Foot
Monday, 2 April, 9:50 pm Santa Barbara Police Officers responded to a report-
ed gang fight on East Mason Street. Witnesses saw a vehicle fleeing the scene at
the time of the incident; officers believe this vehicle was involved in the incident.
Officers saw the reported vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The driv-
er did not yield but rather sped away and the officers pursuit continued. Officers
followed the vehicle on Milpas Street on to Gutierrez Street; as it traveled, the
vehicle did not yield to stop signs or red lights. The pursuit ended when the flee-
ing vehicle crashed into a light on Chapala Street; the driver and passenger fled
on foot. Officers were able to make contact with the suspects. Three 18-year-old
males were arrested; one suspect surrendered to the chase, another was tackled
by officers, and the last was tasered before taken into custody. The investigation is
ongoing. Two of three of the males were booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail.
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
As part of the months campaign, the Santa Barbara Sheriffs Department will
be executing zero tolerance for drivers who text with or operate hand-held cell
phones. Drivers seen breaking the law will be cited; tickets cost up $159. The
Sheriffs Department reminds you that distracted driving is a serious safety
concern that puts everyone on the road at risk. As many as 225 local agencies,
including California Highway Patrol, will be promoting increased enforce-
ment throughout the state in the month of April. The Sheriffs Department also
deems hands-free phone calls as distracting; when your brain is focusing on the
cell phone conversation, then you become blind to driving attentively. MJ
by Pamala Oslie. For the men, the
Dice & Diamonds Casino is back by
popular demand; its a place for men
to play cards and gamble.
Upstairs, the live auction promises to
be bigger than ever, featuring an Avia
Spa Experience and an I Love New
York package that includes accom-
modations to The New York Palace
Hotel, tickets to any Broadway Show,
and dinner. Also up for auction is a
pair of one-of-a-kind Blooming Ruby
Flower Gold Earrings from Daniel
Gibbings Jewelry; a Santa Monica
Fashion Trip including accommoda-
tions overlooking the Pacific Ocean at
the historic Hotel Shangri-La; a VIP
Polo package with entry for up to
10 guests, reserved field-side cabana;
Channel Islands Surf Retreat with
legendary surfer Shaun Tomson; a
private Wine and Dinner Party at the
world renowned Crustacean Beverly
Hills including a chauffeur from
Santa Barbara to Beverly Hills and
back; Lake Tahoe Old Tahoe Luxury
Home Getaway; meet and greet with
Madeleine Stowe at the filming of
ABCs Revenge; Olio e Limone Chefs
Private Dinner Tasting and Wine
Paring for 12; dinner party at a private
Montecito estate with celebrity chef
Sam Talbot; and a performance by R
& B Jazz singer Lois Mahalia at the
home of Kenny Loggins.
Attendees will also have the oppor-
tunity to bid for dance parties, make-
overs, personal training and physical
fitness vouchers, spa treatments, a
Santa Barbara Bowl concert package
and more. All proceeds from the event
go directly to TBCF; last years event
raised over $136,000 in donations,
more than twice what was earned the
previous year. It keeps getting big-
ger and better, said co-chair Sheela
Hunt.
Event Committee Members include:
Co-Chairs Nikki Greene and Sheela
Hunt, Jo Landis Shields, Donna
Barranco Fisher, Sarah Clark, Sean
Drager, Lucia Engel, Tina Fanucchi-
Frontado, Mer James, Kristi Marks,
Marni Rozet, Carla Tomson, Michelle
Bouchard Berman, Kyle Brace,
Lorena Cheverez, Sheri Copus, Kate
Coppola, Katherine Eades, Kristi
Horton, Darcie McKnight, Sylvia
Schulte Molony, Cynthia Murphy,
Sarah Paskin, Cynthia Peeples,
Patricia Sadeghian, Pam Sanchez,
Dani Stone, Jenise Tremblay and
Jessica Willbanks.
The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation,
founded by Nikki Simon-Katz, rais-
es funds to ensure that children in
Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis
Obispo Counties receive the undi-
vided attention and comfort of their
parents during treatment and recov-
ery of cancer. Since its inception in
2003, TBCF helps families of child-
hood cancer patients by paying rent,
mortgages, utilities, car payments,
hotel accommodations, and basic
day-to-day necessities for families in
financial straits. The non-profit also
offers parent support groups, family
fun days, health and fitness for chil-
dren in treatment, spa days for moms
and much more. Last month TBCF
announced a new executive director,
Lindsey Guerrero.
Following the event, guests are
invited across the street at Canary
Hotel for a late night after party with
cocktails and dancing.
Tickets for Saks & the City may be
purchased by calling (805) 563-4723 or
online at www.teddybearcancerfoun-
dation.org. Individual tickets are $125
each, couples tickets are $225. The
event is expected to sell out, as it has
in previous years.
Corrections
& Omissions
In last weeks MJ article about
Montecitos elected officials, a typo
indicated Montecito Fire Protection
District board member Roy Jensen
began his board service in 1995. In fact
he began service in 1975. In the same
article, we misidentified a photo of for-
mer county staff member as Montecito
Board of Architectural Review board
member Marsha Zilles. Ms Zilles was
not present in the picture. We regret
the errors. MJ
TBCF committee members Sheela Hunt,
Cynthia Peeples, Carla Tomson, Nikki
Greene and Sylvia Schulte model fash-
ions at Saks Fifth Avenue
An annual conference for family and professional caregivers
Presenting the latest in dementia research and
information, the conference presents practical
information about Alzheimers disease and
tips on successful caregiving.
CEUs offered for professionals
For more information and to register,
alz.org/cacentralcoast or call 805.892.4259
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18
Montecito Country Club
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I
n the month of March, six estate
properties priced at over $5m came
to market. These six will be sharing
buyers attentions with 62 other estate
properties in this price range.
China Flat Road
The Birnam Wood golf community
is on East Valley Road between San
Ysidro and Sheffield. Here a restored
3,900-sq-ft 2-bedroom with light-filled
high ceilinged rooms, a 3-car garage,
pool and mountain views is being
offered for $5.185m. It was purchased
five years ago for 3.8m. In addi-
tion, the buyer will pay $80k to join
the community and pay associated
monthly dues.
Birnam Wood Drive
Also in the Birnam Wood enclave is
a 1970s contemporary on 2 acres on
the 14
th
fairway. With over 7,300-sq-ft,
this 4-bedroom, 5-bath enjoys grand
marble floored rooms with soaring
ceilings, a chefs kitchen, an enter-
tainment terrace and adjacent pool
surrounded by Asian design gardens.
It was purchased in December of
2005 for $4m and was just listed for
$5.695m.
Coyote Road
Coyote Road proceeds towards the
mountains and reaches Mountain
Montecito Listed
Real Estate View
by Michael Phillips
Michael is the owner-
broker of Phillips Real
Estate, and is a Montecito
Planning Commissioner.
