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The Way It WasWe can thank the 1887 Santa Ynez Valley real estate boom (and bust) for giving us

the Boy Scouts’ Rancho Alegre, p. 28

Seen Around The WorldJames “Bud” Bottoms’ dolphin fountain

embellishes the bottom of State Street and the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta, p. 14

Village BeatThere’s a new Chief in town: SB native and longtime MFPD firefighter named to replace

retiring Kevin Wallace, p. 12

COMMUNITY CALENDAR, P. 10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 • GUIDE TO MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42

The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995 S

Ann Gursey joins Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg,

Justin Timberlake, Anne Hathaway, Shia LaBeouf and host of celebs in grand NYC

good-bye to Regis Philbin, p. 6

MIneArdS’ MIScellAny

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5 Editorial SB Land Trust very close to reaching goal to save Hot

Springs Canyon according to Dick Thielscher; part two of the “BEST of” winners

6 Montecito Miscellany Ann Gursey front row for Philbin’s last broadcast;

Oprah Winfrey back on air; star-studded Dream Foundation anniversary; Kardashian marriage downfall to air; Ron Macleod’s new mission; Ramon Araiza’s sole searching at Granada; “Underland” shines at Campbell Hall; Tim Crouch’s performance piece; “Whose Live” brings improv to Granada; Lou Grant Parent-Child Workshop lawn party; fundraiser at Belle Hahn-Cohen’s Mission manse

8 Letters to the Editor The Mahers wish to put a stop to Montecito developments

like the San Ysidro Road walkway; Anne Luther remembers the late Evelyn Lauder; Coast Village Road merchant agrees that Ghost Village Road should become toast

10 Community Calendar Thanksgiving in Montecito; concert at Trinity; holiday

sale at Montecito Inn; Christmas at the Casa; Elephant Umbrella Fund benefit; kids bake cookies at the Biltmore; Piglet Willy world premiere; holiday tours of Casa del Herrero

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take

that walk or run on the beach12 Village Beat New Fire Chief named; Montecito Library honors Friends

founder; Matti & Me’s grand opening; Grandparents’ Day at Cold Spring; Marni Rozet steps down

14 Seen Around the World Lynda concludes the two-part story on her trip to Mexico,

watching cliff divers in Mazatlan and tasting tequila in Puerto Vallarta

22 Our Town Summerland shops open doors at Holiday Open House

26 Your Westmont Westmont basketball stars will shine on the hardwood

November 29; small-scale art created by big names featured in new exhibition

28 The Way it Was Part one of Ms Beresford’s two-part story on the Santa Ynez

Valley33 Sheriff’s Blotter Residential burglary on Hot Springs Road; phones stolen

from students36 Montecito Sportsman John Burk explores Redding, California by day while

sleeping in a floating mansion by night39 Coup de Grace It’s an early Christmas miracle when Grace receives a giant

truckload of mulch 40 Calendar of Events “Inside the Outside” closing reception at il Fustino;

UCSB music department season; Ojai Art Center Theater’s live radio show presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life; “Taste of Shakespeare” in Ojai; Ojai Concert Series presents family band Celtic Spring; B.B. King brings his blues to Granada; French pianist Hélène Grimaud at Lobero; Wil Ridge headlines Tales from the Tavern; La Arcada Christmas Walk; Sue Grafton signs new book at Chaucer’s

41 On Entertainment Rachael Yamagata sings her way into SOhO;

Headless Household’s double header; under the radar holiday events

42 Guide to Montecito Eateries The most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all

individually owned Montecito restaurants, coffee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; some in Santa Barbara, Summerland, and Carpinteria too

43 Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here,

as they are every week

45 Real Estate View A look at the eight new properties listed for sale in

Montecito46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers

offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so

readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

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Saving Hot Springs Canyon Closer To Reality

Just before putting this issue to bed, we received the following from the Montecito Association’s 2011 Citizen of the Year Richard Thielscher, who asked that we get this in, somewhere good. Well, there’s nowhere better

than our editorial page for getting messages out to the public, so here is Dick’s missive:

“The Santa Barbara Land Trust’s campaign to save Hot Springs Canyon is very close to reaching its goal. As of Monday, November 21, it is short $150,000 and must close escrow by December 15. The purchase of 462 acres includes six legal parcels, which could be developed as home sites plus a day spa. The prop-erty is currently listed with a prominent real estate broker for $11 million. If the Land Trust can close the escrow, the property will be deeded to the U.S. Forest Service, to be preserved as open space in perpetuity, and will include a deed restriction that will preclude development. If this campaign fails, the eventual buyer could close off any trail use and develop the property. The purchase includes much of the property between the San Ysidro Trail and the Cold Spring Trail, all the way up to an including Montecito Peak.

“To our knowledge, this is the first opportunity Montecito has ever had to preserve forever a large part of our beautiful foothills. The Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax deductible. For more information and to make a pledge, you can go online – sblandtrust.org –, or call the Land Trust at 805-966-4520. It would be a shame for Montecito to lose this opportunity when we are so close.”

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BEST OF MONTECITO - Part Two -We’ll wrap up our “BEST of” winners over the next weeks, but in this issue

we feature five more men and women who really do exemplify the kind of per-son that not only starts the day so pleasantly for many in Montecito, but also keeps them entertained as the evening winds down.

And finally, lest we forget, we hope your Thanksgiving was filled with family, hope, thanks, and a great big serving of optimism for the future.

The PerfecT fiT -Master seamstress Patricia Moo has owned The Perfect Fit at 1225 Coast

Village Road for five years and worked there for seven years before that, taking over from Carmela Cardella, the former owner. Patricia is at least a second-generation seamstress; she has sewn, cut, hemmed, fitted, pinned, altered, and created clothing for more than twenty years. Her mother, also a seamstress, taught her how to sew. After twenty years with pins in one hand and scissors in the other, her ability to do more than one thing at a time is intuitive. For example, while we were there, Patricia easily pinned one client’s hemline, fit

another patron as she flitted in and out of the dressing room, took phone calls, advised her assistant on another matter, and handled an interviewer and photographer with confidence and aplomb. And, when the occasion arose, she presented our photographer with the brightest smile this side of the Sun. This is a woman, we agreed, who knows how to do what she does and loves it. She certainly qualifies as the BEST.

We dropped by on a Monday morning, figuring that would be a slow day

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Fond Farewell to Philbin

Monte ito Miscellany

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Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and moved to Montecito four years ago.

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Ann Gursey was front row center with America’s media elite, flying to New York to be

in the celebrity-filled audience at the last broadcast of ABC’s Live morning show with Regis Philbin, which set a new Nielsen ratings record.

She was 80-year-old Philbin’s co-host on the program, then known as The Morning Show, for two years in 1984, being replaced by Kathie Lee Gifford, who held the slot for 15 years until 2000 and is now one of the team on NBC’s extended Today show.

A resident of Montecito for the past 20 years, Ann was seated next to real estate tycoon, Donald Trump, along with an audience of Philbin family members and famous faces from the media and Hollywood.

“It was a great reunion with every-one who worked with Rege on and off

the set,” Ann tells me from her home in Aspen, Colorado.

“I was driving back to Santa Barbara after doing a charity event in San Francisco last month and got a call

asking me to fly to Manhattan for the show. I was thrilled beyond belief. He is a darling, fun, fun man. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. It was so nice seeing all the old producers I used to work with.

“Katie Couric did a special on his retirement on 20/20 the night before and it featured me with photos and video. It was also nice sitting next to The Donald, who I’d interviewed with Regis on the show all those years ago. He even remembered me.

“I haven’t really seen Regis in recent years, but when he saw me he gave me a big hug and said, ‘Ann Abernethy, you are so dear to be here!’”

After the broadcast, from the WABC-TV studios, a tiara’s toss from Lincoln Center, the audience, which included New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg – who presented Philbin with a key to the city – Justin Timberlake, Anne Hathaway, Shia LaBeouf, Alan Alda and Tony Danza, adjourned to anoth-er part of the complex for a cham-pagne fueled bash, which featured a huge cake designed like the studio.

Philbin, who is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most time logged on air by a TV personality – a staggering 17,000 hours –, was also joined by a heav-enly host of TV personalities, includ-ing his cohost Kelly Ripa, Bryant Gumbel, Meredith Vieira – who I

used to appear with on ABC’s The View –, Joan Lunden, Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Gifford and Couric, who gave him an Al Hirschfeld carica-ture of his favorite role models, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

A plaque was also unveiled by Bob Iger, president of Disney (which owns ABC), renaming the building, The Regis Philbin Studio, in the longtime host’s honor.

“It was really quite an occasion, which I’ll always remember,” adds Ann, who will be back in our rarefied enclave next month to host the Unity Shoppe TV telethon, her 17th year fronting the fund raising show...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Unsafe and Expensive

As we walk down the almost completed walkway along San Ysidro Road, we are

saddened to see what is happening to this community and worried about more of this kind of change happening in the future along the beautiful tree-lined streets of Montecito. We fought hard to stop this project and we learned much about lies, deceit and political corruption, because in the end that is what this was really all about. To quote Salud Carbajal: “This was never about the safety of children.” Mr. Carbajal made that statement to us, with a smile on his face after we had confronted him with all the facts as to why this project would not make children safer. All the backroom rumors we had heard about this being political turned out to be true.

Mr. Murdock, who began the ball rolling on the sidewalk project, had two children that attended Montecito Union. He is or was also a member of the organization COAST (Coalition for Sustainable Transportation). He held a fundraiser for our District Supervisor, Salud Carbajal. Mr. Murdock and his family have since moved to England, so I guess they will not be walking along this $500,000 federally funded pathway.

The truth is, those of us that live along San Ysidro Road, as well as other members of the local commu-nity, were not notified until long after the federal grant had been given to Mr. Carbajal. We have a document signed by the residents stating that they were never notified. We only found out about this project due to the notifica-tion of survey work that was to be done in preparation along our street. This notification came to us months after the federally funded grant had already been received by Mr. Carbajal.

Then there was the infamous map (reprinted in MJ’s Letters to the Editor section two weeks ago). The map that was needed to show how many chil-dren lived in this area. The map that showed homes that are not really there, with children that do not really exist. A fake map that was created by who? Someone at County Public Works or Montecito Union School?

The organization COAST seems to be the central connection in all of this. Matt Dobberteen works for County Public Works and Matt Dobberteen is also a member of COAST. If this organization has its way, there will be sidewalks with concrete ramps and bikeways lined with drought-resistant cactus from East Beach to and through-

out Montecito... There goes our beauti-ful community forever! We need to keep COAST out of our community. It seems that COAST’s entire purpose is to spend the government’s money on unnecessary projects just because they can. This is wasteful government spending and political corruption at the lowest level. No wonder our coun-try is broke and in such a mess. We can thank politicians like Carbajal and organizations like COAST for that.

It was upsetting to see that this political corruption had also pene-trated the Montecito Association. The week before the Montecito Association voted in favor of this sidewalk project, the Montecito Planning Commission had voted against it and was to rec-ommend the Montecito Association do the same at its next meeting. We attended that last meeting, and as we listened to the comments of the board members it became very clear that these members, with the exception of Dick Thielscher and Dave Kent, were in Salud Carbajal’s pocket.

When we first started attending Montecito Association meetings con-cerning this project, we were sur-prised at how little the Association knew about what was happening; its directors seemed surprised that a Federally funded grant had already been attained.

Mr. Murdock, Salud Carbajal, COAST, Matt Dobberteen of County Public Works, and the Montecito Association are all a part of the politi-cally tinged scheme called the San Ysidro Pathway Project. Shame on all of you!

And shame on Montecito Union School for pitting itself against this community instead of working with us. Where would Montecito Union School be without the decades of sup-port from this community? An incred-ible amount of time and money has been donated to this school, most of which has been given by those of us who live in and love this uniquely beautiful place called Montecito.

