Tag archives: tecolote bookshop

La Puma Proffers Solution for our ‘Indoor Epidemic’ and More Spoken Word Matters
By Steven Libowitz   |   April 21, 2026

Santa Barbara’s own two-time best-selling author, TV personality, physician, professional chef and, most tellingly, regenerative-organic farmer Dr. John La Puma heads to Montecito’s beloved bookshop to talk about and sign copies of Indoor Epidemic, his just-published and heavily-researched work subtitled: 93% Inside Steals Sleep, Focus and Years – The 7% Outdoor Rx Restores Them. At […]

Uncanny Valley: Tom & Christine Frisina and the Dawn of the Video Game
By Jeff Wing   |   November 18, 2025

In 1970, future Montecitans Tom and Christine Frisina were headed back to the States. Both in their twenties, the young marrieds had spent two years in Chuo-Rinkan,Japan –Tom working in Naval Intelligence with a top-secret cryptographic clearance, Christina finding a career with a Tokyo agency as a top model. Their respective endeavors in Japan may […]

Something to Look Forward To: Fannie Flagg at Tecolote
By Montecito Journal   |   October 7, 2025

I will say it on our common behalf: We Love Fannie Flagg! But which one? Fannie Flagg has been all over the map, and it is one of those largish maps one can never hope to refold. Are we endeared to the Literary Grande Dame of Fried Green Tomatoes (and a score of other beloved […]