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Leaving It All BehindThe Mazza family stops in Sree

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The BEST of MontecitoLucky’s Jennifer Brooks and FedEx’s Cynthia

Hiatt complete the REST of the BEST of Montecito, p. 29

The Way It WasRancho Alegre’s transition from homestead to weekend retreat to

wilderness camp, p. 26

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

The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995 S

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The Bakery is BackNearly 18 months after being destroyed by fire, owner Sepi Mashhoon vows to reopen Xanadu “by Christmas” (story begins on page 12)

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5 Editorial Bob Hazard relates a tale of entrepreneurial woe and warns that price of over-regulation is dear 6 Montecito Miscellany Montecito filmmaker Gina Abatemarco seeks funding to finish documentary; students prosper

at Oprah’s Leadership Academy For Girls; Thomas Scheff celebrates completion of 14th book; Daniel Craig’s Kardashian rant; Santa Barbara Magazine’s fete at Villa Sevillano; S.B. Historical Museum annual holiday bash; Westmont’s Christmas Festival; Hélène Grimaud opens CAMA’s Masterseries; Women’s Chorus and Chamber Choir of UCSB performs “North”; sold out Tallis Scholars concert; Tribal Trust Foundation fundraiser

8 Letters to the Editor John Macker boasts about daughter, original “turkey feather getter”; Thomas Van Stein’s blast

from the past; Dana Newquist presents “Don and Helen Hathaway Memorial Tree”; Matt McLaughlin admires the late, great Judy Lewis; Penelope Bianchi applauds those involved with new path on San Ysidro Road; Frank McGinity recalls recent trip to Athens

10 Community Calendar MERRAG annual meeting; Coast Village Road block party; wine tasting at the Grotto; SB

Maritime Museum cocktail course; winter concerts; holiday tours of Casa del Herrero; Piglet Willy world premiere; ASAP presents Kittypalooza; MBAR and MA meet; Tim Donnelly speaks; David Krieger signs book; ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach12 Village Beat Xanadu sets hopeful reopen date at December 20; Whodidily closes doors; trailer fire causes

Westmont evacuation; Montecito Aesthetic Institute combines spa with medical practice; MUS students make Dean’s List

14 Seen Around Town Betty Rosness receives Successful Aging Hero Award; BigSpeak bash celebrates new corporate

headquarters; annual Braille Auxiliary luncheon 20 Montecito Sportsman Steelhead trout recovery sparks controversy between legal environmental advocates and local

angling community21 Seniority Ms Teel looks for life stories from seniors for segment on new weekly show on Channel 1723 Sheriff’s Blotter TVs stolen from vacation rental; man possesses marijuana; graffiti on Butterfly Beach sea wall 26 The Way It Was Conclusion to Ms Beresford’s two-part history on Rancho Alegre29 BEST of Montecito The REST of the BEST of Montecito, and suggestions for next year’s survey 32 On Entertainment Boston Symphony Orchestra returns after 58 years; SB Music & Arts Conservatory concerts; Silver

Follies dazzle at Center Stage; Trinity Backstage holiday benefit show; Song Tree Concert Series34 Leaving it All Behind The Mazzas make unforgettable memories in India, taking part in an elephant-worshipping

festival37 Your Westmont Large crowds flock to the college’s new art exhibition; top student entrepreneurs show off

business plans 39 n.o.t.e.s. from downtown Jim has a confession to make, and it ain’t pretty40 Calendar of Events Ongoing seasonal events; Dave Stringer at the library; Montecito School of Ballet’s annual

production; Santa Barbara Festival Ballet presents The Nutcracker; David Burnham’s one-night-only performance; various holiday events around town; SB Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming concert; screenwriter and filmmaker holiday mixer at Casa Blanca

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

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

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

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

what those businesses offer

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mountain west of Denver near Idaho Springs and has spent the last six years developing it into an affordable alternative snowboarding resort for kids and families.

To minimize upfront costs, he purchased a used triple chairlift from Vail Resorts, a used handle tow from Snowmass and a Magic Carpet surface lift from Steamboat. He hired Planet Snow Design, the company that built the snowboard super-pipe for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, to design an edgy snowboard proving ground for the young and indestructible, with a wide variety of jumps, rails, boxes, pipes and stairs for melon grabs and switch nose-slides. He added lights for night skiing and rock music, opened a ski school, built a lodge, created an Internet café and offered free parking and free Wi-Fi access.

After six years, the resort employs nearly 100 workers as ski instructors, lift operators, snow cat operators, ski patrol, food servers, gift shop employees and equipment rental salespeople, but the first hint of trouble came when he decid-ed to invest in snowmaking machines. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told him he could not use his own water to make snow because that water was destined to be carried by the Colorado River to California. After spend-ing half a million dollars in legal bills and environmental studies that delayed opening for over a year, he finally convinced the bureaucrats that artificial snow melts during the summer, and that his water will make it to the Colorado River at a time when it is most needed by Californians, albeit after the Colorado kids enjoy a season of snowboarding.

My friend’s next tiff came when a government inspector estimated that each skier and snowboarder would produce 24 gallons of wastewater each day, despite testimony from the Colorado Ski Association that similar resorts used only 3 to 4 gallons per person, per day. Comparable resorts provide overnight room stays, while my friend’s resort does not. Unconvinced, the bureaucrat mandated no beer sales, no cafeteria sales and that the number of daily visi-tors on the mountain be restricted. Three years after opening, daily compliance reports showed that the generation of wastewater never exceeded one gallon per person per day. After a three-year fight, a beer license was granted and food could be served.

Making Room For Miniature HorsesNext came the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) inspectors who man-

dated all ski lifts be modified to accommodate seeing eye dogs for blind skiers and snowboarders. When reminded that skiing with a seeing eye dog is illegal in Colorado, ADA inspectors took the position that some blind soul might want to take his service dog to the top of the mountain and walk down, so the lifts were modified and operators trained to assist the dogs onto the lifts.

This year, a Department of Labor official expanded the list of “service ani-mals” to include miniature horses (I promise I am not making this up). With the stroke of a pen, miniature horses had to be accommodated. The ADA inspector recommended installing a gondola large enough to accommodate a miniature horse. Lift attendants noted that hoisting miniature horses onto the lift would be in direct defiance of OSHA (Occupational Health & Safety Administration) rules and would result in back injuries, and increased worker comp costs.

The final nail in my friend’s coffin came with the passage of ObamaCare. Ninety percent of employees are under the age of 30, and only six of the 100 employees have enrolled in the company healthcare plan, despite the fact that the company pays 70% of the cost. With almost 100 seasonal and part-time employees, the resort must now provide mandatory health insurance to all employees, or pay a $3,000 per-person fine, at an added cost of $300,000 per year.

The operation has never turned a profit, nor paid a return on my friend’s multi-million dollar investment. A $300,000 unbudgeted expense against a mil-lion dollars of gross revenue constitutes a formula for financial disaster.

The takeaway lesson from this tale of woe is that anyone who tries to open a small business has to plan for a plethora of unnecessary rules, often written by people with absolutely no business experience. The tendency by local, state and federal government to correct every wrong in life by passing a law comes at a price that in the end, no private employer will be able to afford. •MJ

Editorial by Bob Hazard

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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.

Montecito filmmaker Gina Abatemarco, the daughter of local realtor Frank

Abatemarco and his wife, Toni, is on a mission.

For the past four years Gina, 29, has been shooting on a tiny island in the Alaskan Arctic that is slowly disap-pearing due to climate change.

“The result is a cinematic portrait of today’s modern Arctic and one of our last Eskimo cultures, who are holding on the best they can,” she says. “I just finished shooting this summer and need to find funding to complete the project.”

Gina, who graduated from the film and television program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked as a personal assistant to top director, Brian De Palma, is a global traveler, having lived in Paris,

Berlin and even Sofia, Bulgaria.“My interest had never been the

environment. I was more of a roman-tic. But the many reports on climate change had a profound effect on me. I thought it was devastating. Being born in the eighties, we take natural resources – the air, forests and oceans – for granted.

“Al Gore’s 2006 movie, An Inconvenient Truth, had an impact and a random news show in Los Angeles on climate change really scared me. I was quite depressed.”

It was then she read an article in the L.A. Times about Kivalina, an eight mile long barrier island on the north-west coast of Alaska, 120 miles above the Arctic Circle in the Chukchi Sea, where the 420 native Inupiaq worry about their survival.

“The island is disappearing,” says

Gina, who has made five visits to the remote location, a two and a half day trek from New York via Seattle, Anchorage and Kotzebue, the final leg being on a six-seater seaplane. “They are losing their land, and as they lose their land, they’re losing their identity.

“It is very impoverished, with no running water. It is becoming increas-

ingly overpopulated. But, having said that, it is one of the most beautiful islands I’ve been to with an abun-dance of whales, seals and walruses. But, since 1953, its acreage has been cut in half, and some scientists believe it will be totally underwater within ten years because of climate change and severe coastal erosion.

“This is the story of the first climate-change refugees in America. These are hunters, fishermen that don’t know how to survive in a city. You can’t just put them in a housing project in Anchorage.”

Now, after nearly half a decade of shooting – her first trip was financed by a grant from the Berlin Film Festival and subsequent visits by a Tisch School alumni grant and the Tribeca Film Institute –, Gina has amassed 300 hours of footage and admits that edit-ing the documentary, Kivalina People, will be “quite a nightmare.”

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Four years after opening her $40 mil-lion Leadership Academy For Girls in Henley-on-Klip, near Johannesburg, all 72 members of the school’s first graduating class have been accepted to universities in South Africa and the

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Aubrey Was Number One

I read the article regarding the Cold Spring School Turkey Trot winner (“Our Town” MJ # 17/48).

Congrats to Annabelle Tiller. Third time in history. However, as the proud father of the first “turkey feather getter” in Cold Spring School history, Aubrey Macker (you can verify it on the wall of the school office), I would like to toot her horn. She was the first in the long history of this event to get the very first feather.

Sorry for the toot, but dads have to be dads. It’s in our DNA when it comes to our girls. Thanks.

The Proud DadJohn MackerMontecito

Laguna Blanca Secret Garden

I was pleased to read that the Laguna Blanca Lower School received a beautification award for its “Secret Garden” (“Montecito Beautification Day 2011” MJ # 17/44). The dedication

was a lovely event and I was honored to participate. My twin brother, Hugh Carpenter, and I contributed a sundial to honor our parents, Warwick and Peggy Carpenter, who owned and ran The Howard School for 27 years on the site that is now Laguna Blanca Lower

School. We combined our father’s background in math and our mother’s love of gardening in selecting the memorial for the garden. I wanted to emphasize that our parents were not merely teachers at the school, but owned it. (Although our father taught math and English, and our mother taught kindergarten and fourth grade math, most of their efforts went into managing the school.) The Howard School was a school of about 85 day students with a boarding capacity of 12, and our parents were totally dedicated to it and the students and staff. Hugh and I considered ourselves “permanent boarders,” and the school was our home.

Thanks for making this correction.Barbara (Carpenter) McDonaldSanta Barbara

I See ChangesMy brother, Jeff Stein, bought this

post card the other day; he says it

depicts the Old Miramar depot. My, how things have changed...

Thomas Van SteinSanta Barbara

Lauding The Land Trust

The Land Trust is one of the most important charities I know of. What could be more important than pre-serving clean air, water, and natural resources? Please donate to the Land Trust.

I especially would like to see people help to purchase land in Gaviota for preservation and improving tourism.

As a volunteer for one of their prop-erties, Arroyo Hondo, there are many field trips to teach children about ecol-ogy and examine threatened resources firsthand. On one such outing we found a Native American bead buried in the soil and we discussed ancient people. Identifying and counting stream insects tells us how healthy the water is; it is always above average due to conservation which can only help the trout come back from near extinction.

There are many docent-led hikes for people to enjoy where one may learn about watersheds, food chains, Chumash and California ranchero his-tory, geology, plants and animals, or a

simple hike through unspoiled nature can be enjoyed.

Please help the Land Trust preserve the land and beauty of Santa Barbara County! Send a tax-deductible dona-tion or contact them and ask for a copy of the Land Trust’s planned giv-ing brochure at: www.sblandtrust.org – 805-966-4520 – [email protected]

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Simply siceningYou use (sic) to undermine a let-

ter writer when he doesn’t capi-talize “Republican” (“Romney’s Consistently Inconsistent” Letters to the Editor MJ # 17/48), yet you free-ly use the epithet “Democrat Party” in your editor’s notes? That’s some quality (sic), unbiased (sic) journalism (sic), if I ever saw it!

Craig BoehrMontecito(Editor’s note: Thanks for noticing; our

attitude is if Mr. Martins’ plan is to spin everything pro-Obama from now until election day 2012, the least he could do would be to send us grammatically correct emails – TLB)

Christmas Tree Almost Up

First, I want to thank everyone for the advancement of this very impor-tant tradition with your time, spirit and money.

Formally, this was submitted to County Parks as the “Don and Helen

Hathaway Memorial Tree.” We still have one hurdle to cross, a meeting of Parks on the 8th to approve the dona-tion and planting.

Here is a picture of the tree that was

Warwick and Peggy Carpenter owned and ran The Howard School (where Laguna Blanca Lower School is now located) for 27 years

This young fir tree has been dedicated as the “Don and Helen Hathaway Memorial Tree,” and is about to be planted at the corner of North Jameson and San Ysidro Road

The flower bedecked Miramar train “depot” circa 1900

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Best to all and “Happy Holidays.”Dana NewquistMontecito (Editor’s note: And a Merry Christmas

to you, too! – J.B.)