We are proud of our fight because we did make a difference. Only three trees were cut down instead of seven. The original plan was a concrete, hard surface sidewalk that would have run straight along the curb. Without our fight there would have been unsight-ly railroad ties lining the walkway. The ugly, bulky cement ramps do not belong along the residential streets of Montecito but because we fought against it, at least the warning surfac-

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We would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the one thou-sand local people who signed our petition against this project. All of our signatures were legitimate. We did not ask people to sign their children’s names or their pets’ names. Why did both the Montecito Association and Salud Carbajal completely ignore those one thousand signatures?

We would also like to thank all the people who attended meetings and stood up and spoke bravely against this project. This is never easy to do. Thank you also to the many sup-porters who wrote letters to news-papers and to Salud Carbajal to let them know they were against this project. There are always a select few in these situations that do so much more, that spend endless hours and donate money to make this fight pos-sible. So we would like to give a very special heartfelt thank you to... The Boehr Family (Jurgen, Pam, Craig and Todd), Maryanne Brillhart, Leslie Hovey and Heather Maher. Montecito is blessed that you care so much.

What the total and final cost of this

project is we do not know, we do know that more money had to be obtained from the government, in addition to the $500,000, to finish the “pathway.” The original half million was not enough. How much did we pay the expensive landscape architect? And for what? The ugly and boring drought-resistant plants that now line San Ysidro Road from North Jameson to Montecito Union School? These plants have been stuck into the ground with no rhyme or reason. It is something you would see in front of a strip mall or business area. They do not belong along these residential streets. What was this land-scape architect thinking? Did she not notice that the streets of our commu-nity are lined with beautiful trees and many different kinds of foliage, every property unique and special? This is what we must protect.

As we walk along this pathway and step aside to avoid children racing along on their bicycles, being careful not to step on the new drought-resis-tant plants, we have to ask ourselves: is this really keeping children safe? Or have we created a whole new safety issue? Wasn’t the bicycle lane put in for bike riding and isn’t it illegal to ride your bike on a sidewalk? The real issue concerning safety has always been the speeding traffic and cell-

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Kid’s Cookie WorkshopsSundays in December (with the exception of Christmas Day), Mrs. Claus will join the Four Seasons’ expert pastry chefs in their “workshop” for a cookie baking and decorating extravaganza. At these popular events, children and their parents can go behind the scenes for a fun and creative afternoon of supervised cutting and decorating freshly baked sugar cookies with an assortment of colorful, festive toppings. When: 2 pm to 3:30 pmWhere: The Biltmore, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $15 per childReservations: 565-8291

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

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29

Holiday SaleShowcase, meet-and-greet and holiday sale by three Los Angeles- based designers of jewelry, fashion and objects of art, to benefit Santa Barbara Museum of Art Education Program. Jewelry is from Designs by Georgina, a collection of traditional jewelry with a fashionable twist includes Tahitian and Australian South Sea pearls punctuated with precious and semi-precious gems. Fashion is by Dori Schneider, who will show a collection of jackets, coats, wraps, capes, blouses and ruffled scarves. Objects of Art from For Love of Home: personally selected works of art and one of a kind decorative objects from around the world. A portion of proceeds will benefit the SBMA Education Program.Where: Montecito Inn, Chaplin Room, 1295 Coast Village RoadWhen: Tuesday, 10 am to 7 pm and Wednesday, November 30, 10 am to 4 pm. Info: [email protected]

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24

ThanksgivingSeveral restaurants in Montecito are serving up traditional turkey dinners with all the fixin’s; call for details and reservationsBella Vista at the Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive, 969-2261Montecito Wine Bistro, 969-7520Plow & Angel, 900 San Ysidro Lane, 565-1724Stonehouse Restaurant, 900 San Ysidro Lane, 565-1724Stella Mare’s, 50 Los Patos Way, 969-6705

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25

Mozart by Candlelight

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 3

Christmas at the Casa“Casa Blanca: An Evening of Christmas, Candlelight & Cocktails” benefitting Casa del Herrero. Proceeds from the evening benefit the stewardship and preservation of this historic home, workshop and gardens, which was named a National Historic Landmark in 2009. A Live Auction features one-of-a-kind items including a handcrafted replica of a 17th

century walnut table from the Casa del Herrero collection by furniture builder John Hall, mosaic fountain made from antique Casa tiles by artist Laurence Hodges, and a dinner for 14 at the Casa under an exotic Far Eastern-themed tent catered by culinary local legend Ernie Price. Auction items will be described, announced, heralded and gaveled – on a genuine anvil – by Frank Goss of Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery.Guests can belly up to ‘Steedman’s Bar’ designed as a replica of the rustic Workshop, where guests can sip wines from the Rusack Vineyards and cocktails. Hors d’oeuvres created by Ernie Price will be served, and live entertainment will be provided by Spanish guitar virtuoso Anthony Ybarra. Mini-tours of the home and Workshop will be available. Parking is at El Montecito Presbyterian Church with complimentary shuttle service to the Casa.Where: 1387 East Valley RoadCost: $100 for members, $125 for non-members Tickets and info: 565-56535

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10

Piglet Willy’s World PremiereJoin Wilhelmina Whitewitch at the Biltmore for the world premiere of her children’s book, Piglet Willy, and a benefit for the Montecito Union School PTA and The Boys and Girls Club of America. Richard Mineards is the voice behind the recorded version of the book for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) and longtime Montecito resident (and former MJ art director) Christian Maurer helped put the book together via design and layout. All the drawings are done by the author. Included in the event are a Queen’s Gourmet High Tea (created by Alessandro Cartumini, Executive Chef of the Biltmore), celebrity guest readings of the book, croquet games, Ulysses S. Jazz Band, and more. Tickets are on sale through December 7. When: 12 pm to 3 pmWhere: The Biltmore, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $42 per personInfo and tickets: 708-3777

Thanksgiving ConcertWestmont’s Professor of Music, Michael Shasberger, guest conducts West Coast Chamber Orchestra’s All Mozart Program. The guest soloist is violinist Tamsen Beseke, and the orchestra’s founder and Music Director is Christopher Story VI. Mozart by Candlelight Concert is a day-after Thanksgiving tradition that kicks off the holiday season. The Gothic-style, stone church venue with its soaring ceilings is well suited to the vintage music. When: 8 pmWhere: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State StreetCost: $10 to $25 Tickets: Arlington Ticket Agency, 963-4408 or at the doorInformation: 962-6609

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We live in a beautiful communi-ty. Visitors come and remark at how lucky we are to live here. There is nowhere else quite like it... and until recently the residents of Montecito have worked together to cherish and protect what we have. Let’s not let what happened along San Ysidro Road happen again.

Sincerely,The MahersMontecito(Editor’s note: These projects, such as

the aborted effort to create a Montecito Junior High School, have a way of gather-ing a political head of steam as they chug towards an often changing and sometimes unwelcome and even unanticipated ter-minus. The idea of a Safe Route to School was and is a good one. Craig Boehr was the first to speak out against the money that was to be spent by other taxpayers and the federally mandated requirements that came along with the funds provided to create one. The federally funded San Ysidro Road pathway is now a reality; the Mahers’ advice to “not let what hap-pened” there happen again is well taken. Vigilance, however, is required. – J.B.)

Remembering Evelyn Lauder

A big “Thank you” to Richard Mineards for writing about Evelyn (Lauder) in his column (“Montecito Miscellany” MJ # 17/46). I knew she had been ill but I didn’t know she passed away until I read it in your column.

I worked side by side with Evelyn for six years when I was at Lauder in the 1980s, taking her breast cancer awareness program from the U.S. and expanding it to 140 International mar-kets where Lauder was sold. In a com-pany and an industry filled with hys-terical, irrational type A’s, she was an

elegant and calming presence. Always a gracious kind word or compliment, and forever the Jewish mother offer-ing cookies or chicken soup in difficult times. I remember her fondly.

Anne LutherHope Ranch

no More GhostsI read the letter to the editor “Ghosts

Not Wanted,” and totally agree (MJ # 17/46). I have run a shop on Coast Village Road for the past four years, and our customers stay away on Halloween, producing zero sales, due to the terrific traffic jam. The people who come to Ghost Village Road are from Ventura, Oxnard, Ojai, and Santa Barbara. They make three or four passes by, and I have even heard some mothers say that they were going to re-give the candy to trick-or-treaters at home. Trust me, these people do not come back to Montecito to shop. We are spending $200-$300 on candy for people who don’t even care what is inside the shops here.

Maybe next year we will close! Another Concerned Coast Village

Road Merchant(Editor’s note: I covered the event for

Montecito Journal and was on Ghost Village Road for about two hours. During that time I met dozens of friends and acquaintances – many in costume, as I was – along the way. Most of them lived in Montecito and some, such as my regular golfing buddy, his wife and their extended family that included two grandchildren, were only there because I had recommended it. My friends’ daugh-ter and her family only recently moved to Montecito and expressed joy at such a resident-friendly shopping strip, as well as surprise at the variety of shops, many of which she hadn’t noticed before.

No one likes to hear about people col-lecting candy to give away later, but as for the rest of it, one night a year doesn’t seem too horrific a price to pay for such an all-encompassing family-friendly event. As for closing next year, that too is a good idea if you’d prefer not to get involved. It is certainly an option that nearly everyone would understand you taking. – J.B.) •MJ

LETTERS (Continued from page 9)


Earlier this week, Montecito Fire Protection District announced its board has chosen Battalion

Chief Stephen (Chip) Hickman as the new Fire Chief to succeed Fire Chief Kevin Wallace when he retires in May 2012.

“I’m honored to have been consid-ered,” Hickman tells us. He began his career at MFPD in 1990, becoming one of the District’s first Paramedic Firefighters. Since that time, he has risen through the ranks, and has been in charge of several facets in the dis-trict, including managing facilities, hiring new firefighters, maintaining fire truck computer systems, and act-ing as Incident Commander on recent fire events. Hickman was the first on scene commander during the Tea Fire in November 2008, and was the per-son responsible for naming the fire.

Chief Hickman says the next few years at the District will likely be chal-lenging, with rebuilding still occur-ring from the Tea Fire, a possible increase in the number of board mem-bers, pension reform, and the building of Fire Station 3. “There will be a lot

on my plate,” he says. “Trying to help residents rebuild and get back to nor-mal after the Tea Fire continues to be a big priority for me.”

“While I am saddened that the District will be losing Chief Wallace, I’m very happy that we have selected one from our own rank and file to promote to this upcoming vacancy,” Board President Roy Jensen said. “Chief Hickman has over twenty

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The Friends of the Montecito Library Board, Front Row L to R: Antonia Robertson, Pat Saley, Vice President, Heather Brophy with Barbara’s dog, Stuff, Judi Anderson, President and Patricia MacKinnon. Back Row L to R: Jody Thomas, librarian, Vito Gioiello, Treasurer, Julia Springer, Mike Rodrigue, Gib Lentz, Elizabeth Zahm, Cornelia McGrath, Julie Freedman, Darlene Cox, Chana Jackson, Secretary and Phil Wilcox

years of experience working here in Montecito, and I feel his experience will benefit both the community and our staff.”

Chief Hickman was born and raised in Santa Barbara, and with his wife JoAnn has a daughter, Nicole, and twin toddlers, Danielle and Parker. “My family is looking forward to hav-ing me home at night,” he said. His new position will call for a more tra-ditional 40-hour workweek, instead of the 24-hour shifts he has pulled throughout his career. “I’ve never known anything else!” he laughs.

In March, Chief Hickman will be named Interim Chief, and for three months he will work closely with Chief Wallace to create a seamless tran-sition. Chief Wallace, who has served 29 years in the District, announced his retirement plans in August.

“My loyalty and commitment to this organization is unwavering and I pledge as Fire Chief that I will contin-ue to nurture and preserve this District and community for the remainder of my career,” Chief Hickman says.

