The year was 1973 when my father had the bad taste to buy my mother a makeover session at Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door, located at 919 N. Michigan Ave on the Magnificent Mile. Not only was Elinor secretly insulted, but she was set to be disappointed, and boy howdy was she ever. Formerly a light […]
As a Westmont student, John Rodkey (‘79) envisioned a career as a missionary doctor in the field. But he discovered a different calling and direction. After majoring in chemistry, he returned to campus in 1981, and Stan Anderson, his former professor, hired him as a chemistry lab manager. Programming the college’s first minicomputer to inventory […]
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Emerging artist and Westmont alumna Chelsea Roberts (’18), who delicately illustrates wildlife and flora with a gentle, compassionate reverence, opens a solo exhibition, Habitual Curiosity, in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum’s downstairs gallery through June 20. Roberts, a scientific illustrator from Danville, conducts extensive research studying her subjects for hours before creating each piece. This forms a […]
JE has a vintage Vaughan claw hammer, a “California Framer,” circa 1940, and she has used it this January for a very specific reason. This Christmas, she was given a handmade wooden birdhouse from her husband, who has begun the New Year with another woman. The hammer was responsible for knocking down the birdhouse (no […]
Just before the clock struck midnight, I was back in the studio at KEYT News Channel 3-12, glasses lined up and bubbles ready, sharing my favorite sparkling wines for the New Year. Now that the confetti has settled and the calendar has turned, one thing feels certain: there is still plenty of room for sparkle. […]
Montecito’s Ragan Thomson, who has for years led a mission-driven enterprise dedicated to global healing, conscious impact, and spiritual transformation, conducts regular spiritual teachings and events as well as one-on-one sessions to help individuals awaken to their true essence and align with their highest purpose. In addition to opportunities at her Montecito estate and online, […]
I love winter greens and escarole is looking incredible at The Garden Of. This pleasantly bitter green is often found in Italian cuisine, yet originates in the East Indies and is a member of the chicory family. Its botanical relatives are the curly endive, radicchio, and frisee. This high fiber green contains copper, folate, vitamin […]
Wendy Eley Jackson, assistant professor of English and film studies at Westmont, recently joined the board of directors for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara. She was instrumental in bringing Leah Weber King, the widow of Dexter Scott King, to serve as keynote speaker for MLKSB’s 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Mellow. That seemed to be the word used most frequently when I asked friends and peers about their New Year’s Eve. Other years have seen glittering, largely silly, soirées that wrap with a costumed walk to East Beach as the year’s first sun rises. And sure, I had some friends raging in the rain this […]
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There’s something entirely appropriate about the upcoming Peace Sticks workshop taking place near Kids’ World in Alameda Park. That’s because the practice puts partners together to silently toss the painted sticks back and forth in various combinations that highlight connection through movement and play – something with which kids are quite familiar – and cultivates […]
Melissa Costello, certified Equine Facilitated Learning Coach through the HERD Institute and Certified Counselor of Spiritual Psychology through the University of Santa Monica, has scheduled a four-week Sacred Horse Sister Circle as a January journey. The Sacred Horse Sister Circle, which takes place Wednesday afternoons January 14-February 4, is an intimate coaching group limited to […]
My client, a collector of authentic Hermès Carré Foulard 90 cm silk twill, hand-colored scarves, frames many of them on her walls. Those not on display are kept in their distinctive slim orange boxes. By the mid-20th century, Hermès scarves were favored by figures such as Queen Elizabeth II, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and Grace Kelly. […]
Where is the art and decorative art market heading in 2026? Straight to the 1970s. Some recent high profile sales this past few weeks show that collectors are aggressively returning to sexy trophy objects, the more culturally evocative, the better; take for example a recent sale by the private boutique auction from Fair Warning on […]
Welcome to a new column, one that will take you out on the water, up into the mountains, and all around the town to explore the bounty of opportunities on land, sea, air (and otherwise) that make Santa Barbara a mecca for visitors, but that so many locals have never actually visited – or least […]