The Late, Great Judy Lewis

I was sorry to read that Ms Judy Lewis, the daughter of illegiti-mate parents Clark Gable and Loretta Young passed away November 25 in Pennsylvania at age 76. In the mid-1990s I was able to meet Lewis. I was walking past the Miramar Hotel and noticed the banquet room’s doors were propped open. I spontaneously entered. I took my chances with the sponge cake and found a seat to hear Ms Lewis tell her life story.

Lewis was a blonde woman and happy indeed. I understand now that her book she was promoting that day, Uncommon Knowledge, was an attempt to capture the natural pride with which all humans are naturally endowed. This pride, and a mere fun-damental self-identity was denied Lewis though, due to her mother’s disclaimer to Lewis’s origin and

father Clark Gable’s cruel and abso-lute absenteeism. Lewis announcing to the world her discovered identity seemed pivotal in her own healing that day as I listened. Lewis glowed as she told her story about who she was. To read her book and understand her complex dilemma would inspire most people to count their lucky stars, for the difficulty in understanding her own parentage and the circumstances of her conception was an intense bat-tle for Lewis.

It would have been for anyone.You see, Loretta Young, Judy’s

mother, was a budding actress when she had an affair with actor Clark Gable. Extreme lengths were taken to keep Lewis’s beginnings a secret. From Lewis’s birth in 1935 through the first 19 months of her life, she lived in orphanages so that Young could continue her career. An affair in those days could cause a starlet to be considered cheap by her ador-ing fans and a movie contract could be rescinded.

A few months before her second birthday, Judy returned to live with her mother who for years said Lewis had been adopted. Lewis began to question her background at age 31, five years after her father’s death. Her fiancé exclaimed, “It’s common

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in singing familiar seasonal carols. The 100-voice combined choirs are made up of students ranging from 3rd grade through high school. Please note that while the concerts are free, online reservations are recommended.When: Friday, December 9 at 7 pm, and Saturday, December 10 at 3 pm. Doors open 20 minutes prior to the services. Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State StreetInfo and reservations: www.providencehallsb.org/lessons

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10

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

KittypaloozaAnimal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP) presents Kittypalooza, a weekend celebration promoting cat and kitten adoptions and raising awareness and funds for homeless felines. The festivities include an Adoption Fair on Saturday, December 10 (save 50% on all adoption fees at the fair) and an all-ages Rockin’ for the Kitties Concert Benefit at The Creekside on Sunday, December 11, with live music, a horseshoe tournament, and raffle drawings every thirty minutes.

Winter ConcertStudents from Laguna Blanca Lower School sing holiday favoritesWhen: 6:30 pmWhere: Spaulding Auditorium, Hope Ranch campus, 4125 Paloma Drive

FRIDAY DECEMBER 9

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 will 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: Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 10 am and 2 pm through Saturday, December 17Where: 1387 East Valley Road Cost: $20 per person, ages 10 and older Reservations: 565-5653

Service of Lessons and CarolsProvidence Hall singers and musicians, joined by the Laudate Youth Chorus and the El Montecito School Chorus, present an annual program of traditional Christmas music and Scripture readings, with many opportunities for the audience to join

THURSDAY DECEMBER 8

MERRAG Annual Business Meeting MERRAG is a network of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepared to respond to community disasters during the critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “self-help” organization serves Montecito’s residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts. Next year’s Board will be elected and a budget will be adopted. When: 10 amWhere: Biltmore Santa Barbara, 1260 Channel DriveInfo: Geri, 969-2537

Coast Village Road Block PartyTake a stroll on Coast Village Road while taking advantage of special treats, offers, and one-day-only deals at selected shops. Participating stores include Susan Pitcher’s dressed and ready, Shine Blow Dry Bar, French Lessons, A.H. Gaspar, and Red Studio. When: 11 am to 5 pm

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail [email protected] or call (805) 565-1860)

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Winter Concert Cold Spring School students perform Winter Sing concert When: 11 am and 7 pmWhere: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road

FRIDAY DECEMBER 16

Lecture and Luncheon The Dream Act and the effort to repeal it will be discussed by California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly at the Montecito Hope Ranch Republican Women’s Club monthly luncheon at the Montecito Country Club. “Roadblocks Facing the Republican Minority in the California Legislature - Hopes for the Future,” is the topic of the talk by Assemblyman Donnelly, who represents the 59th District in San Bernardino County. He is the author of the current petition to rescind AB131 (the Dream Act) which allows students who are in the U.S. illegally to pay in-state tuition and receive financial aid from the state. The luncheon features a special Christmas musical revue by

MJ columnist Erin Graffy.When: Registration begins at 10:30 am, with the general meeting and installation of officers at 11 am and the luncheon at 11:45 am Costs: $30 pre-paid or $35 at the doorInfo: [email protected]

Wine TastingLocal winemaker Ernst Storm will pour a selection of Storm wines including sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, and syrahWhen: 4:30 pm to 7 pmWhere: Liquor & Wine Grotto, 1271 Coast Village RoadCost: $1

Pirate Potables Just in time for the holiday season, learn to mix seafaring-themed drinks from award-winning bartender and mixologist, Mandy Chinn. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum hosts the two-hour course, “Grog, Ale and Pirate’s Blood: A Holiday Maritime Cocktail Class,” where Mandy will show participants all the steps for making the drinks, and students will then have the chance to sample the concoctions and take home recipes. When: 6 pm to 8 pmWhere: 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190Cost: $15 (members), $20 (non-members)Info: 962-8404 or www.sbmm.org

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MBAR MeetingMontecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. Today the board will look at a new home on Miramar Beach Drive, a new home and garage on Fernald Point Lane, an addition to a home on the Westmont campus, a new garage on Mountain Drive, a remodel and addition on Eucalyptus Hill Road, and several other agenda items. When: 2 pmWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

Cold Spring School Board MeetingWhen: 6 pmWhere: 2243 Sycamore Canyon RoadInfo: 969-2678

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

FRIDAY DECEMBER 16

Winter SingStudents, teachers and parents at Montecito Union School spread holiday cheer When: 9:30 am, 10:45 am and 12:45 pmWhere: MUS Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road

SATURDAY DECEMBER 17

Book Signing at TecoloteDavid Krieger will sign his book, Speaking of Peace. Krieger is the founder of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.When: 5 pm to 6:30 pmWhere: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley RoadInfo: 969-4977

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Live Entertainment at CavaWhere: Cava, 1212 Coast Village RoadWhen: 7 pm to 10 pmInfo: 969-8500

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Story Time at the LibraryWhen: 10:30 to 11 amWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

Connections Early Memory Loss ProgramWhere: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: Susan Forkush, 969-0859 x15

TUESDAYS

Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors welcomeWhen: 7:15 pmWhere: Scout House, Upper Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road

THURSDAYS

Pick-up Basketball GamesHe shoots; he scores! The Montecito Family YMCA is offering pick-up basketball on Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join coach Donny for warm-up, drills and then scrimmages. Adults welcome too.When: 5:30 pmWhere: Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa LaneInfo: 969-3288

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Farmers’ MarketWhen: 8 am to 11:15 amWhere: South side of Coast Village Road

SUNDAYS

Vintage & Exotic Car DayMotorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles and as close as East Valley Road park in front of Richie’s Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty other autos to admire.When: 8 am to 10 am (or so)Where: 1187 Coast Village RoadInfo: [email protected] •MJ

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After close to 18 months following an electrical fire that shut down Xanadu Bakery in

Montecito, the beloved French bakery will reopen its doors later this month. The bakery, which has been located in the Vons shopping center since 1982, will be up-and-running for the holidays, says owner Sepi Mashhoon. “I’m ready!” she exclaimed during a recent interview.

Mashhoon, along with her hus-band Mike, purchased Xanadu in September 2008. Less than two years later, in July 2010, an electrical fire in the shopping complex forced them to close the bakery indefinitely. “They were basically starting from scratch, with new building permits, new plans, and new inspections,” said contractor Maricel Hines, who rede-signed the bakery with business part-ner Hugo Garcia; their new office, Art & Elements design, recently opened on Coast Village Circle.

The revamped bakery, which Art & Elements has designed from the ground up, will feel warm and cozy, reminiscent of a French café, says

Hines. “It will feel very European, with dark wood paneling and tables topped with various granite colors,” she says. The bakery will hold 40-50 seats, with many of them on the out-side patio. In addition to the vari-ous cases holding Xanadu’s baked goods, a coffee bar is also slated to be installed.

“The bakery is my baby,” laughed Mrs. Mashhoon when we visited the unfinished space earlier this week.

During our interview, at least half a dozen Vons shoppers stopped to chat with us after noticing work being done on the bakery. “Is Xanadu com-ing back?” more than one of them excitedly asked. Hines says she fields that question several times per day: “It was, and is, a Montecito staple. People are thrilled it’s coming back.” Mashhoon adds, “We feel very lucky. It’s been a year and a half and our customers are still so loyal.”

Xanadu was originally opened in the space currently occupied by Little Alex’s. The family who started the

bakery owned it for 26 years before the Mashhoons, who also operate Foodland Market in Santa Barbara and own a produce brokerage, bought it. “I had always loved buying my cakes and things there, and I always thought it would be fun to own a bakery,” Mashhoon said. After pur-chasing the bakery, running it became a full-time job for her; she worked behind the counter seven days a week. “I love chatting with my customers, and decorating cookies!” she laughs.

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The Center for Successful Aging (CSA) presented a “Catered Savoir Affaire” at the Rincon

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Congresswoman Lois Capps did the honors of giving Betty Rosness the Successful Aging Hero Award. This is the third year the award has been given; Larry Crandell and Eric Boehm are the two past awardees. “I’ve never won one at this age. I’m an Independent that always votes for Lois,” Betty exclaimed after receiving

the award. She then followed with some advice: ”Have a belly laugh at least once a day.”

Betty was honored for her many years of service to our community. After moving to Goleta in 1968, she not only raised five children but

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The new clinical director, Dr. Gary Linker, feels that loneliness is the big-gest enemy of successful aging. That’s what the CSA is all about. The center offers a wide variety of programs, activities and experiences that cover all aspects of aging. Trained volun-teers make daily phone calls to seniors to check on their safety and wellbe-ing if they have no friends or family nearby. The Peer Counseling Program is provided by age 50-plus volunteers who have learned basic counseling skills. They are the same generation as those they counsel.

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(across from La Cumbre Mall), “We have been in Santa Barbara for eigh-teen years but many locals don’t know us.” To rectify that, he invited the business community to a reception to celebrate the new digs. There were cocktails, canapés and conversations with top executives from around the Central Coast.

BigSpeak represents a list of top gun speakers who service Fortune 500 and 1000 companies and can command fees in excess of $40,000. They also have expert consultants and trainers whose fees are more affordable, start-ing around $2,000. There are many arenas from humor and entertain-ment to sales and marketing. Some of the clients include Jonathan Winters, Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, M.D., Marianne Williamson and Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D. You Oprah fans may recognize the name Stedman Graham as well.

This evening we were in for a treat with the former President and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company Douglas Conant addressing us. Many of the speakers have written bestsell-

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I couldn’t resist asking about those gravity fed soup can holders that are now in supermarkets. As a shopper who has eaten Campbell soups all my life and has struggled to find what I was looking for, they are an amazing innovation. You can find the soup so easily now! Douglas had to admit that the idea was brought to them. It didn’t come from within the company, but it was under his watch.

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Claeyssens Foundation and the Elaine Stepanek estate donations plus the Auxiliary funds, it came to a whop-ping $1,281,382.00. President Joanie Kelly joked, “I had to get help writing the check. I’d never written a check for a million dollars before.” The check was presented to local director Micheal Lazarowitz by 2011 event chair Pat Andersons, assistant chair Jo Thompson and Joanie.

Michael responded, “This Auxiliary is making a different in all three coun-ties.” Jo Thompson, who will head up the 2012 annual polo event aided by

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The president of the Braille Institute of America based in Los Angeles, Les Stalker, was the keynote speaker who apprised us of new happenings such as publishing Braille books on demand. He wants all blind kids to be able to be Scouts if they choose. Books

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The slate of officers for the upcoming year is Joanie Kelly, Jo Thompson, Charlene Nagel, Beth Leddy, Diane Pannkuk, Carol Schlek, Gloria Slaughter, Patricia Kruse, Joann Rodrigue, Suzanne Bock, Sandy DeRousse and Jean Von Wittenburg.

Keep up the good work ladies, and we’ll see you all at the polo fields August 4, 2012! •MJ

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The James Bond star lambasted the clan and criticized those who ‘sell’ themselves and then make demands about their private lives.

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At the time of Lewis’s conception, Gable was married to Maria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham, a Texas socialite. She was his second of five wives. Sadly, Gable visited Lewis only one time, when she was 15. One time.

My hope as a man and person is to be as strong and assertive as the late, great Judy Lewis.

Matt McLaughlinSanta Barbara

Safe Route To School Distress

It distresses me that so much criti-cism is heaped on the “safe way to school” path on San Ysidro Road. I think it looks wonderful. The accusa-tions of “cactus” is simply not true. Not one “cactus,” not even one.

The plants are mostly “succulents” (a far cry from “cactus”) and they are absolutely not planted “willy nilly.” These plants, interspersed with rosemary will fill out to be a beautiful landscape design... I am sure everyone will be very, very pleased in less than a year when these plants fill in!

I see great sensitivity with the path. “Decomposed granite” is a wonderful and subtle surface, as well as a surface that can absorb water and not send it off to the sewers.