He can be reached at
969-4569 and info@
MichaelPhillipsRealEstate.
com
Located on the fourteenth fairway at Birnam
Wood, this four-bedroom, five-bathroom 1970s
contemporary estate was just listed on the market
for $5.695m
REAL ESTATE Page 444
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
1st Thursday Aprils 1st Thursday
not to be confused with April 1st is a
fools paradise, and by fools we mean art
and culture lovers. That little bit of word
play is nowhere near as interesting as
the ones that come from the pens (and
mouths) of poets, who are the centerpiece
for this months event as Santa Barbara
celebrates National Poetry Month. Santa
Barbara Poet Laureate Paul J. Willis
hosts Poets on the Threshold, a poetry
reading featuring an array of area poets at
Channing Peake Gallery, but wordsmiths
also abound elsewhere. At the Faulkner
Gallery East at the Santa Barbara Public
Library, Loree Gold exhibits Road
Diaries: Poetry from the Dotted Line, with
visitors invited to compose the words for
the visually poetic and colorful body of
work that explores the collective memory
of road trips past; contributions will be
collected throughout the month. The Poetry
Booth on the Marshalls Patio is also
interactive its a public art installation
and collaboration space for experiencing
and creating poems, with some guidance
from experienced poets if you want some
help. At the John Deering Gallery, Alice
Hutchins Magnetic Force traces the
artists development as a member of a
group of poets, avant-garde artists and
musicians in Paris in the 1960s who also
participated in the Fluxus movement.
Paris is also central to the latest flm in
El Presidio Historic Parks Travelbooks
series, as Brazilian-born photographer-
flmmaker Ciro Coelho presents Paris, a
poetic visual chronicle of the world capital
and its citizens, which will be projected
onto a wall-sized screen. Writers in other
media are celebrated at the Book Den,
where Paulie Nicoll (author of The
War Within and Spilt Milk) shares the
spotlight with songwriter Jena Douglas
(Change the World Write Your Own
Song) and gardener-authors Susan
Levine and Tom Shepherds Handbook
for Citizen Farmers: Plant Every Seed in
Your Life with Love). There are plenty of
choices on the visual arts front too, of
course, including a new exhibit at Lola
Boutique titled mischievous allegory II
from Dan Levin, who gravitates towards
materials extracted from beaches, streams,
mountains and deserts to orchestrate
relationships between objects as a singular
composition or metaphorical device. At
Artamo Gallery, Janet Bothne unveils
Driving Force, in which she layers
scraps of paper from divorce papers,
wrappers, personal documents and paint
sample chips to make work that becomes
an unintentional journal like map pins
plotting out her recent experiences.
At Santa Barbara Arts, Christopher
Clarks Amused exhibit features his
edited images of an amusement park
outside the city limits of New Orleans,
abandoned after Katrina, which might be
considered poetic in itself. Bridging the
visual and performance art continuum,
Jodi House hosts a collection of works
by local artists surrounding the theme of
poetry and also presents local musician
J. Peter Boles (and complimentary
wine from Enterprise Fish Co., too!). The
Wha Whas the frst group to emerge
from Santa Barbara Rock Shop Academy,
and already a second-place winner in
the Santa Barbara Youth Battle of the
Bands at the Lobero perform at Paseo
Nuevo Center Court, while up-and-coming
singer-songwriter Kat Devlin delivers
her incisive songs at the Sojourner Caf,
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement
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by Steven Libowitz

ONgOINg
Primavera Festival UCSB Musics
annual two-week salute to Contemporary
Arts and Digital Media with a big focus
on new, electronic, unusual and otherwise
fringy music, plus installations, lectures,
dance and art exhibits at venues all
around campus continues with a College
of Creative Studies original TV Musical,
Its Only Human...(if it dies), executive
produced by Jeremy Haladyna and
presented in the CCS Old Little Theater
(Thursday & Friday April 5 & 6). Also,
Remembering: Performing memories/
histories, features new performance art
pieces by UCSB students facilitated by
Ruth Hellier-Tinoco (7pm April 10);
Ensemble for Contemporary Musics
Making Stars, directed by Haladyna,
on April 11; and the CREATE Concert,
Pi and Beyond, directed by Curtis Roads, with guest composers Richard
Boulanger and Thom Blum, on April 12. Most events are free. Get a complete
schedule and more information online at www.ccs.ucsb.edu/primavera.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7
Not the Nutcracker
Santa Barbara Festival
Ballet is primarily known
for its annual full-scale
production of Tchaikovskys
classic every December,
but the company does
actually dance the rest of
the year, too. Tonights
program at the Lobero is
a collaboration with South
Bay Ballet and the UCSB
Student Dance Company.
Festival Ballet will perform Question, a new work by Christina McCarthy that
takes its inspiration from our human need to belong in community and to fnd
solace in a universe that has deep undercuts of spiritual force. Company director
Denise Rinaldis Side by Side by Side is set to music from jazz musician Oscar
Peterson and violinist Itzhak Perlman and combines her love for both swing
dance and ballet. Badinage with Homage to Charles Moulton, choreographed
by Valerie Huston, is set to a four-handed piano version of Dance of the
Jugglers by Rimsky-Korsakov and the Overture to The Barber of Seville by Rossini,
and has the dancers exploring the playfulness and emotional intensity of a tennis
game through both modern and ballet vocabularies. Also, UCSB Student Dance
Company performs You, Always You, Everything You, a new work by New
York choreographer Austin McCormick; South Bay Ballet offers Stick Figures,
choreographed by Eva Stone, artistic director of The Stone Dance Festival; and
Santa Barbara Dance Theatres Kyle Castillo joins State Street Ballets Leila
Drake for Nancy Colahans K&L/In Tandem, a dance representative of
a relationship that is deeply intimate though not clearly a romance. Both Stick
Figures and Question will be performed at the National Regional Dance America
Festival in May in Montreal, Canada WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E.
Canon Perdido St. COST: $30 general, $22 students $20 UCSB students INFO:
963-0761 or www.lobero.com
where you can also sample healthy plant-
based shakes produced by the hydroponic-
aeroponic Tower Garden Growing System
by Juice Plus. Finally, CAFs Forum Lounge
presents Suddenly Summer Somewhere,
a duet that follows the relationship
between two performers, Monica Bill
Barnes and Anna Bass, who embody
quirky, fallible, and familiar characters in
a whimsical dance theater piece set to live
recordings of the Rat Pack and blending
deadpan comedy, space-devouring
choreography, and awkwardly strenuous
partnering. The duo will be performing
across from CAF, at the more spacious
black box Center Stage Theatre. WHEN:
5-8pm WHERE: State Street and side
streets between Cota & Victoria COST: free
INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown.com
Look at Ma now The celebrated
cellist Yo-Yo Ma returns to town for one
of his near-annual visits with an unusual
program titled Refecting on a Life in
Music. Winner of more than 15 Grammys
and recipient of many prestigious awards
including a 2010 Presidential Medal
of Freedom, Ma will incorporate video,
performance and discussion to address
the role of music in todays global culture,
of which he is more than qualifed to
speak, given his penchant for both classic
cello repertoire and music from outside of
Western culture including his much lauded
Silk Road Project. Most of the seats have
already been spoken for, but a few top-
priced Gold Circle tickets, which include
VIP seating and exclusive champagne
reception, are still available. WHEN: 8pm
WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State
Street COST: $38-$153 INFO: 899-2222
or www.granadasb.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
Green Shorts Film Festival No,
its not some sort of weird, grass-colored
fashion statement. The one- to two-
minute entries that comprise the annual
grassroots flm festival are all about saving
our planet, improving our environment
and being green in general. The short
flms, produced by inspired students and
adults in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San
Luis Obispo Counties, are meant to be
entertaining, humorous and often moving
as well as somewhat informative. Slated
as one of the premier Earth Day kick-off
events, the festival has been described
as one of the most heart-warming
environmental events in the region, and
includes a Green Carpet welcome, the
flm screening, an awards ceremony and
an optional post party/reception. WHEN:
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41 Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both Dorothy Parker
one of the worlds most famous fash-
ion designers, against their daughters
engagement, a crazy Nana, and the
President of the United States. Joseph
Beck directs the works regional
debut. Its one of the funniest plays
Ive ever read in my life, Susie Couch
said. We were laughing so hard when
we read it we ended up crying.
