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By Lisa Duncan The Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club positively smoldered with leather, liquor, and luxury this weekend for one of the most intoxicating Sundays of the season. The atmosphere felt less Sunday sport and more western fantasy – all leather boots, flowing whiskey, and smoky glamour that makes polo irresistible. Yes, there was […]

Tommy Bahama, Chaps, Ralph Lauren, Coach, A/X Armani Exchange, Ralph Lauren Footwear – Homer Montecito founder Terry Pillow has been around the block. More recently, the gentleman has rediscovered what the block is for.  “Yeah, we sit outside,” Terry sings in his unhurried, melodious accent. The man’s southern purr is a rocks glass of barrel-aged […]

A wintry evening and you are momentarily alone. Your friends will be by soon to collect you. You’re all headed to starry Coast Village Road, where your lovely gang will walk, arms linked, straight into the welcoming embrace of the lamplit Lower Village. For now, though, you’re lost in reflection. December. Another year! Cupping your […]

Good things do indeed come in small packages as fashion entrepreneur Terry Pillow, 70, amply proved when he opened his 200-square-foot bijou boutique Homer Montecito on Coast Village Road, a tiara’s toss from Tre Lune, selling beautiful bridle leather bags ranging in price from $2,600 to keyrings for just $85. Terry, who formerly worked for […]