Tag archives: Richies Barber Shop

Women’s History Month with Women Professional Barbers
By Joanne A Calitri   |   March 28, 2023

To celebrate local women of history, this column dedicates the month of March to them – their contributions, their stories, their inspiration, and opportunities to support. This week we are talking with our town’s women barbers. While the barber profession began over 6,000 years ago in Egypt, pushing the bar upward are women barbers who […]

11th Annual Richie’s Barber Shop Holiday Donation Drive: This Year for St. Vincent’s and Adam’s Angels
By Joanne A Calitri   |   December 13, 2022

Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road is having its 11th Annual Holiday Donation Drive, this year for St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara and Adam’s Angels. The Shop’s event chair and lead barber Jessica Jay is coordinating with Regina Ruiz, Chief Development Officer of St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara, and with Adam McKaig, who formed Adam’s Angels […]

Richie’s Annual Barber Shop Holiday Donation Drive
By Joanne A Calitri   |   November 30, 2021

Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road is having its 10th Annual Holiday Donation Drive, this year for Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) Santa Barbara, with the theme, “The Limit Does Not Exist.” Shop event lead and barber Jessica Jay is coordinating with DVS Executive Director Jan Campbell to ensure the donated items will work for […]

Richie’s Barber Shop Annual Toy Drive Adds a Twist
By Joanne A Calitri   |   December 10, 2020

Richie’s Barber Shop has held its annual toy drive for kids for nine years and this time it has added an element for our lockdown times: adopting a pet from the local animal shelter. The shop’s annual Christmas tree is decorated with photos of the pets for adoption, and the American Flag stands proudly at […]

People of Montecito: Erin Wagner
By Megan Waldrep   |   September 24, 2020

What’s Your Montecito Migration Story? I’ve worked here five years. Richie’s Barber Shop actually found me while I was living in Oregon. I wasn’t going to pass up this barber shop because they have a great reputation. One of my friends who owns a winery in Solvang was pouring wine for their Christmas party and […]

Salons & Barber Shops Pivot
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   August 6, 2020

Two popular salons on Coast Village Road are yet again doing the “pandemic pivot,” and are now offering their services outside, in alignment with guidelines from the State of California that went into effect in late July. Salon owner Xavier Scordo, who took ownership of the salon known as Belle de Jour in Olive Mill […]

Will You Be My Valentine?
By Richard Mineards   |   February 28, 2019

Stylists at Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road proved they were a cut above the rest 24 hours before Valentine’s Day. Staffers Jessica Jay and Mary Tsushima visited the Friendship Center, a licensed adult day program for seniors, a tiara’s toss from All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church and set up a popup shop to enable […]

7th Annual Toys for Kids at Richie’s
By Joanne A Calitri   |   December 20, 2018

Join Richie and his team in donating a toy of your choice for a child from toddler to teen. Just drop off the unwrapped toy at his barber shop on Coast Village Road during regular business hours, Monday through Saturday 9am-6pm, or call (805) 845-9701. When you do, he has a complimentary hot towel shave […]

A Cut above: Richie Among Nominees
By Joanne A Calitri   |   November 30, 2017

Self-made Montecito business owner Richie Ramirez, owner of Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road (CVR) is one of five nominees for the title and responsibilities of the Santa Barbara Young Professional [SBYP] 2017. It’s a role that continues till December 2018. To find out more, I contacted attorney Andrea G. Posey, Young Professionals board […]