The summer thriller Post Mortum
(July 27-September 9) is by one of
CBBs favorite comedic playwrights,
Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor,
Moonlight Over Buffalo and Leading
Ladies). The family-friendly laugher
is directed by Miller James and stars
producer David Couch (who starred
as Holmes sidekick Watson in a recent
CBB show) as Sherlock himself, or at
least an actor portraying Holmes who
has assembled the cast of a Broadway
revival for a planned sance that
becomes a whodunit caper.
Any Wednesday, which closes the
season (September 21-November 4)
was a huge Broadway hit, starring
Sandy Dennis and the then-unknown
Gene Hackman, a hit movie starring
Jane Fonda, and a staple of regional
theater. But it hasnt been produced
in town in recent memory. A spunky
young woman, her slimy corporate
raider of a boyfriend, his wife and a
man whose small company fell prey to
the raider all converge in a Manhattan
penthouse where zany identity com-
plications ensue as the parties try to
resolve their relationships with each
other. Described as a show that is
as intoxicating as a bubbly glass of
champagne, Couch says the play will
leave you with a feeling as uplifting
as a bunch of balloons!
All CBB productions take place at 8pm
Fridays & Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, with
the barbecue buffet served one hour earlier.
Tickets cost $45 general, $37 for seniors
on Friday nights and Sunday matinees.
Group rates and season tickets are avail-
able. Call 967-1962 or visit www.circle-
barbtheatre.com.
Giving Irreverence
a Good name
Tim Minchin is a big star back home
in Britain and Australia, but basi-
cally unknown in America. But now,
thanks to YouTube, you can discover
this unusually intelligent and broadly
talented Aussi-British character. By all
means, check out his dozens of videos
including lots of live performances
on his own channel. There youll find
such songs as WoodyAllenJesus,
which compares Christ to more mortal
men and phenomena and was bravely
performed on British TV just this last
Christmas Eve eve, plus Pope Disco
and Confessions.
If it seems theres a theme, youre
right: Minchin, a devout atheist, has
a particularly penetratingly sharp
arrow aimed at religion and intoler-
ance, although he also gets personal
on such numbers as If You Really
Loved Me and You Grew On Me.
From what I understand, Minchin
who looks like the illegitimate child of
Tim Burton and Boy George mixes
poetry with his comedic songs, touch-
ing on everything from standard social
satire to sex fetishes and his own
failed ambitions as a rock star and he
even tosses in some stand-up routines
between the rest of the material. Find
out for yourself when Minchin makes
his Santa Barbara debut Wednesday,
April 11 at the Lobero as part of a
short stateside tour. Its a good bet
well be buzzing about this one for
weeks to come.
Pop Tarts
Compton-born DJ Quik, who has
worked with an impressive array of rap
and hip-hop artists over his 20-some-
thing year career including Ice Cube
and Snoop Dogg to name just two
performs his magic at SOhO Thursday
night Its a radically different energy
on Friday when the Cambridge Drive
Concert Series presents Utah-based
folkie Kate MacLeod with the gifted
local singer-songwriter Sierra Reeves
opening Santa Barbaras own mul-
tifaceted musician (singer, guitarist,
soundtrack artist, etc.) Jesse Rhodes
headlines a singer-songwriter night at
SOhO on Tuesday The same venue
hosts an early show Wednesday with
Wisconsin-native Jeffrey Foucault,
who conjures dark takes on country
and blues from his adopted outpost
in Western Massachusetts. Cross-
pollinated gypsy jazz band Fishtank
Ensemble play the late slot. MJ
EnTERTAInMEnTT (Continued from page 36)
Australian musician, comedian, actor and writer
Tim Minchin brings his musical comedy show to
Santa Barbara for the first time at the Lobero on
Wednesday, April 11

MONDAY, APRIL 9
Concert for CALM Linda Newlin lists more
than a dozen attributes on her bio/press release,
including author, coach and entrepreneur. But its
the singer-songwriter, activist and teacher who
will inform much of what the now-Santa Barbara
resident does tonight at the Lobero in her concert
to beneft Child Abuse Listening & Mediation. The
evening is titled Its Not OK! after one of the songs
on her new album, Love Your Self, which is not
only about physical and sexual violence but also all
the ways we abuse ourselves with negative self-talk,
staying in empty relationships, working in a job we
hate, not doing what we love or not being who we
truly are. The evening is described as a journey of music, laughter and hope as we
search life for purpose and for fnding our own music. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Lobero
Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $45 general, $25 students ($105 patrons)
INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

MONDAY, APRIL 9
Human Rights Film
Festival The seventh
annual Santa Barbara festival,
now co-sponsored by UCSB
Arts & Lectures and the
Carsey-Wolf Center at the
university presents a dozen
award-winning international
documentary flms screening
as part of six double features
over the course of a month
at the new state-of-the-art screening room on campus. This years lineup includes
the Oscar-nominated documentary Hell and Back Again, about a wounded Marine
sergeants return home after the Afghan War; Fragments of a Revolution, made by an
anonymous exiled flmmaker using smuggled footage of the street protests in 2009
in Iran; and the highly anticipated flm version of Margaret Atwoods prescient
book Payback Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. But every one of the dozen is
well worth seeing, as these flms have been carefully selected to cover a wide range
of important topics, from global concerns such as genocide and justice in Guatemala
(Granito How to Nail a Dictator) and Egypt in the months leading up to the Tahrir
Square demonstrations (Goodbye Mubarak!) to a chronicle of the AIDS epidemic
in San Francisco (We Were Here) and a story of three violence interrupters in
Chicago who try to protect their communities from the brutality they once employed
(The Interrupters). Youll descend with four sulfur miners in an active volcanic crater
in Indonesia (Where Heaven Meets Hell) and delve into the netherworld of sex
traffcking in Eastern Europe (The Price of Sex). At this point, none of the flmmakers
are slated to attend the screenings (although that may change down the road), but
the flms they made speak for themselves, potent and important documents of parts
of the world far removed from Santa Barbara. Free refreshments are served during
the intermission between features each night. WHEN: 7 & 9pm on Mondays and
Wednesdays, today & April 11, April 23 & 25, and May 7 & 9 (opening night wine
and refreshments reception 6pm tonight) WHERE: UCSBs Pollock Theater COST: $10
per evening INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
6pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E.