Montecito LibraryOn Monday, November 21, mem-

bers of the board of the Friends of the Montecito Library (FOML) pub-licly thanked and honored Heather Brophy, the daughter of Barbara Baring-Gould, who founded the non-profit group in 1975. Baring-Gould, who recently passed away, spearheaded the raising of the funds needed to convert the cur-rent library from an old recreation center.

“It is with great appreciation that we honor your mother,” president Judi Anderson said to Ms Brophy. “Her contributions have made the Montecito Library the core of our com-munity for the past forty-plus years.”

“The Members of the Board of the Friends of the Montecito Library walk humbly in your mother’s footsteps. Her example of community service inspires us when we see children enthusiastically selecting books from the Montecito Library six days a week. We imagine that they are the future your mother dreamed of when she

worked so tirelessly all those years ago,” Anderson added.

The Montecito Branch library is funded through county and state rev-enues; it receives no money from the city of Santa Barbara, although human resources, payroll, and other services are contracted by the city. The branch survives on bequests from residents and FOML, which boasts over 1,200 members.

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Colorful dancers with Latin passion entertain the tourists in Topolobampo

Color, Culture and Latin Passion

Seen Around the World by Lynda Millner

This is part two of a two-part story

After going to the Pancho Villa bar in Guaymas with all the photos of the famous fellow,

we needed to learn more. Pancho Villa became a hero of the Mexican Revolution when he and his men joined their forces in 1910, making a historical transition from bandidos to revolucionarios. He was hated by thousands and loved by millions. Another sort of Robin Hood to some, but also a cruel cold-blooded killer to others. He was not only a bandit, but also a contractor having been involved in the Copper Canyon railroad. Many tried to kill him and in 1923 while driving through Parral, Chihuahua, he was assassinated and his killer was never identified.

Our next town was Topolobampo, which is the jumping-off point for the Copper Canyon private rail tour that entices many tourists. It is a giant engineering feat transporting people over 39 bridges and 87 tunnels that goes up to 8,000 feet above sea level. Copper Canyon is four times the size of our Grand Canyon.

Of course, Indians preceded the white man and we visited the Indian village of Tehuecos. Going to one of the homes to see their native dances, we learned they are related to the Apache and Navajo tribes. Watching the senoras make tortillas the old-fashioned way, and then eating them hot off the grill was a treat.

Then back on the bus to Posada del Hidalgo, a historical mansion built in 1895 where legend holds that Don Diego de la Vega, otherwise knows as “el Zorro” was born. He was a Mexican version of Robin Hood, rob-

bing and giving to the poor. A modern day “Zorro” visited us while we ate lunch.

In Mazatlan, we had a lady guide who had been a U.S. expatriate in the town for thirty years. Needless to say, she knew all the local gossip. In the 1500s, gold and silver was taken from the Sierra Madre mines. Since it was slightly off the usual ship-

An Indian boy in the village of Tehuecos shows one of his native dances

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ping route, pirates didn’t plunder the area. As we walked the charming Malecón (boardwalk), we saw El Faro, the world’s highest lighthouse, on a hill just above.

Acapulco isn’t the only place to see divers leap into the sea; we saw boys dive from the 40-foot high El Mirador cliff in Mazatlan. The key to not killing yourself is timing, since the water is only six feet deep at times. However, it seems when tourists appear, it’s a go.

Mazatlan had some unique vehicles, especially the “pulmonia,” which is a kind of open air taxi. Originally, the

other taxis didn’t like the competi-tion, so they nicknamed the vehi-cles “pulmonia” because you might catch pneumonia riding in the open air and the name stuck. They are still operating today. You might have caught pneumonia this year since it is Mexico’s coldest season in 50 years.

I loved the true story our guide told of a local hotel whose sign said, “Vacancy.” When she inquired about staying there, the senora said, “There is no vacancy.” The guide asked why

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As you know, Puerto Vallarta is Santa Barbara’s sister city and there, on the lovely boardwalk lined with stat-ues, is our own Bud Bottoms’ dolphin fountain. They call him James. Our guide told the whole story not know-ing we were from Santa Barbara. The statue is located in the old village part of town that goes from McDonald’s (can’t get away from fast food) to the river. Another Santa Barbara connec-tion was passengers Annette and Bill Colbert from Carpinteria. Annette had taken my Magic Makeover class and remembered me.

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that had been used for whiskey. And where do the barrels end up? They are used as planters, just like in Santa Barbara.

Of course, in between all this sight-seeing, we were wining, dining and seeing shows aboard our cruise ship. One thing I love about being on a cruise is being served breakfast every morning in the formal dining room with waiters and white linen. Each

SEEn (Continued from page 16)A young man stringing tiny beads to make a giant iguana, which hang out in many of the trees in Puerto Vallarta


day, we would hear birds chirping as we ate. But we were inside and there were no birds in sight. Our waiter told us the secret; it was a recording. One lady wouldn’t take no for an answer and insisted on taking pictures of them.

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We sailed back to San Diego and boarded the train once again, this time with a delicious boxed lunch. Our car was still there in long-term parking at the depot in Oxnard (more than just a pretty name) and it was time to return to the real world.

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When she ended her iconic chat show in May after 25 years, Oprah said her role at OWN would be strictly behind the scenes, but that hasn’t worked out as planned.

The ratings have been so bad that she is stepping in front of the cameras once again to boost viewership.

“After twenty-five years I got myself out of the studio chairs,” says Oprah.

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The new series follows last month’s launch of Oprah’s Lifeclass, in which she shares insights, life lessons and old clips from her syndicated talk show.

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Although she didn’t sing a note, Streisand, who has sold more than 140 million albums worldwide and is one of the few people to have won an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and a Tony, presented the prestigious Founders Award to her good friend, New York-based designer Donna Karan, for her work with the Urban Zen Foundation, at the glittering event, which is expect-ed to raise in excess of $600,000 for the 17-year-old charity, which makes dreams come true for adults in the end stages of life.

“This is incredibly nerve wracking,” joked Thomas Rollerson, the popular non-profit’s founder. “Having Barbra Streisand here is quite extraordinary!”

Adding to the celebrity gridlock, which featured actors Dan Aykroyd and Brad Garrett, conducting the live auction – which included a South African safari, a stay in Malaysia and Bali, a week-long voy-age on The World, and a private dinner with Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman – were supermodel Cindy Crawford, Alan Thicke, David James Elliott, Jonathan Silverman, Andrew Firestone, Joanna Kerns, and Jennifer Finnigan.

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University Movers, one of Santa Barbara's most respected moving companies, has established its

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According to The Trend Curve, the international authority on color and design trends in home furnishings, silver and a lighter shade of green are being paired up this year for the holidays. “Frosted Greenery” themed items are noted at Erin Taylor’s gift

shop Botanik, with silver and white decor, such as wreaths, candles, tree decorations, and lots of sparkly items that showcased the 2011 holiday trend.

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The 600 guests, including Priscilla Presley, haircare tycoon Jean Paul DeJoria, Leslie Ridley-Tree and Brian King, Justin and Amanda Klentner, Milt and Arlene Larsen, Bill and Sandi Nicholson, Diana MacFarlane, Arlene Montesano, Sheryl Lowe, Nina Terzian, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Harold and Annette Simmons, Herb and Bui Simon, Mike and Anne Towbes, and Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, were also royally enter-tained with American Idol finalist Pia Toscano, Grammy-winner Macy Gray, Glee cast members Amber Riley and Naya Rivera, and 15-year-old Jackson Guthy, who made a much talked about debut on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Tiffany Nguyen of the Santa Barbara event planners, Toast, said the gala decorations mirrored the earth and environmental tones of Karan’s Haitian inspired runway collection, with tobacco leave vases, driftwood decorations, and aerial adornments hinting at S&M.

Lashings of fun, indeed....

Unhappily Ever AfterLast month it was the fairy

tale Montecito wedding of Kim Kardashian and basketball player Kris Humphries.

This month viewers of the E! TV cable channel will see the eagerly anticipated marriage disintegrate in

72 well paid days.TV bosses have released a new

30-second teaser for the upcoming spinoff reality show Kourtney & Kim Take New York, which premieres on Sunday.

The trailer, which will no doubt whet the appetites of Kardashian fans, has a series of snapshots, including Kourtney telling her sister: “If it’s not meant to be, it’s not meant to be.”

A dramatic voiceover then pro-claims: “Not every fairytale has a happy ending.”

The footage shows Kim – looking tearful at one point – and Humphries coming to blows, confirming the hon-eymoon period didn’t last long.

And Radar Online is reporting that with full editorial control, Kardashian, 31, has been making sure the show portrays her as a “victim” and Humphries, 26, as “a lazy, insensitive villain.”

The spin-off of Keeping Up With the Kardashians finished filming in mid-October, just two weeks before Kardashian announced she was divorcing the athlete.

And she can expect more angst this week with PETA, the animal rights group, planning to erect a billboard in L.A. criticizing her for wearing fox fur.

It will show Kardashian wearing the fur next to a photo of baby foxes with a message reading: “Kim: These Babies Miss Their Mother. Is She on Your Back?”

Ouch! Stay tuned...

Military WarriorsA chance meeting at the Santa

Barbara Polo Club has now turned into a lifelong mission for Carpinteria-based financial executive Ron Macleod.

During the summer, Ron, who lives a short gallop from the impeccably manicured fields, met retired three star general, Leroy Sisco, founder of the four-year-old San Antonio, Texas-based Military Warriors Support Foundation, which finds and gives homes to needy veterans.

The charity, which is supported by polo playing Texas tycoon, John Muse – twice winner of the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open Trophy – gave away a property to a needy Marine during one of the high goal matches.

On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Ron was at the MetLife stadium in New Jersey when the Dallas Cowboys played the New York Jets and another house was given to a wounded vet-eran.

And during Veterans Day week-end he was at the Cowboys’ new $1.2 billion, 80,000- seat stadium – in owner Jerry Jones’ palatial box, no less – with the general and recent Congressional Medal of Honor recipi-


Ron Macleod at the Cowboys game in Texas with foundation founder Leroy Sisco, and Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Leroy Petry

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ent, Leroy Petry, when three homes were given to three veterans at half time.

Army Ranger Sergeant Petry, who received his honor from President Barack Obama at the White House in July for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty, is only the second living soldier to receive the mili-tary’s highest decoration for action in Afghanistan.

He will also be receiving a home through the program when he appears on the Fox News Channel’s Mike Huckabee Show next month.

“It’s an enormously worthy cause and the people getting the homes are amazing. I am trying to help out with fundraising and attracting donors given my background,” says Ron, a senior veep at Rockefeller Financial...

Music Behind the MusicIt was a case of ‘What’s afoot?’

when Ramon Araiza appeared at the Granada to give his usual half hour talk “Music Behind the Music” before the weekend’s all-Beethoven concert.

Ramon, now in his sixth season with the Santa Barbara Symphony, was pushed on stage in a wheelchair, explaining he had slipped on bare wood at his three-story Victorian home, breaking a bone in his foot and suffering a cracked knee.

“It’s not as bad as it looks, how-ever,” he added, carrying a purple teddy bear as comfort for his pain. “I’ve named it Bear-lioz, after the com-poser.”

The concert itself, featuring the German composer ’s “Pastoral Symphony No. 6 in F major” and the “Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major,” was a triumphant early Christmas present, with both works played with great finesse under resi-dent conductor Nir Kabaretti.

The 44-minute “Pastoral” work, probably one his most gentle pieces, captured his growing love of nature as his deafness increasingly alien-ated him from the outside world, while the 40-minute “Emperor” was written in Vienna in 1809 when Napoleon was bombarding the city mercilessly.

Chinese pianist Hong Xu, 28, easily mistaken for another keyboard talent, Lang Lang, 29, but without so much theatricality, used his Steinway flaw-lessly and with enormous technical flair and sensitivity.