Furthermore, the ramps on the cor-ners are concrete dyed to match the decomposed granite pathways. I saw all the “red alerts” of the concrete – before it was stained – and the “empty planting beds.” It turns my stomach. This is just ignorance and knee-jerk negatives in my opinion. Let them complete the painting before casting aspersions. Good grief!

Because of the involvement of the many people in Montecito, this will be a beautiful and safe route to school.

These plantings will mature into lovely landscaping; you just watch. They are very carefully planted and will mature into lovely landscaping in keeping with our local landscape; they just won’t need irrigation. This landscape was thoughtfully and beautifully planned. I have no knowl-

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Judy Lewis was the daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, a couple that Matt McLaughlin derides as “illegitimate parents”

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The Art & Elements crew is working hard to have the shop ready to open the week before Christmas. The dry wall has just been finished, with cos-metic work to be tackled next in the 2,000-sq-ft space. The Argentinean-born Hines, who has been a contractor in Santa Barbara for the last fifteen years, tells us she has crews on site 24 hours a day to ensure a December 20th opening.

“I really wanted to be open by Christmas, so I can get back to deco-rating hundreds of Christmas cook-ies,” said Mrs. Mashhoon. She says she is also looking forward to get-ting back in touch with her regular customers. “I’ve missed Xanadu. I’m ready to reopen and see everyone again!” she said.

Xanadu is located directly across from Vons in the shopping center on the corner of Coast Village Road and Hot Springs Road. The target open-ing date is December 20. Once open, Xanadu will be open 5:30 am to 7:30 pm, seven days a week.

Whodidily ClosesMontecito’s cupcakery, Whodidily,

closed its doors late last Friday night, after serving the community for over three and half years. Owner Wendy

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A local battle erupted in Santa Barbara last week that puts legal environmental advocates

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Basically, the fly-fishing community of Santa Barbara is about as envi-ronmentally responsible as it gets. Their historical practice of “catch and release” is legendary and they are among some of the leading advocates of conservation, healthy habitat for fish and responsible practices in fish-ing. Catch and release (C&R) of fish is regularly performed by fly-fishers based on the premise of protecting fish while experiencing them through fishing; practicing their art through stealth, ecological knowledge, care-fully designed equipment and a lit-tle luck. With fly-fishers, C&R has a high standard where small feathered hooks with no barbs are employed so as to make extracting the hook easy and non-injurious, the fish is carefully landed, sometimes photo-graphed, gently held in the water and resuscitated in the current until the fish recovers his strength and swims away free. Fly-fishers especially are “up-in-arms” because they feel that their ability to fish is being taken away from them, the very people who enjoy and experience the fish and

protect them. They feel that they can be a positive force in educating others about the “best practices” for respon-sible fishing and can help protect the fish on these streams from unlawful practices by their very presence and good example. But, since it is virtu-ally impossible to distinguish between a rainbow trout and an endangered steelhead, all fishing may need to stop. At the end of the Commission’s discussion, it was pretty well agreed that the matter would be carefully reviewed before final actions of clo-sure are taken on the Sespe, Sisquoc and Matilija streams.

The Endangered Species Act is Federal law so the State Commission must be in compliance when it comes to protecting the Southern California Steelhead. But, did the drafters of this law envision the cessation of all fishing in order to save fish? These beautiful fish have important genetics making them resilient enough to sur-vive the drought and flood environ-ment of Southern California. But, does that mean no one can do any kind of fishing until that one species is not listed as endangered – someday in the future, maybe decades? It is assumed that stopping all fishing will take pres-sure off the steelhead but, will it actu-ally? Will it, in fact, take responsible anglers off the streams only to be replaced by poachers? There are dif-fering points of view about how best to achieve the steelhead recovery in our free-flowing streams that run to the sea but right now, that issue is in the lap Mr. Richards and the California Fish and Game Commission.

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Our stories make up our lives. And when we share our stories, we share our lives.

For thousands of years, people from diverse cultures around the world have passed on their traditions, beliefs, and advice through storytelling. Ancient cultures shared their stories around the campfire and in more recent times, stories have been shared around the kitchen table or in our own living rooms. When our loved ones share their stories, they pass down their wisdom and allow us to know them more completely: as children, teenagers, and young adults. My grandmother’s stories not only gave me the chance to

know her as a whole person, they also helped me to understand what it means to be an American. She told me stories about her long and arduous voyage to America, what it was like to arrive at Ellis Island, and the subsequent train ride to Omaha, where she and her family settled. She vividly described what it was like to start school before she learned how to speak English. Her teacher thought she was slow until my grandmother had her turn at the chalkboard and was able to proudly demonstrate that she knew the answers to all the math problems. By sharing her stories, my grandmother linked her past to the present and one generation to another.

As so often happens, research even-tually validates what we’ve known all along, that telling our stories has tremendous value. In the past decade, research has proven that reminiscence is an important part of healthy aging and wellness. Reminiscence therapy has become a popular tool for thera-pists and it has been found to reaffirm a sense of identity, uniqueness, self-worth and accomplishments. It also positively impacts health – lowering physical pain and depression, work-ing the brain, and increasing life satis-faction. Gerontological nurse Joan M. Lappe compared self-esteem scores of two groups of institutionalized elderly in an experimental study. The research-er compared two randomly assigned groups of nursing home residents. One group discussed current events, while the other focused on reminiscing. Her results showed that the reminiscing group scored significantly higher on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.

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In Santa Barbara and Montecito, we have many famous residents who have glamorous stories to share. Some people may think that their lives are ordinary by comparison. But everyone has something to share, whether it involves traveling the globe or simply watching a garden grow. My mother lived a humble life but her stories were treasures that allowed me to catch a glimpse of the world through her eyes – and taught me to see the beauty in the small graces, such as a blooming rose or a ripe tomato. I hope you’ll consider giving us the chance to see the world through your eyes by sharing one of your treasured stories. •MJ

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Jones tells us several factors contrib-uted to the decision to close the store; she says it was a decision several months in the making.

Jones, who is expecting her fourth child early next summer, says the main reason for the closure is to spend more time with her family. “[Closing] is such a great thing for my family; it takes a ton of commitment to own a bakery,” she said.

Jones and her husband, Dave, com-mitted countless hours to running the cupcakery, and say now it’s time to commit to their family. Before leas-

ing the Coast Village Road store, the Joneses kitchen-shared with a catering company in Bakersfield. “Baking cup-cakes is a part of who we are, so we will definitely miss it,” she said.

Wendy says although the store proved financially successful, the last three months were the slowest since opening in 2008. The couple had a hand in opening a second cupcakery in downtown Santa Barbara last year, but are no longer affiliated with that store.

The Joneses will continue to live in the area, but Wendy says she is not

Whodidily Cupcakes closes its doors after more than three years on Coast Village Road

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Burglary at Vacation Rental on Butterfly LaneMonday, 28 November, 11 am – Deputy Springer was dispatched to a resi-

dence on Butterfly Lane in response to a burglary report. The victim told Springer that her home had been robbed several times over a three-week period. She first noticed the crime in the first week of November; she was cleaning her rental home and noticed the kitchen’s TV was missing. The victim told Springer that she usually leaves the property’s doors open after clients leave to air out the home; the victim suspects that is why the first crime occurred.

The victim cleaned her property again on November 27; at this time, she left the windows open and the doors unlocked. She returned to the residence on November 28 and found the living room glass door left open; she told Springer that she did not leave the door open the previous day. She searched the home and found the TV missing from the master bedroom.

The victim stated she would lock the windows and doors of her property from now on. A report was taken.

Possession of MarijuanaThursday, 1 December, 10:06 pm – Deputy Lampe contacted a man on El Bosque

Road near Las Tunas Road. Upon speaking with the man in his vehicle, Lampe observed a strong odor of marijuana. The man confirmed the possession, tell-ing Lampe, “It’s in the center console.” Lampe searched the man’s vehicle and found a marijuana bong behind the driver’s seat and a small green plastic medi-cal container. The marijuana was taken and booked at the Carpinteria Sheriff’s Station. Lampe learned that the man purchased the marijuana in Santa Barbara. Lampe issued the man a citation and released him on the scene.

Graffiti Found at Butterfly BeachMonday, 5 December, 10:14 am – Deputy Johnson was dispatched to Butterfly

Beach on Channel Drive to investigate a vandalism report. Upon arrival, Johnson spoke with the director of security from a hotel on Channel Drive. The director told Johnson the hotel received several complaints about graf-fiti on the sea wall. Hotel security last surveyed the beach area on Friday, December 2; the security director suspects the vandalism occurred sometime Sunday night. Even though the sea wall is not the hotel’s property, hotel staff assists in maintenance for the county. A maintenance crew from the hotel removed the graffiti. A report was taken. •MJ

fulfilling special orders for cupcakes. “We love it here, we aren’t going any-where!” she said.

Land Use Weighs in on YMCA

At this month’s Montecito Association Land Use meeting, the committee presented comments to YMCA representatives regarding the Y’s proposed expansion. “We think it’s only fair going in, that you know what the position of the Montecito Association is,” said Land Use Chair Dave Kent.

The committee has reviewed the plans several times, and hosted a com-munity forum in August to hear from the public. The proposed plan includes the expansion of the main building into a second story, construction of a new natatorium building with a new indoor pool, a new preschool build-ing and an 11,020-sq-ft gymnasium

to cover the existing sports court on the property. The project will add significantly to the square footage of the YMCA, bringing the building area from 11,540 square feet to 32,471.

The comments, presented in the form of a letter, included specific concerns regarding architecture and design, and compatibility with the residential character of the surround-ing community. Other issues include intensity of use and associative impact on neighbors, as well as traffic impacts on San Ysidro Road. “The architecture is contemporary and industrial, and is not in keeping with neighborhood compatibility,” Kent read from the letter.

The committee has major concern about size, bulk and scale of the proj-ect. They recommended lowering the main building height and the height of the gymnasium. The letter also mentioned parking, noise and light-ing issues.

The most significant issue the Land Use Committee pointed out is increased traffic on San Ysidro Road. They asked that traffic studies be con-ducted, using “realistic” membership numbers which reflect more intensive use of the facilities. “This community isn’t looking for a regional YMCA. The intent is that the YMCA is to serve the community of Montecito,” Kent said.

The Land Use Committee asked YMCA reps to revisit and modify the design to be more compatible with the Montecito Community Plan. After tweaking the words of the letter, the committee voted to formally send it. Committee member Bob Short vetoed the letter, calling the tone of it antago-nistic.

“We want to provide the needs we’ve been asked for. We want to keep working with you,” said capital com-mittee chair Tim Werner, explaining that the expansion is due to member-ship demand.

The YMCA has yet to submit an application for expansion to Santa Barbara County.

Trailer FireOn Wednesday, November 30 at

10:53 pm, Montecito Fire Protection District responded to a report of a trailer fire on East Mountain Drive. Upon arrival, Montecito Fire person-nel found a 20-foot travel trailer fully engulfed in flames; it was put out less than 20 minutes later.

Montecito Fire did not issue any evacuations, but nearby at Westmont College, Risk Management person-nel voluntarily evacuated students to the gym. “We decided to evacuate all students to the gym after we factored in the strong winds and the potential for a fast-moving fire to spread to campus,” says Scott Craig, Westmont spokesman. “Students displayed the same admirable cooperation and good sense they demonstrated in 2008 and accomplished the evacuation and return easily and without incident.”

Rumors have been swirling on cam-

pus that the trailer that went up in flames was a known crystal meth lab, but Santa Barbara Sheriff Lieutenant Kelly Moore tells us there is no crimi-nal investigation at this point. He did say a female occupant of the trailer told on-scene responders different sto-ries about how the fire started, and that Sheriff’s detectives are clarifying her statements.

MFPD has yet to release their find-ings on the cause and origin of the fire. “We’ve received no indication that this is a criminal case,” Moore said.

In addition to three MFPD engines, one rescue engine, one ambulance, and several command vehicles were also on scene. The female occupant of the trailer was transported to Cottage Hospital with minor injuries. Other agencies on scene included Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, and AMR.

In Business: MAIMontecito Aesthetic Institute (MAI)

on Coast Village Road may have only opened its doors in August, but its founder, Dr. Joe Chang, has been making a name for himself for over a decade. Dr. Chang says he is the only surgeon in the area performing oculoplastic (eyelid) surgery full time. Before focusing on oculoplastics, Dr. Chang performed 3,500 cataract sur-geries before the age of forty.

“Montecito Aesthetic Institute is the perfect place to combine a ‘medi-spa’ with a medical practice,” Dr. Chang said in a recent interview. He took over a year to design MAI, which is located in the former home of Waterworks. “I wanted to build something beauti-ful, not medical,” he said. The space features clean lines and a modern feel, with modern art pieces hanging on the walls, sponsored by local galler-ies and artists. MAI offers a variety of medical and non-medical aesthetic services, including cosmetic injec-tions, non-surgical facelifts, laser hair removal, dermal remodeling, photo


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He filed papers at the weekend in a L.A. Superior Court on the grounds of fraud.

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Soirée at SevillanoTout le monde turned out for Santa

Barbara Magazine’s Christmas mega-bash at Villa Sevillano, a short gallop from the Santa Barbara Polo Club.

The six-bedroom, 10,378-sq-ft man-sion, set on 22 exquisitely groomed acres – including its own polo field-, is the former home of New York entre-preneur, Michael Rothbard, and his wife, Jasmine, currently on the market for $21.5 million through Suzanne Perkins at Sotheby’s.

“It’s quite a spread,” she gushed, as fellow realtor Randy Solakian, for-ever to be known as the man who sold Oprah her 42-acre estate, cast an eagle eye.

Children from Janet Adderley’s popular Youth Ensemble Theater performed songs from Lionel Bart’s Oliver – their next production at the Lobero in the spring –, as well as tra-ditional carols.

