Tag archives: Rebecca Brand

Dinner, Paint, and Happy Accidents
By Richard Mineards   |   July 1, 2025

As the season nears its end, social gadabout Rebecca Brand hosted one of her last dinner party art classes at the Middle Road estate of Jim Melillo, the site of the first Santa Barbara Polo Club. The colorful bashes held every month, accompanied by delicious gourmet-style food, attract an eclectic crowd with guests at the […]

A Hippie Throwback
By Richard Mineards   |   August 12, 2021

It was Pucci, Gucci, and a dash of Fiorucci when YouTube influencer Rebecca Brand celebrated the 10th anniversary of her half-century with a ‘60s-themed bash at the historic University Club. Tie-dye reigned, along with Mary Quant miniskirts and white plastic go-go boots, as hits from that swinging decade that spawned The Beatles and The Rolling […]

Grand Brand
By Richard Mineards   |   August 16, 2018

Social gridlock reigned at Arnoldi’s when Santa Barbara TV game-show host Rebecca Brand marked the 17th anniversary of her 40th. Rebecca, who turned a small business hosting dinner parties and teaching French impressionist oil painting at her home into a culinary and travel TV show empire, says: “I just wanted all my friends to be […]

Brand-New Reality Check
By Richard Mineards   |   June 21, 2018

Santa Barbara TV game-show host Rebecca Brand is living up to her name! Rebecca, who six years ago began a small business hosting dinner parties and teaching French impressionist oil painting at her home, got an idea to create a reality show, Dinner Party Art Class, with her single students hooking up and dating over […]