An alumnus of the Music Academy of the West – his performance was sponsored by academy board member, Robert Weinman – Xu played a piece from Bach's Partita No.6 as an encore.

Next year he will tour China with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and make his Royal Festival Hall debut with them later in the year...

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Both the Westmont men’s and women’s basketball teams have jumped out to impressive

starts this season. The women, ranked 20th in the NAIA, are led by junior Tugce “Tooch” Canitez, a native of Turkey averaging more than 18 points a game, including a monstrous 33-point game November 7 against USC, No. 23 in NCAA Division I. Senior Lisa Peterson, averaging 15.2 points a game, and junior Vanessa Farias, averaging 14.4 points a game, have also been dominating the opposition. The lady Warriors battle defending national champions #1 Azusa Pacific Tuesday, November 29, at 5:30 pm in Westmont’s Murchison Gym.

The men (3-1) are led by junior Preston Branson, who is averaging 16.5 points a game, and junior Jordan Sachs, who scored 25 points against UCSB November 18. The men take on #9 Azusa Pacific Tuesday, November 29, at 7:30 pm in Murchison Gym.

Westmont head men’s basketball coach John Moore became the win-ningest basketball coach in Westmont history after the Warriors trounced the Bobcats of St. Thomas (Florida) November 20. The win was number 358 for Moore at Westmont, surpass-ing Chet Kammerer (357-158), who coached at Westmont for 17 years.

Big names Contribute Small Works for new Exhibition

Small-scale creations from artists across the country make up “5X5: An Invitational” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art November 30 through December 18. A public recep-tion on Wednesday, November 30, from 4 to 6 pm, kicks off an online auction of the artwork (www.west montmuseum.org/5x5) with proceeds benefitting the museum.

The online auction will be live, begin-ning November 30 at 4 pm through December 16 at 5 pm. A computer will be available in the museum for bid-ding. This is the first such auction the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art has hosted.

About 400 artists and well-known public personalities contributed art-work to the exhibition for a total of more than 450 five-inch-square works of art. The pieces range from highly finished, still-life paintings in oil on canvas to lighthearted cartoons by well-known graphic artists.

Nationally recognized artists par-ticipating in this benefit exhibition include Charles Arnoldi, Ed Moses, John Baldessari and Robert Mangold. Local luminaries such as printmaker

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Tony Askew, painter Mary Heebner and actress Carol Burnett also sub-mitted works. Visitors to the museum or the website will also find a paint-ing by Penelope Gottlieb, a drawing by Hilary Brace, a collage by Susan Tibbles and a hand-colored print by Dane Goodman.

“The response from artists has been amazing, and visitors will have fun discovering the artistic variety of these small works,” says Judy L. Larson, director of the museum and R. Anthony Askew professor in art history. “The online auction provides a way to acquire some original works

of art by well-known artists that might otherwise be out of reach. The gener-ous contribution of these artists will help fund the museum’s educational programming for the community.”

“These works will make great hol-iday gifts,” notes Chris Rupp, the museum’s collection manager and the guest curator of this exhibition.

The Westmont Museum of Art is open weekdays 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 11 am to 5 pm, closed on Sundays. For more information, visit www.westmontmuseum.org or con-tact the museum at (805) 565-6162 or [email protected]. •MJ

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“The climate of the Santa Ynez [Valley] is superior to that of the city of Santa Barbara,

which is nearly perfect… The scenery is beautiful and romantic in the extreme… Eastern people desiring attractive homes, lands for cultivation, an extensive dairy farm, or profitable investment, should not fail to visit the Santa Ynez Valley” [Santa Ynez Land and Improvement Company brochure circa 1886].

The brochure touted the wonders of the region by describing the moun-tains as grand and magnificent, the oak and pine dotted landscape on undulating hills as park-like, and the agricultural possibilities as endless.

Not one, but two railroads were coming! The land boom was on and the

Land Company had hundreds of par-cels for sale. The narrow gauge Pacific Coast Railway already terminated at Los Olivos, and, according to the Land Company, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe had plans to build from Santa Monica to San Buenaventura. From there they would pull a line up the Ventura River to the headwaters of the Santa Ynez River and down the val-ley to Los Olivos. And the Southern Pacific Railroad, they claimed, would also pass through the valley, bringing with it unbelievable opportunities.

Lured by promises of prosperity, speculators raced farm families to take up lands whose value was guaranteed to rise dramatically. Farmers plant-ed vines and orchards, grazed sheep and cattle. The Haynes brothers had

already planted over 100,000 olive trees, and others found that stone fruit and berries would thrive and grazing lands of clover, alfalfa, wild oats and bunch grass provided lush fodder for stock.

Of course, it was all smoke and mir-rors, and by 1887 the boom had gone bust, but not before three pioneer families entered this mix and laid the groundwork for the development of

today’s Rancho Alegre, the camp of the Los Padres Council of the Boy Scouts of America and site of Santa Barbara Outdoor School.

Step, ilenstine, OakleyIn the year that Abraham Lincoln

assumed the presidency and the South seceded from the Union, 25-year-old Mary Jane Bray bid goodbye to her mother in Indiana, collected her orphaned two-year-old nephew and one-year old niece, and married 49-year-old William Step of Virginia. They moved to Missouri, which had been admitted to the Confederacy despite remaining under Union con-trol. Like the state, they were of a con-flicted state of mind when the fight-ing heated up and their son William Henry was born. Before long, the lure of the “promised land” of California had them packing up the farm wagon for the great journey across the plains. The wagons stopped long enough for Mary Jane to give birth to their daugh-ter, Mary E. Step, in the Utah Territory and then pushed on through the des-ert to California.

The family settled first in Amador County, the heart of the Mother Lode, where they established a farm. By 1866, Mary Jane’s younger brother, Richard Newton Bray, was also in California. Newton wasn’t keen on farm life, however, and in 1866 was working as a miner in Cisco in Placer County. By 1870, the Steps had moved out of the hills and down to Merced County near Snellings Ranch. Here they joined up with Charles Frederick Ilestine, a German immigrant who had married Amanda J. Step of Missouri.

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Ms Beresford is a retired English and American his-tory teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

This is part one of a two-part story

The brochure of the Santa Ynez Land and Improvement Company (circa 1886) shows an interesting speculation of rail routes and nearly complete ignorance of topography. The Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe Railroad was apparently going to tunnel through the mountains to reach the headwaters of the Santa Ynez River, but what they would encounter on the other side is highly fictionalized. The Southern Pacific Railroad never took the projected route through the Santa Ynez Valley and Gaviota Pass. (Brochure from Santa Barbara Historical Museum; photo by author)

Branding Dr. Sidebotham’s cattle at William Henry “Bill” Step’s ranch in May 1923. Bill Step (far left) keeps the rope taught. (From Marshall Bond photo album at Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Ranchers used to register their brands with the County by burning the brand on a piece of leath-er. When the system changed, the leather chips were given to the Santa Ynez Historical Society. William Henry Step’s brand is pictured above.

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(Though obviously a close relative, the specific connection is unknown.)

Both families moved to the Santa Maria area in about 1877 and once again tried to establish farms. The Steps raised cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses in Tepesquet Canyon.

Love was in the air in Tepesquet when Mary Elizabeth Step (18) mar-ried Francis D. Oakley (23) in 1880. Francis had been born in California in 1856 near Sacramento and came to Santa Barbara County in 1869 with his parents. Besides farming, he worked as a stagecoach driver for the line between Santa Barbara and Los Alamos, as did his father-in-law William Step and his brother-in-law William Henry. The men drove six-horse teams over San Marcos Pass and Slippery Rock and later, when the route changed to today’s Old San Marcos Road, they continued supple-menting the family income.

Lured by the land boom in the Santa Ynez Valley and the promised arrival of rail, all three families established homesteads along the stage road. Francis D. Oakley, who claimed almost two quarter sections, established a

stage stop called Home Station, which was run by his wife and mother-in-law. Though it is unclear where Home Station was actually located, but it is true that the Santa Barbara toll road ran through Oakley’s property, which was partially on Rancho Tequepis (Section 3 of 5N29W).

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“Home Station,” which served for a short time as a stagecoach stop along San Marcos Road in the Santa Ynez Valley, was owned by Francis D. Oakley. Photo taken circa 1886 shows William Henry Step driving the stage, and standing left to right Newton Bray with two dogs, Francis D. Oakley, Mary E. Step Oakley, Mary Jane Step, and three stage passengers. The two little girls in front are Alice and Bertha Oakley. (Photo, a gift of Walter Parker, son of Alice Oakley Parker, is courtesy of Santa Ynez Historical Society)

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“Underland,” a masterful, edgy multimedia piece composed for the Sydney Dance Company in 2003, was part of the Anne and Michael Towbes Dance Series under the UCSB Arts & Lectures umbrella.

The entrancing 70-minute perfor-mance, inspired by the narrative songs of Australian balladeer Nick Cave, invited the audience to descend into a mystifying realm of dance, music and visual poetry using projected imagery by designer Ken Tabachnick and video artist Mike Daly to create the disturbing and seductive outlaw world of the title.

“The dark beauty of Cave’s music,

its rawness, pain and redemption speak directly to my artistic motor,” says Petronio.

And to most of the audience, if the applause was anything to go by...

All the World’s a StageBritish theatre artist Tim Crouch’s

performance piece “England” at Santa Barbara’s Museum of Art, played at sold-out “Atelier” events on two con-secutive nights.

The 60-minute work, which pre-miered at the Edinburgh Festival four years ago, features Brighton-based Crouch and his theatrical part-ner, Hannah Ringham, moving from gallery to gallery as they explore the veil between actors and audience, art and commerce in an intimate interactive play about a heart trans-plant.

“We’ve done the show more than

two hundred times, but each time it’s different,” says writer Crouch. “We want to engage you. It’s a space we want the audience to enter.

“It’s corporeal theatre. The medium is flesh and blood.”

A fine body of work, without a doubt...

They’re Live“Whose Live Anyway?”, which per-

formed at the Granada with the stars from the ABC TV show of the same name, was 90 minutes of funny impro-vised comedy and song, all based on audience suggestions.

Ryan Stiles, along with Greg Proops, Chip Esten and Jeff B. Davis, kept the UCSB Arts & Lectures show moving at a frenetic pace, with mem-bers of the audience joining in on stage.

The interactive comedy generated much mirth and merriment, with suit-able musical accompaniment from Bob Derkach, who played for The Second City Theater in Toronto.

One particularly amusing segment featured two vocally inept audience members trying to add sound effects to an impromptu scene.

Hollywood clearly doesn’t beckon!...

Polo PartySanta Barbara Polo Club was the

venue for the 34th annual lawn party of the Lou Grant Parent-Child

Workshop, chaired by Alia Glasgow and Jesse Cheney.

The organization is a cooperative parent education and early childhood education program run in collabora-tion with SB City College.

Santa Barbara Magazine editor, Gina Tolleson, whose sons, Luca, 6, and Tiago, 4, have been involved in the program, says it enables parents to be particularly hands on, with them actu-ally attending classes and learning about child development.

“It really does create a very rich learning environment,” says Gina. “It also strengthens the bond between parents and their kids.”

The colorful event, which featured an auction with tickets for local war-bler Katy Perry’s California Dreams world tour and a VIP polo party, raised around $50,000...

Raising Funds for AfricaEvents planner Belle Hahn-Cohen,

daughter of the late Montecito phi-lanthropist Stephen Hahn, opened the doors of her beautiful home near the Mission to raise funds to build a pre-school in the central African country of Rwanda, which was ravaged with a civil war between the Hutus and Tutsis in 1994, with a 100-day death toll of around 800,000.

Almost one-third of primary schools were destroyed and more than 3,000 teachers murdered. A major rebuild-ing program is now underway.

The party raised around $50,000 for the Ubumwe Center in the town of Gisenyi. Members of the commu-nity, Zachary Dusingizimana and Frederick Ndabaramiye, who lost both his arms at the age of 15 during the genocide, attended.