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With the full force of the college’s musical talent on display, including the orchestra, women’s and men’s chorale, and the chamber singers, the two-hour concert was a wonderful blend of traditional carols and, the piece de résistance, the Yuletide por-tion of George Frideric Handel’s 1741 oratorio, Messiah, under the baton of Michael Shasberger, who shared conducting duties during the perfor-mance with Grey Brothers, JoAnne Wasserman and Steve Hodson.

It was a suitably rip roaring kick-off to the festive season...

Master PianistThe multi-faceted and charismat-

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The concert, played on two differ-ent Steinways, came into its own after the intermission with Liszt’s “Sonata in B minor,” wrapping with Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances of Hungary, a suite of short pieces based on the music of ethnic Romanians in Transylvania.

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Dr. Chang, who lives part time in Bakersfield and runs a practice there, is a Board Certified ophthalmolo-gist who completed his residency at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute after receiving his undergraduate and med-ical degrees from Emory University. He consults patients at MAI and per-forms upper and lower eyelid sur-geries at Cottage Hospital and Santa Barbara Surgical Center. The pro-

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reveal lights numbered according to each bedroom. When Storke’s guests wanted something, they flipped a switch, the light would light, and a servant would scurry to attend to the visitor. Storke also constructed a reser-voir and filtration system at the top of the hill to provide reliable water to the house and gardens.

Wartime RefugeIn 1942, the Japanese attacked the

Ellwood Oil Fields. Anna La Chapelle Clark, widow of William Andrews Clark, became concerned for the safe-ty of her family and her staff. The army had set up a camp in the Santa Barbara Cemetery, cannons pointed to the sea, and patrols walked the bluffs on her property above East Beach on the lookout for Japanese submarines

and planes. Also, as wartime shortag-es and rationing became more severe, she wanted to ensure that her staff at Bellosguardo would have the supplies they needed as well a place of refuge in the event of another attack. She convinced Thomas Storke to sell his ranch to her.

She renamed the ranch Rancho Alegre and installed Nils “Slim” Larsen as caretaker. He insured that ranch livestock supplemented the produce grown at the estate in Santa Barbara. Dairy cows from the ranch provided milk that was churned into butter for the use of her staff. Though the Clarks rarely, if ever, visited the

Back in 1884, various members of the Step family homesteaded the land along the northside of

the mountains across from today’s Lake Cachuma (see last issue). Time passed and Mary and William Henry Step gave up raising stock and retired to their California bungalow in Santa Ynez. He sold his ranch to Thomas More Storke, founder of the News-Press, in March 1937. Storke also bought up the Ilenstine lands (cousins to the Steps) and renamed the ranch the TMS Ranch or Pasatiempo. Storke built a new ranch house for his weekend retreats and proceeded to entertain his many friends and acquaintances.

In 1923, Joseph R. Drake, head of the Montecito Water Department and assistant to Max C. Fleischmann, had arranged for the local Boy Scout Troop to acquire a portion of land high up Tequepis Creek. There they estab-lished Camp Drake, which adjoined the TMS Ranch.

Storke was a charter member of Los Rancheros Visitadores and in 1939, the

Rancheros spent the night at Camp Drake. The Rancheros’ yearbook for the ride said, “At Camp Drake, the horses and coaches were jammed into a narrow canyon.” Each Ranchero camp had to find a knoll or bluff on which to set up for the night and the writer likened them to cliff dwellings. “Thomas M. Storke, Santa Barbara publisher, whose Ranch the TMS is just below Camp Drake, was the offi-cial host for the night.”

Storke’s new hacienda had plenty of room and spectacular views. On the south side, a covered patio was warmed by a fieldstone fireplace and looked out on the large built-in bar-beque and pool. On the north side, the meadow sloped down gently past the caretaker’s cottage and horse barn. A stonewall and olive trees still line the drive.

Inside, six bedrooms and three and a half baths provide plenty of space for entertaining overnight guests. The large living room and adjoining open den each have fireplaces constructed of limestone shale quarried on the property. One closet in the den houses a little copper-topped bar. A small, mirrored door opens to the kitchen so the staff could service the bar. It is rumored that a plate inscribed by visiting Rancheros once had a place of honor here.

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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.

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When Thomas More Storke purchased the ranch from William Henry Step in 1937, he built a rambling ranch house in which to entertain his friends and fellow Rancheros (Photo courtesy of Hattie Beresford)

Nils “Slim” Larsen, for whom the meadow is named, became superintendent of Rancho Alegre when Anna Clark purchased the ranch and con-tinued his stewardship of the land under the Boy Scouts (Photo courtesy of Ron Walsh and Los Padres Council of the Boy Scouts of America)

The famous copper-topped bar at Rancho Alegre reflects program director Ron Walsh (Photo courtesy of author)


ranch, Barbara Doran, whose father Albert Hoelscher was the superinten-dant of Bellosguardo, remembers an idyllic childhood of picnics and birth-day parties at the ranch house, riding the trails, and boating and swimming in the reservoir.

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and named it Pasatiempo as well.After Anna E. Clark died in 1963,

Huguette Clark, according to her mother’s wishes, deeded Rancho Alegre to Mission Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Her one stipula-tion was that Slim Larsen be allowed to live in the caretaker’s cottage on the ranch for as long as he wished.

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I just hope people will watch this lovely pathway develop and mature. I think it will become a great source of pride for Montecito and for the chil-dren who do walk to school (and there are many who will now). They will see a beautiful, sustainable landscape design develop and mature.

I say “Bravo” to all involved.And I also say «Bravo» to the people

of Montecito who saved so many trees, who changed the surface of the path and made it so lovely. This is the beauty and the continuance of the beauty of Montecito.

I think it is a winner all around.Penelope BianchiMontecito P.S. I am afraid all my prayers could

not save that beautiful and magnifi-cent oak tree in front of “Scott Hogue” Florist behind San Ysidro Pharmacy. It is looking as dead as a door nail (my Granny’s words), but I am still asking everyone to “talk” to it. It can’t hurt and it might save the tree.

Report From AthensWhen we checked into our hotel

in Athens, the hotel clerk assured us that all was calm in Athens. George Papandreou had stepped down and a responsible government was now in place. “It was the communists who were behind the demonstrations,” he said. Unions fight decreases in pay and benefits; students protest lack of opportunity, and ordinary peo-ple resist reforms and tax increases. Sounds familiar. We needed to see for ourselves, so we walked the four blocks to Syntagma Square where the Greek Parliament building is located and where tens of thousands had dem-onstrated earlier that week. Everything was, indeed, back to normal. How long “normal” will last is a question. Greece has an unemployment rate of over 17%. The rate is 42% for those under 24 years of age.

But our mission in visiting Greece was more to explore the wonderful ancient history of this country. One could say true civilization started here over 3,000 years ago. Our first stop was the remaining structure of the Parthenon. It is the greatest symbol of the glory of ancient Greece situated at the highest point in Athens. With seventeen columns on each side, it was the largest temple ever completed in Greece and dates back to 438 BC. Just below the Parthenon is the new

and long awaited Acropolis Museum, which now houses over 4,000 artifacts from ancient times. Ironically it is quite a modern building with natural light recreating outdoor conditions. It was designed by architect Bernard Tschumi with Michael Photiadis, and inaugu-rated in the summer of 2009.

There, of course, were several more interesting museums and sites in Athens but I’ll only mention one more. We observed the running of the classic marathon through the streets of Athens. Athletes from all over the world come here in November to participate, and for good reason: this is where the first marathon was run, in the year 490 BC. The town of Marathon is the site of one of the most celebrated battles in world history, where a small group of Greeks defeated a much larger force of Persians. After the battle, a runner was sent to Athens, exactly 42 km away, to announce the victory. After shouting, “We won,” he collapsed and died. This is the origin of today’s marathon race.

Our final leg into antiquity took us to the town of Olympia and the origin of our modern day Olympics. The games started here in 776 BC and con-tinued for 1,000 years before their abo-lition by Emperor Theodosius in AD 394. The games were held every four years in honor of Zeus and lasted five days. Competition included wrestling, chariot and horse racing, wrestling, discus, javelin, long jump and run-ning. All races were performed in the nude and no women were allowed. We were able to stand on that same track and observe the stadium where the competition took place. In 2004, when the Olympics took place in Athens, the shot put event was allowed in this stadium. Close by near the Temple of Zeus, the Olympic flame is lit every four years, signaling the beginning of the Olympic Games.

We moved on to other ports in Turkey and Italy on our Oceania cruise ship. And we bade farewell to Greece, saddened by their recent troubles, but enlightened by their history.

Frank McGinityMontecito

Simply The BESTThank you for your Best of Montecito

series. Good ideas for holiday shop-ping. Plus, recognition for some great people. Thanks also for recognizing the Friends of the Montecito Library, doing important work in challenging times.

Hope a future “BEST of ...” rec-ommends an optometrist or ophthal-mologist. Some neighbors are suffer-ing civic myopia. What’s worse than sour grapes during the Thanksgiving-Christmas season? Maybe it’s vision problems.

As we recently celebrated Veterans Day, some who should know bet-ter zinged nasty personal attacks at Supervisor Carbajal (our only elect-ed County official to have served in uniform). Why? Because he hasn’t stepped in to fight the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires the new San Ysidro walking path be “legally accessible.”

That’s our top priority, right?With thousands of Americans

still deployed on two foreign fronts, the economy in the sorriest shape since the 1930s, the new Miramar hotel on-hold, the Santa Maria Jail stuck (because our northerly brethren decline to pay for it), our Lompoc housing program in scandal, our County budget in peril, our CVR and upper village merchants hurting, the state dumping prisoners here, and Caltrans dragging its heels at delivering a timely, attractive 101 proj-ect, why shouldn’t Supervisor Carbajal drop everything to stop the disabled from traveling safely along San Ysidro Road?

Is this a joke?What about disagreeing without

becoming disagreeable? Why must some peevish people attack others just for having a different perspec-tive? Folks they don’t even know.

In my twenty-five plus years of area civic and policy work, I’ve rarely met a public servant more honest, friendly, open, hard working than the County Public Works Dept.’s maligned Matt Dobberteen.

His duties encompass the entire County. Budget cuts have reduced his work group by 70%. Yet he soldiers on, with great efficiency and productiv-ity, trying to see each job through, and provide timely, accurate information to all who seek it.

Are there no parents left in Montecito? Why this anger against parents whose alleged “fault” is a desire for their children to be able to walk or bike safely along San Ysidro, the way that they did when they were little? Isn’t that something every par-ent wants for their children – to be safe going to school or play on our community’s streets?

Is it Salud Carbajal’s fault that traf-fic volumes and speed-readings on San Ysidro approach all-time highs? Are those speeders all paparazzi dashing to

cover the short-lived Kardashian busi-ness merger? Was it Matt Dobberteen who made that nanny, racing to pick up her charges after school, crash her vehicle off San Ysidro (near 14 chil-dren) a few years ago?

Nefarious COAST? Whose annual prize for community service honors Montecito’s gentlemanly, upbeat civic volunteer, the late Barry Siegel? Whose sinister vision statement is “Better transportation for all”?

I would like to say that Ms Lieff and Mr. Boehr came to the dedication of the Jake Boysel Bike Crossing, near the site where a promising schoolboy going to school, was killed by a speeder.

Like to say that the Mahers were at Franklin School, where parents mourned Sergio Romero, killed in a crosswalk a few weeks ago, and demanded public officials improve what they’re doing to prevent this from happening again.

To say that they attended the last four Montecito and County meetings updating the status of the San Ysidro path. Or that they’re out there every morning with radar guns, helping the Sheriff slow speeders down on San Ysidro, and across Montecito.

Like to, but I can’t. Because they weren’t.

In this time of grave recession, with so many businesses just hanging on, and County resources stretched to the limit, is it possible that there are good-hearted Montecitans whose par-amount issue is that part of the San Ysidro public right of way is being reclaimed to protect our children, and to provide safe passage to people who just feel like taking a walk?

I pray not.Can we no longer oppose a mes-

sage (or project) we dislike, without publicly attacking the messenger, or impugning their motives?

I wish health and happiness this fall to all our Montecito neighbors and merchants, to all our school children and their parents, to all our visitors and guests. I wish it to all our public servants too, including Salud Carbajal and Matt Dobberteen, whether I always agree with them or not.

Life is tough enough as it is, without all this rancor over little things.

Bring on a BEST Optometrist, and I’ll vouch some of our upset writers a credit, so they can improve their vision, to see more clearly that what makes Montecito special is our people, not whether a path meets ADA stan-dards.

Lee MoldaverSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: All we can add is that we

believe it is good that citizens debate issues, even those as mundane as construction of a “Safe Route To School.” That federal funds were used to create the San Ysidro Pathway is indeed troublesome to many, including us. – J.B.) •MJ

LETTERS (Continued from page 18)

Frank McGinity made sure to bring along some provocative reading material on his recent trip to Greece


What began as a readership survey of what readers thought were the BEST things about Montecito that we thought could be covered in one special issue turned into a four-week-long assessment of the

BEST of Montecito. And, this is the last in the series: Montecito’s BEST Hostess and Delivery Woman.

As for the BEST of everything else, we have a number of categories that need to be analyzed and perhaps zeroed in on as possible selections for next year’s survey.

