Tag archives: Easter

Easter Sunday at the San Ysidro Ranch
By Joanne A Calitri   |   April 9, 2024

CEO Ty Warner, known for his talent of blending elegance into family centered hospitality at his properties, did not disappoint at the San Ysidro Ranch Restaurant Easter Sunday Brunch. This reservation-only event was sold out, even with the flux of sun and showers throughout the afternoon. Guests in their Easter best with their children were […]

Easter and Passover Family Events
By Joanne A Calitri   |   April 2, 2024

With Easter arriving this weekend on March 31, we have the lineup of local area Easter events for children of all ages listed below.  For Passover April 22-30, Rabbi Chaim Loschak and the Chabad of Montecito community will hold a Pesach Seder service on Monday, April 22 at 6:30 pm. There is a kosher food […]

A Mission to Easter Feast
By Richard Mineards   |   April 18, 2023

Santa Barbara’s Rescue Mission hosted its annual Easter Feast and for the 16th year, where I offered my volunteer services as more than 300 needy homeless tucked into a chicken, ham, and macaroni and cheese dinner. David Fletcher, head of food service, cooked 160 pounds of ham, 160 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of potatoes, […]

Easter at Montecito Country Mart
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   April 15, 2021

This past Saturday, Montecito Country Mart hosted a socially-distant photo op with the Easter Bunny, welcoming more than 200 families over the course of the day. County Line Florals created an Easter floral backdrop for the photo moment, and popped up with their 1965 VW Transporter, Betty, with Easter blooms for the day.  All proceeds […]

Passover & Easter: Rebirth, Renewal, Release A multi religious time for transformation
By Rinaldo Brutoco   |   April 15, 2021

Deepak Chopra, my dear friend for more than 25 years, and a Fellow of the World Business Academy for all that time, is a very wise man with an eclectic view of religions. While a Hindu himself, like Aldous Huxley in his watershed book The Perennial Wisdom, Deepak has spent his adult life looking at […]

From Salmon to Sweets: Options Abound for Passover and Easter Eats
By Claudia Schou   |   March 30, 2021

Spring brings two delicious holidays: Passover and Easter. With restaurants moving into the red tier and opening their doors, local chefs are rolling out new menus with unique offerings.  Now is the time to savor this forward-thinking season.  From a swank steakhouse with a rack of lamb special; to a Scandinavian bakery with buttery pastries; […]

Taking Quarantine Treats to the Street
By Scott Craig   |   May 7, 2020

Many Americans have taken to baking while sheltering at home. Mary Pat Whitney, Director of Public and Advancement Events at Westmont, has raised the bar, baking brownie bars and a whopping 12,000 cookies for the Westmont and Santa Barbara communities. This effort started as a way to show gratitude to local first responders and essential […]

Feast on Easter
By Richard Mineards   |   April 25, 2019

Our tony town’s Rescue Mission hosted its annual Easter Feast for our community’s more impoverished residents and for the 12th year I volunteered as a waiter. Kitchen director Wesley James served 320 pounds of ham, 200 pounds of mashed potatoes, 360 pounds of carrots, mountains of macaroni and cheese, and 75 pounds of peas to […]

Easter by the Sea
By Richard Mineards   |   April 25, 2019

It was an eggs-cellent and eggs-travagant weekend as two of our rarefied enclave’s toniest hostelries, the Four Season Biltmore and the Rosewood Miramar, hosted Easter events for the youngsters in our Eden by the Beach. More than 700 parents and children turned up at Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner‘s hotel where two Easter eggs hunts […]