“They are all amazingly positive about what they have been through,” says Belle. “It’s quite unbelievable.”...

Sightings: Country singer Brad Paisley checking out the produce at the downtown farmers market... Actor Stuart Whitman picking up his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Andrew Firestone checking in for jury selec-tion at SB Superior Court

Pip! Pip! for now

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


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The Nutcracker in front of her store had mysteriously appeared last week, suspected to have been dropped off by a famous now-resident Hollywood elf in the neighborhood named Kevin, a friend of Erin’s.

Bonita was equally packed with

shoppers. The store was more tradi-tionally decorated with warm holiday candles in the shape of a Christmas tree and shades of reds and greens. Newlywed owner Rita Villa and her

husband Rick Danchuk were there to offer suggestions to their customers.

Shoppers celebrated their early “stash” of holiday gifts with a glass of wine at the Summerland Winery or a hot coffee by the fire at Café Luna. •MJ

OUR TOWn (Continued from page 22)

Babies and their moms holiday shopping in the warm lights of Bonita are Kaitlyn Hornblower with six-month-old Maybelle and Kate Loukes with six-month-old Rowan

Janine Milne, Lynne Shaw and Denise Klassen being taken care of by Winery Manager Russ Kosten

Susanne Jonsson and Alexander Mathiesen-Ohman warm their feet in front of the fire at Café Luna

Bonita owners Rita Villa and Rick Danchuk are all smiles for their customers at the open house while busy shoppers line up to purchase their holiday gifts

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Grandparents’ DayThis past Tuesday, November 22,

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Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (TBCF), the organization that provides financial and other much-needed sup-port to families of children with can-cer, announced last week that their Executive Director, Marni Rozet, will be stepping down at the end of the year. The non-profit is currently searching for new leadership, includ-ing a new Executive Director.

“Working for Teddy Bear for the last four and a half years has been incred-ibly rewarding,” Rozet, a Montecito resident, says. “My kids and I have had the opportunity to know some of the most extraordinary families and children who have forever changed our lives and made us appreciate every moment we have together,” she adds. Rozet cites her family as her main motivation for moving on from the demanding role. She will remain

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Televisions Stolen from Hot Springs RoadFriday, 18 November, 2:16 pm – Deputy Delgadillo was dispatched to a

housing community on Hot Springs Road, on report of a residential bur-glary. The victim told the deputy her cottage in the community is a second home, and she rarely spends the night there. She had visited the cottage the night before, and left at about 9 pm. When she returned the next day, she noticed two televisions were missing. The deputy questioned two maids who service the housing community. They both reported they had cleaned the victim’s home several times, but did not notice anything out of the ordi-nary. It appears whoever took the televisions entered through an unlocked sliding glass door. A report was taken.

Phones Taken from SchoolSaturday, 19 November, 7:40 pm – Deputy Springer was dispatched to

a school on La Paz Road regarding the thefts of two cell phones from two students. The students reported they had walked to the racquetball courts to play indoor soccer; once there they both took off their sweat-shirts, which each held their iPhones. After they played, they went to retrieve their phones and sweatshirts; both phones were missing. They reported that the only people seen in the area were two students from another school, practicing at the school for an upcoming game. The two students were identified, and their belongings were searched. The phones were not found. The entire visiting team was given the opportu-nity to leave the stolen cell phones in the room they had their belongings in at the end of the night, if they were in possession of the stolen phones. Nothing was left behind. A report was taken. •MJ

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What is the most difficult job or garment she has to work with?, we won-dered. “No job is too big or too small,” she says, “because I love a challenge, but the most difficult is working on wedding gowns… I love them though,” she adds quickly, explaining further that what makes them so difficult is that, “there’s a lot of beading involved.” Patricia does a lot of wedding gowns, designing and crafting them from the ground up. If someone has an idea for a wedding dress and brings in a photo from a magazine, or draws something, Patricia can make it.

A wedding dress usually takes only “two or three fittings,” she says. A major difficulty of creating a wedding dress that will fit just so is what is sometimes a major change in weight of the client. “It’s either too tight or too big,” at that point, she notes. “Sometimes they call me six months or a year ahead,” she says, “but that’s why I tell them to wait until the wedding date is closer.” Patricia can do a gown within a short period of time, and so prefers the last fitting to be as close to the wedding as possible without causing the bride any stress; “two weeks before the wedding day” is just about right.

Ms Moo, who alters and creates men’s clothing also, says that in a man’s case, “shoulders are the most common problem. When men lose weight,” she says, “frequently the shoulders need to be adjusted, and that is more difficult than doing a woman’s jacket.” She also, of course, deftly handles the more mundane hems and cuffs on trousers, taking garments in or letting them out, etc. In all instances, she says, there is a short turnaround time: “We even do emergencies. We can do one-day service,” she boasts.

Before leaving, we asked about her “Ask Us About Our Shoe Repair Service” sign: “We have a lot of older people [as customers] and they have a lot of trouble driving all the way to downtown Santa Barbara,” she explains. “I wish,” she adds, “a shoemaker would open closer.” As it is, she works with someone she believes is the BEST cobbler around and brings the shoes in once or twice a week on Tuesday and/or Friday.

The BeST BarTender -Rhode Island-born Matt Tucker has been making drinks at Lucky’s for eleven

years; before that, he served them up at Brophy Bros in Santa Barbara Harbor. “I’ve got thirty-eight years total in being a bartender,” he says. His signature drink is a tasty, full-blooded Bloody Mary, a recipe he brought to Lucky’s when he first took over their bar. It’s made simply enough by mixing four

ingredients with the house vodka: horse radish, A-1 sauce, Tabasco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. He mixes the four ingredients at the bottom of a glass ahead of time and adds vodka, freshly ground pepper and a fresh celery stalk when ordered. “Everybody seems to love it,” he says.

Saturday and Sunday – early – is when he sells most of his Bloody Marys (“Hair of the dog, so to speak,” he jokes). As for other drinks, Matt extols the virtues of Lucky’s margaritas and says “we also make a great Lemon Drop; what makes it so great,” he continues, “is because we mix fresh sweet-and-sour mix every day (made with lemon juice, lime juice, and sugar) instead of bottled or store bought.”

Songwriter Tom Snow (who appeared on MJ’s 17/45 cover) has a special drink he’s dubbed a “Snowball.” When we asked Matt if he knows how to make it, he laughs. “It’s funny you should bring that up. The only problem with

that,” he says, “is there’s already a drink called a Snowball on the books that’s been made for forty years. When Tom came up with [his version of it] a couple of years ago and the order came in, I looked up the recipe and made it and set it on the table. He goes, ‘What the heck is this? That’s not my drink!’”

Matt quickly learned, however, how to make what we guess we’ll have to call a “Tom Snowball” from now on.

The BeST MaiTre d’ - Eric Maldonado, who says he’s “from a bit of all over,” was born in Chicago

and “lived in Jersey, L.A., Montreal, and Madrid, Spain,” where his family is from. Eric, who was an easy pick for BEST Maitre d’ in Montecito, has also been at Lucky’s for eleven years; before that he oversaw Louie’s at the Upham Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara. “Gene (Montesano) discovered me,” Eric says with a laugh. “He came in [to Louie’s] one night, and then came back two years later and hired me.”

To have been chosen BEST maitre d’ by MJ readers, “is a tremendous honor,” Eric says, as he arrives for his shift on a Sunday evening. “I work for great people,” he adds, “who let me do my thing.” He mentions the “great people” as being co-owners Herb Simon, Gene Montesano, Jimmy Argyropoulos, and

General Manager Leonard Schwartz. Eric is very good at offering praise to others, which is, of course, what makes

him such a successful maitre d’. He is a keen observer and knows all his regu-lar – and not so regular – customers by name. He also has a way of making the person he is speaking with feel very important, whether it’s Ellen DeGeneres, Carol Burnett (both regulars) or Joe Schmo (“Good evening, Mr. Schmo; so nice of you to have chosen to dine here this evening…”).

As to Eric’s storied ability to smooth things out in the case of, say, a missed reservation or a difficult customer: “The secret to handling a ‘situation,’” he says, is “hopefully, you take care of it before it ever happens; that’s the most important thing. If you can see it coming, let them know we are genuinely upset. Which we are. We really want people to have a good time. We want a perfect night, every night, so when something goes wrong, we want them to know we want to make it right.”

daryl deliverS -Voted Montecito’s BEST Delivery Man, driver Daryl Hansen has been with

UPS for 27 years, and he’s had the Coast Village-Montecito route for 25 ½ of those years. “It’s considered a prestige route,” he says when we caught up with him, making a delivery to Montecito Journal. When Daryl first became a “util-ity” driver for UPS, he had no set route, but says he earned it when he was promoted to regular driver. He was able to bid on a route and chose this one, and has never lost it. “I’m the only [UPS driver] in Santa Barbara that has not left their route since they got it. I’m the longest running one.”

Daryl admits to delivering “between two-hundred and eighty and three-hun-dred and fifteen packages a day,” and in the course of that day makes “about one-hundred and fifteen stops in just the Coast Village Road and the residential

BEST OF MONTECITO (Continued from page 5)

Matt Tucker, who was voted Montecito’s BEST bar-tender and who has been tending bar at Lucky’s for eleven years delivers his signature drink: a fresh and spicy Bloody Mary

Eric Maldonado, voted BEST Maitre d’ in Montecito, is the man behind the hugely successful melding of customers, staff, food, and drink

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The smallest packages he delivers are, of course, envelopes. “Next Day Air Envelope, by 10:30 in the morning!” he shouts as he departs for yet another of one of those 115 stops.

here’S The ScooP -Voted BEST ice cream-gelato-sorbet flavor treat is Here’s The Scoop’s

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Sorbet, made with Tom Shepherd’s organically grown strawberries.

Ellie Patterson, along with her husband, Bob Patterson, founded Here’s The Scoop on the lower level of 1187 Coast Village Road seven and a half years ago. They’ll celebrate eight years in business April 2, 2012. Here’s The Scoop famously carries 22 flavors in its freezer case. “We always have at least three or four sorbets at a minimum,” Ellie says, in deference to customers that may be lactose intolerant; sorbet is made with only fresh fruit, water, and sugar. “In the summer, half our display case is sorbets,” she explains, “because we get so many fresh fruits from the farmers’ market.”

Noting the popularity of her sometimes hard-to-find (for first-time custom-ers) location, she suggests it’s because they make all their own flavors using real ingredients. “They should always taste like what they are if you’re using real ingredients,” she says, adding, “We have used Tom Shepherd’s strawberries since we opened, and always follow the season from farmers’ markets to make our sorbets.”

For the uninitiated, gelato contains only half the cream content of ice cream. “It has less air, so it’s more dense and doesn’t have that fatty aftertaste,”

Ellie says.Currently, Here’s The Scoop is featuring pomegranate sorbet, next month:

Fuji persimmon, then cherimoya. In the winter, Scoopies (as its owners and employees refer to it) offers more of its unusual flavors, such as Indian Rice Pudding, Peppermint bark, gingerbread and pumpkin (all gelatos), along with cranberry sorbet. •MJ

“They should taste like what they are if you’re using real ingre-dients,” says Ellie Patterson of Here’s The Scoop (seen here with a fresh batch of its BEST-of-Montecito Strawberry Chocolate Chip sorbet made with Tom Shepherd’s organic straw-berries)

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I discovered houseboating because the town of Redding (California), Shasta Cascade Association and Forever Houseboats hosted the Outdoors Writers Association of California (OWAC) conference, which three Santa Barbara members attend-ed, Mike Moropoulos, John Henigin (President of OWAC) and myself. Besides houseboating, we became acquainted with the many varied activities that greet visitors in the out-door paradise around Redding.