For example, we received a number of entries honoring Lana Marmé for her unique ad campaign featuring local women wearing her clothes. But, how could we select her campaign as the BEST advertising? We couldn’t, and can’t, but there ought to be a way to acknowledge her efforts. Wendy Foster was voted BEST window display, and perhaps we should have included that as a separate category; we probably will next year. Ditto with the BEST bank teller (Katy at SBB&T, although we’re kinda stuck on Mary), BEST Art teacher (Jordan Pope), BEST breakfast (Jeannine’s), BEST dessert (the Farm Cake at Pierre Lafond), BEST eyeglass service (Irwin at Occhiali), BEST firearms instructor (Dale Lowdermilk), BEST hair straight-ener (Julietta at Dadiana), BEST merchant (Doug at Village Hardware). Other BESTS may include: kids’ birthday party space, mailman, postal clerk, manicurist, martini, omelet, pharmacist, Pilates instructor, server, salesper-son, salsa, etcetera.

There were many choices outside Montecito too: Enterprise Fish Company at 225 State Street received the most votes for BEST Happy Hour (Monday through Friday, from 4 to 8 pm, Sunday from 7 pm until closing), but since the restaurant is not in Montecito, we had to pass it by, but we’ll certainly follow up with a separate story. Discounted prices on oysters, steamed clams, scallop bruschetta, lobster bisque and the like, along with reduced-price beer, cocktails, margaritas and (house) wine apparently make this a destination for downtown denizens. Coming in second was Blush’s 3 to 7 pm Happy Hour (every day!) further up at 630 State Street. The Waterfront Grill’s outdoor patio was voted BEST view; Café del Sol (in Montecito) came in second in this cat-egory (Pierre Lafond won for BEST Outdoor Patio, but we’ll include BEST view next year).

Expect to be surprised next year. In the meantime, what follows are the REST of the BEST of Montecito, as selected by our readers.

Hostess WitH tHe . . .If Jennifer Brooks’ lengthy blonde locks and big friendly smile look vaguely

familiar to even casual Lucky’s customers, it is because she has been the main hostess at Lucky’s for the past eight and a half years. Jennifer attended MUS from third grade through sixth grade. Her father, Steven Brooks, is a local jeweler; Brooks Jewelers was a local landmark for many years; it is now the Montecito Café’s spillover bar at the southeast corner of Coast Village Road and Olive Mill and an integral part of the Montecito Inn. Jennifer’s mother, Sue Brooks, has been sales manager at Montecito Journal for the past fifteen years.

After MUS, Jennifer attended SBJH, SBHS, SBCC, UCSB… “and back to City College. I have almost five degrees,” she says. “Art History, Studio Art, Liberal Studies, almost to the end of Graphic Design, and Multi-Media Arts.”

After being asked how it is that she hadn’t made the transition from hostess to server, as most do, Jennifer replies that she simply enjoys what she does. “I really just like working here,” she says, “doing what I do. I don’t see myself as a server.”

When asked if she was looking to take over Eric Maldonado’s job as maitre d’ she laughs heartily. “He’s the best at what he does; I don’t think anyone else could fill those shoes,” she says, catching her breath between laughs.

We wondered too, what was the most difficult thing she’s ever had to do as hostess. “That would be to separate divorcées from each other; keep them in separate parts of the restaurant when they really want to be in the same room,” she says. “You’ve got a couple who were married, for example, and used to come here all the time and sat at a certain table. Now they still both want that same table. I’ve got to politely say to them that they might be happier some-where else in the restaurant.”

As far as treating “celebrities” differently from regular customers, Jennifer says it isn’t really “from celebrity to non-celebrity; certain customers demand certain things. We are happy to give that to them. We don’t treat celebrities dif-ferently, unless they are close friends of ours, but that’s the same way we treat other close friends of the restaurant. Some people come in several times a week

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and some of them are celebrities, but there’s no special treatment because of what they are. And, most of them are not high maintenance that come in here. Most of them are pretty easygoing and it’s great to be around them.”

So, what does she eat and/or like at Lucky’s?“Pepper Steak. I love our Pepper Steak with a cognac green peppercorn sauce.

I think it’s fantastic.”Her favorite drink?“The Lemon Drop. It’s perfect. There’s nothing wrong with the Lemon Drop.

It’s just made with Citron vodka, we make our own sweet and sour, sugar rimmed (shaken in a martini glass). Very simple. Not too sweet; not too tart.”

As for what the future may hold, Jennifer says what she’d like to be is a graphic designer. She is currently working on a cover for a murder-mystery that Eric Maldonado has written (The Onyx Spark Job, set in San Francisco circa 1987, is available at Smashwords.com. Eric calls it “a hardboiled spiritual misadven-ture in the form of a found document.”) She has also designed posters for a local deejay’s program called Punk On Vinyl.

“I could not do my job without Jennifer,” says Eric, who happened by during the interview. “With thirty years in this industry,” he adds, “she’s the BEST host I’ve ever seen. She handles so many things, so I can concentrate on the most important parts of my job; she handles everything else, and then does the most important parts of her job.”

Best Delivery WomanUpbeat, all-business, and out-of-her-way helpful Cynthia Hiatt – voted

Montecito’s BEST Delivery Woman – has been with FedEx for 23 ½ years. She was born in Patterson, near Modesto, in California and grew up in Santa Clarita. She and her husband, Steve St. Germain, were married four years ago at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Cynthia, who lives in Buellton and doesn’t have a boat, explains that, “I asked one of my customers if she would sponsor me and she gladly did.” The couple met at FedEx, where he was a courier, then a dispatcher, and who now works for Citrix in Goleta. We conducted our interview at the Montecito Journal offices on Coast Village Circle during one of Cynthia’s short breaks.

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Ermei Shefflin proudly shows off her Dean’s List certificate, as well as the medal around her neck, signifying that she has received the honor two years in a row

MAI is a multi-faceted aesthetic center, says Dr. Chang

an organization which he founded to help people in underserved com-munities.

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MUS Dean’s Listby Lily Buckley

Thirty-two deserving students were presented with certificates last Friday at a morning assembly at Montecito Union School, signifying their names being added to the Dean’s List. Dave Williams, Dean of Students at MUS, started the Dean’s List last year to recognize and honor students who excel academically, and who exem-plify the qualities described in the student pledge: responsibility, kind-ness, respect, and integrity. Teachers are able to select one student to be added each month, and the students

who have made the list this year are: Ermei Shefflin, Monica Nitka, Angie Cummings, Else Guerrand-Hermes, Lauren Mills, Nicholas Richmond, Olivia Powell, Nicholas Siemens, Margo Nahabedian, Lulu Blau, Rell Kyle, Tynan Stork, Beck Dehlsen, Cory Williams, Drake Rabin, Hannah Ziouani, Devin Pai, Dino Ise, Romy Davies, Blake Siemens, Cassie Hughes, William Dunaway, Rachel Carrillo, Shantinath Smyth, Claire Tolles, Jasmin Chapman, Monique Welch, Tate Stussy, Bella Holland, Heidi Hatton, Paloma McKean, and Grace Fuss. •MJ

8 – 15 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 31It is absurd to divide people into good and bad; people are either charming or tedious – Oscar Wilde

ate venue when the Women’s Chorus and Chamber Choir of UCSB com-bined for the first time in many years to perform “North,” featuring the music of Canada, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Estonia.

The vocalists, under the conduct-

ing talents of Helena von Rueden, Michael Vitalino and Michel Marc Gervais, sang a wonderful mixed bag of songs by a variety of compos-ers.

One piece even featured the pop-ping of a blown-up paper bag, while another sounded like the wailing of banshees.

A brave program, indeed...

The Scholars SoarOver at Our Lady of Sorrows

Church, UCSB’s Arts & Lectures con-cert featuring the 39-year-old English choral group, the Tallis Scholars, was a sell-out.

The ten-strong troupe, who I used see regularly at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Manhattan, just improves with age under director Peter Phillips, more than justifying its description as one of the world’s leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music.

With an exquisite clarity and puri-ty of sound, the choristers, who per-form 70 concerts each year around the globe, sang 11 pieces, including Magnificats from 13th and 14th century composers John Taverner and Hieronymus Praetorius, and a more contemporary work, “Hymn to the Virgin,” from Benjamin Britten.

The scholars, who had the privi-lege of performing in Rome’s Sistine Chapel in 1994 to mark the final stage of the restoration of Michelangelo’s magnificent frescoes – a broadcast that was made simultaneously on Italian and Japanese television –, are scheduled to make two more visits to America during the next 12 months.

Catch them if you can...

Mayan FundraiserBarbara Savage, founder and

president of the Tribal Trust Foundation, opened the doors of her charming adobe home to raise funds for the native Mayans in southern Mexico.

“It’s to help them preserve their arts, tribal cultures and improve their way of life,” says Barbara, who was selling jewelry, ceramics and photographs by Montecito-based world traveler, Lisa Field-Elliot.

“Hopefully, we’ll get around $30,000, which goes a very long way in that part of the country.”...

Sightings: Emmy-winning actor William Daniels picking up his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Carol Burnett sitting at her usual fireplace table at Lucky’s... Billy Baldwin and wife, Chynna Phillips, perusing the menu at China Palace

Pip! Pip! for now

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

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It’s been 58 years since the Boston Symphony Orchestra last played a concert in Santa Barbara, which

is a very long time. But not quite as long as the 86 years prior to 2004 that the Boston Red Sox spent without winning the World Series, a number just about any Bostonian – including many members of the orchestra – knew all too well.

And that’s not the only similarity between the two New England insti-tutions. After suffering the worst col-lapse in the history of baseball at the end of last season, the Red Sox fired their manager, and then spent more than two months securing a replace-ment, an absurd amount of time when you consider it took the world

champion Cardinals only two weeks to secure a new skipper. But again, that pales in comparison to how long it will take the BSO to replace its helmsman after music director James Levine resigned in September. The symphony has already begun the search, auditioning conducting can-didates in a process that might well take two years to complete, not unlike the Santa Barbara Symphony’s own search for a new leader that brought Nir Kabaretti to town several years ago.

“Maybe the Red Sox should try something like what we’re doing,” Malcolm Lowe, BSO’s concertmaster for the past 28 years, said over the phone a few days before the Boston 9

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settled on Bobby Valentine as its new manager, and not completely in jest. “Have them come in and do a guest stint, test them out for few weeks before actually getting hired.”

Which brings us to Thursday’s concert at the Granada Theatre, with Ludovic Morlot serving as guest con-ductor just down the road from his new home as the music director at the Seattle Symphony. Morlot is new to the west coast, but not at all unfamil-iar to the BSO, having been a member since 2001, when he was a conducting fellow at Tanglewood with the legend-ary music director Seiji Ozawa, and later an assistant under Levine. He’ll already have two weeks of experi-ence conducting the BSO back home in Boston, albeit with a different pro-gram, by the time the ensemble makes it out west.

Lowe discussed the changes at the orchestra and more in our telephone interview.

Q. The BSO had a tough tenure with James Levine due to his ongoing health

issues. How difficult had that been – hav-ing to respond to last minute substitu-tions, etc. – and how has it affected the orchestra?

A. It was difficult, there’s no getting around that. There were times when we really wished for and wanted to have James Levine there. It was some-what frustrating to prepare programs and have them not pan out. When that happens, a project that takes a lot of time, the continuity with one person, the whole point of the project – like when we were supposed to play all the Beethoven symphonies – it chang-es the perspective. It takes on a differ-ent meaning for the orchestra, and all the preparation has a different slant and interpretations from the conduc-tor, so it forces you to adapt and do something you know you wouldn’t be doing if he’d been there. So it is frus-trating. But I don’t think it was neces-sarily bad for the orchestra in terms of how we play. He’s left a tremendous legacy of excellence in orchestral play-ing. I know as the concertmaster I feel very comfortable with almost any conductor who comes to us. But the work James Levine did with us when he was here was quite fruitful. And one of the true tests of a music direc-tor is the influence they have on the orchestra as a whole – that you can do


There are certain experiences, certain moments, in each of our lives that simply cannot

be forgotten or duplicated. These wrinkles in time can be had anywhere, anytime, of course, but the fact is that our little excursion has produced a steady stream of them that I – all of us, hopefully – will remember forever.

Some of those moments are mem-orable because they are shockingly horrifying, like the time when Kate, then three years old and genuinely astonished by the wonder that is a fine Italian gelato (her first), shouted Nazi! through a sugar-crazed grin at the woman behind the counter in a quiet

but crowded parkside gelateria, rather than Gratzie!, as we had practiced so hard for weeks. (We’ve cleared that up.) Others are memorable for their purity and innocence, like when Lily whispered in my ear “I can see the whole world from here, Daddy,” as I held her close and we looked over Manhattan at sunset from the Empire State Building before we boarded our flight for Dublin all those months ago. Still others for their beauty, like my wife smiling on the Rialto Bridge in Venice in a waning light or relaxing, not knowing I could see her from afar, on a park bench in Paris watching the world pass by. The list goes on and on.

For me, though, few places have produced so many indelible images as India, from the breathtaking view of the Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna River at sunset to the street scenes in Delhi and from the beaches of Goa to the backwaters of Kerala. It seems that all of our chins are badly bruised from the near-constant parade of jaw-dropping sights and smells and tastes set to the wild cacophony that seems to permeate every hour of every day here.

In a fitting end to our time in India, we spent our last night at Sree Poornathrayeesa, an ancient Hindu Temple outside of Fort Kochi, witness-

ing a mind-boggling festival focused on worshipping elephants with jew-els, prayer, fire, music and food (my understanding). Few tourists were present – we spotted only a couple in a crowd of thousands – and the whole scene was so fascinating, so beautiful, so genuinely real, that I can confidently say that none of us will forget it.