Canon Perdido St. COST: $10 general,
$20 includes reception INFO: 963-0761
or www.lobero.com
Words of Wonder Five debut
authors of childrens books for middle-
graders have teamed up for a short tour
of the West Coast, and two of them are
coming to Carpinteria for the kickoff
at the Curious Cup Bookstore. Jenny
Lundquists Seeing Cinderella, which
has been accepted into the Scholastic
Book Club, is about a young girl who
wishes her life could be more of a fairy
tale and then discovers her brand new
oversized geeky glasses have a special,
magical perk that lets her read peoples
thoughts. Jenn Reeses Above World
is the tale of 13-year-old Aluna, who
has lived her entire life under the ocean
in the City of Shifting Tides but must
surface when her colonys survival is in
doubt. Lundquist and Reese will read
from their work during todays event;
the other works include Anne Nebets
The Cabinet of Earths, Laurisa Reyes
The Rock of Ivanore and J. Anderson
Coats The Wicked and the Just. WHEN:
5-8pm WHERE: 929 Linden Avenue
COST: free INFO: 220-6608 or www.
curiouscup.com MJ
Bella Vista $$$
1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)
Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vis-
tas ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor
Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef
Alessandro Cartumini has created an inno-
vative menu, featuring farm fresh, Italian-
inspired California cuisine. Open daily for
breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 am
to 9 pm.
Cafe Del Sol $$
30 Los Patos Way (969-0448)
CAVA $$
1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)
Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking
combine to create Latin cuisine from tapas
and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella
and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco
ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunfower-
colored interior is accented by live Span-
ish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive
freplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor
people-wat ching front patio. Open Monday-
Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday
10 am to 10 pm.
China Palace $$
Montecitos only Chinese restaurant, here youll
fnd large portions and modern dcor. Take out
available. (Montecito Journal staff is especially
fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Palace also
has an outdoor patio. Open seven days 11:30 am
to 9:30 pm.
Giovannis $
Los Arroyos $
Little Alexs $
1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)
Luckys (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$
Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak-
house in the heart of Americas biggest
little village. Steaks, chops, seafood,
cocktails, and an enormous wine list are
featured, with white tablecloths, fine
crystal and vintage photos from the 20th
century. The bar (separate from dining
room) features large flat-screen TV and
opens at 4 pm during the week. Open
nightly from 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday &
Sunday brunch from 9 am to 3 pm.
Valet Parking.
Montecito Caf $$
Montecito Coffee Shop $
1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)
Montecito Wine Bistro $$$
516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520
Head to Montecitos upper village to indulge
in some California bistro cuisine. Chef
Nathan Heil creates seasonal menus that
$ (average per person under $15)
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include fsh and vegetarian dishes, and fresh
fatbreads straight out of the wood-burning
oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic
and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches
and aged cognacs.
Pane Vino $$$
Peabodys $
Plow & Angel $$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine
on traditional dishes such as mac n cheese and
ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original
artwork, including stained glass windows
and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore,
hanging above the freplace. Dinner is served
from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend-
ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight
on Friday and Saturday.
Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$
Stella Mares $$/$$$
50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)
Stonehouse $$$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Located in what is a 19th-century citrus pack-
inghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a
lounge with full bar service and separate dining
room with crackling freplace and creekside
views. Chef Jamie Wests regional cuisine is
prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables
harvested from the on-site chefs garden.
Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in
America by OpenTable Diners Choice. 2010
Diners Choice Awards: 1 of 50 Most Romantic
Restaurants in America, 1 of 50 Restaurants
With Best Service in America. Open for dinner
from 6 to 10 pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am
to 2 pm.
Trattoria Mollie $$$
Tre Lune $$/$$$
A real Italian boite, complete with small but
fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large
comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany
and large b&w vintage photos of mostly fa-
mous Italians. Menu features both comfort food
like mama used to make and more adventurous
Italian fare. Now open continuously from lunch
to dinner. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am
daily for breakfast.
Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$
Delis, bakeries, juice bars
Blenders in the Grass
Heres The Scoop
1187 Coast Village Road (lower level)
(969-7020)
Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises.
Open Monday through Thursday 1 pm to 9 pm,
12 pm to 10 pm Friday and Saturday, and 12
pm to 9 pm on Sundays. Scoopie also offers a
full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roast-
ing Company coffee. Offerings are made from
fresh, seasonal ingredients found at Farmers
Market, and waffe cones are made on site
everyday.
Jeannines
Montecito Deli
Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm.
(Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home-
made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and
its specialty, The Piadina, a homemade flat
bread made daily. Owner Jeff Rypysc and
staff deliver locally and cater office parties,
luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving
breakfast (7am to 11 am), and brewing Peets
coffee & tea.
Panino
1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)
Pierre Lafond
516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)
This market and deli is a center of activity
in Montecitos Upper Village, serving fresh
baked pastries, regular and espresso coffee
drinks, smoothies, burritos, homemade
soups, deli salads, made-to-order sandwiches
and wraps available, and boasting a fully
stocked salad bar. Its sunny patio draws
crowds of regulars daily. The shop also
carries specialty drinks, gift items, grocery
staples, and produce. Open everyday 5:30 am
to 8 pm.
Village Cheese & Wine

In Summerland / Carpinteria
The Barbecue Company $$
3807 Santa Claus Lane (684-2209)
Cantwells Summerland Market $
2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894)
Corktree Cellars $$
910 Linden Avenue (684-1400)
Corktree offers a casual bistro setting for
lunch and dinner, in addition to wine
tasting and tapas. The restaurant, open
everyday except Monday, features art from
locals, mellow music and a relaxed atmo-
sphere. An extensive wine list features over
110 bottles of local and international wines,
which are also available in the eatery's
retail section.
Garden Market $
Jacks Bistro $
5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)
Serving light California Cuisine, Jacks offers
freshly baked bagels with whipped cream
cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-
ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers,
salads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an ex-
tensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along
with wine and beer. They also offer full ser-
vice catering, and can accommodate wedding
receptions to corporate events. Open Monday
through Friday 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday
and Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.
Nugget $$
Padaro Beach Grill $
A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery
its charm and makes it a perfect place to
bring the whole family. Its new owners added
a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with
freplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill op-
tions, along with salads and seafood plates.
The Grill is open Monday through Sunday
11 am to 9 pm
Slys $$$
686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)
Slys features fresh fsh, farmers market veg-
gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate
Specials and vintage desserts. Youll fnd a full
bar, serving special martinis and an extensive
wine list featuring California and French wines.