Down the RiverThe Sacramento River flows a misty

green, fast and wide right through Redding. Walk over the most beau-tiful and photographed pedestrian bridge in California, the Sundial Bridge, which spans the “Sac” River. Gaze down at the fly fishers dotting the gravel shallows and boats drift-ing past attempting to catch trophy rainbows for which this section of the river is world famous.

When someone mentions “Houseboat,” you probably conjure up images that

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The Sundial Bridge over lower Sacramento River is for pedestrians only and features a glass walkway and 200 foot high spire with supporting cables. Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, is the creator of this bridge, which has for supports in the water protecting the productive salmon and trout spawning grounds below.

View of the “parked” houseboat at Lake Shasta and the desert-like sand/gravel formations that border the shoreline in fall when water is discharged to make room for winter rains and flood control. No one was seen after dusk until the next morning.

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A guided or solo 19-mile down-hill bike ride starting at Shasta Dam travels down the newest National Recreation Trail which becomes the paved Sacramento River Trail. Fill your bottle at the halfway water sta-tion then continue to the river park where you can picnic in the shadow of the Sundial Bridge.

Take a tour of the Shasta Dam and power plant, nine miles from Redding, which creates the largest reservoir in the state. Picture your out-stretched hand; each of your five fingers rep-resents the five major rivers that feed Lake Shasta forming five huge inlets that wash a shoreline of 370 miles, as long as the entire coastline of Oregon. This is a place where that big house-boat becomes dwarfed by the size and scope of the lake, a place in which you can happily become lost. It is also a perfect place to enjoy water sports. The northern reservoirs such as Shasta, Trinity and Oroville are not like Lake Cachuma in that you can swim, water-ski and jet ski to your heart’s content.

While near the dam, take a pontoon boat over to a peninsula that climbs to the entrance of the Shasta Caverns. These ancient limestone caves once used by the Wintu Indian tribe are filled with amazing sights climaxing with the spectacular Cathedral Room.

A little to the west are Whiskeytown and Trinity Lakes where you can kayak, fish or explore. Drive a little north up to the Town of Shasta to view the magnificent mountain that gives the town its name. The majestic

peak of Mt Shasta dominates the view for miles and its melting snow filters through gigantic lava beds and feeds its pure water into the many lakes and rivers of this breathtaking part of Northern California. Travel more to the east and find Lassen National Park, the Pit River and Hat Creek, a famous fly-fishing destination.

After the conference and a half-day of fishing the mighty “Sac” where we netted some magnificently colored trout, the Santa Barbara group chose the houseboats at Jones Valley Resort at Lake Shasta for our next adventure. Any time is a good time to be on this lake but, after Labor Day, the crowds melt away and this October, we felt like the entire lake was ours alone. It is rare to be out on such a vast lake with the abalone colors of sunset reflected in clear water as dusk envelopes the green ridges and ravines; where absolute quiet surrounds you--from the hot tub on the top deck.

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A view from the houseboat of the Lake Shasta shoreline with the large band of desert-looking sand and gravel which is exposed due to water being discharged preparing for winter rain and flood control

Houseboat at Shasta Lake (nine miles north of Redding) with its 370 miles of shoreline where even this floating mansion can become lost

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mother, Mary Jane Step. In 1900, just to confuse the issue, William Henry Step married Mary E. Bailey (née Olds) who became another Mary E. Step.

Charles and Amanda J. Ilenstine raised eight children so it is no won-der that they decided to establish a school on their property. Twenty-three children walked or rode horseback to attend the one-room schoolhouse when it opened for business in 1893. Perhaps more wasn’t merrier, how-ever, for the school moved east onto Mary Jane Step’s land the following year.

Clarence Step, William Henry Step’s son, was born on the Step Ranch up Step Creek (today Tequepis Creek). He was educated for a time at the Ilenstine/Step schoolhouse. At age 13, he helped his father and Sheriff Nat Stewart of Santa Barbara in an attempt to track down bandits in a stage robbery on the pass. Though they found the empty cash box, they never caught the robbers. Fifty-five year later, he and his cousins, Walter G. and Frederick W. Ilenstine were featured in a News-Press article after they had found what they believed to be the lock from the stolen cash box.

Clarence, too, did his stint as a stage driver, working as a relief driver in the last year of the line’s run in 1901.

William Henry Step retired from ranching in 1937 after selling his land to Thomas More Storke, founder of the Santa Barbara News-Press. He in turn sold his land to Anna Clark, widow of William Andrews Clark the Copper Baron. She bequeathed the land to the Boy Scouts of America. Their story, next time.

(Sources not mentioned in text: News-Press 18 September 1983 article by Karen O’Hara; “Camper’s Guide to the Santa Barbara Area” 1969; Obituaries, County Land Records and Maps; BLM Land Records; Stanley journals of Ranchero Rides; Great Registers; U.S. Census information; California Editor by Thomas More Storke; History of Santa Barbara County by O’Neill; Stage Coach Days in Santa Barbara County by Walker Tompkins; article by Bob Burtness. Special thanks to Ron Walsh, program director for Rancho Alegre for the information and tour; John Crockett of the Santa Ynez Historical Society for assistance and photo; and Barbara Hoelscher Doran for photos and interview.) •MJ

WAY iT WAS (Continued from page 29)

Bill Step astride one of his famous Morgans in 1923 (Photo courtesy of Santa

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BSA Camp Drake, which became a neighbor of Bill Step’s, started out with tent cabins in 1923 (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Today the former Camp Drake Craft Lodge is one of many BSA buildings that now stands on Circle V Ranch, the property of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Los Angeles (Photo courtesy of author)

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Coup De Grace by Grace RachowMs. Rachow dedicates this column to Malcolm Steven, the man with the mulch.

Got Mulch?It’s a balmy autumn evening. My

husband and I are walking the dogs, when I catch a whiff of something

lemony and pungent. “What’s that?”My husband does a 360-degree scan

with the flashlight. “There, that must be it.” He points the beam at a truck-load of freshly chipped tree trimmings that have been dumped on a neigh-bor’s side yard.

“I want a mountain of mulch.”“Uh-huh,” my husband says with

a dollop of sarcasm. He doesn’t quite understand my intense love of organic material.

“Mulching could save us a lot of work,” I say. “We wouldn’t have to weed, and our garden would look like a walk in the woods.”

He’s not smiling. I figure he’s pic-turing himself as Sisyphus pushing wheelbarrow loads uphill throughout eternity.

The next day I talk to our tree-trim-ming guy, Malcolm Steven, to see if he can bring us a load of chipped tree trimmings. Turns out he’s working in our area, and he can deliver that very afternoon.

The world’s divided into two kinds of people. Most civilized folks like hav-ing every leaf and twig raked up and hauled away. When they see mulch, they think “termite bait.” Then there are oddballs like me who see organic debris as exactly what we hope Santa will bring us. Call me crazy, but see-ing how I have my two front teeth, all I really want for Christmas is a giant truckload of mulch.

Malcolm’s truck seems innocent enough as it comes down our street, but when it backs into our driveway it turns into a beeping mulch monster and dumps a pile the size of a minivan.

“That’s somewhere between five and ten thousand pounds, mostly oak,” Malcolm says. “Is it enough? I can bring more later today.”

My saner self knows it’d be better to stop with just one, but now I’ve become a greedy maven of mulch. Of course, I must say yes to the second load.

A couple hours later, Malcolm’s back. When all the backing and beep-ing and dumping is done, the pile is now Mt. Everest. But there’s no getting the toothpaste back in the tube.

Once Malcolm is gone, the first thing I do is scramble to the top of the pile. For a moment I imagine hauling a lounge chair up here and spending the rest of the afternoon enjoying the view. But, of course, there is my husband to think of. He doesn’t yet know his driveway is buried by many tons of chipped tree branches. So I get busy with my pitchfork. If I’m happily mov-ing mulch when he gets home, and if I make it look like great fun, I might be able to pull a Tom Sawyer on him and get him to do the rest of the work.

All afternoon people stroll by, and everybody has some kind of comment. There is an edge to their tones as if they wonder if the men in white will soon come to take me away.

A few passersby comment on the fra-grance, which is very woodsy. I pray our neighbors just on the other side of the hedge don’t mind it, because this

oaky tang will linger for quite a while.A few people ask me how much the

pile cost, given the fortune one pays at the nursery for mulch in a bag.

“It was 100% free,” I say.They can’t believe it, and I can’t

either. I feel like I stumbled upon the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Finally my husband arrives home from his day at work. I’ve known him 33 years, but I’ve never presented him with a mountain of mulch.

His face registers shock, but he takes a deep breath. “Holy schmoly, that smells good.” Then come the words I’ve been waiting to hear: “I’d better change my clothes and give you a hand.”

It takes all weekend to make the pile disappear. As we move the mulch and squash all the emerging winter weeds, our garden now looks as if we actually know what we are doing.

My husband sings bass while he works. “You load sixteen tons and what do you get…” He sounds just like Tennessee Ernie Ford. We haven’t had this much merriment since our honeymoon.

When all the mulch moved, there are still a few bare spots. “I guess I’ll have to call Malcolm for another load,” I say.

My husband shrugs and sings, “Another day older and deeper in debt...” •MJ

Call me crazy, but seeing how I have my two front teeth, all I really want for Christmas is a giant truckload of mulch


ENDING THIS wEEk

‘Inside the Outside’ heading out – Artists with disabilities from Arts for Humanity!’s Santa Barbara Community Arts Programs are the creative force behind “Inside the Outside,” now on display at il Fustino, the specialty store which sells gourmet California-produced olive oil and vinegar. The community is invited to the closing reception, a wine and cheese gathering on site from 6-8pm on Wednesday (Nov. 30). WHEN: Monday-Friday 11am–6pm, Saturdays 11am-5pm WHERE: 3401 State Street (next to the San Roque Post Office near Gelsons) COST: free INFO: 687-6615 or www.artsforhumanity.com

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Bedford Falls in Ojai – If you’ve been living and breathing in America for more than a year or so, chances are you’ve seen the classic film It’s A Wonderful Life. Frank Capra’s ‘40s film has become an extremely popular annual holiday tradition, a family fairytale about a troubled man who gets a chance to see what the world would have been like without him when an angel puts into action his lament about wishing he’d never been born. But you haven’t seen it like this: The Ojai Art Center Theater is presenting the tale as a radio studio show, complete with live actors in period clothing and live sound affects – including a car crash, falling into water, walking on snow sans recording of any kind – just like it would have been back in 1946. The set is also 1940s period and there are

historical displays by the audience for the faithful adaptation by Philip Grecian. But director Gai Jones didn’t stop there. Jones researched early Ojai at the village’s museum, reading period phone books, which listed occupations, addresses and children’s names and ages alongside the phone number. Additionally, some cast members have written 1940’s-style advertisements in song and prose of existing Ojai Valley merchants, doctors, plumbers and the like. Ojai actor Peter Fox, who played Rev. Hank Buchanan on The Waltons TV series, portrays George Bailey with Brittany Danyel as his wife Mary, topping a cast that includes members of two families, plus music by Karen Orser, Neva Williams and Jodi Brandt and sound effects from Claudia Davoli and John Hankins (who also plays the angel Gabriel). Audiences are urged to join in on the fun and dress in 1940’s garb. WHEN: 7:30pm Fridays & Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, tonight through December 17 WHERE: 113 S. Montgomery Street, Ojai COST: 20 general, $15 seniors, $10 youth INFO: 640-8797 or www.OjaiACT.org

Also in Ojai – Fourteen actors come together to perform scenes and songs from six of Shakespeare’s great comedies in Senga Classic Stage’s “A Taste of Shakespeare.” Company founder/director Francisca Beach directs the holiday production that takes place in the comfy confines of the Ojai Valley Grange. WHEN: 8pm Fridays & Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, tonight through December 11 (Sat, Dec. 3, 2pm only) WHERE: 381