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Oldest daughter Lily standing in a small jungle village on an island accessible only by boat deep in the backwaters of Kerala. The Mazzas took a tour of the backwaters aboard an old rice boat and then trans-ferred to an ancient wood canoe complete with an Indian gondolier, for lack of a better word (some call this area the “Venice of the East”), for smaller waterways.

One of the jungle village’s main industries is cultivation and production of palm wine or “toddy” from the sap in the stem of the flower on palm trees. They build rudimentary ladders made of coconut shells and fibers up the sides of palm trees to make the collection process easier. Kate is seen here effectively participating in the Indian liquor industry. According to Matt, the palm wine (“toddy”) does not taste particularly good and smells even worse.

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necklaces and bells that rivaled the collection of any Montecito socialite. (Clarification: I am not likening any Montecito socialites to bejeweled ele-phants; I meant only to communicate the beauty of the elephants and their appointments.) There was fire, drum-ming, royals, peasants and holy men, all walking together, barefoot in the sand and dirt, artfully dodging fresh mounds of elephant dung while try-ing to get as close to the magnificent beasts as possible to pray and show their dedication. It was sweltering hot with a ton of humidity, and the people were packed tightly together, soaked with sweat, and yet they laughed and talked and played and held hands with the kids on their shoulders and the elders and dizzying crowd around them.

And there we were, the Mazzas from Santa Barbara, right in the middle of the whole thing, sweating, shaking hands and laughing and talking about California, our kids – Lily and Kate

continue to be a huge draw here–, our house, my profession and who knows what else.

The hours flew by and we left late, stopping only on the advice of Vishnu, our rickshaw driver-turned-guide-turned-friend, for some cauliflower fried in a red paste on the street and a lime and sugar-cane drink to wash it down before heading back to Fort Kochi over countless bridges and moonlit country roads in the open air. Sleep came easy.

I will miss India but will always hold it close, ready to be recalled, vividly, ready to be savored again and again.

It has been truly unforgettable.If you are interested in talking to Matt

or, perhaps more likely, anybody else in the Mazza family, feel free to email any of them at [email protected]. And if you are interested in a more detailed account of their journey to date, check out their website and Matt’s blog at www.towheadtravel.com. •MJ

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The stars of the show that walked around the temple in a long procession while people followed and prayed to them, preceded by holy men with painted faces and bare chests

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Her father was a surveyor for the State of California. “He helped build the California aqueduct and Castaic Lake; that’s how we ended up in Santa Clarita,” Cynthia says. She found her way to Santa Barbara via a romance. “I met a guy,” she laughs. “Why does any girl find a way out of her hometown? But I was looking to move anyway,” she adds.

Ms Hiatt began working for the Youth Conservation Corps upon graduation from high school, “setting up campgrounds and doing a little work for the Forest Service.” She says she was going to be a Forest Ranger but decided it ultimately didn’t pay enough, at least it didn’t then, which was thirty years ago. “So, I started tinting windows, putting film on windows. It’s very tedious and meticulous,” she says, “and it’s inside [work] and I didn’t want to be inside.”

A friend of hers worked for FedEx; she applied, got the job, and has been there ever since. She delivers “about eighty packages a day” and picks up “a lot of documents” by virtue of the nature of the kinds of businesses along Coast Village Road: title companies, real estate, banks, lawyers, etc. Her route runs from the bird sanctuary beginning at Stella Mare’s along the beach to the end of Fernald Point and covers Coast Village Road and the residential area up to Hot Springs to Casa Dorinda, and most of the hedgerow up to Montecito Union School.

Oh, about that “out-of-her-way helpful” part: Nearly five years ago, a FedEx plane came in a little late and Cynthia had a box to deliver that read “Live Lizard

Inside,” with holes poked into it. She thought “Oh my God, this poor little creature,” and left right away to deliver what turned out to be a bearded drag-on to a five-year-old.

Just a few weeks ago, UPS driv-er Daryl Hansen (Montecito’s BEST Delivery Man) spotted what he believed was an iguana on a wall across the street from where this per-son lived. He took a picture of it with his phone and showed it to Cynthia.

“Iguanas don’t belong here,” she thought and after looking at the photo realized it was probably the bearded dragon she’d delivered to the little girl five years ago. “So I went up there and knocked on the door and asked the woman if her bearded dragon had escaped.”

“Yes, it got out a week ago,” the woman replied.

“So, we started looking for it and couldn’t find it, but they put food out for ‘Beardy’ and were able to recap-ture it.”

Cynthia stays in shape by doing “a lot of water sports, water skiing, whatever is outdoors”; she also lifts about a thousand pounds a day (in packages).

Her favorite place, other than home, is Summerland Beach: “I take my lunches in Summerland a lot of the time” she says. “Sometimes I just stay

in the truck, but if it’s nice outside, I’ll go down to the beach.” She also recent-ly discovered that “there’s nobody over by the Miramar right now, and it is just fantastic, next to the railroad tracks.”

When asked about the competition – UPS mostly – she chides Daryl and says “they like to think they’re competition, but they’re really not,” with only a piece of her tongue in her cheek. She says she thought about working for UPS but prefers the FedEx uniforms: “I don’t like brown,” she laughs.

What with running up and down stairs over a hundred times a day, we wondered about her shoes. She can wear any kind of shoes, she notes, “but they must be black.” Currently she’s pleased with a sporty pair of Asics; before that, a pair of Under Armours “were really comfortable.”

Before saying good-bye, we asked if she ran into unhappy customers. “Sometimes,” she admits. “What makes most people unhappy is when deliveries are late and they’re frustrated because they had an appointment or something. But the delays – when they occur – are usually because of bad weather somewhere.

“Also,” she admits, “some people get upset because we take up two spaces when we park, but it’s all for safety. When you go to back out the angle is a lot better,” she explains as she backs out of our parking lot, throwing a big smile our way. •MJ

FedEx driver Cynthia Hiatt, voted BEST Delivery Woman, has an easygoing nature but when on the job she is determined to get those packages delivered on time and in good shape, especially the live ones

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“Students get a real-life experience pitching a start-up venture to highly seasoned entrepreneurs and inves-tors,” says Newton, who founded the college’s entrepreneurship program in 1990.

Students have been developing their business plans since August 29. The final four ventures are: Rhee Corporation, a college dorm-furni-ture cooperative; CRUX, a multi-per-son discount service for small busi-nesses; Pacific Coast Skateboards, which provides longboard skate-

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The outside judging panel includes: Susan Block, investment banker at Block-Bowman & Associates; Eli Eisenberg, founder and CEO of Straight Line Management; Barry Fay, president at McConnell’s Ice Cream and owner at Montecito Growth Advisors; Dave Goldmuntz, former managing director at Union Bank of Switzerland and Salomon Brothers London; and Jason Spievak, CEO at RingRevenue and former CFO of Callwave. •MJAbout 350 people attended

the opening of “5X5: An Invitational” at the

Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art on November 30, including more than a hundred of the artists who contributed to the unique show. The exhibition, which is on display through December 16, features 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.

“People were very enthusiastic about the quality and diversity of the work,” says Chris Rupp, museum col-lection manager and guest curator of the exhibition. “Many people told me that it was a show they would have to come back and see multiple times to take in.”

The featured artwork is available for viewing purchase through an online auction (www.westmontmuseum.org/5x5) with proceeds benefitting the museum. Computers are also available in the museum to use for bidding. The auction, a first for the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, closes Friday, December 16, at 5 pm.

“Snacks in the Balance,” a pre-study painting by Scott Fraser, has been the first to receive a four-figure bid in the auction. Fraser, a realist painter with a delightful sense of humor, recent-ly completed a similar painting that was sent to his main gallery in San Francisco.

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Today, the meadow below the main ranch house is named in his honor.

Rancho Alegre and the Outdoor School

When the Boy Scouts acquired 214 acres of Rancho Alegre, they sold Camp Drake to the Camp Fire Girls of Ventura. Today, Camp Drake is called Circle V Ranch, and belongs to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Los Angeles who began their sum-mer camp program for underserved children of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in 1954.

Meanwhile, back at Rancho Alegre, Mission Council raised money from

various organizations to create a new camp, which opened in 1965. By 1969, the camp boasted 11 campsites with dry pit latrines, piped drinking water, and a seven-acre lake with boating and canoeing facilities. The Santa Barbara Foundation donated $23,000 for an Olympic-sized swimming pool complete with dressing rooms (both of which were recently renovated for $110,000). Campers enjoyed archery ranges, a campfire bowl, a fossil excavation site, horse riding facility, hiking and nature trails, and much, much more. In 1969, the cost for use of the camp was free to Mission Council members and was 25 cents a day per person to all others.

In the 1980s, the Outdoor School of Santa Barbara, created by the Santa Barbara County Department of Education in 1952, found a perma-nent home at Rancho Alegre. Their mission is to help develop commu-nity and environmental steward-ship through first-hand experience with nature. Run by the Los Padres Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the school serves 4,000 local 5th and 6th graders a year in addition to BSA camps, weekend retreats and sum-mer camps for various other organi-zations.

Today, Storke’s ranch house, which is some distance from the main camp up on the hill, is occupied by BSA Los Padres Council program direc-tor, Ron Walsh, who oversees the operations of the camp. He and his wife appreciate the historic nature of the house and the amazing vis-tas from their living room window. They strive to keep the ranch house authentic and well maintained. Up at the cafeteria on the hill, Ron has pre-served the camp’s history with dis-plays of Camp Drake and the early

days of Camp Rancho Alegre. From homestead to weekend

retreat, from war time refuge to wilderness camp, the Step-Ilestine-Oakley families would be glad to know that the lands which sustained them continue to sustain others by helping develop a respect for nature, others, and oneself.

(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 infor-mation; 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, pro-gram 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

View from the front porch of Rancho Alegre in 1954 shows horses and sheep grazing in the meadow (Photo courtesy of Barbara Hoelscher Doran)

Today, while only a remnant of the white picket fence remains, the meadow still slopes gently down-ward, offering vast views of the mountains across the valley (Photo courtesy of author)

Today the reservoir is circled by cattails but still supplies the ranch with water via a new pumping sys-tem (Photo courtesy of author)

In 1954, the reservoir was reed-free and used for recreation as well as a source of water for the ranch (Photo courtesy of Barbara Hoelscher Doran)

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Mr. Alexander is a successful songwriter whose sentimental mega-hits “Let’s Keep The ‘X’ in Xmas,” and the even bigger “Everybody Knows There Ain’t No Sanity Clause” have bright-ened children’s holi-days for more than thirty years

In the more than fifteen years that I’ve penned this column, I’ve pretty much played it safe. I’ve tried not

to ruffle anyone’s feathers (except one misstep with gardeners back in 1999), or step on toes (excluding the column about taking dancing lessons with Lora). But there comes a time when any writer worth his salt has to stick his neck out and stand up for what he believes. I may alienate some readers with this column. I may lose some friends. Heck, I may even lose my lucrative employment at this newspaper, but if I ever want to look myself in the mirror again, I can no longer hide. I’m just going to state my position and take whatever comes my way. Here goes – I love Christmas carols. No, that’s not strong enough. I love Christmas carols more than Mel Tormé loves chestnuts roasting on an open fire, more than Irving Berlin wants a white Christmas, more than Rudolph loves fog.

I realize that the above statement means one of two things – either I’ve had a wonderful childhood (every writer’s worst nightmare) or I’m a silly imbecile (every Alexander’s eventual revelation), but whew, now that I’ve confessed I feel the weight of Santa’s sack is off my shoulders. I love all Christmas carols, from the traditional “O Come All Ye Faithful,” to the goofy “Walking In My Winter Underwear,” to Elton John’s haunting rendition of “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus.”

Over the years it’s been hard for me to sit back and hold my tongue when my contemporaries grumble about Christmas decorations popping up in October, or when they com-plain about hearing Christmas carols in November. I’ve always felt shame for my pre-holiday glee and won-dered all these years if there wasn’t someone, anyone, out there that felt the same way that I do – Christmas mer-riment should start around the time of National Sneak Some Homegrown Zucchini On Your Neighbor’s Porch Day (August 8th), and be in full swing by the time our President pardons the White House turkeys (that would be the White House Thanksgiving tur-keys not the presidential cabinet).

It’s not just Christmas carols that I love. I love everything about Christmas. I love Christmas trees, Christmas presents, Christmas pud-ding, Christmas parties, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, Christmas decorations, Christmas movies, Christmas Island, and did I mention Christmas presents? I especially love

Santa Claus. What’s not to love? Santa is someone I look up to and try to emulate. He’s kind, jolly, generous, good with reindeer, and has a body type I can relate to.

Santa doesn’t succumb to the pres-sures of Mrs. Claus or the Bravo Channel to become something trendy or metro-sexual. He is what he is – round and beautiful. I’m sure some people, especially Californians, would rather he forgo the tradition of eat-ing cookies and milk at every stop on Christmas Eve. They’d probably pre-fer he have rice cakes or plain Greek yogurt washed down with Pellegrino, but no, he still requests double-choc-olate chip oatmeal cookies or snicker-doodles with a tall glass of moo-juice (and I happen to know that he prefers whole milk, not any of that 2% crap). And how can we argue with him? I mean, the man is 437 years older than Shelly Lowenkopf and he can still pull an all-nighter.

I suppose the thing I like most about Christmas is Christmas spirit. With the exception of the occasional pep-per spraying, random shooting, or group trampling on Black Friday, most people are just a little bit kinder dur-ing the holiday season. And Christmas carols are what sets the mood for such spirit. Who can be mean while listen-ing to “The Little Drummer Boy”? Who can avoid being a little more gen-erous with “Christmas Shoes” playing in the background? Who among us can hold back tears while listening to “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”?