Cocktails from 4 pm to close, dinner from 5 to
9 pm Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Friday
and Saturday. Lunch is M-F 11:30 to 2:30, and
brunch is served on the weekends from 9 am
to 3 pm.
Stackys Seaside $
Summerland Beach Caf $
Tinkers $
2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row
Andersens Danish Bakery &
Gourmet Restaurant $
1106 State State Street (962-5085)
Established in 1976, Andersens serves Danish
and European cuisine including breakfast,
lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple
Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more.
Dine inside surrounded by European interior
or outside on the sidewalk patio. Open 8 am to
9 pm Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm
Saturday and Sunday.
Bistro Eleven Eleven $$
1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)
Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the
bistro serves breakfast and lunch featur-
ing all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix
of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine.
The lounge advancement to the restaurant
features a big screen TV for daily sporting
events and happy hour. Open Monday-
Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday
6:30 am to 10 pm.
Chucks Waterfront Grill $$
113 Harbor Way (564-1200)
Located next to the Maritime Museum, enjoy
some of the best views of both the mountains
and the Santa Barbara pier sitting on the newly
renovated, award-winning patio, while enjoy-
ing fresh seafood straight off the boat. Dinner is
served nightly from 5 pm, and brunch is offered
on Sunday from 10 am until 1 pm. Reservations
are recommended.
El Paseo $$
813 Anacapa Street (962-6050)
Located in the heart of downtown Santa Bar-
bara in a Mexican plaza setting, El Paseo is the
place for authentic Mexican specialties, home-
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made chips and salsa, and a cold margarita
while mariachis stroll through the historic
restaurant. The dcor refects its rich Spanish
heritage, with bougainvillea-draped balconies,
fountain courtyard dining and a festive bar.
Dinner specials are offered during the week,
with a brunch on Sundays. Open Tuesday
through Thursday 4 pm to 10 pm, Friday and
Saturday 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, and Sunday
10:30 am to 9 pm.
Enterprise Fish Co. $$
225 State Street (962-3313)
Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise
Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lob-
sters served with clam chowder or salad, and
rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour
is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open
Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and
Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.
The Harbor Restaurant $$
210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)
Enjoy ocean views at the historic Harbor
Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. Featuring prime
steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned
Wine Spectator Magazines Award of Excel-
lence for the past six years and a full cocktail
bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and
Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm,
early dinner available Saturday and Sunday
starting at 3 pm.
Los Agaves $
600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)
Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, us-
ing only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and
friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner,
with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-
tures traditional dishes from central and south-
ern Mexico such as shrimp & fsh enchiladas,
shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade
mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to
9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.
Mir $$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa
(968-0100)
Mir is a refned refuge with stunning views,
featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-
rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that
accents fresh, organic, and native-grown in-
gredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open
Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm
to 10 pm.
Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$
Olio Pizzeria $
17 West Victoria Street (899-2699)
Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this
friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery
featuring Italian food of the highest order. Of-
ferings include eggplant souff, pappardelle
with quail, sausage and mushroom rag, and
fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator
Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private
dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also
available.
Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have
added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired
by neighborhood pizzerie and enoteche in
Italy. Here the focus is on artisanal pizzas and
antipasti, with classic toppings like fresh moz-
zarella, seafood, black truffes, and sausage.
Salads, innovative appetizers and an assort-
ment of salumi and formaggi round out the
menu at this casual, fast-paced eatery. Private
dining for up to 32 guests. Both the ristorante
and the pizzeria are open for lunch Monday
thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner
seven nights a week (from 5 pm).
Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro $
516 State Street (962-1455)
The Wine Bistro menu is seasonal California
cuisine specializing in local products. Pair
your meal with wine from the Santa Barbara
Winery, Lafond Winery or one from the list
of wines from around the world. Happy
Hour Monday - Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The
1st Wednesday of each month is Passport
to the World of Wine. Grilled cheese night
every Thursday. Open for breakfast, lunch
and dinner; catering available.
www.pierrelafond.com
Renauds $
3315 State Street (569-2400)
Located in Loreto Plaza, Renauds is a bakery
specializing in a wide selection of French
pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is
composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and
salads and represents Renauds personal
favorites. Brewed coffees and teas are organic.
Open Monday-Saturday 7 am to 5 pm, Sunday
7 am to 3 pm.
Rodneys Steakhouse $$$
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)
Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of
Fess Parkers Doubletree Inn on East Beach
in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells
and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal,
halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end
victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines,
elegant surroundings, across from the ocean.
Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at
5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends.
Ojai
Maravilla $$$
905 Country Club Road in Ojai (646-1111)
Located at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, this
upscale eatery features prime steaks, chops
and fresh seafood. Local farmers provide fresh
produce right off the vine, while herbs are har-
vested from the Inns herb garden. The menu
includes savory favorites like pan seared diver
scallops and braised beef short ribs; dishes are
accented with seasonal vegetables. Open Sun-
day through Thursday for dinner from 5:30 pm
to 9:30 pm, Friday and Saturday from
5:30 pm to 10 pm. MJ
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scaped acres here enjoys mountain,
ocean, island, city and harbor views
particularly dramatic at the Mountain
drive elevation. It offers 4 bedrooms,
5 fireplaces, a pool, fountains and
was listed on the second of March for
$6.45m.
Park Lane
On beautiful tree lined Park
Lane above East Valley with ocean
and mountain views is a classic
Mediterranean design inspired estate
on 3 gated acres. Built in 1991 for
movie mogul Thomas Pollack, this
two-level, 8,500-sq-ft home is listed
for $7.65m and has 5 guest suites,
a luxury kitchen, a screening room,
tennis court and pool. It sold last four
years ago for $8.97m.
Hill Road
It is fair to say that Montecito
for the most part is Mediterranean
in design. A wonderful exception
is being offered on Hill Road at
Butterfly Lane on the market at
$15m. Built just last year, this 3,500-
sq-ft 4-bedroom on just a quarter
of an acre is distinctively modern
with green features throughout.
Walk to Butterfly Beach or enjoy the
pool, cabana, private gardens and
Brazilian decks and terraces with
ocean views. It sold last in February
2008 as an early 1950s, 1,200-sq-ft
cottage for its full asking price of
$4.9m. Location indeed.