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(7pm; Geiringer Hall). ECM – the Ensemble for Contemporary Music – takes over on Tuesday when Jeremy Haladyna directs “What Happens?” The concert features Mark-Anthony Turnage’s “True Life Stories,” Persichetti’s Parable VIII played by faculty hornist Steve Gross, and several other works (8pm; Lotte Lehmann). New conductor Christopher Rountree leads the University Symphony Orchestra in its first concert of the year on Wednesday, when the program will include two well-known works sandwiching a much more obscure one: Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2,” and Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor “From the New World” (8pm; Lotte Lehmann). Finally, the Chamber Choir and Women’s Choruses present “North,” a diverse program featuring music from far upper-hemisphere countries Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Canada (8pm; St. Anthony’s Seminary Chapel, 2300 Garden Street). COST: $15 general, $7 students, available at the door INFO: 893-7001 or www.music.ucsb.edu

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Irish holiday – The six-sibling Irish band Celtic Spring has performed in concert on several continents, played in such lustrous halls as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, competed on NBC’s America’s Got Talent (they made it to the top 5) and appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning America, and much more. But it’s always a bit more special when they play close to their home in the Ojai-Ventura area. You can’t get much closer than the Ojai Concert Series, which in the summer takes place at the producer’s private Dancing Oaks Ranch halfway up the mountain but hunkers down at the Ojai Women’s Club in the colder months. A decade in, the Wood family (the six kids and mom and dad on keyboards and percussion) just continues to improve as both musicians and dancers, even though the oldest is a mere 24. Tonight’s special holiday concert (the series’ 4th annual) features music from Ireland, Scotland, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, as well as championship-level Irish dancing boasting astonishing intricacy and precision. The event also features a desert potluck (feel free to bring leftover Thanksgiving treats), with the coffee, hot cider and eggnog provided. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: 441 East Ojai Ave., Ojai COST: $20 general, $10 ages 7-14, free 6 and under INFO: 665-8852 or www.ojaiconcertseries.com

Cruzero Street, Ojai COST: $12 INFO: 646-4885 or www.franciscabeach.com

wEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

Home on the range – Tales from the Tavern didn’t have to look real far to find the headliner for its singer-songwriter series season-closing concert. Wil Ridge is a Santa Ynez resident, raised right down the street from the Maverick Saloon where the weekly double-bill shows hold forth for six weeks twice a year. There’s a natural country bent to Ridge’s Americana-roots music, but his songs have a deeply personal feel, brimming with emotion and poetry, often on the subject of heartache and loss. Also on the bill: Henry Diltz, the veteran rock photographer-videographer, a onetime folkie himself (Phil Spector once produced his band The Modern Folk Quartet) who has had close ties with the Tales from the Tavern series since it began. Diltz, whose credits include more than 80 album covers and working with the likes of Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, The Who, Bob Seger and Frank Zappa to name just a few, will present another slide show featuring works spanning his career, which dates back to his days as the

official photographer at Woodstock and the Monterey Music Festival. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $34.25 INFO: 688-0383 or www.talesfromthetavern.com Holidays downtown – Thanksgiving, Black Friday and the first big shopping weekend are already in the rear view mirror, so it’s not too early at all to be thinking major gifts and stocking stuffers and other holiday traditions. All of which can be achieved at the 17th annual La Arcada Christmas Walk, which takes place in the historic 85-year-old outdoor mall that features restaurants and art galleries in addition to retail shops and boutiques amid fountains, sidewalk cafés and sculptures. Festivities include strolling carolers, performances from local music groups (choirs, brass quintets and more!), free fresh-popped popcorn and other holiday goodies, a raffle for two $250 La Arcada shopping sprees and, of course, photos with Santa (5-7:30pm). WHEN: 5-8pm WHERE: 1114 State Street COST: free INFO: 966-6634 or www.laarcadasantabarbara.com or www.santabarbaradowntown.com


You may not be familiar with Rachael Yamagata’s music, but the thirtysomething singer-

songwriter’s earthy emotive vocals (think a more haunting Carole King) and intimate, revealing songs that range from quiet piano tunes to PJ Harvey-style rock sure found a quick following among the alt-folk elite. Ray LaMontagne, Jason Mraz, Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst, and Rhett Miller each brought her in for guest shots on their individual albums in the years between releasing her own CDs, the pop-inflected debut Happenstance (2004) which spawned some singles on TV series The O.C. and others, and the more mellow, downhearted Elephants... Teeth Sinking into Heart (2008).

Now after another three years, Yamagata is divorced from the major label game (shuffling between two labels was partially responsible for the four-year span of the first two discs), and has recorded her new effort, Chesapeake, in a very DIY style at a producer John Alagia’s converted home studio. Released last month, the new album shows a marked growth in songwriting and a truly open-heart-ed approach and (gasp!) yes, a truly happy song.

Yamagata performs at SOhO in an early show (6pm) on Friday night. The following was edited from an email interview from the road this week.

Q. You recorded Chesapeake on the shores of the Chesapeake, near where you grew up. How did that come about?

A. (Producer) John Alagia has a place down there that I’d been to

before and loved the vibe. We decided to hide away and rebuild the studio of sorts and set up camp for a few weeks. I always love the influence of nature and this being right on the water real-ly spoke to me. I also prefer recording in a setting where we all give up our daily lives for a while and immerse ourselves totally in the experience.

That must have been quite a change from the RCA / WB days. Can you say more about the experience?

It really was very much like camp. We’d record in our pajamas and jump in the bay for breaks, make fire pits and do pre-production on the front porch and on the dock. It worked because the expectations of any four-star recording treatment weren’t even on the table and the folks involved were there very much for the love of the music… The extras weren’t need-ed because we were beautifully lost in the process itself.

You’ve made a career out of your fasci-nation with sorrow and the disconnect in relationships. Why does that appeal to you as a subject? Do you work out your own issues through the songs?

A poet can survive everything but a misprint – Oscar Wilde

Rachael Yamagata performs an early show at SOhO on Friday night, showcasing songs from her newest album, Chesapeake

Cheered by the Chesapeake

On Entertainmentby Steven Libowitz

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

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

King of the blues – Does having the blues make you live longer? Not according to most scientific research, but try telling that to B.B. King. Or maybe it’s the fact that he’s been singing the blues for nearly all of his 86 years on the planet that has kept the singer-songwriter and guitar legend rumbling along, fully capable of regularly hitting the road despite having already completed several farewell tours. King doesn’t do quite as many dates in a row as before – there were many years in his heyday when he logged 300 concerts in a single year and has reportedly performed more than 15,000 shows in all – and nowadays he delivers the goods from his comfy seat in a chair on stage. But those fluid lines still ring out regally from Lucille, his beloved Gibson guitar, and

the vocals still tumble out of his mouth like the Mississippi version of The Word from Mt. Sinai, proving that, despite the title of his biggest pop hit, the thrill is definitely not gone. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Granada, 1214 State St. COST: $45-$99 in advance, additional $2.50 day of show INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.com

wEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

Bravo Grimaud – Classical soloists are hardly a cookie-cutter category. But French pianist Hélène Grimaud stand out even among such a diverse group and not just for her talent and technique, which are immense, or her beauty, also not inconsiderable, or even her outside interests which include championing New York State wolves. It’s more about her ambition and curiosity for interpretation, an appetite for embracing well-known works with a fresh and imaginative approach, and a willingness to take chances that has earned

comparisons to Glenn Gould. Grimaud’s headstrong commitment recently led to a confrontation with revered conductor Claudio Abbado, a longtime colleague with whom she parted ways over a dispute about a Mozart cadenza. But it’s this sort of artistic integrity and an abundance of charisma that has paved the way for her enviable career. The acoustically wonderful and intimate Lobero Theatre is one of a few select venues in the U.S. for her current worldwide recital tour, which offers a richly diverse program covering Mozart’s Sonata No. 8 in A minor K. 310, Berg’s Sonata op. 1, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances. The concert kicks off CAMA’s 2011-12 Masterseries with a masterful stroke. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido Street COST: $33 & $43 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

‘V’ as in very – As in very near the end… Of Sue Grafton’s alphabet series of detective novels, that is. The Montecito resident’s latest, V is for Vengeance, finds heroine Kinsey Millhone hired to do a background check on a dead woman who she herself had turned in for shoplifting after the woman’s fatal plunge from an archway bridge. What unfolds is a winding but crisp story of connections to an unfortunate gambler, organized crime, a crooked cop, a lonely widower and a compellingly sad father and son combo – and of course lots of fun references to local landmarks (the aforementioned span is Grafton’s version of the Cold Springs Bridge in her nom-de-plume St. Teresa). Just four more titles

remain to come in the series, but eager fans and casual ones would be remiss to miss this one, even if it expresses such decidedly non Santa Barbara-like values. (“I’m a big fan of vengeance and I’m convinced forgiveness is vastly overrated,” Grafton said in the book-release interview. “I’ve heard people say that in holding a grudge, you’re only hurting yourself, but it’s never bothered me a bit. I mean, what could be more satisfying than watching your enemies go down? It’s so biblical.”) Meet the author and offer your own take at Grafton’s homecoming book signing event Wednesday evening. WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: Chaucer’s, 3321 State St. COST: free INFO: 682-6787 •MJ

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Bella Vista $$$1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vis-ta’s 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. Sunflower-colored interior is accented by live Span-ish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive fireplace 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 $$1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380)Montecito’s only Chinese restaurant, here you’ll find large portions and modern décor. 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.

Giovanni’s $1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)

Los Arroyos $1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059)

Little Alex’s $1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)

Lucky’s (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$ 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540)Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak-house in the heart of America’s 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 Café $$1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392)

Montecito Coffee Shop $1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)

Montecito Wine Bistro $$$516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520Head to Montecito’s upper village to indulge in some California bistro cuisine. Chef Nathan Heil creates seasonal menus that

$ (average per person under $15)$$ (average per person $15 to $30)$$$ (average per person $30 to $45)$$$$ (average per person $45-plus)

M O N T E C I T O E AT E R I E S . . . A G u i d e include fish and vegetarian dishes, and fresh flatbreads straight out of the wood-burning oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches and aged cognacs.

Pane é Vino $$$1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)

Peabody’s $1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834)

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 fireplace. 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 $$1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014)

Stella Mare’s $$/$$$50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)

Stonehouse $$$$San Ysidro Ranch900 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 fireplace and creekside views. Chef Jamie West’s regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in America by OpenTable Diner’s 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 $$$1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381)

Tre Lune $$/$$$1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646)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 $$1483 East Valley Road (565-9393)

Delis, bakeries, juice bars

Blenders in the Grass1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611)

Here’s The Scoop1187 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 waffle cones are made on site everyday.

Jeannine’s1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878)

Montecito Deli1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717)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 de-liver locally and cater office parties, luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving breakfast (7am to 11 am), and brewing Peet’s coffee & tea.

Panino 1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)

Pierre Lafond516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)This market and deli is a center of activity in Montecito’s 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 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815)

Whodidily Cupcakes1150 Coast Village Rd (969-9808)

In Summerland / Carpinteria

The Barbecue Company $$3807 Santa Claus Lane (684-2209)

Cantwell’s 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 atmosphere. An extensive wine list features over 110 bottles of local and inter-national wines, which are also available in the eatery's retail section.

Garden Market $3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505)

Jack’s Bistro $5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)Serving light California Cuisine, Jack’s offers freshly baked bagels with whipped cream cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers, sal-ads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an extensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along with wine and beer. They also offer full service catering, and can accommodate wedding receptions to corporate events. Open Monday through Fri-day 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.

Nugget $$2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)

Padaro Beach Grill $3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800)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 fireplace 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

Sly’s $$$686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)Sly’s features fresh fish, farmers’ market veg-gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate Specials and vintage desserts. You’ll find 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.

