“I just thought I had died and gone to heaven,” recalled Bernadette Peters, recounting a childhood memory at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. As a little girl, she explored her parents’ record collection one Sunday morning while they slept, selecting the album with the prettiest cover: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel. As the “Carousel Waltz” began, she […]
Montecito’s plant people came out in force for Lotusland’s Exceptional Plants Auction, where collectors, growers, designers, and garden devotees spent the afternoon bidding on more than 200 rare and remarkable specimens, comparing favorites and talking shop beneath the garden’s famously exotic canopy. The savvy sale ranged from collector treasures to drought-tolerant and climate-resilient plants suited […]
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“Every mile was in service of the kids,” said Ray Link, chairman of Rally4Kids, as the signature fundraiser for United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County shifted into high gear for its most successful year yet. On October 9, drivers departed Carpinteria for a 225-mile adventure through Ojai, the backcountry and high desert, […]
“Grief is just the receipts for love,” Scott Galloway told a sold-out Arlington Theatre during an evening that began with masculinity and modern America, but ended somewhere more personal. Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the NYU professor and New York Times bestselling author joined Talk Easy Host Sam Fragoso for a conversation inspired by […]
“If I had the ability, I would buy every one of these.” California Rangeland Trust CEO Michael Delbar had barely arrived at the Faulkner Gallery before the walls of sweeping ranchlands had him smitten. “They have captured so well the open space, the life, the beauty of these amazing landscapes,” he said. Delbar drove down […]
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver It was a fitting question for the 14th annual Heroes of Hospice luncheon at the Hilton Santa Barbara, where #1 New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Strayed joined Hospice of Santa Barbara supporters to reflect on […]
“I’m blown away by the amount of people and the excitement,” Margaret O’Leary said, looking around her packed new Coast Village Road boutique. From County Kerry to San Francisco to Montecito, Margaret has come a stylish distance from the single handloom she began with in a San Francisco bedroom in 1990. And apparently, Montecito wanted […]
“That’s really the mark of a successful event – that everybody here believes in what we’re trying to do, believes in the vision,” said Dr. Nicole Callahan, board president of State Street Ballet and co-chair, with Alex Nourse, of its Victorian Vogue gala at the Music Academy of the West. The evening was deliciously Dracula-forward, […]
“Let the garden speak to you. Then write from your heart.” At Lotusland’s Members Appreciation Day, that invitation became the spirit of the afternoon as nearly 200 members, supporters, trustees and neighbors gathered across the Garden’s 37 acres. Presenting Sponsor Leslie S. Thomas was also celebrating her birthday. A cake appeared, the crowd sang “Happy […]
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Saturday went to the dogs; Sunday belonged to the cars. Coast Village Road turned an ordinary September weekend into a two-day neighborhood promenade during Coast Village Week, pairing four-legged charm with four-wheeled glamour. Saturday’s Dog Days Photo Booth brought families, children and camera-ready canines to the village. Dogs posed with nautical props, oversized sunglasses and […]
“It’s your club, not theirs, not anybody else’s, not the billionaire next door. It’s our club,” Henry Walker told the tuxedoed crowd at Birnam Wood Golf Club, setting the tone for the black-tie Pacific Coast Open Ball, celebrating the patrons who make Santa Barbara’s high-goal polo season possible. The room was dressed nearly as smartly […]
“This town is amazing,” said Grassini Family Vineyards CEO Katie Grassini, looking around a tasting room filled with supporters raising their glasses for the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. The gathering at Grassini’s El Paseo tasting room brought together TBCF Director Brittany Wazny, Development Director Julia George, events director Kirsten Stuart and friends of the organization […]
“It was close! A big battle. It’s an amazing feeling to win,” said Most Valuable Player Nachi Viana after Klentner Ranch captured the Pacific Coast Open Sunday afternoon, defeating La Karina 16–9 at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. For Jake Klentner, the victory still felt unreal. “It’s just amazing. I still can’t believe […]
“It’s all about appreciation, sportsmanship, loving and caring for your horse,” said Mindy Denson, summing up the spirit of Saturday’s children’s tournament at the Polo Training Center. And there was plenty to love. Tiny tots, little riders, proud parents and patient ponies filled the field for an afternoon that felt less like high-goal polo and […]