Therefore, stop grousing about the Christmas carols and start enjoying them. Maybe even find the courage to hum, whistle, or even sing along. Sure, some people will look at you like you’re an inebriated Charlie Sheen on a rant, but so what? Be sure to follow those few crabby individuals home and write down their address so next August 8th you can deliver a truck-load of homegrown zucchinis to their front porch. •MJ


ONGOING

Ongoing seasonal events – The South Coast Railroad Museum’s festive miniature railroad turns into the Candy Cane Train in December, a tradition that dates back nearly 20 years. Following the train ride, be sure to visit the Toy Trains and Teddy Bears exhibit inside the museum. WHEN: 1-3:45pm weekends, 2-3:45pm weekdays, through Saturday, December 24 WHERE: 300 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta COST: $4 INFO: 964-3540... Sing-along with Craig Newton, who will share favorite holiday songs for all ages from a variety of cultures performed on the mandola, guitar, tin whistle, djembe and more at a series of free concerts for the whole family. WHEN: 10:30am Thursday, December 8 at the Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave (684-4314) and again 6pm the same evening at the Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Drive (688-4214). Also 10:30am Saturday, December 10 at the Eastside Library, 1102 East Montecito Street (963-3727)... Ojai Center for the Arts’ faithful adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic film It’s a Wonderful Life is performed as a 1940’s radio broadcast with live onstage sound effects. WHEN: 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays, through December 17, plus 2pm Sunday, December 11 WHERE: 113 South Montgomery Street COST: $10-$20 INFO: 640-8797… Trinity’s 28th annual Advent Organ Series continues with free concerts from 3:30-4:30pm on Sundays, December 11 and 18 at Trinity Episcopal Church,

1500 State Street INFO: 965-7419... The extremely popular Trolley of Lights – in which the Santa Barbara Trolley normally driven by tourist destinations in the daytime instead offers a nighttime trek through myriad Santa Barbara neighborhoods which offer the most luminous and pervasive holiday displays – begins its 12th annual nightly run of 90-minute tours on Friday night. WHEN: 6:30pm nightly through December 23 WHERE: Departs from Wheel Fun Rentals, 22 State Street COST: $14-$23 INFO: 965-0353 or sbtrolley.com… If four-wheelin’ it is more your thing, DeeTours Jeep Limo’s Holiday Lights Tour offers a similar nightly trek around town seeking the best Christmas displays for the second consecutive year. WHEN: 5:45 & 7:15 nightly, December 12-23 WHERE: Departs from foot of Stearns Wharf, Cabrillo Boulevard and State Street COST: $10-$20 INFO: 448-8425

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

Two decades of dance – Montecito School of Ballet’s 20th annual production of its original holiday charmers The Night Before Christmas and Les Patineurs features the school’s performers plus dancers from SBCC, UCSB and the community at large. Night, which is based on the famous Christmas poem, opens with a beautiful Victorian party and after the guests leave, the family settles down “for a long winter’s nap.” Sugarplums dance, toys come to life during the night, and we even see a visit

C ALENDAR OF EVENTSNote to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area this week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to publication. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to [email protected] and/or [email protected]

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

Kirtan for the common man – It’s not really enough to say that Kirtan singer Dave Stringer is one of the most gifted vocalists in the genre, blessed with a fiery, soulful sound that can both erupt with volcanic intensity or entice like the soft crackling of a fireplace. What’s more important is that Stringer, a former pop music professional, takes the mystifying out of the mysticism of Kirtan, the call-and-response devotional chanting in Sanskrit that serves as both meditation and prayer. He blends traditional Indian

instruments with more modern sounds, but beyond that he also has an uncanny ability to make the chants as accessible as everyday English, via his clear-headed explanations and invitations (spoken and unspoken) to participate at any level without embarrassment or expectations. Hence, beginners find the experience as profound as long-time devotees, able to jump into the frenzy and fire at any moment or on any level. Blending genres that include American gospel and jazz, Stringer’s “high-energy, high-vibe mantra music” comes together like both that long lost musical coach you treasured as a kid, and a spiritual leader guiding you to a higher plane. Paradise Found and Bhakti Babe bring Stringer back to town tonight, in the unlikely venue of the public library. The books will be rocking! WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery at Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street COST: $20 in advance, $25 at the door INFO: www.paradise-found.net

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

‘Nutcracker’ at the Arlington – Musical artists get hot, then not. Tastes in fashion evolve. Movies burn up the screen for a month and are forgotten a few months later (what film won the Academy Award last year?). Presidents come and go... even people’s opinions of the same president changes in short order.

But The Nutcracker lives on! Year in and year out, going back to the mid-1970s, Santa Barbara Festival Ballet has presented its massive production of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, the magical journey of darling (if a bit spoiled) pre-teen Clara and her Nutcracker Prince to the Kingdom of Sweets. The only local production to feature a full live symphony orchestra, Festival’s Nutcracker again features a slew of locals in the cast of dancers, actors, musicians and behind-the-scenes crew – all of whom spend the better part of the rest of the year getting ready for this weekend – plus some very special guest artists. This year the grand pas de deux will be danced by Michele Wiles, a principal with Ballet Next and an American Ballet Theater Gold Medal Winner, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, with Carlos Molina, also of American Ballet Theater, as the Cavalier. And make sure to get the little ones out to the courtyard during intermission to meet their favorite characters live in person. WHEN: 2:30 and 7pm Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday WHERE: Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street COST: $25-$54 INFO: 963-4408

from eight tiny reindeer and their driver, jolly St. Nick. Patineurs is inspired by the famous ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton for the Royal Ballet of England, and portrays the strength, grace and humor of skaters on the ice. WHEN: 7:30pm Friday, 2pm Sunday WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 West Canon Perdido Street COST: $24 general, $20 students/seniors, $16 children INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com


Holiday happenings – Goleta Valley Historical Society’s Holiday at the Ranch is an open house with Santa Claus and his festively clad “rein-goats,” plus live music, tours, crafts, and more. WHEN: 11am-4pm Saturday & Sunday WHERE: 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: $2-$5 INFO: 681-7216... The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Holiday Nature Craft Family Workshop is fun for the whole family as the education staff leads guests in creating old-fashioned craft items like wreaths, ornaments, wrapping paper and more using materials gathered from nature. WHEN: 10am-12noon WHERE: 1212 Mission Canyon Road COST: $30 for a family of 4 ($7 additional persons); discounts for members INFO: 682-4726 or www.sbbg.org... Solvang’s Community Nativity Pageant is an elaborately staged presentation of the Biblical nativity story, featuring live animals and live musical accompaniment. WHEN: 5 & 7pm WHERE: Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd Street, Solvang COST: free INFO: 688-6144

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

‘Tis the season – Santa Barbara’s annual Parade of Lights enters its second quarter-century with more of the same: a late-afternoon festival on the harbor complete with Santa’s Village, ten tons of snow and holiday music followed by the early evening spectacle of 30-50 decorated and bedazzled boats parading out from the harbor, down to East Beach and up the west side of the pier before a short fireworks display in the harbor closes out the festivities. WHEN: 3-7pm WHERE: Harbor Way COST: free INFO: 564-5530... The Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s annual Holiday Potluck Party is now open to the public! The informal party features a throbbing rhythm section (Brendan Statom on bass and Mike Rosen on drums) while trumpeter-composer Jeff Elliott serve as emcee, calling up to the stage the various musicians in attendance for an open jam session quite different from the organization’s typical monthly fare at SOhO. Wine, beer, soft drinks and dessert are provided; bring an entrée, side dish or appetizer for the potluck. And don’t forget the instruments. WHEN: 1-4pm WHERE: Butler Event Center, 3744 State Street COST: $15 members, $20 guests, $7 for performing musicians and students INFO: 569-3367 or www.sbjazz.org... Christmas with Santa Barbara Noel Carolers, featuring special guest Debbie Denke on piano, is a benefit for Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation’s Music Education Programs. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Free Methodist Church, 1435 Cliff Drive COST: $20 INFO: 729-2627... The Edelweiss Choir of Santa Barbara presents “Weihnachtskonzert,” its annual concert of

8 – 15 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing – Sigmund Freud


Burnham up – Broadway star David Burnham was last seen on the New York boards in the mega-hit musical Wicked playing Fiyero, a role that he originated in the developmental workshops of the show. Birnham is also an original Broadway cast member of the musical The Light in the Piazza, and he performed both on the Tony Awards and the PBS telecast Live From Lincoln Center, as well as the national tour, where he received the prestigious Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor, as well as the Best Actor Garland Award for his portrayal of Fabrizio. Going back further, Birnham first gained critical acclaim when, after a two-year search, he was chosen to replace Donny Osmond as Joseph in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, for which he won the Dramalogue Award. Birnham teams up with musical director Mark Vogel – a BMI award-winning composer

(Raising Helen), music director and producer who has worked with artists ranging from Natalie Cole to the Beach Boys – for a one-night-only musical performance called “A Broadway Holiday” as part of Rubicon Theatre Company’s Broadway Cabaret Series, where he will sing a selection of solos from an array of Broadway hits sprinkled with holiday favorites. Following the performance, guests are invited to mingle with the star in a holiday themed reception. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura COST: INFO: 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13

Bizet, Beethoven & Bax – It’s probably not what classical music lovers mean when they refer to “The 3 B’s,” but after tonight, it might be. The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra’s next concert features the vibrant pianist Alessio Bax performing Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Emperor),” one of the more popular pieces in the repertoire as evidenced by the fact that it’s also the work performed by Chinese pianist Hong Xu with the Santa Barbara Symphony three weeks ago (so much for the myth of cooperative programming). Bax, who also played Mozart with the SBCO last May, has earned some rave reviews for his focused attack, with Gramophone noting that “his playing quivers with an almost hypnotic intensity.” After intermission, Maestro Ohyama conducts the ensemble in Georges Bizet’s brilliant “First Symphony in C Major.” WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 West Canon Perdido Street COST: $42 & $47 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

traditional Christmas music sung in English, German, Norwegian and other languages WHEN: 3pm WHERE: Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 North La Cumbre Road COST: $12 INFO: 682-1537

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14

Holiday mixer – As if screenwriters and other filmmakers ever needed an excuse to imbibe, tonight’s event sponsored by Screenwriters Association

of Santa Barbara, The Table Santa Barbara, Indiecoop: Co-operative of Independent Santa Barbara Producers, and Santa Barbara Filmmakers brings the celluloid heroes together for an night of networking, drinking, eating, laughing and maybe even meeting new people who can help you with your projects. And it’s a darn good excuse to check out the new Casa Blanca Restaurant & Cantina on lower State Street, too! WHEN: 5-7pm WHERE: 330 State Street INFO: 845-8966 •MJ

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anything other conductors want you to do and the orchestra gives back to the guest conductors. We did that – we sound good. So I do think the orchestra has gained certain strengths because of all the changes in schedule.

Do you think in some ways the orches-tra is perhaps more prepared than usual because of having to adapt these last few years?

That’s probably true. We’ve gained some strength because of the changes in schedule, so that’s a good observa-tion.

When Levine resigned as of September first, was it more relief or disappoint-ment?

Everyone would have their own feelings about it, of course, but I think the orchestra as a whole moved on surprisingly quickly. For me personal-ly I was surprised at how we just went on about our business and got ready for the next phase of our existence. It wasn’t non-stressful, by any means, but people didn’t really dwell on it. Because of how it occurred – physical issues rather than artistic differences – it wasn’t traumatic. It helped us accept and move forward.

I know you’re on the search committee for the new music director. While I don’t think you’ll go into specifics, can you speak in generalities of what you are going to look for?

I think that with the orchestra – as with any major orchestra that has a lot of history – it’s important to find a director that has a broad, in-depth historic view of music in gen-eral. What’s particular to the BSO is Tanglewood, the summer festival that is also a school. Leonard Bernstein was a student there, for example, one of a long list of tremendous musicians who went there. [What we want is] someone who is aware of that legacy, who can do something very special going forward from his or her own point of view.

Can we talk about the program you’ll be playing here in Santa Barbara? How were the choices made? Can you give me your take or insight on the specific works? And I think it’s particularly interesting that you’ll be playing Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival” Overture, which was also per-formed when the BSO last visited Santa Barbara fifty-eight years ago.

[In general], every time I sit down to play a program that has a scope to it, there’s always some music that reaches back. The Berlioz is a piece that is very old and dates far back, and has been performed in Boston for years. It’s great to play with an orches-tra like that, one that has the his-tory. It’s nice to do a tour like this and bring it to a community that doesn’t stretch that far back in terms of its

own music making. Hopefully we’ll communicate some of that meaning to everyone.

They’re all beautiful pieces that have their own character. Certainly one of the challenges of this program – and it’s the only time we’re doing that program in that configuration on the tour – is going from Berlioz to Mozart, jumping forward to Bartok and then the Wagner in isolation from the oth-ers, diving into different styles and epochs. We rehearse these programs here at home, and they just need some perfecting as we get out to the west coast.

Do any of the pieces particularly speak to you?

As concertmaster, my focus is always the whole program. There may be moments that are special to me, but I have to bring the same presence and focus to every work that we present. I have to try to have tunnel vision for each piece at the moment.

This is the first extended West Coast tour for the BSO in quite a few years. How is it for the musicians to travel out here?

I think it will be great fun. We have some time in San Francisco, which is wonderful. The other cities that we play and the series that we’re involved in are very popular and part of the main cultural life of the commu-nities. That’s very exciting for us to be a part of that.

You will be playing under conductor Ludovic Morlot. How is that relationship going so far?

He made a wonderful impression on us when he was assistant con-ductor, and at Tanglewood. He’s an extremely jaunty person, very nice and very musical. So we’re all looking forward to working with him to do this tour.