Stacky’s Seaside $2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)

Summerland Beach Café $2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)

Tinkers $2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)

Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row

Andersen’s Danish Bakery &Gourmet Restaurant $1106 State State Street (962-5085)Established in 1976, Andersen’s 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.

Chuck’s 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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Starts Friday, November 25 at RivieraMY WEEK WITH MARILYN (R)

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless – Arthur Conan Doyle

. . . E AT E R I E Smade chips and salsa, and a cold margarita while mariachis stroll through the historic restaurant. The décor reflects 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 Magazine’s Award of Excel-lence for the past six years and a full cocktail bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm, early dinner available Saturday and Sunday starting at 3 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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Rodney’s Steakhouse $$$633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of Fess Parker’s 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.

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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 Inn’s 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


I’m fascinated by human sociology and psyche, but that which is in con-stant battle with our authentic selves. Iʼm always looking at the challenges of our experience in a search for the silver lining when in a sense we let go and somewhat transcend those self-made limitations. I don’t feel that we are all so different from each other and yet I observe so much pain and holding back when [we] relate to one another. Itʼs my own lesson as well to trust in myself instinctually and so yes I am working through my own inner dialogue through many of my songs. Itʼs digesting the sorrow and enrich-ing our experience that Iʼm interested in – remaining connected instead of being paralyzed by the pain of some-thing. That’s more where my heart is.

The songs on Chesapeake overall sound a whole lot less melancholy than in the past. What gives? Are you a happier camper or simply more in touch with that side these days?

I think Iʼm evolving as a writer. In a few months weʼll release an EP of six gut-wrenching ballads so Iʼm still a fan of those as well. I do find myself happier, but itʼs more of a grandma in her rocking chair laughing kind of happy... Someone whoʼs been through many things and can lessen the sever-ity... The perspective is wider now and the beauty is easier to see.

I know you’ve struggled in general with writing “happy” songs. What happened with “Stick Around,” which is downright upbeat? Did that just come out naturally?

It started as more of a vocal experi-ment for me. I wanted a song that could stretch some of my melodies. I also was trying to write something classic, but concise and lighter in mood. Iʼm actually quite an optimist, but I find it harder to capture happi-ness and make it lyrically interesting to myself. The phrase ʻstick aroundʼ did the trick. It felt enough like me to pursue.

Can you tell me what was behind the songs “Even If I Don’t” and one that I find really fascinating, “I Don’t Want to Be Your Mother”?

I really liked the idea of honoring something from your past, recogniz-ing the emotional desire to return to it, but also having a sense of maturity to realize that itʼs not the right thing for you anymore. Itʼs a bit of a message of sorts to someone as well. I desper-ately want to express the love that will never die and this might be the only way I get to say it. ʻI donʼt want to be your motherʼ (co-written with Mike Viola, who opens the concert)...is not specific to gender so much, but more to those that find themselves in the nurturing role rather than the partner.

Can you talk about your songwriting

process in general, like what comes first between lyrics and the melodies/chords? Do songs tumble out fully formed or do they take a lot of crafting? Do you know right away that you’ve got it, or do they take some time to percolate before you can feel close to the songs?

Each one is different. Most of the time the lyrics, melodies and music come altogether for me. Sometimes I get the chord progressions and melo-dies first and mumble some phrasing that ends up leading me to the right words... If I tear up at any point when Iʼm coming up with a particular line then I know Iʼm onto something. If it moves me to that point I trust it.

Headless Household’s Double Date

Headless Household, the Santa Barbara-based band that proudly proclaims itself “hopelessly eclectic,” actually found a way to narrow its groove a few years back with its sixth full album (and 20th-year release), a high-concept polka record called post-Polka. After the album found a surprisingly receptive audience, the title became the name for a spin-off of the main group (although the person-nel is essentially the same), one that focuses exclusively on the avant-polka genre (yeah, we didn’t know that existed either), a blend of Jimmy Sturr and Stravinsky, Brave Combo and Frank Zappa. Saturday is the second annual “Növemberfest” at Muddy Waters, the trendy cafe-cum-nightclub on East Haley, where the band will kick up the polka for a few dozen of their closest friends and other poor souls afflicted with a polka addic-tion. Opening is the as-yet-unnamed self-described odd-art-pop band fea-turing keyboardist-vocalist Anna Abbey, bassist/multi-instrumentalist Jim Connolly and jazz saxist/new music maestro Colter Frazier. Then, two days later, the core of that group (singer Julie Christensen, keyboardist Dick Dunlap, drummer Tom Lackner, guitar Joe Woodard, saxist/clarinetist Tom Buckner, violinist/vocalist Sally Barr, multi-instrumentalist Bill Flores and bassist Connolly) are augmented by regular Householders Tom Ball on harmonica and bassist David Piltch (replacing Connolly) for their annual Xmas concert at Center Stage. Just which anniversary it gets a bit confus-ing, as HH played the theater for 18 years in a row before the Tea Fire nixed the 2008 show; the 25th anniversary release of its schizoid two-disc album Basemento was subsequently feted in concert at the Lobero Theatre in 2010. Whatever the number, you can be sure there will be any number of genres mashed, blended, mixed, pureed and otherwise served up including lots of free improv and stuff you can’t really identify. Suffice it to say, it’s the

Headless Household way of ushering in the holidays. Attend both shows at your own risk. (Info at 966-9328 or www.myspace.com/muddycafesb for Muddy Waters, 963-0408 or www.cen terstagetheater.org for Center Stage).

Thanks a Lot The Thanksgiving holiday offers an

opportunity to express gratitude for some of the wonderful arts and enter-tainment we have here in town. The big organizations get lots of attention all year, so we’re focusing here on just a select few of the more off-the-cuff stuff, undertakings that are a little left of center, out of the way or under the radar.

Kudos first to Club Mercy and New Noise, Santa Barbara’s two indepen-dent rock promoters, who somehow manage to value art above making a buck. Club Mercy has been bringing some of the best indie bands in the land to town for several years now, sometimes several times a week (or even two shows on the same night at different venues), and this past year New Noise ramped up its activi-ties too beyond its annual conven-tion and festival. The latter deserves thanks alone for re-upping on Pianos on State, a project that brings a dozen whimsically painted pianos to down-town street corners where anybody can play them whenever they like. (It truly sent a shiver up my spine – and, no, not because of the recent cold spat – to bike down State two weeks back and hear classical up by the Granada, boogie-woogie outside Business First Bank and a terrifically talented jazzer funking up Dave Brubeck’s “Take 5” in front of Marshall’s, with just a sin-gle curious onlooker as an audience.) Size doesn’t matter for these guys, either; they’ll book shows in venues as small as Muddy Waters, where the turnout might be as miniscule as a dozen, up to the Lobero (The Civil Wars played a sold out show there earlier this month) or even the Santa Barbara Bowl. Next up for New Noise is Allen Stone at Muddy Waters on

December 1, while Club Mercy has Latin salsa with Celso Pina at SOhO on December 2.

Elements Theatre Collective made a big splash with its premiere presenta-tion, a pop-up production of boom, a thought-provoking three-character play it presented in very off-the-beaten-path places such as a friend’s empty swimming pool. The acting, directing and production values were top-notch and even more amazing, the entire run was offered to audiences free of charge, as was a one-day com-munity workshop in the Alexander Technique late last month. The outfit has planned a joint show with the fine fringe musical ensemble Out of the Box Theatre Company for next year, as well as more free shows on its own. So, please, think about showing up at Elements Holiday FUNdraiser at Arnoldi’s Cafe on December 7, where you can watch stage performers at the “buy-a-song” piano bar (or join in yourself), bid on silent auction items, sing along to carols and play a little bocce ball. Visit www.elementsthe atrecollective.com for details.

Finally, bows and applause for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s peri-odic chamber music concerts, which take place in the tiny Mary Craig Auditorium (capacity just a third of Hahn Hall). The series has brought some remarkable artists to town, many of whom are just as talented but perhaps not as marketable as those who play the larger venues. Next up is the return of the Israel’s Aviv Quartet, who has played Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress, slated for next Thursday, December 1. And on January 22, the museum hosts the Turtle Island Quartet (née TI String Quartet), the Bay Area jazz-bluegrass-classical foursome formed back in 1985 by famed fiddler Darol Anger. Sadly, he’s moved on, but two origi-nal members remain in the Grammy-nominated quartet whose most recent recordings focus on music by John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix and their own originals. Tickets are just $19.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! •MJ

post-Polka, a sub-sidiary of Headless Household, will play the second annual Növemberfest at Muddy Waters on Saturday, then heads to Center Stage Theater as Headless Household on Monday for the annual Xmas Concert

EnTERTAinMEnT (Continued from page 41)

24 November – 1 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45You can’t separate peace from freedom because on one can be at peace unless he has his freedom – Malcolm X

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Michael is the owner-broker of Phillips Real Estate, and is a Montecito Planning Commissioner. He can be reached at 969-4569 and [email protected]

Since the first of November, eight properties have been newly listed for sale in Montecito. Today, there

are a total of 229 properties available for purchase.

Sales in Montecito are up 15% over last year, yet the average sale price is down a disturbing 23%. The housing collapse of ‘06 made worse by the near financial collapse of ‘08 has now reached everywhere. Nationwide, the value of home equity since ‘06 has fallen from $13.5 trillion to $6.2 tril-lion, a decline of 54%. For buyers who can, this is indeed a very good time.

East Valley Road La Casa del Sueno $22m

California architect Reginald Johnson completed La Casa del Sueno in 1917 at the age of 35. In addition to the Biltmore Hotel, the downtown Post Office, and Lotusland, you may have seen other Johnson designed properties for sale in Montecito includ-ing Las Jacarandas also on East Valley, La Pumada on Tollis, Cuatro Vientos on Las Tunas and the Gould estate on Alston. This early two-story Johnson design features five bedrooms, five full baths and two powder rooms, a

game room with bar, a putting green, stables, pool and an 80-ft fountain with island and mountain views. The living area is 7,600 sq-ft and the prop-erty is 4.4 acres.

Channel Drive Mid-Century Modern $19.950m

Built in 1951, this three bedroom, 2,750 sq-ft mid-century modern sits on perhaps one of the most ideal 0.81 acres on the beach. The slight eleva-tion of the site permits expansive floor to ceiling views of Butterfly Beach and the islands beyond from just the right position.

Woodley Road Mediterranean $3.795m

This gated five-bedroom, seven bath, 5,800 sq-ft on 1.04 acres has an inviting terrace overlooking a garden, a pool and croquet court. Why come

inside? Distinguished, local architect Pierre Claeyssens designed this in 1990 and it includes a separate maid’s apartment.

Hedge Row Contemporaries: $2.695m and $1.515m

Located on Greenworth Place and originally built in the early ‘50s, this single level four-bedroom, three and a half-bath contemporary was remodeled with great care through-out and is dressed in a very grown-up white with a wonderful kitchen and entertainment areas nicely con-necting with the outdoor patios and pool.

On San Leandro Road, a 2,900 sq-ft, 3 bd/3 ba, 1960’s contemporary offers high ceilings and windows every-where. The house is on 0.64 acres with decks and gardens with a possible in-law suite configuration.

Montecito Shores and CVR condos: $1.895m, $739k

With two bedrooms, two baths and lots of closet space, this third-floor, corner unit has a cathedral ceiling living room, enclosed balconies, ocean views, pool, tennis, security entrance and, of course, Hammonds Beach.

Located at mid Coast Village Road, this remodeled 1,210 sq-ft, 2 bd/2 ba unit is in a building of 39 condos where you can walk to most places you want to go.

Danielson Road Two Story $1.825m

Built in 2002, this 3 bd/2 ba, 2,900 sq-ft two-story is easy walk-ing distance to Butterfly Beach. It features a spacious master suite and nicely designed 0.29 garden acres. •MJ

La Casa del Sueno, listed on the market at $22m and located on East Valley Road, was built by the same architect that designed Lotusland and the Biltmore

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