Tag archives: Town & Country

Diamonds Full of Penny
By Richard Mineards   |   February 21, 2023

Nearly half a century ago the society glossy Town & Country featured Montecito interior decorator Penny Bianchi in a cover article with the late comedy legend Bob Hope on the backlot of Universal Studies in L.A. in an iconic pose à la America Gothic, the 1930 painting by Grant Wood now in the collection of […]

Ben There, Done That
By Richard Mineards   |   December 7, 2017

Santa Barbara Polo Club patron Ben Soleimani is front and center in the latest issue of the society glossy Town & Country. Ben, Iranian-born and London-raised, has been dubbed the “Mayor of Melrose” by the Los Angeles Times, given all the properties he owns on oh-so chic Melrose Avenue,  including one of my favorite watering […]