In these tough economic times that have caused a lot of consternation and worse at other leading orchestras, the BSO seems to be not just surviving but thriving. What’s the secret?

I think great care on the part of our trustees and overseers and manage-ment. And the orchestra itself: we take a lot of pride in our playing and the feeling of protectiveness that the whole organization has is quite perva-sive here. It’s really helped us to sur-vive in a very solid way the financial impact of the last few years or decade. I’m really proud of everyone here for how they’ve managed and had the foresight to handle the issues before they were a problem.

You come from a family of musicians, your brother is a concertmaster in Canada

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Ojai

Maravilla $$$905 Country Club Road in Ojai (646-1111)Located at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, this upscale eatery features prime steaks, chops and fresh seafood. Local farmers provide fresh produce right off the vine, while herbs are har-vested from the 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

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and your son is a concert pianist. How important was it for your son to carry on the tradition?

Actually, my son plays jazz… I told him the other day it’s hard to make it as a jazz pianist and he may want to do something else. But, unfortunately, it’s what he has inside him. It’s almost like a curse. You can’t escape it. It’s what you’re born with. When it’s been a part of your everyday existence from a very early age it’s hard to choose to do something else. The artistic pursuit is a huge lure, and once you’re on the road, it’s hard to leave. It has great joy and great pain along the path. It is what it is. But we love it.

More ClassicalThe performers in Sunday’s Santa

Barbara Music & Arts Conservatory chamber music concert can’t compare

to the Boston Symphony Orchestra players in experience. After all, the SBMAC youngsters are just 5-19 years old, but some have already set their sights on destinations as prestigious as Boston or other lauded orchestras. The chamber concert, at the Fe Bland Forum on the Santa Barbara City College campus, features works by Arensky, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Schubert, while the Virtuosi String Orchestras will perform on Sunday, December 18 at Lotte Lehmann Hall on the UCSB campus, with works by Albeniz, Respighi, Strauss, Telemann, Vivaldi and more. Tickets to both shows from the music mentoring organization are free. Call 751-6227 or visit www.sbmac.org.

The Razzle Dazzle Returns!

If you’re female and over 40 in Hollywood, you might as well hang up your acting shoes because the juicy parts for “older” actresses are few and far between. But in Santa Barbara, at

that age you’ll have to wait another decade to join the Silver Follies, the troupe of over-50 dancers and singers who have mounted full-scale musicals in venues around town and enter-tained at retirement homes and other senior facilities for the past eight years.

Now, after a two-year hiatus, the Silver Follies, née the Razzle Dazzle Dancers, are back with another Christmas spectacular, being pre-sented December 13-17 at the Center Stage Theatre. “You Can’t Stop the Christmas Beat” is choreographed and directed by Cathie Hetyonk and features the senior troupe – a dozen dancers and six singers, including three males – plus six more pre-teen-age girls known as Follies Kidz, in a show they’re calling “a happy, snap-py, eclectic mix of traditional holiday fun with a Broadway musical twist.”

“It’s a lot of traditional Christmas songs with quite a few Broadway show tunes thrown in, all woven together by the play,” explained Nancy King, who goes by Queenie in the show and has been a member

of Silver Follies since the get-go. “It’s heavy on song and dance with a little bit of story.”

While some of the dancers have pro-fessional experience, most – like Santa Barbara-native King – performed as amateurs either as youngsters or in community theater, opportunities that dried up when the Civic Light Opera left town and only touring shows fea-tured musical roles for mature adults.

“We come from all walks of life,” said King, who like another Follies dancer was a banker for many years. “We have a realtor, a school bus driv-er, a teacher, and a nurse. We’re just a very diverse group that comes togeth-er over the same commitment to danc-ing and performing, and that we love to do it.”

Indeed, commitment is the oper-ative word, as the Follies meet to rehearse twice a week year-round, even if the major shows may be months away. “It’s like going back to a childhood dream,” King said. “I thought I’d be that little girl who went off to Hollywood and had a life in the

theater. But real life got in the way and at eighteen I had to give it up. So it’s coming back to reliving that dream. We’re all just so happy to be doing this. It’s not a job. It just fun.”

The high-energy requirement of the production might seem taxing to most folks of retirement age, but for the Follies dancers and singers, it has an opposite effect. “It really helps keep us young,” King said. “We’re all very young-looking and I think this helps. People are always remarking that it’s not possible that we’re as old as we are.”

Like the others Follies, King doesn’t hide her age (66, which she says is exactly the average of the 12 perform-ers). “We’re proud of it. Truly proud. We’ve made it through life and we’re proud of who we are and what we do.”

(The Silver Follies perform “You Can’t Stop the Christmas Beat” at

8pm December 13-17 at Center Stage Theatre, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo. Tickets cost $30. Call 963-0408 or visit www.centerstagetheater.org.)

Pop NotesLocal luminaries: Trinity Backstage

founders/producers Doug Clegg and Kate Wallace are joined by Matt Cartsonis and special guests for the annual holiday benefit show in the round on Saturday night. The three-some and others will sing songs of the season and from the heart solo and in combination at Trinity Episcopal Church beginning at 8pm... Also on Saturday night, Santa Barbara jazz vocalist Kimberly Ford, who also plays mandolin, guitar and conga drums, heads a quartet featuring bassist Randy Tico, guitarist Ray Pannell and pia-nist George Friedenthal for a survey of song styles from bluegrass to jazz at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation as part of the Song Tree Concert Series. •MJ

ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 41)

The Santa Barbara Music & Arts Conservatory, comprised of members five to nineteen years old, pres-ents two concerts this holiday season (Photo: Rina Winter)

Randy Tico, Kimberly Ford and George Friedenthal collaborate for the Song Tree Concert Series on Saturday night co-sponsored by the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation

The Silver Follies relive childhood dreams, leaving their previous day jobs behind to dazzle audiences at Center Stage Theatre after a two-year hiatus

8 – 15 December 2011 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid – Jane Austen

Montecito SoldReal Estate View by Michael Phillips

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

There were 13 sales in Montecito in November. This represents 6% of the 220 properties

available for sale here and at this rate it will take three years for all to sell; an active market will clear in months. It seems the basic rules of supply and demand still apply and the result is the fundamental market weakness we have been experiencing in the high-end market of which Montecito has more than its share. Real estate data, as we know, must not only be viewed locally, it must also be viewed by price sector to be properly understood. At the current rate of sales, our red hot $2m and below group, which represents 54% of all sales in November, would exhaust inventory in 10 months; the high-end $5m and up group will require 5.8 years. It is a market for buyers and the following properties found agreement with one in November.

Properties by the BeachThree buyers chose properties by

the beach. A very dated three-bed-room on Fernald Point sold in one day to its adjacent neighbor to the east. This is not by the beach, but very much on the beach, enjoying 73 feet of south-facing beachfront. The agreed upon price for this to-be demolished house and half acre was $8.25m. This works out to the remarkable price of

$113,013 per beachfront foot. Location cubed indeed.

On Miramar Beach, a three-bed-room tri-level on the sand with decks on all levels and separate guest suite with separate entrance, sold for $4.65m after 65 days on the market. At 1,695-sq-ft, the cost per square foot is $2,448.

At the end of April, a 2bd/2ba Montecito Shores redone condo with a great kitchen entered the market for $1.425m. It sold for $1.1m and at 1,795-sq-ft, the cost per square foot is $613. A swimming pool, tennis court and walks on Hammonds Beach are included with a monthly association fee of $975.

Birnam Wood Golf ClubA formally designed 5,000-sq-ft

three-bedroom Mediterranean in the Birnam Wood golf community built in 1991 on 1.27 acres with a pool and a three-car garage originally listed for $5.295m in late June, sold for $3.9m.

Add $80k for membership and about $900 per month for homeowners’ dues.

Freehaven, Cima Linda and Deerpath View Properties

A three-bedroom, 3,600-sq-ft. single story contemporary closed escrow after just one day on the market for $3.1m, $200k off from its original price. Pool and ocean views from a nice elevation level on the south side of East Valley Road.

Strong ocean and island views are present from every room from this 4bd/4ba, 3,700-sq-ft redone Mediterranean above the bird ref-uge on Cima Linda. It includes a pool, tropical gardens and an orchard. Originally asking $2.295m, it settled at an even $2m after 45 days on the market.

Deerpath is off Alston Road in the Eucalyptus Hill community. Here a south-facing, ocean view, 1950s, 2,300-sq-ft ranch style home sitting above the harbor on a third of an acre with three bedrooms and a remodeled kitchen closed for $1.395m, first ask-ing $1.595 one hundred days ago.

Stone Meadow, and East ValleyOff Picacho Lane on Stone Meadow

Lane is a 3,200-sq-ft, 1960’s ranch style with vaulted, beamed ceilings, three bedrooms, a separate guest suite and mountain views. Listed at $2.150m, it closed at $2.111m. It last sold in 1996 for $910,000. Across East Valley Road from Birnam Wood and near

the turn for the Valley Club, is an English country style early 1950s, 3,800-sq-ft 5bd/5ba with beamed ceil-ings throughout and a separate guest house and artist studio. First offered at $2.795m in mid October, it closed at $2.6m. Three years ago exactly, this home sold for $3.9m, a difference of 32.5% and a major adjustment for sell-ers in this “new” market.

Middle and Coyote RoadsOn Middle Road a two story, wood

shake, country cottage near Hot Springs Road built in the 1890s, with a local river stone fireplace, a loft with an original hay door, and a second floor master bedroom sold on the 18th. At 1,563-sq-ft on 0.21 acres, with two bedrooms and three baths, it sold for full price at $1.195m after just eight days on the market. It was last pur-chased in 1995 for $479,000.

On Coyote Road at East Mountain Drive on 2.8 acres, a 2,600-sq-ft neo-Spanish colonial built in 1981 with three bedrooms and a remodeled kitchen was auctioned for $1.01m. It last sold in 2007 for $2.15m.

Circle Drive and Spring RoadNear Westmont College on Circle

Drive, a 1,400-sq-ft, three-bedroom in average condition on 0.18 acres sold as a short sale in four days for $735,000, and a gated three-bedroom Mediterranean townhouse-condo on Spring Road near Depot also sold quickly in foreclosure for $921,500. •MJ

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93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY SATURDAY DECEMBER 10 ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY189 East Mountain Drive By Appt. $4,950,000 2bd/5ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sothebys83 Seaview Drive By Appt. $1,395,000 2bd/2ba Joyce Enright 570-1360 Prudential1944 Jameson Lane C By Appt. $529,000 3bd/2ba Bunny DeLorie 570-9181 Prudential

SUNDAY DECEMBER 11ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY189 East Mountain Drive By Appt. $4,950,000 2bd/5ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sothebys

700 Lilac Drive 1-4pm $4,300,000 3bd/3ba Joe Stubbins 729-0778 Prudential

83 Seaview Drive By Appt. $1,395,000 2bd/2ba Joyce Enright 570-1360 Prudential

1511B E Valley Road 1-4pm $1,195,000 2bd/2ba Brook Ashley 689-0480 Prudential

1925 Barker Pass Road By Appt. $949,000 3bd/2ba SiBelle Israel 896-4218 Prudential

1944 Jameson Lane C 2-4pm $529,000 3bd/2ba Bunny DeLorie 448-9171 Prudential

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It’s Simple. Charge is $2 per line, and any portion of a line. Multiply the number of lines used (example 4 lines x 2 =$8) Add 10 cents per Bold and/or Upper case character and send your check to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. Deadline for inclusion in the next issue is Thursday prior to publication date. $8 minimum. Email: [email protected] Yes, run my ad __________ times. Enclosed is my check for $__________

$8 minimum TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD $8 minimum

www.edwardjones.com

Your Source forTax-advantaged Income

Joseph M KirklandFinancial Advisor.

1230 Coast Village CircleSuite AMontecito, CA 93108805-565-8793

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Walk-Up

Take Out

Delivery

Catering

late night, Asian infused, city food425 State St. • 805.705.0991Thursday - Saturday 11:30pm-2:30am

1101 State StSanta Barbara

CA 93101State and Figueroa

805.963.2721

a fine coffee and tea establishment

BILL VAUGHAN - Cell/Txt: 805.455.1609 Principal & Broker DRE LIC # 00660866

www.MontecitoVillage.com ®

Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood

STEVEN BROOKS JEWELERSCustom Design • Estate Jewelry

Jewelry Restoration

Buyers of Fine Jewelry, Gold and SilverConfidential Meeting at Your

Office , Bank or Home

[email protected] (805) 455-1070

StonecrafTi n t e r n a t i o n a lFabrication • Installation • Restoration

Granite • Marble • Limestone183 North Garden Street

Ventura, California 93001805.648.5241 • fax 805.653.1686

[email protected] • www.stonecraftintl.comLic. 810987

Tatiana's Pilates Look & Feel Great Tel: 805.284.2840

www.tatianaspilates.com BASI-certifi ed Pilates instructor

Fully equipped Pilates studio downtown Carp 5320 Carpinteria Ave. Suite F. Carpinteria,Ca 93013

Attorney Mark A. MeshotFor All Your Legal Needs

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116 Middle RoadMontecito, California 93108

Telephone (805) 969-2701

“I’d rather be climbing Gibraltar”

LUCKY’S steaks /chops /seafood /cocktails

Dinner & Cocktails Nightly, 5 to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday & Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm. Montecito’s neighborhood bar and restaurant. 1279 Coast Village Road Montecito CA 93108 (805)565-7540

www.luckys-steakhouse.comPhotography by David Palermo

BRUNCH SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 9 AM TO 3 PM

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