Over the holidays, my family treated each other to two nights of a bougie hotel experience in Encinitas, instead of forcing one family member to host Christmas. The pricey hotel experience featured the work of a choice local photographer as artist-in-residence; an ocean-loving surfing creative artist-athlete whose huge glossy canvases transformed the hotel’s corridors – […]
On Saturday, December 28, the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara became a beacon of warmth and connection as it hosted a vibrant Hanukkah celebration. Organized by Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey, this gathering brought together over 70 guests for an evening steeped in tradition, music, and joyous camaraderie. With the themes of light and […]
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Happy New Year. My hope for everyone in the coming months is that we embrace more stories, smart stories, entertaining and transportive stories. I’ve set my reading goals high to bring you even more recommendations. There is power, solace, and joy that comes from books and I think this month I have found something for […]
The call-and-response singing of devotional music known as Kirtan can be a joyous experience, but it’s also a healing one that can break down barriers between people. So suggests Darren Marc, the devotional Kirtan artist and singer-songwriter whose eclectic musical career includes more than 30 original songs featured in film and television shows. For Marc […]
Sunburst Sanctuary and Organic Farm, the longtime center for holistic learning, healing and conscious living created and overseen by a cooperative community, jumps right into the new year with a meditation retreat from Thursday-Sunday, January 9-12, at the Lompoc center. The retreat offers an immersive opportunity to learn scientific meditation practices in the lineage of […]
RF has two exquisite Japanese woodcuts, and while she couldn’t quite make out the signature, I can. It is that of Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), a leading artist of the Shin-hanga (“new print”) movement of the early 20th century in Japan, which focused on the techniques of traditional woodcut or watercolor, but borrowing from the Western […]
Chabad Montecito’s 2nd Annual Chanukah celebration and public Menorah lighting took place on Thursday, December 26, from 4 to 6 pm at the Corner Green in front of Pierre Lafond on East Valley Road. The celebration was led (and originally established) by Chabad of Montecito’s Executive Director Rabbi Chaim Loschak and his wife Mushkie Loschak, […]
“It was a happy accident,” Oliver Welch recalls. It was June of 2022, his first summer out of college on the gloomy east coast; he’s on Maui to surf, dive, throw pottery, and hopefully find a farming gig to support the whole thing before going home to Santa Barbara. “I’m at dinner with my dad’s […]
Restaurateur Warner Ebbink and Chef Brandon Boudet didn’t plan on opening another restaurant. As it happened, the pair was focused on a hotel project in Ojai when the opportunity presented itself. But when the coveted building on the corner of Coast Village and Middle Road became available, they knew they had to have it. Even […]
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HH has a 1920s Sterling and enamel medallion from the Royal Antediluvian (‘before the flood’) Order of the Buffaloes in red, white, cobalt, and turquoise; made by Fattorini & Sons LTD., Jewelers, Bradford House, Birmingham. The red ribbon is embroidered ‘RAOB Grand Council.’ The Sterling is hallmarked with a lion and letter E, the piece […]
On a brisk, starry evening last Friday, December 6, Montecito hosted an event that transcended a typical gathering. Hosted by Farmer’s Footprint and Project Biome, initiatives championed by visionary Dr. Zach Bush, the evening was rife with storytelling, sensory experiences, and cultural appreciation. Held in an intimate venue redolent with art and music, the event’s […]
It was cannons and gun powder and planks to walk – aye aye the pirates have arrived! this year for the 38th Annual Boat Parade of Lights, held on Sunday, December 8. Our proud sailors, boaters, and commercial fishermen took this year’s theme, “Yule Tide Pirates” to the next level with their spectacular boat lighting, […]
Dear readers, meet Dinkey, the potbellied pig with one hell of a story. Destined for an early date with the great beyond, the mysterious powers of fate and chance led Dinkey to Diane Dieterich, owner of Greener Pastures, the farm sanctuary in Arroyo Grande giving neglected animals set for slaughter a second chance at a […]
When my sister’s fifth and youngest child was about to leave for university, she and my brother-in-law made a plan. They knew that after he left, they couldn’t face their once full, noisy and vibrant home. So, they packed the car and when he took off, they took off. It turns out that this wasn’t […]
