Tag archives: Larry David

Royal Reconciliation 
By Richard Mineards   |   July 22, 2025

King Charles and Prince Harry’s senior aides held a secret peace summit in London at the weekend. It’s the initial stage in an effort to restore the fractured relationship between the Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family. Harry is represented by Meredith Maines, his communications officer and head of his Montecito […]

Sending Support
By Richard Mineards   |   June 17, 2025

Casa Dorinda is hosting its annual Scholarships Awards ceremony next week. Every year the tony retirement home raises scholarships for staff members and their families. This year they are honoring more than 40 scholarship recipients and celebrating a record-breaking $217,000 in scholarship rewards. Since its establishment in 1997, the scholarship fund, in partnership with the […]

A Not-So-Saintly Night
By Richard Mineards   |   October 25, 2022

Beatification can have its drawbacks as this illustrious organ’s bridle correspondent Lynn Kirst, who has been Fiesta’s Saint Barbara for the last year, found out. She has now ditched her white go-go boots and ornate gown, celebrating with a boffo bash for 75 guests at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, a prize she won at […]

A Collection of Collage
By Richard Mineards   |   October 11, 2022

Santa Barbara Museum of Art was socially gridlocked when it launched its latest exhibition, The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown. The comprehensive presentation includes 24 artworks, including six recent acquisitions by SBMA, loans from the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, and a private collector. In addition, an original etching […]

A CAMA Quintet
By Richard Mineards   |   March 15, 2022

CAMA – Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara – hosted the first concert of its Masterseries at the Lobero with international Grammy winning string player Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations. For Spaniard Savall it was his fourth appearance in our Eden by the Beach having performed in 2008, 2010, and 2016. Playing […]

Super Bash
By Richard Mineards   |   March 1, 2022

Montecito sports fan were out in force when retired technology executive Howard Cannon, who splits his time between our Eden by the Beach and his home in Memphis, Tennessee, threw his fifth annual Super Bowl bash at his George Washington Smith estate. “It is nice to be back to near normal,” enthused Howard. “It was […]