Lilac Drive
Lilac is off East Valley Road
before Sheffield going east towards
Summerland, and hosts some won-
derful properties including a large,
dramatic Mediterranean estate on
over 2 gated acres. Built toxin free, it
enjoys over 11,000-sq-ft on two levels
with unobstructed ocean views. Built
in 2006, it has 6 bedrooms, 8 baths,
wood beamed ceilings, a guesthouse
pool and landscaped gardens. It listed
last week for $18.9m. MJ
REAL ESTATE (Continued from page 39)
This four-bedroom Italian country home on Coyote Road on five acres has mountain, ocean, island, city
and harbor views and is listed at $6.45m
This Mediterranean estate on Lilac Drive was built toxin free in 2006, boasts unobstructed ocean views,
and is on the market for $18.9m
If you have a 93108 open house scheduled, please send us your free directory listing to realestate@montecitojournal.net
93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SATURDAY April 7
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
810 Cima Del Mundo Road 1-4pm $13,850,000 5bd/7ba Andrew Templeton 895-6029 Sothebys International Realty
1821 Fernald Point Lane By Appt. $5,950,000 3bd/3ba Ron Dickman 689-3135 Sothebys International Realty
670 Hodges Lane 2-4pm $5,875,000 3bd/3.5ba Sandy Stahl 689-1602 Sothebys International Realty
733 Knapp Drive By Appt. $3,950,000 5bd/4.5ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sothebys International Realty
730 Arcady Road 1-4pm $3,595,000 4bd/4.5ba Diane Randall 705-5252 Sothebys International Realty
803 Park Lane West 2-4pm $2,595,000 3bd/3.5ba Ron Madden 284-4170 Village Properties
2150 East Valley Road By Appt. $2,250,000 4bd/3ba Jason Streatfeild 969-1122 Prudential California Realty
2516 Sycamore Canyon Road 2-4pm $1,999,000 4bd Kathleen Marvin 450-4792 Coldwell
166 Coronada Circle 1-4pm $1,799,000 3bd/2.5ba Marilyn Rickard 452-8284 Sothebys International Realty
130 Hermosillo Road 1-4pm $1,725,000 3bd/3ba Vivienne Leebosh 689-5613 Sothebys International Realty
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
733 El Rancho Road 2-4pm $1,525,000 3bd Francoise Morel 252-4752 Coldwell
655 Coyote Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 3bd/2ba Liana Decierdo 729-2991 Prudential California Realty
548 San Ysidro Road #B 12-3pm $925,000 2bd Tom Atwill 705-0292 Coldwell
1012 Fairway Road 1-4pm $895,000 3bd/2ba Tobias Hildebrand 895-7355 Sothebys International Realty
544-B San Ysidro Road 1-4pm $875,000 1bd/1ba Ed McAnif 319-1980 Sothebys International Realty
366 Miramonte Avenue 1-3pm $779,000 2bd/2ba Cristal Clarke 886-9378 Sothebys International Realty
1020 Fairway Road 1-4pm $675,000 1bd/1ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties

SUNDAY April 8
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
2150 East Valley Road By Appt. $2,250,000 4bd/3ba Jason Streatfeild 969-1122 Prudential California Realty
2516 Sycamore Canyon Road 2-5pm $1,999,000 4bd Ryan Strehlow 705-8877 Coldwell
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
733 El Rancho Road 2-5pm $1,525,000 3bd Joan Wagner 895-4555 Coldwell
165 Cedar Lane 12-2pm $999,800 3bd/1.5ba Liza DiMarco 450-3795 Sothebys International Realty
944 Channel Drive 1-3pm $999,500 3bd/2ba Justin Corrado 451-9969 Sothebys International Realty
548 San Ysidro Road #B 12-3pm $925,000 2bd Tom Atwill 705-0292 Coldwell
115 Coronado Circle 2-5pm $920,000 2bd/2ba Mark Hunt 698-2174 Village Properties
366 Miramonte Avenue 2-4pm $779,000 2bd/2ba Cristal Clarke 886-9378 Sothebys International Realty
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45 That woman speaks eighteen languages, and she cant say no in any of them Dorothy Parker
ESTATE SALE
Impressionist paintings, prints, jewelry,
record player, records, antique doll & shoes.
Handmade exquisite costume & coin belt
for belly dancing. By appt 805 962-8865.
ITEMS FOR SALE
Exquisite ESCADA suits (some with
slacks AND skirt) in pristine condition.
Size 34. Also three lovely evening gowns.
All half original price. 818 262 1640 for
appointment. Santa Barbara location.

LOST PET
LOST CAT:
Tan/beige
striped small
short hair
tabby. Pink
ears and
nose, big
green eyes.
Recently
seen in the Upper Montecito area, but could
be anywhere . She is micro-chipped, more
pictures on Craigslist. If you have spotted
her. Please call 565-7778
CLASSIC CARS WANTED
Help wanted in fnding an old 1929-70
Ford, Buick, VW, Packard, MBZ, Cadillac,
RR or Porsche. Thank you. R.A. Fox 805-
845-2113.
FITNESS
EXERCISE BIKE
Vision Fitness Model E3200HRT- $500.
969-2469
INVESTMENT
Investment Capital Needed for Local
Santa Barbara Company
Local company is seeking a personal loan
to be used as working capital to support
promotion and expansion of our business.
Personal meeting with the CEO will
convince this investment is low risk. Loan
to be paid back no later than one year, and
will be, at least, partially collateralized by
two free-and-clear luxury cars owned by
principals. We are seeking a minimum loan
of $50,000. Offering high yield return.
Call Natalie at (651) 246-9228 for details.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
INCREDIBLE down hole OIL PUMP
INVENTION. Pumps a barrel of oil under
$1. Prototype developed. Will sell or
partner. Leo 805-569-5402.
HEALTH SERVICES
HOME VISITS FOR HEALING - Soothing
energy healing sessions in the comfort of
your home ($120) or my offce ($100) for
wellness and rapid recovery from illness,
injury, or surgery. Gift certifcates available.
Laura Mancuso, 805-450 8156,
www.spiritofhealing.info
Transformational Yoga and Professional
Massage Therapy with Energy Healing for
women. In home,$105. Please call Yarrow
King, CMT, CYT, CHt. (805) 350 8127.
CONSULTING/GUIDANCE
ARDEN ROSE ART THERAPIST, LCSW,
MFT, LIFE COACH,
Individual, couples, family, child/teen issues;
divorce, communication, depression, loss,
addiction. Helping students w/learning/
behavior problems. ardenrose.com
Call 805 962-8865.
SENIOR CAREGING SERVICES
In-Home Senior Services: Ask Patti Teel
to meet with you or your
loved ones to discuss
dependable and
affordable in-home care.
Individualized service
is tailored to meet
each clients needs.
Our caregivers can
provide transportation,
housekeeping, personal
assistance and much more.
Senior Helpers: 966-7100
COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES
VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS
Hurry, before your tapes fade away.
Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott
CHILDREN SERVICES
Babysitter -10 yrs exp. w/all ages.
Schedule, On Call, Overnight.
Trustworthy, Reliable & Responsible.
References. Call/Text 941 447 9657
French nanny with a Masters Degree
in International Trade and Development,
friendly and helpful, experienced as
educator and teacher, I can teach French
and Spanish to your children and no
problem in doing some housework.
Call Roxane: 570-7830
TUTORING SERVICES
PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila
Kramer are long standing members of the
Music Teachers Assoc. of Calif. Studios
conveniently located at the Music Academy
of the West. Now accepting enthusiastic
children and/or adults. Call us at 684-4626.
PETS
Anatolian Shepherd puppies, champion
blood lines,
proven
working
stock,
excellent
family
guardian
or estate
guardians.
