Someone unwisely humblebrags about their artistic skills and you take the bait. When they obligingly doodle a horse on the back of an envelope, it looks like a spider scrawled with the wrong hand by a tilt-a-whirl drunk wearing a blindfold. You nod and fail to sound convincing, which you later regret. “Wow. Now that […]
B and JD send me a beautiful bronze sculpture of two horses facing each other, one smaller and one larger, the head of one on the shoulder of the other. B and J wonder if this is an original by Pierre-Jules Mêne (French 1810-1879), a great sculptor of animal figures, who was called an animalier, […]
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Barber Jessica Jay at Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road put out a soft call for costume-wearing pets in what may likely turn out to be Richie’s Annual Pet Halloween Costume Contest during Ghost Village Road this year.
Montecito was all sunny for full-on fun at the annual Ghost Village Road, proving once again we are here for the treats! Every business on Coast Village Road through to the Montecito Country Mart went all out, with their teams dressed to scarily impress while dishing out the goodies. Kids of all ages came in […]
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