After more than 50 years as a journalist and TV commentator, I took on one of my most unusual assignments when the Polo Training Center hosted its 10th anniversary Denim and Diamonds benefit dinner, raising more than $50,000 from the 120 guests in a giant fieldside marquee at the Carpinteria-based polo club. Club president Rhys […]
Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels has a new executive director, Tracy Pfautch. She brings 30 years of experience with various companies and nonprofits and has expertise in finance, people management, marketing and fundraising. Having lived in our Eden by the Beach since 1998, she will elevate the profile of the charity and expand its outreach, […]
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Prince Harry is set to receive a hefty payment when he celebrates his 40th birthday on September 15. The Duke of Sussex will get the substantial payout thanks to a bequest from the late great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. The widow of King George VI put $90 million in a trust fund for her family and […]
It was back in 1974 that Dr. Harry Brown founded SEE International to address the global lack of access to high-quality clinical eyecare. His team soon developed an efficient mobile eye surgery system consisting of intensive, short-term surgical clinics that could travel to medically underserved populations in remote areas worldwide, performing sight-saving surgeries. What began […]
There will probably – perhaps hopefully – never be another benefit concert like the Kick Ash Bash, the 2018 extravaganza staged as a thank you for the first responders who dealt with the late 2017 Thomas Fire and the resultant early 2018 Montecito Debris Flows. Just about every musician, actor and other entertainer who ever […]
Polo patriarch and former U.S. ambassador to Jamaica, Glen Holden, who died in April at the age of 96, was honored with a memorial service at the Santa Barbara Polo Club on the eponymously named Holden Field with 600 guests flying or driving in to honor his memory led by his son Jeep Holden at […]
Lotusland’s annual gala is undoubtedly one of the social highlights of the year with the 500 tickets sold-out months in advance. This year’s 30th annual bash Lotusland Celebrates: The Way of the Lotus, co-chaired by the tony triumvirate of Merryl Brown, Ashley Adelson, and Lisa Bjornson Wolf, raised a whopping $1 million for critical support […]
Yours truly marked the 21st anniversary of his half century with a dinner garden party for 12 hosted by company chairman Susan Josephson at her East Valley Road home, just a tiara’s toss from Pierre Lafond. The Gala-catered surf and turf bash featured a160-pound bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Catalina the day before […]
It’s been a landmark year for major anniversaries in Santa Barbara. The Granada Theatre launched its year-long Granada 100 celebration in the spring. The Summer Solstice Parade held its 50th festival on the first day of summer. And Old Spanish Days Fiesta is in the midst of its centennial celebration as this issue hits newsstands. […]
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The Westmont Golf Classic, a charity golf tournament started in 2008 to raise funds for student scholarships, returns Friday, Oct. 4, at the Glen Annie Golf Club, 405 Glen Annie Road in Goleta. Registration is $200 per golfer and includes: 18 holes of golf with cart; tri-tip BBQ dinner, on-course games, raffles and awards. Additional […]
Society is happy to announce that the famed Montecito celebration of Old Spanish Days (OSD), known as the “Noche de Gala,” has been revitalized and will be held on Saturday, July 27, after its 30-year hiatus. The event, re-imagined by OSD El Presidente 2023 David Bolton, is hosted at Casa del Herrero, with tickets on […]
Lotusland is holding its annual fundraising duo of an art exhibition and gala. Good news art lovers, the exhibition and art works for sale are online through July 20. If you are attending the sold out Lotusland Celebrates: The Way of the Lotus gala this Saturday, you can select and purchase artwork along the garden […]
After a two-week lull, Santa Barbara Polo Club’s high goal season launched in luxurious style with the Ferguson Robert Skene Trophy tournament, the local bath, kitchen and lighting gallery hosting a fieldside lunch featuring Petrossian Beluga caviar and Lanson vintage champagne – founded in 1760 and holding a Royal Warrant from the time of Queen […]
Carmen, Bizet’s classic opera, never loses its entertainment value. Having last seen it when it was staged by Opera Santa Barbara a year ago, the latest production at the Granada, courtesy of the Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival, was a decidedly contemporary twist on the Spanish love story conducted by Daniela Candillari, principal […]