$1500
each. Puppies are 6 month old, excellent
condition. More info and pix at
www.mellea.net 541-999-5916.
PERSONAL/SPECIAL SERVICES
Experienced caregiver to provide your
with personal assistance, transportation,
housekeeping & much more. Refs upon
request.
Ask for Diana 705-9431
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Let me simplify your life! Reliable, cheerful,
cook, caregiver, personal assistant with a
:can do attitude. 15 years exp. with ex. refs.
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REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Nancy Langhorne
Hussey
Tested... Time &
Again
805-452-3052
Coldwell Banker /
Montecito
DRE#01383773
www.NancyHusseyHomes.com
SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL
CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway.
Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden
patio. Walk to beach and town.
$110/night.
831-624-6714
Ready for Spring in South of France?
Great 3 bd,2.5 baths 7 min to the beach
in resort area of Provence Riviera, close
to St Tropez,Bandol,Sanary, Cassis, Aix-
en-Provence in a quiet area. Offered at
$900 per week in the off season.
Contact Francoise at 805-252-4752
or visit www.abritel.fr ad # 583988.
MONTECITO
ELECTRIC
EXCELLENT REFERENCES
Over 25 Years in Montecito
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
ok. $2300 incls util.
805-453-1105.
WOODWORK/RESTORATION
SERVICES
Ken Frye Artisan in Wood
The Finest Quality Hand Made
Custom Furniture, Cabinetry & Architectural
Woodwork Expert Finishes & Restoration
Impeccable Attention to Detail
Montecito References. lic#651689
805-473-2343 ken@kenfrye.com
HANDYMAN SERVICES
HANDYMAN-Repairs, renovations,
installations services available; carpentry,
plumbing, drywall, dry rot/termite/water
damage, paint. Call Jim 705-0361.
Small jobs ok.
PAINTING SERVICES
PAINTING interior/exterior
Great quality at a great price.
Lets talk color, and get a bright new look!
Satisfaction guaranteed. Small jobs, O.K.
John Randall Painting S.B., for 20+ years.
805-680-0938
TILE/STONE WORK
THE TILE GUY
Chris Suero
Quality Tile and Stone Installations by
an experienced, clean cut installer with
excellent references. 805-276-4290 Lic#
910607
GARDENING/LANDSCAPING/
TREE SERVICES
Estate British Gardener Horticulturist
Comprehensive knowledge of Californian,
Mediterranean, & traditional English plants.
All gardening duties personally undertaken
including water gardens & koi keeping.
Nicholas 805-963-7896
High-end quality detail garden care &
design. Call Rose 805 272 5139
www.rosekeppler.com
Landscaping and masonry. Maintenance,
clean-up and hauling. Irrigation, tree service,
repainting walls, concrete and pavers.
www.golandscaping.biz
452-7645
Cal lic#855770
Lawn aeration service-relieve soil
compaction on your lawn! Free estimate
895-5403 or email: john@sblandscape.com
ITEMS FOR SALE
Exquisite ESCADA suits (some with
slacks AND skirt) in pristine condition.
Size 34. Also three lovely evening gowns.
All half original price. 818 262 1640 for
appointment. Santa Barbara location.

PERSONALS
Gentlemen 78, trim, self educated, self-
styles would be good companion for a
mature person to help write their memoires
or frst novel or available for traveling. Clyde
805-462-9872.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Do you love Reagan history? The
Reagan Ranch Center is seeking volunteers
who would be interested in serving as
docents for the Exhibit Galleries. Docents
will have the opportunity share the history of
President Reagan and his Western White
House. For more information or to apply,
please contact Danielle Fowler at 805-957-
1980 or daniellef@reaganranch.org.
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Free Phone Quotes
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Residential & Commercial
Foundations & Site Drainage Systems
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Inspection Services Available
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William J. Dalziel & Assoc., Inc.
General Building Contractors Lic.# B414749
Linda Christenson
Caregiver
Healing Touch Practitioner
Extremely qualied.
4690 Carpinteria Ave,
Village Gardens, suite A
Call for an apt @ 360 239 1835
www.lindyjames-christenson.weebly.com
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860
SEA MEADOW
Elegantly appointed French Normandy,
4bd/5ba house, steps to beach. Pool,
tennis. June through Sept. or partial.
$18,000/mo. 612-802-3944
Lg 2bd,2bth furn. feld facing polo condo
for rent April. Magnifcant ocean and mtn
views. Lots of closet space. 3rd f. sm pet
Gopher Busters
Complete Pest Control Services
Improving Mans Environment For Better Living
Russell Rosenberger
Horticulturist / Insect & Rodent Specialist
State Licensed & Insured
2979 Sea View, Ventura, CA 93001
Tel: (805) 684-6463, Cell (805) 448-7864

Tatianas Pilates
Tel: 805/ 284-2840
www.tatianaspilates.com
Real Men Do Pilates
New 6-week series Pilates for men classes
Cross training* Core strengthening* Rehab*
5320 Carpinteria Ave. Suite F, Carpinteria, CA 93013
1101 State St
Santa Barbara
CA 93101
State and Figueroa
805.963.2721
a fne coffee and tea establishment
5 12 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 47 For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair Anne Morrow Lindbergh
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are doing
business as: Christian Fiech
Architectural Lighting, 19 West
Padre Street #C, Santa Barbara,
CA 93105. Christian Fiech, 19
West Padre Street #C, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105. This statement
was fled with the County Clerk of
Santa Barbara County on April 2,
2012. This statement expires fve
years from the date it was fled in the
Offce of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in my
offce. Joseph E. Holland, County
Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer.
Original FBN No. 2012-0001009.
Published April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Weddings by
Diana & Invitations, Etc., 1092-
B Palmetto Way, Carpinteria, CA
93013. Diana Andonian, 1092-
B Palmetto Way, Carpinteria, CA
93013. This statement was fled
with the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on March 14,
2012. This statement expires fve
years from the date it was fled in the
Offce of the County Clerk. I hereby
certify that this is a correct copy of
the original statement on fle in my
Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon.
Published April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Malibu Magic Life
Coaching, Montecito Magic Life
Coaching, 1187 Coast Village
Road #539, Montecito, CA 93108.
Kismet Goodman, 1021 Monte
Cristo Lane, Montecito, CA 93108.
This statement was fled with the
County Clerk of Santa Barbara
County on March 28, 2012. This
statement expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I hereby certify
that this is a correct copy of the
original statement on fle in my
Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon.
Published April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Paseo Pilates,
115 West De La Guerra Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101. John
DeWilde, 3325 Calle Noguera,
Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Kiran
DeWilde, 3325 Calle Noguera,
Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This
statement was fled with the County
Clerk of Santa Barbara County
on March 2, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify that
this is a correct copy of the original
statement on fle in my offce. Joseph
E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
by Joshua Madison. Original FBN
No. 2012-0000675. Published
March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT-
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT: The following
person(s) has (have) abandoned
the use of the Fictitious Business
Names(s): G & R Design
Associates, 2403 Foothill Lane,
Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Wendy
Glomb, 1119 Alameda Padre
Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Joan Radditz, 2403 Foothill Lane,
Clerk of Santa Barbara County on
March 15, 2012. I hereby certify that
statement on fle in my offce.
Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk
(SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original
FBN No. 2011-0003383, fled on
November 17, 2011. Published
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The following
person(s) is/are doing business
as: Perez Jasso Construction,
54 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa
Barbara, CA 93101. Juan Perez
Builders, 54 Alameda Padre Serra,
by Miriam Leon. Original FBN
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
person(s) is/are doing business as:
Islay Events, 21 W. Islay Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Jeremy
Cable, 21 W. Islay Street, Santa
Barbara, CA 93101. This statement
was fled with the County Clerk of
Santa Barbara County on March
14, 2012. This statement expires
fve years from the date it was fled
in the Offce of the County Clerk. I
hereby certify that this is a correct
copy of the original statement
on fle in my offce. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Eco Clean SB Maid
and Janitorial Services, 209
West Quinto Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93105. Gloria Gonzalez, 209
W. Quinto Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93105. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk of
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by
Joshua Madison. Original FBN
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Benchmark Maps,
559 San Ysidro Road #1, Santa
Barbara, CA 93108. Benchmark
LLC, 559 San Ysidro Road #1,
(SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original
FBN No. 2012-0000779. Published
March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Gideon Group, 5662
Calle Real Ste 255, Goleta, CA
93117. Gideon I. Joffe, 5631 Via
Messina, Goleta, CA 93117. This
(SEAL) by Catherine Daly. Original
FBN No. 2012-0000702. Published
March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
business as: Newtrition Works
Company, 634 Chelham Way,
Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Karen
Kimi Navetta, 634 Chelham Way,
by Kathy Miller. Original FBN
March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
as: Serena Bay Publishing,
3279 Padaro Lane, Carpinteria,
CA, 93013. Kaye D. Walters,
3279 Padaro Lane, Carpinteria,
CA, 93013. This statement was
March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
as: Mindful Paths, 154 Conejo
Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103.
Jacqueline Harman, 1187 Coast
Village Road #166, Santa Barbara,
CA 93108, Constance McClain,
154 Conejo Rd, Santa Barbara,
CA, 93103. This statement was
by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN
March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No.
1385373. To all interested parties:
Petitioner Douglas Norton fled
a petition with Superior Court of
California, County of Santa Barbara,
for a decree changing name of child
Kai Douglas Hasso Norton to Cai
Douglas Hasso Norton. The Court
orders that all persons interested in
this matter appear before this court
at the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition
for change of name should not
be granted. Any person objecting
to the name changes described
about must fle a written objection
that included the reasons for the
objection at least two court days
before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the
hearing to show cause why the
petition should not be granted. If
no written objection is timely fled,
the court may grant the petition
without a hearing. Filed March 7,
2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk.
Hearing date: May 10, 2012 at
9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa
Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Published 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE
No. 1385509. To all interested
parties: Petitioner James Anthony
Sevigny-Resetco fled a petition
with Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Barbara, for a
decree changing name to James
Anthony Resetco. The Court
for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described about must
fle a written objection that included
the reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter
is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show
cause why the petition should not
be granted. If no written objection is
timely fled, the court may grant the
petition without a hearing. Filed March
22, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy
Clerk. Hearing date: May 3, 2012 at
Published 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18.
Petitioner Beera Areli Bernard
fled a petition with Superior Court of
for a decree changing name to Vera
Areli Bernard. The Court orders
that all persons interested in this
matter appear before this court
for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting
petition should not be granted. If no
written objection is timely fled, the
court may grant the petition without
a hearing. Filed on February 28,
2012 by Jackie Vazquez, Deputy
Clerk. Hearing date: May 3, 2012 at
Published 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11.
Petitioner Frances N. Shropshire
fled a petition with Superior Court of
for a decree changing name to
Frances Nobuko Arai. The Court
for change of name should not
be granted. Any person objecting
petition should not be granted. If no
written objection is timely fled, the
court may grant the petition without
a hearing. Filed on February 23,
2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk.
Hearing date: April 19, 2012 at
Published 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11.
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Country English Tudor $2,850,000
Mermis/St. Clair 805.895.5650
4 bd/5 ba hm on 1+ ac w/3 fpl, pool & spa, 3 car garage, &
vws. CountryEnglishTudor.com
1920s Tuscan Hideaway $2,295,000
Team Scarborough 805.331.1465
Charming 1920s home on 1 ac in Montecito. Mountain
vws. 6 bd, 4.5 ba. Atached guest apt.
Birnam Wood Golf Club $3,100,000
Daniel Encell 805.565.4896
John Kelsey 3bd/4.5ba+library single-level contemp. w/
fairway vws & pool. DanEncell.com
Montecito Mediterranean $2,995,000
Josiah & Justne Hamilton 284.8835
Montecito Union School District. Newer Mediterranean. 3
Bed/3.5 Bath. www.TheHamiltonCo.com
Quintessental Farmhouse $3,850,000
Marsha Kotlyar 805.565.4014
A+ Montecito locaton, gated, 4bd/5.5ba, pool + cabana,
superior quality, lovely gardens.
Montecito Retreat $3,495,000
Team Scarborough 805.331.1465
Up a private lane, redone 4br/3ba Crafsman on 1 ac w/
gardens, pool. Mtn & ocean views.
Live In Paradise $3,395,000
Joyce Enright 805.570.1360
Live elegantly! 4BR/4+BA Cotage-style home in
Montecito. Den, family room, cath ceils.
7200 Casitas Pass Road $3,250,000
Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233
4br/4ba in Carpinteria w/ ocn & mtn views on 14 acs.
Pool/Spa. www.MontecitoPropertes.com
On the Sand - Guarded Ln $5,950,000
Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663
Beachfront 3/3 w/panoramic views on guarded/gated
lane. www.841SandPoint.com.
Jack Warner Montecito $4,995,000
Josiah & Justne Hamilton 284.8835
Jack Warner designed 4 bed, 4.5 bath home on 1 acre.
www.TheHamiltonCo.com
Montecito View Estate $9,975,876
Paul Hurst 805.680.8216
270 ocn, island, coastline, mtn vus; 4/6 home+1/1 casita
on 9+ acs. Text GOTO 4SBRE1 to 95495.
Beachfront Sanctuary $6,950,000
Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663
Beachfront 4/3.5 home with panoramic 360 views.
www.607SandPointRoad.com.
835 Summit Road $1,850,000
Nell Eakin 805.455.9376
Light, spacious contemporary w/walls of glass is quiet, serene; 1/2 block from Montecito Country Club, between upper &
lower villages, 4 beds (3 suites) 5 baths w/apartment Ocean view, open foorplan. Approx. 1 fat ac.
580 Toro Canyon Road $14,950,000
Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233
Montecito. Refned & subtle elegance. Featuring a main house, separate ofce & state of the art barn with kitchen & bath.
Ocean & Mountain views. 2 bedroom, 6 baths. MontecitoPropertes.com

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